Cyrus Vance Jr., a prosecutor very discreet

Bill Clinton was Kenneth Starr, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Cyrus Vance Jr. This will be 56 years attorney is charged with two deputies, John A. McConnell and Lisa Friel, to prove the guilt of DSK in sexual assault case that pitted him against a maid of the Sofitel New York. A trio of shock that will not favor or concession. "Everyone wants and deserves the same thing, a system that makes justice and is based on fairness": that is the credo of Cyrus Vance Jr. At the hearing Thursday in the court of the Supreme Court of New York, John A. McConnell, in any case, polished their arms to convince Judge Michael J.DSK shells that had sufficient wealth to flee if released on parole, citing his alleged escape attempt on the Air France after the alleged assault of Saturday, May 14 If the intervention of the prosecutor has as much weight is that the American system is based on the adversarial process. Unlike the French system where the judge is investigating the charge and discharge, the U.S. Attorney collects evidence that may prove the guilt of the accused. To do this, all means are good.The prosecutor's office joins the police in particular - in this case the Special Victims Bureau, which oversees the Sex Crimes Unit. "In such case, the prosecutor and his team work closely with the police, laboratories, scientists, photographers. In court, the prosecutor will have to prove the guilt of the accused, thanks to evidence and witnesses. He can ask all the incriminating evidence from the hotel, hospital ...", explains Eric Lisann, former United States Attorney.Cyrus Vance Jr., a regular spheres of power under the spotlight since the collapse of the DSK affair, which should capture for weeks or even months, Cyrus Vance Jr. is a regular, since very young, spheres of power. His father, Cyrus Vance, was in fact Secretary of State for the armies of the Kennedy administration and later Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jimmy Carter. But "Junior" has avoided the footsteps of his father, preferring the right policy. A graduate of Yale and Georgetown, he moved to Seattle in 1988, despite a promising start in New York office of the famous attorney at the time, Robert Morgenthau."Cyrus Vance Jr. spent part of his career in Seattle, where he built his reputation as a criminal lawyer. They say he did it to escape the shadow of his father, extremely experienced in New York" France 24 says Frederick T. Davis, counsel to the bars of Paris and New York and former federal prosecutor in New York. A prosecutor "fair and worker" In 2004, he returned to New York. Five years later, the station's popular "district attorney" (counsel for the State of New York) is free. At 90 years, Robert Morgenthau, district attorney of the city between 1975 and 2009, resolved to step down. Indeed, the United States, prosecutors are elected by universal suffrage for a term of four years.The requirement for candidates to campaign to win public opinion is seen as a guarantee of their independence. For Cyrus Vance Jr., is a dream of studying at your fingertips. He made a brilliant campaign in which he received the unanimous support of the press - the tabloids to The New York Times - and Robert Morgenthau, who said on television in April 2009: "I think Vance is by far the most qualified. C ' is a good lawyer, he is right. " In the middle of New York law, this impression is shared: they say discreet, hardworking and fair. "It is very well seen from the bar. It is a fair man, not arrogant and very open. It is more austere and hard as its predecessor, which was highly publicized.There is also a leading expert in criminal law, "Frederick T. Davis continues." The prosecutor is a political figure, but not an ideologue. It is supposed to act on behalf of the people, but is sworn to uphold the law and impartiality. Cyrus Vance Jr. is in this spirit ", adds Eric Lisann. Proponent of local justice, Cyrus Vance Jr. has launched the" community-based justice "based on cooperation between judges, police and social workers. It he cares to defend the poor and tackle crime "particularly in the field of domestic violence and intimate," he says on his website.Emerging "star system"? In November 2009, Cyrus Vance Jr. wins the election "district attorney" as a Democrat, and that with 91% of the vote. "A prosecutor built his career on big shots, he can benefit later. We judge a prosecutor at the rate of charge, in the same way that a lawyer becomes a tenor of the bar in terms of its number acquittals. We can talk about the phenomenon of star system, "said a corporate lawyer's office in New York who wishes to remain anonymous.Prosecutors become highly publicized trials of celebrities, even if they lose, as was the case with Marcia Clark in the case of OJ Simpson, acquitted, for Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor's "Monicagate" Bill Clinton or Tom Sneddon, Michael Jackson accuser unfortunate. With a deal like that for DSK, Cyrus Vance Jr. could claim the same fame.

Queen Elizabeth II to visit historic and highly monitored in Dublin

Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday began a historic visit to Ireland under surveillance, the first movement of a British monarch since independence in 1922 was troubled by the threat from dissident republicans.

The police are on the warpath in both London and Dublin and Belfast, fearing that Republican dissidents opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland will build upon the movement to attempt a resounding action.

No fewer than 10,000 police and troops deployed in Ireland for a visit and several people were arrested in recent days, suspected of belonging to the dissident republican movement.

On Monday, a bomb threat from dissident Irish republicans caused a commotion of battle police in London. The "Mall" that leads to Buckingham Palace was closed for several hours after an alert, which proved unfounded.

The fear of an assassination of a dissident group was reinforced by threats brandished late April by a masked man at a rally in Londonderry, Northern Ireland."The queen is not welcome," he had started, saying speak on behalf of the Real IRA who is credited with the recent increase of attacks in Ulster, including the murder of a police officer in April.

The tumultuous relationship between Irish and British have largely subsided since the peace accords of 1998 and the first visit by a British monarch since 1911 figure is a gesture of reconciliation.But resentment still against the former colonial power.

At the time of the independence of Ireland, London has retained in her lap the province of Northern Ireland, mostly Protestant.

Sinn Féin, often accused of links with the IRA (Catholic separatists), found the visit "premature," before acknowledging that it represented a "unique opportunity" to establish "a new relationship based on equality and mutual respect ", joining the majority sentiment.81% of Irish people are friendly to visitors, according to a survey.

Tuesday, Elizabeth II is to lay a wreath at the "Garden of Remembrance (Memorial Garden), erected in honor of victims of the war of independence," a powerful symbol of reconciliation, "the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.

She must decide Wednesday night a highly anticipated speech, joined for the occasion by Prime Minister David Cameron and the head of British diplomacy, William Hague. The movement will end Friday.

UNITED STATES: The flood of the Mississippi force load shedding to prevent the flooding of New Orleans

U.S. authorities have opened a valve unloader on the Mississippi River in Louisiana (south), which recorded a historic flood in order to prevent further flooding of New Orleans, six years after Katrina.

The body of Engineers U.S. Army had previously announced it would open gradually from 3:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) the overflow channel of Morganza, Louisiana, to avoid a "wall of water "in the words of the governor of this state, Bobby Jindal, does descend on thousands of homes located along the Atchafalaya River.

"It may be more a marathon than a sprint," said Gen. Michael Walsh at a news conference in Morganza, stating that "enormous pressure weighing on the entire system."

The valve was opened when the river flow reached 42,500 cubic meters per second.This is only the second time since its construction in 1954 that emergency channel is open.

If all the floodway gates were open, the flow would reach a rate of 17,000 cubic meters per second, three times the volume of water that falls daily from Niagara Falls.

To avoid such a destructive flow, a single valve was opened Saturday to pass 280 cubic meters per second, one or two others could be Sunday.

Load shedding, which will supply water into the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to cause flooding of 1.2 million hectares but will save Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the martyred city of Hurricane just who is recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, Governor Jindall.

New Orleans is protected by dikes upstream from six yards but the water has already reached 5.2 meters, and the worst floods in 70 years-that struck the central United States follow the course of the Mississippi south .

They have so far destroyed thousands of homes, farms and roads in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.

In view of downloading, the authorities have carried out evacuations in rural areas will be affected, a sacrifice which the mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, said he was conscious.

"It's a tragic situation for everyone in America and of course for people who live in the Atchafalaya Basin and Morgan City.We wholeheartedly with them, "he said, noting that it would save his city.

Cindy Prejean, a resident of Gibson, a town a hundred miles from New Orleans, expects to see its home swim in 1.5 meters of water.

"What gives them the right to inundate us? Here there are so many neighborhoods, businesses and farms," ​​she told AFP.

According to forecasts, the opening of the channel load shedding could lead to peak at 4.5 meters in some neighborhoods.

The army said it would focus more on individuals than on the property.In anticipation, the American Red Cross has prepared thousands of places for evacuees.

Economically, the activity of the Port of New Orleans are continuing normally but 2,200 oil wells were threatened by floodwaters.

FRANCE: "The RSA is not a salary but a safety net

With his proposed reform of Revenue solidarité active (RSA), the French Minister for European Affairs, Laurent Wauquiez, caused an uproar on the left and right, and even within the government.

Sunday, the minister, speaking as leader of the club "The social right", proposed to cap the accumulated social benefits to 75% of the minimum wage (SMIC) or requesting five hours Weekly social service recipients of the RSA in exchange for payment of their allowance. Objective: to fight against the "cancer of the assistantship" in the words of the minister.

Immediately, several government figures have stood the initiative of Laurent Wauquiez.On Tuesday, Prime Minister Francois Fillon flew to the aid of this speech establishment in May 2007 under the leadership of Martin Hirsch, then High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty. "Thanks to the RIAA, return to work is more attractive than the dependence of solidarity, said the head of government in the National Assembly.The RSA is an advance over the RMI [minimum integration income, ed]. "

For Helen Perivier, an economist at the French Observatory of Economic Conditions (OFCE), the tracks of reform Laurent Wauquiez upset the very nature of social assistance and, therefore, the French social model.

FRANCE 24 - How would the Minister Laurent Wauquiez they trigger such an outcry?

Helen Perivier - Currently, people who touch the RSA must actively seek employment. They are supposed to be covered either by social workers or through outplacement services as the employment center, or both, so that it can work again as soon as possible.Jobs in assisted contracts in the nonprofit sector is the major route of reintegration into employment of recipients of welfare benefits.

However, these jobs are more or less general interest in the work recommended by Laurent Wauquiez [monitoring outside schools, cleaning, reception in public services, Ed]. This statement is therefore to stigmatize people who touch the RSA but does nothing in terms of stimulating the job market or re-employment in this population. The danger would be to move from a logic of solidarity, which is based on social assistance in France, a logic of "workfare" pure, ie reimbursement of aid paid by a few hours.The RSA is not a salary as a salary provides access to social rights (pensions, unemployment insurance, etc..), But a guaranteed minimum income, which represents a last safety net.

F24 - It is therefore to change the nature of the French social model ...

HP - Everything is a question of balance between the idea of ​​merit and solidarity. In France, it is clear that the solidarity prevails, but this assay is moving in time. With the implementation of RSA, it has already moved the cursor to the merits, since moved to supplement the wages first by a grant once the unemployed back into employment.

F24 - Are there other countries in cases of "social service" as proposed by Laurent Wauquiez?

HP- United States, for example, welfare is clearly based more on the concept of merit than on solidarity. This logic has hardened in the 1980s with President Ronald Reagan, and "workfare", which means "work for your welfare" ["work for your own wealth"] was true act in the mid- 1990 with the reform of social assistance. Some states, like Indiana, have a very strict and follow a logical allocation of reimbursement by a community service.

SYRIA: The army occupies Banias, at least six protesters killed

At least six people were killed Saturday in the coastal city of Banias (northwest), a hotbed of protest in Syria, invested at dawn by the army and where gunfire rang out at the end of the day .

Four women demanding the release of detainees were killed in the afternoon by the security forces, according to a militant and two people were in the late afternoon, according to a report given by the Syrian Observatory of Human Man who was unable to specify the origin of fire.

Heavy gunfire were heard in four districts of the city, as an activist for human rights and a witness.The clashes took place near the Corniche, at the southern entrance, the entrance to the souk and the bridges Marqb and Ras el-Nabe, the sources said.

Security forces fired on a procession of women

"There were two killed and several wounded by gunfire, but we do not know who are the perpetrators," he told AFP an official of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.

According to the activist and the witness, the army "safe" neighborhoods, one after the other, and the security services then entered it, making dozens of arrests. The witness said snipers were deployed on buildings.Earlier, four women who demonstrated at the entrance to the city demanding the release of detainees were killed by members of security forces, told AFP an activist.

He said the security forces asked 150 women gathered on the highway between Banias Latakia to leave. "When they refused to comply, they opened fire," he added.

According to activists, the tanks came at dawn to Banias, a town of 40,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Mediterranean, where communications and electricity were cut.Vessels patrolling off the army, facing the southern districts, and tanks surrounded the nearby village of Baida.

Calls for jihad were launched from the minarets of mosques and people took to the streets, witnesses said.

"Units of the army and security forces continued today with members of terrorist groups to Banias (northwest) and around Deraa (south) to restore security and stability," announced Meanwhile a military source.

Soldiers and police have "arrested wanted persons and laid hands on a quantity of weapons that these groups have used to attack the army and citizens," the army said.The regime accuses groups "criminals" or "terrorists" being responsible for violence in the country since mid-March.

INTERNET: A Chinese man opens the waltz of IPOs social media

It moves to the front of social media in China. While Facebook negotiate its presence in the former Middle Kingdom, a local actor made a great leap forward stock. RenRen, the main social network made in China with 140 million users, arrived on Wall Street Wednesday. This "Chinese Facebook" even became the first player in the social web in the world to put both feet on the financial markets.

And the operation looks juicy. The IPO, which will be sealed off Thursday, RenRen must value to nearly $ 5 billion, or 67 times the real income of the company (77 million in 2010). A large gap which must be the envy of the little world of social media. Even Facebook can not generate such enthusiasm.The market value of the king of this universe 2.0 is estimated at nearly $ 70 billion or "only" 25 times its revenues. What then explains the success of RenRen? It is in three words: Facebook, Social Media and China.

The comparison with the American big brother does not stop only at the social network dimension. Like Facebook, the Chinese site was created in December 2005 as a portal for students. Subsequently, he conquered a wider audience, led by its CEO Joe Chen who copied each feature of Facebook (Connect, Places, Groups etc..).

Still, differences exist. First, the site must comply with the state censorship and will probably never be a vehicle for revolution as Facebook could be in Arab countries.RenRen but is also much less dependent on advertising, which represents only 40% of its revenues against 70% for Facebook. The rest comes home games that are a hit among users of the site.

The first in a long series

And RenRen is Chinese. "The company may be overvalued, but people will buy shares whatever happens [because it is Chinese]," said Darren Fabric, the director of an investment fund in Chicago on Tuesday Bloomberg . The dozen Chinese companies new technologies that have an IPO in recent months have all passed their time.The course of some companies - such as the Chinese equivalent of Dangdang Amazon - even won 50% in a few days after their initial quotes.

Investors are also attracted by the growth potential of RenRen. The social network has won 19% of new entrants in a year. And with a population of 400 million Chinese Internet users, has yet RenRen margin.

Finally, everything related to social media seems to hold gold in the eyes of investors. So much so that a true bubble seems to have formed the Silicon Valley (American mecca of new technologies).RenRen as a leading player in this sector to do its IPO, carries the hopes of all those who bet on social media.

After RenRen, other groups known to Western audiences more, must soon pass not turn the stock market. The professional social network LinkedIn, the giant video game on Facebook's site Zynga and bulk purchase Groupon are expected on Wall Street this year. The head honcho of the sector, Facebook, has hinted that he contemplated an IPO until next year

SYRIA: Dozens of protesters killed during the "Friday of Wrath

At least 62 civilians were killed Friday in Syria during demonstrations against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, mostly Deraa in the south, said the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. In a first assessment, the organization spoke of 48 dead.

The Observatory has reported 35 deaths in the province of Deraa (south), 15 in the Homs (center) and one in Latakia (northwest). Later, it was reported that Syrian security forces had opened fire on the crowd Rastan (center), killing 13 protesters and wounding 45.

A Deraa, home of the dispute, at least thirty-five people were killed and dozens others injured by shots fired by security forces at the entrance to the city, told AFP the militants Human Rights.Tens of thousands of people defied the ban on demonstrations by marching in several cities demanding the regime fell.A week ago, Friday, April 22, repression killed more than 80 dead.

Meanwhile, a military spokesman quoted by the official SANA news agency said that four Syrian soldiers were killed at dawn and kidnapped two others in Deraa in an attack by "armed terrorist group".

The demonstrators in the streets of Deraa, Damascus, Homs and Banias

Six weeks after the start of an unprecedented protest movement against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, "the Syrian youth revolution" had called on Facebook to "Friday of Wrath" in solidarity with Deraa, cradle of the revolt , besieged by the army since Monday.

Responding to this call, 2.000 demonstrators gathered in Midane, a district of Damascus, said militants told AFP.And several thousand people gathered in WQAS, near the capital.

In the industrial city of Homs (center), thousands of people shouted "Down with the regime," according to videos filmed by militants and released for the first time in real time on the internet.

At Banias, nearly 10,000 people demonstrated, chanting "Freedom, solidarity with Deraa," according to activists of human rights.

At Deir Ez-Zor, 460 km northeast of Damascus, a thousand of protesters emerged from mosques and Al-Farouk Al-Othman were dispersed "with sticks and electric cables" by security forces, has told AFP Nawaf al-Bashir, a militant human rights.

And Ar Raqqa, 540 km northeast of the capital, 300 to 400 people shouted "God Almighty, let the siege be lifted to Deraa," said Abdallah al-Khalil, a member of an association of defense of human rights.

In the predominantly Kurdish region of northern Syria, 15,000 people marched without incident in Qamishli and three surrounding communities, according to Kurdish officials for Human Rights.

Unauthorized demonstrations despite the end of emergency rule

The authorities, however, reiterated the ban on protests: "In current circumstances, the Interior Ministry calls on citizens to refrain from conducting demonstrations or sit-in under any slogan, without official permission" according to a statement carried by the official Sana agency.

"Existing laws will be enforced to ensure safety of citizens and the stability of the country", added the ministry.

On 19 April, Mr.Assad issued a decree requiring event organizers to obtain prior official authorization in this country ruled with an iron hand by a single party, the Baath, since 1963.

Four soldiers killed by "terrorists" or protecting the demonstrators?

The army said that four Syrian soldiers were killed and two others abducted at dawn Friday in an attack against a military post in Dera (south) by an "armed terrorist group".

Earlier in the day, an activist in Deraa, Abazid Abdallah, told AFP that four soldiers were "killed while defending the people."

"We are peaceful people, at no time have we borne arms against the army or cons or security services," said Abazid.

On Monday, the army had launched an unprecedented offensive to quell the revolt Deraa where, according to a report of the Observatory of Human Rights, 50 people were killed.

Since the beginning of the protest, more than 500 people were killed across the country, as the "Committee of the martyrs of 15 March", close to opponents.But the military spokesman denied that figure, saying 148 people had been killed - 78 soldiers and policemen and 70 civilians.

The Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations held in Geneva on Friday a special session on Syria at the request of the United States who wish to adopt a resolution condemning the crackdown.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition group in the country, accused the regime of committing "genocide" and called on people not to succumb to the "tyrants" in reference to Mr. Assad.

SPECULATION: Banks fingered in rising food prices

The food market would be better off without the investment banks? Undoubtedly, "replied the British NGO World Development Movement (WDM) - the equivalent of Transparency International for all economic development issues - which on Tuesday released a new study of the impact of speculation on rising food prices whose level reached today than in 2008, during the riots. "Banks have depleted plunged into famine and millions of people in developing countries," says FRANCE 24's and Murray Worthy, head of WDM strategies.

Since the financial crisis, banks have certainly become easy targets, but figures provided by the NGOs are talking.British bank Barclays, for example, collected 383 million euros in 2010 by simply betting on rising food prices. "It's an estimate that we made from public figures from Barclays Capital [the investment bank Barclays, Ed] and data market," said Murray Worthy. Barclays declined to respond to these assertions.

This taste of the British bank for speculation in these markets has no equal in Europe. Only U.S. banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the strongest.Thus, according WDM, Goldman Sachs dominates this small world of speculators with a billion dollars (684 million) collected per year in these markets.

After the subprime

Speculation on food are certainly since the early 20th century, but has reached dangerous levels at the dawn of the 2008 food crisis. In 2003, she was indeed the order of $ 3 billion per year ... against 55 billion in 2008, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur for the right to food. "2011 should be another record year," warns Murray Worthy.The amount of speculative trading on commodity markets (food, energy, metals) is expected to reach $ 400 billion this year, against 300 billion in 2008, the UN says.

The appetite of investment banks for food grew after the collapse of the subprime bubble. "They have sought a new home which was not yet regulated in which to invest too quickly," Murray decrypts Worthy.They were then reminded that the U.S. had deregulated the marketing of foodstuffs in the early 2000s.

Bubble

Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and others have then imported and developed financial products that made the heyday of the U.S. housing market ... before driving to his loss. "These banks have transformed the property market is often vital for people in financial market," laments Murray Worthy. Barclays Capital has even created the equivalent of CDOs ("Collateralized Debt Obligation") for raw materials, these highly sophisticated financial products which have played an important role in the subprime crisis.They allowed players who have no connection with the purchase and sale of maize, wheat and other grains - such as pension funds - to invest their money in these markets, denounces World Development Movement.

The NGO acknowledges that speculation is only one element among many of soaring food prices. The OECD estimates that the weather conditions, the development of biofuels and the current instability of the Arab countries have a greater impact. But for WDM, speculation escape increasingly out of control. "The bubble is now grow very quickly," warns Murray Worthy.The NGO estimated that it would limit the amounts that banks can invest in the markets for food products and better frame the nature of transactions. Recommendations already made by the European Commission in 2008 ...

YEMEN: The ruling party accepts the plan to end the crisis in the Gulf monarchies

AFP - The ruling party in Yemen has accepted the plan to end the crisis presented by the Gulf monarchies to provide a starting within weeks of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, to whom the United States immediately asked to begin "immediately" political transition.

"The General People's Congress (GPC, in power) and its allies have accepted the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in its entirety," he told AFP Sultan al-Barakani, Deputy General Secretary of the GPC and Head of the parliamentary bloc of the party.

To overcome the crisis, the GCC has proposed forming a national unity government, then a transfer of powers by the Head of State in Vice-President and stop the demonstrations.

The President should then submit his resignation within 30 days, and a presidential election would take place 60 days later.

On Friday, Mr. Saleh, whose term runs until 2013, had said he welcomed the plan but reiterated that it would sell the power in an orderly and constitutional.

The United States, which have been implicated along with European countries in the negotiations for a settlement of the crisis, have pressed Mr.Saleh, their ally in the fight against terrorism, to begin "immediately" the political transition.

"President Saleh has publicly expressed its willingness to engage in peaceful political transition," assured Mark Toner, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, adding that "the timing and form of this transition must be determined so concerted and start immediately. "

"All parties need to really participate, including young people, in a transparent process that addresses the legitimate concerns of the Yemeni people, their political and economic aspirations and their calls to bring to justice those who quickly suppress the demonstrations by the violence," Mark Toner yet assured.

The parliamentary opposition, the Common Front, agreed on Saturday plan to end the crisis in the Gulf Arab countries, apart from one point to provide for the formation of a unity government with the participation of Mr. Saleh .

"The initiative is positive and we accept it, except the formation of a unity government because we refuse to serve under the authority of Ali Abdullah Saleh and take oath before him", told AFP spokesman of the opposition, Mohammad Qahtani, before the announcement of the plan is accepted by the CPG.

He had urged Saleh to agree to cede power in a "30 days" as required in terms of the GCC monarchies, saying the opposition was ready to form a national unity cabinet with Vice- which Mr. PresidentSaleh has transferred its powers.

So far, the opposition demanded the immediate departure of Mr. Saleh, like committees of protesters surround the protesters. The latter, however, clearly reject the plan of the Gulf monarchies.

Strongly contested in the streets since January, Mr. Saleh faces a broad popular protest movement that organizes demonstrations almost daily to demand his immediate departure. The repression of this movement has done more than 130 deaths.

Saturday, calling for a general strike was well attended especially in the south.

FOOTBALL: The Elephants for peace in Cote d'Ivoire

He has done everything that the Ivorian presidential election last November takes place in a climate of serenity, creating a media campaign around the Elephant and the democratic process, but these are the weapons that will ultimately have the last word. Regis Lemon, president of the association Foot'Attitude, did not let down either.Laurent Gbagbo to stop, Regis Lemon gave football to the heart of its action for the process of reconciliation between the supporters of former president and his successor, Alassane Ouattara, is set in the best possible conditions.

"For now, players do not have much voice in the media because the situation is still very unstable here and we want to avoid the danger that their words will be misinterpreted. But they are very involved," says Regis Lemon who lived through the dark hours of the battle of Abidjan since his residence in the district of Cocody in Abidjan.

"All the players are aware of the role they can play peacemaker in the process of reconciliation that is in place.The next action Foot'Attitude be held in early June for the return match against the Beninese, "promises Regis Lemon who hopes that his message, this time it will of course.

These photos were taken during the match Ivory Coast-Benin accounting for the qualifications of the CAN-2012. This meeting should be played March 27 in Abidjan, but it was finally relocated to Accra in Ghana. Foot'Attitude hopes this experience will be renewed in the second leg on June 3 at Porto Novo.

FOOTBALL: Real Madrid narrowly missed a sixth consecutive defeat in the "clásico"

Real Madrid, reduced to 10 and led the scoring for Barca, has managed to avoid a sixth successive defeat in the "clasicos" Saturday (1-1) but still eight points behind La Liga, six days of end.

Morally, Real, crushed at Camp Nou (5-0), has avoided the depression, preventing its biggest rival to win a third consecutive time in the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium.

Messi Barca will do as well as the Real of Di Stefano in the 60s, with six "clasicos" consecutive victory in La Liga.

But he remains undefeated this season against Real and comes under the best conditions before the three other "clasicos" program: Wednesday in the final of the Copa del Rey, April 27 and May 3 in the semi-finals (round-trip League) champions.

Barca's record against Real since the arrival of coach Josep Guardiola in 2008 is impressive: six games, five wins, one draw, 17 goals scored, three conceded.

Jose Mourinho, who had tamed Barça de Guardiola last season with Inter Milan, has three more opportunities to defeat the team "Blaugrana" with Real.

The stars of each team, Cristiano Ronaldo at Real and Barca in Messi, defeated their Indian sign on Saturday night.

Ronaldo, who had never scored against Barcelona, ​​equalized on a penalty kick in the 82nd.As for Messi, who had never scored against a team of Mourinho, he opened the scoring, also from the penalty spot (53 ').

Messi remains top scorer in La Liga, with 30 goals, against 29 for Ronaldo.

Adriano saves on his line

Dampened by the heavy defeat at the Nou Camp to go phase, the toughest of his career, Mourinho opted for a highly defensive, with Pepe, center-aligned as a false front hinge midfielder Albiol-Carvalho.

A tactical move to master the elusive Messi. And it worked, until the turn of the game: the penalty and exclusion of Raul Albiol (51). But Pepe's tenure came at the expense of midfielder Mesut Özil.And for many years, Real has been unable to produce the game

In the first half, the show was not announced dazzling the rendezvous: a lot of mistakes, nervousness, balloons lost. And very few opportunities.

Messi has still been two: the 19th with a lob small intercepted by Iker Casillas and the 44th with a breakthrough followed by a shot from the left. But again, Casillas played a full role in pushing both hands.

And Cristiano Ronaldo has created the most dangerous time: after an initial header from a corner of Ramos, he forcefully took over the head. We were very close to the 1-0 but Adriano saved on his line (45th).

The match was completely packed second half.After two penalties, Real had several opportunities, including a match by Khedira (90th). Barca was the same in stoppage time, by Villa.

Prior to the summit of the Spanish League, Valencia had consolidated his third place by winning consistently at the last, Almeria (3-0).

Valencia, who finished digesting its elimination by eighth-finals of the Champions League (for Schalke 04), finished the season strong and will receive the Real Madrid the next day.

LIBYA: The "contact group" will provide funds for the rebels Libyan

AFP - An international conference on Libya in Qatar announced Wednesday the creation of a fund to help Libyan rebellion and reiterated the need for a departure of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to resolve the crisis.

The first meeting of the Contact Group on Libya, in Doha, stressed the need to provide the rebels who hold the Eastern countries the means to defend himself, while refusing to explicitly include in the aid of military equipment.

The meeting, under the joint chairmanship of Great Britain and Qatar, was attended by twenty countries and organizations for nearly four weeks after March 19 of a multinational force under UN mandate to protect civilians.

The final statement, the Contact Group has decided "the establishment of a temporary financial mechanism" to provide the Transitional National Council, the political arm of the rebellion, "ways to manage aid and meet the needs urgent "areas controlled by rebels.

The Group also stressed "the need for (Colonel) Gaddafi to relinquish power" to encourage settlement of the crisis, the statement said.

The Gaddafi regime "must relinquish power," withdraw its forces from the cities and "put an immediate end to violence against civilians," said today's statement.

The text stresses the need to provide "material support" to people under rebel control. "The Libyan people need medicine and other means to resist," Sheikh Hamad assured, not to indicate clearly if weapons fell into this category.

The Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told the press that Rome, which will host the second meeting of the Contact Group, considered as non-offensive military equipment could be delivered to the rebellion.

European ministers showed differences on this issue.The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vanackere, who represented his country and the Netherlands in Doha, countered that "the resolutions of the UN plan to protect civilians, but not the arm."

The head of French diplomacy Alain Juppe has excluded its share to help the Libyan rebels to arm themselves.It is planned to "help them obtain financing, to strengthen, but there was no question of arms supplies," he said.

In opening the meeting, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to remain united, to prevent a humanitarian tragedy in that country in North Africa than six million people, nearly 3.6 million could need aid.

The military standoff between the rebels holding the Benghazi region (east) and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli that entrenched in (West) created within NATO, which leads NATO operations, the spectrum of a stalemate.

Two major partners of the coalition, France and Great Britain have called for stronger action by NATO, which took command on March 31.

CNT, who attended the meeting in Doha, has claimed an increase in NATO strikes.

"We want more air strikes against tanks and missile launch sites" from the army loyal to Colonel Qaddafi, told AFP in charge of External Relations of the National Transition Council, Ali al-Issawi.

A meeting of the Alliance is scheduled for Thursday in Berlin to discuss operations in Libya, which must involve the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended the role of the transatlantic organization.

The United States who had taken command of the coalition as a first step, before announcing the withdrawal of their ground attack aircraft, revealed Wednesday that U.S. fighter jets bombed air defense always Jamahiriya.

On the ground, the rebel forces have retaken the town of Ajdabiya (east) to 160 km south of Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgents-knot strategic road theater deadly fighting in recent days, but the units pro-Qadhafi maintained there their pressure by sporadic gunfire.

Two big explosions were heard Wednesday in Tripoli, whose origin was not immediately known, were seen AFP journalists.

Earlier, the official Libyan Jana stated that NATO forces have conducted raids on Wednesday and Al-Aziziyah Misrata (west) and at Sirte, the hometown of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, 600 km east of Tripoli.

The new Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Laabidi, named after the recent defection of his predecessor, came to his side to Cyprus where he will meet Thursday his Cypriot counterpart Marcos Kyprianou.

NIGERIA: Several attacks marred the legislative

The legislative elections of Nigeria already postponed twice and opened Saturday in an explosion at a polling station in Maiduguri in the north-east of the country has made several wounded.

On Friday, a bomb had already exploded in a polling station near Abuja in the center of the country leaving 11 dead and 38 wounded. The balance of the explosion of Maiduguri has not yet been clarified.

This vote marks the start of a marathon election, which must continue with the presidential April 16.Polling stations have opened in some areas as scheduled at 08:00 local time (0700 GMT) but others could not start on time, found the AFP journalists.

A poll postponed twice

These elections take place in almost all districts of the country, had been postponed last Saturday April 4 and April 9, due to the absence of electoral materials and personnel in a large number of polling stations.

"I think today will be different.(Electoral Commission) is ready, "said Fatai Awofolaju, an official election in Lagos.

In Lagos, the economic capital, Abuja, the administrative capital and Kano (North), the second city of the country, polls opened at 8:00 or shortly thereafter.In Bayelsa State which is from the President Goodluck Jonathan, they opened with 90 minutes delay.

This election that is expected to test the ability of the country's most populous country with 160 million people to hold free elections.

Attacks and armed robbery threaten legislative

The explosion of a bomb Suleija Friday, some 45 km from Abuja (center) in a polling place elections and preparing where 11 people were killed and 38 injured, has not been claimed. The vote in this constituency has been postponed.Chairman Jonathan presidential candidate, denounced a "heinous terrorist bombing" and ordered increased security at the premises of the Electoral Commission throughout the country.

Gunmen also attacked Friday in Shani, Borno state in north-east, a police station where election officials were responsible for the supervision of election materials, killing four people.

The previous elections in Nigeria were marred by fraud and violence.Since November, the NGO Human Rights Watch has already recorded 85 deaths in pre-election violence.

The borders were closed, traffic restrictions were imposed on vehicles and soldiers patrolled the strategic points.

The impact of the attacks was difficult to measure. "What bomb?" We have no problem here, "commented Bode Oshowole Saturday, a printer 61, in a polling station in Lagos.

"They're trying to scare us but it does not," responded the head of another office."Nigeria can not be turned into another Afghanistan or Iraq," said Nnamdi Ekweogu.

In a little over 10% of precincts where the ballots could not be printed in time, the legislation will be held April 26, the date of elections of governors and assemblies of the 36 states of the federation.The postponement affects 15 out of 109 senatorial districts and 48 constituencies which elect the 360 ​​members in the House of Representatives.

"Several countries in Africa have been able to hold successful elections, and if we fail, we can not claim a leadership role or to discipline anyone for failure," he said Thursday Jonathan to a delegation of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), based in Washington, which supports democratic institutions and practices worldwide. The NGOs in Nigeria has sent more than 50 observers from more than 23 countries, working with 1700 Nigerian observers.

OIL: Germany pinned to its economic ties with Iran

India can no longer buy Iranian oil via Germany. Berlin decided Tuesday to put an end to a troubled business relationship that provoked the ire of Israel and the United States.

Until now, the Bundesbank and the Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank (EIHB), based in Hamburg, served as intermediaries between New Delhi and Tehran, was revealed late last week the economic daily Handelsblatt. India, which purchases $ 9 billion per year of petroleum to Iran, contributed money to the German central bank, which instructed EIHB then buy the black gold to Iran.India thus avoiding offending his American ally, with the complicity of Berlin.

Washington was quick to react to these revelations. Earlier this week, the U.S. government complained about the transaction with the German government. Target of his displeasure: EIHB, a company owned 52% by an Iranian national bank. The hotel has since 2010 on the U.S. blacklist of companies suspected of helping Iran to circumvent international sanctions.Israel has applied the prohibition to the Germans.

Berlin was in a PREM time dithered, saying EIHB acted legally in Germany and was subject to strict control of financial authorities. Finally, the government caved in and ordered Tuesday to its central bank to close the valve.

It seems, moreover, that this business has three bands are the result of bargaining between the German government and Iran. Germany has in fact given the green light for this operation in early February, just days after the release of two German journalists detained in Iran.

"The quality rather than quantity"

The case could hardly have come at a worse time for Angela Merkel.She had already been criticized for its reluctance to participate in military operations against Libya. But this deal also calls into the importance of economic relations between Germany and Iran.

Germany is the leading European trade partner of Iran and second in the world behind the United Arab Emirates. Its exports reached $ 3.8 billion in 2010, an increase of almost 5% compared to 2009.Between January and October of 2010, imports from Iran rose by 28%.

"But more than the quantity of exports is the quality of products delivered that matters," said FRANCE 24 Alfaraj Sami, president of the Center for Strategic Studies in Kuwait, specialized in the Gulf region. Most German companies involved in Iran are specialized in high technology products.

The German giant Siemens had thus contributed to the computer system of Iranian nuclear facilities. The group announced in 2009 that he was withdrawing from Iran. In total, 200 German companies were active in Iran in July 2009, according to a list compiled by the Board of Trade between Germany and Iran.Business relationships can be very bad as the German political scientist Matthias Küntzel which analyzed last year. He wondered what kind of service a company like Babcock Borsig Service GmbH, which specializes "in nuclear technology," may well provide Tehran.

In 2008, the spokesman of the National Iranian Petrochimicals company had welcomed the ease that he had "to find from other countries than the U.S. products which [he] needed." He cited four names of companies, three are German.

SYRIA: Al-Assad supported the former Minister of Agriculture to form a government

AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was charged Sunday Agriculure outgoing Minister Adel Safar, to form a new government, announced the official SANA news agency while the regime is facing a wave of protest.

"President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree instructing Adel Safar to form the government," Sana reported.

Ba'ath Party member and 58 years old, Mr.Safar has studied agriculture at Damascus University before earning a doctorate in France.

From 1997 to 2000, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in Damascus before becoming Minister of Agriculture in 2003.

The outgoing government of Mohammad Naji Otri, in office since 2003 did not survive the challenge in the country and resigned March 29, two weeks after the first demonstrations against the regime.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Alassane Ouattara allied forces take control of Yamoussoukro

AFP - Ivorian President forces acknowledged by the international community Wednesday Alassane Ouattara have accentuated their pressure on the regime of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo in taking the political capital Yamoussoukro, as tensions rose in Abidjan.

On the third day of the offensive, this highly symbolic victory comes four months after the beginning of a post-election crisis which has, according to UN figures, at least 460 people and displaced nearly a million people.

It is a major setback for incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, whose regime is isolated diplomatically and economically strangled, and whose forces seem to fall back on the economic capital Abidjan, the heart of a power that has never been so threatened.

"Mr.Gbagbo has a few more hours to go, otherwise it will march on Abidjan. And it will be much more complicated for him, "warned France 24 Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister Ouattara.

In the metropolis of Abidjan, many residents have returned home hurriedly in the afternoon, reporters found the AFP. Shots were heard in several northern districts. The Plateau, where the presidential palace, the traffic was very limited.

Mr. Republican ForcesOuattara, composed mainly ex-rebels holding the north since 2002, continued their advance Wednesday and taking Soubré Yamoussoukro, 130 km north of San Pedro (south-west), the largest export port in the world cocoa .

They had already won important victories on Tuesday in entering Duekoue, Daloa (center-west) and Bondoukou (east), but also Abengourou (southeast), just 220 km from the economic capital Abidjan.

The Ambassador of Cote d'Ivoire in France named by Alassane Ouattara, Ally Coulibaly, assured that his forces controlled camp "three quarters" of the country.

Yamoussoukro, the birthplace of the "Father of the Nation" Felix Houphouet-Boigny (1960-93) became the political capital of the world's leading exporter of cocoa, has fallen into the hands of fighters pro-Ouattara, virtually without a fight, only a few shots with Kalashnikov were heard, residents said.

"Yamoussoukro is under control of Republican Forces, the jubilant crowd cheering, they parade in town," said a resident of the capital.

On board the pick-ups with machine guns or motorcycles, they roam the city by launching shouting, witnesses said.

According to several testimonies, the pro-Ouattara continued their way south, leaving a small detachment in the political capital.

A resident of Toumodi (50 km south of Yamoussoukro) ensured to have heard gunfire in the afternoon in this village, located about 200 km from Abidjan.

On the eastern front, the forces are advancing rapidly pro-Ouattara, without meeting strong resistance, approaching a little closer to Abidjan, where new recruits began Wednesday to enlist in the army of the president.

On the western front, they are now the cocoa port of San Pedro.

More than 400,000 tons of cocoa are blocked from calling the camp Ouattara to stop exports. This measure has been further strengthened by Western sanctions.Ouattara government warned Wednesday, "an exporter" of cocoa "collaborate" with the president.

Gbagbo's camp had called Tuesday night to a "cease-fire immediately," declaring himself ready for negotiations with the rival camp under the auspices of the African Union in Addis Ababa in early April.

But Anne Ouloto, spokesman for Mr. Ouattara, responded by asking supporters of Mr Gbagbo to "disarm," saying that the call for a cease-fire was a "diversion".

Pope Benedict XVI on his side announced its decision to send an envoy to Côte d'Ivoire to promote "reconciliation and peace" and called for "a process of constructive dialogue."

Yemen: President Saleh clings to power

AFP - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday reaffirmed his intention not to cede power, nearly two months after the beginning of the controversy insists his departure.

"We're always there, solid as a rock, and we will not be shaken by events," said Mr. Saleh in front of notables, showing no sign of letting go of the reins of power he has held for 32 years .

"Our nation has overcome in the past a lot of obstacles and emerge stronger from the ordeal now," assured the Head of State challenged in the street who has lost the support of part of the military, religious and tribal.

Mr.Saleh has accused the Islamists and the opposition have caused shortages of gas and fuel in the country "by cutting the roads" and a shortage of electricity "sawing the high voltage pylons.

The presidential party's General People's Congress (GPC) has already considered "unacceptable" a departure from Mr.Saleh said Friday that his supporters want to "resist" the pressures of the street and its opponents.

The spokesman of the GPC, Tariq al-Shami told AFP Saturday that "power will be delivered only one that will choose the people through elections, the only way for a peaceful transition of power."

The politburo of the GIC said about him, according to state news agency Saba, having met on Friday under the chairmanship of Mr.Saleh, from "review the obstinate position of the party al-Islah (Islamic) and its allies (...) who closed the door for dialogue and tried climbing.

Among these allies, the political bureau cited the parliamentary opposition parties, the Shiite rebellion in northern Yemen and Al-Qaeda.

The manifestation of support to President Saleh in Sana'a organized on Friday alongside the protesters, expresses "the attachment (the people) to constitutional legality," said the Politburo.

Increasingly isolated after the denial of religious and tribal leaders, Mr.Saleh said Friday he was unwilling to cede power to opponents he described as "adventurers and conspirators."

An attempt at reconciliation between MrSaleh and the strong man of the army, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who joined the protest, has "failed to defuse the crisis or to bring their points of view", had said Friday a source close to the AFPs discussions.

In the south, the daily "October 14", which was the mouthpiece of the Yemeni regime in Aden but was discontinued Tuesday, reappeared on newsstands Saturday, taking the defense of the protest movement.

"The opposition demonstrations shouting slogans demanding the fall of the regime," as the newspaper had stopped publishing its editorial on Tuesday when refused the instructions of the Ministry of Information.

Aden was the capital of former South Yemen before the country's unification in 1990, is more liberal than Sanaa, the capital, and the city is at the forefront of protest against the regime.

Also in the south, six alleged members of al-Qaeda were killed Saturday in a clash with the army in the Abyan province, a stronghold of the extremist network.

"Militants of Al-Qaeda launched Saturday at dawn an armed attack against a military unit on guard near a power plant Loder.The soldiers returned fire, killing six attackers, "said a source within the security services, a report confirmed by medical sources.

Some parts of Yemen, particularly in the south, beyond increasing the control of central government, particularly after the defection of army leaders who joined the movement demanding the resignation of President Saleh.

JAPAN: Black smoke escapes from a reactor at the Fukushima plant

Black smoke escaped Wednesday afternoon from the building housing the reactor 3 in the central hilly Fukushima, forcing the evacuation of staff, said the site operator, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO).

"We do not know if the smoke comes from the building housing the turbine or the reactor containment," said a spokesman.

"Employees were evacuated from the control room of reactor 3," he added, unable to specify the number of people who were there.

The control room of reactor 3 is the first to be partially turned on again Tuesday night with an external power supply which has restarted its lighting.

The central one Fukushima (Fukushima Daiichi) has six reactors, whose power has been interrupted by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, which led to the decommissioning of cooling fuel.

Unit 3 has been badly damaged by an explosion. It is loaded with MOX fuel, a mixture of oxides of uranium and plutonium which are particularly harmful discharges.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Chelsea-Manchester United, a duel between English clubs showing shifts

The game 100% English between Chelsea and Manchester United as a poster of the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which the draw took place Friday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland).

The Red Devils, who won the Blues on penalties in the final of the 2008 edition, will have to find the heart of Londoners after their last league match on 1 March. The Red Devils were so inclined on the pitch at Stamford Bridge (2-1) on a penalty issue, triggering the wrath of Alex Ferguson, coach of MU.Result: The main person was handed a five-game suspension and 35,000 euro fine for attacking the referee.

Real Madrid - Barcelona in the semi-finals?

Those who attended the draw will not failed to notice the hypothetical encounter between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona looming in the semifinals of the event.

Indeed, if Madrid beat the Londoners Tottenham in the quarter and if Barcelona do not fall into the trap of Shaktar Donetsk, the two Spanish giants could well play their fourth face-to-face for the season. Because the two clubs will meet in the final of the King's Cup, scheduled April 20, after the two Clasico of the season - the first of which was won 5-0 by Barca, while the second is scheduled April 17.A week later, on 25 or 26 April, the two clubs could therefore still compete in the Champions League ... What a little stoke the rivalry between the two clubs.

The other match of these quarters will pit the defending champions, Inter Milan, Schalke 04 of Spanish striker Raul. A meeting also doubtful for the team from the Ruhr for the Lombards, who defeated another German team in the knockout finals: Bayern Munich. But with the worst difficulties ...

The draw:

Real Madrid - FC Tottenham

Chelsea - Manchester United

FC Barcelona - Shaktar Donetsk

Inter Milan - Schalke 04

Matches go on 5 and 6 April, leg matches on 12 and 13 April.

CINEMA: The screening of the film at the UN "Miral" boosted Israel

When the chamber of the UN General Assembly is transformed into a cinema and it plans a film on the Middle East, the actors in the Israeli-Palestinian to watch closely ... The Israeli delegation to the UN is moved because of the screening on Monday evening, the film "Miral" directed by American director Julian Schnabel of the Jewish faith in an enclosure as symbolic.

A feature film politically biased and biased judge and the Israeli delegation. "Miral" tells the story of a young Palestinian woman gathered in an orphanage in Jerusalem, which crosses the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo agreements until 1993.The film is inspired by an autobiographical book written by the Italo-Palestinian Rula Jebreal, wife of the director.

"We do not know of another film with such a controversial political content that has received such an accession of President of the General Assembly, writing and Chaim Waxman, head of the Israeli representative to the United Nations, in a press release .This is clearly a political decision of the UN, a decision that is a misjudgment and lack of balance, "the document.

Israeli officials accuse including Joseph Deiss, President of the UN General Assembly, have supported the development of this projection, but the Assembly to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an "excessive and obsessive."

Accusations that Jean-Victor Nkolo, spokesman of the General Assembly, joined by France24.com, totally rejects. "There have been several films in recent months. Films on water films on child soldiers in Uganda, films about suicide bombers.They can also be considered political films! "Surprised it before continuing:" It is difficult to say what a movie with political content. We're talking about a work of art tour by a large American director Julian Schnabel, whose mother was president of Hadassah movement, which contributed to the creation of the Israeli state in 1948.I do not think Julian Schnabel could be seen accused of being anti-Israel. "

Al Pacino and Sean Penn attend the screening

Jean-Victor Nkolo wants, instead, believe in the virtues of the film "Miral": "We are sensitive to the views expressed by the Israeli delegation, more because of the recent murder of an Israeli family in the West Bank (in the night from March 11 to 12, Ed). We condemn this attack. It is precisely on the issue of children in this conflict that concerns the film. This may lead to a dialogue. "

Rula Jebreal says she, having described his childhood in Jerusalem for the sole purpose of encouraging the Palestinian society to send their daughters to school."The more you educate girls, the more Israel will be safe, and we'll all be safe," she claimed on FRANCE 24, the month of May (see video below-cons).

For their part, the Weinstein brothers, owners of the Weinstein Company, the company that distributes the work in the United States, assert their Jewishness and say they never provided "a film that would be unfavorable to Israel or Judaism. " "'Miral' tells the story of a young palestinian, they said, that does not make a movie controversy."Julian Schnabel drove the nail in an article published Saturday by the Daily Beast: "As long as Palestinian history is not understood and recognized by Israel and its American allies, there will be no peace in the Holy Land."

On Monday evening, the screening of "Miral" will be attended by the film crew and several personalities from the film world like Al Pacino or Sean Penn. "Member states of the UN [y] are naturally invited. It's open to everyone, just come and collect a ticket in the limited seats available", explains the spokesman of the General Assembly . Promises, however, that no actor in the Israeli-Palestinian participate in the discussion held following the screening.

CINEMA PODCAST: Audio: The boxing movie in all its

Blood and sweat in the program of 24 frames per second, the podcast cinema writing France24.com. At the exit, this Wednesday, March 9, in rooms of two French films in part devoted to boxing, the team of 24 frames per second enters the ring wearing a referee.

To my right, the American feature film "Fighter" by David O. Russell, discusses the rise of boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), who conquered the title of welterweight champion with the help of his brother Dicky (Christian Bale), a former boxer and addicted to crack.

To my left, the French outsider "Jimmy River" Teddy Lussi-Modeste, the story of a young gypsy forced by his entourage to draw a line under the two passions of his life: Thai boxing and love Sonia. ..

Who's "Fighter" or "Jimmy River" won the favor of 24 frames per second? Answer in the podcast ...

Libya: Muammar Gaddafi: "The people will deal with terrorists and traitors"

The Libyan leader did not budge. While regular forces Libyan Sunday launched a violent offensive against the cities taken by the insurgents, Muammar Gaddafi repeated in an interview with FRANCE 24 broadcast Monday that the "crisis" through which his country is the result of "a conspiracy" orchestrated by the network of Al Qaeda. Affirming that Libya played a "vital role in regional and even global peace," he posed as a partner in the fight against international terrorism.

Muammar Gaddafi also condemned the interference of the international community, including France, which on Sunday welcomed the establishment of the Libyan national, established by the insurgency. "Really, it makes you laugh, this interference in the affairs of a country.It is as if we interfered in the affairs of Corsica or Sardinia ... "

"Al Qaeda has a plan," he accuses. I think that the terrorists of Al Qaeda have tried to take advantage of the situation in Tunisia, Egypt, but they were down in Libya. They are dormant cells who woke up and took up arms to kill members of the army, police. "

"We are partners in the fight against terrorism, says Muammar Gaddafi. There were armed Islamic extremists in Algeria, as there was in Iraq or Pakistan ... We are the same thing, we have armed factions who are fighting us.There was a resolution of the Security Council UN [against the Libyan regime, which includes an asset freeze of Libyan officials, ed], but ignored Al-Qaeda! "

"It makes you laugh the interference!"

If the Libyan League for Human Rights puts the figure of 6,000 deaths since the violence began in mid-February, Muammar Gaddafi admits that there were "hundreds" dead "on both sides, the side of Army and police and the rebels. "

However, it underlines the fact that the world has a picture "distorted" the situation there. "To my friends and the world, I say it is a distorted picture that was given to peaceful demonstrations.Several chains have manipulated the truth. Do not grow the business as if there was a big problem. (...) Now we open the doors to foreign journalists and we invite the world to open their eyes. "

And explain its view of the situation: "The bearers of weapons in Benghazi have no clear demands. In Benghazi is the revolution of 1 September [in reference to 1 September 1969, when Muammar Qaddafi overthrew King Idris I and proclaimed the Libyan Republic, ed]. We must get rid of people who are armed traitors. The people will look after them.In some areas, machine guns have been distributed and the population was able to block these terrorists. "

On his relations with the United States and the European Union, Gaddafi obvious astonishment. "It's strange, our relations were good. Perhaps there a security issue in the Mediterranean, to block emigration ... We also Libya major oil companies Spanish or French, and Suddenly these countries have forgotten the interests that are theirs. "

FOOD: Rising food prices hit a new record

"In February, unfortunately, the food prices have hit a new record." This was announced Abby Abbassian, an economist with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), told FRANCE 24. In February, the benchmark index of the FAO has indeed jumped 2.2% in January. Over the last six months, the increase was nearly 70%.

The situation begins to resemble more than in 2008, during which many food riots had broken out.The rising price of grain basket, accounting for 46% of the caloric World, "is largely responsible for this new record," regrets Abby Abbassian.

FAO estimates that several factors could prevent a new hunger crisis. "The situation in 2008 was largely due to higher rice prices within the basket of grain, remains one of the most stable," says Abby Abbassian. At that time also, investment in biofuels, which use grain, but now seemed uncontrollable "they are better controlled."

Ireland wants to renegotiate its rescue plan with the EU

The Irish opposition leader Enda Kenny, began Sunday the negotiations for a coalition government after winning legislative elections without an absolute majority, while demanding a renegotiation of the Brussels immediate rescue plan for the island.

Without waiting for the announcement of final results, which should not occur before Sunday night or Monday, Enda Kenny on Saturday evening claimed victory.

According to partial results for mid-morning on Sunday about 80% of seats, Fine Gael's education (center) won over 36% of the votes, humiliating the ruling party, Fianna Fail.

The centrist organization, which dominated Irish politics for 80 years, rolled out: with only 17.4% of the vote, she should see the number of seats divided by three.The vote also marks the end of the political career of outgoing Prime Minister, Brian Cowen, who did not represent.

But the tsunami, tidal Fine Gael has not been sufficient to confer an absolute majority, forcing Enda Kenny to seek an alliance with Labour, a formation which left with the Fine Gael has already ruled several times.

The Labour party has raised nearly 20% of the vote.

"Talks immediate Fine Gael and Labour in a coalition," a title in the Sunday Business Post, saying "inevitable" a coalition rather than a form of ad hoc agreements with independent members.

"I will explore all options," said Enda Kenny on Saturday, stressing however that voters had given him a "massive support" for a "strong and stable government."

"I do not want things hanging. I will decide very quickly," he said.The leading theory has until 9 March, the opening of Parliament and his inauguration as Prime Minister to form his government.

The Labour leader, Eamon Gilmore, confirmed Saturday night that "the most likely outcome" would be a "coalition", without dwelling on the many obstacles to overcome.

Of "intense discussion" on the subject will be necessary, and the Business Post said, to "bridge the chasm" between the Labour and Fine Gael, in particular on the austerity program implemented by the outgoing government.

While Fine Gael broadly supports the budget cuts imposed by the outgoing government, Labour intends to reduce the pushing of two years, to 2016 against 2014, the deadline that had set Brian Cowen to bring the deficit to 3% of Gross domestic product, against 32% in 2010.

The bailout Island International, signed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, awarded Dublin until 2015 for curbing public deficits.

Enda Kenny recalled on Saturday night that the renegotiation of the plan was a priority. "We will act on it next week.I already had contacts that very day (Saturday), he said, stressing the urgency of the calendar.

March will indeed decisive for the euro area, with marathon negotiations to develop a defense against the debt crises.

During the campaign, the future prime minister has promised to demand a reduction in the rate of interest at which EU ready to Dublin, under the assistance plan, and he deems "punitive." It also intends to ask the bondholders that they bear some of the losses.

Negotiations in Brussels on the plan and in Dublin on a coalition: Enda Kenny will know "no honeymoon," warned the Sunday Business Post.

INTERNET: The Artistic Memory of the Egyptian revolution took refuge on the web

The memory of the revolution in Egypt is being built. And it goes particularly through art and the Internet. Since the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, February 11, several sites have begun a tedious job of archiving photos, videos and other forms of artistic expression related to the "revolution of 25 January." Initiatives that are based mainly on suggestions made by users. And they flock, especially on the beloved children of the revolution: social networks.

One of the projects that seem more serious started last Sunday on Facebook. It's called "I am Tahrir" and intends to create the first virtual exhibition of the artistic heritage of the Egyptian revolution.The administrator of this page of famous social network that currently has about 1000 "fans" says he hopes "not only document the Egyptian revolution, but eventually become a relay for the revolutionary art of all countries".

Traces

Customers have started feeding this new artistic platform online with their own achievements, but also those that seem symbolic of the popular uprising in Egypt. Thirty cartoons, photos or prominent shocks, songs, poems but also videos already adorn the wall of the Facebook page. Much evidence showing the trend of sentiment in the street over the 18 days that ended the regime of Hosni Mubarak.It sees the anger against the former president, hope amount in the last days of demonstration and determination of the Egyptians.

The founders of "I am Tahrir have already providing a number of documents. Once finalized documents to the fishery, all these works will be displayed on another site in the form of virtual art gallery also called "I am Tahrir. The promoters of this project have not said when this first cyber-exhibition will be finalized.

It must be said that the mass of material available on the Web is impressive. Another online project is enough to make dizzy."I am Jan25", a name chosen in reference to the first day of protest against the regime of former Rais, has chosen to display without sorting or formatting, all images and videos relating to the Egyptian revolution unearthed on the Web. The site currently lists over 4000 images and over 3000 videos. It contains all the essential being, it seems, to keep track.

BAHRAIN: The opposition demanded the resignation of government

A senior Bahraini Shiite opposition, Abdel Jalil Khalil Ibrahim, Saturday demanded the resignation of the government and the withdrawal of forces from the streets of Manama in response to the offer of dialogue made the previous day by the crown prince of Bahrain.

"To consider the dialogue, the government must resign and the army must withdraw from the streets" of the capital, saidIbrahim, leader of the parliamentary bloc of Wefaq, the main Shiite opposition group.

"We are not witnessing a language of dialogue, but that of arms," he added, referring to the army shooting Friday night against the demonstrators, who were 95 injuries, including "three in a state of clinical death, "he said.

These shootings were occurring while the Crown Prince Salman Ben Hamad Al-Khalifa, speaking on state television to promise a dialogue with the opposition once calm was restored.

"I make no distinction between a Bahraini and another and what is happening now is unacceptable," said Prince Salman."Bahrain is currently experiencing a state of division and that's unacceptable," he said.

King Hamad Ben Issa Al-Khalifa immediately instructed his son, Crown Prince, to conduct a "dialogue with stakeholders and communities without exception", ensuring through cooperation "sincere", "Bahrain will come out stronger ".

This offer of dialogue "is not serious," said the elected Wefaq, demanding that the authorities "serious and sincere measures that meet the requirements of the current situation."

"The situation is complicated and I fear it spirals out of control," warned Mr.Ibrahim, whose group has withdrawn from Parliament, where he has 18 of the 40 elected House of Deputies, to protest against the bloody crackdown on Thursday at the dawn of a sit-in anti-regime instead of Pearl in Manama.

Bahrain, a small kingdom populated predominantly Shiite, has ruled since the 18th century by a Sunni dynasty.

The head of Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, told AFP Thursday that the opposition wants a "new government is proposing political reforms, we can revise the Constitution, which enshrines the principle of peaceful transfer of power and establish a constitutional monarchy. "

The Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the king's uncle, is in the position since Bahrain's independence in 1971, while the sovereignty ministries are held by members of the royal family.

BAHRAIN: The Shiite opposition suspends participation in parliament

AFP - Two protesters were killed Shiites in Bahrain in quelling anti-government protests, which continued Tuesday in this small Gulf kingdom ruled by a Sunni dynasty.

The protests erupted Monday in the Shiite villages on the initiative of surfers who have called on Facebook to protest to demand political and social reforms in the wake of riots in Tunisia and Egypt.

Bahrain, Shiite-majority country, made short shrift next to the other oil monarchies of the region, its oil reserves had virtually dried up.

Customers have called on Facebook to continue the demonstrations on Tuesday, including a high turnout at the funeral of the victims.

The Shiite bloc in parliament, al-Wefaq which has 18 seats elected on 40, said it had suspended its participation in the meeting because of the repression "wild" demonstrators calling including that the government solve the unemployment problem and increases wages.

A young protester, Ali Mcheimeh, succumbed to his injuries on Monday night received during the dispersal of a demonstration in the Shiite village of Diya, east of Manama, said the interior ministry by announcing an inquiry whether the police had "had an unwarranted use of weapons."

The police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in several Shiite villages, which Darraz, west of Manama, Sitra (east), Balad Al-Qadim and Jed Hafs (center), witnesses said.

A second Shiite protester was killed by a "bullet fragmentation" when dispersing a rally Tuesday at a hospital in Manama prior to the funeral of Mcheimeh, according to an Opposition MP Shiite Ibrahim al-Khalil Marzooq, which was also reported injured.

"Fadel Salman Matrouk was killed by bullets in front of the hospital Suleimania fragmentation in Manama where people had gathered for the funeral of the first martyr," he told AFP.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement on the Twitter site a "clash pitted some people attending a funeral at a patrol of security forces", which caused the death of Matrouk. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of his death.

Mr.Marzooq further explained that the movement al-Wefaq had suspended its participation in parliament "because of the reaction to the wild events that left two dead."

Besides the House, which has limited powers, Parliament has a consultative council whose 40 members are appointed by the king and can block any initiative from the elected assembly.

Between 1994 and 1999, Bahrain was the scene of violence led by Shiites who had been forty deaths. The Shiites feel discriminated against in employment, social services like housing and public services provided to their villages.

AFGHANISTAN: Insurgents stormed the police headquarters in Kandahar

AFP - Three people were killed Saturday, including two policemen, and 26 others wounded in an attack claimed by the Taliban from the police headquarters in Kandahar, the largest city in southern Afghanistan, said the spokesman provincial governor.

Nine children were among the wounded, "said Zalman Ayubi.

The police headquarters of the provincial capital is under attack since mid-day by insurgents holed up in a large six-storey building, located 50 m across, where they shoot with automatic weapons, rocket launchers and machine guns, said a correspondent for AFP.

Taliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that six of their militants had taken control of the hotel.

The police, who replies with automatic weapons and rocket launchers, stormed the building early in the afternoon.

The correspondent of AFP, two explosions, one in the lobby, another powerful front of the building were heading directly when police began investing the hotel.

A police chief, who requested anonymity, told AFP that six explosions had been recorded since the fighting started, "five of them around the police headquarters, and about one km zone "near a shopping center, he added.

The AFP correspondent has heard from a seventh blast near police headquarters.

The fighting is still ongoing, have gained in intensity, found the AFP correspondent who saw the police take position on the roof of the hotel.

Of automatic weapons fire echoed also in several districts of Kandahar, deserted by its inhabitants, ordered by police not to leave their homes, according to this correspondent.

The streets are blocked by Afghan police and U.S. soldiers, while U.S. helicopter gunships turn in the sky.

Since they were toppled by an international coalition led by the United States in late 2001, the Taliban waging a deadly insurgency in Afghanistan against the Kabul government and the international force of 140,000 strong men, who supports it.

Violence has intensified in recent months in Kandahar province, recently hit by several deadly suicide bombings claimed by the Taliban, while NATO troops are conducting several months of offensives aimed at driving the rebels from their strongholds.

ITALY: Justice will request the immediate return of Berlusconi in court

AFP - The three judges, investigators of the case Wednesday Rubygate send their request for immediate judgments against the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday the chief prosecutor in Milan.

"This afternoon we will make a final meeting" to determine if the demand for immediate trial will focus on the two charges against Mr. Berlusconi or single, told the press Edmondo Bruti Liberati.

The Milan prosecutor's office has almost completed the investigation in which Mr.Berlusconi is suspected of engaging in prostitution of a minor and abuse of office, paid for the services of a young Moroccan called Ruby, and be acted as Chairman of the Board for her release last May.

According to judicial sources, prosecutors would head to a request for immediate judgments only for the crime of abuse of office.

Once the request is sent, the investigating judge who will have five days to decide whether or not the holding of a trial.

The trial is now an expedited Italian Penal Code which is based on a "clear" evidence and could lead to a trial before the summer cons M.Berlusconi.

The prosecution has claimed to have "evidence" on the organization of unbridled celebrations in the homes of Cavaliere, where young women are prostitutes in exchange for money and free housing.

For the part of the investigation into the prostitution of minors, judges may follow the normal procedure which provides a preliminary hearing and a trial.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people gathered in Milan, Umberto Eco, whose writers and Roberto Saviano, demanding the resignation of Berlusconi and his protest against "outrages upon personal dignity of women."

MIDDLE EAST: Hillary Clinton suggests a risk of "chaos" and "storm" in the region

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Saturday that the movement towards democracy in the Middle East, she continued, had nevertheless "risks of chaos," holding that the situation there was "perfect" for a hurricane ".

"Without progress towards open and accountable systems, the gap between peoples and their governments will increase instability and worse," she said at the 47th Security Conference in Munich (Southern Germany).

"Throughout the region," Middle East "there must be a clear and substantial progress towards systems transparent, honest and responsible," she pleaded.

"Currently, in some countries the transition is advancing rapidly, in others it will take more time," she said in a clear reference to different contexts of contestation in Tunisia, which ousted President Ben Ali and Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak refused to leave immediately.

"Of course there are risks, risks caused by the transition to democracy," noted the U.S. Secretary of State.

"This may cause chaos and instability in the short term, or worse, and we observed that in the past, the transition can cause a regression to a different regime as authoritarian," as citizens of a country tried to kill, stressed Ms. Clinton.

In the Middle East, the situation is "perfect" for a hurricane, she said, marking the high stakes.

Switzerland freezes assets of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier

AFP - Switzerland on Tuesday blocked the assets of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier follows the entry into force of a new law that would allow them to return to Haiti, announced Foreign Ministry.

"This law was accepted by Parliament at its autumn session 2010, it entered into force on 1 February 2011", says the Department of Foreign Affairs (Department) on its website.

"The funds were then blocked Duvalier on the basis" of this new law, say the Swiss authorities.

The law was nicknamed "Lex Duvalier" in the Confederation, as she was introduced to compensate for a lack appeared in the long legal battle over restitution to the Haitian people by some 6 million Swiss francs (4.6 million) filed by the Duvalier family in Swiss bank accounts.

CYCLING: Alberto Contador is appealing his suspension for doping

AFP - The cyclist Alberto Contador said Friday he had "never doped" and would "appeal" and fight to the end to prove his innocence at his first press conference after announcement of his suspension for one year.

"I'm going to appeal, where it will be necessary to defend my innocence to the end," Contador said at a news conference in Puigpunyent, near Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain).

"During these ten days I'll work up with my lawyers to see justice done," said Tour de France 2010.

"I never doped myself, I am an example of cleanliness," he said.

Contador, 28, underwent 21 July 2010 in Pau, at a rest day of the Tour de France, a positive drug test that revealed trace amounts of clenbuterol, a product that stimulates lung function and also has anabolic effects.

The three-time winner of the Tour de France has always defended by claiming to have been a victim of food contamination.

He faces a one-year suspension, sanction proposed by the Spanish Cycling Federation, and the loss of his Tour victory in 2010.

The final sanction, subject to appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is to be known until mid-February.

"Baby Doc" indicted for theft and corruption in Port-au-Prince

Two days after his return to Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy, embezzlement and corruption in public administration during his years in power (1971-1986).

The former dictator nicknamed "Baby Doc", left Tuesday's late on the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, where he was questioned by a prosecutor. "He is free but is available to justice" said one of his lawyers.

Earlier in the day, the judge and prosecutor Gabriel Ambroise Auguste Aristides, accompanied by a dozen policemen had gone ask Jean-Claude Duvalier in the hotel where the former dictator was installed since his surprise return to country on Sunday after 25 years of exile in France.He had then taken under police escort to the courthouse.

Outside the hotel, then the palace, dozens of his supporters had gathered to demand the release of the former president "for life". "A few hundred demonstrators pro-Duvalier sing songs to his glory and chanting slogans against René Préval [the current head of state of Haiti, ed]," said Alexandra Fox, special correspondent for FRANCE 24 in Port-au-Prince . There were burning tires and throwing stones.The UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) protects the entrance with tanks. "

In the sights of the defenders of human rights

The son of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who had transferred power in 1971 when he was only 19 years old, yet embodies, like his father, one of the darkest pages of history Haiti, marked by torture and murder committed by opponents of the secret police, the "Tonton Macoutes". But today, "Baby Doc" nevertheless enjoys the support of some of the Haitians.As for the young, who make up the majority of the population, they have not experienced the dark days of his presidency.

Several international human rights, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, also demanding the arrest and trial of former dictator for crimes against humanity committed during his presidency (1971-1986 ).

The former dictator has still not explained the reason for his return. According to his longtime girlfriend, Veronique Roy, he has planned to stay only three days.Its reappearance in Haiti is still resurface "all questions concerning" and "impunity and accountability around him," said Monday the spokesman of the High Commissioner for Human Rights based in Geneva, Rupert Colville , during a press briefing.

Experts on Human Rights UN review, meanwhile, now, the opportunities for Haitian authorities to prosecute."It is not yet clear that Haiti is in position to arrest and prosecute Jean-Claude Duvalier for anything right now," said Rupert Colville, stressing that no one knew yet s it existed or not warrants of arrest of Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti courses.

Photo: Amelia Baron / RFI correspondent in Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Hu Jintao to the U.S. to resolve differences between the two countries

The White House will deploy, on Wednesday, an arsenal of prestige for ceremonial welcome for four days with Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Washington the day before. This is the first visit by a Chinese head of state in the U.S. for thirteen years. Despite U.S. efforts (arrival ceremony, meets in the Oval Office with Barack Obama, news conference before a sumptuous dinner), this meeting between two giants of the global economy looks tense.

And for good reason, Washington and Beijing will try to resolve their deep differences after a complicated year 2010.Whether the economic and monetary policy, foreign policy or record of human rights, the two countries disagree on many issues.

Monetary policy at the heart of discussions

On Wednesday, it is the economic and trade issues to be addressed by both leaders. The main demand for U.S. monetary policy in China. According to Washington, the undervaluation of the yuan, Chinese currency, lead the U.S. trade deficit with regard to Beijing (270 billion). The U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reiterated last week his wish to see the yuan appreciate more. For the Chinese, the yuan revaluation will take time.Especially as the weakness of their currency is the backbone of the country's growth based on export capacity.

This question is at the heart of discussions between Barack Obama and Hu Jintao on Wednesday in Washington."These two countries, one still dominant and the other emerging, maintain such an economic interdependence, trade and finance that it is normal to see their relations tense as everyone's interests," said Francoise Lemoine, Senior Economist Centre for Future Studies and International Information (CEPII).

She says an economic compromise is possible between the two parties, because "the Chinese market represents a challenge as the Americans have every incentive to insist on the opening of the market economy in the world." Indeed, Obama's priority is economic.This visit should lead to the signing of a series of contracts, a quarantine, with U.S. companies like Boeing and General Electric. "The White House wants to highlight opportunities for U.S. companies and their exports to China will be positive for employment in the country," said William Meyer, Washington correspondent for FRANCE 24.

Human rights and diplomacy

Besides the monetary and economic policy, the two leaders must address their many disagreements that have plagued their diplomatic relations.Up for discussion arms sales to Taiwan, the visit of the Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Liu Xiaobo.

The spokesman for the White House, Robert Gibbs, said Obama would talk "directly to his concerns on the issue of human rights" during his state dinner with the Chinese president Wednesday night. U.S. President knows awaited on this issue. In 2009, he postponed a scheduled appointment at the White House with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, not to upset Beijing.

Finally, the United States want their host to pressure the North Korean authorities in Pyongyang's nuclear issue and escalating tension with South Korea.