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Jamaica: Neighborhood Controlled by a Dealer

Over a thousand elements of security forces entered the Jamaican slum Tivoli Gardens in Kingston, where the refugee trafficker Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, trying to avoid extradition to the U.S., with the protection of criminal gangs. The police and army are trying to restore order in the city, after having been attacked at least six police [...]

[ More ] May 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Bangkok: 16 dead and 141 wounded, including journalists

Bangkok has 16 dead and 141 wounded, including three foreign journalists. The Thai capital, Bangkok, is a militarized city. The army is tightening the circle around the demonstrators. Tension still high in Bangkok. Government troops fired on demonstrators in the third day of clashes in the streets of Bangkok, where 16 people lost their lives [...]

[ More ] May 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Germany about to vote in North Rhine-Westphalia

Today in Germany we vote for the regional government of North Rhine-Westphalia, but the election will reflect national because it could lose the majority to the conservative Angela Merkel and Liberal allies in the federal Senate. The seats, in what is the German Laender which has the largest population, are open from 8. The vote [...]

[ More ] May 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Athens in chaos, guerrilla warfare in the streets

Riots and violence and assault in the corridors of power  in Greece. The clashes in Athens turned into tragedy around noon after a morning of scuffles before the parliament. In the fire flared up in a bank in the center suffered some Molotov cocktails thrown by groups of hooded youth on the sidelines of a demonstration against [...]

[ More ] May 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Oil spill, the state decided to send emergency personnel and equipment the Pentagon

At first it seemed only a serious environmental accident. But in less than a week looms the specter of an environmental disaster. Every day more and less positive news will make the oil slick from the platform of the BP Deepwater Horizon sunk in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22 increasingly serious. So on [...]

[ More ] April 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |