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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 06:42 AM | Abroad | Middle East / Africa | Read 1173 timesBanjul (Reuters) - Gambia, on Monday announced the country was cut off all economic relations, political and diplomatic with Iran and gave 48 hours to the personnel of the Iranian government to leave the country.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gambia did not give reasons for those actions.However, his neighbor, Nigeria, early November said that all documents for illegal arms shipments from Iran who intercepted his secret service in Lagos seems to show the weapons are directed to the Gambia to be re-exported.
"All government programs and projects in Gambia, which will be implemented in cooperation with the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been canceled," according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gambia. (*)
SOURCE: ANTARA
Monday, November 29, 2010, 05:50 GMT
YEONPYEONG - China proposes emergency talks on the settlement of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula on Sunday (28/11). This happened after a number of global pressure on China to take a more active role in both the Korean conflict, as well as control the North Korean allies.
In a statement, China assess the condition of the two Koreas are in the situation "alarming". The country will soon be scheduled talks in December, with China, the United States, Japan, and Russia as a mediator.
However, China did not officially say whether North Korea will join or not join in the dialogue.
Previously, some countries had argued the Chinese are too indulgent of North Korea.Even some speculation, assume China will disturb the atmosphere in the Yellow Sea to defend North Korea.
Tensions between South Korea and North Korea continue to rise. Saturday (27/11) for example, Commander of the Sea of South Korea promised to get even "thousand-fold" on all North Korean attack.
Meanwhile, North Korea admitted it regretted any civilian casualties during attacks dilakukam. However, this communist country believes South Korea is to blame.
According to North Korea, South Korea deliberately using its citizens as a shield. Not only that, North Korea also assess the United States should be blamed as the "mastermind" of this.
Source: Republika
Monday, November 29, 2010, 05:46 GMT
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi civilian was killed after U.S. troops opened fire on his car on Sunday (28/11). He was shot blindly when trying to approach a military convoy near Baghdad airport, a few yards from a U.S. military base in the country.
According to U.S. military representatives in Baghdad, his party had recently tried to stop a civilian vehicle was. But the vehicle kept moving with high speed and close to the convoy.
"The driver failed to slow the vehicle and turned on the lights to the convoy," said the U.S. military. "As a result, the vehicle was considered a threat. The convoy was forced to stop and protect the convoy from possible attack."
Meanwhile, according to the local Interior Ministry victims are civilians. He worked as an engineer at the Baghdad airport.
Although the period has ended its operations in Iraq, U.S. forces often seen patrolling in some areas in Iraq. They are on duty to advise and train Iraqi forces.
Source: Republika
Incheon - Related crossfire between the military of North Korea (North Korea) and South Korea (ROK), Tuesday (23/11) afternoon, South Korean President, Lee Myung Bak held an emergency security meeting. At the meeting, Lee Myung Bak said the attack could not be tolerated because of the number of civilians.
"We will conduct large-scale retaliation if North Korea makes more provocations," said Lee Myung Bak on Tuesday (23/11).
United States (U.S.), which has more than 28 thousand troops stationed in South Korea, condemned the attack. From Washington, White House secretary, Robert Gibbs asked North Korea to immediately stop the attack and threatened to help the defense of South Korea.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon also condemned the North's artillery attacks. He calls it as one of the worst incidents since the end of the Korean War in 1950 ago.Ban called for each side to exercise restraint and immediately advise all the problems can be solved by peaceful means.
According to South Korean army, the clash left two South Korean marines were killed and 15 civilians were injured. Residents who live on the island was also evacuated to a safer place.
SOURCE : REPUBLIKA
"Every province in Indonesia mimiliki potential to build nuclear reactors since the raw material lots and geologically quite supportive," he said in Pangkalpinang on Monday.
He explained that currently there are three new nuclear reactors in Indonesia, namely in Serpong, Yogyakarta and Bandung, with power around 90 Mega Watts.
"The reactor has a power of 30 Watt Megawa for agriculture and health, while for nuclear could reach 10 thousand Mega Watts for a single reactor," he said.
He said the Koreans are the vast country is only a quarter of three Java can have as many as 20 nuclear reactors, and China has built 30 reactors.
"While Indonesia has only had three small-scale reactor, but allows each province to build a nuclear reactor," he said.
He explained that nuclear power is very cheap energy, not prone to contamination and to build a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is to provide an area of 25 hectares.
"Babylon has been established nuclear power plant site in West Bangka Regency, this province will be faster progress if the NPP had built," he said.
According to him, pros cons of nuclear power plant and a fear society because of ignorance about the importance of this energy.
"If the PLN has supported fully by the PLN and of course they manage it professionally," he said.
Until now, it continues to push the government to build a nuclear power plant and expects each province has a nuclear reactor to be more quickly developed and advanced.
"In developed countries have developed nuclear because it is very important and less expensive than other energy," he said.
SOURCE : ANTARA
He said the screening of the movie "The Dreamer", the Indonesian community in Madrid too much to watch, including Ambassador Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady with Embassy staff in Madrid. In addition to the movie "The Dreamer" which was translated into Spanish, "El So'ador", a movie called "platforms" the work of director Ravi Bharwani also be representative of Indonesia in the festival.
The movie The Dreamer competed in the teen movie category, competing with other films from the United States, France, Russia, and Turkey, while the platforms is a movie that is not contested invitation. At this festival the general public in Madrid to watch the films genre of children and youth from over 15 countries around the world who played in the Dream Theatre, Palacio de Hielo Madrid, for free.
The system itself is conducted by the judging panel consisted of four people who come from the Spanish film industry, namely Angeles Chica Perez, Jose Diaz de Espada y Galán, Oscar Peyrou, and Carlos Céspedes, supported by a questionnaire filled out by the audience who came from various levels of age .
The two Indonesian films are each played twice during the festival, with audiences numbering about 300 for every film. On the last day of Indonesian film screenings, art angklung also displayed interactively by the Indonesian community in Madrid.
From the number of spectators who attended showed appreciation to the people of Spain against Indonesian films is quite high. This is not surprising considering this is the third time Indonesia's participation in this festival. In 2008 the movie Garage representing Indonesia, while in 2009 the film Laskar Pelangi also competed in the category of children's films.
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady said the acquisition of this award as an opportunity to introduce Indonesia to the people of Spain through the films of Indonesia. Indonesian film industry is more advanced with the technique and type of an increasingly diverse, it can be a means of "soft power diplomacy" to further open the international world insight about Indonesia and its potential, he said.
Hoped Indonesia would be a lot of movies that follow the international film festivals, not only the genre of children and adolescents, but is also intended for all walks of life.
SOURCE : REPUBLIKA
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:54 pm
Magelang Mount Merapi last seen residents of the hamlet west of the volcano's summit issued a hot cloud is big enough, Monday night at around 22:15 pm.
"Exit large enough, the mountain also visible, not covered with fog," said one resident Tangkil Hamlet, Village Ngargomulyo, Shaman District, Magelang regency, Central Java, Yuswadi, in Magelang, Monday night.
But, he said, the clamor from the top of Merapi does not sound local residents.
He said local residents also heard once a volcanic eruption on the border between Central Java with the Special Region of Yogyakarta.
"Until today (around 23:00 pm, ed.) Ash rain has not happened here," he said.
Officers Observers in Post Mount Merapi volcano Ketep, Ismail, also stated, received information from residents in the village of Krinjing, District Shaman, about 6.5 kilometers west of the peak of Merapi-related bursts of hot cloud was big enough.
"Lead to the south," he said.
Dozens of local residents, a distance of about 6.5 kilometers west of Merapi peak until around 23:00 pm still on guard outside the house.
"About 50 men currently on guard outside the house, surveyed the situation of the mountain peak," said a resident of another Tangkil, Gimin.
He said the residents did not look panicked as she watched the live blast of hot cloud was big enough.
Head Gemer Hamlet, Village Ngargomulyo, District Shaman, about six miles west of the peak of Merapi, Naro, also said local residents witnessed the burst of hot clouds.
"About 15 men this evening vigil at the local hamlet road, pay attention to the condition of the mountain," he said.
Mount Merapi erupted during the first phase of 2010 on October 26, 2010, while the largest eruption on November 5, 2010.
SOURCE : ANTARA
The ahlid ari World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other agencies said that now only about 3,200 tigers remaining in the wild. This amount of total free fall in the 90's where there are still about 100 thousand tigers.
James Leape, director general of the World Wildlife Fund, the meeting revealed that appropriate protection measures are not taken, the tiger may be lost by 2022, or in the next tiger in the Chinese calendar.
Tiger habitat was destroyed by deforestation and forest conversion for a particular commodity. Especially for the hunters still want the skin and target and other tiger parts for traditional pengoatan.
The meeting approved the program of the world tiger population doubling in the wild by 2022 is supported by the governments of 13 countries which still have tiger populations namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and Russia .
Global Recovery Programme estimates that Tiger will need funding of about 350 million dollars to start a step penyelamata tiger. This meeting will also seek donor commitment to help the government finance the conservation measures.
"For some people, the tiger is one of the wonders of the world," Leape said. Tiger, he added, also is an animal that could encourage more people to care about the forests and meadows.
The program aims to protect the habitat of tigers, combat poaching, smuggling, and illegal trade in tigers and their body parts, and creating incentives for local communities to involve them in helping to protect the "big cats".
The host of this meeting was the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pushed by the Global Tiger Initiative which was launched two years ago by World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
SOURCE : REPUBLIKA
Latin American countries need to be careful with Iran and motivation when they discuss the development of nuclear capabilities, said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Santa Cruz on Sunday.
"I think countries that deal with Iran in this field need to be very careful about how they interact with Iran in terms of what Iran's motives and what they really trying to do," said Robert Gates told reporters ahead of the Pan-defense America.
The host country Bolivia is one country who are interested in developing nuclear capabilities with Tehran. U.S. and some Western powers believe that Iran's nuclear program for military purposes while Tehran protested that its nuclear program for civilian purposes.
"I do not know exactly what Iran actually do, so you really know the truth," Gates said."If they talk about civil nuclear power, then all can be maintained by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and we will not question it. But I do not believe Iran has the independent ability to help anyone who is building a civilian nuclear capability. The ability of their still have under contract with Russia for 20 years, "Gates said.
SOURCE : KOMPAS
