NewsEverydays: 2014-02-09

Friday, February 14, 2014

Nearly 300 American vets to attend D-Day landings anniversary in France

By RFI
Nearly 300 US veterans of the World War II D-Day landings hope to attend this year's ceremonies in France, 70 years after the largest amphibious military operation in history.

The French government is to cover the costs of accommodation and transport to the beaches of Normandy according to France's minister of veterans, Kader Arif.
"We are starting to put all the organisation in place," Arif said in Washington, the day after President Barack Obama hosted a sumptuous state dinner for French President Francois Hollande at the White House.
Paris wanted to honour the role of the American soldiers who "died on the beaches of France in the name of liberty," he said.

Call the Midwife series 3 episode 5 predictions: paper chains, glum faces and new arrivals

Well, I'm not sure what I can say about last week's Call the Midwife.
It's taken me this long to come to terms with the emotional events, this long to be able to pull myself together to discuss the sad and sombre story that unfolded during Sunday's episode...
So Alec, Jenny's delightful boyfriend, is no more. After episode three's lighthearted worries about those fake theatre tickets, it came as a bit of a shock.

Florence Mayor Renzi set to be Italy's next leader

Any uptick in economic activity would be a welcome sign all across Europe, where the third largest

euro-zone economy has been a drag for more than a decade. But it may not come quickly.
"The challenges a Renzi government will face are enormous," says Javier Noriega, chief economist with investment bankers Hildebrandt and Ferrar in Milan. "He has said he wants to create jobs and economic growth, but so far we have little indication how he will do that."

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Baby please don't go ... Obama, Hollande in White House love-in

By RFI
Singer Mary J Blige sang Jacques Brel's Ne me quitte pas (If you go away) in French to François Hollande at a special dinner with Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday, the second day of his official visit to the US. A reference to 200 years of alliance between France and the US ... or to the French president's troubled private life? The pundits seem divided.

Russia offers Egypt no-strings-attached arms deal

Russia's proposed arms deal with Egypt and its endorsement of Egypt's military ruler's run for president are a signal to Arab rulers that, unlike the United States, Russia will back anti-terrorist strongmen who trample human rights, analysts say.
"Our assistance comes with lectures on human rights and civil-military relations," says Jeffrey White, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "With Russian assistance, you don't get those lectures."

Brother and Sister Confirmed First Two Deaths from Bird Flu This Year

PHNOM PENH — Two siblings from Kratie province have died from bird flu, the first cases in the country for 2014, health officials confirmed Wednesday.
The boy, 8, and girl, 2, were brought to the Kampong Cham provincial hospital on Feb. 7, after falling ill with fever, sore throat and runny nose on Jan. 31, the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization said. They died in the hospital on the same day.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

New best friends? Hollande White House visit seals change in France-US relations

By Tony Cross
As has been widely remarked, François Hollande travelled to the US alone this week. If, for some reason or other, actress Julie Gayet had accompanied him, she could have told Barack Obama about her role in Quai d'Orsay, a film about France's opposition to the US's plan to invade Iraq. And marvelled at the difference with the current French president's relationship with Washington.
leven years ago, as Bertrand Tavernier's Quai d'Orsay recalls in a fictionalised version of events, France's then foreign affairs minister, Dominique de Villepin, delivered an elegant speech to the UN General Assembly opposing a call from the US's then president George Bush for international support for the invasion of Iraq.

The Americans were forced to go in without UN backing and the standing of France in the Arab and Islamic world soared.
Then president Jacques Chirac, already popular for getting into a row with Israeli soldiers on a visit to Jerusalem, reaped most of the benefit in the popularity stakes.
French journalists waiting in Jordan for the Iraqi frontier to open were greeted with cries of "Bush, shoes! Chirac on our heads!", referring to the Muslim habit of expressing contempt by acquainting its object with the dusty soles of one's shoes.

Syria conflict: 'Surge' in fighting death toll

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More than 1,000 civilians have been evacuated from Homs so far, as Lyse Doucet reports

Syria conflict

Activists in Syria have reported a surge in fighting across the country, amid attempts to broker a peace deal in Geneva.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said more than 200 people had been killed every day for the past three weeks.

North, South Korea hold high-level meeting at border village

Senior officials from North and South Korea met Wednesday at a border village, their highest-level talks in years and a potential signal that Pyongyang wants better ties and the resumption of lucrative cooperative projects.
Seoul officials said the meeting was requested by North Korea, which has launched a recent charm offensive after raising tensions last spring with repeated threats to fire nuclear-tipped missiles against Seoul and Washington. Later this month, the rival Koreas are holding reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. It would be the first such reunions in more than three years.

Lawyers Gathering Evidence for Potential Criminal Court Suit Against Hun Sen

WASHINGTON DC — International lawyers representing victims of a violent crackdown on protesters last month say they are working to collect evidence before filing a case at the International Criminal Court against Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Richard Rogers, an attorney for Global Diligence, last week sent an open letter to military police commanders Sao Sokha and Rath Srieng, seeking information on who ordered the use of live

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

'Japan's Beethoven' admits he 'regained hearing'

Samuragochi's popular piece, Hiroshima Symphony No 1, is dedicated to victims of the 1945 atomic blast

A composer dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" has admitted he is not totally deaf, amid an ongoing scandal over his use of a ghostwriter.

Mamoru Samuragochi said in a statement to Japanese media that he regained some of his hearing three years ago.

North and South Korea hold rare high-level talks

North Korea has called on the South to cancel its joint military drills

Officials from North and South Korea are holding their first high-level talks since 2007.

The meeting - requested by Pyongyang - is taking place at the border village of Panmunjom.
No agenda has been set but the issue of family reunions planned for later this month is expected to be discussed.

Syria conflict: UN concerned over Homs detentions

The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Homs where more than 1,000 civilians have evacuated

UN aid agencies have expressed concern about the safety of scores of men and boys detained by the Syrian authorities after being evacuated from Homs.

More than 300 male evacuees have been held for screening after leaving the Old City under an agreed ceasefire.

Talal Barazi, governor of Homs, says 111 men have been questioned and released, while 190 others are still being held.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Francois Hollande arrives in US for state visit to Obama

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Obama sees France as a key partner, while Hollande hopes to show France remains an important world power, reports the BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher

French President Francois Hollande has arrived in the US for a state visit, as he and President Barack Obama tout their co-operation on issues from Iran to trade and climate change.

In articles published jointly in US and French newspapers, they said "our deepening partnership offers a model for international cooperation".

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Israel Foreign Minister defends Kerry from 'anti-semitism' accusation

Israel's Foreign Minister defended U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after remarks by members of Israel's governing coalition accused America's top diplomat of making anti-Semitic remarks about a possible boycott of the Jewish state.
Avigdor Lieberman called Kerry "a true friend of Israel," Sky News reported Sunday.
"The man has a record of 29 years in the Senate," Lieberman added. "You can see all of his votes, all of his speeches. It's natural to have differences of opinion, but to call somebody anti-Semitic or an enemy of the people, or not an honest-broker because of differences of opinion?"

China set for historic Taiwan talks

China and Taiwan are about to begin the highest-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.

Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun, the top cross-strait officials from each side, will meet at the four-day talks in Nanjing.
Taiwanese officials said they would raise press freedom after Beijing denied access to some media outlets.

Afghanistan polio: First case in Kabul since 2001

The health ministry ordered a vaccination campaign across the capital after the three-year-old was diagnosed.
Polio remains endemic in Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern Nigeria, but has been almost wiped out around the world.
In all three countries Islamic extremists have obstructed health workers, preventing polio eradication campaigns from taking place.
Since the Afghan Taliban changed their policy, allowing vaccination in recent years, there has been a decline in cases in Afghanistan.
There were 80 cases in 2011, 37 in 2012, and 14 in 2013.
The emergence of a new case in Kabul is worrying health officials.
It was discovered in a very poor community of Kuchis, formerly nomadic herdsmen, now settled on a hillside in the east of the capital.
In response, health workers have tried to visit every home in the community.
There is no running water or electricity, and some of the ex-nomads still live in tents, despite the cold of winter in Kabul.

Children from Kabul's poor Kuchi community have now been vaccinated against the disease
Once the workers have put drops into the mouths of infants they find, they mark their hands with a blue line, and write the date on the wall.
It seems rudimentary, but tens of thousands of volunteers in campaigns like this across the country have succeeded in almost beating the disease.
Cross-border transmission

Sunday, February 9, 2014

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U.S. Embassy warns of possible Guyana threat

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Guyana warned Sunday that it had received "unconfirmed threat information" about a regional airline's flights from the South American country to the United States on Monday and urged Americans to avoid using the carrier.

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For Obama, state visits prove to be complicated affairs

WASHINGTON — President Obama has had more than his fair share of headaches when it comes to hosting state visits.

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