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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The reasons for France to intervene in Mali


Just when their leaders were defining a new strategy of "hands off" in Africa , France has been pushed to the front line of one of the riskiest battlefields of the continent in the deep desert of Mali.The support of President François Hollande air strikes to stop the advance of Islamist rebels on the capital, Bamako, raised the threat level for eight French hostages held by al Qaeda allies in the Sahara and the 30,000 French expatriates living in neighboring countries, mostly Muslim. It also could cause an attack on French soil . However, in what could be the most important decision of his presidency's foreign policy, Hollande bet that doing nothing was a greater risk of the creation of a jihadist state like Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. "We must stop the offensive of the rebels, Mali otherwise all fall into their hands, creating a threat to Africa and even Europe," said Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, journalists to justify supporting the ruined National Army Mali. For months, military planners had been working in Paris in a discrete and limited support to an African mission to expel planned later this year to the Islamists of the former French colony. That scenario was suddenly disrupted on Thursday when the rebels captured the central city of Konna , which is the gateway to Bamako, 600 miles to the south. Mali's army helpless, Hollande ordered military strikes early in his career. Now France has deployed 550 troops, transport aircraft C-160, attack helicopters and combat aircraft Rafale is on alert. The intervention came just weeks after Paris failed in his attempt to rescue the titular leader of the Central African Republic, another former colony, leaving President François Bozizé no choice but to accept a power-sharing pact with insurgents who threaten to take control of the mineral-rich country. Hollande's government made ​​it clear that, on entering Mali, France was not picking up old habits. His presence is legitimized by the UN resolutions demanding foreign intervention to support the forces of Mali and adopted by African leaders themselves were angry in 2001 when France and Britain ordered NATO air strikes in Libya to overthrow to Muammar GaddafiUnited States and Britain have also expressed their support, and even most of the opposition Conservatives say Hollande in France did the right thing. Shocking reports of public amputations in the rebel northern Mali, where imposed harsh Islamic law, sharia , will persuade many French voters that the intervention was fair. To come to the aid of the Malian Army, Hollande defied threats from allies of the rebels, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), killing the French hostages captured along the Sahara in recent years. After a failed French command last week to rescue a secret agent, held in Somalia since 2009, will now be very difficult for him to ensure his safety. With some of the rebel fighters from Mali living with their families, the greatest risk are the collateral damage that could undermine local and foreign support to the mission. They have also raised fears of reprisals against large French expatriate communities living in neighboring Muslim countries like Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. But what really would change the political course is the threat of an attack in France, home to Europe's largest Muslim population, with about five million people. France is fully aware of the risk of radicalization after a gunman killed al Qaeda-inspired city of Toulouse in seven people in March. Stressing that the threat is taken very seriously, Hollande said Saturday it was stepping up security measures in transport and in public places in France.

Australian Open Men l Djokovic easily

Everything is easy to Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer in the first / or round of Australian Open: Serbian, world No.1 and defending champion, beat 6/2 6/4 7/5 the Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu.Lo Spanish (4) fold 6/3 6/4 6/2 Belgium's Olivier Rochus.Lopez-Brugues/Davi 6/3 6/2 6/4; Wawrinka Stebe-6/2 6 / 4 6/3; Berdych-Russell 6/3 7/5 6/3; Nishikori Hanescu-6/7 (5-7) 6/3 6/1 6/3; Almagro-Johnson 7/5 6/7 ( 4-7) 6/2 6/7 (6-8) 6/2;-Stepanek Troicki 5/7 4/6 6/3 6/3 7/5; Tipsarevic Hewitt-7/6 (7-4) 7 / 5 6/3.

Australian Open Female l Sharapova no worries

The Russian Maria Sharapova beats with a double 6/0 compatriot Olga Puchkova and access to 2 / or round of the Australian Open. Li-Karatantcheva 6/1 6/3; Cirstea Vandeweghe-6/4 6/2; Goerges-Dushevina 7/5 2/6 6/4; Zhang Zheng-6/1 3/6 6/4; Stosur-Kai 7 / 6 (7-3) 6/3; Hantuchova Chan-6/1 1/6 6/1 Jankovic Larsson-6/2 6/2; Radwanska Bobusic-7/5 6/0; Kerber Svitolina-6/2 6 / 4; V.Williams-Voskoboeva 6/1 6/0; Cornet-Erakovic 7/5 6/7 (3-7) 10/8.

Barack Obama urged to raise the ceiling of U.S. debt: "We are not a nation defaulting"

The U.S. president Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to act in a "responsible" to raise the debt limit in the country and avoid a "self-inflicted wound in the economy." Raising the debt ceiling "is not a question of authorizing more spending (...), simply allows the country to pay the expenses for which Congress has already committed," said the president at the White House in the last press conference of his first term and six days of his inauguration for a second. "Just the idea of this happening, that the U.S. does not pay their debts is irresponsible.'s absurd," he added. Obama insisted that the United States is not a nation "delinquent" and that Republicans in Congress have a responsibility to raise the national debt limit, set in December last year at 16.4 billion dollars (12.3 billion euros ) for the country to meet its obligations. "Republicans in Congress have two options : they can act responsibly and pay their bills, or may act irresponsibly, "said the president. other hand, Obama said that the task of reducing the deficit is not achieved solely through spending cuts, and recommended that Congress separate the debate on the two issues. The fiscal pact that Congress approved in early January , after heavy fighting with the White House, permanently renewed tax cuts instituted under President George W. Bush other month but postponed negotiations to reduce public spending. outgoing Secretary U.S. Treasury, Tim Geithner, had notified Congress earlier this month that his agency would implement"extraordinary measures" to avoid bankruptcy of the Government's obligations. Some commentators have warned that dialogue slope between Congress and the White House on the debt ceiling could revive the political battle of August 2011 which helped for the first time in history, Standard & Poor's (S & P ) degrade the U.S. debt rating from AAA to AA +.

Syria l NGO, 21 children killed

There are 21 children and young people up to 16 years killed today in Syria in the bombing, according to a budget NGO National Observatory for Human Rights (Ondus). The local committees of Coordination (LCC) opposition speak instead of 16 children killed, out of a total of 110 dead in violence across the country.

Coca Cola launches campaign against obesity

The Coca-Cola operates in the obesity debate '. For the first time the giant bubbles of Atlanta faces a problem that is casting a bad light on the field of soft drinks.Starting today, Coca-Cola will send 'aired a series of TV commercials for two minutes during the peak transmission of the major American networks. The message and 'that the weight gain and' due to consumption of excess calories of any kind, not only from carbonated soft drinks.

Iran will film their own version of the award-winning "Argo"


The American film Argo directed by and starring Ben Affleck , who will fight for several premos in Oscar Feb. 24, will have a version of the Iranian regime itself on covert operation of the CIA in TehranJoint Command  will be our response to the anti-Iranian Argo , "the Iranian filmmakerAtaollah Salmanian.  "Affleck finally won the prize for his lies" , said after learning that both the FIM and its director were made, this Sunday, with the  Globe gold for best drama and best directorArgo chronicles the rescue of six U.S. diplomats in November 1979. The operation was conducted by Tony Mendez, a CIA agent specialized, whom Affleck gives life. The film is banned in Iran since its release last year.