The news room

China will reduce the number of executions

Zhang Jun, vice-president of Supreme People's Court, said the number of people executed will be reduced considerably, because in future the court intends to give more to the death penalty with suspension.

Zhang said the Chinese newspaper China Daily, quoted by the BBC, that the legislation will be enhanced, so as to reduce the number of death sentences and limit the use of this punishment. Currently, the death penalty applies to crimes such as tax evasion or embezzlement, but the Court will try to determine the application of punishment only if very serious crimes.

After two years, China has given the Supreme Court the right to review death sentences set by other judicial forums, and this decision has already resulted in decreasing the number of executions.

According to human rights activists, China is a country with the highest number of executions in the world. Amnesty International has announced that in 2008 China executed 1.718 people, that is 72% of the total execution globally.

But China does not publish statistics of the number of people sentenced to death and the number of people executed. However, in September 2007 when the People's Supreme Court has the right to review cases, Chinese state media said that the execution is the lowest in the last 10 years.

A real estate agency sues a former tenant that complained on Twitter about the apartment she rented

A real estate agency in Chicago, USA, sue a former tenant and asked damages of 50.000 dollars for it on Twitter complained of mold in apartment or rent. The Horizon has brought process Amande Bonnen Monday posted a message claiming that it was "false and defamatory."

The message was posted on May 12 on account of Bonnen, @ abonnen: "Whoever says that is not good to sleep in an apartment with mold? Company Horizon thinks is ok.

Representatives argue that the agency made acuztiile Amanda Bonnen is false, that were made with bad intent and message seen by the world "has affected the reputation of the company.

Jeffrey Michael, whose family is at the management of Horizon more than 25 years, said the Chicago Sun Times as "Testimonials are clearly false and our intention is to prove this.

Amanda moved from the apartment between time and agency representatives have had no discussion with Bonnen on this subject, nor have I asked to delete a message on Twitter: "We will sue first and ask questions we LATER Michael has said.

Horizon Real Estate Agency rents 1,500 apartments in the city of Chicago and support that has a good reputation, you would like to keep it and so on.

5000 people demonstrated against the visit of Patriarch Kirill: Jos labele Moscow from Ukraine's holy places

Approximately 5,000 people attended Tuesday at a religious procession against the visit of the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill, Kiev, and in favor of an independent Ukrainian church, reports AFP.

Manifestantii wore placarte which could read: "An independent church for an independent state", "Down labele Moscow on holy places of Ukraine", "Kirill, outside of Ukraine", "Kirill is a stranger to Ukraine.

Kirill made his first visit to Ukraine as a patriarch, where he remained ten days.

Eve of the arrival in Moscow Patriarch and the entire Russia, President Viktor Iuscenko he reiterated his intention to create a Ukrainian national church independent of Moscow.

At present, specifies Gazeta.ru, works on the territory of Ukraine to Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate, headed by Metropolitan Vladimir, as well as new churches necanonice. In 1992, Metropolitan Filaret has subordinated Moscow Patriarchate much of Ukrainian Dioceses. Thus was born self Kiev Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Also, in Ukraine there is autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, headed by Metropolitan Mefodie.

Patriarchate of Moscow has ruled out any political substrate of Kirill's visit.

Patriarch has to understand that it intends to meet representatives of the church authocefalous. "I came here on the banks Dniprului to get in contact with a millennial history of our church. For me, this visit will be, above all, a happy occasion to converse with people of God, who keeps faith his ancestors, which is deeply devoted to his church, "said Kirill, during his first job on Ukrainian soil.

Ukrainian nationalists him intaminat months patriahul with Russian placarte which could read "Out with popa-colonizer" and were taken to fight with kazacii came to salute him on Kirill. UNIAN agency estimates that, in all likelihood, such incidents will accompany the visit.

Press: The U.S. Government spends tens of millions of dollars in rescue plan for the repair of hundreds of toilets

U.S. federal authorities spent tens of millions of dollars from the economic incentive to repair and build toilets in several U.S. states, government documents show, cited the New York Post. For example, the government spent 2.8 million dollars for the restrooms located in the forests of New Mexico.

Toilets "historic" buildings are old, or in nature reserves in forests are repaired with money coming from the 787 billion dollars taken at the beginning of this year.

Agencies involved in this project say that many toilets should be repaired to enable people with disabilities can use them easier.

Several organizations have criticized wasting taxpayers money.

In January, republicans have criticized the inclusion in the economic plan proposed by Barack Obama president of tens of millions of dollars in areas that have said that they will not contribute to the preservation or creation of jobs. This includes funds for monitoring earthquakes and volcanoes, for smoking cessation, testing for HIV or for fitting of the forests and removing the barrier of fish migration route.

India and has launched its own nuclear submarine

India Sunday inaugurated first nuclear submarine of its own manufacture, an event "history", according to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who wanted to emphasize the military remarcabilele progress made by South Asian country, which knows a rapid development, AFP reports.

"It is a historic moment in our national defense," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during the inauguration ceremony, held in Visakhapatnam, the city south of the country.

Submarine of 6000 tons, which was named INS Arihant ( "destroyer of enemies), is the first of the five and that India has proposed to build. It is propelled by means of a reactor of 85 megawatts and can reach 44 km at water. Submarine, which will be equipped with torpedo boat and ballistic projectiles, can carry a crew of 95 people.

"We do not have any aggressive and not trying to threaten anybody," said Prime Minister Singh, quoted by the agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

Submarine will be tested for two years in the Bay of Bengal, before being put into service, according to PTI.

Thus, India is now closed club of countries that have built their own nuclear submarines: China, France, the United States, Britain and Russia.

Obama to apologize because he said that "the police acted silly"

U.S. President, Barack Obama, he apologized because previously declared that "The police acted silly" when arrested in one of the teachers of color univeristari Harvard claiming that I had to choose better words because it is a subject too sensitive to people of color in the U.S., according to AFP.

Harvard professor was arrested last Thursday in front of his home, after he tried to force open the door blocking the entrance. The house was owned by Harvard University.

Henry Gates is back home from a trip and was headed by the driver or by front dwelling. After trying to open the door several times, he made it up and tried to force, assisted by the driver or, according Wshington Post. After about 15 minutes, the two managed to open the door and the driver left. But in the meantime, a neighbor call the police announcing that two men of color tried breaking into the house above.

According to the police, Gates accused the cops are at the scene of racism, shouting several times: "This is the black men in America" and amenintandu him that the police "do not know who to ask. Police arrived at the residence of Gates to investigate the possible entry by efractie and arrested him on it because the behavior or "undisciplined."

Henry Louis Gates Jr. told in detail how he went to arrest and was shocked by how it has been treated by a police officer. Gates has revealed that the police officer his identification, and admission to Harvard. Then the teacher asked the cop to tell her name and to show a ticket, but that support has been totally ignored. However, the report noted that the police officer presents badge. The officer went on the porch and followed the Gates asking him to urge that they say your name, in which time he was arrested by other cops are in front of the house. It considered that poor people and people of color are vulnerable in front of police who abuse their power and was Anuta that the next research will focus on this topic.

"One million men of color are in prison in this country, and last Thursday I was one of them. It is outrageous to see how black men are treated in our country. It is one thing to write about and that is something else to experience on their skin, "said Gates in an interview for the Washington Post. . In a press release, police in Cambridge called the Gates of retaining an unfortunate and announced waiver of any accusation against him.

Le Monde: Romania and Bulgaria have not yet passed the test in the EU

From the accession on 1 January 2007 the European Union, Bulgaria and Romania do not seem to have passed the period of probation. Last two states join the EU are still under the supervision of the community, writes the French daily Le Monde.

Under a mechanism called "cooperation and verification, the two countries are regularly assessed in three areas: the judiciary and fight anticoruptiei, European funds management and food security. And on Wednesday, Romania and Bulgaria were "awakened" by Brussels.

European Commission's report, which put emphasis on fighting crime and anticoruptiei show that there is progress in the two countries that have made notable efforts, but as yet are not in agreement with the European legislation. Expected reforms will require a political leadership that does not exist or that can be found in an incipient form, write to the French journalists.

For Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, "the momentum for reform should be required to be supported by a broad national political consensus, which includes all political parties and institutions, especially the more convincing results. In terms of judicial reform and corruption, Bulgaria and Romania will remain under supervision for at least one year. A situation which prevents their entry into the Schengen area, even if the officials have not announced clear that surveillance is a lifting criterion.

From here on, Romania will have to comply with the 16 recommendations from Brussels, especially in terms of action against high-level corruption. Bulgaria and Romania still have long way to reach legal maturity. But not just reprimanded, but also helped, signed Le Monde.

British scientist looking for women to volunteer to eat chocolate every day for a year

British scientist looking for women to volunteer to eat chocolate every day for a year, in the name of medical research. AFP reports. Researchers from the University of East Anglia and the Norwich Spotalul of trying to find out if chocolate black allows reduce the risk of heart disease, according to the site organization. They search for that 40 women to volunteer to eat chocolate every day.

Most of these women will have to eat daily two "bars of chocolate very strong, specially prepared by Belgian ciocolatierii, and undergo regular medical tests, while others will be" to thank "ordinary chocolate.

The only "conditions" are those women to be in menopause, to have less than 75 years and to be treated for type 2 diabetes.

"A positive result could be the first step towards new ways to improve the lives of people with increased risk of heart disease," explained one of those responsible for the study.

Israeli security experts, in: Relations between Israel and the U.S. is headed for a collision

Israel and the United States is headed for a "collision" because of the deadlock reached in the peace process with Palestinians and Syria. The warning comes from experts principal Israeli institute of strategic studies, writes AFP.

"No conditioning of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of creating a Palestinian state, no partial agreements between Israel and Washington on the Iranian nuclear dossier is not enough to remove a collision between the two states, shown in the annual report conducted by experts from Institute for National Security Studies (INSSE).

To avoid a prolonged stalemate and confrontation with Washington, to pursue strategic "serious" for Israel, experts expected that "Israel will launch its own initiative, taking into account the fact that" economic peace "supported by Netanyahu can not be a solution . According to researchers, initiatives have to follow "new interim agreements with the Palestinians" in the perspective of a long term solution. Experts warn that a solution is impossible in the short term variations of the background and divide the Palestinian camp, the Palestinian Authority's Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.

"The prospect of a collision with Washington is worrisome, responsible State Department already mentioning possible economic sanctions," he told AFP one of the authors of the report, General Shlomo Brom in reserve. The other hand, a spokesman State Department said Tuesday it is "premature" to talk about financial pressures on Israel, not excluded, but this possibility entirely.

Shlomo Brom said that "differences with Washington do not put in question the fundamental commitment of the United States to ensure the security of Israel." He showed, however, which would break the negative impact of relationships on strategic cooperation between the two countries. "Strategic dialogue between the two countries is in a deadlock, to the extent that dialogue is developing between the U.S. president Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli expert continued.

Regarding the conflict with Hamas, INSSE estimated that the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of Israel has a "relative stability" based on deterrence. Shlomo Brom and other researchers argue, however, that the same result could be achieved without recourse to war (which was over 1,400 dead Palestinians) or at least with a shorter operation and without many casualties.

Harvard professor, arrested after he forced his way into his own house, accuses the authorities of racism

Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the leading researchers in the history of African-American, was arrested last Thursday while trying to break his own house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, because the door is locked. After dropped the charges against him Tuesday afternoon, Gates said in an interview to the Washington Post that, after he spent most of his life studying racial issues in the U.S., came to feel that " a case study.

Harvard professor was arrested last Thursday in front of his home, after he tried to force open the door blocking the entrance. The house was owned by Harvard University.

Henry Gates is back home from a trip and was headed by the driver or by front dwelling. After trying to open the door several times, he made it up and tried to force, or the driver helped. After about 15 minutes, the two managed to open the door and the driver left. But in the meantime, a neighbor call the police announcing that two men of color tried breaking into the house above.

According to the police, Gates accused the cops are at the scene of racism, shouting several times: "This is the black men in America" and amenintandu him that the police "do not know who to ask. Police arrived at the residence of Gates to investigate the possible entry by efractie and arrested him on it because the behavior or "undisciplined."

Henry Louis Gates Jr. told in detail how he went to arrest and was shocked by how it has been treated by a police officer. Gates has revealed that the police officer his identification, and admission to Harvard. Then the teacher asked the cop to tell her name and to show a ticket, but that support has been totally ignored. However, the report noted that the police officer presents badge. The officer went on the porch and followed the Gates asking him to urge that they say your name, in which time he was arrested by other cops are in front of the house. It considered that poor people and people of color are vulnerable in front of police who abuse their power and was Anuta that the next research will focus on this topic.

"One million men of color are in prison in this country, and last Thursday I was one of them. It is outrageous to see how black men are treated in our country. It is one thing to write about and that is something else to experience on their skin, "said Gates. In a press release, police in Cambridge called the Gates of retaining an unfortunate and announced waiver of any accusation against him.