Saturday, September 13, 2014
Inchiesta sui sacchetti biodegradabili
Molti sacchetti della spesa marchiati come «biodegradabili» non sarebbero così rispettosi dell’ambiente. Anzi sarebbero sacchetti tarocchi. In commercio sono stati trovati infatti «involucri» di plastica spacciati per biodegradabili e compostabili. A scoprirlo sono stati i carabinieri dei Nas inviati dal procuratore Raffaele Guariniello a controllare i sacchetti della spesa in commercio. L’inchiesta della Procura di Torino è nata da una segnalazione dell’associazione di categoria Assobioplastiche, che nei mesi scorsi aveva inviato al pm una relazione dettagliata su alcuni prodotti immessi in commercio in violazione delle norme che disciplinano la produzione biodegradabile.
Le analisi commissionate dalla procura hanno confermato gli esperimenti di decomposizione già effettuati dall’associazione su alcuni prodotti trovati in commercio. Le sostanze utilizzate sono di natura plastica. Per essere definito biodegradabile un sacchetto deve degradarsi quasi interamente nell’arco di sei mesi. L’inchiesta, per ora è contro ingnoti, in attesa di indivuare i responsabili della rete produttiva di questi sacchetti tarocchi. L’accusa ipotizzata è frode in commercio.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via La Stampa
Officers 'Ambushed' In Police Station Shooting
A manhunt is under way in northeasten Pennsylvania after two state troopers were shot outside their barracks, leaving one dead and the other injured.
The shooting took place during a shift change at about 11 pm on Friday outside the Blooming Grove station, near the New Jersey and New York state borders.
Law enforcement agencies from all three states began combing the rural region on the ground and by helicopter to find the gunman or gunmen responsible.
A 48-year-old man was being questioned by police on Saturday as a person of interest in the case, Trooper Connie Devens said.
INC News, 13/09/2014
Uganda on alert over 'foiled al-Shabab plot'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29193649
The authorities in Uganda have uncovered a terrorist cell which they believe was planning an imminent attack, the US embassy in Kampala says. It said the cell belonged to Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, but this has yet to be confirmed by Ugandan police. The embassy earlier warned US citizens in the capital to stay at home during a police operation to uncover the cell. Ugandan police say they have increased security in public places across Kampala, and made several arrests.
The authorities in Uganda have uncovered a terrorist cell which they believe was planning an imminent attack, the US embassy in Kampala says. It said the cell belonged to Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, but this has yet to be confirmed by Ugandan police. The embassy earlier warned US citizens in the capital to stay at home during a police operation to uncover the cell. Ugandan police say they have increased security in public places across Kampala, and made several arrests.
Earlier this week, the US embassy warned of possible revenge attacks against US targets by al-Shabab in response to the US air strike that killed the group's leader Ahmed Abdi Godane on 2 September. 'Stay at home' "We're increasing patrols in the city, major towns and other vulnerable places," police spokesman Fred Enanga told reporters on Saturday. In addition to making several arrests, the police said they had seized explosive materials.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via BBC
Philippines search for survivors after ferry sinks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29193653
Officials in central Philippines have launched a rescue operation after a ferry carrying 84 passengers and crew sank in bad weather. They say 55 people have been rescued, with 29 people still missing. An order to abandon ship was given at around 21:20 (13:20 GMT) after the vessel encountered strong winds and huge waves, coast guard officials say. The Philippines has a poor record for maritime safety, with scores of people dying in accidents every year.
Officials in central Philippines have launched a rescue operation after a ferry carrying 84 passengers and crew sank in bad weather. They say 55 people have been rescued, with 29 people still missing. An order to abandon ship was given at around 21:20 (13:20 GMT) after the vessel encountered strong winds and huge waves, coast guard officials say. The Philippines has a poor record for maritime safety, with scores of people dying in accidents every year.
The MV Maharlika II ferry sank north-west off Panaon Island, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council says. It said the ferry suffered steering problems "due to big waves and strong current". Rescue boats had trouble reaching survivors because of the "huge waves," a spokesman for the council, Mina Marasigan, told AFP news agency.
Maritime accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago because of tropical weather, badly maintained passenger boats and weak enforcement of safety regulations, correspondents say.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via BBC
Congo: giornalista opposizione aggredito
Il noto giornalista tv camerunese Elie Smith è stato aggredito nella sua casa, a Brazzaville, da uomini armati che hanno anche violentato la sorella. E' accaduto nella notte tra il 9 e il 10 settembre. Smith, che si è spesso dichiarato contro l'establishment congolese, conduce una trasmissione molto seguita. Nel corso di una puntata Smith ha mostrato foto che ritraevano uomini, che si sospetta facciano parte delle forze di sicurezza, pestare a sangue partecipanti ad un meeting dell'opposizione.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via ANSA AP
Lo stipendio medio italiano a 1.327 euro. Quasi sette milioni sotto mille euro al mese
Il salario netto mensile medio di un lavoratore italiano nel 2013 è pari a 1.327 euro. Coloro che guadagnano, pur lavorando, meno di mille euro al mese oscillano tra i sei e i sette milioni di persone. E' quanto emerge dal rapporto sui salari dell'Isrf Lab - curato dal segretario generale della Fisac Cgil, Agostino Megale, con la collaborazione di Nicola Cicala - dal titolo Poveri salari.
Un giovane neolaureato "peraltro mediamente precario se va bene oscilla tra gli 800 e i 1.000 euro mensili fino a trentacinque anni. Mentre oltre sette milioni di pensionati percepiscono meno di 1.000 euro mensili". E se il salario netto si è attestato su poco più di 1.300 euro al mese, il raffronto con quello di un lavoratore tedesco è impietoso: quest'ultimo, come si sottolinea nello studio, "guadagna in media 6 mila euro in più l'anno". Tra i più colpiti dalla 'questione salariale' ci sono i giovani. Megale nel rapporto denuncia, infatti, "come un giovane degli anni '70 guadagnasse mediamente il 10% in più della media nazionale, negli anni della crisi invece ne porta a casa il 12% in meno.
INC News, 13/09/2014
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Americans Warned As Uganda Acts On Terror Cell
The US embassy in Uganda has told its citizens to take shelter as Ugandan authorities act against a suspected terrorist cell.
Family of Briton Ghavami held in Iran appeal for release
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29189038
The family of a British-Iranian woman being held in Iran after going to a men's volleyball match have appealed for her release. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was detained after the match in June. Her family say they do not know if she is being held under any charge. She is now reportedly being held in Tehran's infamous Evin prison. The UK Foreign Office said it was aware of reports of a Briton being detained and is "following up" the case.
The family of a British-Iranian woman being held in Iran after going to a men's volleyball match have appealed for her release. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was detained after the match in June. Her family say they do not know if she is being held under any charge. She is now reportedly being held in Tehran's infamous Evin prison. The UK Foreign Office said it was aware of reports of a Briton being detained and is "following up" the case.
The FCO says it has "limited ability to assist [UK nationals] in any difficulty" in Iran and that the Iranian authorities are "unlikely to grant any consular access". Ms Ghavami was initially arrested after the match, which took place on 20 June. There was a protest at the time against a ban on women attending, but her brother Iman told BBC 5 Live Breakfast that she was "simply there to get into the stadium and watch the match".
She was released but then re-arrested when she went to collect her belongings a few days later.
INC News, 1309/2014-via BBC
Second Russian aid convoy enters Ukraine without permission from Kyiv
A convoy of Russian aid trucks bound for the separatist held city of Luhansk in east Ukraine have crossed the border into the country. It is the second such convoy to enter Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kyiv.
According to Russia the trucks are carrying food, medicine and generators. A fragile ceasefire continues to hold despite reports of sporadic fighting.
At the Yalta European Strategy meeting taking place in the Ukranian capital acting Prime Minster Arseniy Yatsenyuk said two-way talks between Kyiv and Moscow are unequal and should be avoided: “We are not so strong to have bilateral talks and get a bilateral deal with Russia. They will outplay us, that’s what they expect and what they want to do. Putin wants a frozen conflict and he wants his hands in our belly fat.”
Windows 9 arriva a fine mese, ecco le novità
Ritorno del tasto Start ma non solo. Sono tante le novità che attendono chi installerà Windows 9, il sistema operativo per computer e tablet che Microsoft, stando a voci sempre più insistenti, dovrebbe presentare il 30 settembre. Già da un paio di mesi su internet sono state diffuse delle immagini rubate della versione con nome in codice “Threshold 9795”, assolutamente non definitiva ma pronta ad essere rodata sul campo prima della presentazione ufficiale in autunno, con la disponibilità per il download pubblico prevista invece per Aprile 2015.
Secondo gli esperti, 9 rappresenterà il vero punto di incontro tra gli amanti del Windows “classico” (fino alla versione 7) e chi invece è rimasto affascinato dall’interfaccia “Modern”, quella con le “live tile” (forzatamente tradotto “piastrelle vive”). Una delle novità annunciate è in realtà un ritorno, quello del pulsante Start che riavrà alcune delle funzioni a cui eravamo abituati, come l’accesso ai programmi, alle utilità di sistema e alle scorciatoie, ma con rimandi grafici in stile Windows 8.1, come le icone “Metro” al fianco dei classici riquadri a finestra.
INC News, 13/09/2014
Young woman dies in car crash in Aktobe river
A young woman died in the car that fell into the river in city center of Aktobe in western Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing Moi Gorod.
The incident took place on September 8 near Mega Aktobe shopping mall. A Subaru Legacy drove into the Sazdinka River. According to the witnesses, a young woman lost control of the car and drove into the car. The passenger Zarina Khussainova, 22, died in the accident. Meanwhile, the road traffic accident has not been registered in the police records for some reason.
It is the second car accident that involved the Sazdinka River. In June, a car with newly weds drove into the river. Fortunately, the passengers and the drunk driver escaped with nothing worse than a fright. The driver's license was later suspended by the police for driving and drinking.
INC News, 13/09/2014
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/emergencies/Young-woman-dies-in-car-crash-in-Aktobe-river-256092/
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Building collapse at Nigerian megachurch
At least three people were killed when a building linked to one of Nigeria's most famous preachers and televangelists collapsed in Lagos, the country's main relief agency said on Friday, AFP reports.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the building -- thought to be a guesthouse for foreign members of TB Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) -- came down in the city's Ikotun area. "We have three dead. Scores of others are still trapped. Eighteen were rescued alive and have been taken to various hospitals," NEMA's southwest coordinator Ibrahim Farinloye told AFP from the scene.
TB Joshua, dubbed "The Prophet", has an almost fanatical following among many Nigerians and others across the world, who are attracted by his purported healing powers and prophecies.
INC News, 13/09/2014
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/emergencies/Building-collapse-at-Nigerian-megachurch-emergency-services-256135/
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200,000 still stranded in killer Kashmir floods
More than 200,000 people remained stranded Saturday in Indian Kashmir even as flood waters receded, revealing the full extent of the horrific devastation in the Himalayan region, including neighbouring Pakistan, officials said, AFP reports.
The floods and landslides from days of heavy monsoon rains have now claimed more than 450 lives in Pakistan and India, with rescuers struggling to cope with the large-scale disaster.
But as the muddy brown waters subside, emergency officials are able to reach more stranded people in Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, and surrounding areas afflicted by the worst flooding in a century.
"Rescue teams are now able to go inside houses and get out those still trapped inside and account for the dead bodies," Shantmanu, divisional commissioner of Jammu region, who uses one name, told AFP.
INC News, 13/09/2014
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/disasters/200000-still-stranded-in-killer-Kashmir-floods-256139/
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For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/disasters/200000-still-stranded-in-killer-Kashmir-floods-256139/
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Police Barracks Shooting Sparks Manhunt
A manhunt is under way after an apparently fatal shooting at a state police barracks in Pennsylvania.
Though no deaths have been officially confirmed, a coroner has reportedly been called to the barracks in Blooming Grove, a township of about 4,000 people. The WNEP television station is reporting that no one has been detained.
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'Great Depression' warning for scottish voters
A leading bank's warning that a Yes vote could be a mistake akin to those that sparked the Great Depression has threatened to overshadow the biggest weekend of political campaigning in Scotland's history.
At least 2.6 million leaflets will be delivered to households in 48 hours as polls suggest Thursday's vote is on a knife-edge.
More than 10,000 people are expected to attend a rally by the Orange Order in support of the Union in Edinburgh - and their cause has been backed by Deutsche Bank.
INC News, 13/09/2014
Sluwe Bulgaren flessen de supermarkt met statiegeld
Bulgaarse oplichters proberen Nederlandse supermarkten een poot uit te draaien door Bulgaarse petflessen in te leveren, in ruil voor statiegeld. De Haagse politie hield deze week tot twee keer toe Bulgaren aan die met grote aantallen buitenlandse flessen op weg waren naar supermarkten.
Bulgarian scammers trying Dutch supermarkets run by handing Bulgarian PET bottles in return for deposit. Paw out The Hague police held this week twice Bulgarians to those with large numbers of foreign bottles on their way to supermarkets.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via AD
Ebola, si aggrava il bilancio dell'Oms.
Nel passare la notizia dell'Organizzazione Mondiale per la Sanita' riportata da ANSA, comunichiamo che in Sierra Leone, un medico olandese e' stato contagiato dal virus ed e' arrivato ieri ad Amsterdam.
Ed ecco la news di ANSA:
Nei tre paesi più colpiti dall'epidemia di Ebola, Guinea, Sierra Leone e Liberia, si è arrivati a 4784 casi con più di 2400 morti. Lo ha affermato il direttore generale dell'Oms Margaret Chan durante una conferenza stampa a Ginevra, secondo cui ci sarebbe bisogno di 1000 operatori sanitari in più per combattere l'epidemia.
''L'Oms ha già impiegato quasi 500 persone nei paesi colpiti - ha sottolineato Chan -. Tutti i paesi stanno dando un supporto, ma la scala dell'epidemia è enorme, e anche lo sforzo deve essere aumentato''. Il governo cubano invierà 165 persone in Sierra Leone.
''Questo è l'impegno maggiore in termini di personale che si è avuto finora - ha spiegato Chan -. Ogni 70-80 letti per il trattamento dei casi abbiamo bisogno di 200 operatori sanitari tra medici, infermieri e pulitori professionali. Abbiamo bisogno di almeno 1000 operatori da impiegare nei centri di trattamento presenti e futuri''.
''L'Oms ha già impiegato quasi 500 persone nei paesi colpiti - ha sottolineato Chan -. Tutti i paesi stanno dando un supporto, ma la scala dell'epidemia è enorme, e anche lo sforzo deve essere aumentato''. Il governo cubano invierà 165 persone in Sierra Leone.
''Questo è l'impegno maggiore in termini di personale che si è avuto finora - ha spiegato Chan -. Ogni 70-80 letti per il trattamento dei casi abbiamo bisogno di 200 operatori sanitari tra medici, infermieri e pulitori professionali. Abbiamo bisogno di almeno 1000 operatori da impiegare nei centri di trattamento presenti e futuri''.
Per combattere l'epidemia di Ebola nei paesi dell'Africa occidentale ''c'è bisogno di tutto, ma soprattutto di personale medico''. Lo ha sottolineato il direttore generale dell'Oms Margaret Chan durante una conferenza in cui è stato annunciato l'impegno da parte del governo cubano di inviare 165 operatori in Sierra Leone.
INC News, 13/09/2014-via ANSA AP
Nave "Euro" a Crotone con 956 migranti
L'Agenzia ANSA AP comunica che a Crotone e'arrivata la nave "Euro" con a bordo 956 immigrati, di cui 122 sono bambini.
Non abbiamo nulla da essere contro, sono esseri umani lasciati allo sbaraglio della vita, alla deriva di ogni cosa vivibile, senza piu' nulla, forse nemmeno le forze per andare avanti a vivere. Bene. la carita' e il soccorso MAI deve essere negato, tra umano e umano. Ma dove mettiamo questa povera gente? Cosa possiamo loro offrire, se gia' siamo noi in condizioni disastrate? Cosa possiamo garantire a questi 122 piccoli (122 di adesso, ma non dimentichiamoci gli altri da poco arrivati nei giorni scorsi) per il loro futuro se gia' i nostri figli non trovano posto da nessuna parte?
INC News, 13/09/2014 (copyrght©INC News)
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IL FUCILIERE LATORRE E' IN VIAGGIO VERSO L'ITALIA!
PERMESSO DI 4 MESI CONCESSO DAL GOVERNO INDIANO
Anti-Semitic attacks nearly double in France
Anti-Semitic attacks nearly doubled in France in the first seven months of the year, the country's main Jewish group said Thursday, AFP reports.
A total of 529 anti-Semitic actions or threats were registered up to the end of July, against 276 for the same period last year, the Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) said, citing figures gleaned from the interior ministry.
They included violence against individuals, arson and vandalism. Such anti-Semitic acts "exacerbate the growing unease that oppresses Jews in France each day and overshadows their future", CRIF said in a statement.
Yet more worrying, the group added, is the appearance of new forms of violence against Jews -- including attacks by organised gangs and the targeting of synagogues, as well as acts of vandalism against Jewish businesses and "terrorist attacks".
Last week the French office of the Jewish Agency for Israel said that more Jews have left France for Israel so far this year than from any other country, blaming a "climate of anti-Semitism".
INC News, 13/09/2014
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/unrest/Anti-Semitic-attacks-nearly-double-in-France-Jewish-group-256118/
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Kazakhstan looks to ban gay 'propaganda' and identify gays by searching for degeneratism in their DNA
Bolashak, a Kazakhstan national movement known for its calls to extradite Rakhat Aliyev to Kazakhstan, and a group of social activists from Almaty have petitioned to legally ban gay "propaganda" in kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports.
They organised a press-conference in Almaty on September 11. The activists urged the Parliament to introduce changes into the country's legislation to ban gay "propaganda" and prohibit the people known to be gay from holding public offices and serving in the Kazakh army.
The lawmakers are now working on a new version of the Marriage and Family Code that already bans people known to be gay from adopting children. This is where the anti-gay changes are expected to appear soon.
The legal ban is highly called for, according to Bolashak's leader Dauren Babamuratov, 30, because the Kazakh society has been experiencing a lot of pressure from its gay members over the past several years.
According to Bolashak, "over 100 stories mentioning LGBT representatives have 'seeped' into the country's media over the past two years". To understand the scale of the gay threat to the Kazakh society one should know that there are around 2700 media outlets in Kazakhstan, a country the size of Western Europe, but with a population of only 17 million.
Babamuratov continued by saying that "unconfirmed reports suggest there are about 14 gay clubs and bars in Almaty" with effectively "made Almaty the gay capital of Central Asia", and expressing his outrage at the fact that "open discussion of the issues related to LGBT community is treated by the society as a natural process".
Babamuratov continued by saying that "unconfirmed reports suggest there are about 14 gay clubs and bars in Almaty" with effectively "made Almaty the gay capital of Central Asia", and expressing his outrage at the fact that "open discussion of the issues related to LGBT community is treated by the society as a natural process".
To support the claims that gay propaganda existed in Kazakhstan the chief speaker reminded about the scandal over the now infamous ads poster depicting a local version of the world famous gay smooch, this one between two historical figures – one Kazakh, the other – Russian. The poster caused quite a stir among Kazakhstanis and several political figures even slammed it publicly. A law suit was filed against the poster creators.
INC News, 12/09/2014
For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/laws_initiatives/Kazakhstan-looks-to-ban-gay-propaganda-and-identify-gays-by-searching-for-256105/
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For more information see:http://en.tengrinews.kz/laws_initiatives/Kazakhstan-looks-to-ban-gay-propaganda-and-identify-gays-by-searching-for-256105/
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Around 60 firefighters are trying to bring a "major blaze" under control at Nottingham University.
The "significant incident" began at approximately 8.30pm at the GlaxoSmithKline building on the Jubilee Campus, which is under construction and unoccupied.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue have warned residents of "flying debris", which is making conditions difficult.
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