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“There will be no other than nuclear negotiations with the Americans, who do not hide their “hostility toward Iran,” said Wednesday the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling again Washington “Great Satan“.  Iran Washington

“We have agreed to negotiate with the US on the nuclear issue on specific grounds and our negotiators to the occasion. We do not have  given authorization to negotiate on other issues and we will continue in this way, “said the Supreme Leader in a speech before thousands of people gathered at his residence in Tehran, according to its website.

The founder of the Islamic Republic? S Imam Khomeini, declared that “the United States is the Great Satan,” recalled Mr. Khamenei. “The Iranian people have kicked out  the satan, we will not let him come back through the window,” he added.

This statement comes as the House of Representatives and the US Congress must decide in the coming days on the nuclear deal July 14 between Iran and the powers of the 5 + 1 group (the US, France, United Kingdom, Russia, China and Germany).

The agreement aims to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program with restrictions on at least ten years in exchange for a gradual and reversible lifting of international economic sanctions.

Thirteen members of armed groups who had Friday launched attacks against police in Tajikistan were killed Saturday during a major police operation that also allowed to make several arrests, announced the Ministry of Interior of Tajikistan.

Friday, eight policemen and nine attackers were killed in two attacks, one against the Defense Ministry in Dushanbe, the capital, the other against a suburban police station.

The authorities immediately blamed the deputy defense minister Abdoukhalim Nazarzoda – who was immediately sacked – and moderate Islamic opposition to which it belongs have them organized.

“At present, we have arrested 32 members of the criminal group Nazarzoda, of which 13 have been eliminated,” the ministry said in a statement.

According to authorities, the perpetrators of Friday’s attacks were successful during the operation to “take a large amount of weapons and ammunition”, before fleeing especially towards the mountains north-east of the capital.

A large-scale operation was still underway Saturday with the participation of military and helicopters, to find them, while more than 500 weapons and ammunition boxes were recovered by police, according to same source.

The authorities “have proposed to the rebels to surrender, but they refused. The operation is continuing,” the ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denounced an “attempt to destabilize the situation” in Tajikistan during a telephone conversation with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon and expressed his support, according to the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, quoted by the public channel Pervy Kanal.

During the bloody civil war between pro-communist power and Islamist rebels who made 150,000 dead between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Nazarzoda fighting within the united opposition which united democrats and Islamists, according to the Ministry of Interior.

He then obtained a high official position in favor of an amnesty under the peace agreements signed in 1997 and that marked the end of fighting.

The department says that Mr. Nazarzoda then joined the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), only legal Islamic party in the former Soviet republic.

This party was banned last week by authorities who accuse him of having links with the organization Islamic state. After that decision, analysts had expressed concern radicalization of the opposition.

The route used by drug traffickers from the Kingdom of Morocco is known to all. But mum’s the word on this business that defies control. Clearly the Morroco-Algeria borders is not a problem for Cannabis smugglers.

The latest report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) indicates that “Morocco is still the largest producer of cannabis resin in Africa, mainly to Europe.” North Africa remains the subregion of Africa which have been seized the largest quantity of cannabis resin, notes the report, which states that “these catches were particularly large in Algeria, where they increased from 53 tonnes in 2011 to over 211 in 2013 “.

A Ketama, north of the kingdom, nearly 80 000 hectares annually produce 100,000 tons of raw hashish, generating almost 2 billion dollars in revenue. Greenish areas are spread out to infinity. Surrounded by fields, countless storage hangar, production plants of different varieties of “zetla” [cannabis], the “double zero” to “gabba”, as we say here [to describe the qualities of Manufacturing]. The lord of the premises are inviolable; it would be easier to go as a tourist to the moon than to enter this industrial site in the open. Along the road, toddlers and women with visible tattoos offer small cannabis resin pads at competitive prices – small amounts as a sample before any commands. But the big traffic does not devises on sidewalks.

Merchandise conveyed by donkey

Ketama is the devil’s lair, where you risk you peddle drugs and report you to the customs barriers and the royal gendarmerie, two kilometers away. “If the culture of kif is allowed, traffic is another story, it’s like this, it’s all about barons and money, so complicity at all levels,” confesses a Moroccan friend we’ll call Slimane. At night, opening the heavens of the gods … According to a source very aware of this trafficking, production of Ketama takes two destinations: Spain and Algeria.

Vehicles are supplied and out of plantations with an average of two quintals each. As fate of an oil mill and a cement factory. Once the right of way paid, vehicles swallow asphalt quietly direction, in our case, of Oujda, the capital of the Oriental [after the name of the border region], addresses this privileged Algeria generous. This is where the underworld negotiates quality, quantity, price, date of transition …
The goods conveyed at night or at dawn, usually a donkey, very few on board motor vehicles is delivered to the warehouses of the villages [Algerian] neighboring Maghnia, Marsa Ben M’Hidi, Souani , Sebdou … The delivery of drugs to the cities of Oran and Algiers, to the east and south is done in a studied way. Disillusioned by so many voices of hypocrisy surrounding the extent of trafficking indicate, “No one is fooled, traffickers buy the road to get their poison. Here are all suspended status, the power of money can crush us in a flash. As for the barons, the real ones, those who make and break local laws, these, we do not see them. ”

You have to pay

It is difficult to doubt the words of our interlocutors, in the sense that, through this officially closed border – trenches, fence, outposts of soldiers, police patrols, customs, control brigades against drugs, fixed barriers  and various security services … – you have to pay. Everyone knows it and everyone is silent!
 

Legalization of cannabis: “An idea whose time has come”
Huge amounts of drugs are seized in kilometers from the frontier line, often on the East-West highway, or outright in southern Algeria. Talking yet closed border, it’s ridiculous! Our Moroccan brother Slimane, always under the condition of anonymity, in a burst of pride, opines: “All in all, it’s fine to anathematize Morocco but, if there were no buyers (the Algerians), there would never vendors (Moroccans)! This is a business that relates to all parties, and drug trafficking is universal … “Who will stop the traffickers? Certainly not the trenches and wire mesh …

A Turkish soldier who went missing this week on the border with Syrian territory controlled by Islamic State has been seen in a hospital run by the militants, Hurriyet newspaper reported on Saturday.

If confirmed, the soldier’s capture would be a major problem for Turkey, after it stepped up military action against Islamic State in July, opening its air bases to U.S.-led coalition war planes and launching air strikes.

The soldier vanished and another was killed in cross-border shooting with Islamic State fighters on Tuesday near the Turkish town of Kilis, close to Syrian territory that has been under Islamic State control for months.

According to security forces in Ankara who spoke to daily Hürriyet on Sept. 5 citing intelligence reports, Sefer T. was wounded from his foot during the clash. The soldier was taken by militants to an ISIL-controlled hospital near the Syrian city of Aleppo, the source said.Turkish officials declined to comment.

Turkish authorities also received reports suggesting that ISIL considered to transfer the soldier to Mosul in Iraq, although this claim could not be verified.

Officials stressed that efforts have been continuing to release the Turkish soldier, while ruling out any negotiations with ISIL involving an exchange.

A number of ISIL-linked social media accounts have been suggesting that the group could only release the Turkish hostage when Ankara agreed to leave the anti-ISIL coalition.

Late last month, Islamic State released a video accusing Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of “treachery”, and urged Turks to rise up against him.

This would not be the first time Islamic State has held Turkish hostages. Last year 46 Turks, including senior diplomats, were kept captive for more than three months before being released.

They were freed at a time when Ankara was still being reluctant to engage in efforts to stop Islamic State’s spread, a policy it changed in July.

The timing of the capture is also politically problematic for Erdogan and his AK Party, which is preparing for a second election in November after losing its parliamentary majority in a June vote.

Last year the jihadists seized 46 Turkish citizens in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The hostages were released unharmed after more than three months, but fears for their fate were seen as a key reason for Ankara’s reticence to engage in anti-ISIL operations.

Turkey has a 900-km (558-mile)-long border with Syria and has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis sparked by the Syrian civil war, hosting around 2 million people who have fled the fighting.

Polls have consistently showed little appetite amongst Turks for greater involvement in the Middle East conflagration, and this incident will likely be leapt upon by Erdogan’s opponents, who are strongly critical of his foreign policy.

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A 3 year old child died, face against the ground, on a beach in Turkey …  Will this terrible picture raise awareness in Europe? “The images incredibly poignant, the body of a Syrian child washed up on a beach do not lead Europe to change their attitude to refugees, what can?” Challenges the British newspaper The Independent.

On September 2, migrants trying to reach Kos, Greece, saw their boat capsized. A shipwreck which claimed the lives of 12 Syrian refugees. On the beach in Bodrum, Turkey, a 3 year old boy was found dead. According to the Turkish daily Hurriyet, these castaways likely came from Ayn al-Arab, Syrian city backed the Turkish border and scene of violent fighting between jihadists of the Islamic state and Kurdish militiamen.

The Independent went on to explain his decision to publish these pictures to unsustainable that “the reality of despair that is the lot of many refugees will not be drowned by the flood of words on ‘crisis of migrants”.

Even tone in the Swiss daily Le Temps that title: “Why we must show the child Bodrum”. And adds: “There are pictures that reflect the urgency of even stronger than long texts. The young boy found dead on a Turkish beach deserves our respect and consideration, not that we look away. ”

“The image that shakes the whole of Europe”, as its part the Spanish daily El País evoking the tragic fate of “Aylan, this little boy who wanted to flee Syrian Islamists.” “The despair that leads to sail to escape the war is reflected in this photograph,” the newspaper added. He said that the drama of Aylan and brother 5 years, both died trying to flee a war zone, echoes the situation of thousands of children.
The grueling odyssey of refugees
“Two million Syrian children living as refugees in other countries, according to UNICEF. Although the majority of these refugees live in neighboring countries of Syria, more and more families decide to try to reach Europe. A third of migrants who land in Greece, including the Syrians, are women and children, “insists the Spanish daily.

For its part, the Belgian daily Le Soir is indignant: “Immigration: the silence is a poison.” And calls: “The political class, populist solutions aside, seems paralyzed when it come to face the immigration crisis. Given its magnitude, it is time that everyone take responsibility. ”

“What do you not understand?” the Greek daily Efimerida Your Syntakton. Bardant her with a young Syrian refugee 3 years, whose body was recovered on the beach in Bodrum, the leftist daily challenges the European Union by adding a subtitle: “On the beaches and lands, they are the values of European culture that are challenged “and also to the poet Kostas Varnali” Where do I have to hide my son that the wicked will not reach you? “. In its pages, the newspaper fiercely critical lack of European migration policy, while economic policy is so well organized.

Ten union confederations called for demonstrations across the country to say “no” to the reform of labor law announced by the Modi government. And Started a giant Strike

The call for a general strike launched by ten trade union confederations was widely followed in India Wednesday, September 2nd. Some 150 million people have not gone to work and started a huge strike in all regions, advance the organizers of this movement to denounce the reform of labor law announced by the Modi government.

Only “Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on (BMS), close to the ruling party, and the National Front of Indian Trade Unions (NFITU) did not take part in the strike,” notes the Hindustan Times, which states that the sectors Most affected are “transport and the bank”.
According to The Economic Times, mobilization in energy and logistics “also produces a seismic effect on the economy of the country” and the cost of this day could amount to “250 billion rupees” ($ 3.3 billion euros), based on an estimate of Assocham employer association.

Daily Mint is surprised meanwhile that the Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, will be flown on the same day for Turkey to attend a G20 meeting. “This shows the state of mind of the government, it is totally indifferent to the strike,” protested the leader of the All India Trade Union Congress, the union affiliated to the Communist Party of India.

It is through an editorial that the famous Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin decided to answer the comments of  Donald Trump. And he does not hide his anger at the xenophobic statements of the American billionaire. Ricky Martin, 43, did not appreciate that the candidate for the Republican primary, Donald Trump, expels of  his press conference, Tuesday, August 25, Jorge Ramos, “one of the most respected Latino journalists in the world’s media. ” Published by the Univision chain that employs the journalist expelled, Ricky Martin’s reaction was relayed by Billboard music information site.

“The fact that an individual like Donald Trump, a candidate for the presidency of the United States for the Republican party, has the audacity to continue to gratuitously harass the Latin community makes my blood boil.

When did this character assume he could make comments that are racist, absurd, and above all incoherent and ignorant about us Latinos?

From the beginning his intention was transparent: basically tell barbarities and lies to remain relevant in the public opinion, for votes or simply to stay on the media’s radar.

Yesterday’s episode against journalist Jorge Ramos, one of the most beloved and respected Latinos in world media, has gotten to the point of enough is enough.

According to him, the famous New York businessman multiplies outrageous statements while lying to the public to remain visible in the media.

Although the UN mediator manages to form a government of national unity between the two rival governments, an international mission in Libya is necessary, explain the Italian newspapers. And Rome is willing to lead, to preserve peace, and interests.

Taking advantage of the conflict of legitimacy between two rival governments, the Islamic state gradually advance in the Libyan chaos. Its expansion, daily violence and the intense influx of migrants in the Mediterranean have led the United States and five European countries (Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain) to draft the weekend of August 15 a statement. They say it “deeply concerned”, reports the Corriere della Sera, and invite the rival factions to follow suit with the UN envoy Bernardino Leon, who attempts to achieve the formation of a unity government National.

For the Milanese newspaper, “An agreement on Libya is perhaps less unlikely that he could be the recent months. Many factions are tired of fighting. The country needs money and is anxiously awaiting the resumption of oil exports “the plane on which Bernardino León board has already obtained the support of 20 Libyan factions 24, -. It lacks such government approval to dominance Islamist from Tripoli who unlike that of Tobruk, is not recognized by the international community.
A Mission in preparation

However, the conclusion of an agreement is a prerequisite. La Repubblica warns: “If ever the mission of Bernardino León was to end, it would be mainly to Europe to guarantee, including by military means, the political agreement.” The Italian Government rightly working for several months on this scenario, Corriere details in another article: “military and financial aid, training the Libyan army, mission of UN peacekeepers to protect strategic points, and ‘possible air incursions with allies. ” This mission, with the approval of the UN, “will ensure compliance with the clauses guaranteeing security institutions and the resumption of oil activities, starting with the operation of oil wells.”

Already in early August, The Times explained that in anticipation of an agreement interlibyen, military preparations were underway in six countries – those who signed the communiqué of last weekend – with the cooperation of the UN and the European Union.

Natural Command

For this mission work, it is essential that countries take the lead, says the Corriere della Sera in its editorial of August 17. And to argue that it would be logical, for geographical and historical reasons, be it Italy, which would draw three advantages.

First, an economic interest: “The Libyan wells could start functioning and Italy would be the first country to benefit. The second is immigration. […] A military mission in Libya permetterait to better control the comings and goings of couriers, to create conditions to accommodate and retain migrants on Libyan soil, to separate those who are entitled to asylum in the mass of . social emigration “The third interest is political: Italy, who remained behind in the past crises – including that of Greek debt – could pick up the ranks in the eyes of its European partners.

The feverish Italy face the threat of the Islamic State

While the international community pushing for a negotiated solution, the Parliament of Tobruk, one interlocutor recognizes it, “did not intend to wait qu’aboutissent diplomacy efforts and the beginning of a new phase policy. ” It calls for the lifting of the arms embargo imposed in 2011 and an armed intervention against Arab jihadists of IE. The Arab League has decided that August 18th for support, including military, Libyan government, but without specifying how.

Gruesome discovery, August 27, Austria: abandoned on an emergency lane of East highway (A4), near the Hungarian border, a truck loaded with dozens of dead people, probably coming from Syria. This is in one sentence the failure of the  “Fortress Europe”

“Consternation”, warm as the Vienna daily Kurier, bewildered by the news. “Is the term” tragedy” the right word to describe such horror?” Commented shortly after Die Presse, which rejects the word “No, it is a scandal!”

“It is not enough to blame the smugglers,” the conservative daily, adding that “the chain of responsibility is long” and is not limited to extremists, dictators, and other imperialists, nor to the authorities of countries. “What we need primarily is to propose solutions,” said Die Presse, and this requires support for refugees.

“Acting quickly and in solidarity “

Even tone in Der Standard, which suggests to “act quickly and in solidarity” to accommodate these people in distress. “Strengthening sanctions against smugglers can not solve the problem,” analyzes the center-left daily, which advocates rather to circumvent them by restoring the system such that prevailed in Austria until 2001 and allowed to file requests asylum in embassies. “The worst strategy is to continue to close its borders, says Der Standard. Fortress Europe is a failure. “
The European summit in Berlin on September 9 should extend the reflection on the measures to be adopted by the 28 and refine the prospects outlined in the Vienna conference from August 27 to cope with the influx of refugees in Europe.

Abandoned by the left wing of Syriza, the Greek Prime Minister announced his resignation on August 20, paving the way for early elections in late September. Direction Center!  “Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Thursday in a televised speech that he was resigning immediately, paving the way for early elections that could be held on September 20th,” wrote  the Greek daily I Kathimerini.

The slingers of Syriza – had said earlier in the day, through the voice of its leader Panagiotis Lafazanis, that “the government’s problems are due to the reversal of its policy,” adding that “the elections anticipated were the reflection of an anti-democratic attitude, “says the newspaper To Vima.

The decision was more or less expected, even if the press rather evoked a few days ago the filing of a motion of confidence. On the night of 13 to 14 August, in fact, the slingers Syriza had refused to approve the European aid plan for Greece, synonymous with drastic austerity measures: thirty voted against and 11 abstained. It is precisely against such austerity plan imposed on the country that Alexis Tsipras was elected in January. Asked to vote on the latest plan by referendum, the Greeks had voted no to 61.3% of the vote on July 5.

“Alexis Tsipras gave the kickoff of a new political drama in Greece”, believes The Guardian, announcing his resignation only seven months after taking office. After a general election, a referendum, the Greeks will have to return to the polls. For the British newspaper, the Greek Prime Minister if his new bet succeeds, it will be re-elected with a clear mandate on reforms. “Tsipras is reinventing itself as moderate. He must get rid of the left wing of his party, which refuses the deal creditors of Greece. “

The first published polls show that the popularity of radical left party Syriza has largely eroded. But he keeps a short lead in voting intentions for the next parliamentary elections.

The first polls published since the resignation of former Greek Prime Minister give his head in training for the September 20 legislative elections, but show that the game will be tight.

A survey conducted by the University of Macedonia and indicates Syriza recorded “a dramatic drop” of nearly ten points in the polls, reports the English site daily I Kathiremini. The radical left party would garner 25% of the vote, against 22% in the right New Democracy party, sharply higher since June. Popular Unity, the new party formed by the “rebellious” Syriza, would obtain 5% of votes.

“The Syriza Popularity decline is also reflected in the rating of Alexis Tsipras, a sharp fall,” writes the daily. The former prime minister, who announced his resignation on August 20, collected 70% of favorable opinions in March; it is just 30% today. Two thirds of Greeks believe that its decision to hold a referendum on the conditions of the assistance plan in July had negative consequences for the country.