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Japan opposition leader 'to stay'
2007-11-06 17:40:00 Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of Japan 's main opposition party, has withdrawn his resignation at the request of his colleagues, officials have said. Mr Ozawa had said he would resign as head of the Democratic Party of Japan after it vetoed a power-sharing offer with the ruling coalition. The government offered the plan to push through laws renewing Japan's mandate for a US-led mission in Afghanistan. This is the latest of a series of crises to hit Japanese politics. 'One more go' The two main parties are currently deadlocked over whether to carry on supporting the Afghan mission by refuelling warships in the Indian Ocean. The mandate for their support operations ran out on 1 November.The government wants to continue, but the opposition - which controls the upper house of parliament - has made clear it intends to block the move. Disagreement over the issue was one of the main reasons which led Shinzo Abe to resign from his post as prime minister in September. New Prime Minister Yasuo ... More About: Stay , Leader , Opposition Leader , Position
Turqu铆a no renuncia a la opci贸n militar contra el PKK en Irak
2007-11-06 17:22:00 Turqu铆a anunci贸 el martes, un d铆a despu茅s de la visita del primer ministro Recep Tayyip Erdogan a Washington, que la opci贸n militar contra los rebeldes kurdos que operan a partir del norte de Irak segu铆a sobre la mesa. Por su parte, los separatistas del Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdist谩n (PKK) llamaron a los turcos a negociar. Turqu铆a "sigue decidida a tomar las medidas pol铆ticas, diplom谩ticas y militares en el marco de la autorizaci贸n del Parlamento para luchar contra las fuerzas terroristas", se帽al贸 un comunicado de la oficina de Erdogan. El mes pasado, los diputados turcos autorizaron al gobierno a llevar a cabo, en caso de necesidad, operaciones militares a trav茅s de la frontera contra las bases del PKK en Irak. El lunes, Erdogan se reuni贸 con el presidente norteamericano George W. Bush en la Casa Blanca.Bush anunci贸 una nueva asociaci贸n entre los ej茅rcitos estadounidense y turco, as铆 como el comando central norteamericano, para mejorar el intercambio d... More About: Contra
Venezuela altera "equilibrio estrat茅gico de toda la regi贸n", seg煤n el di
2007-11-06 17:14:00 El "armamentismo" del presidente de Venezuela , Hugo Ch谩vez, altera "el equilibrio estrat茅gico de toda la regi贸n" y "no solamente a Brasil", sostuvo este martes el diario O Estado de Sao Paulo. En su editorial, el cotidiano destac贸 que tras la compra de 100.000 fusiles en Rusia, "el coronel (Ch谩vez) est谩 gastando cerca de USD 6.000 millones en la compra de aviones de ataque de alta performance, de helic贸pteros de combate, de nav铆os de desembarque de tropas, de submarinos y de bater铆as de misiles". "Adem谩s, el programa de adquisiciones militares de Ch谩vez no se agota con esas encomiendas (...). Hay planes para comprar nuevos y modernos equipos que pueden ser utilizados en operaciones que los militares califican de 'proyecci贸n de poder', como por ejemplo m谩s de 120 aviones de 煤ltima generaci贸n", a帽adi贸. El diario record贸 que un ex asesor presidencial venezolano, el general retirado Alberto M眉ller Rojas, garantiz贸 en la v铆spera que su pa铆s no est谩 en una carrera...
La relaci贸n militar EEUU-China avanza, pero Washington sigue preocupado
2007-11-05 12:50:00 China y Estados Unidos decidieron este lunes reforzar sus lazos en el terreno militar, pero Washing ton sigue presionando al gigante asi谩tico para que muestre una mayor transparencia sobre sus inversiones en materia de armamento. Como prueba de la voluntad de las fuerzas armadas de los dos pa铆ses de mejorar sus relaciones, se anunci贸 este lunes la instalaci贸n de un "tel茅fono rojo", con motivo de la visita a China del secretario de Defensa estadounidense, Robert Gates. "Hemos decidido establecer una l铆nea directa entre nuestros dos organismos de Defensa", declar贸 Gates a la prensa tras una entrevista con su hom贸logo chino, Cao Gangchuan. "Estamos de acuerdo en reforzar los intercambios militares en todos los dominios", precis贸, sin suministrar detalles. Gates lleg贸 el domingo a China para dos d铆as de entrevistas relacionadas con los programas de desarrollo militar chinos, que no cesan de preocupar a Estados Unidos. El presupuesto chino de Defensa aument贸 en un 17,8% este a... More About: China
In God's name. Religion will play a big role in this century's World Politi
2007-11-02 21:11:00 The four-hour journey through the bush from Kano to Jos in northern Nigeria features many of the staples of African life: checkpoints with greedy soldiers, huge potholes, scrawny children in football shirts drying rice on the road. But it is also a journey along a front-line. Nigeria, evenly split between Christians and Muslims, is a country where people identify themselves by their religion first and as Nigerians second. Around 20,000 have been killed in God's name since 1990, estimates Shehu Sani, a local chronicler of religious violence. Kano, the centre of the Islamic north, introduced sharia law seven years ago. Many of the Christians who fled ended up in Jos, the capital of Plateau state, where the Christian south begins. The road between the two towns is dotted with competing churches and mosques. This is one of many religious battlefields in this part of Africa. Evangelical Christians, backed by American collection-plate money, are surging northwards, clashing with Islamic ... More About: Religion , World , Play , Role , Century
The new wars of religion
2007-11-02 21:02:00 A religious fanatic feels persecuted, goes overseas to fight for his God and then returns home to attempt a bloody act of terrorism. Next week as Britons celebrate the capture of Guy Fawkes, a Catholic jihadist, under the Houses of Parliament in 1605, they might reflect how dismally modern the Gunpowder Plot and Europe's wars of religion now seem. Back in the 20th century, most Western politicians and intellectuals (and even some clerics) assumed religion was becoming marginal to public life; faith was largely treated as an irrelevance in foreign policy. Symptomatically, State Department diaries ignored Muslim holidays until the 1990s. In the 21st century, by contrast, religion is playing a central role. From Nigeria to Sri Lanka, from Chechnya to Baghdad, people have been slain in God's name; and money and volunteers have poured into these regions. Once again, one of the world's great religions has a bloody divide (this time it is Sunnis and Shias, not Catholics and Protestants)... More About: Religion , Wars
Rice promises US intervention against PKK
2007-11-02 20:49:00 Condoleezza Rice today promised that the United States would intensify action against Kurdish rebels whom she labelled a common enemy of Turkey and the US. The US Secretary of State, in Ankara to discuss the growing border crisis between the Turkish Government and the Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party (PKK), pledged that Washington would increase its pressure on the Iraqi Government to take concrete steps against the rebels. Turkey has repeatedly threatened to launch a military incursion against PKK targets across the border in northern Iraq unless US and Iraqi officials take meaningful action against Kurdish separatists. Ms Rice was today pushing for a breakthrough in negotiations between the three governments who are trying to agree a joint clampdown on the PKK, but she failed to detail any American proposals.鈥淲e want to look to a plan for effective action against the PKK that will require not just the US and Turkey but also the Iraqi Government,鈥 she said. 鈥淭hat is a discussion I ... More About: Promises
Iran faces new sanctions threat
2007-11-02 20:41:00 Six world powers have agreed to draft a third resolution for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The UN Security Council will vote on the draft if UN and EU reports say Tehran's programme is continuing, the officials said after talks in London. Officials from the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany will meet on 19 November to assess the reports. Iran says its programme is for peaceful purposes only and denies accusations it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. In September, the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to delay a vote on further measures until the publication of a report in mid-November on Iran's activities by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA]. At Friday's meeting, the officials agreed to ask the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana to hold a further meeting with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and report back. The officials "agreed to finalise a text for a third UN Security Council sanct... More About: Faces , Sanctions , Threat
Rice: "EE UU considera al PKK una amenaza y actuar谩 en su contra"
2007-11-02 20:11:00 La Secretaria de Estado norteamericana, Condoleezza Rice , ha afirmado hoy en Ankara que Estados Unidos considera a los rebeldes kurdos del PKK como una "amenaza" y ha anunciado que Washington iniciar谩 una "acci贸n importante" en su contra. La jefa de la diplomacia estadounidense ha adelantado que su pa铆s incrementar谩 "sustancialmente" la informaci贸n de inteligencia que ya comparte con el Gobierno turco para combatir a los terroristas kurdos. Sin embargo, ha rechazado una operaci贸n militar transfronteriza de Turqu铆a en el norte de Irak, y ha abogado por "soluciones a largo plazo" y una "aproximaci贸n m谩s amplia a este dif铆cil problema". En una rueda de prensa tras entrevistarse con miembros del Gobierno turco, Rice ha recordado que "la estabilidad en Irak tambi茅n es muy importante" y que considera al Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdist谩n (PKK) como una amenaza no s贸lo para Turqu铆a sino para Estados Unidos. Ha agregado que a pesar de que el PKK ya exist铆a antes de que... More About: Contra , Consider , Amen
Ir谩n afronta nuevas amenazas de sanciones
2007-11-02 19:49:00 Los cinco miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU m谩s Alemania han acordado hoy un texto borrador para una tercera resoluci贸n de sanciones contra Ir谩n, que ser谩 sometido a votaci贸n por Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Francia, China y Rusia a finales de noviembre si el pr贸ximo informe del Organismo Internacional de la Energ铆a At贸mica (OIEA) revela que Teher谩n contin煤a con su programa nuclear.Las potencias tambi茅n ha decidido pedir al Alto Representante de Pol铆tica Exterior y de Seguridad Com煤n de la Uni贸n Europea (UE), Javier Solana, que busque una nueva reuni贸n con el negociador iran铆 en materia nuclear, Sayed Yalili, y que les informe del resultado, seg煤n un portavoz del ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores brit谩nico. El director general del OIEA, Mohamed El Baradei, divulgar谩 en las pr贸ximas semanas un nuevo informe sobre la posici贸n de Ir谩n en relaci贸n con su controvertido programa nuclear. As铆, los directores pol铆ticos que han redactado el texto... More About: Nueva , Amen
Japan's War on Terror comes to a halt
2007-11-01 02:09:00 An unprecedented political impasse has all but ended Japan鈥檚 active part in the War on Terror and may have triggered the countdown to an early general election next spring. Tokyo will be forced tomorrow to suspend indefinitely its controversial military presence in the Indian Ocean after months of bitter feuding and the surprise resignation of a prime minister.After pumping nearly half a million kilolitres of oil to a variety of allied vessels over the past six years, the supply ship Tokiwa has performed what was probably its last task of the mission: filling the fuel tanks of a Pakistani naval destroyer. Racing vainly against a deadline that expires tomorrow at midnight, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday failed to win parliamentary approval for a law that would have extended Japan鈥檚 practical support for the coalition efforts in Afghanistan. Although the Government said that the setback was unlikely to cause permanent harm to Japan-US relations, it underlines the continuing... More About: War On Terror
Brown in 'positive' Saudi talks
2007-11-01 01:58:00 Gordon Brown 's talks with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia were very positive, British officials have said. They say there was a "meeting of minds" in the discussions which included the Middle East peace process and a planned US-sponsored peace conference. Officials said human rights were not raised at the meeting between the prime minister and the king at Number 10. Protests have taken place over Saudi Arabia's human rights record and arms deals during the king's state visit. Saudi leadership Mr Brown and King Abdullah discussed their expectations for the peace conference in Maryland but the monarch did not give a clear indication whether his country would be represented.The prime minister emphasised the importance the UK attaches to Saudi leadership in the Middle East. They both agreed that a viable Palestinian state was key to a solution in the region.Counter-terrorism was discussed and the prime minister thanked the king for Saudi efforts on the issue. However, there did not app... More About: Positive
Venezuela, Siria, Ir谩n y Malasia construir谩n refiner铆a en Medio Oriente
2007-11-01 01:44:00 Venezuela, Siria, Ir谩n y Mala sia firmaron un acuerdo con un valor total de 2.600 millones de d贸lares para establecer una refiner铆a de petr贸leo en el centro de Siria, con una capacidad de procesamiento de 140 mil barriles diarios (b/d). De acuerdo con informaci贸n divulgada por la agencia DPA, en lo convenido Venezuela tendr谩 33% de las acciones, Ir谩n y Malasia obtendr谩n 26% y Siria el 15% restante. Estos porcentajes responden al financiamiento de cada socio, afirm贸 el Ministerio sirio de Petr贸leo. La refiner铆a estar谩 instalada en la ciudad de Al Foroklos, en la norte帽a provincia de Homs, Siria. El crudo ser谩 provisto por Venezuela (42 mil b/d), Ir谩n (28 mil b/d) y Siria (70 mil b/d), mientras que la empresa malasia SKSO&G proveer谩 la maquinaria. El acuerdo tendr谩 una duraci贸n de 25 a帽os. El contrato fue firmado por representantes de la Compa帽铆a Nacional Iran铆 para Refinaci贸n de Petr贸leo (Niordc), el Ministerio sirio de Petr贸leo, la empresa estatal Petr贸l... More About: Venezuela , Refine
Brasil niega que pueda entrar en una 'carrera armamentista' con Venezuela
2007-11-01 01:39:00 El ministro de Defensa brasile帽o, Nelson Jobim, neg贸 hoy que su pa铆s se pueda envolver en una 'carrera armamentista' con Venezuela y dijo que si el gobierno de Hugo Ch谩vez est谩 empe帽ado en comprar armas, 'el problema es de ellos'El ministro compareci贸 hoy ante la Comisi贸n de Relaciones Exteriores y Defensa de la C谩mara de Diputados y fue consultado sobre la situaci贸n regional y, en especial, sobre las fuertes compras de armamento que ha hecho Venezuela en los 煤ltimos dos a帽os.Seg煤n Jobim, aunque Brasil tiene prevista para 2008 una inversi贸n en equipamientos militares de 2.585 millones de d贸lares (1.846 millones de euros), frente a los 1.100 millones (785 millones de euros) gastados este a帽o, eso no supone que se proponga 'competir' con ning煤n otro pa铆s. El ministro explic贸 que se trata simplemente de una 'adecuaci贸n militar' y de suplantar equipos que han quedado obsoletos. 'Nuestros vecinos son socios y amigos', sostuvo Jobim, quien dijo que las Fuerza... More About: Carrera , Carre , Arma
Brasil duplica el gasto militar para recuperar su poder regional
2007-11-01 01:20:00 El gobierno de Lula da Silva duplicar谩 en 2008 el presupuesto destinado al equipamiento militar. Para el presidente brasile帽o, es preciso que las Fuerzas Armadas "recuperen su poder". El ministro de Defensa, Nelson Jobim, considera que esa "readecuaci贸n militar" permitir谩 superar desventajas regionales. No obstante, en Brasil se esmeran en se帽alar que ese esfuerzo no tiene relaci贸n con la necesidad de contrarrestar a otros pa铆ses. Jobim neg贸 que se trate eventualmente de contener a Venezuela. "Todos nuestros vecinos son socios y amigos", subray贸. Lo que preocupa al Palacio del Planalto y a los altos mandos brasile帽os es lo que ellos definen como un "rezago militar" de Brasil frente a los gastos de defensa de otros pa铆ses sudamericanos. El plan es aumentar el potencial militar brasile帽o "de disuasi贸n" y, al mismo tiempo, vincular el rearme al desarrollo de la industria nacional, como proveedora privilegiada de los insumos y equipos. Eso explica que el nuevo presupuesto m... More About: Regional
Venezuela camino de ser una "potencia militar". Pol铆ticos brasile帽os preo
2007-11-01 01:11:00 Sarney afirma poder铆o militar de Venezuela es un "peligro" para Latinoam茅rica.El senador y ex presidente brasile帽o Jos茅 Sarney considera "un peligro para Brasil y para toda Am茅rica Latina que exista una potencia militar instaurada en el continente", en una alusi贸n cr铆tica y directa a Venezuela.Sarney, uno de los caudillos parlamentarios en que se apoya el presidente brasile帽o, Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva, dijo en la tribuna del Senado que Brasil tambi茅n debe advertirle al l铆der venezolano, Hugo Ch谩vez, de la condena del continente "ante cualquier aventura que transforme a Venezuela en un pa铆s dictatorial".Seg煤n el senador conservador, que gobern贸 Brasil entre 1985 y 1989, Suram茅rica es "la regi贸n m谩s pac铆fica del mundo", y por eso "no hay raz贸n" para que Venezuela gaste 4.000 millones de d贸lares en armamento.Advirti贸 de que un gasto militar de ese porte en Suram茅rica puede desatar una carrera armamentista regional, que s贸lo servir谩 para privar de recursos a la... More About: Camino
Putin defiende ventas de armas a Ir谩n, Siria y Venezuela pese a las cr铆ti
2007-11-01 01:07:00 El presidente ruso, Vlad铆mir Putin , defendi贸 hoy los contratos de armamento suscritos con otros pa铆ses, pese a las cr铆ticas de Estados Unidos contra el suministro de armas rusas a Ir谩n, Siria y Venezuela ."Rusia siempre ha cumplido, cumple y cumplir谩 sus obligaciones internacionales en la esfera t茅cnico-militar, incluido el actual r茅gimen de control de exportaciones de armamento", asegur贸 Putin, citado por las agencias rusas.Durante la reuni贸n de la comisi贸n de cooperaci贸n militar, Putin insisti贸 en que "los suministros de armas rusas van dirigidos exclusivamente a reforzar la capacidad defensiva de esos pa铆ses, y a fortalecer la estabilidad y seguridad regionales"."Eso es para nosotros una prioridad", asegur贸.Adem谩s, advirti贸 que "ser谩 ignorado cualquier intento de imponer a Rusia restricciones cimentadas en posturas politizadas y unilaterales".Al mismo tiempo, Putin subray贸 la necesidad de mejorar la calidad de las armas rusas que se exportan y tambi茅n los "crit... More About: Armas , Arma
Venezuela refuerza poder铆o b茅lico. Rusia triplicar铆a venta de armas
2007-11-01 00:59:00 Los contratos de venta de armamento ruso a Venezuela suman ya 4.000 millones de d贸lares y Mosc煤 espera en pocos a帽os duplicar o triplicar esa cifra, afirm贸 ayer Sergu茅i Ladiguin, de la exportadora estatal de armas Rosoboronexport.Con Venezuela 鈥測a tenemos contratos por 4.000 millones de d贸lares y podemos afirmar que, como m铆nimo, duplicaremos o triplicaremos esa suma鈥, dijo el funcionario en unas declaraciones a la televisi贸n rusa desde Caracas, donde asiste a las labores de la comisi贸n bilateral de cooperaci贸n. Ladiguin precis贸 que Rusia y Venezuela preparan ahora contratos de suministro de buques, aviones de guerra y helic贸pteros de combate, as铆 como de diversos tipos de armamentos para el Ej茅rcito de Tierra, seg煤n la agencia Interfax. Record贸 que Mosc煤 ya suministra a Caracas cazas Su-30, varios tipos de helic贸pteros de combate y de transporte, y fusiles autom谩ticos Kalashnikov, y que construir谩 en Venezuela tres f谩bricas militares: una de esos fusiles, o... More About: Armas , Fuerza , Arma
Kirchner victory in Argentine election
2007-10-30 01:19:00 Yesterday's victory by Cristina Fern谩ndez Kirchner in Argentina's presidential election is historic. She becomes the first woman to be elected president of Argentina, and December 10 will mark the first time anywhere that a president will hand over the sash of office to his wife after a democratic vote. Yet it was an election campaign marked by apathy, and after last night's victory there were few of the popular celebrations that have followed similar historic votes in other South American countries in recent years. This is in part because the Government worked so hard to create the impression that the race was a foregone conclusion. Partly it is because the fragmented Opposition did so much to help them in this, failing to convince anyone that they were ready for power. Turnout was the lowest since 1928 in a country where voting is compulsory. The Kirchners will point to the economic record of President N茅stor Kirchner to explain his wife's victory. He has overseen more than ... More About: Victory , Election , Argentine , Gent
Biofuels 'crime against humanity'
2007-10-27 17:05:00 A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity. The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, said he feared biofuels would bring more hunger. The growth in the production of biofuels has helped to push the price of some crops to record levels. Mr Ziegler's remarks, made at the UN headquarters in New York, are clearly designed to grab attention. He complained of an ill-conceived dash to convert foodstuffs such as maize and sugar into fuel, which created a recipe for disaster. Food price rises It was, he said, a crime against humanity to divert arable land to the production of crops which are then burned for fuel. He called for a five-year ban on the practice. Within that time, according to Mr Ziegler, technological advances would enable the use of agricultural waste, such as corn cobs and banana leaves, rather than crops themselves to produce fuel. The growth in the productio... More About: Crime , Humanity , Biofuels , Fuels
Putin compares US shield to Cuban Missile Crisis
2007-10-27 00:38:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared US plans for a missile shield in Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s. The crisis saw the US and Soviet Union go to the brink of nuclear war. Mr Putin, at a summit with EU leaders in Portugal, said the situation was "technologically similar". But he argued there would be no repeat because Russia and the US were "not enemies anymore... we are partners" and President Bush was a "personal friend". The 1962 stand-off was triggered when US spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba, within striking distance of the American mainland. Moscow's decision to deploy these weapons in Cuba was at the time seen as a response to the build-up of powerful US missiles in Europe. Tensions were only defused when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to dismantle the bases in return for guarantees that Washington would not attack communist Cuba. 'Similar situation' US President George W Bush has said there is a "real and urgent" need f... More About: Crisis , Shield , Missile
Turkish PM threatens Iraq action 'at any time'
2007-10-23 21:22:00 The Turkish Prime Minister today insisted he could launch military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq "at any time" unless cross-border attacks are halted. As troops continued to mass on the Iraqi border, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference at Downing Street that his Government "cannot wait forever" for the raids by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) against his military to stop. However, Gordon Brown continued to urge a diplomatic solution to solve the border crisis today, pledging that the UK would step up counter-terrorism assistance to its ally. And there were signs that the pressure on Turkey not to launch a fully-blown invasion was beginning to bear fruit today, with the Iraqi Foreign Minister announcing that his Government would help to stop attacks by the PKK, after meeting his Turkish counterpart in Baghdad. Mr Erdogan, however, said Turkish patience with international pledges to stop the cross-border attacks was wearing thin. Last weekend, a rebel ambus... More About: Action , Time , Threat
Ahmadinejad adelanta su vuelta a Ir谩n tras una votaci贸n de apoyo al ex je
2007-10-23 21:14:00 M谩s de 180 diputados respaldan en el Parlamento un texto de apoyo a Al铆 Lariyan铆, responsable hasta el pasado 20 de octubre de las negociaciones con Occidente sobre el programa nuclear iran铆.El presidente iran铆, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, ha interrumpido su viaje de 48 horas a Armenia y ha adelantado su vuelta a Teher谩n en medio de la votaci贸n a favor de m谩s de 180 diputados de un texto de apoyo al ex negociador nuclear, Al铆 Lariyan铆."El programa de hoy fue cancelado y el presidente de Ir谩n regresa a Teher谩n", ha anunciado el servicio de prensa del presidente de Armenia, Robert Kochari谩n. Aunque oficialmente no se han anunciado las causas de la interrupci贸n de la visita de Ahmadineyad, fuentes pr贸ximas a las autoridades armenias citadas por la agencia EFE han indicado que su regreso anticipado a Teher谩n obedece a "circunstancias imprevistas" en Ir谩n. Estas circunstancias, seg煤n la opini贸n de diplom谩ticos y analistas consultados por este peri贸dico, ser铆an el apoyo masi... More About: Ahmadinejad
Bush considera "urgente" instalar el escudo antimisiles en Europa ante la p
2007-10-23 21:07:00 El secretario de Defensa, Robert Gates, sugiere en Praga que podr铆a retrasarse la construcci贸n hasta tener m谩s pruebas contra Teher谩n.El presidente de EE UU, George W. Bush , ha insistido hoy en la necesidad de instalar el escudo antimisiles en Europa para protegerse de la posible amenaza nuclear iran铆. "La necesidad de un sistema de defensa antimisiles en Europa es real y creo que urgente", ha afirmado Bush durante una conferencia en Washington.El presidente estadounidense ha explicado que la pol铆tica de defensa de EE UU no va dirigida contra Rusia porque la guerra fr铆a "ya termin贸" y el 煤nico objetivo es protegerse de estados como Ir谩n. Por otra parte, el secretario de Defensa de EE UU, Robert Gates, ha afirmado hoy en Praga que su gobierno podr铆a retrasar la construcci贸n del escudo antimisiles en la Rep煤blica Checa y Polonia hasta disponer de "pruebas definitivas" sobre una posible amenaza de Ir谩n. Gates ha se帽alado que se tratar铆a de un gesto hacia Rusia, que rech... More About: Consider , Gent , Urge
Al Maliki califica de terrorista al PKK y ordena el cierre de sus oficinas
2007-10-23 20:58:00 Erdogan dice que su pa铆s puede atacar "en cualquier momento" a los rebeldes kurdos pero de momento apuesta por la diplomacia.El primer ministro iraqu铆, Nuri al Maliki , ha calificado hoy al Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdist谩n (PKK), de grupo terrorista y ha ordenado el cierre de sus oficinas en Irak. "El PKK es una organizaci贸n terrorista nociva y hemos tomado la decisi贸n de cerrar sus oficinas y no permitirle trabajar en Irak", ha asegurado en Bagdad Al Maliki, tras una reuni贸n con el ministro de Exteriores turco, Ali Babacan.Al Maliki no ha precisado en qu茅 lugares se encuentran las oficinas del PKK. En todo caso, estas declaraciones contradicen las reiteradas afirmaciones de las autoridades iraqu铆es a lo largo de los 煤ltimos d铆as, seg煤n las cuales la presencia del PKK en Irak se limita a zonas inaccesibles del norte de Irak. El primer ministro turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ha afirmado hoy en Londres que el Ej茅rcito se Turqu铆a puede ejercer "en cualquier momento" ... More About: Al-Maliki , Calif
Federaci贸n Rusa muestra inter茅s por Venezuela
2007-10-23 20:31:00 El presidente ruso, Vlad铆mir Putin, afirm贸 ayer que Venezuela "es uno de los pa铆ses con m谩s perspectivas desde el punto de vista de la organizaci贸n del trabajo conjunto en el 谩mbito econ贸mico". La aseveraci贸n la hizo en una reuni贸n con miembros de su gabinete. Putin destac贸 adem谩s que las compa帽铆as rusas tienen "muchas oportunidades" en suelo venezolano, rese帽贸 Efe. Por su parte, el copresidente ruso de la comisi贸n intergubernamental Rusia-Venezuela, el viceprimer ministro Alexandr Zh煤kov, destac贸 las grandes perspectivas que ofrece el proyecto de construcci贸n del Gasoducto del Sur. Un proyecto promovido por el presidente venezolano, Hugo Ch谩vez, que tiene como objetivo construir una tuber铆a de 10.000 kil贸metros para transportar 150 millones de metros c煤bicos de gas venezolano por d铆a desde el mar Caribe hasta Argentina, a trav茅s de Brasil. "Gazprom (el gigante ruso del gas) ya participa en las negociaciones", indic贸 el viceprimer ministro. Seg煤n Zh煤kov, ...
Polish election winners pledge pro-EU shift
2007-10-22 21:18:00 Poland's liberal opposition today pledged closer relations with the EU after soundly defeating the populist nationalist prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and his twin brother, president Lech. With more than 90% of votes in yesterday's parliamentary ballot counted, results showed the Civic Platform party beating the prime minister's Law and Justice party by nearly 10 percentage points and in a position to form a government with its preferred partner, the moderate Polish Peasants party. The leader of Platform, Donald Tusk, the likely prime minister in the new government, is expected to begin coalition talks this week with the Peasants. "We will have to form the broadest possible formula for cooperating with all who wanted to remove Law and Justice from power," Bronislaw Komorowski, Civic Platform's vice-chairman, told Polish TOK FM radio. Platform leaders said they would try to resume efforts to adopt the euro, with 2012-13 seen as the earliest date. The party promised to seek l... More About: Election , Winners , Shift , Pledge
Talk of Blair EU role played down
2007-10-22 21:09:00 Ministers have played down speculation Tony Blair could be offered the job of president of the European Council. The role - dubbed "president of Europe" - will be created under the terms of the new EU reform treaty. But Europe Minister Jim Murphy said Mr Blair was "already busy as an envoy in the Middle East and he has a fantastically important job to do". He was speaking after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Mr Blair would be a "good choice" for the new job.'No discussion' Speaking at the conclusion of the EU summit in Lisbon, Mr Sarkozy told reporters: "I saw Tony Blair two nights ago. He is a very remarkable man."He is the most European of Britons ... it would be intelligent to think of him." Mr Sarkozy also praised Luxembourg's prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who supports a more federal Europe in contrast to Mr Blair's support for the primacy of nation states, as a possible candidate. But he said it would be "premature" for France to take an official position at th... More About: Talk , Role , Lair
Brown defends EU treaty position
2007-10-22 20:46:00 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has defended his stance on the EU Reform Treaty, saying key opt-outs mean UK law will not be over-ruled by Europe. Mr Brown told the Commons MPs would be given the chance next year to debate ratification of the treaty whose text was agreed in Portugal last week. He also said the government would oppose further EU institutional change. The Tories called for a referendum on the issue and accused ministers of breaking their manifesto commitment.The prime minister told MPs that he had secured "special treatment for the UK in a range of areas" at the European summit and that Britain would keep opt-outs on foreign policy, labour rights, tax and social security. "The protections we have negotiated defend the British national interest," he said. Promising to oppose any further EU institutional reforms within this parliament and the next, Mr Brown said he would now focus on setting out a new agenda for the EU. This would include "the new priorities" of jobs, compe... More About: Position
Russia urges US missile 'freeze'
More articles from this author:2007-10-12 15:33:00 Russia has called on the US to "freeze" plans to employ missile defence facilities in eastern Europe. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the call after high-level talks in Moscow with US counterparts. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted the missile defence shield was no threat to Russia, and that the US wanted both countries to work together. Earlier, however, Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled he would not support American plans. He urged Washington "not to force" a planned deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptors in Poland on Russia. Moscow sees the US plans as a threat to Russia's security. Mr Putin also threatened to abandon a key nuclear missile treaty which he said was outdated. Analysts say President Putin's threat to withdraw from the treaty is yet another diplomatic move to pressurise the Americans. The Russian leader appeared to mock the US plan for a European missile defence system. "One day you and I may decide that missile def... More About: Russia , Freeze , Missile , Urge , Missi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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