lunes, 4 de enero de 2016

GERMANY / THE BERLIN WALL / THE UNITED STATES/ WV

US Sues Volkswagen Over Emissions Scandal

The civil lawsuit does not preclude the US government from pursuing criminal charges against the company, a DOJ official says.

18:41, UK, Monday 04 January 2016

The emissions cheating software was found in nearly 600,000 cars in the US

By Sky News US Team

The US Justice Department has filed a civil suit against Volkswagen AG for allegedly violating environmental laws through its use of software to cheat emissions tests.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the nation's top law enforcement agency in the lawsuit filed on Monday against the German automaker.
The suit alleges VW illegally installed software designed to make its diesel engines pass federal emissions standards in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Assistant Attorney General John Cruden, head of the department's environment and natural resources division, said: "The United States will pursue all appropriate remedies against Volkswagen to redress the violations of our nation's clean air laws."
The allegations carry penalties that could cost VW billions of dollars, a senior Justice Department official told Reuters.

Video: VW Scandal: Car Rigging Explained

The civil lawsuit does not preclude the US government from pursing criminal charges against Volkswagen, the official added.
VW first admitted in September that the cheating software was included in its diesel cars sold since the 2009 model year.
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RT -HOSTIGA A INGLATERRA CON ESTE POST

Venezuela y Ukrania en www.alergiascaracasreader.blogspot.com explica la venta de Venezuela a Cuba, y Ucrania a Rusia, por la caída del Muro de Berlin y la Union Soviética y se cumplirían los siguientes acuerdos: 1. Eliminar armas nucleares de acción corta e intermedia. 2, Cada Potencia conservaría 1.500 ojivas nucleares. 3. Se lucharía por las eliminación total de armas nucleares, del mundo.

RT o Russia Today, miente, porque Russia está armada hasta los dientes.

Lea los acuerdos Post-Pacto de Varsovia.

Lea Kasyanov bbc.com/hardtalk

Cameron afirma estar dispuesto a recurrir a las armas nucleares

Publicado: 4 oct 2015 17:56 GMT

"En según qué circunstancias" el primer ministro británico, David Cameron, estaría dispuesto a recurrir a las armas nucleares. Así lo afirmó en su discurso en la Conferencia del Partido Conservador.

Las pruebas de las armas nucleares en el atolón Mururoa, en el año 1971 / AFP/archivo

Según informa Sky News, David Cameron señaló que está convencido de que el Reino Unido debe seguir manteniendo el programa de armas nucleares Trident. Las palabras del primer ministro británico sonaron en el marco del primer día de la Conferencia del Partido Conservador, que se celebró en la ciudad de Manchester.
Las declaraciones de Cameron fueron la respuesta al reciente comentario del líder del Partido Laborista, Jeremy Corbyn, que dijo que no autorizaría el uso de armas nucleares ni si quiera en el caso de que el Reino Unido estuviera bajo ataque nuclear.
Hay que "aceptar que hay circunstancias en las que se justifica su uso", destacó el primer ministro afirmando que la reticencia a recurrir a las armas nucleares "está socavando nuestra seguridad nacional, nuestra contraamenaza".
La cuestión de la actualización de la capacidad nuclear del Reino Unido se convirtió en uno de los temas más controvertidos durante la campaña electoral de este año en el Reino Unido. El Partido Conservador, que actualmente está en el poder, ganó las elecciones y confirmó que las autoridades seguirán adelante con el proyecto Trident para construir cuatro submarinos nucleares nuevos en el marco de su actualización.
El Partido Laborista y el Partido Nacional Escocés, a su vez, lanzan fuertes críticas contra los conservadores apuntando al altísimo costo del programa Trident.

domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2015

MONARCHY / RELIGION / ISLAM and the link to TERRORISM!

Cubachavism in Venezuela is Cuba-communist Terrorism allied to the Catholic Church in Cuba.
After 16 years of Cuban Invasion - Venezuela remains under Cuba-terrorism and despair! Venezuela needs international help to fight Cuba-communism as ISIS in the Middle-East.

RELIGION

Somalia and Brunei ban Christmas celebrations

Governments of both countries prohibit public festivities saying they could damage the Muslim faith.

23 Dec 2015 21:56 GMT | Religion, Somalia, Brunei, Africa, Asia Pacific

The sultan of Brunei has banned people from celebrating Christmas in public this year [Ahim Rani/Reuters]

Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas celebrations in the Muslim-majority country after the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei announced a similar prohibition earlier this month with the threat of five years in jail.

Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia's religious affairs ministry, said on Tuesday that Christmas and New Year celebrations threatened the country's Muslim faith.

"There should be no activity at all," he told reporters, adding security forces had been ordered to break up any such festivities.

"All events related to Christmas and New Year celebrations are contrary to Islamic culture, which could damage the faith of the Muslim community."

Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, of the Supreme Religious Council of Somalia, also warned against celebrations, saying they could provoke al-Shabab "to carry out attacks".

Last year, the armed group launched a Christmas Day attack on the African Union's heavily fortified headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, killing three AU soldiers and a civilian.

Somalia, which issued a similar ban in 2013, follows the Islamic calendar that does not recognise January 1 as the beginning of the year.

There are almost no Christians left living in the country, although a bombed-out Italian-built Catholic cathedral remains a city landmark Mogadishu.

Foreign diplomats, aid workers, and soldiers living in the AU compound are permitted to mark the day privately.

Santa hats banned

Similarly, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has also banned public celebrations of Christmas.

Religious leaders in the oil-rich sultanate warned the ban on Christmas would be strictly enforced, with violators facing up to five years in jail.

"Using religious symbols like crosses, lighting candles, putting up Christmas trees, singing religious songs, sending Christmas greetings ... are against Islamic faith," imams said in sermons published in the local press.

The government warned last year that Muslims would be committing an offence if they so much as wore "hats or clothes that resemble Santa Claus".

Christians represent about nine percent of Brunei's 430,000 population.

Businesses have been warned to take decorations down and authorities have stepped up spot checks across the capital. Hotels popular among Western tourists that once boasted dazzling lights and giant Christmas trees are now barren of festive decor.

Source: AFP