PARIS (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on Monday backed the creation of a Palestinian state “viable” but was cautious about repeating the support of his foreign minister to a possible recognition of a state before establish their borders. At a Paris news conference with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Sarkozy repeated France”s support for a Palestinian state, but added: “We have always that a viable Palestinian state. ” ” What we want when we discuss a Palestinian state is a real state that can give hope and a future for millions of Palestinians. It is not just an idea “Bush told reporters. In an interview with a newspaper published at the weekend, the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said that to break the deadlock in the peace process in the Middle East, some countries may recognize a Palestinian state before setting its borders. “One can imagine a Palestinian state being declared quickly and immediately recognized by the international community even before negotiating its borders. I would be tempted by it, “Kouchner told the Journal du Dimanche. Read more »
FUNCHAL, Portugal (Reuters) – The number of people missing after the floods in the resort island of Madeira soared, raising fears that the death toll in the worst natural disaster in decades gets Portugal grow dramatically, officials said on Monday. Workers of the rescue services were removing the rubble to find survivors and clear the area after torrential rain on Saturday turned streams rivers that swept the island”s capital, overturning cars , destroying houses and blocking roads. The number of residents reported by relatives as missing on Monday rose to 32 people-well above the previous estimate, while four would restore communications. The official death toll is 42. “The number of missing has grown since the restoration of communications, people have begun to report missing relatives,” he told reporters Vice President of semi-autonomous Government of Madeira, Joao Cunha e Silva. He also said he1000has confirmed the deaths of 42 people and that 370 were left homeless on the island, which receives thousands of European tourists each year. Rescue work focused initially on the capital, Funchal, but as they were reopening the roads of the mountainous island became apparent that the Floods have also affected inland populations. FOUR BODIES DISINTERRED A Reuters cameraman saw the inhabitants of Trapiche, by above Funchal, remove four bodies from the mud and debris. It is unclear whether they were included in the official toll of 42. Earlier on Monday, the Government of Portugal in Lisbon quickly promised to send economic aid to Madeira.
“At the national level and EU level, we will share all necessary assistance,” said Interior Minister Rui Pereira told reporters after a special cabinet meeting that declared three days of mourning. Read more »
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, met with governors of states that touch the inland waterways to describe an “action plan” that will focus on removing invasive species, clean up pollutants, and cure more than half a million acres (200,000 hectares) of wetlands, Jackson told reporters. “It”s about creating a new standard of care for the Great Lakes system (…) instead of minimize the damage, our new standard of care is to leave the Great Lakes better than the condition that we inherited for the next generation, “said Jackson. Late last year, Congress authorized $ 475 million to improve the ecosystem that contains 21 percent of the world”s fresh water. Obama proposed earlier this month in its budget to 300 million addi1000tional dollars in the program for the fiscal year that starts in October. About 60 million dollars will go to fight the fish Asian carp, a nonnative species that threatens to disrupt the fishing industry on Lake Michigan. Read more »
“Dubai police presented no evidence that supports the indictment in this case,” he told AFP a senior Israeli official, who requested anonymity. Chief of Dubai Police, Dahi Khalfan, said Thursday to be sure “by 99% if not 100%” that the Mossad, the Israeli secret service was behind the assassination of Mahmoud Al Mabhuh, one of the founders of Hamas”s armed wing, found dead in a hotel room in Dubai on 20 January. “Until today, nobody knows what happened. The Dubai police did not even explain the circumstances of death “Mabhuh Al, the Israeli official said. Khalfan had declared on Monday by announcing it was reconstituted in its minutest detail the acts and deeds of members of the command that would have killed At Mabhuh, the leader of Hamas was “possibly suffocated after receiving an electric shock.” “There is not even evidence that may have been murdered” insisted, however, the senior Israeli . “Everything you see in the videos are people talking on the phone,” he said. Under these conditions, it was “ridiculous” international arrest t1000hreats that could be launched at the request Dubai, against the head of Mossad, Meir Dagan. Chief of Dubai Police said that “if it is confirmed that the Mossad is behind this crime, which seems now possible Interpol Red Notice should be issued to the head of Mossad, because it would be a murderer. ” Interpol Red Notices are notices of international search view of extradition. Israeli official played down the seriousness of the call for the ambassadors of the Jewish state in Britain, Ireland, France and Germany to provide explanations for the use of passports of those countries, apparently false, carrying eleven people (ten men and one woman) suspected of involvement in the assassination of Hamas responsible. Read more »
DUBAI (Reuters) – The police chief of Dubai said on Thursday he believed that Israeli agents were involved in the death of a Hamas militant in the emirate, adding that the head of the spy agency Mossad of the Jewish state should be arrested if found responsible. As the international dispute over the attack happened last month increased, Paris, London and Dublin Israel demanded explanations for why the suspects used data from passports of their citizens. Israel adheres to the policy of “ambiguity” of Mossad operations, refusing to confirm or deny whether its1000agents assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a group commander Palestinian Islamist who was found dead in a luxury hotel room in January. In a statement to be issued later on television in Dubai, the police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamin asked Interpol to issue “a red alert against the Mossad chief murderer (…) as if it is proved that the Mossad was behind the crime, which now seems likely”. Previously, Tamim was quoted by a UAE newspaper saying he was almost certain that the Mossad, which is the former general director Meir Dagan, was responsible for the murder. “Our research reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of (Mahmoud) al-Mabhouh. It”s 99 percent sure, if not 100 percent, that Mossad was behind the murder, “the official newspaper The National in a report posted on its website Interpol said it issued a “red alert” for 11 suspects whose photographs were distributed by Dubai. This alert is issued after authorities issued an order a country to assist in identifying or locating a suspect for arrest or extradition. “Because the names on passports found by police investigating Dubai are likely to be those of real people and innocent, Interpol does not believe that you know the true identity of the people wanted, “said Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble. United Kingdom summoned the Israeli ambassador to a meeting with Peter Ricketts, who runs his diplomatic service, to explain how it is that several British citizens living in Israel found that the data in their passports had been used by the alleged murderers. The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband said that Ricketts had made clear “the seriousness with which we take any suggestion of fraudulent use of British passports,” and asked the Israeli cooperation. Read more »
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