An anti-rocket system developed to protect the country from short-range rocket and artillery attack from Lebanon and Gaza has been successfully tested, Israeli defense officials said. (more…)
Archive for March, 2009
Russia plans military force to protect Arctic interests
Posted in economy, news, politics, world, tagged Arctic, gas, military force, oil, Russia, sovereignty on March 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
To protect its interests in the Arctic, Russia has announced plans to set up a military force. (more…)
Investigation demanded over Israel white phosphorus
Posted in health, Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, tagged Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch, Israel, offensive, UN, white phosphorus on March 28, 2009| 1 Comment »
Man and son arrested for rape
Posted in Europe, health, Human rights, Justice, news, tagged Italy, Josef Fritzl, rape, Turin on March 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A man and his son have been arrested on suspicion of raping their daughters in the northern Italian city of Turin. (more…)
Lieberman to be foreign minister
Posted in Middle East, news, politics, religion, tagged Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Kadima, Likud, Shimon Peres, Tzipi Livni, Yisrael Beitenu on March 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A coalition agreement with the Yisrael Beitenu party has been signed by Benjamin Netanyahu, the designated Israeli prime minister and leader of the Likud party.
The deal says that Avigdor Lieberman (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Yisrael Beitenu’s leader, would be foreign minister, Israel Radio reported on Monday. (more…)
Fritzl trial opens
Posted in Europe, health, Human rights, Justice, news, tagged Austria, Elisabeth, imprisonned, Josef Fritzl, trial on March 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Guilty to incest, “partially” guilty to rape, but not guilty to murder or enslavement, that is what Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children, pleaded when his trial opened. (photo, from aljazeera.net) (more…)
Parliament modifies Ahmadinejad bill
Posted in economy, Middle East, news, politics, tagged bill, election, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, parliament on March 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, is accusing legislators of violating the constitution because they refuse to trim energy subsidies in a budget bill. (more…)
Clashes mark protest in Pakistan
Posted in Asia, Justice, news, politics, tagged Asif Ali Zardari, judges, march, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, protest, Yousaf Raza Gilani on March 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Protesters have been beaten up by police with sticks, in the city of Karachi, the main city of Sindh province, as hundreds of lawyers and political activists began an anti-government protest march. (photo, from AFP) (more…)
Search for survivors after a helicopter crash in Canada
Posted in Americas, health, news, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Canada, crash, helicopter, Newfoundland and Labrador on March 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, in Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland (photo, from bbc.co.uk). One man, Robert Decker, was recovered alive, but two life-rafts were found empty near the place of the crash, said a search and rescue official on Thursday. (more…)