Archive for the ‘International’ Category

Two dead in plane crash in Panama

A small plane crashed Saturday near the airport in a town west of Panama City, killing its two occupants, one U.S. citizen. The accident occurred before sunset in the village of Chame, about 90 kilometers west of the capital, told the media the commissioner of the National Police in that area, Rigoberto Dominguez. The police [...]

France withdraws diplomats and relatives of Tehran

France has ordered its diplomats from Iran due to the attack on the British embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, said on Saturday a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. The goal of repatriation is to ensure the safety of certain diplomats “were more vulnerable than others,” the spokesman said. “We want to protect our diplomatic personnel [...]

Iran says Obama should apologize for downed plane

U.S. President should apologize for sending an unmanned spy plane Iranian territory instead of asking to return the captured ship, said Tuesday the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. Tehran announced on December 4 that he had downed spy plane in the east, near Afghanistan. Since then, the ship has been shown [...]

Hugo Chavez traveled to Cuba for fourth chemotherapy

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel again to Cuba for a fourth session of chemotherapy as part of cancer treatment , confirmed on Saturday the head of state. “Today I am going to Cuba,” said Chavez, accompanied by Bolivian President Evo Morales, who for a few hours gave him a private tour of “friend” to [...]

Iran approves nuclear inspectors mission on its territory

Iran approved the visit to its territory of a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), while Tehran has hinted to find a diplomatic crisis over its controversial nuclear program. The IAEA delegation will be headed by the chief inspector of the agency and director of controls, Herman Nackaerts, and plans to visit Iran [...]

An enormous island of trash surround the Pacific

Each year around the world, producing 100 million tons of plastics. A 10% end in the sea. So it has come to form the so-called trash vortex (vortex of trash), an area of ​​700 square kilometers located between the U.S. and Japan, and that can have an average of 334,000 pieces of debris per square [...]