Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss military cooperation and Iran?s nuclear program, officials said.

Three U.S. hikers who were detained in Iran have spoken by phone with their relatives for the first time since authorities jailed them more than seven months ago, the hikers' families said Wednesday.

Le Suisse a remporté, mercredi 10 mars, la descente de Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Le Conseil représentatif des associations noires (CRAN) a adressé à tous les partis de gouvernement un questionnaire pour connaître leurs propositions en matière de lutte contre les discriminations.

Le nombre de ménages américains disposant d'au moins un million de dollars d'avoirs avait chuté de 27 % en 2008.

Un homme, qui participait à un rassemblement à Montreuil, avait perdu un œil à la suite d'un tir de Flash-Ball par un policier en juillet.

Quatre ans après leur premier best-seller, Levitt et Dubner récidivent avec « Superfreakonomics ». Dans ce petit précis de l'économie comme vous la vivez mais comme vous ne la lisez jamais, la volonté affichée des deux auteurs est d'« éclairer » par l'économie des « comportements humains réels ». en lire plus

The incomplete results will offer an incomplete picture of the vote but will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country?s political landscape.

L'UFC-"Que Choisir" a saisi la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés  concernant huit sociétés qui ne respectent pas, selon elle, la législation relative à l'accès aux données personnelles.

Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that already touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria.

Mardi 9 mars, Luc Chatel, ministre de l'Education, a annoncé que les établissements scolaires pourraient puiser dans un contingent de retraités et d'étudiants pour palier les absences de profs. Une idée déjà avancée par son précédesseur, Xavier Darcos. Nouveau tollé chez les enseignants et les candidats au professorat. Un internaute recalé à seize places près a écrit une lettre ouverte à Luc Chatel dans la foulée de cette annonce. en lire plus

A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.

As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted to a web of corrupt contractors, a report found.

A-23-year-old American activist stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. The bulldozer drives over her, crushing her to death. These are the facts.

(De Delhi) Empoignades, documents déchirés, agression du vice-président de l'assemblée. Une atmosphère anti-démocratique a envahi lundi le Parlement indien, où devait être votée la « Women Reservation Bill ». Une loi accordant un tiers des sièges de députés aux femmes dans l'hémicycle, tant au niveau fédéral que régional. en lire plus

Dans Clooney, il y a clown. Derrière ce constat un peu bébête mais euphorique, comprenez que « Les Chèvres du Pentagone » n'est pas un chef-d'?uvre de cinéma, une comédie à l'écriture ultrafine en lire plus

The ruling military junta announced a new election law that would likely prevent Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in coming elections.

Pour les sociétés de production, le casting est un moment crucial. L'audimat en dépend. Retour sur les méthodes employées. en lire plus

After months of delay and discord, negotiators are making a fresh effort to wrap up a long-delayed arms control treaty.

Une motion de défiance à l'égard de la direction. - Nice Matin, Var Matin, Corse Matin : les triplés du sud-est

A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.

- C'est du lourd / Pakman

la région Paca s'est donnée les moyens d'attendre le lendemain du second tour pour réanimer la vie politique locale. - NOS FIERS ÉLUS / une, Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Jean-Noël Guérini, élections régionales, Communauté urbaine de Marseille, Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône , PACA, Alexandre Guérini

L'AP-HP provisionne quelque 23 millions d'euros pour les transports en ambulances, quand bien même la Sécu est censée rembourser. Taxi !! - FILOUTERIES / une2, Santé, transports, Paris, Taxis, Hôpital, Sécurité sociale, CNAM, ambulance, Bakchich Hebdo

Les six principales compagnies aériennes sud-africaines salivent à l'approche de l'ouverture de la Coupe du Monde de foot. - SPORTS / Afrique du Sud, une2, Tourisme, sport, Jacob Zuma, FIFA, foot

Le ministre de l'Education nationale propose de faire remplacer les enseignants absents par des jeunes retraités et des étudiants. Dessin de Ray Clid. - L'actu en dessin / politique, UMP, Luc Chatel, Dessin du jour, Education nationale, lycées, école, Etudiants, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, retraites

Tokyo, Japan: Japan is at risk of undermining its own recent commitments on carbon emissions reductions during a confused ? and confusing ? debate on forthcoming climate legislation, WWF said today. WWF is calling on a high-level Cabinet Member Committee meeting regarding climate change on Thursday to stick with the already outlined absolute emissions reductions of 25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 agreed under the Copenhagen Accord framework, and with the ?cap and trade? scheme outlined as a key mechanism for achieving the target. The climate bill, to be presented to the full cabinet including Prime Minister Hatoyama on Friday, is being criticized by heavy industry labour unions for possible job loss while some government ministries are promoting a carbon intensity framework for emissions reductions. Intensity-based emissions trading schemes however seriously undermines the environmental integrity of the bill - absolute emissions would increase with production even if intensity-based targets are achieved. ?If the bill includes "intensity-based" emissions trading schemes then it does not consider the emissions cap that the Japanese government has promised to the Japanese people during the elections and to the world following the Copenhagen Accord,? said Naoyuki Yamagishi, WWF-Japan's Head of Climate Change. ?It should have ?absolute-based" emissions trading, which is crucial for the scheme to be called ?cap and trade? scheme.? Japanese civil groups are also calling on the government to drop the conditionality clauses in the new bill that threaten to tie Japanese action on climate change to a successful international agreement which includes all the major economies. ?Japan should not send wrong signals by making its action absolutely conditional to an international agreement,? said Yamagishi. ?It will not only jeopardize the credibility of the Japanese target internationally but will also slow down domestic actions.? ?The current language in the bill could be interpreted as Japan doing nothing to reduce emissions if there is no comprehensive international agreement.? Japan's pledge to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 is one of the most ambitious in the world. Japanese civil society groups are also not wishing to see the climate bill being used as a vehicle for an expansion of nuclear power plants. They would also like to see feed-tariffs for renewable energy that require power companies to buy all the energy produced from all kinds of sustainable renewable energies and not, as proposed, just surplus power from domestic solar installations. www.panda.org/media for latest news and media resources www.wwf.or.jp/activity/climate

The surface of the Earth receives an amount of solar energy equivalent to roughly 10 000 times the worlds energy demand. Of course there isn’t always sunlight, but the solar panels can store the energy, and they are getting better and better at it. A solar panel converts one sixth of the sunlight into electrical [...]

Que faut-il entendre quand les sopranos et les ténors du journalisme couvrent d'éloges une enquête sociale ? - Travail , salaires, emploi, etc...

France Info est partenaire de XXI: chaque dimanche à 8h54, Célyne Bayt-Darcourt reçoit un des auteurs de la revue. Le 7 mars, son invité était Gwenaël Manac'h, co-auteur avec son frère Erwan du récit graphique Les cueilleurs d'abricots, sur la vie de saisonniers dans une exploitation[...]

Gland, Switzerland: Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world?s oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis. The 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP 15) will consider an unprecedented six proposals to better protect marine species ? including a crucial ban on the international commercial trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Currently, the Atlantic bluefin tuna is on the brink of extinction because of overfishing and illegal fishing to feed a rapidly expanding market in recent years for sushi and sashimi, mainly in Japan, but also increasingly in the United States and Europe. Overall, Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks have declined by over 85 per cent compared to maximum historical stock levels ?This is the meeting where governments must take a stand to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna and no longer stoop to the short-term interests of a bloated hi-tech fishing industry,? said Sergi Tudela, WWF?s tuna expert. ?Otherwise, this important species and a centuries-old fishing tradition could disappear forever.? The governments will consider putting Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention ? the highest level of protection under its appendix system, which would ban all international commercial trade. Other marine species up for increased protection under CITES include red and pink coral ? being harvested out of existence to make jewelry and decorative items ? and four shark species. Proposals to put these four shark species on CITES Appendix II, which would ensure stricter trade controls, will be considered at the meeting. These sharks currently are overfished because of demand for their fins and meat. In addition, government delegations also will consider steps they can take to help stem a worldwide poaching crisis destroying tiger, rhino and elephant populations in Asia and Africa. ?Support for these proposals to help stop poaching and save the Atlantic bluefin tuna is also a way for governments to publicly show their disapproval of the corruption and organized crime that helps feed the illegal international trade in endangered species,? said Amanda Nickson, Species Programme, WWF International. Rhino poaching worldwide is at a 15-year high and exacerbated by increasingly sophisticated poachers, who now are using veterinary drugs, poison, cross bows and high-calibre weapons to kill rhinos. There is also a marked increase in demand in Asia, particularly in Vietnam, fueled by claims that rhino horn cures cancer. ?Not only has rhino poaching in southern Africa increased but elephant poaching in central Africa and tiger poaching in Asia has risen as well and is seriously threatening these species,? said Steve Broad, Executive Director of TRAFFIC International. ?At the CITES CoP, governments will have a chance to take a collective, big-picture look at what is driving poaching and illegal trade and seek common solutions.? Tigers in particular are in the spotlight during this Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar. All 13 tiger range states are signatories to the CITES convention. At the CoP countries will be voting on measures that, if properly enforced, can end all illegal tiger trade for good. This is a critical measure as there are only an estimated 3,200 wild tigers left and poaching and illegal trade are the biggest threat to their survival in the wild.

En Cisjordanie, la fabrication des kippas fait vivre des familles entières. Sur la route de Ramallah, aucun panneau n'indique Deir Abu Mash'al. Le village n?est pourtant pas loin. Ses façades d?immeubles craquelées, ses rues mal entretenues et quasi-désertes, sont connues. C?est là, à[...]

Gland, Switzerland: A record Earth Hour is looming with more countries now signed up for the event than for last year?s globe circling lights out for climate action. Just over two weeks out from the event, timed for 8.30 pm on March 27, organisers are now active in in 92 countries, compared to a final participation figure of 88 countries in 2009 which saw hundreds of millions participating. With confirmation that the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo and Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will both turn off their lights for Earth Hour, all members of the G20 are now taking part in the event. ?Earth Hour demonstrates the determination of the world?s citizens for a better healthier world,? said Earth Hour Executive Director, Andy Ridley. ?It brings together cities, communities, businesses and individuals on the journey to positive action on climate change,? As a co-founder of the event, Ridley has seen it boom from a one city, one country event in 2007 to the levels where nearly half the world?s nations, and many of its largest cities and iconic landmarks make a statement for a more secure and safer future. Countries and regions involved for the first time include Kosovo, the remote island nation of Madagascar, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Paraguay, Ecuador and the US Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands in the Pacific Ocean amongst others. Honduras became the latest nation to have official Earth Hour recognition and Earth Hour global organisers confirm that there are currently more than 1,100 cities and towns signed up to switch their lights off at 8.30pm on 27 March - 100 more than at the same time last year. ?Typically we see a big jump in the number of cities and towns taking part in the last few days before the lights go out, but to see such strong support already is fantastic,? said Ridley. ?Earth Hour is an opportunity for the global community to speak in one voice on the issue of climate change, while at the same time coming together in celebration of the one thing every single person on the planet has in common ? the planet,? he said. ?Whether it?s joining your community in a town square to watch the city lights go dark or hosting a lights out party in your own home, I encourage everybody across the world to be a part of this important and historic occasion. Turn off your lights, celebrate the planet, enjoy the moment and think about the future of our living planet.? For more information about Earth Hour 2010 please contact: Kirsten Hodgon, Communications Director, Earth Hour Global Tel: +61 (0) 424 507 095 E: khodgon@wwf.org.au

During a visit to Henderson Nevada, President Obama explained basic climate science for the people who had gathered to listen to him at the town hall. “First of all, we just got five feet of snow in Washington and so everybody is like — a lot of the people who are opponents of climate change, they [...]

Karl Marx came up with the term ?metabolic rift? to explain the crack or rift that capitalism has created between social and natural systems, humans and nature. This rift, he claimed, led to the exploitation of the environment and ecological crisis. Marx argued that we humans are all part of nature and he was also [...]

Photo credit: america.gov The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, which many have said was our last chance to take action against ?the greatest threat the world has ever faced?, ended in a failure. For over 15 years delegates and politicians from around the world have discussed, debated and negotiated the questions [...]

Controversy was sparked recently when Audi aired a new car commercial featuring “green police” arresting polluters for environmental infractions. The ad which ran during last Sunday’s Super Bowl, promoted Audi’s new car, the A3 TDI diesel. In the imagined green police state, checkpoints were set up to enforce strict environmental regulations. Predictably, the new car with the [...]

By now we all know that the global imbalances were created by excessive consumption in the US and high savings in China (and other countries). Indeed, if we recall that the current account balance is the difference between saving and investment, we will find that for the US over the past 20 (...)

I went to bed at 8:30 last night and so I've been up since 5. I've read a bit of the web and nothing in particular sways me. It's a big country. The first thing I thought was that I should view some 9/11 stuff. I watched the WTC attacks from three different YouTube (...)

Some 3,017 people died in New York, at the Pentagon and in a farm field in western Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, and save for the hijackers all were heroes in their own way. But on this day each year I always recall the story Mychal Judge, a 68-year-old priest and New York Fire Department (...)

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