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Anders Behring Breivik 'planned to bomb Barack Obama at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony'
(Extremistul norvegian Breivik plănuia lichidarea preşedintelui nord-american Barack Obama)
The far-Right extremist told Norwegian police of a plot to drive a car packed with explosives onto the square next to Oslo City Hall, and detonate it while the ceremony was taking place there, according to Norway's Dagbladet newspaper.
Breivik, 33,told police that the Obama attack would have been largely symbolic, as the security surrounding the visit would have prevented him bringing the vehicle sufficiently close to the ceremony.
But, with hundreds of millions watching on television, he believed it would have been a perfect way to promote his anti-Islamic message.
Anti-war demonstrators gathered outside the Oslo Town Hall when Mr Obama went to pick up the prize in December 2009, protesting at his decision to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan.
Others argued that it was wrong to give Mr Obama an award won previously by Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King, less than a year after he took office.
(Source Telegraph.co.uk, Photo Reuters)
The far-Right extremist told Norwegian police of a plot to drive a car packed with explosives onto the square next to Oslo City Hall, and detonate it while the ceremony was taking place there, according to Norway's Dagbladet newspaper.
Breivik, 33,told police that the Obama attack would have been largely symbolic, as the security surrounding the visit would have prevented him bringing the vehicle sufficiently close to the ceremony.
But, with hundreds of millions watching on television, he believed it would have been a perfect way to promote his anti-Islamic message.
Anti-war demonstrators gathered outside the Oslo Town Hall when Mr Obama went to pick up the prize in December 2009, protesting at his decision to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan.
Others argued that it was wrong to give Mr Obama an award won previously by Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King, less than a year after he took office.
(Source Telegraph.co.uk, Photo Reuters)
Deaths in Russia's Dagestan blasts
(Două atentate organizate de rebelii islamişti au distrus un post de poliţie din Dagestan, Rusia)
As many as 20 people are reported to have been killed and 30 more wounded when two powerful blasts hit a police post outside the capital of Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region.
The first explosion occurred when police stopped a vehicle for document checks late on Thursday, RIA news agency reported, citing a statement by the National Anti-Terrorist Committee.
A second bomb exploded when fire brigades and ambulances arrived, causing additional casualties.
A law enforcement source cited by the agency said up to 20 people were dead and 30 wounded, while the Lifenews website, quoting a local police official, reported 17 people dead and 68 injured.
"Fragments of human bodies are scattered at the post," Interfax quoted a law enforcement official as saying.
The unofficial Islamist website www.kavkazcenter.com said the police post was almost destroyed.
A nearby gas pipeline also was damaged during the attack, RIA reported.
Dagestan, with its capital Makhachkala, has been caught up in an insurgency across the mainly Muslim North Caucasus following two separatist wars in Chechnya.
The rebels want to create an Islamic state in the region, which is close to Sochi, where Russia will host the winter Olympics in 2014.
(source AlJazeera)
As many as 20 people are reported to have been killed and 30 more wounded when two powerful blasts hit a police post outside the capital of Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region.
The first explosion occurred when police stopped a vehicle for document checks late on Thursday, RIA news agency reported, citing a statement by the National Anti-Terrorist Committee.
A second bomb exploded when fire brigades and ambulances arrived, causing additional casualties.
A law enforcement source cited by the agency said up to 20 people were dead and 30 wounded, while the Lifenews website, quoting a local police official, reported 17 people dead and 68 injured.
"Fragments of human bodies are scattered at the post," Interfax quoted a law enforcement official as saying.
The unofficial Islamist website www.kavkazcenter.com said the police post was almost destroyed.
A nearby gas pipeline also was damaged during the attack, RIA reported.
Dagestan, with its capital Makhachkala, has been caught up in an insurgency across the mainly Muslim North Caucasus following two separatist wars in Chechnya.
The rebels want to create an Islamic state in the region, which is close to Sochi, where Russia will host the winter Olympics in 2014.
(source AlJazeera)
Jurnalişti finlandezi, denunţaţi că lucrează cu rebelii ceceni
Esittelen Kavkaz-Centerin mainostamaa terrorismia ja toimintaa tukevat suomalaistoimittajat
(Un fost preot luteran finlandez, Juha Moalri, a publicat lista jurnaliştilor din ţara sa care ar fi corespondenţi ai unei publicaţii electronice a rebelilor ceceni. Aceştia acuză că ar fi vorba de un provocator, un ex-agent KGB. Publicarea listei ar putea pune în pericol jurnaliştii, deoarece preşedintele cecen Ramzan Kadyrov este bănuit că a format “escadrile ale morţii”, trimise peste graniţă pentru lichidarea rebelilor şi a celor care îi sprijină)
Venäjä pitää Mikael Storsjötä kansalliselle turvallisuudelle vaarallisena terroristien tukijana, joka on julkisesti ilmoittanut tukevansa islamistiterroristeja ja ylläpitävänsä terroristipäällikko Doku Umarovin tiedotuskanavaa Kavkaz Centeriä, jonka sivustoilla uhataan Venäjää ja venäläisiä terrori-iskuilla. Kavkaz-Center on YK:n turvallisuusneuvoston pakotevaatimusten vastaista toimintaa. Hautala ja Storsjö ovat yhdessä perustaneet Venäjä-vastaisen kansalaisjärjestön "Suomalais-venäläinen kansalaisfoorumi" (Finrosforum), joka toiminnan pääsisältö on Vladimir Putinin vastaisen propagandan lietsominen.
Ketkä ovat ne suomalaiset toimittajat, jotka valkaisevat – nimeävät uudella tavalla teeskennellen - verisen terrorismin ikään kuin kansalaisaktivismiksi ja tekevät YK:n turvaneuvoston pakotevaatimusten vastaisesta Kavkaz-Centerin/Mikael Storsjön toiminnasta ihmisoikeusaktivismia?
Muutama poiminto todellisuudesta
• Mikael Storsjön luona Bulevardilla esiintyy Interpolin kansainvälisesti terrorismista etsitty Aslanbek Hanchukaev.
• Storsjö järjesti myös Doku Umarovin ja Umarovin ”puolustusministerin” rahoitusta eri puolilla maailmaa toimittaneen, puolustusministerin veljen Islam Ruslanovits Mahaurin (Ислам Русланович Махаури) tulon Suomeen (...)
Venäjä pitää Mikael Storsjötä kansalliselle turvallisuudelle vaarallisena terroristien tukijana, joka on julkisesti ilmoittanut tukevansa islamistiterroristeja ja ylläpitävänsä terroristipäällikko Doku Umarovin tiedotuskanavaa Kavkaz Centeriä, jonka sivustoilla uhataan Venäjää ja venäläisiä terrori-iskuilla. Kavkaz-Center on YK:n turvallisuusneuvoston pakotevaatimusten vastaista toimintaa. Hautala ja Storsjö ovat yhdessä perustaneet Venäjä-vastaisen kansalaisjärjestön "Suomalais-venäläinen kansalaisfoorumi" (Finrosforum), joka toiminnan pääsisältö on Vladimir Putinin vastaisen propagandan lietsominen.
Ketkä ovat ne suomalaiset toimittajat, jotka valkaisevat – nimeävät uudella tavalla teeskennellen - verisen terrorismin ikään kuin kansalaisaktivismiksi ja tekevät YK:n turvaneuvoston pakotevaatimusten vastaisesta Kavkaz-Centerin/Mikael Storsjön toiminnasta ihmisoikeusaktivismia?
Muutama poiminto todellisuudesta
• Mikael Storsjön luona Bulevardilla esiintyy Interpolin kansainvälisesti terrorismista etsitty Aslanbek Hanchukaev.
• Storsjö järjesti myös Doku Umarovin ja Umarovin ”puolustusministerin” rahoitusta eri puolilla maailmaa toimittaneen, puolustusministerin veljen Islam Ruslanovits Mahaurin (Ислам Русланович Махаури) tulon Suomeen (...)
U.S. soldier who killed 16 civilians including women, children deepens Afghan public outrage
(Un militar american care a lichidat 16 civili afgani, printre care femei şi copii, a reusâşit să coalizeze întreg Afganistanul împotriva armatei SUA)
BALANDI, Afghanistan — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army soldier opened fire today on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave of deadly protests over Americans burning Qurans.
The attack threatened the deepest breach yet in U.S.-Afghan relations, raising questions both in Washington and Kabul about why American troops are still fighting in Afghanistan after 10 years of conflict and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The killing spree, the worst atrocity committed by U.S. forces during the Afghan war, comes amid deepening public outrage spurred by last month's Quran burnings and an earlier video purportedly showing American Marines urinating on dead Taliban militants.
The Quran burnings sparked weeks of violent protests and attacks that left some 30 Afghans dead, despite an apology from President Barack Obama. Six U.S. service members were also killed by their fellow Afghan soldiers, although the tensions had just started to calm down. (source AP)
BALANDI, Afghanistan — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army soldier opened fire today on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave of deadly protests over Americans burning Qurans.
The attack threatened the deepest breach yet in U.S.-Afghan relations, raising questions both in Washington and Kabul about why American troops are still fighting in Afghanistan after 10 years of conflict and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The killing spree, the worst atrocity committed by U.S. forces during the Afghan war, comes amid deepening public outrage spurred by last month's Quran burnings and an earlier video purportedly showing American Marines urinating on dead Taliban militants.
The Quran burnings sparked weeks of violent protests and attacks that left some 30 Afghans dead, despite an apology from President Barack Obama. Six U.S. service members were also killed by their fellow Afghan soldiers, although the tensions had just started to calm down. (source AP)
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Mountain man invades remote cabins, tasting occasional luxury
(Un “om al pădurilor” sperie proprietarii de cabane din Utah. “Lăsaţi-mi munţii în pace!”)
SALT LAKE CITY — He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.
Investigators have clawed for clues, scouring cabins for fingerprints that match no one and chasing reports of brief encounters only to come up short, always a step behind the mysterious recluse.
They've found abandoned camps, dozens of guns, high-end outdoor gear stolen from the homes and trash strewn around the forest floor.
But the man authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains not far from Zion National Park. He's roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter. (Source AP)
SALT LAKE CITY — He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.
Investigators have clawed for clues, scouring cabins for fingerprints that match no one and chasing reports of brief encounters only to come up short, always a step behind the mysterious recluse.
They've found abandoned camps, dozens of guns, high-end outdoor gear stolen from the homes and trash strewn around the forest floor.
But the man authorities say is armed and dangerous and responsible for more than two dozen burglaries has continued to outrun the law across a swath of mountains not far from Zion National Park. He's roamed across 1,000 square miles of rugged wilderness where snow can pile 10 feet deep in winter. (Source AP)
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(Ce se mai angajează în Occident? „Eschimos” pentru un snowpark! )
Vous avez 18 ans et vous êtes passionné de glisse… ce poste est pour vous !
En effet, à l’occasion des 20 ans de son snowpark (élu « meilleur snowpark de Suisse romande » en 2010), la station de Thyon recrute un « Esquimau » prêt à vivre deux semaines dans un igloo situé sur le domaine skiable.
Descriptif du poste : Vivre 14 semaines dans un igloo en pension complète, assurer un accueil convivial aux visiteurs du snowpark, animer différentes activités durant les 14 jours, relater son expérience via un blog et surtout profiter du domaine skiable ! Le tout pour une rémunération en avantage en nature pour une valeur de 12 000 euros. A pourvoir du 18 février au 3 mars 2012. (Source LeBlog L4M)
Vous avez 18 ans et vous êtes passionné de glisse… ce poste est pour vous !
En effet, à l’occasion des 20 ans de son snowpark (élu « meilleur snowpark de Suisse romande » en 2010), la station de Thyon recrute un « Esquimau » prêt à vivre deux semaines dans un igloo situé sur le domaine skiable.
Descriptif du poste : Vivre 14 semaines dans un igloo en pension complète, assurer un accueil convivial aux visiteurs du snowpark, animer différentes activités durant les 14 jours, relater son expérience via un blog et surtout profiter du domaine skiable ! Le tout pour une rémunération en avantage en nature pour une valeur de 12 000 euros. A pourvoir du 18 février au 3 mars 2012. (Source LeBlog L4M)
UN ZIARIST PENTRU TIRANA
Albanian Media Institute, cu sprijinul Fundatiei Robert Bosch, organizeaza un curs de Jurnalism de stiinta, destinat jurnalistilor din Albania, Bosnia si Hertegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, R. Moldova, Muntenegru, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ungaria. Cursul are o durata de cinci zile si se va desfasura la Tirana la sfarsitul lunii aprilie -inceputul lunii mai. Limba de lucru este engleza.
Pornind de la constatarea ca subiectele stiintifice sunt insuficient prezente sau superficial tratate in media sud-est europeana, cursul se concentreaza asupra problemelor pe care le presupune relatarea unor teme de mare interes pentru marele public (schimbarile climatice, incalzirea globala sau revolutia tehnologica).
Sunt invitati sa se inscrie jurnalisti care lucreaza la publicatii specializate sau care scriu despre stiinta in presa scrisa, online sau audiovizuala. Din Romania va participa un singur jurnalist. Cheltuielile de transport si cazare sunt acoperite de organizatori.
Data limita pentru inscriere este: 19 martie 2012
Mai multe informatii gasiti pe site-ul Centrului pentru Jurnalism Independent: http://www2.cji.ro/articol.php?article=1527
Pornind de la constatarea ca subiectele stiintifice sunt insuficient prezente sau superficial tratate in media sud-est europeana, cursul se concentreaza asupra problemelor pe care le presupune relatarea unor teme de mare interes pentru marele public (schimbarile climatice, incalzirea globala sau revolutia tehnologica).
Sunt invitati sa se inscrie jurnalisti care lucreaza la publicatii specializate sau care scriu despre stiinta in presa scrisa, online sau audiovizuala. Din Romania va participa un singur jurnalist. Cheltuielile de transport si cazare sunt acoperite de organizatori.
Data limita pentru inscriere este: 19 martie 2012
Mai multe informatii gasiti pe site-ul Centrului pentru Jurnalism Independent: http://www2.cji.ro/articol.php?article=1527
NIGERIA: Police Station distroyed
Powerful blast destroyed a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, a senior police official has said, the latest in a series of blasts in the country's second biggest city since Islamist insurgents stepped up their campaign there. Police also found cars and vans filled with explosives in Kano earlier in the week - three days after the Islamist sect Boko Haram carried out bomb and gun attacks there. The sect has killed at least 935 people since it launched an uprising in 2009, including more than 250 in the first weeks of this year, Human Rights Watch said.
(Source REUTERSalert)
(Source REUTERSalert)
“The Egyptian Revolution” (documentary)
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili asks for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan
(Un jurnalist de investigaţie din Georgia a cerut azil în Azerbaidjan, după ce datorită articolelor sale, a executat o pedeapsă cu închisoarea în ţara sa.)
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili (photo), the editor of the newspaper "Metro", asked President Ilham Aliev for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan. This was reported by Lazo Lazareishvili at today's press conference at the office of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) in Baku. Administration of the Azerbaijani Presidential still does not comment on the statement of the journalist, and the Georgian Embassy in Azerbaijan has reported that the allegations of Lazo Lazareishvili are unfounded.
According to Lazo Lazareishvili, his request for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan was caused by pressure in Georgia, put on him in connection with his filing of complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The complaints are related to the arrest in September 2009 and sentence to 9 months of imprisonment on charges of "abuse of power", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
The arrest of Lazo Lazareishvili was preceded by the investigation of the situation in the judicial and legal system of Georgia, conducted by the newspaper "Metro". The investigation revealed initiation of about 30 criminal cases against independent arbitrators the lawyers engaged in consideration of economic disputes.
According to the journalist, Georgia has a practice of consideration of economic disputes by independent arbitrators by mutual agreement of the parties. According to Lazo Lazareishvili, "the pressure on arbitrators was put to assign the functions of considering economic disputes to a British company." "Although, ultimately this intention was not carried out," the journalist has added.
Source: CavKnot (2012)
Georgian journalist Lazo Lazareishvili (photo), the editor of the newspaper "Metro", asked President Ilham Aliev for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan. This was reported by Lazo Lazareishvili at today's press conference at the office of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) in Baku. Administration of the Azerbaijani Presidential still does not comment on the statement of the journalist, and the Georgian Embassy in Azerbaijan has reported that the allegations of Lazo Lazareishvili are unfounded.
According to Lazo Lazareishvili, his request for temporary asylum in Azerbaijan was caused by pressure in Georgia, put on him in connection with his filing of complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The complaints are related to the arrest in September 2009 and sentence to 9 months of imprisonment on charges of "abuse of power", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
The arrest of Lazo Lazareishvili was preceded by the investigation of the situation in the judicial and legal system of Georgia, conducted by the newspaper "Metro". The investigation revealed initiation of about 30 criminal cases against independent arbitrators the lawyers engaged in consideration of economic disputes.
According to the journalist, Georgia has a practice of consideration of economic disputes by independent arbitrators by mutual agreement of the parties. According to Lazo Lazareishvili, "the pressure on arbitrators was put to assign the functions of considering economic disputes to a British company." "Although, ultimately this intention was not carried out," the journalist has added.
Source: CavKnot (2012)
'A new chapter': US officially ends Iraq war
(Administraţia Barack Obama a anunţat oficial sfârşitul războiului de 9 ani din Irak. Bilanţul scurt al campaniei din Irak: 4500 de morţi din personalul militar şi cheltuieli imense care au pus umărul la agravarea crizei economice din SUA. Pierderile umane şI economice ale Irakului, însă, au fost considerabil mai mari.. Un eufemism pentru “imense”)
"After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at the ceremony at Baghdad's still heavily fortified airport.
Almost 4,500 U.S. soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives in the war that began with a "Shock and Awe" campaign of missiles pounding Baghdad and descended into sectarian strife and a surge in U.S. troop numbers.
U.S. soldiers lowered the flag of American forces in Iraq and slipped it into a camouflage-colored sleeve in a brief outdoor ceremony, symbolically ending the most unpopular U.S. military venture since the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 70s.
(source: worldnews.msnbc.msn.com)
"After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at the ceremony at Baghdad's still heavily fortified airport.
Almost 4,500 U.S. soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives in the war that began with a "Shock and Awe" campaign of missiles pounding Baghdad and descended into sectarian strife and a surge in U.S. troop numbers.
U.S. soldiers lowered the flag of American forces in Iraq and slipped it into a camouflage-colored sleeve in a brief outdoor ceremony, symbolically ending the most unpopular U.S. military venture since the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 70s.
(source: worldnews.msnbc.msn.com)
Kurt Schork Awards held
(TrustMedia şi Thomson Reuters Foundation au desemnat câştigătorii în cadrul Premiilor Kurt Schork, după numele unui jurnalist ucis în luptele din Sierra Leone)
Last month, the TrustMedia team and Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted the 10th annual Kurt Schork Memorial Awards in International Journalism. The awards are held in memory of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork, who died in 2000 while reporting in Sierra Leone for Reuters.
This year’s awards honoured brave reporting from Libya, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, and went to Jerome Starkey in the freelance category and Gertrude Fadziso Pswarayi in the local reporter category.
Last month, the TrustMedia team and Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted the 10th annual Kurt Schork Memorial Awards in International Journalism. The awards are held in memory of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork, who died in 2000 while reporting in Sierra Leone for Reuters.
This year’s awards honoured brave reporting from Libya, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, and went to Jerome Starkey in the freelance category and Gertrude Fadziso Pswarayi in the local reporter category.
Rural Suicides Follow Medicaid Cuts
(Se mai întâmplă şi la alţii: în SUA, creşterea numărului de sinucideri este asociată cu tăierile masive de fonduri de la Sănătate)
Suicide is on the increase in rural America--nowhere so much as in western mountain states like Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico. Mental health professionals attribute it in part to cutbacks in Medicaid funding, to the recession and to the culture of the rural West.
In Idaho, somebody kills himself every 35 hours, according to a 2009 report to Idaho's governor by the state's Council on Suicide Prevention. Their report calls suicide "a major public health issue" having a "devastating effect" on Idaho's families, churches, businesses and even schools: 65 students aged 10 and 18 killed themselves in a recent five-year period.
Last week a county sheriff in Bonneville told the Idaho Falls Post Register that his department was getting more suicide calls than in 2010—a year in which 290 Idahoans took their own lives. "We're in a spike right now," he says.
Historically the suicide rate in rural states has been higher than in urban ones. According to the most recent national data available, Alaska has the highest rate, at 24.6 suicides per 100,000 people. Next comes Wyoming (23.3), followed by New Mexico (21.1), Montana (21.0) and Nevada (20.2). Idaho ranks 6th, at 16.5. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Idahoans aged 15-34. Only accidents rank higher.
Kathie Garrett, co-chairman of the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention, says the problem has gotten only worse since the recession. "The poor economy and unemployment—those put a lot of stress on people's lives," she explains. To save money, people skip doctor visits and cut back on taking prescribed medications. Cuts in Medicaid have reduced the services available to the mentally ill.
(Source: abcNews)
Suicide is on the increase in rural America--nowhere so much as in western mountain states like Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico. Mental health professionals attribute it in part to cutbacks in Medicaid funding, to the recession and to the culture of the rural West.
In Idaho, somebody kills himself every 35 hours, according to a 2009 report to Idaho's governor by the state's Council on Suicide Prevention. Their report calls suicide "a major public health issue" having a "devastating effect" on Idaho's families, churches, businesses and even schools: 65 students aged 10 and 18 killed themselves in a recent five-year period.
Last week a county sheriff in Bonneville told the Idaho Falls Post Register that his department was getting more suicide calls than in 2010—a year in which 290 Idahoans took their own lives. "We're in a spike right now," he says.
Historically the suicide rate in rural states has been higher than in urban ones. According to the most recent national data available, Alaska has the highest rate, at 24.6 suicides per 100,000 people. Next comes Wyoming (23.3), followed by New Mexico (21.1), Montana (21.0) and Nevada (20.2). Idaho ranks 6th, at 16.5. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Idahoans aged 15-34. Only accidents rank higher.
Kathie Garrett, co-chairman of the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention, says the problem has gotten only worse since the recession. "The poor economy and unemployment—those put a lot of stress on people's lives," she explains. To save money, people skip doctor visits and cut back on taking prescribed medications. Cuts in Medicaid have reduced the services available to the mentally ill.
(Source: abcNews)
Zone euro : les marchés s'attaquent à l'Allemagne
Merkel und Sarkozy setzen Berlusconi unter Druck
Brüssel - Die Euro-Rettung ist nicht alles. Zumindest nicht für Nicolas Sarkozy. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel ist am Sonntagnachmittag schon fast auf dem Weg vom Podium der gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz, als der französische Präsident sie noch einmal zurückruft. "Moment bitte, Angela", ruft Sarkozy ihr hinterher. Er müsse noch was zum Rugby-Team sagen. "Ach ja", sagt Merkel und kehrt zurück ans Rednerpult. Er sei natürlich traurig, dass Frankreich bei der Rugby-WM knapp gegen Neuseeland verloren habe, sagt Frankreichs Präsident. Die Verhandlungen in Brüssel habe er aber nicht verlassen, um das Finalspiel zu schauen, versichert er. "Nur die letzten zehn Minuten." Merkel tröstet artig: "Zweiter ist ja auch was."
So viel Zeit muss also sein, bei aller Dramatik, für die die Schuldenkrise in Europa an diesem Wochenende sorgt. Vor allem aber muss Zeit sein für ein Signal der Geschlossenheit. Denn dazu dient der Auftritt des französischen Präsidenten und der deutschen Kanzlerin an diesem Nachmittag, während hinter den Kulissen weiter hart um die Euro-Rettung gerungen wird. Im Vorfeld war viel vom Streit der beiden wichtigsten Länder der Europäischen Union die Rede, Euro-Gruppen-Chef Jean-Claude Juncker hatte das Krisenmanagement der beiden Staaten scharf kritisiert. "Wir sind uns der Verantwortung bewusst, die Deutschland und Frankreich tragen", sagt Sarkozy. Die beiden Länder müssten "mit einer Stimme sprechen, das ist die Basis von allem".
(Der Spiegel)
So viel Zeit muss also sein, bei aller Dramatik, für die die Schuldenkrise in Europa an diesem Wochenende sorgt. Vor allem aber muss Zeit sein für ein Signal der Geschlossenheit. Denn dazu dient der Auftritt des französischen Präsidenten und der deutschen Kanzlerin an diesem Nachmittag, während hinter den Kulissen weiter hart um die Euro-Rettung gerungen wird. Im Vorfeld war viel vom Streit der beiden wichtigsten Länder der Europäischen Union die Rede, Euro-Gruppen-Chef Jean-Claude Juncker hatte das Krisenmanagement der beiden Staaten scharf kritisiert. "Wir sind uns der Verantwortung bewusst, die Deutschland und Frankreich tragen", sagt Sarkozy. Die beiden Länder müssten "mit einer Stimme sprechen, das ist die Basis von allem".
(Der Spiegel)
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Ce este sexul?
Dupa medici este o boala, pentru ca ajungi tot timpul la pat.
Dupa avocati, este o injustitie, pentru ca întotdeauna este unul deasupra, altul dedesubt.
Dupa politicieni este democratie perfecta, pentru ca se bucura atât cel de deasupra, cât si cel de dedesubt.
Dupa economisti este o investitie proasta, pentru ca e mai mult ceea ce intra, decât ceea ce iese.
Dupa matematicieni, este ecuatia perfecta, pentru ca femeia ridica membrul la maxima putere, îl închide între paranteze, îi extrage factorul comun si-l reduce apoi la expresia minima. (Foto dj slash)
Dupa avocati, este o injustitie, pentru ca întotdeauna este unul deasupra, altul dedesubt.
Dupa politicieni este democratie perfecta, pentru ca se bucura atât cel de deasupra, cât si cel de dedesubt.
Dupa economisti este o investitie proasta, pentru ca e mai mult ceea ce intra, decât ceea ce iese.
Dupa matematicieni, este ecuatia perfecta, pentru ca femeia ridica membrul la maxima putere, îl închide între paranteze, îi extrage factorul comun si-l reduce apoi la expresia minima. (Foto dj slash)
Radioactive tritium from Vt. nuke plant in river
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Health officials say a radioactive form of hydrogen that leaked from a Vermont nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River.
State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen said Wednesday water samples from the shoreline near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant last month tested positive for small amounts of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that's been linked to cancer when ingested in large amounts.
Gov. Peter Shumlin wants more wells to pull contaminated water from the ground on the Vermont Yankee site. He says he's "very concerned."
Tritium has leaked from nuclear plants around the country. It's particularly problematic for Vermont Yankee as it seeks to renew its license.
New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Corp. is suing Vermont in federal court over the state's efforts to shut the plant down.
(Source A.P., Photo people.com)
State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen said Wednesday water samples from the shoreline near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant last month tested positive for small amounts of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that's been linked to cancer when ingested in large amounts.
Gov. Peter Shumlin wants more wells to pull contaminated water from the ground on the Vermont Yankee site. He says he's "very concerned."
Tritium has leaked from nuclear plants around the country. It's particularly problematic for Vermont Yankee as it seeks to renew its license.
New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Corp. is suing Vermont in federal court over the state's efforts to shut the plant down.
(Source A.P., Photo people.com)
POSTĂRI DE SUCCES BpB
Мосгорсуд оставил Мирзаева под стражей
Заслушав кассационную жалобу адвокатов спортсмена, судьи решили оставить ее без удовлетворения.
Московский городской суд в среду без изменений оставил решение Замоскворецкого суда о заключении под стражу 25-летнего Расула Мирзаева, после удара которого в больнице скончался студент Иван Агафонов.
Сам подсудимый предпочел на заседании не присутствовать, его интересы представлял адвокат Игорь Дергачев, сторону потерпевших - Игорь Трунов.
По словам защитника, семья погибшего Агафонова - мать, отец и старшая сестра - вчера подала представление о предоставлении государственной защиты в СУ СКР по Москве.
- Я считаю, что у них есть все основания для этого, - подчеркнул Трунов. - Они могут подвергнуться провокациям с двух сторон в зависимости от поворотов процесса - как националистов, так и представителей кавказской национальности.
Как добавил Игорь Дергачев, о предоставлении защиты попросила и девушка Мирзаева Алла Косогорова.
- Ей поступают прямые угрозы в социальных сетях и по телефону. Она опасается за свою жизнь и здоровье и в настоящее время вынуждена сменить место жительства, - рассказал адвокат.
Кроме того, Игорь Дергачев отметил, что с начала процесса по делу Мирзаева он располагает всеми данными о личности Агафонова и о подробностях произошедшего конфликта.
- Мы специально пока не озвучиваем этого. Все будет подробно разбираться в ходе судебного процесса, - подчеркнул Дергачев.
Напомним, неделю назад Замоскворецкий районный суд принял решение об аресте Мирзаева до 17 октября.
Защитники известного спортсмена, назвавшие судейский вердикт политизированным, обжаловали его в кассационной инстанции. Адвокат Трунов, в свою очередь, назвал сегодня жалобу Дергачева необоснованной.
Трехкратный чемпион мира по боям в смешанном стиле подозревается в причинении тяжких телесных повреждений, повлекших смерть человека. По версии следствия, 13 августа Мирзаев у входа в ночной клуб «Гараж» ударил 19-летнего бывшего студента Ивана Агафонова, который скончался в ГКБ № 1 через 4 дня.
Московский городской суд в среду без изменений оставил решение Замоскворецкого суда о заключении под стражу 25-летнего Расула Мирзаева, после удара которого в больнице скончался студент Иван Агафонов.
Сам подсудимый предпочел на заседании не присутствовать, его интересы представлял адвокат Игорь Дергачев, сторону потерпевших - Игорь Трунов.
По словам защитника, семья погибшего Агафонова - мать, отец и старшая сестра - вчера подала представление о предоставлении государственной защиты в СУ СКР по Москве.
- Я считаю, что у них есть все основания для этого, - подчеркнул Трунов. - Они могут подвергнуться провокациям с двух сторон в зависимости от поворотов процесса - как националистов, так и представителей кавказской национальности.
Как добавил Игорь Дергачев, о предоставлении защиты попросила и девушка Мирзаева Алла Косогорова.
- Ей поступают прямые угрозы в социальных сетях и по телефону. Она опасается за свою жизнь и здоровье и в настоящее время вынуждена сменить место жительства, - рассказал адвокат.
Кроме того, Игорь Дергачев отметил, что с начала процесса по делу Мирзаева он располагает всеми данными о личности Агафонова и о подробностях произошедшего конфликта.
- Мы специально пока не озвучиваем этого. Все будет подробно разбираться в ходе судебного процесса, - подчеркнул Дергачев.
Напомним, неделю назад Замоскворецкий районный суд принял решение об аресте Мирзаева до 17 октября.
Защитники известного спортсмена, назвавшие судейский вердикт политизированным, обжаловали его в кассационной инстанции. Адвокат Трунов, в свою очередь, назвал сегодня жалобу Дергачева необоснованной.
Трехкратный чемпион мира по боям в смешанном стиле подозревается в причинении тяжких телесных повреждений, повлекших смерть человека. По версии следствия, 13 августа Мирзаев у входа в ночной клуб «Гараж» ударил 19-летнего бывшего студента Ивана Агафонова, который скончался в ГКБ № 1 через 4 дня.
Cellphone calls alter brain activity: study
(Telefoanele mobile afecteaza activitatea cerebrala)
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.
But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday, adding that the study will likely not settle recurring concerns of a link between cellphones and brain cancer.
"What we showed is glucose metabolism (a sign of brain activity) increases in the brain in people who were exposed to a cellphone in the area closet to the antenna," said Dr. Nora Volkow of the NIH, whose study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study was meant to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless phone signals.
Volkow said she was surprised that the weak electromagnetic radiation from cellphones could affect brain activity, but she said the findings do not shed any light on whether cellphones cause cancer.
"This study does not in any way indicate that. What the study does is to show the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from cellphone exposures."
Use of the devices has increased dramatically since they were introduced in the early-to-mid 1980s, with about 5 billion mobile phones now in use worldwide.
Some studies have linked cellphone exposure to an increased risk of brain cancers, but a large study by the World Health Organization was inconclusive.
Volkow's team studied 47 people who had brain scans while a cellphone was turned on for 50 minutes and another while the phone was turned off.
While there was no overall change in brain metabolism, they found a 7 percent increase in brain metabolism in the region closest to the cellphone antenna when the phone was on.
Experts said the results were intriguing, but urged that they be interpreted with caution.
"Although the biological significance, if any, of increased glucose metabolism from acute cellphone exposure is unknown, the results warrant further investigation," Henry Lai of the University of Washington, Seattle, and Dr. Lennart Hardell of University Hospital in Orebro, Sweden, wrote in a commentary in JAMA.
"Much has to be done to further investigate and understand these effects," they wrote.
Professor Patrick Haggard of University College London said the results were interesting since the study suggests a direct effect of cellphone signals on brain function.
But he said much larger fluctuations in brain metabolic rate can occur naturally, such as when a person is thinking.
"If further studies confirm that mobile phone signals do have direct effects on brain metabolism, then it will be important to investigate whether such effects have implications for health," he said.
John Walls, a spokesman for CTIA-The Wireless Association, an industry group, said the scientific evidence so far "has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices, within the limits established by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effects."
(Editing by Philip Barbara)
Source: REUTERS
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.
But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday, adding that the study will likely not settle recurring concerns of a link between cellphones and brain cancer.
"What we showed is glucose metabolism (a sign of brain activity) increases in the brain in people who were exposed to a cellphone in the area closet to the antenna," said Dr. Nora Volkow of the NIH, whose study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study was meant to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless phone signals.
Volkow said she was surprised that the weak electromagnetic radiation from cellphones could affect brain activity, but she said the findings do not shed any light on whether cellphones cause cancer.
"This study does not in any way indicate that. What the study does is to show the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from cellphone exposures."
Use of the devices has increased dramatically since they were introduced in the early-to-mid 1980s, with about 5 billion mobile phones now in use worldwide.
Some studies have linked cellphone exposure to an increased risk of brain cancers, but a large study by the World Health Organization was inconclusive.
Volkow's team studied 47 people who had brain scans while a cellphone was turned on for 50 minutes and another while the phone was turned off.
While there was no overall change in brain metabolism, they found a 7 percent increase in brain metabolism in the region closest to the cellphone antenna when the phone was on.
Experts said the results were intriguing, but urged that they be interpreted with caution.
"Although the biological significance, if any, of increased glucose metabolism from acute cellphone exposure is unknown, the results warrant further investigation," Henry Lai of the University of Washington, Seattle, and Dr. Lennart Hardell of University Hospital in Orebro, Sweden, wrote in a commentary in JAMA.
"Much has to be done to further investigate and understand these effects," they wrote.
Professor Patrick Haggard of University College London said the results were interesting since the study suggests a direct effect of cellphone signals on brain function.
But he said much larger fluctuations in brain metabolic rate can occur naturally, such as when a person is thinking.
"If further studies confirm that mobile phone signals do have direct effects on brain metabolism, then it will be important to investigate whether such effects have implications for health," he said.
John Walls, a spokesman for CTIA-The Wireless Association, an industry group, said the scientific evidence so far "has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices, within the limits established by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effects."
(Editing by Philip Barbara)
Source: REUTERS
Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation
(Preotii japonezi se lupta cu un inamic diabolic dar nevazut: radiatia nucleara.)
By Ruairidh Villar and Yuriko Nakao
FUKUSHIMA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing after the earthquake and tsunami nearly one year ago.
But away from the ceremonial drums and the incense swirling around the Joenji temple altar, Abe has undertaken another task, no less harrowing -- to search out radioactive "hot spots" and clean them up, storing irradiated earth on temple grounds.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, some 50 km (31 miles) away, suffered a series of explosions and meltdowns after the massive earthquake and tsunami last March 11, setting off the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986 and forcing 80,000 people from their homes.
Radiation, carried on winds and by snow, spread far beyond the 20 km (12 miles) evacuation zone around the plant, nestling in hot spots across the region and contaminating the ground in what remains a largely agricultural region.
Many of those who fled have no idea when, if ever, they can return to land held by their families for generations.
"The damage here in Fukushima is different from the destruction caused by the tsunami," Abe said.
Source: reuters // Reuters
By Ruairidh Villar and Yuriko Nakao
FUKUSHIMA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls of thousands left dead or missing after the earthquake and tsunami nearly one year ago.
But away from the ceremonial drums and the incense swirling around the Joenji temple altar, Abe has undertaken another task, no less harrowing -- to search out radioactive "hot spots" and clean them up, storing irradiated earth on temple grounds.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, some 50 km (31 miles) away, suffered a series of explosions and meltdowns after the massive earthquake and tsunami last March 11, setting off the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986 and forcing 80,000 people from their homes.
Radiation, carried on winds and by snow, spread far beyond the 20 km (12 miles) evacuation zone around the plant, nestling in hot spots across the region and contaminating the ground in what remains a largely agricultural region.
Many of those who fled have no idea when, if ever, they can return to land held by their families for generations.
"The damage here in Fukushima is different from the destruction caused by the tsunami," Abe said.
Source: reuters // Reuters
WikiLeaks and Politkovskaia
(Informații publicate de WikiLeaks și preluate de „The Guardian” confirmă o supoziție a BLOGpeBLOC (vezi articolul „Filmul care a ucis-o pe Politkovskaia” din 27 aprilie 2010): moartea jurnalistei ruse a avut substrat politic.)
" A further instalment of user-suggested research among the leaked US embassy cables – including the Pirate party, the 2001 Genoa G8 summit, the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and Lembit Opik. Murdered Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya had claimed that she had become accustomed to receiving death threats and "she had accepted the possibility that she could be killed at any time, and talked about it very little", a source revealed to the US ambassador to Moscow in 2006. The rather chilling insight into Politkovskaya state of mind before her murder in 2006 appears in a confidential cable dated 9 October 2006. The source is said to have claimed that Politkovskaya "constantly" received threats – "by telephone, letter, by e-mail, by SMS". The most frequent threats, the source said, had come from the Chechen prime minister "Kadyrov's people" (not necessarily with Kadyrov's knowledge) and the Russian special forces, whose brutalities in Chechnya had been exposed by Politkovskaya. The killing of Politkovskaya brought world attention to the plight of Russian journalists trying to expose what they believe to be widespread corruption in Russia. The 48-year-old was found shot dead in a lift at her apartment block in the capital. Two Chechen brothers and a former policemen charged with directly aiding her murderer were acquitted last year. Politkovskaya's killer remains at large."
(Jason Rodrigues) Source: The Guardian
" A further instalment of user-suggested research among the leaked US embassy cables – including the Pirate party, the 2001 Genoa G8 summit, the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and Lembit Opik. Murdered Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya had claimed that she had become accustomed to receiving death threats and "she had accepted the possibility that she could be killed at any time, and talked about it very little", a source revealed to the US ambassador to Moscow in 2006. The rather chilling insight into Politkovskaya state of mind before her murder in 2006 appears in a confidential cable dated 9 October 2006. The source is said to have claimed that Politkovskaya "constantly" received threats – "by telephone, letter, by e-mail, by SMS". The most frequent threats, the source said, had come from the Chechen prime minister "Kadyrov's people" (not necessarily with Kadyrov's knowledge) and the Russian special forces, whose brutalities in Chechnya had been exposed by Politkovskaya. The killing of Politkovskaya brought world attention to the plight of Russian journalists trying to expose what they believe to be widespread corruption in Russia. The 48-year-old was found shot dead in a lift at her apartment block in the capital. Two Chechen brothers and a former policemen charged with directly aiding her murderer were acquitted last year. Politkovskaya's killer remains at large."
(Jason Rodrigues) Source: The Guardian
Armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: 1205 victims in 11 months of 2011
(Ziariştii de la o publicaţie electronică din Rusia au evaluat numărul de victime ale sângerosului conflict civil din Caucaz, pe anul 2011.)
During 11 months of 2011, that is, from January 1 to November 30, at least 1205 persons fell victim of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 683 casualties and 522 injured persons. These are the results of calculations made by the “Caucasian Knot” based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
The absolute leadership among the regions of Northern Caucasus by the number of victims – 685 persons – belongs to Dagestan, which was also ahead of all by the total number of conflict victims in the first half of 2011. From the start of the year, this republic saw 372 casualties and 313 injured persons.
The runner-up is Chechnya, which had – as of November 30 – 202 victims of the armed conflict of law enforcers and members of the underground, including 92 casualties and 110 injured persons. The third place is occupied by Kabardino-Balkaria: 158 victims, among which 116 casualties and 42 injured persons.
Then, in descending order we have: Ingushetia (103 victims: 69 casualties and 34 injured persons); North Ossetia (25 victims: 16 casualties and 9 injured persons), Karachay-Cherkessia (24 victims: 15 casualties and 9 injured persons) and the Stavropol Territory (8 victims: 3 casualties and 5 injured persons).
(Source: justicefornorthcaucasus.info)
During 11 months of 2011, that is, from January 1 to November 30, at least 1205 persons fell victim of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 683 casualties and 522 injured persons. These are the results of calculations made by the “Caucasian Knot” based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
The absolute leadership among the regions of Northern Caucasus by the number of victims – 685 persons – belongs to Dagestan, which was also ahead of all by the total number of conflict victims in the first half of 2011. From the start of the year, this republic saw 372 casualties and 313 injured persons.
The runner-up is Chechnya, which had – as of November 30 – 202 victims of the armed conflict of law enforcers and members of the underground, including 92 casualties and 110 injured persons. The third place is occupied by Kabardino-Balkaria: 158 victims, among which 116 casualties and 42 injured persons.
Then, in descending order we have: Ingushetia (103 victims: 69 casualties and 34 injured persons); North Ossetia (25 victims: 16 casualties and 9 injured persons), Karachay-Cherkessia (24 victims: 15 casualties and 9 injured persons) and the Stavropol Territory (8 victims: 3 casualties and 5 injured persons).
(Source: justicefornorthcaucasus.info)
BLOGpeBLOC * MEDIA CONFERENCES (2012)
MAY
No deadline: Free climate change adaptation workshops for journalists in Africa. Contact Michelle Betz at the International Center for Journalists
No deadline: Journalists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sudan interested in pursuing a peacebuilding project can apply for a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) grant. Applications accepted on a rolling basis
No deadline: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs for reporting projects on topics of global importance, especially stories under-reported in mainstream U.S. media. Contact the Pulitzer Center
No deadline: Journalists can enrol for career-building online classes and seminars offered by Mediabistro.com website for media professionals
May 31, 2012: Application deadline for grant from the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography to help one social documentary photographer with the production or completion of a project. Photos and proposed projects should be based on pressing social issues in developing nations or communities of poverty, health, oppression, war, famine, religious/political persecution and similar issues
May 31, 2012: Deadline for print, broadcast and online journalists from developing countries to apply for Thomson Reuters Foundation funding to attend a three-day seminar on global security, to be held in Turkey on Nov. 12–14, 2012
May 31, 2012: Submission deadline for the International Photography Awards. Entry fees range from US$10-60 with a 10 percent discount for entries submitted by April 30
June 7, 2012: Application deadline for 10-month in-depth research fellowships in Europe organised by the European Institutes for Advanced Study
June 8, 2012: Submission deadline for the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for War Correspondents, sponsored by the Calvados General Council and the town of Bayeux, France
**June 30, 2012:Application deadline for Awards for religion reporting. Full-time, part-time or freelance journalists currently working in print, broadcast or online media who have already completed joint reporting projects on religion can apply for a US$500 award.
**July 6, 2012: Media Law Refresher Workshop held by the Frontline Club in London. The course acts as a refresher and to update delegates on new areas of media law or would serve as an introduction to media law for those with little or no experience in this field.
**October 5, 2012: Deadline for the Open Society Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program grant and training. Photographers will produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue in the region. Photojournalists from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia and Pakistan can apply.
Online training: The International Journalists' Network (IJNET) has a YouTube page allowing journalists across the world to access journalism training videos. The network also lists journalism courses here
For 2012 Thomson Reuters Foundation courses
Source ReutersAlert
No deadline: Journalists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sudan interested in pursuing a peacebuilding project can apply for a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) grant. Applications accepted on a rolling basis
No deadline: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs for reporting projects on topics of global importance, especially stories under-reported in mainstream U.S. media. Contact the Pulitzer Center
No deadline: Journalists can enrol for career-building online classes and seminars offered by Mediabistro.com website for media professionals
May 31, 2012: Application deadline for grant from the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography to help one social documentary photographer with the production or completion of a project. Photos and proposed projects should be based on pressing social issues in developing nations or communities of poverty, health, oppression, war, famine, religious/political persecution and similar issues
May 31, 2012: Deadline for print, broadcast and online journalists from developing countries to apply for Thomson Reuters Foundation funding to attend a three-day seminar on global security, to be held in Turkey on Nov. 12–14, 2012
May 31, 2012: Submission deadline for the International Photography Awards. Entry fees range from US$10-60 with a 10 percent discount for entries submitted by April 30
June 7, 2012: Application deadline for 10-month in-depth research fellowships in Europe organised by the European Institutes for Advanced Study
June 8, 2012: Submission deadline for the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for War Correspondents, sponsored by the Calvados General Council and the town of Bayeux, France
**June 30, 2012:Application deadline for Awards for religion reporting. Full-time, part-time or freelance journalists currently working in print, broadcast or online media who have already completed joint reporting projects on religion can apply for a US$500 award.
**July 6, 2012: Media Law Refresher Workshop held by the Frontline Club in London. The course acts as a refresher and to update delegates on new areas of media law or would serve as an introduction to media law for those with little or no experience in this field.
**October 5, 2012: Deadline for the Open Society Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program grant and training. Photographers will produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue in the region. Photojournalists from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia and Pakistan can apply.
Online training: The International Journalists' Network (IJNET) has a YouTube page allowing journalists across the world to access journalism training videos. The network also lists journalism courses here
For 2012 Thomson Reuters Foundation courses
Source ReutersAlert
BLOGpeBLOC* DIARY DATES
MAY
May 9
ADDIS ABABA - World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 (to May 11)
May 12
GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day
May 14
BONN, Germany - Bonn Climate Change Conference (to May 25)
May 15
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Palestinians mark "nakba day" on May 15, the day in 1948 when Israel declared statehood after which some 700,000 Arabs fled or were expelled in the war that ensued
May 18
CAMP DAVID, MD - G8 Summit (to May 19)
May 20
CHICAGO, IL - NATO Summit (to May 21)
May 21
GENEVA - WHO 65th World Health Assembly
May 22
PARIS - OECD Forum 2012 (to May. 23)
May 23
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24)
May 26
BELGRADE - 1st anniversary of arrest of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
May 28
ARUSHA, Tanzania - 2012 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (to June 1)
May 30
THE HAGUE - Sentencing for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Source: ReutersAlert
ADDIS ABABA - World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 (to May 11)
May 12
GLOBAL - International Nurse's Day
May 14
BONN, Germany - Bonn Climate Change Conference (to May 25)
May 15
GLOBAL - U.N. International Day of Families
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES- Palestinians mark "nakba day" on May 15, the day in 1948 when Israel declared statehood after which some 700,000 Arabs fled or were expelled in the war that ensued
May 18
CAMP DAVID, MD - G8 Summit (to May 19)
May 20
CHICAGO, IL - NATO Summit (to May 21)
May 21
GENEVA - WHO 65th World Health Assembly
May 22
PARIS - OECD Forum 2012 (to May. 23)
May 23
EGYPT - Presidential election (to May 24)
May 26
BELGRADE - 1st anniversary of arrest of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
May 28
ARUSHA, Tanzania - 2012 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (to June 1)
May 30
THE HAGUE - Sentencing for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Source: ReutersAlert
LECTURI PENTRU TIMPUL LIBER
Rețeaua de jurnaliști a lui Sorin Ovidiu Vântu
(BLOGpeBLOC vă recomandă să lecturați ȋn tihnă articolul „Vântu și cei 40 de favoriți” (sursa: Curentul, 2 avg. 2010). Lectura va ajuta consumatorul de presă să vadă că, dincolo de ce tot explică hanaliștii de la televizor, „jurnalismul de rang ȋnalt” de pe mocirloasa Dâmboviță este doar un biet bluf. Articolul transmite ceea ce mulți cititori de ziar o simt fără să le-o spună cineva- faptul că ȋn România, de 10-15 ani, banul și interesele au făcut din dulăul de pază al democrației (presa) un biet cățel care dă din coadă când amușinează un ciolan. Au crezut la Revoluție că libertatea presei e un câștig, dar s-au gândit doar la câștigul lor propriu.)
"Din studiul documentelor aflate în posesia ziarului „Curentul“ rezultă că în Realitatea Media a existat un grup al angajaţilor şi colaboratorilor favorizaţi spre care s-a scurs aproape jumătate din bugetul drepturilor de autor. Astfel, în timp ce grosul angajaţilor, sutele de reporteri care aleargă zilnic după subiecte, editorii, producătorii, primesc circa jumătate din acest buget, cei 40 de privilegiaţi ai lui Vântu au beneficiat din plin de generozitatea acestuia deloc dezinteresată, dacă ne gândim că pe această listă se află politicieni, ziarişti din alte trusturi de presă şi chiar personaje din show-business-ul românesc. (...)"
Vezi: http://www.curentul.ro/2010/index.php/2010072646598/Actualitate/Vantu-si-cei-40-de-favoriti.html
"Din studiul documentelor aflate în posesia ziarului „Curentul“ rezultă că în Realitatea Media a existat un grup al angajaţilor şi colaboratorilor favorizaţi spre care s-a scurs aproape jumătate din bugetul drepturilor de autor. Astfel, în timp ce grosul angajaţilor, sutele de reporteri care aleargă zilnic după subiecte, editorii, producătorii, primesc circa jumătate din acest buget, cei 40 de privilegiaţi ai lui Vântu au beneficiat din plin de generozitatea acestuia deloc dezinteresată, dacă ne gândim că pe această listă se află politicieni, ziarişti din alte trusturi de presă şi chiar personaje din show-business-ul românesc. (...)"
Vezi: http://www.curentul.ro/2010/index.php/2010072646598/Actualitate/Vantu-si-cei-40-de-favoriti.html
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Juriul concursului organizat de ONG-ul de mediu Mare Nostrum si-a desemnat castigatorii: la categoria Anchete de Mediu, premiile au fost decernate ziaristilor Mariana Iancu ("Adevarul"), Razvan Rotaru (revista electronica de investigatii http://www.dezvaluiri.ro/) si Traian George Horia ("ZIUA"). Reporterul ZIUA a participat la concursul Mare Nostrum cu articolul "Fosfo-afacerea secolului" (10 ianuarie 2009) care a revelat un neverosimil subiect: deseurile de reactie toxice de la fostele Combinate de ingrasaminte chimice ale lui Ceausescu vor fi vandute (cu aprobare de la Ministerul Sanatatii) pentru... consumul civil, iar terenurile vor fi folosite in proiecte imobiliare-mamut, de proprietari. Mare Nostrum este una dintre cele mai importante organizatii de mediu din Romania, cu parteneri precum Comisia Europeana, AidROM, Agentia de Monitorizare a Presei etc.
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