Warsaw, April 1
American rapper 50 Cent greeted at Warsaw's Okecie airport. The musician spent five days in Warsaw. The visit was related to the promotion of handsets belonging to the brand.
sobota, 5 kwietnia 2014
Two natural disasters in the Solomon Islands
Dramatic information come from affected by torrential rains Solomon Islands located in the Pacific Ocean. The floods killed there at least 16 people, 40 is considered to be missing, and nearly 50,000 were left homeless.
She appeared there with the edges of the river flowing through the capital, Honiara. Were devastated entire neighborhoods. Initially, it was estimated that the element of destroyed houses 10,000 people, but after reaching emergency services to the periphery, it turned out that the temporary shelter is looking for more than 49,000 people.
There is an urgent need for tents and tarpaulins. Their transportation makes it difficult closed the airport in Honiara. It had to be closed because the flood lifted the runway two houses. Yesterday, a few hours after the flood, just a few dozen kilometers from the Solomon Islands, there has been an earthquake. It had a holding strength 6 on the Richter scale, but caused no damage.
Cameroon: kidnapped two priests and a nun. Pope calls: they free them
Two priests from Italy and a nun from Canada has been abducted in the night from Friday to Saturday in Cameroon by a group of unidentified men - reported Vatican Radio . Italian media have speculated that the kidnapping stand Boko Haram Islamists . Francis Pope calls for release of abducted .
Vatican radio station announced that clergy and religious sister were abducted at night from their homes in the city of Maroua in northern Cameroon. Information about the abduction confirmed the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to which priests are Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri . The identity of a Canadian nun was not disclosed.
Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Francis knows that from the early morning. He prays for them and wishes as soon as possible release. It is also in constant contact with the apostolic nunciature in the capital of Cameroon .
Surrounding the town of Maroua border with the northern territory of Nigeria, which is a special place of Islamic militants , Boko Haram in particular that since 2009, leads an armed struggle for the transformation of Nigeria or at least a part of the radical Islamic state .
Three months ago Boko Haram Islamists freed a young French priest Georges Vandenbeuscha , who last year was kidnapped in Cameroon near the border with Nigeria by Boko Haram and released after more than a month of captivity.
piątek, 4 kwietnia 2014
This is the storm from space
Storm over Kuwait
American space agency NASA publishes extraordinary pictures not only of distant galaxies and the Earth as seen from space. Scientists have also recently took up the study of one of the most spectacular phenomena of our planet - the storms and accompanying lightning.
Saint-Louis - the capital destroyed by water
Saint-Louis, the capital of Senegal, is gradually undercut by the ocean. The progressive erosion of sea makes the city slowly disappearing under the water. Residents are trying to protect by the disaster, but the forecasts of scientists do not give them much chance of success.
Goree - a symbol of slavery exploitation
Off the coast of Senegal , a few kilometers from the capital , is the island of Goree . Given its picturesque location , it's hard to believe how tragic story is bound . As an erstwhile center of the slave trade today is a symbol of the exploitation of man by man.
The history of the island dates back to 1444 , when Portuguese sailors discovered her under the leadership of Denis Dias . It was then called Ilha de Palma. The first real trading settlement was established there through the Dutch, who renamed it to Goede ReeDe ( good port) - hence the present name of Goree . Since 1677, the island was under the authority of the French. It was here that he established the then governor of Senegal , Stanislas de Boufflers , who in 1785 moved to Goree his residence from St. Louis .
Base slave trade
Located on the island of Fort d ' Estrees from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century was the largest in Africa, the slave trade base , where they were imprisoned , sold , and then loaded onto ships and sent across the Atlantic to America. It was from this seemingly idyllic island representatives of the peoples of Africa set off on its voyage slave , called a "journey of no return" . The slave trade was one of the cornerstones of the economic organization of each colony .
Goree Island was officially attached to the Dakar in 1927 , and since September 1978 appears on the UNESCO World Heritage List . Was the place to visit world leaders and authorities , as Barack Obama , Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II. Their intention was to honor the memory of millions of black slaves who were transported to the Americas on plantations White .
severe scarring
Currently, the island of Gorée is an important point on the tourist map of Senegal . Visitors are attracted mainly its historical aspect . The architecture of the island today is characterized by the contrast between the elegant old houses traffickers and gloomy districts inhabited by slaves at that time .
Despite the passage of so many years , the scars of the period of slavery in Africa are still keenly felt. Violations of the most basic human rights, breaking the population of its native land , torture and poniżeniom left their mark . However, the need for change and reform of economic development should involve a change also in the African mentality. Posited current failures in the old colonialism does not contribute to progress in various areas of life.
His body was found only 75 years after death
George L. Mallory is one of the greatest mountaineers interwar ( by some considered the greatest climber in the world ) and the only participant in all three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the years 1921-1924 . Most likely, he looked from the highest peak of the world long before Edmund Hillary .
Do Mallory managed to get Mount Everest almost 20 years before Hillary and Tenzingiem ? When Mallory died - during the summit and after the descent from the summit ? How was the road famous mountaineer on Everest ? Is finding Mallory's body in 1999 , 75 years after the death , allowed to verify the hypothesis of the first winners of the Everest ? Do we know today as she looked tragic expedition of 1924 ? How fascinating life depicted in the novels of Mallory and whether these portraits have much in common with reality?
These and other questions we answer on the following pages gallery. Everything in connection with the release of " Ghost stories " (Ed. niche ) , the latest volume of sketches of John Gondowicz , a prominent essayist , critic and translator , from which the quoted text of Mallory ( " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " ) .
Gerard Butler: Star'' 300'' in great shape
These muscles were not the result of special
The British arrived in Australia in connection with the start of the film image adventure with elements of fantasy , " the gods of Egypt ," which will play Set - the Egyptian god of storms, deserts, darkness and chaos. Produced and directed by Alex Proyas will be for Butler next to " 300 ", " Machine Gun Preacher " and " Olympia on fire " is an opportunity to use testosterone stored in its carved training for the role of King Leonidas body.
But this is not the only opportunity to do so - in his schedule to find , because there are also plans to implement the second part of " Mount Olympus ...", a remake of the cult hit " The Wave " and the adaptation of the video game " Kane & Lynch " . Each of these films will require Butler what he does best - muscle cramps , a loud cry and lining feat as powerful trunks of oak legs.
As you can see from the pictures, the women are already rubbing their hands . Men continue to spit on his chin for not spent in the gym and watch TV and not get in the way wielkoludowi the Scottish lowlands .
PSG - Chelsea: "nightmare horror Mourinho and Louise
Chelsea lost the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint -Germain 1-3 and the second leg on home turf will have to make up for losses . British journalists worried about not only the result, but also a very poor game " The Blues " in the second half of Wednesday's meeting .
Recall that the gap remained at a 1-1 draw . In the second half of the charges but Mourinho played below their capabilities and lost two goals . First, in 61 minutes the ball into his own net by David Luiz .
In turn, already in stoppage time heartedness Chelsea defenders in his own penalty area , Javier Pastore advantage . This goal really complicates the situation Londoners before the second leg at Stamford Bridge.
English media do not hide the sadness after the defeat in Paris. The most concrete is the daily " Daily Mail ", which criticizes Luiza for irresponsible behavior and suicidal goal scorer .
" Not this way , Luiz ! Horror defender Chelsea and lost in stoppage time goal struck Jose Mourinho , for whom it was a nightmarish evening " - beating due to the editors of known newspaper in the British Isles .
In turn, the expert "Sky Sports" , the former coach Glenn Hoddle England blame for failure blamed Jose Mourinho and his personal decisions. The Portuguese left on the bench Fernando Torres and Demba Ba , and in the middle of an attack staged Andre Schürrle .
- Two of the nominal strikers sitting on the bench , and the only striker was Schürrle , who this season mostly played on the wing. Mourinho took a big risk and made a mistake . Chelsea big problem is that in the second half completely lost in their defensive - says Hoddle .
- Even without the best player in PSG Zlatan Ibrahimović , who in the second half injured , the hosts showed great force . Chelsea has a big problem before the second leg - assessed in turn journalists ' BBC '.
Second leg meeting in London will take place on April 8 in London.
EU Commissioner for the abolition of visas to the United States for EU citizens
EU Commissioner for the abolition of visas to the United States for EU citizens
Presented clearly the Americans that I can not imagine a full free trade agreement with them while maintaining (in the EU - PAP) visas to the U.S.. They are aware of this - said the Commissioner in Brussels.
He informed that the issue of visas will be personally negotiated the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malstrom .
De Gucht said that the abolition of visas for citizens of EU Member States must be part of a broader agreement. In his opinion , Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ( TTIP ) could be concluded in 2015.
Two weeks ago, Deputy Economy Minister Andrzej Dycha said : - It is almost decisive . We are in consultation on this issue with our American partners - this agreement Poles will not need visas to travel to the United States. He noted that part of the free trade agreement between the EU and the U.S. to be an agreement (not formally included in the TTIP ) on the free movement of persons between the two signatories . " Visa barriers also constitute barriers to trade - pointed Dycha .
Such information had to pass 28 February at the informal Council of EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht . The week before, he was in Washington for political talks ws. trade agreement between the EU and the United States . His press service did not want to comment on the matter.
The U.S. Embassy in the information provided PAP highlighted two weeks ago that immigration law , including visa regulations , is formulated independently of trade negotiations. "President Obama supports the aspirations of the Polish ws. join the Visa Waiver Program . (...) The administration is committed to the extension of the visa waiver program , and we 're working closely with Congress " - wrote PAP Sam Goffman of the American Embassy in Warsaw.
Poland is one of the four EU countries , except Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus , are still outside the Visa Waiver Program . The entrance to the VWP give the right arrival to the U.S. without a visa for up to 90 days.
The chance for the abolition of the visa requirement for Poles appeared in June when the U.S. Senate passed a law on the reform of immigration laws. He was in it favorable to Polish notation to increase from the current 3 percent . to 10 percent. limit the refusal of the visa , which must not exceed a country applying for inclusion in the visa waiver program .
This was to enable Poland to entry into the program, so that Polish tourists , as most nationals of the European Union , could travel without visas to the United States . The problem is that this law is still not approved the House of Representatives and there is no prospect of it , that something has changed in this case the autumn elections to Congress.
However, even if the law was passed , the latest data on the number of refusals of visas for Poles would exclude us from visa-free travel . Last year, the percentage of negative decisions for Poles applying for visas increased to 10.8 percent since .
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