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Friday, April 15, 2011

LIBYA - EXCLUSIVE: In Misrata, the rebels besieged desperate NATO

Every night for five weeks, a rain of shells fell on Misrata. And every morning, the last bastion of anti-Gaddafi rebellion in the west of the country buries its dead. According to our correspondents on the spot, they would already be close to 400 to have died since the fighting began. Number continues to increase ...

Our reporters visited the main hospital in Misrata, where doctors are faced with a steady stream of victims of all ages. "I was at my house. I just went out the garbage and suddenly the bombs [in the army Gaddafi ed] fell all around me," said one wounded about fifty years, lying on his hospital bed.A story similar to that of other victims in the room.

"I do not know what to do to stop this massacre, laments a doctor. The government army sends troops into civilian cars and NATO can no longer differentiate between rebels Gaddafi," says he disappointed.

Meanwhile NATO ...

However, NATO is expected as the messiah by the insurgents.They do not believe in the powerlessness of the Atlantic Alliance, which has already struck strategic positions on the city earlier this week without discouraging the bombing of the loyalist forces.

Moktar join our reporters, who took the lead a small group of rebels. He just locate a position Gaddafi: a building on which floats the green flag of the Colonel. Both men are stationed on the roof. They are the eyes of the army. They are responsible for directing the shooting of the different points of Misrata.

Why NATO strikes Does not this building? Difficult to understand ... This position is indeed visible and isolated. And, therefore, to thank you for an airstrike.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

FOOTBALL: The French international Eric Abidal will be operated on a liver tumor Thursday

The operation of the French international defender for FC Barcelona, ​​Eric Abidal, a liver tumor was advanced to Thursday instead of Friday, announced Wednesday, the Catalan club stressing that this change was not related to a worsening state of the player.

"A liver tumor was detected in the player of FC Barcelona Eric Abidal," had indicated as early as Tuesday evening Barça in a brief statement on its website.

Eric Abidal, 31, will undergo surgery Friday in a hospital in Barcelona by Dr. Josep Fuster Obregón, the club said."At the request of the player, the club requires the greatest respect for the right to privacy," Barca concluded in its statement.

Season over

Holder indisputable FC Barcelona, ​​the French defender should draw a line on the end of the season, took the Spanish sports press. Usually aligned left, Eric Abidal has often been called this season to play in central defense, particularly to compensate for the absence of the Spaniard Carles Puyol, long wounded.His performance in this position, Wednesday, March 8, against Arsenal in the second round back in the Champions League (3-1 win and qualification of Barcelona) was noticed.

The former Lyon defender, who arrived at FC Barcelona for the 2007-2008 season, also had to regain his place in the France team after the sinking of the Blues in South Africa in 2010.

"I want to finish my career at Barca," he declared in late January. "We are seeing what the club can offer me," added the defender, whose current contract runs until June 30, 2012. "I feel very comfortable here and I hope to stay. Everything is going well for me," Bush said.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

FRANCE: Jean-Marie Le Pen again in trouble with the law

AFP - Accused by the MRAP incitement to racial hatred, Jean-Marie Le Pen will be considered Tuesday by the correctional court of Nanterre for broadcasting in regional elections, campaign posters deemed offensive against Muslims.

According to his lawyer Wallerand de Saint-Just, M.Le Pen will not attend the hearing.

The poster in question was a fully veiled woman beside a map of France covered the Algerian flag on which rose the minarets shaped missiles, with the title "No to Islam".

In the last regional elections in February 2010, the movement "Youth" National Front had released the posters in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and on its website and then across France.

At the time, the case had sparked protests from Algeria.

In early December, the Paris Criminal Court had acquitted Jean-Marie Le Pen, prosecuted for the same offense by Licra and SOS Racisme, without addressing the merits of the case, dismissing the two associations for purely formal matters.

The court had found that Jean-Marie Le Pen was "neither the author of the poster in question, nor the head of the sites where it was aired."Either on the websites, but the display of election signs in the PACA region, said he had no jurisdiction territorially.

At the hearing on October 28, the prosecutor had requested cons MEP and Regional Councillor of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur one year of ineligibility, two months suspended prison sentence and 20,000 euro fine.

Under the new procedure, the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples (MRAP) had seized on the direct quote Nanterre court before the decision is made in Paris, relying mainly on the fact that the seat of FN is found in the Hauts-de-Seine.

The trial will be held Tuesday afternoon at the 14th room.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

FOOTBALL: Real Madrid is still the richest club in the world

Real Madrid Football Club is the world's richest for the sixth consecutive year, according to the annual report released Thursday by consulting firm Deloitte.

With 438.6 million euros in revenue for the 2009-2010 season, ahead of Real Madrid FC Barcelona (398.1) and Manchester United (349.8).Followed Bayern Munich (323), Arsenal (274.1), Chelsea (255.9), AC Milan (235.8), Liverpool (225.3), Inter Milan (224.8) and Juventus (205).

The French club is the richest Olympique Lyon, 14th with 146.1 million euros, followed closely by Olympique de Marseille (15th, 141.1).

The top twenty ranking from all five major championships: England (7), Italy (4), Germany (4), Spain (3) and France (2).

While the top six rankings remain unchanged, Manchester City jumped from 20th to 11th place with 152.8 million against 102.2 a year earlier.

Combined revenues of the twenty wealthiest clubs exceeded for the first time the 4 billion euros in fiscal year 2009-2010 ($ 4.3 billion, up 8% over the previous year).

"This shows the impressive strength of the sport in a global crisis," said Deloitte.