Sister of the King of Spain is facing trial in the tax fraud charge

A judge in the trial of Princess Cristina of Spain, the sister of King, on charges of tax fraud.

The charges came under investigation in commercial transactions for a pair Princess, Inaki Oordangaren.

He accused the husband of Princess participating in the embezzlement of millions of public funds the company of another business partner.

This is the first time that a royal family members will enter the dock.

Previously, the princess and her husband denied committing any wrongdoing.

He says prosecutors in the city of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands in Spain, the sports charity run by a pair of Princess misused public resources obtained.

There are allegations that some 5.6 million euros (7.5 million dollars) of public funds disappeared from the charity when it was run by a pair of Princess.

It is suspected that Princess Christina, aged 49 years, got 2.6 million euros of public funds by company run by her husband.

It is noteworthy that Princess Christina is the sister of the King of Spain, Felipe VI, which is smaller blocks former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, who abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe.

And return the allegations of committing "financial irregularities" to 2007 and 2008.

There are reports that the pair Princess business and his partner used the charity that they Ediranha in order to obtain public resources by organizing events for the benefit of the Government of Valencia and the Balearic Islands and amplify services that were Ikdmanama prices.

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IMF policies "played a role in the spread of Ebola" in West Africa

Researchers in Britain said the measures on the reduction of public spending called for by the International Monetary Fund, may have contributed to the rapid spread of the Ebola virus in three countries in West Africa region.
The researchers added that these economic measures have led to "a lack of funding and inadequate staff and the inability of health systems to respond to emergencies" in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
But the IMF denied the accusations, saying that expenditure on health sectors witnessed a rise in these countries between the years 2010-2013.
He said the main author of the study, Alexander Kintekanlis, "The main reason for the rapid spread of the Ebola epidemic is weak health systems in the region. It would be unfortunate not to pay attention to the underlying factors (behind what happened)."
According to the study, that the policies that were required reduction of government expenditure "applied very strictly, which led to the absorption of resources that could be allocated to respond to the pressing health challenges."
Said principal investigator told the BBC that "the imposition of the upper ceiling of the bills means that the countries (involved) can not recruit nurses and doctors in the health sector and pay adequate salaries to them."
The principal investigator said, "The International Monetary Fund's focus on the need to implement a decentralized health systems make it difficult to coordinate the response to health emergencies, such as the Ebola outbreak."
Said Lawrence King, a researcher last participated in the preparation of this study, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone countries completed the implementation of the recommendations of cash in 2013, just before the outbreak of Ebola.
He said study co-author said, but "all failed to raise expenditure on social sectors despite the urgent health needs."
This led to the Ebola epidemic has killed more than 7,500 people, most of them in the three countries mentioned.

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Obama signed new sanctions on Russia and Kerry waving lifting conditions

The White House announced the intention of US President Barack Obama signing a bill that allows for the imposition of new sanctions on Russia, while Foreign Minister John Kerry waved the possibility of lifting the sanctions provided that Moscow take "the right choices."
This comes at a time when the Russian currency continued (Ruble) to fall, as the dollar has become equal to 80 rubles and euro 100 rubles.
Said White House spokesman Josh Ernest Obama still has reservations on some aspects of the bill, but he thinks it gives him the flexibility they want.
The White House was not enthusiastic about the bill earlier.
On the other hand, Foreign Minister Kerry stated that there is a possibility to lift the European and American sanctions on Russia within days if "President Vladimir Putin made the right choices."
Kerry praised some recent steps Putin described as "constructive" and said that the Russian economy, however, Putin.
He said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had "real doubts" that the West is seeking to change the regime in Russia, while US Secretary of State, told reporters that the sanctions do not target Russian citizens, but "to Putin's invitation to think about different options."
"The sanctions can be lifted in a matter of weeks or even days, depending on the options for Putin."
Kerry pointed to the negotiations on the situation in eastern Ukraine, said that calm prevails in some areas, there are a few days ago, and that "there are signs of positive choices and this can help, we hope so."

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A draft resolution "to end the Israeli occupation," before the Security Council

Jordan provides, on behalf of the Palestinians, on Wednesday a draft resolution to the Security Council demanded an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank within a specified time limit, as stated by the Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki.
Maliki said that the vote on the draft resolution had been postponed while being negotiated amendments can enter a formula of the draft resolution.
The draft text of the resolution in the current November / November 2016 to end the occupation.
It is expected that the United States is exercising the right of veto against the resolution, while Israel strongly opposes the Security Council sets a time limit for the negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides, which stopped in the spring because the two sides failed to agree on the floor to continue.
He said US Secretary of State John Kerry in the wake of a European tour lasted three days were devoted to the diplomatic Middle East should avoid any move that would affect the results scheduled for March / March next Israeli elections.
Kerry added that the priority must be to "stop the Israeli-Palestinian violence and create a favorable ground for the resumption of negotiations."
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Maliki said in a statement to the Voice of Palestine radio that after handing Jordan draft resolution to the Security Council could be negotiations on the drafting.
He told the BBC that the text of the draft resolution is a French Arab rate, in order to get the French approval.
In response to a question about the possible date for the vote on the draft resolution, al-Maliki said that France agreed with the United States, Britain and Jordan to continue to discuss the draft resolution to ensure the largest possible number of votes in his favor and to avoid a US veto.
It is noteworthy that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is under domestic pressure to take steps towards the establishment of a Palestinian state after reaching negotiations with the Israeli side to a standstill, and the latest Palestinian move is a symbolic step.
In a related European Parliament voted Wednesday with the support of a Palestinian state in principle, in the form of slightly different from what the state guarantees the parliaments of some European immediate recognition of a Palestinian state.
The result of the vote by 498 to 88 with a decision against him.
The leftists in the European Parliament, the House of Representatives has called for the unconditional recognition of the Palestinian state.

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البرنامج الانتخابي الباجي قائد السبسي: "هذا على ما هو عليه!"

هذا هو مباشرة النهائي. هو عليه، وبعبارة أخرى،  الأسبوع! قبل خمسة أيام فقط من نهاية الحملة الانتخابية للجولة الثانية من تونس الرئاسي ويعبر روبيكون برئاسة رئيس جديد. ومعارضي اثنين في هذا مطية لرئاسة بعيدة كل البعد عن المشاحنات. مبارزة أكثر جرأة مما يبدو على الأقل! تشارك في سباق الفئران الحقيقي في الناخبين، الباجي قائد السبسي، مرشح حزب تأهلت جلبت نداء الألحان معا الاثنين 15 ديسمبر، 2014، جمهور من الصحفيين والسياسات فاتورة عالية، مما ضده قدم برنامجه الانتخابات. أيضا، كان العديد من السياسيين وعالم الفن هم من الحزب، وجاء للتعبير عن دعمهم للالباجي قائد السبسي.

وقال محسن مرزوق، مدير الحملة الانتخابية لالباجي قائد السبسي أن الاستخدام، ويشار إلى صلاحيات الرئيس هي حواف معفاة. الآن هذه القوى على النحو المنصوص عليه في الدستور الجديد، لا تزال تعتمد على قراءة شبه ذاتي. ولكن حتى ما يشبه التقدير بشكل فردي. هذا هو قادرة على إثبات أنه ليس من الواضح أن الرئيس لديه مجالا للمناورة، وحضانة ليست لضمان إعمال أحكام عقد الوعد. وقد تم تطوير البرنامج الاقتصادي التي كتبها محمود بن رمضان ، الخبير الاقتصادي البارز وأوجز. أما بالنسبة لبرنامج الأمن القومي، وضعتيه من قبل مسؤول سابق في المؤسسة العسكرية، محمد بكري.

وتحيط بها لجنة دعم وطنية لها، نذكر: سليم الرياحي، كمال مرجان، وعبدولي التهامي ياسين إبراهيم، رئيس نداء الألحان من البقاء والاستمرار وعلامات: هو مرشح من جوانب مختلفة، وليس فقط له. برنامجه مقسمة إلى ثلاثة عناصر هامة: الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والدبلوماسية والأمن القومي، هو واحد التي وضعها الحزب تحت الانتخابات البرلمانية جنبا إلى جنب مع عدد من التغييرات. وهذه هي في الواقع نتيجة للتكيف مع البرامج التي تقدمها الأطراف ذات الصلة إلى لجنة دعم وطنية. منصة تقبل قالت بطارية من ثمانية إجراءات عاجلة: تطوير ماسة إلى برنامج محدد لتطوير المناطق الحدودية، وهي الخطوة التي تأتي على مستويين: الاقتصادية والأمنية. مكافحة التلوث والنفايات المتراكمة من خلال توفير الوفود خاصة الموارد المالية والمادية؛ زيادة إعانة شهرية للطلاب 60-120 دينار إعانة التي لم تسجل زيادة نسبية منذ إنشائها، وهذا على الرغم من الزيادة في الأسعار وكذلك احتياجات الطلاب. رسوم على إلغاء 30 دينار المفروضة على السياح من بلدان المغرب العربي. تنقيح القانون على استهلاك المخدرات المعروف باسم قانون 52؛ توصية إلى الحكومة المقبلة إلى احترام تمثيل المرأة والشباب في التدريب بنسبة 25٪. مشروع قانون منح التونسيين الذين يعيشون في الخارج الحق في الاستفادة كلا الزوجين النظام FCR التي ستكون قابلة للتجديد مرة كل عشر سنوات.

أما بالنسبة للشؤون الخارجية، وقال الباجي قائد السبسي أنه على مدى السنوات الثلاث الماضية، كانت الدبلوماسية التونسية أداء عقيم تقريبا في أحسن الأحوال. رئيس نداء الألحان تخطط لهذه الغاية، وتحسين صورة تونس في الخارج من خلال مجموعة من التدابير مثل تحديث الدبلوماسية وهياكلها من خلال إعادة الهيكلة في وزارة الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الإقليمي الدولي وركزت على قضية الإرهاب.

في سجل الدبلوماسية الاقتصادية، وقال الباجي قائد السبسي أنه يجب أن يكون موجها نحو غزو أسواق جديدة وجذب الاستثمار الأجنبي. أحد التدابير الرئيسية المقترحة في هذا القسم، رئيس نداء الألحان هو تطوير وتحديث يكت استثمارية فريدة في عواصم العالم. أيضا، والعمل على الاستفادة من الوضع المتقدم مع الاتحاد الأوروبي هو أنه جزء من برنامج للدبلوماسية الاقتصادية. مرشح للرئاسة يقترح أن هذا الأخير يركز الآن على خمسة مجالات رئيسية هي: المغرب العربي، الفضاء الإفريقي، المنطقة الأوروبية وآسيا وروسيا والصين.

المكون الأمن القومي هي واحدة من ركائز برنامج الباجي قائد السبسي. يقترح المرشح الرئاسي لتحديث نظام المعلومات الوطني ومكافحة الإرهاب من أجل تعزيز فعاليتها. يضاف إلى كل ذلك، وإدخال قيادة موحدة ويحدد السلك مختلف من الجيش الوطني من أجل تحسين الكفاءة التشغيلية والاستخدام الأفضل للموارد البشرية والمالية. المكون الاجتماعي له أهمية حاسمة في هذا الصدد. في الواقع، هناك حاجة إلى تغطية اجتماعية محددة المخصصة لعملاء المؤسسات العسكرية والأمنية لتحسين ظروف العمل والحياة من مسؤولي الأمن القومي، ويقدم الباجي قائد السبسي.

وعلاوة على ذلك، وفي ختام كلمته، أكد رئيس حزب نداء الألحان أن جميع الالتزامات التي تعهدت بها الحكومات السابقة وسيتم تكريم في مجملها من جانب آخر. لأنه قال "دولة تحترم نفسها يجب أن تستمر جميع التزاماتها حتى لو كانت تلك تتحول إلى أن تكون على خلاف مع الاحتياجات الحالية والمستقبلية للبلاد مرة أخرى." "سوف نعمل على إرساء الديمقراطية في تونس، تكريس نموذجا ناجحا للانتقال إلى الديمقراطية التي يمكن تصديرها إلى إقامة دولة الحقوق والحريات. وسوف نبذل تونس والناشئة والمزدهرة اقتصاديا واجتماعيا. رئاسة الجمهورية هو المؤسسة التي يجب تعيين سبيل المثال والنموذج مع الاحترام لجميع التونسيين. في كلمة واحدة: هذا هو النحو الذي هي عليه! (حتى يذهب العالم) "وفقا الباجي قائد السبسي.

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About Taliban ...

Movement emerged in the early nineties of the last century

Taliban armed Islamic movement proved to be a formidable fighting force in Afghanistan and the serious threat to the government.

The Taliban also threatened to destabilize Pakistan, where controlled areas in the north west of the country, accused of responsibility for the implementation of a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks.

Sees many observers now that peace can not be achieved in the future in Afghanistan without the Kabul government to negotiate with the Taliban.

He said the Taliban announced plans to open an office in Qatar in June 2013, is a positive step in the negotiations, but the absence of trust between the two sides is still large.

In early 2012, the high hopes held to conduct peace talks before the Taliban in Afghanistan declares in a strongly worded statement in March / March of the same year suspension of preliminary peace negotiations with the United States.

The rule of law

The Taliban emerged in the early nineties of the last century, northern Pakistan, following the withdrawal of former Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

The Taliban emerged as a star, and more elements of the Pashtuns, in Afghanistan in the fall of 1994.

It is believed widely that the Taliban began to emerge for the first time through the seminary, which is funded mostly from Saudi Arabia, which adopts a religiously conservative approach.

She promised the Taliban, which are found in the Pashtun areas scattered in Pakistan and Afghanistan, bringing peace and security and strict application of the law once it reaches of power.

In both countries, the Taliban sanctions applied in accordance with the law, such as public executions for those convicted of murder or perpetrators of crimes of adultery or amputation of the hands of those found guilty of theft.

Taliban accused the late leader bin Laden is

 responsible for the attacks of September

And ordered the men to launch the movement to grow beards and women to wear the veil.

The Taliban banned watching TV, listening to music and clubbing cinemas, and refused to go girls from the age of ten to school.

Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it is established the Taliban, but there is not much doubt that many Afghans who initially joined the ranks of the movement, have been educated in religious seminaries in Pakistan.

Pakistan was also one of only three countries, in addition to Saudi Arabia, UAE, recognized the Taliban when they came to power in Afghanistan from the mid-nineties to 2001.

Pakistan was the last country to cut diplomatic ties with the Taliban.

Although Pakistan has adopted a sharper approach in recent years against the Taliban militants who carry out attacks on its territory, the Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was elected in May / May last, confirmed that negotiations with the militants is one of the priorities.

In the past few months, killing at least three of the most prominent leaders of the Pakistani Taliban in raids by US drones, including Mullah Nazir, who was killed in January and the Crown Rahman, who died in May / May.

In November 2013, reported killed Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, in an air strike as well.

But despite these blows received by the insurgents, there is evidence that their influence in Karachi has increased dramatically.

The attack, which could be said to have raised the largest amount of international criticism of the Taliban in October / October 2012, when he attacked the home of the student movement Mlala Yusufzai in the town of Mingora.

Al Qaeda haven

Caused the 2001 attacks in the invasion that toppled

 the Taliban in Afghanistan

The Taliban entered Afghanistan in focus the world's attention after the atheist of September / September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in the United States.

And accused the movement to providing a safe haven in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden and members of the organization who have been accused of responsibility for the attacks.Shortly after the attacks of September, invasion toppled the US-led coalition ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, but has not been the arrest of the movement's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.The Taliban emerged again during the past few years in Afghanistan and grew until it became more powerful in Pakistan, and observers say that there is no tight coordination between militant groups and factions of the Taliban.It was Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the main branch of the Taliban in Pakistan, blamed on his movement, known as the Pakistani Taliban, in relation to the implementation of dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks.Observers have warned of an exaggeration to refer to the existence of a united front against the insurgency of the Pakistani state.And still believe that the Taliban in Afghanistan under the command of Mullah Omar, the cleric who has lost one eye during a fight with the Soviet Union's occupation forces in the eighties of the last century.The Afghans, who felt concerned about the increasing numbers of Mujahideen excessive and infighting in the wake of the expulsion of the Soviets, the Taliban have generally welcomed when he appeared on the scene for the first time.First their popularity has grown significantly as a result of what they have achieved success in the eradication of corruption, and the reduction of lawlessness, and make roads and areas under their control safe for the flourishing trade.US attackAnd quickly spread of Taliban influence southwest Afghanistan, and captured the province of Herat, which limits Iran in September / September 1995.After exactly a year, captured the Afghan capital, Kabul, after overthrowing the rule of President Burhanuddin Rabbani and his defense minister, Ahmad Shah Massoud system.By 1998, they had taken control of about 90 percent of Afghanistan.They were charged with violations of human rights and culture, and was the most prominent example of this in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan despite an international outcry against it.On the seventh of October / October 2001, the coalition forces led by the United States invaded Afghanistan. By the first week of December / December collapse of the Taliban regime.And managed to Mullah Omar and his colleagues fled. Generally believed to have taken refuge in the Pakistani city of Quetta, which were sending them Taliban.But Islamabad has denied the existence of what is known as the "Quetta Shura".In spite of the presence of the largest-ever number of foreign troops in the country's history, the Taliban has been able to expand its influence steadily making vast tracts of Afghanistan is safe and violence in the country returned to levels not seen since 2001.The retreat earlier in the past decade to reduce the human and material losses and return the spirit of revenge.There have been many attacks by the Taliban on Kabul during the past two years, also carried out in September / September 2012, a major raid on Camp Bastion base of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).In the same month, the US military handed over Afghan authorities overseeing the controversial Bagram prison, which houses more than three thousand fighters from the Taliban and suspected terrorists.During the past few years, as well as increased adoption of the Taliban to detonate explosive devices on the roadside as a way to fight against NATO and Afghan forces.It is difficult to determine the number of people killed in those attacks, to be exact, but the Afghan Interior Ministry says the Taliban is responsible for killing more than 1,800 of the Afghan national police force in 2012.About 800 Afghan National Army soldiers were also killed in the bombing of roadside bombs during the same period, according to estimates.
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Bush "The brother" is considering running for the presidency of the United States

Jeb Bush declared, the younger brother of former US President, George W. Bush, the possibility of his candidacy for the US presidential elections in 2016.
Florida Governor former wrote on his account in Facebook that he "actually consider the question of his candidacy for the presidential elections in 2016".
And will establish a political action committee mission "to facilitate communication between citizens across the United States."
Bush is known for his brother in support of immigrants.
It is expected that the issue of immigration occupies a key position in the election campaign in 2016.
Not without yard run for the next presidential elections of top names, as is expected that the first lady previous American intervention, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the race for the Democratic Party.

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Taliban kill more than a hundred person in a school in Pakistan

126 people were killed, most of them children, in an attack by the Taliban on a school run by the army in the city of Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, officials said.
After battles with security forces lasted hours, the Pakistani army declared an end to the crisis killing of militants and the number 6.
The army says the majority of students at the school, and the number 500, had been evacuated.
It seems that the insurgents were determined to kill the largest possible number of students, not the hostage-taking as it was thought earlier, according to Hahazeeb Gilani, BBC correspondent in Karachi.
During the past few years, thousands of Pakistanis have been killed in violence by militants, but the attack on the school caused an unprecedented shock, where it is seen as the worst in the country's history.
A spokesman for the insurgents told the BBC that the targeting of the school came in response to military operations against the movement.
Was quoted by Reuters news agency, a Taliban spokesman as saying that the attack came because "the government has targeted our families and our women."
"I want them to feel the pain."
It is widely believed that hundreds of fighters in the ranks of the Taliban were killed in a military operation carried out by the army recently in North Waziristan and the Khyber region.



Reports indicate that the majority of victims of the attack on the school were killed in a suicide bombing. A local official told Reuters that there are more than a hundred children were among the dead.
The attack began at ten o'clock in the morning local time (05:00 Greenwich Mean). A worker at the school that he saw six people climbing the walls.
Worker told Reuters added, "We thought they were children playing a game. But we have seen them a lot of firearms."
"Once the shooting started, we rushed to the classroom. They walk in each chapter and kill children."
Roy population in the region that they heard sounds of screaming students and teachers. As I heard the sounds of shooting and explosions in the security forces were pursuing the gunmen.
The scene is filled with ambulances transporting the wounded to hospitals, while helicopters hovered in the sky. The authorities closed the main roads in Peshawar.
She said a doctor at a local hospital that a lot of students in the "very poor condition", referring to some of them were injured in the head.
The families of the students gathered in a state of panic about the hospital to check on their children.
The school is located near a military compound near the Afghan border city of Peshawar, which has seen some of the worst violence during continuous years since the Taliban insurgency.
He moved the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Peshawar, described the attack as a "national tragedy".

source: bbc arabic

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One of two people being held hostage cafe Sydney

Channel "Sky News" reported that the gunman who was holding an unknown number of hostages at a cafe in Sydney, is one of two people fell in the incident, which ended when police stormed the cafe.

And managed the Australian police, on Monday, editor of the hostages who were being held by Iranian armed in a cafe in Sydney, after more than 15 hours of detention.

Australian police stormed the cafe, where he heard the sound of heavy gunfire has just announced the end of the liberation of the hostages.

A police official said, on Monday, the gunman who was holding an unknown number of hostages at a cafe in Sydney, Iranian refugees convicted of sexual assault, and is known for his hatred that sends messages to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas.

Iranian refugee who called Aaron sociable and still holed cafe after 15 hours from the start of detention, while enabling some of them to leave the area, located in the city, which was cordoned off by security forces center.

The authorities announced that armed motives "are still vague," but the hostages were forced to fly the flag for black militant groups on one of the windows.

Australian Channel Ten in the tweet and reported that "our team spoke directly with the hostages inside the cafe, and confirmed two demands of the port. Wants to deliver the flag to state regulation directly to the cafe, the second request is the conversation the Prime Minister."

She said the two hostages "benefited from the presence of four containers, two in the cafe and two in the center of business in Sydney," the police did not confirm this information.

The state of New South Wales police announced the existence of an armed one, and that the police negotiator touch it.

The head of the state police refused to confirm that this work was "linked to terrorism event", but Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the National Security Committee, which includes members of the government and advisers assigned to security issues to face the situation meeting.

The Martin Square, where the cafe financial center of Sydney is located, and includes several important buildings, including the governor of the state of New South Wales Bureau of Mike Byrd and Australian Federal Reserve, in addition to the Bank and Westpac and Commonwealth Bank.

And closed its doors a lot of neighborhood stores, empty streets usually crowded with pedestrians.

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Netanyahu rejects the idea of withdrawal from the West Bank and Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected on Sunday the idea of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, occupied within two years, citing that it will lead to the arrival of "radical Islam" to the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, "We are now faced with the possibility of a political attack on us in an attempt to force us to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years, through the decisions of the United Nations."
He explained that this would lead to "the arrival of radical Islam to the outskirts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the heart." He went on to say, "We will not allow this, this movement will deal responsibly and firm."
This comes at a time when US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Italian capital Rome on a short visit is expected to include talks with Israeli Prime Minister on private Palestinian state proposals, however, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Foreign Ministry said that Kerry and Netanyahu will meet in Rome on Monday to discuss various proposals being circulated at the United Nations on the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Kerry will meet with the head of the negotiations department in the Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, in London on Tuesday. Palestinian officials said that Erekat would urge the US Minister to Washington not to use the right of veto in the UN Security Council to stop the proposals.
And advancing Jordan-The State only Arab member of the UN Security Council, the previous month, on behalf of the Palestinian draft resolution specifies in November 2016 as the date to finally end the Israeli occupation.
According to the Associated Press news agency, the Kerry hopes to shift the talks without a rift within the Security Council on the decisions relating to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict projects.

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Mufti of Australia and the Council of imams condemn Sydney accident

Condemned the Australian National Imams Council in a joint statement with the Mufti of Australia hostage-taking incident in a cafe in Sydney believed to be carried out by Islamic militants. The two sides pledged to work to find a peaceful solution to this issue.
The two sides in a joint statement condemned "this criminal act explicitly," and stressed that "such acts condemned in Islam altogether." The statement also pointed to wait for more information about the identity and motives of the perpetrators of this work.
He pledged Mufti Council "full support and solidarity with the victims and their families and their ambition to reach a peaceful solution to this ordeal."
Australian police said Monday morning that the gunman was detained an unknown number of hostages inside a cafe in the center of Sydney.
Television footage shows customers live within the cafe has offered to stand as they put their hands on the windows, as seen on the window-like note inside the cafe carrying signs and semantics close to science organization of the Islamic state.
Later came three Rhinat rushing from the cafe, while police said that negotiators in touch Bmslh inside the cafe.
A statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the incident "very worrying", pointing out that the security forces, "trained and well-equipped and behave a comprehensive and professional manner", and called for a security meeting to deal with the incident.

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Negotiations with the armed hostage situation at a cafe in Sydney

Australian authorities said that negotiations began with an armed hostage situation at a cafe in Sydney hours ago, while local channels broadcast images of three hostages hurried out of the cafe, which has been besieged by security forces showed.
Australian police confirmed that the negotiators had contacted Bamuslh, but refused to speculate on the possible motives, also refused to talk about the real number of hostages, noting that there was no sign of them suffered any harm.
Australian seventh channel broadcast directly out three hostages Following the side door of the cafe where armed Lint holding a number of hostages hours ago, when the police are more close to the door of the cafe.
She spoke to the media about the possibility of a Lebanese existence between the Lebanese hostages held in the cafe.
Television footage shows customers live within the cafe has offered to stand as they put their hands on the windows, as seen what looks like a science bump detainees inside the cafe holds colors, writing and science-like organization of the Islamic state.
Police said earlier that she is trying to contact Bmojodin inside the cafe, did not rule out that the incident was a terrorist attack. She has also intervened in another incident in the Sydney Opera without saying that the incident was connected to the hostage-taking.
Authorities released portions of Martin Square, where the RBA near the state of New South Wales Parliament House.
Politically motivated
For his part, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did not rule out that the incident was politically motivated, and said that there are indications that. He pointed out that the National Security Committee met to discuss how to handle the hostage crisis.
In his first comment, the National Imams Council of Australia described the incident as a "criminal" and declared its full support for the victims.
He said the joint statement with the Mufti of Australia that "such acts condemned in toto in Islam", referring to the pending further information on the identity and motives of the perpetrators of this work.
Australian police have been launched over the past months and extensive campaigns in a number of cities, notably Sydney, and arrested people suspected of belonging to a jihadist organizations, accusing them of planning to carry out acts of violence against civilians.
And early October / last October, Australia announced its accession to the international coalition against state regulation and sent fighter to participate in the regulation of air strikes against Iraq in the aircraft.

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"Economic gap" widening in the United States

A study, prepared by the "Bio" center to polls, that the economic recovery in the United States has been uneven among ethnicities.

The study, which was published on Friday, that the economic gap between white and minority households widened.

The wealth "white" families of the largest three-fold from the families of "black" in 2013, as opposed to 8-fold in 2010.

As wealth was "white" families tenfold with Hispanic families, in excess of nine times in 2010.

Researchers in the "Bio", who analyzed data from a survey of the Federal Reserve Board on the financial conditions of consumers reached, the gap between whites and blacks, and reached the highest level since 1989.

The rate of wealth between whites and Latinos are at a level not achieved since 2001.

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Warning of Iranian infiltration of the US computer networks

Urged a confidential document to the FBI American companies to be cautious of the infiltration process Iranian sophisticated computer networks, it will be their objectives contracting companies with the Ministry of Defense and energy companies and educational institutions, as reported "Reuters".

Experts said in the e-security that this process would be similar to the process, which Kaalans-mail security firm reported last week, it is the task of the institutions targeted for infrastructure around the world.

He Kaalans they discovered more than 50 victims of what it described as the process Cleaver in 16 countries including the United States.

And provides a confidential report to the FBI, which informed the agency "Reuters" it Friday, technical details of the malicious software and methods used in the attacks, as well as advice on thwarting hackers.

The request for the report of the companies contact the FBI, if I thought it was exposed to the process of infiltration.

Stewart said the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Kaalans McClure warning that the FBI noted that the Iranian infiltration campaign may have been greater than its own research revealed.

He added that it "confirms the design of Iran and its focus on undermining important infrastructure on a large scale."

Technical document to the FBI reported that the intruders usually launch attacks from my address Internet Protocol (IP) were present in Iran, but the attacks have not attributed to the government in Tehran.

Kaalans She believes that the Iranian government is behind this campaign, a claim strongly denied by Iran.

Official did not give the FBI and other details, but said the office routinely provides Palmchorat private industry to help address electronic threats.

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Washington closed "Guantanamo Middle" in Afghanistan

US Department of Defense announced the closure of the base and Bagram, Wednesday, which closes a controversial chapter in the "war on terror" after 13 years on the invasion of Washington to Afghanistan and topple the Taliban regime.

A US official also said that Washington no longer detain anyone in Afghanistan, adding that another prisoner "who hold the nationality of third countries", ie are not Americans and Afghans, are no longer under the supervision of US forces.

The official, who declined to be identified, that all prisons in Afghanistan, officially will be transferred to the custody of Kabul on the first of January 2015, the date of entry into force of the bilateral security treaty between the two countries.

Among these prisons, Bagram controversial and located some 40 kilometers from Kabul, where prisoners were tortured during the "war on terror" period announced by former US President George W. Bush.

The announcement comes in the wake of the publication of the US Senate report, reviewed the violent methods of torture resorted to by the CIA during the investigation with some of the suspects after the September 11, 2011 attacks

The United States transferred the prison nicknamed "Guantanamo Middle" to the custody of the Afghan government in the spring of 2013, but retained responsibility for about 50 foreign detainees being held there, including many Pakistanis.

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two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Authorities said that two American soldiers and an Afghan judicial official, a senior killed in two separate attacks on Saturday, while security has been tightened in the capital, Kabul, with a warning the Taliban to continue attacks on government and foreign media.

As a result of the rebel attack on a convoy in the east of Afghanistan, killed two American soldiers near the Bagram air base in the province of Parwan, near the capital, Kabul, on Friday, according to an international military official, The Associated Press reported.

She said of the NATO International Security Assistance Force "NATO", in a statement, said that individual service "were killed as a result of an attack from a hostile force in eastern Afghanistan," according to news agency "Associated Press".

NATO does not announce the identity of the dead, relying instead on the announcement of their countries.

In another incident, two gunmen fired at the head of the Afghan Supreme Court Secretariat, Atiqullah Raufi, Verdiah people in the northwest suburbs of Kabul on Saturday, according to the head of the criminal investigation police in Kabul, Fred Afzali said.

He spoke a friends Raufi, on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, saying that two men on a motorcycle fired shots at Raufi, while he was walking from his home to his car.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, in text messages to reporters.

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"phantom" .. photograph, for $ 6.5 million

Sold Australian photographer Peter Lake, an anonymous buyer, his image "Phantom" (Ghost) a record $ 6.5 million, making it the most expensive photograph ever, according to media reports.

Lake confirmed the news via his website, offering the picture, which has captured the beam of light within a narrow valleys in Arizona, note that many of the technical sites covered in the news is confirmed in the past few days.

Illustrator also succeeded in selling two also has the amounts of 2.4 and 1.1 million dollars, so to reap $ 10 million from the sale of the three images, which took place in Las Vegas, US.

And drilling photographer so named in photography world, with 4 of its presence on the list of 20 most expensive photograph, because he had sold his image "and that" in 2011 peer-million dollars.

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Cos Nevsky: "CIA" set up a secret prison in Polland

Former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski admitted for the first time today that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has set up a secret prison in his country, but he denied knowledge of the torture of detainees in it.
This recognition came a day after a report by the US Senate that the CIA used the methods of torture in the interrogation of captured al-Qaeda operations following the September / September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The report stated that Poland threatened to disrupt the transfer of al-Qaeda suspects to secret CIA prison in any Polish territory 11 years ago, but Poland has become more "flexible" while the CIA has paid a lot of money.
Kwasniewski said that when he was president of the country, between 1995 and 2005, the pressure on Washington to end the brutal interrogations that were practiced by the CIA in a secret prison was held in Poland in 2003.
Bush's insistence
Former Polish President and pointed out that former US President George W. Bush insisted that the detention and interrogation program used by the CIA involves significant benefits on the security side, however, the Senate report refuted this claim.
According to Kwasniewski's remarks, Poland agreed to strengthen intelligence cooperation with Washington in the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but they were not surrounding the practice of the CIA to methods of torture against detainees.
The same speaker added that his country required the administration to be the treatment of detainees on their territory suspected of involvement in "terrorism" as prisoners of war, but Washington has never signed the memorandum of understanding in this section.
Previously, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the detainees rights violations in Poland file, and ordered authorities there to compensate them, and in July last court condemned the practice of torture in the Palestinian right and Saudi in Polish territory, later sent to Guantanamo.

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Succession of convictions and calls for prosecution of those responsible for torture

Increased calls on Wednesday in the United States and the world to sue after the disclosure of the use of torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), although it is unlikely that the Obama administration behave this way.

At a time when Americans are briefed on the report of the US Senate for Astkhaddamaltaveb in the interrogation of dozens of detainees in the "CIA" prisons alerted the Ministry of Justice in advance that this file has been closed.

An official at the Ministry of Justice explained to AFP Requesting not to mention Asmh- that "there is no new information" in the report, which was published the first Tuesday differ from those contained in the "in-depth investigation," which took place in 2009. "We are at the first decision not to criminal proceedings. "

US official himself and explained that after two investigations Ojrihama federal prosecutor John Dorhan abandoned in 2009 and the Ministry of Justice for the establishment of any prosecution, because "the evidence is insufficient for a conviction of impeccable logical doubts." He added that "our investigation is limited to see if they can prosecute crimes have been committed."

However, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Al-Hussein said that "torture convention is very clear, and there are no exceptional circumstances can justify torture."

Denounce

Information contained in the Intelligence Committee in the Senate report has sparked reactions reprehensible in the world with a claim Washington to move about this, it has condemned the Berlin as "a serious violation of democratic values" as Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview published Thursday.

The European Union considered that this information "raises important questions about human rights violations by the US authorities, working in the intelligence agency" also commented spokeswoman diplomatic corps of the European Union Catherine Ray.

For his part, said the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Ben Emmerson said that "those responsible for this criminal conspiracy must be brought to justice."

Afghan President expressed disapproval goes Ashraf, denouncing the "inhuman acts" to US intelligence officials raised the "vicious circle" of violence in the midst of September / September 11, 2001 attacks.

For its part, North Korea demanded that the UN Security Council first Tuesday to condemn the United States, believing that the revelations report constitutes a serious test of the credibility of Alcil.oaaran facing regularly condemned in the United Nations for failing to respect human rights and described in a tweet on Twitter United States as "tyranny code human. "

Wednesday announced the Lithuanian presidency that Lithuania is ready "to assume responsibility" if the country hosted the center for questioning follower of the CIA.

He said Edward Snowden, who reveal confidential information about the size of the US-surveillance program that torture methods used by the CIA, "an unforgivable crime", in a video news conference in Paris.

And accuses the "CIA" -alta object to the results report- also subjecting detainees to 39 interrogation techniques draconian some are not approved by the executive branch.

Commenting on that, said US President Barack Obama, "No nation is perfect," he said. "But one of the points of America's strength is in our desire to have to face our past and expressly face our flaws and make the change to improve ourselves."

American Liberties Union said that "heritage, which would leave Obama in the field of human rights for America and the world depends on the way that will bring out justice to those who have been tortured."

In response, White House spokesman Josh Ernest said Wednesday, "It is not the President of the United States is the one who should be a criminal investigation on the actions of someone who works at the CIA, is the responsibility of the federal prosecutor."

Account

She urged the several organizations for the defense of human rights, lawyers and Washington to hold accountable for these actions and trial "CIA" officials participating in this program.

The director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, "You should not put the Senate report on the shelf or in a CD, but it must be used as the basis for a criminal investigation into the use of torture by US officials."

Organization "Cage" as the British called for the defense of human rights prosecutions, saying that "there is in this report is compelling evidence to justify lawsuits."

The David Niffen- lawyer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was most forms of torture according to a report Alchiokh- Council, told the French press of regret, because "no one in the government to take responsibility for these clear violations of American and international law."

He said that the American Liberties Union to take some immediate action, "the Obama administration can begin to reform the abuses that were committed in our name," and urged to appoint a special prosecutor to the topic.

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State funeral of the martyr Abu Ein, in Ramallah

Began in the district's headquarters in Ramallah, a state funeral to the Minister Ziad Abu Ein, who died yesterday at the hands of Israeli soldiers ceremony. And attend the funeral of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, and other officials.
Earlier, Minister of Civil Affairs of the Palestinian Sheikh Hussein said that the results of the autopsy, which was conducted on Wednesday in the presence of doctors from Palestine, Jordan and Israel confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt that the occupation bears full responsibility for the martyrdom of Abu Ein.
He added that the death resulted from what he suffered from beatings and suffocation gas fired by Israeli soldiers on the march in the town of Turmus'ayya north of Ramallah in the West Bank, and then impede the arrival of Abu Ain Hospital.
Sheikh said that the Israeli doctor who attended the autopsy and agreed on the results, but has yet to sign off on the report, while signed by the Palestinians and the Jordanians doctors.

On the reason for the existence of an Israeli doctor at the autopsy, Sheikh explained that it has been approved existence for Israel does not question the results of the autopsy, pointing out that the Palestinian leadership has refused to dissect Abu Ein in "Abu Kabir" Israeli Institute, and insisted on an autopsy in forensic medicine center at Al Quds University in Abu Dis, east of the holy city.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said Walid al-Omari The primary outcome of the autopsy report -alta announced by the Authority - Abu eye injury strongly emphasized in the introduction to the face, breaking the front teeth, and the presence of bruises on the neck area from the effects of pressure, and the presence of bruised cartilage in the neck area.
The report spoke of the existence of narrowing of the coronary artery is accompanied by bleeding the inner lining of an artery, the report concluded that the deaths were not natural.
The Palestinian Authority has declared the year of mourning for three days, during which flags degeneration. And announced that all of the Bethlehem Municipality birthplace of Jesus, and the Municipality of Ramallah, the Palestinian leadership center extinguish Hgerta Christmas, and all Accessories cities to mourn the death of Abu Ein.
After the martyrdom of Abu Ein, the Palestinian leadership decided at the end of an emergency meeting Wednesday evening to stay in permanent session to continue to work Friday to discuss the future of my security coordination with Israel and the signing of the Rome protocol in preparation for accession to the International Criminal Court. Abbas described what happened to Abu Ein, an assassination and Burberry work can not be tolerated.
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