Daily Archives: 4. Juli 2015


04.07.2015 - 23:56 [ World Bulletin ]

PA arrest 108 Hamas members in West Bank

(3.Juli) Palestinian security forces arrested dozens of Hamas members in overnight raids in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the largest security crackdown since 2007, officials said on Friday.
Adnan Al-Dmairi, security spokesman for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, said the Hamas men had planned „to sow chaos“ but he gave no specifics charges.

04.07.2015 - 23:53 [ World Bulletin ]

US bargains for Turkish air bases

A number of important factors for Turkey included the both US and Turkey agreeing that in order to make a decision about of the asylum seekers and border security, the Ahmet el Cebr air base in Kuwait must be opened. In order for this to happen, the Turkish bases in Diyarbakir and Incirlik in the South East must also be opened. The opening of the bases will relieve the US, and in return the US can provide the necessary active support for Turkey. The US is currently awaiting a decision from Turkey.

04.07.2015 - 23:29 [ Post ]

China says to maintain financial cooperation with Greece

`China has used concrete actions to respond to Greece‘s concerns and requests about overcoming the crisis,´ ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing.
„We will continue, in our way, to unceasingly promote practical bilateral cooperation, including cooperation in the financial sphere, with Greece,“ she added.

04.07.2015 - 22:51 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Landesweite Proteste in Kolumbien ab August angekündigt

Um politischen Druck aufzubauen und die Regierung zu Veränderungen zu bewegen werden ab August alle politischen und sozialen Bewegungen aufgefordert, an einer erneuten Protestwelle teilzunehmen. Ob dabei wieder Streiks und Straßenblockaden zu erwarten seien, ließen die Sprecher offen. Parallel zu diesem Aufruf werden bereits Demonstrationen und Aktionen vorbereitet. So auf der vom 27. bis 28. Juni 2015 in Bogotá durchgeführten „Cumbre urbana“ und in der landesweiten Organisation „Congreso de los Pueblos“. Die Streiks und Proteste des Cumbre in den letzten beiden Jahren legten Teile der Infrastruktur des Landes lahm, mehrere zehntausend Menschen nahmen teil. Es kam zu heftigen Übergriffen der Polizei und des Militärs gegen Protestierende, bei denen mindestens 20 Menschen getötet wurden.

04.07.2015 - 22:47 [ farmlandgrab.org ]

3 killings every 2 weeks due to land conflicts and struggles

From January to June 2015, there have been about 56 cases of human rights violations related to land conflicts and struggles in Asia and Latin America, with around 510 victims. The victims are mostly indigenous peoples (461 victims or 90% of the total) while the remaining are land activists/community leaders and farmers and agricultural workers.

04.07.2015 - 22:09 [ Global Post ]

Bangkok is sinking into the Earth

All that steel and concrete and humanity sits on what was once marshland. The ground beneath is spongy and moist. Imagine a brick resting on top of a birthday cake. That’s Bangkok — and it’s sinking into the Earth at an alarming rate.

04.07.2015 - 21:01 [ VesselFinder ]

Spanish Authorities Able to Seize 16 Tons Of Drugs

(3.Juli) A Europol appointed team was able to discover the roughly 16-ton haul after French police had sent notification regarding a suspicious ship thought to be tied with drug smuggling activities. On June 28th, as the general cargo vessel was passing along Spain’s Southern Coast, near Malaga, it was boarded by specialized intervention teams appointed from the Guardia Civil.

04.07.2015 - 18:11 [ Sputnik ]

Duma-Außenbeauftragter: Europas Blockade gegen Russland ist ein Fehler

Das Außenministerium in Moskau hatte das finnische Einreiseverbot gegen die parlamentarische Abordnung als unfreundlich kritisiert. Der finnische Außenminister Timo Soini sagte, sein Land habe Möglichkeiten für eine spezielle Einreisegenehmigung für die russische Delegation sondiert, doch habe sich die EU dagegen gestemmt.