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Friday, May 18, 2012

Iran: U.S. Ambassador to Israel, an option under "workable"

The United States has already 'prepared plans for possible military action against Iran, an option' and 'fully feasible "means the said Dan Shapiro, U.S. ambassador to Israel, less than a week since the resumption of talks between the so-called '5 +1' and Tehran's controversial nuclear program of the latter, scheduled May 23 in Baghdad. "It would be preferable to resolve the matter at the diplomatic level and the use of pressure, rather than use military force, but that 'does not mean that this option is not feasible, indeed, already' ready," he warns Shapiro.  Interviewed by radio of 'Israeli Army, the U.S. diplomat added that "the necessary planning and' already 'been made" precisely in order to ensure that "everything is ready." In similar terms, Shapiro was delivered last January, claiming that Washington was preparing all measures "to ensure that the military option is to dispiosizione of President Barack Obama, when they decide to use it." They were taken last April 14 in Istanbul, where they left off with a full stall fifteen months before, the negotiations on nuclear issues between the Islamic Republic, on the one hand, and, secondly, the five permanent members of Security Council 'UN, ie the same as the U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia and China, more' Germany. The six countries are represented collectively by Catherine Ashton, High Representative for the common foreign and security policy of the European Union. 

Iran threatens to sue Google

Iran has threatened to sue Google, it was not the sea between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Google maps again described as "Persian Gulf".Iran spoke of a "conspiracy". "If Google does not immediately corrected his mistake, we will officially file a lawsuit," said Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, on Thursday. He described it as part of the "conspiracy" against Iran, the sea area that Google is no longer as "Persian Gulf" refers to Google Maps had removed the label to avoid a position in the dispute between Iran and the Arab Gulf states. While Iran insists that the Gulf is Persian, Arab neighbors speak of the Arabian Gulf.2010, Iran threatened even the airlines that use the term "Arabian Gulf", with the withdrawal of overflight rights.

Pakistan military aircraft collision

The Pakistan Air Force and two trainer crashed in the northwest of Islamabad, capital of La Shikai region All four of them died on the ground people were injured. This is the second crash occurred within a week of the Pakistan Air Force. On the 11th of this month, an Air Force fighter crashed in the southwest, but the pilot ejection timely spacewalk, with a parachute to escape.

Hollande and his ministers salary down 30 percent


French President, Francois Hollande, and members of the new government have adopted on Thursday a 30 percent reduction in their salaries, in fulfillment of one of the promises the socialist launched during the election campaign. "If elected, not frozen on, but I'll be down the salaries of the president and his ministers by 30 percent," Hollande said in the months before the presidential elections, which swept to victory against Nicolas Sarkozy and former, candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Based on a decision taken at the first Council of Ministers, the gross salary of the 34 departmental charge will increase from 14,200 to 9,940 euros per month, while the prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and will experience lower Hollande own respective Salary 21,300 to 14,910 euros, according to data collected by means Gauls. The measure shall enter into force immediately as the government will wait for the legislative elections next month. However, the governmental spokesman, Najat Belkacem Vallaud-clarified, to be retroactive and therefore begin to run "from the May 15" date of the investiture of Hollande. The first decision the new Cabinet ministers will leave today with a salary less than that of members of the previous government, which still continue to grow in the state and receive monthly for six months more money than their predecessors.

Homophobia loses strength among young


Youth increasingly more naturally accepted relationships between same sex. The vast majority of the population between 15 and 29 is in favor of gay marriage and legal change of sex, as is clear from a survey by the Basque Observatory to mark the International Day Against Homophobia. Evidence from the report reveal that the majority of youth (86%) have no objection to homosexuals as neighbors, both gay and lesbians, although 11% admitted that "yes you mind", a percentage lower than in the 2010 survey. This rejection is slightly higher among men. By age, those under 25 years show a little more than rejection of gays and lesbians compared to those over that age. In particular, people aged 15 to 19 rejection reaches 14%, followed by those between 20 and 24, while the percentage among those over 25 years is reduced to 8%.