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.

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

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.

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.

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."

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. "

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.