Ayman al Zawahiri Criticized The New Leadership

The number two of Al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, criticized the new leadership installed in power by the United States in Tunisia and Egypt, and urged Muslims to rise the “invaders,” said Monday SITE, the North American center surveillance of Islamist Web sites.  According to SITE, Ayman al Zawahiri audio message released his third since the riots in the Arab world, recorded between the fall of the regime of former Tunisian President Ben Ali and the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak.

The number two of Al Qaeda also urged Tunisians to resist “the French occupying forces” and establish a regime that is “a model of care and justice for your brother.”  According to Al Zawahiri, the United States dropped to Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in mid-January when it was clear that it was impossible to support it.

“However, the conduct of public affairs remains in the hands of men in the United States, its agents and soldiers,” felt Al Zawahiri.

The same happened in Egypt, said in the recorded message before the fall of Mubarak. According to Al Zawahiri, an “alternative” was presented, in the person of Mohamed El Baradei, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

“I do not know where is installed the seat of this government of transition, in Cairo, or in Vienna or New York?” He asked.

“It represents an alternative in harmony with the international system, which responds to their interests and give to the poor and weak a few liberties,” the message said.

“But Egypt will remain a base for cross-campaign and a close partner of the United States for war against Islam described as a war on terror, and a border guard of the Zionist entity (Israel),” he adds the message.

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The new Nintendo handheld video game console with 3D display went on sale this Saturday in Japan, where the more impatient they rushed to stores to take home a copy, reserved almost always more than one month in advance. The 3D device is equipped with two screens, one touch and the other with relief images can be viewed without special glasses, a novelty in this type of device.  Almost two thousand people were waiting at dawn at the temple of electronics Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, Tokyo neighborhood of technology enthusiasts, games and animations.

It was rumored that there was kept a small amount of consoles for those who had not booked. “I’m very excited, I can not wait to play, the screen is so great, is totally different from the previous DS was glad Arisa Kubo, a 19 years.  On the ground of the games, a few hours later, still there were many onlookers who came to test the machine and went more or less convinced. Most specialty shops with windows full of advertisements for 3DS, just handed the game to those who showed their ticket reservation.

At Bic Camera, in the central district of Yurakucho, buyers came quietly to a trickle in the morning before the boxes specially installed outside to pay and return with your personal 3DS. The stock, very limited on this first day, sold out quickly, which pleased the speculators who bought the product to immediately sell up to 30 percent more expensive online.  A host of new accessories and eight games in relief made in different development studies were also put on sale on Saturday. It is still a limited range, but should be expanded in coming months as the attractiveness of the 3DS depends heavily on the diversity of leisure activities in three-dimensional (3D).

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Three Senegalese Army soldiers were killed and three others wounded in clashes with an armed group allegedly built in the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), reported the private Sud FM radio, citing military sources.  According to the radio, the clashes occurred near Bignona, a town about sixty miles from Ziguinchor, where the armed forces carried out several days a cleanup operations in the areas occupied by the rebels.  With three new soldiers dead, the casualties suffered by the Senegalese army between December and February amounted to 19. This is so ridiculous.

The MFDC has resumed the armed struggle, ending six years of relative calm following a ceasefire agreement signed in December 2004 between the Government and rebellion.  The cease-fire should pave the way for peace negotiations to take even convened because of deep divisions between moderate and extremist wings MDFC.

The rebel movement has improved its weapons because it has sophisticated weapons from Iran, has revealed a report by the staff of the Senegalese armed forces.  Following this report, the government of Senegal has announced this week his decision to break diplomatic relations with Iran, considering that the soldiers killed during recent weeks in Casamance have been killed by bullets Iranians.

Rating agencies from the United States (U.S.) Standard & Poor’s (S & P) predicted that this year is a difficult period for banks in Spain.  This is based on the number of banks in Spain that his debt ratings lowered, including Spain’s biggest savings bank, La Caixa, which is being restructured into retail lending. S & P also warned that Spanish banks are facing various challenges after long-term sovereign debt rating of Spain to “AA” and short-term debt to “A-1 +” in the last month.

Rating agency headquartered in New York, United States, it added that other problems in the banking Matador State that is the high cost of funds which can suppress earnings.

“This industry will face intense competition to attract retail funds while there will be a sequel. Although moderate, the accumulation of nonperforming loans will peak before the end of the year, “said S & P as quoted by AFP.

Last month, the government announced a policy that requires banks to increase the ratio of core capital to 8 percent to increase customer confidence. In addition, Spanish monetary authorities are also forcing financial institutions that are not listed on the stock to convert into traditional bank to help economic growth. On the other hand, the Government of Spain saw strong demand for short-term debt securities during the auction conducted on Tuesday (2/22/2011) ago.

This suggests that financial markets still believe in the ability of government to solve the fiscal gap width. According to the Ministry of Finance of Spain, during an auction of short-term debt Tuesday, the funds collected to reach 2.87 billion euros ($ 3, 89 billion) or about Rp35 trillion for bond maturities of three and six months.

Paul McCartney announced collaboration with the ballet company in New York for which he has composed classical pieces that will be performed during the 2011-2012 season.  ”I’m interested in areas that have never worked so I was excited,” McCartney said in a statement posted on its website.

The company director Peter Martins met McCartney at the School of American Ballet during the winter gala organized by this institution.

Soon after, came back into contact with the “Beatles” to discuss a possible collaboration, asking if I was interested in composing music for the ballet in New York.

“Like the rest of my generation, I grew up as a big fan of the Beatles” said dance teacher. “I am delighted that Paul has agreed to write scores for us.”  It is the first time McCartney classic tunes composed for dance. “Trying to compose music to express emotions-fear, love, anger, sadness, I felt an exhilarating challenge,” he said.

The world premiere of the work will take place on September 22, 2011, during the fall of the ballet gala in New York, when that season begins.  During this gala, in honor of the “Beatles”, the dancers will represent “Union Jack” by George Balanchine, a tribute song to the UK which aims to entertain McCartney.  The ballet company has not released its schedule of activities planned between 2011 and 2012, although it is expected that the McCartney-Martins collaboration is part of the program for the rest of the season.

The U.S. Commerce Department allocated $ 26 million to develop Puerto Rico’s access to broadband and thus reduce the digital divide in the United States, announced today the company responsible for carrying out the task.  The president of Critical Hub Networks, Carlo Marazzi, said at the presentation of the “Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative” that was not acceptable in the Caribbean island of broadband service on the Internet was 78 percent slower than the national average United States.

The official recalled that in Puerto Rico currently only 31 percent of the population with Internet access has broadband service.

“Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative” that broadband will be practically universal in Puerto Rico with less price per megabit, according to company estimates, and will also further the interconnection between independent internet.

The initiative will also allow the interconnection between the computer systems of the various agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico and will also promote competition among broadband providers in the country.  The Puerto Rican representative to the U.S. Congress, Pedro Pierluisi, who attended today’s presentation, noted that “Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative” will help all citizens of the island to benefit from internet access, whatever their place of residence.  Pierluisi stressed that the initiative does justice to Puerto Rico, which as noted is still U.S. territory with slower Internet access.

Brad Whitford, who is the guitarist, along with Joe Perry of legendary of the rock band Aerosmith, will celebrate his 59th birthday this Wednesday alongside their peers, they are making a new album.  Album is expected to be completed by mid-year but still has no title, for recording, the musicians moved to Monrovia in California study, for now, the drummer, Joey Kramer, said to be ‘sounds of the old school’.

Brad Ernest Whitford was born on February 23, 1952 in Winchester, Massachusetts. Inclined to live music and after some experiences and studies on the subject, age 20, he joined Aerosmith to replace guitarist Ray Tabano, which was part of one of the most outstanding bands in the mid-70′s.

However, because the records released at the end of that decade were not to be commercial successes, decided to create a side project with singer Derek St. Holmes, who broke up soon with the commercial failure of his album.  Subsequently, integrated with Aerosmith, he moved to Boston, where the group became the club favorite in the Northeast, after signing with Columbia, they released their debut album ‘Eponymous’ in 1973.

This production was a success, thanks to the song ‘Dream on’. After sharing tour throughout 1974 with bands like Mott The Hoople and the Kinks, Aerosmith returned this year with ‘Get your wings’, which was on the lists over 85 weeks.

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Stock markets throughout the Arab countries in the trading day sinkhole were observed on Sunday. Noted, Dubai Financial Market dropped 3.66 percent to 1536 points, due to property company Emaar Properties’ shares drop 4.73 percent. This company was behind the construction of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. While in Kuwait, the index declined 2.52 percent to 6394 and made this stock a year to date loss of more than eight percent.

Reporting from the Associated Press on Monday (2/21/2011), the index of Saudi Arabia, Tasi closed down 0.78 percent to 6333 points. Meanwhile, Qatar’s stock exchange fell 1.6 percent to 8563 points position, while the Abu Dhabi stock exchange slid 1.91 percent to as low as 2632 points.  The fall in the stock in the oil-rich Gulf region is largely linked to riots in Bahrain, where massive protests have rocked this country for more than a week because the majority of Shia to Sunni monarchy suppressed the rights and greater freedom.

Meanwhile, the bloody crackdown against protesters in Libya has shaken the market so that these riots toppled the first major oil producer in the Middle East. The revolt in Libya and Bahrain marks a new era in crisis.  Protests in Bahrain marked the first time the riots sweeping across the Arab world has seriously challenged the entrenched regime in one of the Gulf.

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Over a hundred people were killed in Libya at the beginning of a movement with insurgent dyes, while Bahrain’s opposition turned to the center of Manama, and the demonstrations came to Morocco, where wildfire stretching across northern Africa and Middle East.  In Libya, ruled by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi for 42 years, the violent repression has caused at least 104 since the start of the protests on Tuesday, according to the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW).  However, an AFP count established Libyan sources speak of at least 77 dead.

The protests appeared to be transformed gradually into insurrection in the east, especially in the city of Benghazi, a bastion of opposition to a few thousand miles east of Tripoli, where at least 12 people were killed Saturday in the repression by the army, a group of protesters who tried to take down a military assault, the newspaper close to the reformist Quryna Seif el-Islam, son of Muammar Gaddafi.

“It’s an incomplete picture of the situation and that communications with Libya are very difficult. We have a great concern that is causing a humanitarian catastrophe,” said the director of HRW’s office in London, Tom Porteous by telephone.  The military fired on demonstrators in Benghazi mortar shells, according to people quoted by the BBC.  According to the Qatari television network Al-Jazeera, the hospitals had no blood to heal the wounded.

Austria has gone a military plane to Malta for a possible evacuation of citizens in this country and Europe from Libya, said the Defense Ministry on Sunday.  On the outskirts of Tripoli were also reported “incidents” on Saturday night, especially in Fashlum and Tajura, where shots were heard, according to witnesses cited by opponents abroad.

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The two German journalists were freed in Iran after being detained for four months> investigate the case of a woman sentenced to stoning are traveling back to Germany, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin.  Germany Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, accompanied on the trip to Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch from Sunday’s Bild am Sonntag. “The senior German official had gone to Tehran to meet with the two released and return them to Germany. This is the first time in more than seven years that a head of German diplomacy travels to Iran.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reacted with relief at the news. “I am very happy that Marcus Hellwig, Jens Koch finally able to return to Germany as free people,” she told Bild am Sonntag. ”  Merkel thanked “everyone in the Foreign Ministry in Berlin and the German embassy in Tehran, which in recent months worked tirelessly to achieve liberation.”

“I hope they (Hellwig and Koch) a speedy recovery both physically and psychologically and can overcome the bad experience of recent months. My thoughts are also with their families, for ending a hard time of uncertainty,” said Merkel.

Before starting the trip to Germany, Westerwelle spoke in Tehran with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.  Westerwelle thanked all those who helped resolve the situation. The minister said he was relieved “the case of two German citizens has been settled.”