The United States have offered an award of up to twenty-three million dollars as compensation for any information helping to locate the leaders of terrorist organizations, including Mokhtar Belmokhtar. This is the first time that the Unites States a reward for capturing a leader of a terrorist organization in West Africa. The program of the department of the American state called “awards for justice” offers millions of dollars to anyone holding decisive information regarding the leaders of the al-Qaeda branch of Islamic Mahgreb and the jihad movement in West Africa (Mujao).
Living next to apple
Eileen Stokes lived a basic life until her family settled in Knocknaheeny which is a northern suburb of cork. She lived in a mobile hme that was in a walking distance to her much loved horse. She showed the children the minnows and they caught a jar of photos of themselves in their boxers on the horseback. Eileens husband called his brother in Guardian and started talking to them. Next door to these people live Apple’s Cork offices. The past ten years they have ad so much success it has been unprecedented. cork has nine joblessness hotspots and apples offices
“They never done anything for us,” says Stokes, her husband adding that many staff at the offices are foreign rather than local workers. Knocknaheeny is an area with a history of many households living below the poverty line. Of those who work, many are low-paid. On average Apple employee pays less than 1% tax. How is that fair i ask you?
Head Pakistan offical killed by Us drone strike
One of the Pakistan officials who is supposedly the head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), that is among the last four of the senior Taliban that were militants and that were killed by a US drone strike. A few days after the New restrictions of the use of drones presented by Barack Obama one of the CIA’s unmanned aircraft that was responsible for the killing of the leader of the Taliban and this is one of the most controversial programme in months. The Pakistan were political parties and were against the Us drones. The new Prime minister decided to open peace talks on June 5 with the insurgents. The Pakistani officials killed four people when the missle launched on Wednesday and the destroyed the house in Chamsa. The Taliban refused to concede the death of one of the head officers. In the passed usually the senior ministers do not congregate together to prevent themselves from suffering a strike. Obama is supposedly dramatically rein to the use of lethal drone strikes. He made it clear that he would continue the Pakistan ran-up and that the nato combat mission would be in Afghanistan next year.
Karzai Suggests US Bases to Stay in Afghanistan
The White House has tempered the statements of president Hamid Karzai, according to whom the United States were going to maintain nine bases in Afghanistan after 2014, the year set for the essential withdrawal of American troops from the country after eleven years of war. “We predict that the bilateral security agreement will be treated with the access and the usage of Afghani bases for the American forces. But we are not looking to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan,” assured the American presidency.
Gilles Le Guen Arrested in Mali
The French jihadist Gilles Le Guen was arrested in Mali and given over to the country’s authorities. The man’s face appeared uncovered in a video in which he warned France. In the past January, Gilles Le Guen had said: “I am follow the path of Bin Laden.” The islamist, who is called Abdel Jelil, had been arrested a few days ago in the north of Mali, according to a source close to the case.
Bus Falls of Bridge in Belgium
Five people died and many more were injured in an accident of a bus that was carrying Russian and Ukrainian youths in Belgium. The accident happened on the way to Antwerp in the north of the country. The bus was carrying 42 passengers. Amongst the victims were three adolescents, as well as the driver and one companion. Two people were seriously injured and fifteen had light injuries. The majority of passengers came from Russia in a trip from Volgograd to Paris and were between 15 and 22 years old.
McCartney Richest British Musician
The former Beatle Paul McCartney stands at an impressive 680 million pounds (approximately 1 billion dollars), putting him at the top of the list of the richest musicians of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The richest female musician is Adele. McCartney is closely followed by Andrew Lloyd-Webber with 620 million pounds, the Irish band U2 and Elton John, according to a list made by the British newspaper the “Sunday Times”. McCartney is currenty seventy years old.
Portuguese Premier Nominates 2 Ministers to his Cabinet
The Prime Minister of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, nominated on Thursday two ministers to replace his trusted cabinet member Miguel Relvas, who renounced a week ago due to an academic scandal. Coelho who has been in power for the past twenty two months, resolved with these nominations his first ministerial crisis. The replacement of the resigned minister, whose delay was criticized by the opposition, was resolved without the large remodeling of the government expected by the Portuguese media.
At Least 152 Civilians Killed in Syria
At least one hundred and fifty two civilians were killed in Syria during air attacks by the government, according to news revealed by the Human Rights Watch organization, based on visits to fifty locations. According to the NGO, the Syrian Airforce has “repeatedly carried out indiscriminate aerial attacks and, in some cases, deliberately, against civilians”. According to the Human Rights Watch, the accusations of the report represent “grave violations of international human rights”.
Regime Offensive Leaves 42 Dead in Syria
At least fourty two people died in an offensive lead by the Syrian regime against the rebel forces in the southern region of Deraa, close to the border with Jordan, according to opposition and human rights groups. Amongst the dead are at least sixteen rebels and nine soldiers. The General Commission of the Syrian Revolution has said that the majority of those who died were civilians and which occured during intense bombings and attacks in the city of Al Sanamein.