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Ban Ki-moon presented to the Security Council a report on the UN mission in the Caucasus

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented to the Security Council a report on the future activities of UN observers in Georgia and Abkhazia. About RIA Novosti said the press secretary of Russia at the UN postpredstva Ruslan Bakhtin.

It is particularly noted that the title of the report submitted to speech UN Secretary-General for a three-day delay, there is no mention of the affiliation of Abkhazia to Georgia. As specified in the Russian postpredstve at the UN, Ban Ki-moon, a document called Report of the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1808, 1839 and 1866.

Recall the difficulty of choosing names triggered a three-day delay in providing Ð³ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐµÐºÐ¾Ð¼ its report in the UN Security Council. United States insisted on the version of the title of the document, in which Abkhazia would be mentioned as part of Georgia, while Russia has sought a more streamlined language. It should be noted that all previous reports of secretary general on this topic called About the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.

Delay in reporting, as well as the fact that the document could be entitled to the wishes of Russia and Abkhazia, have led to diplomatic conflicts in the conference on security in the Caucasus, which began May 18 in Geneva. (continue reading…)

Grybauskaite wins the first round of the presidential poll by a walk to polls

Vilnius, 17 may (EFE) .- La Dalia Grybauskaite eurocomisaria today won the first round of presidential elections in Lithuania, according to a random walk urn, although still it is unknown whether the turnout was sufficient to avoid a second round.

Grybauskaite, European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget, which appears as an independent candidate would receive 67.9 percent of the vote, according 4616 survey results cited by the voters whose daily digital Delfi.lt.

His closest rivals among the other six candidates, Social Democratic Party leader, Algirdas Butkevicius, the former prime minister Kazimira Prunskienė, leader of the Peasants' Union, received 11.8 and 4.5 per cent, respectively.

To succeed in the first round, a candidate must obtain more than half of the votes cast, provided that participation exceeds 50 percent of the census, and if less, must receive to win the votes of not less than one third of the electorate. (continue reading…)

New York appoints new head of health in flu outbreak

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York pediatrician and epidemiologist appointed Thomas Farley of Louisiana as the new head of the Department of Health, amid a new outbreak of H1N1 influenza that caused death of a teacher in the city on Sunday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose to replace Farley Thomas Frieden, who was elected last week by President Barack Obama as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Disease Prevention United States.

Farley, who will assume his new post in June, has served as top adviser Frieden since 2007 and helped in implementing the mandate of the city to the chain restaurants to publish caloric information on their menus.

Calling his new job as the best job in the field of public health, Farley said that the H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, would be his top priority, while also continue Frieden's efforts to reduce obesity and cigarette consumption. (continue reading…)

Myanmar opposition leader blamed for the heat to the American

In Myanmar, began the trial of the democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reports AFP. She is accused of violating the conditions of house arrest, under which Suu Kyi was placed in 2003.

May 14, 63-year-old opposition leader has been indicted. According to the authorities of Myanmar, it has violated the conditions of house arrest, as it illegally entered the house of a citizen of the United States. To do this he had to cross carefully protected by a lake, on the shore of which is her home.

As the BBC News, Suu Kyi herself denies the charges. According to her lawyer, a visit to an American lady was a surprise, because no one invited. Suu Kyi has asked the man to leave her house, but he complained of fatigue and she had to leave it on overnight. According to the AFP, the American has stayed in her house for two days.

Trial of opposition leader is held in strict secrecy. In the event of a guilty plea Suu Kyi, she faces three to five years' imprisonment. (continue reading…)

Karla Monroig actress in the most challenging role of his career

New York, 15 may (EFE) .- The Puerto Rican actress Karla Monroig told Efe that Virginia, the role of drug addict who plays in the new soap opera on Telemundo, But know the devil is the greatest challenge it represented.

It is a very strong role, I think the most #39, #39 challenging, in my entire career because he had never had the opportunity to touching the subject of drugs, said Monroig.

He added that the scenes soap opera that will soon begin transmitting Telemundo has had to manage scenes where #39, #39 short e inhaled drug. It has been shocking to me, he said.

I'm doing a character who has problems of self-esteem, a very safe compared to others, but when locked in the solitude of home has many insecurities and seeks refuge in a fake drugs, he said.

Monroig said that it is a complicated character to catch the public because it is a very real, which unfortunately we see in society today.

The actress, who in 2008 married Puerto Rican singer Tommy Torres, said that the new characterization is completely different from the lawyer Isabel Martinez 'embodied in The Face of Analia, transmitting Telemundo, and will soon begin with But the devil knows. (continue reading…)