The Brazil-England match will take place Sunday at the Maracana stadium

 

A "bureaucratic error" has failed to prevent the holding Sunday friendly football match Brazil-England at the Maracana, the legendary stadium in Rio de Janeiro, for safety reasons, officials of the State of Rio.

Two weeks before the start of the Confederations Cup, which should serve as a test for the World Cup-2014 in Brazil, a court in Rio took Thursday night the decision to ban the meeting. But this decision was canceled a few hours later, when the authorities of Rio showed that all the facilities were in good standing, said Friday the government of State in a statement. "The duty judge of the court of Rio de Janeiro has revoked the decision suspending the game," it is said.

The government has appealed the ban and presented documents "inspection miliary police proved that all safety conditions are in good standing at the Maracana," the statement which refers to "a bureaucratic error" to explain the confusion. At first, the judge had no evidence that the stage had taken the necessary steps to allow the holding of games or events in the stadium, explains the government. Selections from Brazil and England are already in Rio, where they train for the meeting to be held before 74,000 spectators.  

Missing technical reports

In announcing the ban on friendly, Gary Neville, assistant England coach Roy Hodgson, reacted with surprise and a very British sense of humor: "This match there? This Sunday? We will play on the beach, "is he laughed at a press conference.

The judge, who has decided to ban the stadium gave the right to the public prosecutor who said that "he could not be checked for the moment the stadium meets the minimum safety conditions necessary for holding matches and events. " The judgment required the submission of technical reports demonstrating that the stadium has the necessary security conditions to accommodate spectators. "Despite numerous requests from prosecutors, expert reports were not presented in their entirety and it is not for checking the time that the pre stage , presents the security requirements, "wrote the judge.

The ban on stage "does not make sense," believed to share the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). "The legal department said that all the expertise necessary have been made and they will be forwarded to the judge," the statement said CBF. "The stadium is 100% ready to host the Brazilian and ready fans for the Confederations Cup," said his part said the Secretary of S , State for Sport of the State of Rio Andre Lazaroni the Tupi radio. The first match of the Confederations Cup under Maracana would normally oppose Mexico to Italy on June 16

A legendary stage

The friendly match Brazil-England should mark the official opening of the Maracana stadium completely renovated Rio, which has already been placed under the supervision of the International Federation Football Association (FIFA) for the Confederations Cup.

Built for the World Cup in 1950, lost in the final by Brazil against Uruguay, it could hold 200,000 people, most standing in very precarious conditions. Its capacity was reduced to 78,639 seats, all seats, for reasons of comfort and safety.

The Maracana has been a first test at a third of capacity on April 28, after a total renovation which lasted two and a half years and cost almost $ 600 million , double the original estimate. It was expected to be completed in December, but the work has been much delayed. The vicinity of the stadium still offered Thursday in some places the spectacle of a site: dozens of workers wearing helmets, Concrete, metal fence … Inside the temple of Brazilian soccer, everything has been completely redone: lawn, stands, dressing rooms, sound system and giant screens.

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NIGER: According to the president of Niger, Chad is a target of Islamist

 

After Niger, Chad. According to the Nigerian President Mahamadou Issoufou, the Islamists that struck Niger twice on May 23 at Arlit and Agadez, fomented a parallel attack against Chad.

The attack "against Niger was prepared in conjunction with another attack, which was Chad. For now this attack does not happen but it was being prepared at the same time as that which took place against the Niger ", told Monday, May 27 Chief of the Nigerian state, speaking in Agadez after the ceremony commemorating the victims of the attacks.

Mahmadou Issoufou also reiterated that he believes "the home that is now destabilizing the Sahel is in Libya." He had said, Saturday, May 25, the attackers were "southern Libya." He said then fear "Somalisation of Libya."

Libyan Prime Minister denies

Contradicted by a Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidan version visiting Brussels. For the latter, all allegations that the attackers came from Libya are "baseless and do not correspond to reality," arguing that it was more the former leader Muammar Gaddafi "which exported terrorism"

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"The new Libya will not tolerate it" and "is not a hotbed of terrorism," said the head of the Libyan government. He also revealed that the son of the former Libyan leader, Saadi Gaddafi, and former regime officials enjoyed the right of asylum in Niger. "I ask our Nigerian friends to take these facts into consideration and extradite these elements to be tried in Libya," said the Prime Minister.

Both attacks from May 23 to Niger were committed at dawn against a military base in Agadez, where twenty people died, mostly Nigerian military, and mine Arlit uranium where a Nigerian employee of Areva site was killed. The French special forces intervened in the morning and shot the last two Islamist fighters who resisted. In total, ten jihadists were killed, eight in Agadez and Arlit two.

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IVORY COAST – REPORT: The bodies of victims of the Ivorian crisis symbolically handed over to families

 

During the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast 2010-2011, which killed more than 3,000 deaths, according to the UN, many families have had no choice but to bury their dead in their yard or neighborhood, insecurity making travel impossible in a morgue or cemetery. On April 4, the government has launched a major campaign in Abidjan exhumations. Twenty graves have been opened, 40 bodies exhumed and identified 22.

Wednesday, May 22, almost two months after the beginning of the exhumation, the families of 22 victims identified were invited to a symbolic ceremony in the presence of body the Minister of Justice, Gnenema Mamadou Coulibaly. From across the country, and they want to start with their grief, like Gisele Detalbi. His son had been executed by militia; insecurity of the time had prevented from properly bury her child. "I spent two years with the body of my son buried behind my house. Today I had a relief but I am pained, really pained. My son died for nothing! "

Caused by the refusal of President Laurent Gbagbo to concede defeat in the presidential election of November 2010, the post-election crisis had ended with the arrest of former president in April 2011. On August 8, 2012, an Ivorian investigation demanded by his successor, Alassane Ouattara, had concluded that the armed forces that brought him to power have killed more than 700 people and those loyal to Laurent Gbagbo about twice.

Funeral too expensive

More than two years after the end of violence, slow justice is strongly criticized by human rights. But the exhumation campaign and the ceremony are a first concrete step for the relatives of victims. During a speech, Minister Mamadou Coulibaly Gnenema invited relatives of the victims to "dry [their] tears" and "assured them that everything will be to ensure that the truth appears and justice for those who have been so brutally torn from [their] condition. "

Most families are divided from the ceremony with flags, but without coffins, not having the means to pay for the funeral of their loved ones. This is a situation that is denounced Tatenda Diaby, president of the Collective of Victims of Côte d'Ivoire: "We absolutely must support measures to enable them to organize the funeral of their dignity missing relatives. "And to call a" major action of the government in their favor. "

INTERNET: Yahoo! ready to get their hands on Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion

 

The board of Yahoo has approved the friendly takeover of the platform microblogging Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion (€ 857 million), announces the Wall Street Journal Sunday, citing sources close to the folder.

It would be the largest acquisition in the Internet portal since the arrival at its head Marissa Meyer, a former Google in July 2012.

Citing sources close to the situation, AllThingsD said that Yahoo, one of the oldest Internet names, is interested in the excitement by Tumblr youth.

Yahoo overshadowed for many years by new internet giants Google or Facebook, and wants his image and dust halting its activities. 

This comes after the failure of his plan to acquire 75% of the French online video site, Dailymotion, France Telecom.

Tumblr is one of the two social networks with the rage in recent months. The company hosts 108 million blogs and boasts 50.7 billion messages exchanged between them.

The network is just beginning to garner revenue through advertising.

Yahoo, which has declined to comment, has issued an invitation to the press conference for Monday in Manhattan "something special", without saying more.

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EGYPT: Cairo foiled attacks against France and the United States

 

A source close to Al-Qaeda cell dismantled last weekend in Egypt, preparing for suicide car bomb against the embassies of France and United States in Cairo for "protest against the military intervention of France in Mali", reported Wednesday's national news agency MENA, quoting sources close to the investigation.

Saturday, Egyptian authorities announced the arrest of three Egyptian militants close to al-Qaeda. The defendants were in possession of 10 kg of aluminum nitrate, used to make bombs, had said the interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, during a press conference at Cairo without specifying the nationality of suspects. The official MENA news agency had in turn assured that the suspects were Egyptians.

According to the survey of the security services, the three members of the arrested cells are part of the prisoners who escaped detention in the early days of the revolt, in January 2011 , Egypt.

Two of them had been extradited to Algeria and Iran in 2009 and imprisoned in Egypt. The three members of the cell would be recognized in contact with Al-Qaeda but denied planning attacks, according to the findings of the survey cited by Mena.

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Pope Francis wants "to ensure the legal protection of the embryo"

 

Francis asked Pope solemnly Sunday "a legal guarantee of the embryo", "to protect every human being from the first moment of his existence."

At the prayer of the Regina Coeli, the Pope, who had never spoken explicitly of these sensitive subjects, defined as "the defense of the sanctity of human life" as a central theme of "Year of Faith", which will be the center of a ceremony at the Vatican on 15 and 16 June

The Pope greeted the participants in Rome a great popular works from different parishes and "pro-life" members of organizations from several places in Europe.  

Francis, whose conservative positions on these issues we knew when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, was prompted to keep "living everyone's attention on the very important topic of respect life from conception. "

Some 30,000 people (according to the organizers) marched in the morning, starting from the Colosseum to Castel Sant'Angelo, a few meters from the Vatican.

The Pope referred to a collection of signatures currently underway in the Italian parishes to support the initiative "Uno di noi" proposed to the European Union through the motions for life.

He paid tribute to the struggle "to ensure legal protection for the embryo, thus protecting every human being from the first moment of its existence." 

The pope said the Vatican will take place on 15 and 16 June Day "Evangelium Vitae" ("Gospel of Life"), a "special moment for all those who to defending the sacredness of life. " On this occasion, he will celebrate a Mass in St. Peter's Square.

The subject of the defense of life – abortion, euthanasia, bioethics – is highly confrontational between the Catholic Church and the societies of the West.

John Paul II and Benedict XVI had adopted intransigent positions on these "non-negotiable values" that takes positions unambiguously Argentine Pope, who had never expressed directly on these themes since he was elected to the throne of Peter.

For the Church, life is a gift from God, abortion and euthanasia can not be accepted in any way. Differences between theologians then express the position to adopt towards people who use it, many theologians today insisting on an attitude of "mercy."

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Cleveland: Ariel Castro himself as a "sexual predator" according to U.S. media

 

Handcuffed, staring at the ground, the bus driver unemployed 52 years, suspected of having kidnapped and raped three young Americans in his Cleveland home, n has not uttered a word during his court appearance of the city. The judge, who informed him of his charges, four to three for rape and kidnapping, has set a bond of two million dollars for each case, eight million in total, s' ensuring the maintenance of the suspect in custody.

According to Kathleen Demetz, appointed lawyer Ariel Castro, he should be placed under special supervision to prevent suicide attempt.

In addition, some media have revealed the existence of notes that would have been produced by the accused, but the police confirmed the allegations

"Sexual predator"

According to local media, the man called himself the "sexual predator" who need help in a note dated 2004. According to the tweet stream journalist Scott Taylor, local television WOIO, a note was discovered, among dozens of other evidence gathered by the police searching his home on that reads, "I am a sexual predator. I need help, "says the journalist.

In an apparent reference to the victims, the note says: "They are here against their will because they made the mistake of getting in the car with a total stranger." "I do not know why I am looking for another, I've got two."

According to Scott Taylor, the suspect wrote that he wanted to commit suicide and "give all [its] savings [its] victims." The Police Chief Ed Tomba Cleveland seemed to confirm the existence of this note at a press conference Wednesday. "I can not talk about the discovery of evidence, there more than 200 who were gathered in the house of Seymour Avenue, all will be investigated, "said the head of the local police.

The veil is lifted gradually on the conditions of detention

The conditions of detention of the victims continue to be disclosed to the dropper.  

According to the deputy chief of police in Cleveland, Ed Tomba, the three women would be out of the house where they were trapped only two brief occasions, only to go into the garage silver medal win , s have had to "disguise".

The police chief Michael McGrath confirmed that "they were tied" after finding "the chains and ropes in the hallway." "They were not in the same room, but they knew each other and knew that the others were there," said Ed Tomba, without confirming press reports why young women are repeatedly fell pregnant.  

A neighbor, Roberto Diaz, quoted by the Washington Post, says Ariel Castro participated in marches in honor of the missing girls or leafleting.

Uncle Ariel Castro, Julio, however, says that his nephew was isolated from the family after his father's death in 2004, the disappearance of Gina, a year after that Amanda and two years after that of Michelle.

In 2005, the former wife of Castro Grimilda Figueroa, who died last year, had filed a complaint against him, accusing him of having "often removed" two daughters and having "prevented from being with [their] mother." 

The court documents indicate, moreover, that Grimilda Figueroa had twice broken nose, broken ribs, dislocated shoulders, and she had asked the judge "to prevent , cher [Castro] to threaten to kill. "

"A happy and sad day"

The side of the victims, the day Wednesday was full of emotion for Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, who reunited with their families while Michelle Knight, 32 years, remained hospitalized in Cleveland. "This is a happy and sad day for Amanda also because his mother is no longer there," he told a cousin Amanda. Louwana Miller died in March 2006 "sorrow" according to his family.

Concealing her face under a hoodie, Gina DeJesus, who was abducted in 2004, returned to the family home whose facade was decorated with a multitude of balloons. "I always clamp to believe," said his mother, Nancy Ruiz, "This is my greatest gift of Mother's Day" (Sunday in the U.S. ).

The impact of the case is such that the first lady told Wednesday morning that his heart was "full of relief." "Imagine losing a child first, and then do not know s' it is alive, dead or wounded, keep hope for ten years and finally have his prayers answered is surely the most beautiful Mother's Day gift, "he told Michelle Obama.

The brothers cleared the brothers Ariel Castro, who were arrested along with him but against whom no charge has been retained in this case were released. "Ariel took everyone away," said the deputy chief of police in Cleveland.

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Take root in San Diego

 

Ten years after the invasion led by the United States in Iraq, it remains difficult to assess the real consequences of this war. Beyond the number of civilian and military deaths, the lives of tens of thousands of people have been permanently affected by the conflict. This is particularly the case of 80,000 Iraqis who have fled their country to settle in the United States.

The web documentary "My Beloved Enemy" gives voice to the Iraqis and the Americans scarred by war.

This sixth and final episode follows the footsteps of Enaam Husein, her husband and their family, a month after their arrival in San Diego (California) from Iraq.

To rebuild their lives, Husein have a dream: to have a little brother or sister to their unique American Girl With a social worker, Enaam, who suffers from. fertility problems after two abortions performed in Iraq, got an appointment in a specialized clinic.

INTERNET: Refusal redemption of Dailymotion: "France does not need predator capital"

 

The Minister of Productive Recovery Arnaud Montebourg, announced Wednesday that it had thwarted the takeover of 75% of the video site Dailymotion, a subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange, the compa American ty Yahoo!. This interference by the minister raises many critics. Asked by the newspaper Les Echos, CEO of Orange, Stéphane Richard, regretted this decision because, according to him, Dailymotion needs a U.S. partner to continue to die develop and compete with its main rival YouTube. He also argues that the failure of the sale could damage the image of France to foreign investors.

Sterdyniak Henry, director of the Department of Economics at Sciences Po Paris globalization, believes instead that the intervention of Arnaud Montebourg is sound. In international economics specialist, France, in fact, all the capabilities to maintain its ground for innovative companies.

FRANCE 24: The Minister of Productive Recovery Arnaud Montebourg, opposed the redemption Dailymotion, a subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange, the U.S. giant Yahoo!. Is that such blocking is new government?

Henri Sterdyniak: It actually is exceptional. The logic usually prevails, the government does not interfere in the conduct of business, except in very special cases. So far, the government felt that these obstacles were not of a strategic nature, but now we are seeing a change in doctrine. We do not want to let a company go under foreign control. When this happened, France lost all means of action.

These companies have lost their substance and disappeared completely. We think of course Arcelor-Mittal and steel Florange in recent news. The minister and wanted to put a stop to these practices and make clear with Dailymotion, France has a well located in an area of ​​future business. It would be stupid to sell abroad. There is no reason to lose its future development for short-term profits. Especially Orange has money and that also has public Investment Bank.

According to you, Arnaud Montebourg was therefore right to oppose the takeover?

H. S. : It is a gesture that will, in fact, in the right direction, because France has the financial capacity to develop independent businesses on the Internet. This is a trend that seeks to promote the Minister Arnaud Montebourg. He wants to keep France in innovative companies. You can not call this protectionism, but it is necessary that the French companies keep on making up their centers and production, otherwise we will be completely disarmed.

The American media yet very critical with regard to the French government. Does this decision may degrade the image of France to foreign investors?

H. S. : It must be remembered that the United States often take protectionist measures, especially against China. This is not a purely French practice. Americans have a strategy that is not hard-liberalism. The fact that France clearly say it has the concern to maintain the productive sectors on its soil should not surprise them. It is legitimate that encourages foreign investment the type of Toyota, which has installed a plant and create jobs in France, but when an investment is to take control of & rsquo , a company that works and has a potential for the future is more problematic. France does not have a Yahoo! guarantee for the future development of Dailymotion. She did not know either if the hidden objective was to kill the business because it is ultimately a competitor.

This blockage can get chilly foreign investors, but France has an important savings rate and capital available. We have the means to choose foreign investment and support companies that want to grow. France did not need the contribution of capital predators, but rather companies that bring something. In this case, the government found that the acquisition would provide no guarantee.