2009
11.11
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went to Washington to seek support for UN efforts aimed at developing a climate agreement. Ban Ki-moon hopes that the new treaty will be approved in December 2009 in Copenhagenat the meeting of States Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is reported by the UN News Center.
The Secretary-General is in Washington, where today in the morning he met with officials from the White House responsible for matters relating to climate change. In afternoon he will meet with congressional leaders and discuss with them the situation surrounding the international negotiations on climate , – press-secretary of the UN at a press briefing in New York.
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2009
11.10
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran accused of spying arrested three American citizens, said Monday the official news agency IRNA quoting a prosecutor, although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to support the charges. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, were detained after arriving in Iran from the northern border with Iraq in late July. Their families said they crossed the border accidentally. The three are accused of espionage, IRNA said Tehran's prosecutor general, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi. Investigations are continuing against the three Americans held in Iran, he added. The event occurs when amid high tension between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear plans, and then that Iranian officials accuse foreign nations to promote the worst riots in three decades, which followed the disputed presidential elections in June. United States sent strong messages to Iran, calling for the release of the three hikers and asking the authorities to have compassion with them. We strongly believe that there is no evidence to support any charges whatsoever, Clinton said in Berlin on Monday.
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2009
11.09
Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia for 10 months of 2009 fell compared with last year at 51% to 1 232 514 vehicles. This was reported in the press release automakers Committee Association of European Businesses (AEB).
As explained ITAR-Tass , October 2009 car sales in Russia have decreased by 52%, to 116,700 vehicles.
As the chairman of the committee automakers AEB David Thomas in October on the market compared to 2008 showed the same level as in September, which again testifies to its stability, albeit at a much lower level than last year.
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2009
11.09
The parliamentary election of 2010 is a crucial test for the eleventh largest producer of crude, as it emerges from a sectarian killing unleashed by the U.S. invasion in 2003 and begins to rise as U.S. forces begin their withdrawal. A delay in approving the law by disagreements over how to make the ballot in Kirkuk had questioned the election date of January 16, and U.S. officials said a dispute would have an impact on the retirement plans of forces next year. Kurdish Tribes claim Kirkuk, which sits on large oil resources, as their ancestral home and wants to be included semi-autonomous northern enclave. Finally, a compromise that avoided forcing the country to take a decision now on the fate of Kirkuk was approved by 141 of the 196 lawmakers present. The uproar and heated meeting was broadcast live on state television. Meanwhile, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, praised the passage of the law.
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2009
11.08
12 people were killed and over 31 wounded in a shooting at a U.S. military base of Fort Hood, Texas. Told Pentagon spokesman General Bob Cone.
As transmits radio Freedom , while B. Cone explained that the three soldiers opened fire. One of the attackers was killed by return fire, two people were detained. The causes of the tragedy are being investigated.
Later it became known the name of one of the United States military, opened fire.
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