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AP INTERNATIONAL - JUN 28 (17:00 GMT) -.
FRANCE-Noriega Noriega's lawyers asked that France would expel Panama Paris .- Lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega today called on the Paris Correctional Tribunal trying him for laundering drug money that is void the proceedings against the in France and Panama to expel him. "The question is not whether or not there is reason to General Noriega, but enforcement of international conventions", aika gold, Olivier Metzner stress counsel argued in the beginning of this trial.
NORTHERN IRELAND-ETA Vila Michelena remain in custody at least until next extradition hearing Belfast (R. Kingdom) .- The alleged member of ETA Fermin Vila Michelena, arrested on Thursday in Belfast, will continue to be arrested today denied his request to obtain the bail by the court processing the extradition warrant issued, sto credits, by Spanish authorities. The trial court dismissed the bail petition by the dnse of Vila Michelena, it represents to justice to the historic Northern Ireland ETA leader Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos, considering that there is a risk of leakage, and crimes for which he is accused in Spain are serious.
CRISIS-BPI/ESPANA The BIS supports the, aion kinah, measures taken by Spain to the labor market Basel (Switzerland) .- The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) support the measures adopted Spain for more flexible labor market, face high unemployment and reform savings banks. After the celebration of its annual general meeting, sources told BIS that Spain has done the right thing with the latest austerity measures agreed with the aim of achieving economic stability.
AFGHANISTAN-GOVERNMENT Parliament accepts Karzai other five ministers, including Interior Kabul .- The Afghan Parliament today approved the appointment of five of the seven new ministers proposed by President Hamid Karzai, including the Tajik general Bismil Khan, will assume the portfolio of Interior, a key to the newly launched dialogue process with rebel groups. In a session broadcast on Afghan TV channels, 150 deputies voted in favor and 55 against the former chief of staff as new head of the Interior.
US-Supreme WEAPONS reiterated that right to bear arms must be respected throughout the U.S.
Washington .- The U.S. Supreme Court today determined that the right to bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, must be fully respected by all states and all cities of the country, in a considered decision "historic." In its ruling, the nine judges on the U.S. Supreme Court voted five votes to four against by extended throughout the country the right to bear arms as a fundamental guarantee, so declaring unconstitutional a prohibition to carry handguns implemented by Chicago and Oak Park (Illinois) 28 years ago.
MEXICO-VIOLENCE murdered in Mexico's PRI candidate for governor and four other people Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) .- The gubernatorial candidate of the alliance "All of Tamaulipas," Torre Rodolfo Cantu, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was assassinated today along with four others when he addressed the airportVictoria City, officials said. The incident occurred on the road between Ciudad Victoria, in the northeast of the country, with Soto la Marina, close to the airport when the two vehicles traveling in the entourage of the PRI candidate was attacked with bullets.
ROSENBERG GUATEMALA, alleged mastermind of crime are given to Justice Rosenberg Guatemala .- The brothers Joseph and Jose Francisco Valdes Estuardo Paiz, alleged masterminds of the murder of Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who in a video of his death had blamed President Alvaro Colom were delivered today to the Justice. The Spanish jurist Carlos Castresana, acting chief of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), told reporters that the suspects, who remained at large since last December, "is voluntarily submitted" to that entity.
HONDURAS-CRISIS Zelaya says coup was planned by U.S. Southern Command
Tegucigalpa .- Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said today that the coup that overthrew him on June 28, 2009 was planned by the Southern Command of the United States in Palmerola military base in Honduras. "Everything indicates that the coup was planned in Palmerola military base by the U.S. Southern Command, and clumsily executed Honduran bad," said Zelaya in a letter from Dominican Republic to "Honduran people" to commemorate today the first anniversary of his overthrow.
WEST AFRICA-Pope creates a Pontifical Council for re-evangelize the West Vatican City .- Pope Benedict XVI announced today the creation of a new evangelization Pontifical Council for West in the Catholic tradition but "show a progressive secularization of society. " "There are regions in the world where the Gospel took root over time, resulting in a true Christian tradition, but where in the last centuries, with complex dynamics, the process of secularization has been a serious crisis for the meaning of the Christian faith and membership in the Church, "Benedict said.
BURUNDI-POLITICS presidential limited participation in Burundi with only one candidate Nairobi .- The elections of the presidential elections in Burundi, in which the only candidate is the current President Pierre Nkurunziza, has passed without incident and with a very low participation, according to the ARIB Burundian news agency. "The assistance seems very low compared with the local elections last May 24 and in Bujumbura, the capital, it seems that there is no one voting," ARIB public on its website shortly before the 6969 polling stations spread over the 17 provinces of the country closed.
CHINA-FLOODS 107 people in China Caught in a landslide caused by rains Peking .- A total of 107 persons belonging were today buried or trapped by a landslide and mud caused by rain affecting southern and central China for weeks, reported state news agency Xinhua. Previously, the same source had reported about 150 people trapped in the avalanche, which occurred in southwest China's Guizhou province, althoughLocal authorities stated that number later.
FRANCE-PRESS RELEASE The Council of Le Monde newspaper ceases to control Pigasse, Niel and Berge Paris .- The Supervisory Board of Le Monde leave control of the afternoon today in the hands of the trio of entrepreneurs formed by Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre Berge, and Xavier Niel, by a narrow majority of 11 votes, with 9 abstentions, on a total of 20 votes, France Info radio reported the outcome of the vote was not even officially confirmed, stated the spokespersons of the group directory.