San Jose, 30 mar (EFE) .- The president-elect of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, in Costa Rica said today that its relations with both mandatoestrechara United States, as with leftist governments of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua, ysenalo they will respect.

Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua are countries with which tenemosrelaciones and I do not see why one should suffer distortion, dijoFunes at a press conference after meeting with presidentecostarricense, Óscar Arias, San Jose.

In the same way that I'm going to worry about with estrecharrelaciones United States I will do with other countries, especially Central America, the future president, will also quienaclaro a look south to include Venezuela and Bolivia, but also the rest of the continent's countries, comoBrasil, Chile and Argentina.

Funes added that their relationship with Chavez and the president (Evo) Morales (Bolivia) and one of Latin America will derespeto.

I will not put one finger in domestic politics and expect to Venezuela Venezuela No goal or a finger on domestic lapolitica as Nicaragua and El Salvador, Bolivia and any other country, he said. continue reading…

ROME, March 29 – RIA Novosti, Elizabeth Zorina. The Summit of Ministers of Labor and Social Development (Social Summit ) for the Big Eight on world financial and economic crisis, has opened in Rome on Sunday, transmits RIA Novosti correspondent.

The summit began with a meeting with representatives of the organizers of trade unions and employers.

In subsequent days of the Summit will be divided into three plenary sessions. The first session will be devoted to the specific consequences of crisis in the G8, it will open speech the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría.

The second session will be opened by an address by Director General of ILO Juan Somavia. In this part of the meeting, in addition to the countries G8 – Italy, Britain, Canada, Germany, Russia, United States, France and Japan – will be attended by the state, members of the Group of Five – Brazil, India, China, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt. The focus of this session will be devoted to long-term consequences of the crisis.

At the opening of the third session by the first deputy director of IMF John Lipski. It will be devoted to the human dimension of globalization and social welfare policies. continue reading…

Abidjan (AFP) – Nineteen people were killed Sunday and 132 were injured in an avalanche in the HouphouГѓВ«t-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, in the football game that faced Ivory Coast in Malawi, in the qualifiers for the World-2010, upheld the Ivorian government.

Minister of Youth and Sports made the figures in the African country's public television and described as drama as experienced the sport. A medical source had earlier indicated to AFP that there were 19 deaths and hundreds of casualties.

The avalanche took place before the game, which began at 17h00 (local and GMT), said Interior Minister Desire Tagro.

The fans came in large numbers and those who were outside at that time were more numerous than those who were inside the stadium (…) There was a rush because the party was to begin and everyone wanted to come, said Tagro.

According to the medical source, the police reportedly used tear gas because they had groups of fans forced one of the entrances to the stadium, which triggered panic and caused the flood and the subsequent demolition of a wall.

We are investigating to establish the circumstances in which these events have developed, the interior minister, who appealed to people to remain calm and said that steps had been taken to address those who are wounded.

people with injuries and damage was transferred to the University Hospital of Treichville and Yopougon, two neighborhoods of Abidjan, as well as a military medical center. continue reading…

ATHENS, March 26 – RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. entered the Greek police clash with protesters in Athens, firefighters said Thursday evening local TV channels.

Several hundred firefighters held a sit-down protest in front of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the country, requiring them to enter into permanent employment contracts. After that, some participants tried to enter the action at the Ministry, but were spetsna drive away. Police used tear gas and sound grenades.

on victims and detainees were not reported. Striking firefighters encamped in front of the Ministry, and we intend to spend the night on the streets, seeking to meet their requirements. continue reading…

ANKARA, March 27 – RIA Novosti. Turkish rescuers on Friday found the bodies of six people, including leaders of political parties, from the board the crashed helicopter on Wednesday, told television station NTV.

the helicopter wreckage and the bodies were found on the third day of searches in the mountainous area county Geksun province KAHRAMANMARAŞ.

The helicopter crashed on March 25, with follow the leader small far-right Grand Unity Party (PVE) Muhsin Yazydzhioglu from KAHRAMANMARAŞ in the south-east Turkey in the city of Yozgat in central part of the country to hold a rally in the election campaign. continue reading…

On Thursday in Taipei began the trial of former President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan.

Chen Shui-bien, his wife and 12 others are accused of embezzling millions of dollars through theft of state funds as well as in document forgery and money laundering, said the representative of the prosecutor's office.

According to the investigation, the wife of former president U Shuchen at one time received a bribe of $ 2.2 million from a businessman who needs a permit to purchase a large plot of land.

According to her, it was not a bribe, a donation to the fund the Democratic Progressive Party, led by her husband.

57-year-old politician calls himself a victim of clean government and said that he had not looked forward to a fair trial.

Uydya in 2008 in opposition, Chen Shui-bian has criticized the current policy of the ruling KMT and the new President Ma Intszyu, especially on relations with mainland China. continue reading…

The Ministry of Defense of Australia conducted a secret investigation on the heads of departments, and have admitted that the leakage of confidential information about the private life of the Minister, reports The Age newspaper on 26 March.

At the Ministry of Defense found that 16 years of friendship which lasts Minister Joel Fittsgibbona (Joel Fitzgibbon ) who lives in Sydney with the entrepreneurs of Chinese origin, Helen Liu (Helen Liu) could pose a threat to national security. In particular, it was found that during the visits to Canberra, Minister stayed in the apartments that are rented from Liu. Also, the Minister was accused of having taken from Liu expensive gifts. As part of the investigation, it was even investigated the contents of a working computer Minister, which found bank details businesswoman.

According to the results of the investigation were handed over to senior officials of the Ministry, but the cause was not given a turn. The representative of the Ministry with the officially stated that no issues relating to dating Fittsgibbona to Liu, it is not directly discussed. continue reading…

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, U.S. (Reuters) – The shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station Wednesday, ending an eight-day visit which served to bring its first Japanese astronaut and provide enough power to orbital position as to receive three more residents.

The shuttle commander, Lee Archambault, and pilot Tony Antonelli steering thrusters ignited at 15.53 local time (1953 GMT), to separate the spacecraft from 100 tons to the port coupling.

Before leaving the orbital position, Antonelli made Discovery to fly around the complex, which was provided during the visit of the shuttle's last group of solar panels, which finally gave the appearance that the station had the pictures that NASA has circulated for decades.

You have made the station as it is much better than it was before, said station commander Mike Fincke, the crew of Discovery when they met to say goodbye.

landing of Discovery is scheduled for Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida.

It was really great having them up here, said Fincke, who will return to Earth on April 7 along with the flight engineer Yury Lonchakov, to complete a stay of six months.

It is anticipated that their replacements, the commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Michael Barratt — along with space tourist Charles Simonyi, a former Microsoft executive to go into space a second time-off on Thursday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The third crewmember to the station, Japanese Koichi Wakata, is already on board. Wakata andalusia post came aboard the orbital shuttle Discovery to replace NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus. continue reading…

Italian court sentenced him to 10 years in prison pilot a passenger plane, which in an emergency situation, succumbed to panic and began to pray, rather than follow the instructions.

In August 2005, the aircraft Tuninter ATR-72, which is sent from the Italian city of Bari on the island of Djerba in Tunisia, fell into sea 13 kilometers away from Sicily after his tanks are not remaining fuel.

On board were 39 people, including five crew members, 23-m of them managed to escape.

The Court found that a Tunisian pilot Chafik Gharbi, who drove a plane, is guilty of homicide by negligence. According to the investigation, after the shutdown of both engines is not the pilot tried to reach out to the nearest airport, and began to pray aloud.

concluded for a period of 8 to 10 years sentenced six people, including co-pilot and head of the airline Tuninter.

All the accused will not serve their sentences pending appeal. continue reading…

The U.S. administration has gone to meet the authorities in Germany and has taken steps to deport a former concentration camp guard John Demyanyuka (John Demjanjuk). According to the Associated Press agency in the Immigration and Customs Police, the German side asked for the documents necessary for deportation. A warrant of arrest issued Demyanyuka in Germany in March.

88-year-old Demyanyuka living in a suburb of Cleveland, the German authorities were accused of war crimes. Presumably, he was in World War II served as a guard in the Sobibor death camp in Poland. As a consequence, there is irrefutable evidence of Demyanyuka, earning the nickname Ivan the Terrible, in the killing of prisoners detained in the camp. In total, he accused 29 thousand episodes of complicity to murder. As the son of the suspect, John Demyanyuk, Jr., his father has not been arrested and is at home.

Native of Ukraine Ivan Demyanyuk moved to the USA in the 1950's and replaced the name to John, his involvement in war crimes, he denies . continue reading…