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01
Jun
Sepp Blatter, again the President of FIFA

Despite all the controversies, the actual President of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, was won a new mandate, the fourth one as a leader of the international forum. The new election was a very contested and several voices asked for the elections to be postponed. More, Prince William backed up the Football Association and The Scottish Football Federation’s point of view. The two groups suggested that the elections should be postponed because of the several... [read news]

25
May
Two German airports closed because of the ash cloud

The Iceland volcano Grimsvoetn that erupted on Sunday has consequences on the international flights. The ash cloud is travelling quickly and several airports canceled their flights because of the lack of visibility. Germany announced the closing of two on their airports in the north side of the country. The country’s officials announced that they closed the north airway space on Tuesday because the ash cloud from the Grimsvoetn volcano’s... [read news]

20
May
Russian soldiers, fed with dog food

A Russian officer sent a message on the internet to his superiors that the soldiers from his military unit are fed with dog food. He wanted to denounce this abuse from the military superiors at the Vladivostok unit, at 6.400 kilometers from capital Moscow, informed on Wednesday AFP. The officer posted an YouTube video in witch can be seen very clearly that the food for the soldiers had been replaced with beef conserve food for dogs. Igor... [read news]

18
May
Baseball team joins anti-bullying campaign

The San Francisco Giants have joined a campaign against the bullying of gay teenagers. The "It Gets Better" effort is directed towards preventing suicide among gay teens who are bullied and victimised by their peers. The Giants are now the very first professional team to get involved in the campaign. The baseball team has joined the anti-bullying effort as the result of a petition started by a fan on the online activism platform Change.org... [read news]

09
May
Flights diverted over security measures

The security measures on the airplanes are still a headline for the American authorities. Two United State's passenger planes were forced to land before the final destination because an angry passenger that had a short conflict with the airplane's personnel. The flight was from Huston to Chicago and the unpredictable landing was in St. Louis. A spokesman of the airport told CNN that a passenger wanted to reach the exit door during the flight... [read news]

08
May
Al-Qaeda militant, "Emir of Baghdad", dead in a jail fight

Huthaifa al-Batawi  or "Emir of Baghdad”, a well known al-Qaeda militant responsible for the terrorist attack on a Catholic church last year in witch more than 58 people died was killed in a jail fight from Baghdad. The security spokesman, Qassim al-Moussawi, announce the death of another 17 people. The conflict started when one of the detained people tried to grab the gun from one of the guardians. He killed several security people and... [read news]

08
May
Japanese power company decides until Monday its closing

New pressures of the public opinion and the Government one convinced the power company Chubu Electric Power Co to settle as fast as they can if they will close its reactors that is placed in a dangerous area with high earthquake risks. Local media wrote on Sunday that the company officials are going to take a decision about the reactors until Monday. This new approach on the Japanese energy politics is coming after Prime Minister, Naoto Kan... [read news]

02
May
Bomb attack in Morocco

Marrakesh, a touristic destination of Morocco, was the theatre for a killing bomb accident on Tuesday. 14 people were killed, including foreigners. The attack was assigned to the Islamist militants. The accident took place in the most crowded area of Marrakesh, the place were all the tourists are gathered. An eye witness, a CNN photographer heard a very loud noise and than when he realized it was an explosion, he  saw when the people tried to... [read news]

02
May
Easter Sunday in arrest in Beijing

An independent church in Beijing was blocked by the Chinese police and the religious service was suspended. More than 36 people are detained because their intention of taking part at this annual religious service on the outdoor Easter Sunday. More than 500 worshippers were forbidden to leave their houses in order to join the church. The Beijing authorities think those religious places are in fact “illegal house” and they are trying to put it... [read news]

02
May
The memory unit of the 2009 Air France crash found

One of the two memory units of Airbus A330 of Air France that crashed and felled into the Ocean in June 2009 was found Sunday, said in an official statement the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis of France. The investigators announced on Wednesday that they found the chassis of one memory unit, but without it. Because of the great impact, the chassis was detached from the memory unit. The Air France Airbus A330 crashed two years ago and seek... [read news]

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