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Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
by soj
Wed Jul 13th, 2005 at 07:46:40 AM EST
Welcome to the "Euro PDB", a briefing paper on today's events affecting Europe and European interests.
Today's big stories... the CDU in Germany tries out its new election platform... the North Caucuses War continues.. and riot police in Northern Ireland use tear gas and cannon to break up protestors...
In English
The United Nations' new report on the crackdown in May in fun-lovin' terrorist-bustin' Uzbekistan say the official death toll of 176 is "several hundred" short:
"In the view of those interviewed, the actions of the armed and security forces were taken less with the intent of establishing law and order and re-arresting the prisoners that had escaped from the Andijan prison than with the aim of killing as many people as possible, including women and children.
The North Caucuses War continues as 10 police officers were killed and 14 injured in fighting in Chechnya in Kharsinoi, Grozny, Urus-Martan and Dubai-Yurt.
Brazil, Germany, Japan and India all want to increase 10 more seats to the UN Security Council but the U.S. says "no".
In a court in Holland, Mohammed Bouyeri has confessed to killing Theo van Gogh in November 2004.
Police in Northern Ireland used water cannon and rubbet bullets to break up protests in Belfast, injuring at least 60 people.
The EU has imposed a €20 million fine on France for failing to adequately protect fish stocks.
A bomb exploded in Obzor, Bulgaria, killing a two year old child.
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip "Ikaye" Erdogan on July 17-18 in Sochi.
A day after the president of Kyrgyzstan spoke about getting rid of the American air base there, I see that Russia has plans to double its number of troops in the country.
Spiegel has a round-up of what German papers are saying about the CDU's election platform.
The executive board of Volkswagen corporation in Germany has recommended that its personnel chief resign after an investigation into bribery and kickbacks.
Today the president of Georgia spoke to his counterpart in Azerbaijan by telephone on a number of issues.
The Justice Minister in Ireland, Michael McDowell, says he is "fully supportive" of British plans to retain telephone and internet records for 3 years as an anti-terrorim measure.
And last but not least, the police in Ukraine will question the country's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, about "incidents" that occurred in Donetsk, without specifying what these are.
Spanish - En castellano
Colombia propuso el martes que la Unión Europea envíe observadores durante la implementación de un nuevo plan para desmovilizar a los guerrilleros izquierdistas y a los paramilitares. - On Tuesday, Colombia proposed that the European Union send observers to the implementation of a new plan to demobilize leftist guerillas and paramilitaries
Cuatro bombas estallaron el 12 en el perímetro de una central eléctrica sin que causara víctimas ni daños en la provincia de Vizcaya, norte de España. Las autoridades atribuyeron los atentados, ocurridos entre las 14: 05 y 14:15 horas, a la organización separatista vasca ETA. - Four bombs exploded on July 12 in an election center without injuring anyone. This occurred in Vizcaya Province in the north of Spain. The authorities blame the attacks,which happened between 2:05 and 2:14p, to the separatist Basque organization ETA
Más de una hora y cuarto de diálogo cordial y afable. Así definieron ayer fuentes de La Moncloa la entrevista entre el presidente del Gobierno y el nuevo embajador de EEUU en España, Eduardo Aguirre. - More than an hour and fifteen minutes of cordial and friendly conversation. That is how sources in La Moncola [Spanish "White House"] described the meeting between the Prime Minister and the new American Ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Aguirre.
Italian - In italiano
In corso in tutta Italia un blitz antiterrorismo - Dalle parole ai fatti. Dopo l'intervento di dieri alla Camera del ministro dell'Interno, Pisanu, che ha annunciato un'applicazione più severe ddelle leggi vigenti sul terrorismo, è in corso da alcune ore un maxi blitz di polizia e carabinieri in tutta Italia. - An anti-terrorism blitz is ongoing all over Italy. From words have come actions. After yesterday's intervention by Interior Minister Pisanu, who announced a more severe application of the anti-terrorism laws, over the past few hours police and gendarmes have been engaged in a "maxi blitz" all over Italy
No allo scontro di civiltà, anche se "il terrorismo islamico bussa anche alle porte dell'Italia". No alle leggi speciali, via libera a un rafforzamento delle misure di sicurezza. Così il ministro dell'Interno, Giuseppe Pisanu nel suo intervento alla Camera. Non chiede "leggi eccezionali" Pisanu, casomani "alcune limitate modifiche o mirati adattamenti degli istituti in vigore". Il ministro, infine, lancia un appello all'unità politica "contro il terrorismo di matrice islamica". - Not because of the clash of civilizations, even if "terrorist Islam tries to knock on the doors of Italy". No need for special laws, because there is a way of strengthening existing emergency measures. This is what Interior Minister Giuseppe Pasanu said to the parliament. Pisano was not asking for "exceptional laws" but rather "some limited modifications or adaptations of the regulations in place". The Minister ended up making an appeal for political unity "against the Muslim terrorism matrix"
Bologna, spari all'università: ucciso uno studente - Colpi di pistola all'interno della facoltà di Matematica. Ucciso Riccardo Venier, 22 anni. Momenti di terrore, studenti e docenti si sono chiusi nelle aule. L'omicida, il 32enne Domenico Bottari, si è consegnato alla polizia. - Gunfire at Bologna universty, one student killed. Gunfire inside the math department. Riccardo Venier, aged 22, was killed. During the terror, students and teachers were trapped in the classroom. The killer, Domenico Bottari, age 32, is being questioned by the police
Un barcone che trasportava immigrati africani si è rovesciato al largo delle coste di Malta, a 75 miglia nautiche dal litorale. Sono 16 le persone recuperate, ma si presume che qualcuno dei passeggeri non sia riuscito a sopravvivere all'incidente. - A boat that was carrying African immigrants sank some 75 miles off the coast of Malta. 16 people were recovered but it is presumed that some of the passengers did not survive the incident
Si e' aperta questa mattina la terza udienza del processo per i delitti delle Bestie di Satana davanti alla Corte d'Assise di Busto Arsizio, in provincia di Varese. - This morning begins the third trial for the Beasts of Satan crimes at the Court of Assizes in Busto Arsizio, in Varese Province
Romanian - În limba româna
 Romania se afla sub furia apelor. Sute de mii de oameni sunt amenintati de inundatii. Mii de locuinte sunt distruse - Romania is being hit by the fury of rising waters. Hundreds of thousands of people are threatened by flooding. Thousands of homes are destroyed
Inundatiile ce au urmat ploilor torentiale, scurgerilor de apa de pe versanti si revarsarii unor râuri au produs în ultimele zile pierderi însemnate în jumatate din judetele tarii - The flooding following the torrential rains, the water overflowing the banks of the rivers, has caused significant damage in half the counties of the country over the past few days
Premierul Calin Popescu Tariceanu a declarat, marti seara, ca, la întâlnirea de la Cotroceni, s-au gasit solutii pentru evitarea demisiei Guvernului, astfel încât sa nu se ajunga la alegeri anticipate si ca, în aceste conditii, îsi va reconsidera demisia. - On Tuesday night, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu stated, after a meeting at Cotroceni [Romanian "White House"], that he had found a solution to avoid dismissing the government, which means elections would not need to be held, and that he was re-thinking the cabinet's plan to resign
"Din Chisinau au parvenit informatii alarmante despre actiuni provocatoare la adresa cetatenilor rusi. Astfel, la 9 iulie, in urma unor actiuni grosolane, la periferia orasului Bender au fost retinuti seful Misiunii internationale neguvernamentale de monitorizare a alegerilor in statele CSI, Alexei Kocetkov, si colaboratorul acestei organizatii, Vladimir Lebedkin", se mentioneaza intr-un comentariu al MAE de la Moscova, publicat luni pe site-ul oficial al ministerului rus. - "Alarming information has come to our attention from Chisinau [capital of R. Moldova] about provocative actions against Russian citizens. That is, on July 9, during a despicable action, the head of the non-governmental election monitorizing organization of the CSI states, Alexei Kocetkov, and an employee of that organization, Vladimir Lebedkin, were detained in the outskirts of the city of Bender". This statement was posted Monday on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry
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