Iran in the World Press 23 Jan 2010 #Iranelection

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER IN FOUR CORNERS OF GLOBE leading to Kim’s demise? North Korea has the fifth-largest military in the world, with 1.2 million people under arms. It has the bomb. Seoul, with 10 million people, is just 40km from the border, within conventional artillery range. South Korea is Australia’s third-biggest buyer of exports. The Rudd government has developed an especially close relationship with the government there, led by President Lee Myung-bak. The Weekend Australian | 2010-01-23 | Australia | Page: 23 Clinton warns China on cyber attacks ‘‘We firmly oppose such words and deeds which go against the facts and are harmful to China-US relations,’’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said. ‘‘We urge the United States to respect facts and stop using the socalled internet freedom issue to criticise China unreasonably.’’ Mrs Clinton’s criticism coming so soon after Google said it would withdraw from the world’s most populous nation in protest at curbs imposed on its users — is a serious escalation of the dispute.  The Weekend Australian | 2010-01-23 | Australia | Page: 19 Rebuilding to improve, not merely replace NEARLY 10 million people squeezed into a mountainous country half the size of Tasmania, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, and one of the most corrupt and lawless in the world: Haiti was a disaster before last week’s terrible earthquake. Now as many as 100,000 Haitians have been killed by the quake; 250,000 are injured; much of Haiti’s infrastructure is in ruins and the world’s international aid community is bracing itself for a recovery that will take years and cost billions of dollars. The Weekend Australian | 2010-01-23 | Australia | Page: 13 Iran opposition urges protests DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian opposition groups flooded the Web on Monday with calls for a massive show of force during next month’s anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, openly taunting authorities who have warned of a punishing response to any disruptions of the most hallowed day in the Iranian political calendar. The Signal | 2010-01-19 | USA | Page: 9 U.S., EU vow not to back off Iran’s nuke program The United States and Europe vowed Thursday to keep up pressure on Iran to come clean about its nuclear program, saying the country’s continued refusal to prove its intentions are peaceful will draw new penalties. After meetings with two visiting senior European officials, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said efforts to craft additional sanctions on Iran will continue. The officials were E.U. foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The Arizona Republic | 2010-01-22 | USA | Page: 2 Myki on trams, buses by year’s end: Pakula VICTORIA’S new Public Transport Minister Martin Pakula says he expects the troubled myki ticket system to be working on trams and buses in Melbourne by the end of the year. But one public transport expert said Mr Pakula should consider scrapping the troubled $ 1.35 billion myki system. Mr Pakula yesterday cited the successful introduction of myki, improving punctuality and reliability on the public transport network, and implementing new train timetables as his top three priorities ahead of the November election. The Age | 2010-01-23 | Australia | Page: 5 French test Twitter’s new way with news FIVE journalists will lock themselves in a French farmhouse with access only to Facebook and Twitter to test the quality of news from the social networking and micro-blogging sites. Twitter and Facebook’s use as news-breaking tools has been highlighted over the past year, particularly during protests in Iran that many described as a ‘‘twitterised revolution’’. This month, Twitter played a key communications role in quakehit Haiti. But how will the world look if viewed only through the prism of these sites? Are these social media, which between them have nearly 400 million users, really a serious threat to established media? The Age | 2010-01-23 | Australia | Page: 24 De prijs voor de oorlog in Afghanistan Een nederlaag in Afghanistan is voor Washington tot Den Haag vanwege het existentiële karakter van het conflict onacceptabel. Verliezen is ‘geen optie’, aldus de bezwerende woorden van veel Atlantici. Welnu, het verliezen van een ‘existentiële’ wereldoorlog is een heel reële optie, zoals de Duitsers hun kunnen vertellen, die dat zelfs tweemaal is overkomen. Niet toevallig stellen deze zich nu wat terughoudend op. Iedereen praat steeds over de prijs van het verliezen van deze oorlog.  NRC Handelsblad | 2010-01-22 | Netherlands | Page: 7 Kritiek China op Clintons internet-rede Clinton maakte gisteren in een toespraak over het internet duidelijk dat voor de VS vrijheid op het internet een principiële zaak is. „De Amerikaanse zogenaamde internetvrijheid is vrijheid onder Amerikaanse controle. Sommigen in de VS willen van het internet een instrument van bemoeizuchtig en prekerig overheidsbeleid maken”, aldus de Global Times, een van de Engelstalige kranten van de Chinese overheid. In het algemeen werd de toespraak van Clinton in het Washingtonse Newseum, een museum over de geschiedenis van de pers, in China beschouwd als een inmenging in Chinese binnenlandse aangelegenheden. NRC Handelsblad | 2010-01-22 | Netherlands | Page: 5 Iran ontkent hand voor Israëliër Teheran, 22 jan. Iran heeft gisteren ontkend dat de Iraanse minister van Toerisme op een conferentie in Madrid zijn Israëlische ambtgenoot de hand heeft geschud. De Israëlische minister, Stas Mezeshnikov, had dat in vraaggesprekken met Israëlische kranten gezegd. De Iraanse Organisatie voor cultureel erfgoed en toerisme liet weten dat het om een „ongegrond gerucht” gaat „voortgekomen uit de verbeelding van boosaardige Britse media”. (Reuters) NRC Handelsblad | 2010-01-22 | Netherlands | Page: 4 Clinton aims at China in free internet speech US SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton will call today for an uncensored global internet where individuals and companies can operate without fear of repression or computer attacks such as those that Google says emanated recently from China. Mrs Clinton will outline the Obama Administration’s vision of promoting internet freedom and security, highlighting how the US is supporting organisations around the world to develop tools to circumvent firewalls and promote democracy and economic growth, officials said.  The Age | 2010-01-22 | Australia | Page: 13 Clinton: ‘Information curtain’ a threat to Web WASHINGTON — Echoing the long ago words of Winston Churchill, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said an “information curtain is descending on much of the world.” Speaking at an Internet Freedom forum, Clinton said authoritarian governments are increasingly moving to restrict religious, political and other freedoms. She urged countries such as China, Iran and Saudi Arabia to refrain from restricting how their citizens use the Internet and warned that countries that do so are in danger of “walling themselves off from progress” in the 21st century.  Austin American-Statesman | 2010-01-22 | USA | Page: 2 Global anti-missile plan just ‘pie in sky’ It is too early for China to say whether it is to join in the global anti-missile system that the US and Russia are discussing, as the targets and scale of the system are still unclear, a Chinese military expert said. “ The interests of many countries are involved in the plan, and it is too early to comment whether China will take apart in it,” Peng Guangqian, a Beijng-based senior military analyst, said. US Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle said on  China Daily | 2010-01-22 | China | Page: 11 Wen tops list of influential leaders Defining year for Obama presidency Premier Wen Jiabao is the most influential leader shaping global politics in 2010, a leading think tank said in a report released on Wednesday. The New York-based Eurasia Group attributed Wen’s ranking to his success in guiding China through the worst of the economic crisis last year. China Daily | 2010-01-22 | China | Page: 1 Les Six cherchent l’unité pour faire plier l’Iran WASHINGTON | (AFP) Les Six parient sur leur unité pour contrecarrer les ambitions nucléaires de l’Iran, après des mois d’efforts communs et bien que la Chine demeure réticente à de nouvelles sanctions. « Nous sommes unis et résolus à travailler pour faire pression sur l’Iran en réponse à leur rejet continu des ouvertures de la communauté internationale », a déclaré hier la secrétaire d’État américaine Hillary Clinton, en promettant que les Six « ne reculeront pas ».  Le Journal de Montreal | 2010-01-22 | Canada | Page: 35 Free-market reform admits Chile to the club successful policies that Chile has put in place for the last two decades.” It has taken a while but “the Chicago boys” can finally take a bow. The Paris-based OECD, now with 31 members, is a research organization that identifies economic benchmarks and promotes “best practices” in economies with strong freemarket convictions, whether these economies are governed from the left or the right. Twenty-one members are European countries; Japan and South Korea are the sole Asian members.  The Globe and Mail (BC Edition) | 2010-01-22 | Canada | Page: 16 The rush to redefine family The tragedy in Haiti raises great moral questions about our obligations to others. How should Canada react to the pleas of Canadians of Haitian origin, who see the desperate circumstances in their homeland and want to resettle their family members to the north? In its immigration policy, the federal government has acted well, expediting current claims and orphan sponsorships while recognizing that opening the doors too widely would be a bad precedent for Canada and set back Haiti’s reconstruction.  The Globe and Mail (BC Edition) | 2010-01-22 | Canada | Page: 12 Clinton presses Beijing to probe attack on Google WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google to threaten to pull out of that country — and challenged Beijing to publish its findings. “Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of Internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century,” she said Thursday. Clinton said the U.S. and China “have different views on this issue, and we intend to address those differences candidly and consistently.”  Houston Chronicle | 2010-01-22 | USA | Page: 4 Iran priority at German-Israeli summit BERLIN – After a historic joint German-Israeli cabinet session on Monday in Berlin, the German Chancellor urged robust sanctions on the Islamic Republic. “If Iran’s reactions don’t change, we will help work on comprehensive sanctions,” said Angela Merkel. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu answered his own questions at the joint appearance with his German counterpart: “If we don’t apply sanctions, crippling sanctions against this Iranian tyranny, when shall we apply them? If not now, when? The answer is now. The Australian Jewish News Sydney edition | 2010-01-22 | Australia | Page: 14 Clinton wants open access WASHINGTON/ BEIJING — U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday called for an unfettered worldwide Internet and urged global condemnation of those who conduct cyber attacks, as China sought to contain tension with the U. S. over the hacking and censorship of Google. “A new information curtain is descending across much of the world,” she said, calling growing Internet curbs the modern equivalent of the Berlin Wall. Kingston Whig-Standard | 2010-01-22 | Canada | Page: 10 Clinton wants open access equivalent of the Berlin Wall. “We stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas,” Clinton said in an address that cited China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt among countries that censored the Internet or harassed bloggers. Countries that built electronic barriers to parts of the Internet or filtered search results contravened the UN’s Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of information, she said. The Intelligencer (Belleville) | 2010-01-22 | Canada | Page: 8 Hillary Clinton lancia la battaglia per la liberazione di Internet cato della Repubblica Popolare: «Non siamo più disponibili a collaborare con la censura». Poche ore dopo è arrivato il pronto sostegno della Clinton che ha chiesto chiarimenti alla Cina. Pechino ieri ha preferito giocare d’anticipo. Prima ancora che Hillary iniziasse a parlare, ha provato a evitare l’apertura di una guerra fredda digitale sottolineando che «l’incidente di Google non deve essere legato alle relazioni tra Cina e Stati Uniti, altrimenti si rischia di sopravvalutarlo». Il Riformista | 2010-01-22 | Italy | Page: 11 SULTAN LOOKS BACK Raising a nationalist author SHARJAH TV: Why did you name the book ‘Sard Al That’? What is the secret behind choosing this title? HIS HIGHNESS DR SHAIKH SULTAN BIN MOHAMMAD AL QASIMI: The word Sard in Arabic means to speak and talk in a good manner, while That does not mean “oneself ”, but whatever can be published or told. I omitted 30 per cent of the content because I did not want it to stir hatred — this is unacceptable. Why have you launched “Sard Al That” now and what can the younger generation learn from it?  Gulf News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 1 Turkey’s rising regional influence Over the past year, Turkish-Israeli relations have turned increasingly sour, moving from one stumbling problem into another. Last week, a diplomatic crisis with potentially serious implications blew up between the two countries. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon summoned Turkish Ambassador to Israel Ahmet Oguz Celikkol to a meeting to protest a Turkish soap opera that depicted Israeli agents kidnapping Palestinian children. When the ambassador arrived, he received a lower seat than Ayalon — and was photographed in that position, making it appear that Ayalon was speaking to an inferior.  Gulf News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 8 Visitor pleads guilty to jewellery theft Dubai An Australian visitor has admitted jumping over a villa wall, along with two associates, and stealing Dh647,000 worth of gold and diamonds which they buried at the beachside. “Yes I did. I am guilty,” said the 40-year-old Australian suspect in a confident voice when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday. Prosecutors charged 40-year-old D.B. and his alleged accomplices, 26year-old Kosovar A.B. and 37-year-old Spaniard S.V., of stealing Dh647,000 worth of jewellery, clothes and men’s shoes and belts from an Iranian woman’s villa.  Gulf News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 3 ‘Israel must be able to prevent rocket attacks’ Occupied Jerusalem (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel must have a presence in the West Bank to stop rockets from being imported even after a peace agreement is achieved, the first time he has spelled out such a demand. He said the experience of rocket attacks from the Lebanese and Gaza borders means Israel must be able to prevent such weapons from being brought into any future Palestinian entity in the West Bank.  Gulf News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 12 Internet deve restare libero INTERNET DEVE RESTARE LIBERO La diffusione delle reti d’informazione sta formando il nuovo sistema nervoso del nostro pianeta. Quando qualcosa accade ad Haiti o nel Hunan lo veniamo a sapere in tempo reale, e da persone reali, e possiamo reagire subito. Il team di soccorritori Usa e la ragazza sepolta sotto le rovine di un supermarket hanno comunicato in un modo che era impossibile solo una generazione prima. Èstata salvata grazie a un sms. Mentre siamo qui chiunque di voi, o dei vostri figli, può trasmettere la nostra discussione a miliardi di persone in tutto il mondo utilizzando gli strumenti che ci portiamo dietro ogni giorno.  La Stampa | 2010-01-22 | Italy | Page: 1 U.S. seeks Saudi help to stabilize Yemen WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is urging a major role for Saudi Arabia in an emerging international effort to stabilize Yemen, said U.S. and European officials involved in the diplomacy. In doing so, the White House risks relying on an ally whose interests in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula don’t always align with Washington’s. One difference has already arisen: While Riyadh continues a military campaign against insurgents based inside Yemen’s northern border with Saudi Arabia, the U.S. on Wednesday called for political dialogue in the conflict with the rebel group, the Houthis. The Wall Street Journal Europe | 2010-01-22 | Belgium | Page: 10 The Clinton Internet Doctrine Kudos to Hillary Clinton, who on Thursday launched a U.S. State Department campaign to preserve and expand Internet freedom around the world—and hit out at regimes that continue to tighten Web censorship. “Countries or individuals that engage in cyberattacks should face consequences and international condemnation,” she said, following attempts by Chinese hackers to read the emails of human-rights activists by attacking Google’s servers. The Wall Street Journal Europe | 2010-01-22 | Belgium | Page: 12 Clinton is for Web access Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made unrestricted Internet access a top foreign-policy priority and urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google Inc. to threaten to pull out of that country. The remarks come in the wake of accusations last week that Chinese hackers penetrated Google’s computer networks. The attack, which also targeted Chinese dissidents, is the kind of issue Mrs. Clinton aims to address, said Alec Ross, a senior adviser.  The Wall Street Journal Europe | 2010-01-22 | Belgium | Page: 21 Secret letter reveals law chief ’s warning on case for Iraq war THE legality of the Iraq war was thrown into fresh doubt today after a secret letter from the Attorney General laid bare his warnings over the conflict. The letter from Lord Goldsmith, declassified and published for the first time by the Iraq inquiry, revealed there were “considerable difficulties” in taking military action in the absence of an explicit United Nations resolution. The peer warned the then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon that toppling Saddam could only be justified under international law if there was “an imminent threat” from Iraq. London Evening Standard (West End Final A) | 2010-01-19 | UK | Page: 6 Obama ou l’effondrement d’un mythe B arack H. Obama ? Trop indécis, trop prudent, trop distant. Au premier anniversaire de son mandat, cette semaine, l’homme providentiel déçoit jusque dans son camp. Est-ce pour corriger ces défauts qu’il a pleinement engagé son pays au secours d’Haïti ? Le président des États-Unis y fait preuve d’une détermination inédite et d’autant plus remarquable que demeure le souvenir de George W. Bush, inopérant en Louisiane, frappée en 2005 par l’ouragan Katrina. Mais ce spectaculaire et opportun déploiement de générosité ne peut cacher l’effondrement d’un mythe.  Le Figaro | 2010-01-22 | France | Page: 15 Des aéroports sur le qui-vive et de fausses alertes ALORS que l’Europe tarde à mettre en place des procédures communes de renforcement du contrôle des passagers, les États ont durci individuellement leurs règles de sûreté aérienne. Les alertes se multiplient même, tant le niveau de sécurité a été relevé dans certains pays. Fausses alertes Hier, un passager «au comportement perturbateur » a été arrêté dans un aéroport de Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) après une alerte à la bombe à bord d’un vol entre New York et Louisville (Kentucky).  Le Figaro | 2010-01-22 | France | Page: 9 L’Iranienne Shirin Ebadi se livre Shirin Ebadi est la première femme musulmane à s’être vu décerner le prix Nobel de la paix, en 2003. Elle publie le 10 mars, aux éditions de L’Archipel, un récit sous forme de parabole où il est question du destin dramatique de trois frères. Une façon de parler des paradoxes de l’Iran. Le Figaro | 2010-01-22 | France | Page: 38 Kina maser sig frem med alle midler BEIJING Verden fik den første smag af Kinas plads i en ændret verdensorden, da Beijing kuppede resten af verden og inviterede 40 afrikanske ledere til topmøde i Beijing i 2006. Budskabet var klart: Hvor Vesten har fejlet, har Kina 30 års erfaring i infrastrukturudvikling, og med massiv politisk og økonomisk rygdækning fra Beijing er potentialet for succes til stede. Jyllands-Posten | 2010-01-22 | Denmark | Page: 12 Pinligt for Aarhus Universitet Hans Jørgen Kirkeby Chr. Winthersvej 50, Åbyhøj Valget af den tidligere iranske præsident Khatami til at få Global Dialogue Prize af Aarhus Universitet har været en yderst pinlig sag for universitetet. Blandt Khatamis ”kvalifikationer” kan nævnes, at han i 1989 forlangte, at dødsdommen over Salman Rushdie for at have skrevet romanen ”De Sataniske Vers” skulle effektueres.  Jyllands-Posten | 2010-01-22 | Denmark | Page: 21 »Something will happen to you« Kan man tage til Irans hovedstad, Teheran, og mødes med studenter fra reformbevægelsen for at tale om deres syn på det iranske styre og deres egne demonstrationer? For Erik Boel, der er formand for Den Danske Europabevægelse, er svaret nej. For en uge siden rejste han til Teheran på et turistvisum, indlogerede sig på et hotel og kontaktede flere studenter, som har været aktive i demonstrationerne i Teherans gader de seneste måneder.  Jyllands-Posten | 2010-01-22 | Denmark | Page: 2 Jordskælvet i Haiti er Røde Kors-præsidentens ilddåb Et jordskælv målt til 7,0 på Richterskalaen i et af verdens fattigste lande og akut brug for nødhjælp. Det var den virkelighed, Susanne Larsen vågnede op til efter knap to uger på posten som præsident for Dansk Røde Kors. »Vores generalsekretær Anders Ladekarl ringede og orienterede mig om jordskælvet om morgenen. Jeg tænkte, det er ligesom at komme tilbage til SAS. Nu er det kriseberedskabet, det gælder,« fortæller hun. Efter seks år som adm. direktør i SAS Danmark er det langtfra første gang, Susanne Larsen skal håndtere en krise. Stabilisering og overblik »Der Borsen Dagblad Weekend | 2010-01-22 | Denmark | Page: 62 Security lapses shut Munich terminal FORMER BRITISH foreign secretary Jack Straw has strongly defended the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, given Saddam Hussein’s conduct and years of lies to the United Nations. “I made my choice. I have never backed away from it, and I do not intend to do so, and fully accept the responsibilities which flow from that,” he told the Iraq Inquiry. “I believed at the time, and I still believe, that we made the best judgments we could have done in the circumstances; we did so assiduously and on the best evidence we had available at the time.”  The Irish Times | 2010-01-22 | Ireland | Page: 12 Obama can forget critics if he gets major issues right READING BARACK Obama’s Dreams from My Father, the US president’s beautifully written reflections on his early life and identity, most people are struck by his cool and intellectual approach. This is not to say that he is unemotional. Obama can rage and weep. But he rarely seems to act on the basis of raw sentiment or instinctive prejudice. Pragmatic and highly intelligent, sooner or later every issue receives the full attention of his forensic curiosity.  The Irish Times | 2010-01-22 | Ireland | Page: 14 US shift as Clinton criticises China’s web censorship Hillary Clinton yesterday called on Beijing to hold a thorough and open investigation into the hacking of human rights activists’ email accounts. The US secretary of state’s comments, made in a speech, marked an apparent shift away from Washington’s reluctance to challenge China on a number of issues in recent years. Clinton voiced unusual – if cautious – criticism of China over its internet censorship, throwing her weight behind Google’s threat to withdraw from the country over the hacking and also being forced to censor its search engine.  The Guardian | 2010-01-22 | UK | Page: 15 ‘Wij tegen zij schiep geen veiligheid’ De politiek-filosoof Francis Fukuyama weet dat hij nog steeds wordt beschouwd als neo-liberaal sinds hij in 1989 ‘het einde van de geschiedenis’ en de zege van het democratisch kapitalisme beschreef. Het is een verouderd beeld dat hij graag corrigeert: de nog altijd invloedrijke hoogleraar stemde in 2008 voor Barack Obama. Een jaar na diens aantreden vindt Fukuyama dat de Amerikaanse president het niet slecht doet. De Volkskrant | 2010-01-22 | Netherlands | Page: 4 Internet censorship ‘the new Berlin Wall’ WASHINGTON The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called for an unfettered internet and urged global condemnation of those who conduct cyber attacks, as China sought to contain tension with the US over the hacking and censorship of Google. “A new information curtain is descending across much of the world,” she said, describing growing curbs on the internet as the modern equivalent of the Berlin Wall. She cited China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt among countries that censored the internet or harassed bloggers. In Beijing, China’s Vice Foreign Minister, He Yafei, said: “The Google incident should not be linked to bilateral relations.” The Independent | 2010-01-22 | UK | Page: 34 Abu Dhabi’s Anglo Frenchman ABU DHABI Jean-Yves de Cara, the executive director of the Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, laughs when asked where he comes from. “Yorkshire,” he jokes, before rattling off in his unmistakably French accent a list of his favourite places in England. His quip is not quite as far-fetched as it seems – as a boy, Prof de Cara lived for a month each year in York, in northern England, to attend a local college – and it highlights a curious paradox about him. The eminent lawyer says he is “totally Anglophile”.  The National - News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 6 British Museum’s nd makes Iran anxious The “remarkable” discovery this month of two small fragments of inscribed clay at the British Museum will cast new light on a 2,500-year-old cylinder that bears the world’s first charter of human rights. The finds, however, have aroused Iran’s suspicion because it means the British Museum will again delay loaning the so-called Cyrus cylinder to Tehran while scholars in London study and decipher the discovery. The National - News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 10 Iranian nuclear plant to open mosCoW Russia will this year start up the reactor at Iran’s longdelayed Bushehr nuclear power plant, the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation said yesterday. Russia agreed to build the 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant at Bushehr 15 years ago, but delays have haunted the US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) project and diplomats say Moscow has used it as a lever in relations with Tehran. “2010 is the year of Bushehr,” Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of the Rosatom state nuclear corporation, said in Moscow. “There is absolutely no doubt that it will be built this year. The National - News | 2010-01-22 | UAE | Page: 7 Our future is linked to their future Be it an earthquake in Haiti or the violent drug war fought in Mexico today, the United States can ill afford to turn a blind eye to our neighbors in this hemisphere. The hope of a strong recovery in 2010 is vital for the region, as is the need to understand how our neighbors’ actions can affect the U.S. economy and our security. And nowhere is that more critical than in the relationship between Mexico and the United States. By virtue of geography, economies and, increasingly, our cultures, Mexico is more integrated with the U.S. than any other Latin American country. Dallas Morning News | 2010-01-21 | USA | Page: 13 « C’est de la chirurgie de guerre » LOrcel E MEDECIN-CHEF Michel résume ainsi son quoti-dien : « C’est de la chirurgie de guerre. » Depuis dix jours, l’hôpital de campagne dressé par les Français sur les hauteurs de Port-au-Prince, au lycée Alexandre-Dumas, a vu défiler plus de 350 patients et pratiqué une trentaine d’opérations chirurgicales. « Le bilan de la catastrophe est extrême », analyse le chef de ce qu’on appelle dans le jargon l’Escrim, pour élément de sécurité civile rapide d’intervention médicale. Aujourd'hui en France | 2010-01-22 | France | Page: 15

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