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According to the UN, about 300 thousand refugees from Kyrgyzstan as a result of unrest in the south crossed into the territory of Uzbekistan, and more than 700 thousand people were forced to move inland.
Reported on Saturday portal AKI-press.
"765 million people were displaced and 300 thousand people moved to Uzbekistan" - said in a statement.
To help these people to agencies UN invited the donors more than $ 71 million
"These funds will be needed to assist one million displaced persons were forced to leave their homes and flee as a result of ethnic clashes last week in the south of Kyrgyzstan", - said in a statement.
Earlier today announced that the United Nations urgently appealed for assistance to collect Kyrgyzstan, which suffered from the disorder, 71 million dollars.
Also today, two transport aircraft Il-76 Russian Ministry of humanitarian aid for refugees from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan harbor.
In turn, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake during a meeting with the head of an interim government on Saturday rose Otunbayevoyu saidThat the U.S. allocate Kyrgyzstan over $ 32 million to normalcy in the country.
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen gave to President Tarja Halonen's resignation.
According to Reuters, the head of state accepted the resignation of the government and asked him to continue his discharge their duties until a new Cabinet.
The reason for the resignation of Prime Minister described the upcoming autumn operation on his leg, but, as noted AFPMore likely reason for his departure could be a corruption scandal that erupted in September 2009.
Then, in the Finnish media reported that about 14 years ago, Prime received a bribe from a certain building company in order to obtain construction contracts state Youth Fund. The Fund was established to lease on favorable terms of housing for young people. At that time, Vanhanen served as head of the fund.
Vanhanen himself has denied all the accusations, saying that all of his liaison with the construction company was limited to the delivery of small shipments of rough boards, but as it turned out, they talked about transferring him to a large batch of high quality building material. By analogy with the Watergate scandal, the case was called Finnish media Bordgeyt (from the English board - board).
It is expected that after the resignation of prime minister, his party will continue to work in the center-right coalition, and the new prime minister will be elected on Tuesday, June 29. The most likely successor Vanhanen is 41-year-old Mari Kiviniemi, which currently holds the post of Minister of Administration and the municipalities.
If elected, Kiviniemi head of the Finnish Government, it will hold that office at least until the next parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2011. Thus, all this time, two major post in the country - president and prime minister - would be women.
Today, 17 June, EU leaders agreed to begin talks on joining the European community in Iceland, but was named one of the main conditions for a refund, which the Netherlands and British investors have lost in connection with the bankruptcy of the Icelandic bank Icesave.
According to Reuters, at a meeting in Brussels, EU leaders declared that promotion of Reykjavik on the path of integration will depend entirely on how fast Iceland will meet its financial obligations.
This is the sum of $ 5 billion, which the British and Dutch authorities reimburse its citizens after bankruptcy Icesave. London and Amsterdam require the return of the money from the Government of Iceland, but it stated that this issue will be resolved by a referendum. The plebiscite showed that the majority of the population oppose the return of this amount.
Note that experts call Iceland more ready to join the EU than other potential members of the community. Reykjavik has led the majority of legislation to EU standards, as well as entered into the Schengen zone, which is why there is no need for border management.
Nevertheless, the Icelanders themselves are unwilling to integrate into the EU. A survey conducted in June by Market and Media Research, showed that almost 60% of Icelanders in favor of withdrawal of the application for EU membership.
Recall Iceland applied to join the EU on July 23 last year. This occurred after the historic vote in the parliament of this country, where deputies decided begin negotiations with Brussels on the integration of the bloc of 27 European countries.
According to the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigurðardóttir Johanna, her country may take from 2,5 to 3,5 years to become a full member of EU.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country's readiness to resume talks on its nuclear program.
At the same time an Iranian leader stressed that the continuation of consultations is possible only under certain conditions. "We have the conditions to which we will soon announce" - quoted Ahmadinejad agency Reuters.
The Iranian president also reiterated that Tehran was still agree to a deal with Brazil and Turkey on the exchange of nuclear fuel, specifying that the agreement will be effective "in future negotiations.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi said that Iran is developing a new research reactor, which will be more powerful in the country. With the help of Iran hopes to produce radioactive isotopes for their own needs, as well as for export.
Recall, 9 June, the Security Council UN approved majority (12 against two with one abstention) a package of additional sanctions against Iran. This is the fourth resolution adopted by the UN Security Council for Tehran's reluctance to comply with international demands regarding its nuclear program.
In response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calledresolution unhelpful and said that it should be thrown in the trash can used as a handkerchief.
As reported, May 17 Iran signed Agreement with Brazil and Turkey, according to which Tehran is available low-grade (up to 3,5%) Uranium exchanged in Turkey on highly enriched (up to 20%) fuel for the Tehran research reactor.
Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office sent a request to Britain for the extradition of the younger son of ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev Maxima, accused at home in a number of economic and corruption crimes.
As reported before, Maxim Bakiyev detained British border guards at the airport Farnborough in Hampshire, where he arrived on a rented private jet.
In late April, he was declared in the international search, and district court of Bishkek issued a warrant to arrest him.
On Tuesday, June 15, the head of the interim government of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva stated that "the interim government will be able to bring a lot of facts and circumstances, which will help ensure that he was restrained and brought to justice."
Recall to the changes in Kyrgyzstan Maxim Bakiyev led the work of the Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation. The press described him as a gray eminence of the Kyrgyz economy.
Yesterday, 13 June, NATO planes began bombing in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, which until recently was considered one of the main strongholds of the Taliban.
On the bombing today, June 14, reported the Afghan government news agency Bakhtar. According to him, as a result of a two-day air attack killed 45 Taliban fighters.
Chief of Police of the security forces in Kandahar province, Ahmad Wali, Shirzad said that the aviation NATO first bombed a house in the county Hanshin, where, according to foreign military, met Taliban warlords. It is reported that they were killed.
Shirzad said that later were struck villages Shatut, Chinarto, Nisir-Kariz, which killed another 25 militants.
Bakhtar Agency, meanwhile, reports 60 civilians killed in NATO air raids. The governor of Kandahar has not yet confirmed this information.
Loss of U.S. troops in Afghanistan have reached thousands of people
Recall that in February this year in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama haveThat the military operation in the Afghan city of Kandahar will start later this year.
Later, Reuters referring to the statement of the American authorities reportedThat the first phase of the operation - cleaning - should be completed to advance the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is celebrated in late summer.
Thousands of Germans came out on Saturday on the streets of Berlin and Stuttgart to protest against a new financial plan designed to save billions of euros annually, according to the German edition of the Kleine Zeitung.
June 7th Chancellor of Germany Merkel reported that members of the Government of Germany agreed on a financial plan for the next few years, designed to annual savings of billions of euros. According to prepared by the eight-page document "Strengthening the foundations of our future, savings will be carried out in various areas, while it will not affect spending on science and education. Prepared a plan has become the largest savings package in the history of the united Germany.
According to the organizers of the mass demonstration in Berlin, more than 20,000 participants joined the protest, the main slogan was: "We will not pay for your crisis.
In Stuttgart marchers with signs, where it was written: "Just a different way to work."
According to the June 7 document, the savings to social services - Government proposed to cut social benefits glad to certain categories of citizens. Also planned to reduce the bureaucracy - to 10,000 employees by 2014. In 2011, state employees by 2,5% to cut wages. Also in the coming months, authorities in Germany produced a major reform of the armed forces.
It is noteworthy that the new draft measures to rehabilitate the economy of Germany in the first place, raised the top managers, threatening them with a significant increase in taxes.
Merkel urged people in Germany to understand the need for measures that, however, does not remedy the situation. Dissatisfaction with the German economic policy has resulted in thousands Saturday in demonstrations in major cities.
As previously reported, savings, according to the adopted program is planned by reducing spending on social programs, reduce the salaries of civil servants, as well as layoffs.
In total, over the next six years, the government expects to save about 80 billion euros.
In a remote area of the Indian Ocean, more than three and a half thousand miles from the west coast of Australia found the yacht 16-year-old resident of California, Abbey Sunderland, who tried single-handedly make a trip around the world.
Abby is alive and well. The yacht was badly damaged, her mast broken.
Abbey Sunderland take on board who has found her a French fishing boat.
As reported Thursday June 10 strong wavesdamaged yacht, it had lost radio contact.
Parents of athletes, 18 hours did not know anything about her fate. She says her father, Lawrence: "We all breathed a sigh of great relief. Thank God, the daughter of a security."
Laurence Sunderland denied accusations that allowed her daughter to go to a trip around the world.
"My children are prepared for this better than most adult athletes," - he said.
Recall that in July 2009 circumnavigation successfully completed 17-year-old brother Zac Abby Sunderland. He rounded the planet for 11-meter yacht fearless for 13 months.
In Afghanistan, about 40 children poisoned with gas.
The incident occurred in a school for girls in the province of Ghazni in the east. During the lesson, schoolgirls one after another began to lose consciousness. Doctors diagnosed the intoxicating gas.
Currently, the state most affected is not serious.
Local officials are accused of attacking the Taliban, who oppose female education and thus are trying to intimidate the children and their parents.
Similar attacks on schools guerrillas carried out repeatedly. Earlier, on May 12 reported that in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz Taliban poisonedpoison gas several dozen girls.
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In 1996-2001, in Afghanistan during the Taliban rule were not allowed any women's education. In recent years there have been few attacks on schools for girls, even in those parts of the country, where Taliban influence is considered negligible.
However, on the southern and eastern Afghanistan where militants continue to control the movement of cities and rural areas, these schools remain closed, teachers received threats, and the girls from time to time been attacked using chemical acids.
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