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Strong quake in Myanmar kills more than 60

QuoteBy AYE AYE WIN, Associated Press Aye Aye Win, Associated Press – 14 mins ago
YANGON, Myanmar – A strong earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 60 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known.

The Thursday night quake, measured at a magnitude 6.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey, was centered just north of the town Tachileik in the mountains along the Thai border, but was felt hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in the Thai capital Bangkok and Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

Myanmar state radio announced Friday that 65 people had been killed and 111 injured in the quake, but was updating the total frequently. It said that 244 houses, 14 Buddhist monasteries and nine government buildings were damaged.

An official from the U.N.'s World Food Program said there were many casualties and serious damage in Mong Lin village, five miles (eight kilometers) from Tachileik. State radio said 29 were killed there and 16 injured.

The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that 15 houses collapsed in the town of Tarlay, where state radio said 11 were killed and 29 injured. Another U.N. official said a small hospital there was partially damaged as well as a bridge, making it difficult to access the town.

The newspaper said another two people were killed in Tachileik, including a 4-year-old boy. It said six people were injured in the town, which is just across the border from Mae Sai in Thailand's Chiang Rai province.

In Mae Sai, one woman was killed when a wall fell on her, according to Thai police, but damage was otherwise minimal.

The second U.N. official said medicine would be sent to the affected areas as soon as possible along with an assessment team in cooperation with the Myanmar Red Cross Society.

Both U.N. officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Myanmar's government frowns on giving unauthorized information to the media.

Most of rural Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries, is underdeveloped, with poor communications and other infrastructure, and minimal rescue and relief capacity. The country's military government is also usually reluctant to release information about disasters because it is already sensitive to any criticism.

The government tightly controls information, and in 2008 delayed reporting on — and asking for help with — devastating Cyclone Nargis, which killed 130,000 people. The junta was widely criticized for what were called inadequate preparations and a slow response to the disaster.

Somchai Hatayatanti, the governor of Chiang Rai province, said dozens of people suffered minor injuries on the Thai side of the border. Cracks were found in buildings in downtown Chiang Rai city, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) from the epicenter, including a provincial hospital and city hall. The tops of the spires fell off from at least two Buddhist temples.

As a precaution for aftershocks, a relief center was being set up Friday in Mae Sai.

"We are worried that the area might be hit with stronger quakes. There was another quake at 7 a.m. this morning," said Somsri Meethong of the Mae Sai District office, referring to an aftershock. "I had to run again like last night. What we have seen on TV about Japan added to our fear."

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UNBELIEVEABLE ground movement - Japan area - LIQUIFACTION

Bojim se da sranja tek predstoje.

http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=25&nav_category=78&nav_id=501712

Procureo reaktor 3 "Fukušime 1"?
Izvor: B92, Beta, Tanjug
Tokio -- Japanski zvaničnici za nuklearnu bezbednost sumnjaju da je jezgro reaktora u bloku 3 u nuklearki "Fukušima 1" možda napuklo. To znači još veću radijaciju.
...Sumnja o mogućem oštećenju reaktora pojavila se kada su dva radnika zagazila u vodu s 10.000 puta većom radioaktivnošću od normalne i zadobili opekotine na koži kada se voda prelila preko njihovih zaštitnih čizmi.

Uznemiravajuća gibanja posle samita lidera Evropske Unije u Briselu. Kretanje prema integraciji u superdržavu, prevazilaženje referenduma i parlamenata država, odlučivanje na nivou saveta ministara... kao da se sve crne slutnje evroskeptika polako kreću ka ostvarivanju. Mislim, videćemo, ali imati ovo na umu:

Diktatom do stabilnosti u EU

QuoteBrisel – Lideri Evropske unije dogovorili su se juče na samitu u Briselu o novom paketu antikriznih mera, ali su bili prinuđeni da odlože konačnu odluku o povećanju fonda za spasavanje oslabljenih članica, prenosi Rojters.

Savet EU je naglasio da se suočava sa novom opasnošću, budući da je uoči početka dvodnevnog samita premijer Portugalije Žoze Sokrateš podneo ostavku jer portugalski parlament nije prihvatio stroge mere štednje koje bi, kako se on nadao, omogućile njegovoj zemlji da izbegne finansijsku pomoć od EU i Međunarodnog monetarnog fonda (MMF), nakon što je takva pomoć ukazana Grčkoj i Irskoj.

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Evropski lideri stali su juče ozarenih lica pred službenog fotografa: grupna fotografija učesnika koja se, već po tradiciji, šalje u svet po svršetku samita trebalo je da dočara optimizam evropskih čelnika, primeren važnosti donetih odluka.

,,Udareni su temelji najobimnijoj privrednoj i finansijskoj reformi od osnivanja monetarne unije", istaknuto je u zvaničnom saopštenju.

Konkretno, uz postignutu saglasnost svih članica o osnivanju specijalnog kriznog fonda za pomoć finansijski posrnulim članicama, sa raspoloživim kapitalom od pet stotina milijardi evra, odnosno sukcesivnim pretvaranjem fonda u stalni instrument koji bi od leta 2013. godine trebalo da raspolaže padobranom ,,teškim" sedam stotina milijardi evra, učesnici samita su stavili potpise i pod načelo da se finansijski grešnici, ,,rasipnici", oštrije sankcionišu.

Takođe, postignut je dogovor u načelu o sprovođenju mera koje bi obezbedile, ili, kako komentatori ističu, primorale članice da pod nadzorom i po ukusu Brisela koriste mehanizme za podsticanje konkurentnosti nacionalnih privreda.

,,Dogovori su prekretnica u kriznom menadžmentu kontinentalne zajednice", izjavio je predsednik Evropskog saveta Herman van Rompaj.

Predsednik Evropske komisije Žoze Manuel Barozo dodao je da je reč o prodoru na putu ka stvaranju istinske evropske privredne vlade.

Štaviše, nemačka kancelarka Angela Merkel, ,,dežurni" kritičar i oponent evropskih planova razvoja koje nudi Brisel, nije imala šta da doda, ,,Izostalo je njeno uobičajeno traženje dlake u jajetu", zabeležili su nemački komentatori.

Analitičari su listom saglasni da će zaključci i odluke ovog samita doprineti ostvarenju planova Brisela kojima se predviđa pretapanje zajednice evropskih zemalja u njenom sadašnjem obliku – u kontinentalnu superdržavu, sa jasno definisanim vladajućim strukturama i autoritetima.

Zvanično se tim povodom naglašava da bi otelotvorenje takve državne zajednice, a umesto zajednice država, doprinelo ostvarenju elementarnih evropskih ciljeva, što će reći obezbeđenju uslova za razvoj najšire demokratije na svetu, za ostvarenje najvećih ličnih sloboda...

Sa druge strane, upravo dogovorena pragmatika navodi na zaključak da su evropski lideri – ona manjina koje je odgovorna za odgovarajuće predloge i ona većina koja je primorana da ćuti i poslušno prihvata odluke – pribegli instrumentalizaciji autoritativne politike kako bi dostigli daleki cilj totalne demokratizacije.

Palo je u oči da su ministri, bezmalo apriori, usput odlučili da se ubuduće vitalne odluke donose u Savetu ministara i predsednika država i vlada, kao i da se isključi mogućnost korišćenja instrumenta referenduma. To pre svega važi za izmenu Lisabonskog sporazuma, koji bi trebalo da bude pretvoren u evropski ustav. Podsećanja radi, u nekoliko evropskih zemalja birači su na odgovarajućim referendumima rekli ne usvajanju evropskog ustava.

Još drastičnije je takozvano pojednostavljenje procedure finansijske pomoći i nadzora finansijski ugroženim članicama. Takve mere će ubuduće biti donošene na osnovu dogovora resornih šefova, bez (do sada neophodne) saglasnosti Evropskog parlamenta.

,,Ne bi trebalo da začudi ako se demagogijama i demagozima ovim nizom mera širom otvore vrata i mogućnosti šarolikih manipulacija", zaključuje ugledni nemački nedeljnik ,,Cajt".

Miloš Kazimirović
objavljeno: 26.03.2011

Zaboravih da okačim ovo juče:

Sukobi radnika i policije u Briselu

QuoteOko 20.000 demonstranata okupilo se u dugačkoj koloni koja je zaustavljena na barikadama od bodljikave žice ispred Trga Šuman gde se održava samit EU posvećen kriznim merama štednje

Od našeg stalnog dopisnika

Brisel – Sukob demonstranata Evropske sindikalne unije sa policijom bio je uvertira za dvodnevni samit EU u Briselu koji, prema rečima Hermana van Rompaja, predsednika Saveta EU, predstavlja ,,prekretnicu u upravljanju krizom".

Nije bilo teže povređenih iako su demonstranti gađali policajce kaldrmom i flašama, a policija im odgovorila upotrebom vodenih topova, suzavca i palica.

Ulica De la Lua, koja se proteže duž briselske Evropske četvrti, od ranog jutra bila je prepuna u crveno obučenih nezadovoljnika ,,sveobuhvatnim odgovorom", kako evropski lideri nazivaju paket mera štednje, čije usvajanje upravo razmatraju.

Oko 20.000 demonstranata, od kojih su neki maskirali lica crvenim maramama, okupilo se u dugačkoj koloni koja je zaustavljena na barikadama od bodljikave žice nekoliko stotina metara od Trga Šuman, gde se održava samit.

Radnici i sindikati besni su zbog ,,opasnog udara na plate i socijalna prava", kako su ocenili predlog mera Nemačke i Francuske koje bi trebalo da pospeše privredni rast i konkurentnost.

Demonstranti su pokušali da probiju policijski kordon u blizini kabineta premijera Belgije, ali su čuvari reda očekivali nerede, pa su odmah žestoko odgovorili.

Iako sve susrete na najvišem nivou redovno obezbeđuju jake snage policije, one su ovoga puta bile višestruko pojačane jedinicama iz drugih gradova, a izuzetno za ovu priliku blokirana je čitava Evropska četvrt.

Demonstranti su pokušali da na više mesta zaobiđu kordone i probiju se do ,,Šumana", ali to im nije pošlo za rukom.

Samit je zvanično počeo u 16 časova, a među temama na okupljanju evropskih lidera neočekivano se našla i ostavka Žozea Sokrateša, socijalističkog premijera Portugalije, koji se povukao u sredu pošto je nacionalni parlament odbio predlog vladinih mera štednje i linearno smanjenje plata u javnom sektoru.

Dužnička kriza u Portugaliji i problem nelikvidnosti banaka u Republici Irskoj trebalo je da budu u fokusu razgovora evropskih lidera, ali činjenica da Sokrateš nije pribavio saglasnost za restriktivne mere u svojoj zemlji umanjila je izglede za uspeh samita.

To je verovatno najviše zabrinulo predlagače paketa štednje – Angelu Merkel, nemačku kancelarku, i Nikolu Sarkozija, francuskog predsednika.

Pre nego što su pripremili ,,sveobuhvatni odgovor", oni su mesecima usaglašavali različite mere štednje i tražili način za njihovu koordinaciju naglašavajući da su one nužne za stabilnost evrozone. Planirano je da na ovom, trećem ovogodišnjem samitu, dođe do konačnog dogovora, ali sindikatima se plan očigledno nije dopao i odmah su ga proglasili ,,neprijateljskim".

,,Centralna odredba je da plate idu nadole i da teret prilagođavanja finansijskoj krizi treba da snose radnici", glasi sažeto objašnjenje koje je medijima ponudio Džon Monks, sindikalni lider.

Planirano je da se on sastane sa Van Rompajem, predsednikom Evropske komisije Žozeom Manuelom Barozom, članovima mađarskog predsedništva EU i predstavnicima poslodavaca i da im predstavi zahteve sindikata.

Iako su mere štednje najavljene kao nužnost, evropske vlade će morati pažljivo da koordiniraju svoje delovanje ne samo jedne sa drugima, nego i sa sindikatima koji zastupaju interese nezadovoljne mase radnika. Jučerašnji protest organizovala su samo dva belgijska ogranka Evropske sindikalne unije od 83, koliko ih ima u 36 evropskih država, što pokazuje da su i radnici sposobni da sveobuhvatno odgovore na ponudu lidera EU.

Vladimir Jokanović

objavljeno: 25.03.2011.

Nije baš sve ružičasto u evropskoj tvrđavi 

Novi izveštaji iz Evropske tamnice naroda. Dok su u Beogradu sindikati imali miran i dostojanstven protest (koliko ovde išta ume da bude dostojanstveno, jelte), u Londonu se to završilo šibanjem sa murijom. Dobro, kapiram da ti što su se šibali manje imaju veze sa sindikatima, više sa anarhistima, antiglobalistima itd.

London's Cuts March Tainted By Violence

QuoteViolence that continued late into last night has overshadowed yesterday's massive anti-government cuts demonstrations in central London. Skip related content


While between 400,000 and 500,000 people marched peacefully in the capital, in areas of the West End hundreds of activists clashed with police.

Riot police fought protesters at high profile landmarks including the Ritz hotel, Fortnum and Mason and in Trafalgar Square.

Missiles were thrown, graffiti was daubed on walls and some attempted to damage the square's London 2012 Olympic clock.

On Oxford Street and Regent Street the anarchists stopped traffic, smashed windows and threw paint and fireworks.

Branches of the HSBC and Santander banks were also targeted.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Officers have come under sustained attack as they deal with the disorder and attempted criminal damage."

However, the day's earlier march was hailed a "fantastic success" by trade unions as nurses, teachers, students, firefighters, pensioners and thousands of others walked through the city.

Union officials and Labour leader Ed Miliband condemned the "brutal" cuts in jobs and services.

The demonstration was the biggest since the anti-Iraq war march eight years ago.

But many of those walking were unaware of the violence erupting in other parts of London.

A total of 214 people have been arrested so far and there were 84 reported injuries during the day, including 31 police officers.

Commander Bob Broadhurst, who led the police operation, told Sky News: "I wouldn't even call them protesters, they're criminals.

"They've run up and down parts of central London smashing up buildings and then running off as officers try to confront them."

Campaign group UK Uncut claimed around 200 of its supporters forced themselves into luxury store Fortnum and Mason - known as the Queen's grocer.

A spokesman for the demonstrators said the target was chosen because "they dodge tens of millions in tax".

Video and photographic evidence will be used in the coming days to identify anyone else involved in the trouble.

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said he "bitterly regretted" the violence, adding that he hoped it would not detract from the protest.

QuoteCommander Bob Broadhurst, who led the police operation, told Sky News: "I wouldn't even call them protesters, they're criminals.

"They've run up and down parts of central London smashing up buildings and then running off as officers try to confront them."

Kako ono kažu, what goes around, comes around, ili tako nešto...

Pa, dobro, nije to baš novo za London. Još osamdesetih su anarhisti tamo pravili haos kad god su stigli, tako da, verujem da se to naviklo.

Stavise, to su dobre vesti. Pokazuju da nove generacije nisu bas toliko komplacentne, desenzitivizovane, blazirane i nezainteresovane koliko bi se to dalo poverovati.

Pa, ja kao star čovek dovodim u pitanje korisnost urbanog divljanja za bilo koji politički cilj... A ionako ne mislim da je današnja omladina komplacentna i smorena itd. Možda ovi što vole Skota Pilgrima, ali ne svi.

Saw it coming, old man.


Nego, poduzi clanak u Atlanticu:

The Rise of the New Global Elite

F. Scott Fitzgerald was right when he declared the rich different from you and me. But today's super-rich are also different from yesterday's: more hardworking and meritocratic, but less connected to the nations that granted them opportunity—and the countrymen they are leaving ever further behind.

Nasumican quote:

QuoteHolly Peterson and I spoke several times about how the super-affluence of recent years has changed the meaning of wealth. "There's so much money on the Upper East Side right now," she said. "If you look at the original movie Wall Street, it was a phenomenon where there were men in their 30s and 40s making $2 and $3 million a year, and that was disgusting. But then you had the Internet age, and then globalization, and you had people in their 30s, through hedge funds and Goldman Sachs partner jobs, who were making $20, $30, $40 million a year. And there were a lot of them doing it. I think people making $5 million to $10 million definitely don't think they are making enough money."

Ma samo porezi u celom svetu treba da budu isti, i smiriće se bogataši.

Pravi bogataši ne plaćaju porez, oni doniraju u dobrotvorne svrhe uz dobru proviziju.

Do jaja fotke iz Londona.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370053/TUC-anti-cuts-protest-Police-struggle-control-rioters-500-000-strong-London-march-ends-violence.html

krenuli ljudi malo da pljačkaju

Pa nisu bas, cak su neki pomagali da se rascisti lom

ja baš hteo da pitam je l' se neko vratio kući sa novim patikama

Facebook drops 'intifada' page for promoting violence

Facebook has removed a page calling for a new Palestinian uprising against Israel after more than 350,000 people signed up to it.

The page which appeared on the social networking site was called Third Palestinian Intifada after two previous uprisings against Israeli occupation.

It was removed for featuring calls for violence, a company spokesman said.

Israel had raised concerns about the page. Facebook has helped spread calls for protests in Arab states.

The Third Palestinian Intifada page had called for an uprising after Muslim prayers on Friday 15 May.

"Judgment Day will be brought upon us only once the Muslims have killed all of the Jews," a quote from the page read.

According to AFP news agency, three new copycat pages have appeared, with more than 7,000 Palestinians signing up to them.
'Red lines'

Facebook said the page had begun as a call for peaceful protest, even though it used the term "intifada" with its connotation of violent revolt.

"However, after the publicity of the page, more comments deteriorated to direct calls for violence," said Andrew Noyes, Facebook's public policy communications manager.

The creators of the page eventually made calls for violence as well, he added.

"We monitor pages that are reported to us, and when they degrade to direct calls for violence or expressions of hate - as occurred in this case - we have and will continue to take them down," Mr Noyes said.

In a letter last week to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Israeli Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein said the page featured "wild incitement" with calls to kill Jews and talk of "liberating" Jerusalem through violence.

"I asked Mr Zuckerberg that the red lines of freedom of expression and incitement and violence should not be crossed," he said.

"I welcome that decision even though I am sure that more cat-and-mouse games await us and there will be attempts by our enemies and those who hate us to enter Facebook in other ways."

Demetri Deliani, a leading member of the Palestinian party Fatah, mocked Israel's request to remove the page.

"It seems that Minister Yuli Edelstein needs lessons in human rights and freedom of expression as he is not aware of the world's respect for individual opinion," he told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Tek sade ovo videh.

Predsednik Venecuele, Ugo Čaves, izjavio je da je život verovatno postojao na Marsu, ali da su ga imperijalizam i kapitalizam uništili, prenela je španska državna televizija."Uvek sam govorio da ne bi iznenadilo ako bi se oktrilo da je na Marsu postojala civilizacija, ali je stigao kapitalizam i uništio crvenu planetu", rekao je lider Venecuele u svom govoru prilikom Svetskog dana vode.
Čaves, poznat po svojoj anti-kapitalističkoj retorici, upozorio je da izvori vode na Zemlji ponestaju. "Osvestite se! Ovde, na planeti Zemlji, nalaze se pustinje tamo gde su pre nekoliko vekova bile šume. A danas su pustinje tamo gde su nekada bile reke" rekao je on.

Biće da je u navodu upotrebljen kondicional, a to nikako nije tvrdnja. Deo o pustinjama apsolutno stoji. Recimo, treba samo potražiti reku Sarsavati u Indiji.

neprijateljska fasisticka zemlja hapsi srbske heroje!
ja tu samo malo zidam

Food Prices Rise as Push for Biofuels Grows
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Experts say the push to make fuels from crops, like the Thai farmers harvesting cassava above, is contributing to high food prices, hunger and political instability.

Evo zašto ima sve više gladnih. Da bi neki drugi mogli da se voze na biogas.

Aiiii... Rio De Žaneiro

12 kids die as gunman stalks halls offormer school

QuoteBy JULIANA BARBASSA, Associated Press Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press – 1 hr 19 mins ago
RIO DE JANEIRO – Stalking the halls of his one-time elementary school, 23-year-old Wellington Oliveira killed 10 girls and two boys, most with shots to their heads even as children begged him to stop, witnesses said.

Oliveira then took his own life after police gunfire struck his legs and sent him toppling down some stairs, but not before carrying out what crime experts are calling the worst school massacre in Brazil's history.

Witnesses said he entered the Tasso da Silveira school in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday armed with two pistols and an ammunition belt, shooting at students and repeatedly yelling: "I'm going to kill you all!"

"He had already killed a lot of children in the first floor and in the yard," student Jade Ramos told the Globo television network. "He kept telling the kids to face the wall and was shooting at their heads. The children kept begging, 'No, please!' There was a lot of blood, children agonizing on the stairs."

Ramos said she escaped by running into a classroom, where a teacher locked the door and barricaded it with tables. Images taken with a cellphone and posted on YouTube showed students fleeing wildly, screaming for help, many with their white and blue school shirts soaked in blood.

Families still reeling from the attack were planning for the funerals of their children Friday, while Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said she would do her best to attend the memorials.

"I ask for one minute of silence for these children who were taken so early from their life," Rousseff said, her eyes welling with tears. "It's not in the nature of our nation to have these types of crimes."

With a dozen children dead, 11 more were in hospitals for wounds or other injuries, at least two of them reported in grave condition. The ages of the children were not immediately known, though the school serves grades one through eight.

Elias da Silva paced outside a hospital waiting for news of his nephew, a 14-year-old boy who slipped on a pool of blood and twisted his ankle as he fled the school pulling along a friend during a moment when the gunman stopped to reload. His nephew escaped, but the girl was shot in the back and died, the uncle said.

"I asked God for him to come out alive and he did," Silva said. "He came out running and still thought to try to save his friend. This is going to be difficult for him to understand."

Andreia Machado tearfully recounted what her 13-year-old daughter, Thayane, told her before going into surgery.

Thayane was struck by three bullets and lost feeling in her legs because one hit her spine, the mother said. With tears streaking her cheeks, Machado wondered if her daughter would ever be able to walk.

"She's such an active child," she said. "That's the biggest fear I have, her not being able to walk again. But we have to trust in God."

Officials said Oliveira had once attended the Tasso da Silveira school in a working-class neighborhood in western Rio.

The motive for the attack wasn't known, but authorities said the shooter left a rambling and mostly incoherent letter at the scene indicating he wanted to kill himself.

The letter also explained in detail how Oliveira wanted his corpse to be cared for — bathed and wrapped in a white sheet that he left in a bag in the first room where he said he would start shooting. The letter also states that the gunman should not be touched by anyone who is "impure" unless they wear gloves.

"If possible I want to be buried next to my mother. A follower of God must visit my grave at least once. He must pray before my grave and ask God to forgive me for what I have done," read the letter, which was posted on the Globo television network's website.

Edmar Peixoto, the deputy mayor of western Rio, said the letter also stated the gunman had the AIDS virus.

Oliveira's neighbors told the newspaper Jornal do Brasil they couldn't believe the quiet young man who kept his head down and stayed out of trouble was responsible for so much bloodshed.

"He was never violent; he didn't get in trouble, throw stones, or fight in the streets," said Edna de Lira Ferreira, 55. "He was just quiet, and we respected the way he was. He just stayed in his room, in front of the computer."

Oliveira had been a Jehovah's Witness, like his adoptive parents and their other five children, Ferreira said.

Another neighbor, Elma Pedrosa, remembered Oliveira as an unusual youth who looked away when he passed acquaintances rather than greet them.

"He was anti-social, but he never demonstrated any violent tendencies," she said.

The public school was in the midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary, and students' handmade posters commemorating the day could be seen through school windows.

About 400 people were inside the school when the shooting began about 8:30 a.m.

When Oliveira first entered the school he told staff members he was there to give a lecture, Rio Police Chief Martha Rocha said. Shortly afterward, he opened fire.

The gunman had no criminal history, Rocha added at a news conference.

Rio is a city rife with drug-gang violence in its vast slums, but school shootings are rare.

"What happened in Rio is without a doubt the worst incident of its kind to have taken place in Brazil," said Guaracy Mingardi, a crime and public safety expert at the University of Sao Paulo.

Police were alerted to the shooting when two young boys, at least one with a gunshot wound, ran up to two officers on patrol about two blocks away. The officers sprinted to the school and at least one quickly located the gunman on the second floor and traded shots with him.

"He saw me and aimed a gun at me," officer Marcio Alves said. "I shot him in the legs, he fell down the stairs and then shot himself in the head."

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said life at the four-story, pastel yellow and green school was turned into a "hellish nightmare."

"This day would have been so much worse if it weren't for the hero policeman," Paes told reporters at the school.

Authorities closed the school temporarily while they investigate, but Paes said it would reopen.

Rio Gov. Sergio Cabral called the shooter a "psychopath" and said there were no indications anyone else was involved in the shooting, but that the investigation would continue.

"We have to investigate where he got the weapons and where he learned to use them," the governor said.

___

Associated Press writers Bradley Brooks, Stan Lehman and Tales Azzoni in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.

http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/1131/Video+dana/865568/Kad+tre%C5%A1nje+cvetaju...+.html

Kad trešnje cvetaju...

Posetioci jednog parka u centru Pekinga mogu da uživaju u prizoru cvetanja trešnje! Iako ta pojava nekada traje samo nedelju dana, kineski stručnjaci uspeli su da cvetanje produže i na mesec dana zahvaljujući različitim vrstama. U parku raste 2.000 stabala te voćke koja su doneta iz Japana sedamdesetih godina kao znak prijateljstva dve zemlje...

Rusija tudej: čovek pokušao da prošvercuje medveda preko granice tako što ga je stavio na zadnje sedište kombija i prekrio ćebićima. Neverovatno da TO nije prevarilo uvek budnu carinu.

Man Caught 'Smuggling' Bear Out Of Russia

QuoteRussian customs have caught a man trying to smuggle a live bear out of the country.

'Kesha', an elderly and endangered bear, was hidden under a blanket between two seats in the man's van.

Pictures shows 23-year-old Kesha looking sad and bedraggled, though she appears to show some affection towards her owner, Anatoly Kolodenko.

Customs officials detained the pair saying Kolodenko did not declare the bear and has no documentation for her.

Kolodenko claimed to be a circus performer returning home to Crimea. He said he and now-retired Kesha had performed around the world together.

"There are situations where people exploit animals for money - but I have no commercial interests.

"They have been telling me I have to euthanize her. But I can't do it. I can't kill my own child."

Kesha's fate is yet undecided. She may end up in a zoo as with previous smuggling cases.

Russian circuses continue to use bears as entertainment often forcing them to dance or ice skate to please the crowds.

Portugalija je poklekla pred zikrom:

Лисабон клекао пред благајнама ЕУ и ММФ-а

QuoteПортугалија трећа чланица еврозоне која не може сама да реши дужничку кризу. – Хитан самит ЕУ, Шпанија пориче да је следећа у реду за ,,спасавање"...

Финансијски урушена Португалија коначно је у среду вече званично затражила новчану помоћ Европске уније, након једногодишњег жилавог опирања притисцима међународног финансијског тржишта и партнера у еврозони.

,,Учинио сам све, али Португалија је данас изложена ризицима које земља себи не може да приушти", признао је португалски премијер у оставци Жозе Сократеш, иначе огорчени противних помоћи са стране.

Апел Лисабона за још непрецизирану помоћ ЕУ (спомиње се 75 милијарди евра) уследио је након што су португалске банке у уторак одбиле да гарантују исплату пристижућих рата државног дуга (само 15. априла и 15. јуна Лисабон треба повериоцима да намири 12 милијарди евра потраживања).

Након Грчке и Ирске, Португалија је тако постала већ трећа чланица еврозоне која за мање од годину дана тражи страну финансијску помоћ јер не може да се избори са домаћом дужничком кризом. Европски званичници упињали су се јуче да увере финансијска тржишта да ће након помоћи Португалији из Спасилачког фонда ЕУ дужничка криза у еврозони бити ,,обуздана". Берзе и експерти нису јуче крили сумњу у тај сценарио.

Заборавите Португалију, малу државу у еврозони, помно размотрите способност Шпаније, да испоштује своје дужничке обавезе, упозорио је инвеститоре јуче професор Нуријел Рубини у ауторском тексту у ,,Њујорк тајмсу".

Шпански министар финансија Елена Салгадо одбацила је јуче сваку помисао да би се дужничка криза могла ускоро прелити и на ту земљу.

У међувремену, португалска опозиција, међународно тржиште и ЕУ опречно су реаговали на апел лидера који је 23. марта поднео оставку због отпора парламента у Лисабону да усвоји његов најновији (четврти) пакет строгих мера штедње.

Лидер португалске опозиције Педро Коељо оценио је Сократешов апел за помоћ ,,закаснелом акцијом".

Светске берзе јуче се нису ни осврнуле на Сократешов ТВ апел за помоћ. Финансијским тржиштима је, наиме, одавно јасно да Португалија не може сама да се избори са теретом претераног задуживања, згаслим привредним растом, растом незапослености и економском бесперспективношћу. ,,Једино је влада у Лисабону упорно одбијала да тој реалности погледа у очи", оцењују међународне кредитне агенције које су последњих дана узастопно обарале рејтинг Португалије.

На другом крају Европе, у Бриселу, комесар за економију Оли Рен је молбу Португалије за помоћ прогласио ,,одговорном акцијом". Бивши португалски премијер и председник Европске комисије Жозе Мануел Барозо најавио је јуче да ће европски план за Португалију бити састављен у ,,најскоријем року".

Министри финансија ЕУ већ јуче су се састали у Годолу код Будимпеште да скроје етапни план финансијске помоћи Португалији. У трци да обуздају португалске финансијске невоље и увере берзе да нема бојазни од даљег преливања дужничке кризе у еврозони, ЕУ сада води трку са временом.

Португалија излази 5. јуна на ванредне изборе: питање је да ли ће следећа влада у Лисабону и тамошње јавно мњење прихватити драконске пакете реформи којима су већ изложене Грчка и Ирска. Део пакета помоћи Лисабону ЕУ ће преговарати са португалском владом у оставци, али оне дугорочније резове треба да прихвати кабинет чији је састав још непознат.

Крој ,,португалског пакета" трајаће до суботе, када су игром случаја у Будимпешти заказане велике демонстрације против банкарском кризом наметнутих реформи у Европи.

Т. Вујић

A jel provaljujete da sve tri članice EU kojima je potrebna spoljna pomoć spadaju u narode poznate po lenjosti i kurobolji?

Hoće li ostati išta love za nas kad uđemo u tu Uniju? 

Које смо курате среће, вероватно не.

Moraćemo prvo da propadnemo.

Ovo bi potencijalno moglo da bude za*ebano:
France's ban on burqas, niqabs to take effect Monday

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/11/france.burqa.ban/

Kad bolje pogledam koliko je ko dužan, zapitam se kome su dužni? To je neka nepostojeća lova. Finansijski doping da bi se opstalo u sumanutoj trci savremene globalne koncepcije. Finansijsko carstvo je izopačilo koncept bankarstva i investicionih programa; umesto davalaca krvi - vampiri. Blaženi oni koji ne mogu da se zadužuju, njihovo je carsko nebesko.

Kad već pominjemo Francuze:

UN, French fire on Gbagbo residence in Ivory Coast

QuoteBy MARCO CHOWN OVED, Associated Press Marco Chown Oved, Associated Press – Sun Apr 10, 9:31 pm ET
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – United Nations and French helicopters fired rockets on strongman Laurent Gbagbo's residence on Sunday in an assault the U.N. said was to retaliate for attacks by his forces on U.N. headquarters and civilians.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had authorized the strikes, accusing Gbagbo of using heavy weapons against Ivory Coast civilians and the U.N. forces trying to protect them.

Residents from nearby neighborhoods reported seeing two U.N. Mi-24 attack helicopters and a French helicopter open fire on the residence, where Gbagbo is holed up in a bunker. The residents couldn't be named for fear of reprisal.

An Associated Press reporter saw the helicopters take off from the French military base followed minutes later by explosions coming from the direction of the residence. Successive waves of French helicopters took off from the base in the following hours and additional bombardments could be heard.

Gbagbo has been living in a bunker in his residence in Abidjan for nearly a week. After a decade in power, he refuses to step aside even though the United Nations has ruled that he lost the November presidential election to Alassane Ouattara.

Forces loyal to Gbagbo were encircled at the presidential residence earlier this week but broke out on Saturday, ambushing a patrol of soldiers loyal to his rival and advancing downtown.

Pro-Gbagbo forces also attacked U.N. headquarters on Saturday and again on Sunday.

In New York, a statement issued by the U.N. secretary-general accused Gbagbo and supporters of saying earlier in April that they were willing to negotiate an end to the crisis but that "they, in fact, used that time to regroup their forces and redeploy heavy weapons."

Since then, Ban said, Gbagbo's forces have attacked U.N. peacekeepers, civilians and the Golf Hotel where Ouattara is holed up.

Ban said he authorized U.N. units, with backing from French forces, to carry out attacks aimed at eliminating Gbagbo's heavy weapons.

He urged Gbagbo again "to step aside immediately" and turn the government over to Ouattara.

In Ivory Coast, U.N. spokesman Hamadoun Toure said: "This is in retaliation for a series of attacks for the last three or four days not only against (the U.N.) but also against the civilian population — often with heavy weapons."

Toure said Sunday's airstrikes targeted the presidential palace and Gbagbo's residence, as well as military bases where heavy weapons had been identified.

Gbagbo has lost control of virtually the entire country in the last two weeks as forces loyal to Ouattara have swept down from the north and west into the commercial capital. U.N. and French forces joined the effort last week, and a first round of U.N. and French airstrikes destroyed much of his arsenal of tanks, mortars and other heavy weapons.

In the wake of the onslaught, Gbagbo and his top military men were negotiating a surrender early last week that had raised expectations the four-month political standoff was nearing an end. But he continued to assert he would not give up power and was the legitimate president of Ivory Coast.

"I am concluding that Mr. Gbagbo has lost contact with reality," said the U.N. peacekeeping mission head, Choi Young-jin.

The United Nations said the Golf Hotel in Abidjan where Ouattara is based came under attack late Saturday and one peacekeeper was injured. Rockets and mortars landed on the hotel grounds shortly after U.N. forces came under attack nearby, said U.N. spokesman Toure. One peacekeeper was evacuated to a hospital with serious injuries, he said.

Massere Toure, a communications adviser for Ouattara, denied the hotel itself was targeted by the attack, which she said started when a patrol sent out from the hotel was ambushed by forces loyal to Gbagbo. Toure confirmed that stray bullets and at least one mortar landed on hotel grounds during the fighting.

Ouattara's forces have repeatedly said they do not want to kill Gbagbo, a move that would stoke the rage of supporters of the strongman, who won 46 percent of the vote in last year's election.

To ih je Tadić nagovorio.

Is this for real?! 

Fresh Perspectives: Libya

Novi shit:
Japan: Powerful earthquake hits north-east

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13032122

Život u svom najzabavnijem obliku :

Nazi who arrested Anne Frank 'became a spy for West Germany'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nazi-who-arrested-anne-frank-became-a-spy-for-west-germany-2266077.html

Quote from: lilit_depp on 11-04-2011, 09:56:58
Ovo bi potencijalno moglo da bude za*ebano:
France's ban on burqas, niqabs to take effect Monday

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/11/france.burqa.ban/

Već imamo i prvu uhapšenu!  

".....A WOMAN was arrested at Avignon station this morning as she tried to board a train for Paris wearing the niqab [full veil] on the first day of the controversial new law on wearing the burqa and niqab. ...."

http://connexionfrance.com/Woman-arrested-protest-Avignon-France-veil-burqa-niqab-12662-view-article.html

Jbt, ovi Francuzi su stvarno zaslužili da ih Nemci opet progutaju.  

Ne razumem. Uvek sam mislio da je vera u čoveku, a ne na licu ili u tanjiru.

Hm, pa to valjda i jeste odraz tvog suštinskog neverovanja.

Вера јесте у човеку, али он ту веру пројављује и кроз тањир. Не бих ширио тему али Ислам просто не даје слободу. Зато ми је мање-више ужасан.

Tako pričaju svi pravi vernici. 

Има неких рупа у мојој изјави?

Quote from: lilit_depp on 11-04-2011, 13:22:30
Jbt, ovi Francuzi su stvarno zaslužili da ih Nemci opet progutaju. 

Poenta ljudskih prava je da se ljudima omogući izbor; u konkretnom slučaju da se ženi omogući da ne nosi veo/burku ako to ne želi, i da za to ne bude kažnjena. Ako želi da ga nosi iz verskih razloga, a to joj je onemogućeno, onda je to kršenje prava. Francuzi su pomešali lončiće... ili nisu?

Reklo bi se da drugi optužuju islam za neslobodu, a Francuska te slobode otvoreno krši.

Zez je što u islamskim zemljama i nemuslimanske žene moraju da sakriju lice. Uvek se nekako spotaknemo o toleranciju, odnosno, o uzajamna prava. Evo i ovi naši projavljuju veru kroz tanjir. I sve bi bilo u redu kad to ne bi značilo i da su bolji. Naravno, i oni drugi su gori. Zbog toga sam skloniji Bogu koji ne postavlja takve uslove.

Ne vidim nikakav problem u tome da se poštuje tradicija zemlje domaćina. Burke u Avganistanu, bez burki u Francuskoj. Kome ne odgovara, tamo ne ide i sve je u najboljem redu.

Ma da. Ali onda prvo treba da raščistimo pitanje šta je tradicija a šta moranje, i gde.

da po Francuskoj idu u školu sa velom je van svake pameti... isto važi i za otvoreno nošenje vjerskih obilježja, kao što neki nose lančinu sa krstom preko odjeće... da se uvedu školske uniforme.

Ислам је једина религија у Француској која је јака. Видећемо шта ће ова забрана донети.

QuoteLawmakers have also cited security reasons for forbidding people from covering their faces in public.

French people backed the ban by a margin of more than four to one, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found in a survey last year.

Some 82 percent of people polled approved of a ban, while 17 percent disapproved. That was the widest support the Washington-based think tank found in any of the five countries it surveyed.

Boldovano je suština i dalja priča je bespredmetna. Zbog ovakvih stvari sam veliki pristalica referendumskog odlučivanja, a o tome sam pisao i na temi o gej paradi koja je još bolji primer sve veće potrebe za takvom praksom. Na kraju krajeva, neke od najuređenijih država je obilato koriste. Ako postoji neko pitanje oko koga se lome koplja i oko koga dugo postoji javna rasprava, konačna reč bi trebalo da bude referendum.

Sad će se, naravno, javiti svi oni koji misle da neke životinje trebaju biti jednakije od drugih.

Quote from: John Reynolds on 11-04-2011, 15:05:29
Sad će se, naravno, javiti svi oni koji misle da neke životinje trebaju biti jednakije od drugih.

Evo, da ne razočaram.

Postojanje posebnog tretmana za manjine jeste odlika savremenih demokratskih društava i njime se štiti & podstiče raznovrsnost društva, kao i poštovanje za tradicije koje bi inače nestajale pod pritiskom većine...