December 2004

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Wednesday the 1st er February 2004

France, Socialist party and European Constitution: 120.000 militants of the Socialist party vote to adopt the position of the party for or against the treaty instituting the Constitution of the European Union. This internal consultation with the party takes an importance in the French political world:

this treaty having to be subjected to Referendum at spring 2005, the president of the Republic Jacques Chirac will be attentive with the result which will give a possible idea of the difficulty of convincing the French to adopt this text,
in several Convention countries, traditionally hostile with the extensions of competences of the Union, “not” of the French PS could support a vote “not” without complex of their electorate.
within the party, the two opinions were incarnated by two men currently in conflict: the general secretary François Holland for “yes” and one of the probable candidates to the presidency of the Republic Laurent Fabius in favor of “not”.

Mozambique, elections presidential and legislative: in a country pacified after a Civil war at the end of the Years 1980, the president Joaquim Chissano, with the capacity since 1986, decided not to be represented. The two principal candidates come from the two parties of the old civil war: the minister Armando Guebuza of the Frelino (Face of release of Mozambique) and Afonso Dhlakama of the Renamo (national Resistance of Mozambique).
Netherlands: died with Utrecht of the prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, husband of the ex-queen Juliana, died in March 2004. He was the father of the current queen Beatrix.

Thursday December 2nd 2004

Bosnia-Herzégovine: transfer of competence enters the Sfor of NATO and the Eufor of the European Union the stabilization mission of the country. The the United States preserve nevertheless a few hundreds of soldiers and diplomats at Sarajevo and Tuzla. The EUFOR includes/understands 7.000 men.
France, socialist party and European Constitution: yes with the European Constitution collects 59% of the votes with a participation of 80% of the members at the time of the Référendum intern in the socialist party French.

Friday December 3rd 2004

Iran: boy a 14 year old died following a sorrow of 85 whiplashes to have broken the fast of the Ramadan. The facts proceeded following the judgment delivered by the Mollah Juge of the court of the town of Sanandadj.

Following the emotion caused by this event near the local population, the burial was deferred; authorities having required the only presence of the more close relatives and this, under the monitoring of the security forces. To read the article complet.

Spain: attacks with Madrid. These are five bombs which exploded this evening wounding two people. These attacks were allotted to the ETA. Article arranges Reuters.
France, strange: at the time of a exercise of canine detection of explosive to the Airport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle, the gendarme S lost the trace of a bread of Plastic of 150 grams which was embarked in the compartment of a plane not identified in the luggage of a traveller. The explosive does not present any danger as long as it is not put in contact with a detonator.
France, Cinema: died of the scenario writer Robert Dhéry at the 83 years age. He was the creator of the “Branquignols” and the realizer, inter alia, of the the Small Bather (1968) and of Your mouths, the gulls! (1972).

Saturday December 4th 2004

Ukraine, presidential election: after the decision of the Ukrainian Supreme court to cancel the results of the second turn of the presidential election for fraud, the Parliament could not vote the legal framework allowing to organize a troisème turn which would be planned for the December 26th.

Sunday December 5th 2004

Western Europe: with 2:52 local time, a Séisme of a magnitude estimated at 4,9 shakes the south-east of the Germany, is France and the Suisse. The epicentre is located towards Freiburg-in-Brisgau. Very little damage, no casualty nor victim.
Hungary: the Hungarians were to come to a conclusion by Référendum about the granting of Passeport Hungarian to the foreign nationals of Hungarian culture of the adjoining countries. The final results are awaited in the middle of the following week; to be adopted, it is necessary that at least 25% of the registered voters voted for or against.

the debate divided the Hungarian political community between the nationalist party Fidesz of Viktor Orbán for “yes” on the one hand, and the parties of the socialist and liberal coalition to the capacity which wants to avoid running up against the adjoining countries accommodating of the Hungarian minorities. Those have worried indeed for several years that this project was projected (Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine mainly).

Monday December 6th 2004

France: died of Alain Riou, president of the group Green with the the Council of Paris, the 51 years age of a Cancer.
Belgium: died of Raymond Goethals, trainer of Football celebrates, at the 83 years age.
Spain: the separatist group Basque ETA caused the explosion of 7 bends S in different bars, coffees and parks through the country. The cities concerned are León, Ávila, Santillana del Mar, Ciudad Real, Málaga, Valladolid and Alicante. All the attacks were preceded by warnings allowing the evacuation before explosion. No seriously injured is to be regretted.

Tuesday December 7th 2004

Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai was officially established president of Afghanistan in the presence of the Vice-président of the United States, Dick Cheney.
Paris, Bois de Boulogne: the firemen of Paris vainly try to capture a escaped Renne 4 years, Monday, of a nearby circus.
Paris: Jean-Marie Messier is condemned to a fine of a million euros “to have deliberately diffused (…) inaccurate information and wrongly optimists” whereas it directed Vivendi Universal.

Wednesday December 8th 2004

Éphéméride : the catholic celebrate the 150e birthday of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed by the Pape Pie IX in its Encyclique Pastor Æternus .
Swiss: Samuel Schmid was elected president of the Swiss confederation for 2005. The vice-president will be Moritz Leuenberger.
Data-processing: the group Chinese Lenovo repurchases the activity of personal computers of the American firm IBM, historical operator of the market, for 1,25 billion dollar.
Sudan: new exactions of Djandjaouids to the Darfur, 7.000 displaced persons. Reuters
France: discrete burial of the scenario writer Robert Dhéry disappeared last Friday.
the United States: the former guitarist of the group Pantera “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott and current guitarist of the group Damageplan died assassinated on scene during a concert given to Colombus, Ohio. The gunner would have killed at least four people and makes two wounded before being cut down by a police officer.

Thursday December 9th 2004

Canada: the Supreme court authorizes the deposit of a private bill legalizing the Homosexual marriage. If this proposal is adopted by the Canadian Parliament, Canada will be the third country in the world to recognize such a marriage, after the Belgium and the Netherlands.
France: the Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announces an easing of the Réduction of the working time.
Israel: the Likoud accepts the proposal of Ariel Sharon on the creation of a government coalition with the Workers party, for Israeli withdrawal of the Gaza Strip.
Sciences, Genetic: the scientific magazine Nature announced that an international team of 170 researchers managed to establish the first sequencing of a Oiseau, the hen ( Gallus gallus ). If they estimate that 75% of genes directing the synthesis of the Protéine S are the same ones as at the human being, only 2,5% are strictly identical to those of the human genome.
European Union: Turkish the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pleads with Brussels in favor of the opening of negotiations for the adhesion of his country in the Union.

Friday December 10th 2004

Iraq: the official results of the American soldiers killed with the combat exceed the bar of the thousand.
Italy: Silvio Berlusconi is discharged from part of the loads which weighed against him, in a lawsuit where one fraudulently reproached him for having operation at the time of the privatization of a government enterprise. For the charge of Corruption of judge, it profited from the regulation, increased at 14 years thanks to the extenuating circumstances.
France: the Court of Assizes of Paris condemns Maxime Brunerie to 10 years of imprisonment, for its attempt at Assassinat of the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, the July 14th 2002.
Japan: the Prime Minister Jun' ichirō Koizumi raises partially the embargo on export of weapons installed since 1976, in order to take part in a program of développerment of systems of Missile S in collaboration with the the United States.
Senegal: the country abolishes the Capital punishment
European Union: the Ministers for Transport of the Twenty-five approve the project Galileo, a navigation system by satellite which will compete with American GPS.
Aviation: Airbus today confirmed the launching of the program of the A350 to compete with the Boeing B7E7, the first flight will be carried out towards 2010. On a market of more than 3100 apparatuses, Airbus would like to have 1.500 of them. The apparatus will have from 245 to 285 seats (according to the versions), will be able to accomplish voyages approximately 14.000 kilometers and will be equipped with “greedy” engine S less in Kérosène.
Press, France: Serge Dassault, Senator UMP, chairman of the Group Dassault and Socpresse (Le Figaro, the Express train), explains on France Inter why the newspapers must diffuse “healthy ideas”, because “we are bursting because of the left-wing ideas”. According to him, the press must moderate the remarks of left, by explaining why these ideas are not viable.

Saturday December 11th 2004

Jean-Christophe Lafaille reaches the top of the Shishapangma, making a success of the first rise as a recluse of one 8000 in winter.
Taiwan: 16 million people has to vote to elect their deputies. The president Chen Shui-bian hopes to obtain a parliamentary majority.
Palestine: the medical file of Yasser Arafat is given to the Palestinian Autorité.
Ukraine, presidential election: the doctors conclude with poisoning with the Dioxine from Victor Iouchtchenko Le Monde
the United States: Transporting of soya beans and the fuel, the the United States and bound for the China, runs aground near the Alaska. An oil slick threatens fauna and the flora of the littoral of Alaska.

Sunday December 12th 2004

Taiwan: the alliance of opposition carries out the majority in the legislative election, collecting at least 114 of the 225 seats. Governing left and its allies gain 101 seats.
Paris, France: brought into service of the line Large Western belt, section of 10 km between Saint-Germain-Large-Girdles and Noisy-the-King of the Ligne of Large Belt of Paris closed to the movement of travellers since 1936. It is one of the first sections of the Large Belt to being given in service to facilitate the connections of public transport of suburbs with suburbs.
Portugal: the Prime Minister Portuguese, Pedro Santana Lopes, gave its resignation and that of sound Gouvernement, following the dissolution of the legislative Assemblée by the President Jorge Sampaio. He and its government will remain in place until the behavior of anticipated legislative elections.

Monday December 13rd 2004

Chile: old the Dictateur Augusto Pinochet is accused by judge Juan Guzman Tapia for sequestration of nine victims at the time of the Condor operation.
France: the Council of State sum the company Eutelsat to cease the diffusion of Al Manar, television channel considered as close relation of the group Hezbollah.
the United States: the jury of the lawsuit of Scott Peterson declares it guilty murder of his Laci wife and their child nun.

Tuesday December 14th 2004

France, died of Francoise Verny, editor.
France, Aveyron: the president of the Republic Jacques Chirac inaugurates the Viaduc of Millau, Pont highest of the world.
France: the National Assembly examines a bearing bill reforms general status of the soldiers, in date of 1972.
Iran: after having recognized the facts, Leyla Mr., 18 years old, is condemned to the Flagellation followed by setting to died by the court of justice of the town of Arak for “contrary acts to chastity” ( has' male khalaf-e `ofat ) to have worked in a closed Maison, to have had relations with “parents of blood” ( eteham-e zena Ba maharem ) and to have put at the world an illegitimate child ( tavallod-e covers haram ). The Verdict must be confirmed by the Supreme court.

Wednesday December 15th 2004

the United States: the French Minister for the Foreign affairs, Michel Barnier, pays a visit with Washington, cd.. He meets his future counterpart Condoleeza Rice.
Greece, Athens: catch of Hostage of a score of people in a bus by two men armed with rifles. The takers of hostages affirm being Russian; their motivations remain fuzzy.
Canada: the salary negotiations between the National Hockey League and the players lead to a dead end.
France: the mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë announced his choice for the refitting of the Halles of Paris. It is the project of the architect and French town planner David Mangin which gained the votes.
Clipperton, Pacific Ocean: the explorer Jean-Louis Etienne was able with a score of scientists on the French atoll of Clipperton in order to carry out observations inter alia climatic there.
the International Court of Justice: the Court inernationale of Justice declared itself inefficient concerning the complaint of the Serbia-Montenegro, then called Yugoslavia, deposited in April 1999. This country showed eight Member States of NATO of Génocide during the bombardments between March and June 1999 in order to intervene with the Kosovo where place of the police operations and the army Serb against the Albanian populations had. The intervention did not have the downstream of the Safety advice of the United Nations because the members of NATO feared a Veto China or Russia.

Paradoxically, this legal defeat serbo-Montenegrin will make it possible this country to tie to take part in the “partnership for the peace” set up by NATO.

Thursday December 16th 2004

the United Kingdom: the Minister of Interior Department David Blunkett resigns following a scandal touching with his private life. Charles Clarke succeeds to him.
Gambia, Banjul: the journalist Deida Hydara was assassinated in the context of the vote of two laws framing the freedom of the press (imprisonment for remarks considered to be seditious and payment of a guarantee to obtain a license of publication). Hydara was corresponding AFP and of Reporters without borders. Article on the site of Reporters without borders
Iraq: beginning of the countryside for the general elections of the next January 30th . More than 80 lists (that is to say 5.000 candidates) are in string.
Italy: the president of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi refuses to promulgate the law carrying reform of the magistrature voted by the Parliament on February 1st.

Friday December 17th 2004

EADS : the decision was made to appoint Noel Forgeard next executive copresident of EADS. Yahoo
Israel: agreement between the Likoud and the Workers party for a government of national union.
the United States: George W. Bush promulgates a reform reforming the intelligence services of its country.
European Union: the twenty-five leaders of the Union sign an global agreement on future the negotiations of accession of Turkey. This while at the same time the public opinions of the various members of the Union seem very divided on the prospect for an adhesion of this country. A survey IFOP for Le Figaro , realized near 4.813 people, between on November 25th and on December 3rd, shows that, if probed Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom mainly seem favorable to this adhesion, in variable proportions (respectively 65% - 18%, 49% - 24% and 41% - 30%), probed the German and French, whose leaders are manifestly among most favorable to this adhesion, is restive with this prospect (respectively 33% for and 55% against, and 32% for and 67% against).
France: the former president of the Republic Valery Giscard d'Estaing is received with the French Academy with the armchair of Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Saturday December 18th 2004

Russia: the Douma adopts a law “anti terrorist” reinforcing the capacity of the intelligence service and police force.
France, Guyana: the rocket ARIANE 5 lance the satellite military Photogravure scientific II-A and six satellites.
Chile: the former dictator Augusto Pinochet is victim of a cérébro-vascular accident. He is hospitalized with the military hospital of Santiago.
Turkey: Turkish the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated Saturday that the way towards the EU would be long and difficult for Turkey. The EU and Turkey indeed concluded a historical agreement Friday to launch the negotiations of adhesion on October 3rd, 2005
Italy: the soprano Italian Renata Tebaldi died in 82 years.

Sunday December 19th 2004

Russia: the principal subsidiary company of the oil group Ioukos, Iouganskneftegaz, is put on sale at the biddings by the Russian government, for purposes of covering of more than 27 billion dollars payment of back taxes.
Iraq: the explosion of a car bomb in the principal coach station of Kerbala would have made at least 13 died and 30 wounded Sunday, according to hospital sources.
Libya: Canadian the Prime Minister Paul Martin pays an official visit in the country. He will evoke the subject of the Human rights, whose worrying situation was recently denounced by Amnesty International.

Monday December 20th 2004

the United States, press: the magazine Time chooses George W. Bush like “man of the year”.
Persian Gulf: the leaders of the Saudi Arabia, of the Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, the Kuwait, Oman and the Qatar meet in Manama within the framework of the 25e ordinary top of the Cooperation Council of the Gulf.
Chile: the Court of Appeal of Santiago judged Monday that Augusto Pinochet (with the capacity of 1973 to 1990) could be continued by the courts, for attacks with the Human rights.
Hungary: the Parliament ratifies the European Constitution by 322 votes out of 385.
the United Kingdom: the House of Commons voted a law creating a obligatory Indentity card. The adoption of this new identity paper in this country was justified by the government and the chiefs of the opposition by the fight against the Terrorisme, even if it involved debates within the two deputies of the two camps on the risks for the individual Liberté S.

Tuesday December 21st 2004

Iraq: the Hostage S and Journalist S French Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot were released by the Islamic army, the advertisement was made by television qatariote Al-Jazira and was confirmed by the ministry for the Interior. They will have to return in France as of tomorrow after a hundred and twenty-four days of detention.
Sudan: the Sudanese government and the two rebellious independent groups of the Darfur suspend until February the peace talks.
Iraq: an attack with the rocket on the American basis of died Mosul fact 22 and 50 wounded. At the same time, British the Prime Minister Tony Blair pays a surprised visit with Baghdad.
Literature: the editors of J.K. Rowling announce for the July 26th the exit of the sixth volume of the adventures of Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the prince of half-caste ( Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ).

Wednesday December 22nd 2004

the United States: according to a study published by the British Medical Journal of December 18th, 2004, the number of scientific articles written by French published in American reviews fell since the Veto French with UNO against the Guerre in Iraq (March 2003).
European Union: the Court of justice of the European Communities (CJCE) confirms the decision of the European commission condemning Microsoft to 497 million euros of fine for Dominant position abuse.

Thursday December 23rd 2004

Friday December 24th 2004

Iraq: visit surprised Donald Rumsfeld on an American military base of Mosul.

Saturday December 25th 2004

Space: the probe Cassini released successfully the module Huygens, which must study Titan, satellite of Saturn having a atmosphere.
Taiwan: the French Alain Robert climbed the most skyscraper of the world, the Taipei 101.

Sunday December 26th 2004

a Seism of a magnitude higher than 9,0 whose epicentre site off the island indonésienne of Sumatra, generates several Raz-de-marée which caused the death of more than 250.000 people and the disappearance of more than 30.000 others in the Indian Ocean, including more than 200.000 in Indonesia, 18.000 in India, 27.000 in Sri Lanka, 2.000 in Indonesia, 90 in Burma, 75 in Maldives, 132 in Somalia. Several million people without shelter or is obliged to move. See the detailed article: Earthquake of December 26th, 2004 .
Ukraine: the polling stations opened for the new second turn of the presidential election. The poll opposes the pro-Westerner Viktor Iouchtchenko to pro-Russian Viktor Ianoukovitch. The offices will close at 8 p.m., local time.
Pasadena : the Sentry announced the possibility of collision of the Earth with a Astéroïde geocroisor named 2004 MN4 to a level of risk ever reached of 4 on the scale of Turin, planned for Friday April 13rd 2029.
Mulhouse: an explosion with gas destroyed a building of 4 floors, making 17 dead. Three people are still reported missing.
Ouzbékistan, legislative elections: five parties introduced candidates to provide 120 seats with deputies. The election was without risk for the presidency of Islom Karimov. The observers of SOEC judged that these elections were a failure for pluralism and the transparency, whereas those of the Communauté of the independent States (CEI) consider them legitimate “, free and transparent”.

Monday December 27th 2004

Ukraine, presidential election: the first results give Viktor Iouchtchenko victorious of the election with more than 52% of the votes. Viktor Ianoukovitch, refusing to recognize its defeat, expressed the desire to seize the Supreme court.
Space, radiations of the largest explosion of neutron star ever recorded reach our ionosphere: the bursting observed by the satellites Doubles Star TC-2 and Cluster took place in the middle of the galaxy 50.000 years ago. Collected information makes it possible to highlight the cracks in the bark of star during the phase initial of disintegration.

Tuesday December 28th 2004

France, Hematology, Medicine: a team announced Sunday December 26th, to have produced in vitro of the red Globules in great quantity and being functional and mature. Article on Monde.fr.
China, Data-processing: China sets up the network Cernet2, first Backbone to use technology IPv6.
Romania: the government of Calin Tariceanu obtains the confidence of the Parliament by 265 votes against 200.

Wednesday December 29th 2004

World: all the international community mobilizes itself to come to assistance of the struck countries on December 26th by the earthquake and the tsunamis. It already poured tens of million dollars to help the populations on the spot.
Ukraine: the partisans of Viktor Iouchtchenko raise the blockade of the seat of the government after having been informed that the Council of Ministers was cancelled. lemonde.fr
France: opening of legal information against Didier Julia, Philippe Brett and Philippe Evanno for “intelligence with power foreign” and entrusted to the examining magistrates anti-terrorists Jean-Louis Bruguiere and Marie-Antoinette Houyvet. The two collaborators of the deputy must be presented to the judge for their possible setting in examination. Reuters
France: the Constitutional council validated essentially the budget 2005 and rejected the majority of the objections presented by an about sixty socialist deputies . Reuters

Thursday December 30th 2004

Indian Sub-continent and Southeast Asia: following the Earthquake of December 26th, 2004 and with the Tsunami which resulted from it, the health hazards threaten the million of survivors of the tidal waves of the weekend in South Asia. The humanitarian organizations and UNO call with the solidarity of the States and the people. lemonde.fr
Asia: the width of the damage and the lack of infrastructures adapted in the touched countries created a humane situation urgently, which the international community tries to answer by pouring million dollars of assistance and by on the spot dispatching rescue squads and average logistics. But the international assistance arrives with difficulty. lemonde.fr
France, Business Julia: the former hostage in Iraq, Christian Chesnot says himself “astonished by the balance” that the deputy Didier Julia “puts to lie” in connection with his attempt at release for which justice inquires for “intelligence with a foreign power” nouvelobs.com . On his side, Didier Julia dissociates his team-members in Iraq and counter-attack. lemonde.fr
Ukraine, presidential election: “Two of the complaints were rejected because deposited except time and the third was nonin conformity”, declared the spokesperson of the Supreme court, Liana Chlapochnikova, evoking some of the complaints of the candidate of the capacity Viktor Ianoukovitch which always refuses to recognize the victory of its adversary. swissinfo.org
Palestine: an Israeli offensive in Khan Younis makes 5 deaths Palestinian. lemonde.fr. Moreover, Shimon Peres becomes officially the number two of the government of national union of Ariel Sharon.
Colombia: expiry of the ultimatum, launched by the president, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, with the FARC. For lack of release of 63 hostages, the chief rebels Simon Trinidad will be extradited with the the United States.
Software S: Oracle Corp., second global manufacturer of software after Microsoft, takes the control of PeopleSoft at the conclusion of a 18 months battle. Acquisition costs him 10,3 billion dollars.
Senegal, Casamance: signature of an peace agreement prior to negotiations between the Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade and the principal leader of the rebellion of Casamance, the Abbot Augustin Diamacoune Senghor. Several movements of the area had revolted in 1982. Casamance is located at the south of the country and the Gambia; old tourist area, it had known a lull for a few years. Site of the TSR & Site of TV5 Afrik.com

Friday December 31st 2004

Catastrophe in Asia: the private individuals of the whole world mobilize themselves in mass while giving at charity associations after the events of the last December 26th. Many countries bring their financial support; the the United States re-examine their assistance with the countries disaster victims with the rise: it passes thus from 35 million to 350 million dollars. The country thus hopes to take the head of “an international coalition to bring a humanitarian aid urgently”, apart from the framework of the the United Nations, like affirmed it George W. Bush.
Buenos Aires: on Friday night, a fire caused by a Bengal light in a discotheque makes at least 175 dead.
Paris-Dakar: departure of Valance of the 27e edition, with 231 committed teams.
France: at the time of his wishes with the French, the Head of the State, Jacques Chirac, wished that UNO and the European Union set up a device comparable with that of the blue helmets. He pled for the “continuation” of the assistance in favor of the Asia.
Ukraine, in the context of the presidential election in Ukraine: Viktor Ianoukovitch, which refused to recognize its defeat with the “third turn” of presidential organized the December 26th, announced Friday evening that he resigned of his post of head of the Ukrainian government. reuters.fr

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