Monday 23 July 2012

WORLD News ‘Rain storms kill at least 37 in Beijing’


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WORLD News ‘Hujan ribut membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 37 di Beijing
By Mardiana hamden | earthWatch REVIEW2012: 23, July, 2012

BEIJING (AP) - Pegawai telah meningkatkan angka kematian sekurang-kurangnya 37 dalam hujan lebat, yang paling berat mencecah Beijing dalam 6 dekad, dan puluhan kematian ribut yang lain telah dilaporkan di tempat lain di China.

Hujan malam Sabtu pokok terurai di Beijing dan kereta-kereta terperangkap dan bas air sedalam pinggang di sesetengah kawasan. Kenyataan daripada kerajaan bandar lewat kelmarin berkata 25 orang lemas, 6 terbunuh apabila rumah runtuh, 1 terkena kilat dan 5 kejutan elektrik oleh talian kuasa jatuh.

Akhbar rasmi China Daily melaporkan Isnin bahawa hujan dan banjir menyebabkan kerosakan sekurang-kurangnya 10 bilion yuan (US $ 1.6 billion), dengan 60,000 orang yang dipindahkan dari rumah mereka. Times Globe rasmi berkata hari Isnin bahawa ia adalah hujan lebat, yang paling berat di ibu negara dalam 61 tahun.

Ia adalah yang paling berat di atas rekod di daerah Fangshan di bandar barat daya, yang menerima 460 milimeter (18.4 inci) hujan Sabtu, mengikut biro cuaca. Agensi itu juga berkata pinggir bandar, Pinggu daerah mendapat 100,3 milimeter (4 inci) hujan dalam 1 jam.

Banjir kilat di Fangshan terkandas 104 pelajar sekolah rendah dan 9 orang guru di tapak latihan ketenteraan, lapor Xinhua. Mereka telah dibawa ke tempat selamat. Di tempat lain, 6 orang terbunuh dengan dicetuskan hujan tanah runtuh di wilayah Sichuan di barat, Xinhua News Agency berkata, pegawai bencana memetik.

4 orang mati di wilayah Shanxi di utara apabila trak mereka telah dihanyutkan oleh hujan sungai  melimpah. Dalam jiran wilayah Shaanxi, media kerajaan berkata sekurang-kurangnya 8 orang mati dan 17 hilang selepas hujan lebat melanda.

China mengalami banjir dan berdozen-dozen kematian berkaitan ribut setiap musim panas semasa musim hujan, tetapi hujan lebat di Beijing agak kering adalah luar biasa. Langit ibu negeri adalah jelas Isnin, dengan trafik kembali normal. Lapangan terbang utama di bandar ini telah beroperasi dengan normal setelah beratus-ratus penerbangan dibatalkan atau ditangguhkan pada hujung minggu.


WORLD News ‘Rain storms kill at least 37 in Beijing’

BEIJING (AP) - Officials have raised the death toll to at least 37 in the heaviest rainstorm to hit Beijing in six decades, and dozens of other storm deaths have been reported elsewhere in China.


The rain Saturday night knocked down trees in Beijing and trapped cars and buses in waist-deep water in some areas. A statement from the city government late Sunday said 25 people drowned, six were killed when houses collapsed, one was hit by lightning and five were electrocuted by fallen power lines.

The official China Daily newspaper reported Monday that rain and flooding caused damages of at least 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), with 60,000 people evacuated from their homes. The official Globe Times said Monday that it was the heaviest rainstorm in the capital in 61 years.

It was the heaviest on record in Fangshan district in the southwest of the city, which received 460 millimeters (18.4 inches) of rain Saturday, according to the weather bureau. The agency also said suburban Pinggu district got 100.3 millimeters (4 inches) of rain in one hour.

A flash flood in Fangshan stranded 104 primary school students and nine teachers at a military training site, Xinhua said. They were taken to safety. Elsewhere, six people were killed by rain-triggered landslides in Sichuan province in the west, Xinhua News Agency said, citing disaster officials.

Four people died in Shanxi province in the north when their truck was swept away by a rain-swollen river. In neighboring Shaanxi province, state media said at least eight people died and 17 were missing after heavy rains hit.

China suffers flooding and dozens of storm-related deaths every summer during its rainy season, but such a heavy downpour in relatively dry Beijing is unusual. The capital's skies were clear Monday, with traffic back to normal. The city's main airport was operating normally after hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed over the weekend.

The Chinese capital was hit by the heaviest rain storm in six decades . . . ibu negeri China telah dilanda oleh ribut hujan yang paling berat dalam 6 dekad . . .

Heavy rains hit the province of Styria, in central Austria, causing floods, landslides and mudslides. One person has been killed, according to emergency services. (Hujan lebat melanda wilayah Styria, di tengah-tengah Austria, menyebabkan banjir, tanah runtuh dan runtuh lumpur. 1 orang telah dibunuh, menurut perkhidmatan kecemasan).

Disaster REVIEW 2012: Brazilian firefighters and police stepped up rescue efforts after the heaviest rainfall in 44 years caused mudslides and floods that swept away houses, killed at least 379 people and left 4,600 homeless in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states. Bloomberg's Carlos Caminada reports. (TINJAUAN bencana 2012: Brazil anggota bomba dan polis meningkatkan usaha-usaha menyelamat selepas hujan paling berat dalam 44 tahun menyebabkan lumpur runtuh dan banjir yang hanyutkan rumah-rumah, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 379 orang dan meninggalkan 4600 tidak berumah di Rio de Janeiro dan Sao Paulo negeri. laporan Bloomberg Carlos Caminada) (Source: Bloomberg)

Hujan paling berat dalam tempoh 60 tahun 
di Beijing, 37 mati

Hujan dan banjir yang belum pernah berlaku kekacauan bilau pada malam Sabtu Beijing, dengan lebih daripada 3 kaki air naik di beberapa jalan-jalan. Hujan lebat yang paling berat dalam ibu negeri Cina dalam 61 tahun menyebabkan gangguan pelbagai ke tanah dan trafik udara. Lebih daripada 80,000 penumpang terkandas semalaman di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa ibu negeri Beijing sebagai ribut petir dan hujan membawa operasi terhenti, memaksa lebih daripada 530 pembatalan dan 50 kelewatan. Penerbangan menyambung semula pada pagi Ahad sebagai hujan reda.

Kerajaan bandar Beijing berkata pada microblog rasmi sekurang-kurangnya 37 orang telah mati dari hujan dan banjir, laporan Reuters. Kebanyakan mereka mati lemas, manakala 6 terbunuh oleh bumbung pecah. 5 mengalami kejutan elektrik maut dari talian kuasa dijatuhkan. Kilat maut juga dilaporkan.

Pihak berkuasa bandar telah mengesahkan 10 kematian setakat ini dari hujan dan banjir. Ada yang dibunuh oleh bumbung pecah, tetapi majoriti yang mengalami kejutan elektrik maut dari talian kuasa dijatuhkan. Kilat maut juga dilaporkan. Sebagai hujan lebat berterusan sepanjang malam, pihak berkuasa Beijing penduduk dipindahkan 14.500.

Kira-kira 7,000 pegawai polis telah dikerahkan untuk mengarahkan kelantangan yang tinggi jalan raya yang disebabkan oleh banjir. Kebanyakan jalan-jalan di bandar ini meneruskan corak lalu lintas biasa oleh pagi Ahad. Hujan yang paling berat telah direkodkan di daerah pinggir bandar Fangshan, ke atas 18 inci.

Menurut data yang diperolehi oleh 20 stesen meteorologi negeri di Beijing, bandar ini menerima lebih 6 inci pemendakan, tahap tertinggi yang dicatatkan sejak pemerhatian bermula pada tahun 1951.

10  kematian tambahan telah dilaporkan di wilayah lain, kebanyakannya di kawasan pergunungan di mana pihak berkuasa penduduk dipindahkan ke atas kebimbangan tanah runtuh yang mungkin. Hujan lebat di wilayah Sichuan menyebabkan tanah runtuh yang membunuh 6 orang, 4 lagi kematian dilaporkan di wilayah utara Shanxi apabila sebuah trak telah dihanyutkan oleh banjir sungai.

Flood water falls down a stairway as residents get out of the entrance to a subway station amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Flood water falls down a stairway as residents get out of the entrance to a subway station amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Air banjir jatuh ke bawah tangga sebagai penduduk keluar dari pintu masuk ke stesen kereta bawah tanah di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters/Stringer)

A driver points to his car which has been stranded for half an hour on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012(Reuters / Stringer)
A driver points to his car which has been stranded for half an hour on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Seorang pemandu tunjuk kepada keretanya yang telah terkandas selama setengah jam di atas jalan yang ditenggelami air di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters/Stringer)

Residents look at a stranded car on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Residents look at a stranded car on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Penduduk melihat sebuah kereta yang terkandas di jalan banjir di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters Stringer)

Paramilitary policemen (C) carry on rescue operation amid heavy rainfalls on a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass in central Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Paramilitary policemen (C) carry on rescue operation amid heavy rainfalls on a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass in central Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Tentera polis (C) menjalankan operasi menyelamat di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di atas jalan yang banjir di bawah laluan atas Guangqumen di pusat bandar Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters/Stringer)

Workers pump flood water as a bus is stranded on a street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Workers pump flood water as a bus is stranded on a street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Workers pump flood water as a bus is stranded on a street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters/Stringer) (Reuters/Stringer)

Rescuers and residents stand next to a stranded car which is being pulled up from a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass amid heavy rainfall in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Rescuers and residents stand next to a stranded car which is being pulled up from a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass amid heavy rainfall in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Penyelamat dan penduduk berdiri di sebelah kereta yang terkandas yang ditarik dari jalan yang banjir di bawah laluan atas yang Guangqumen di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters/Stringer)

Rescuers and residents stand next to a stranded car which is being pulled up from a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass amid heavy rainfall in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Stringer)
Rescuers and residents stand next to a stranded car which is being pulled up from a flooded street under the Guangqumen overpass amid heavy rainfall in Beijing, July 21, 2012 (Penyelamat dan penduduk berdiri di sebelah kereta yang terkandas yang ditarik dari jalan yang banjir di bawah laluan atas Guangqumen di tengah-tengah hujan lebat di Beijing, 21 Julai, 2012) (Reuters/Stringer)

Heaviest rains in 60 years in Beijing, 37 dead

Unprecedented rainfall and floods wreaked havoc in Beijing Saturday night, with over three feet of standing water on some streets. The heaviest downpour in the Chinese Capital in 61 years caused numerous disruptions to ground and air traffic. More than 80,000 passengers were stranded overnight at the Beijing Capital International Airport as thunderstorms and rain brought operations to a halt, forcing more than 530 cancellations and 50 delays. Flights resume on Sunday morning as rainfall subsided.

The Beijing city government says on its official microblog at least 37 people have died from the rains and flooding, reports Reuters. A majority drowned, while six were killed by broken roofs. Five suffered fatal electrocution from downed power lines. A fatal lightning strike was also reported.

City authorities have confirmed ten deaths so far from the rains and flooding. Some were killed by broken roofs, but a majority suffered fatal electrocution from downed power lines. A fatal lightning strike was also reported. As heavy rainfall continued throughout the night, Beijing authorities evacuated 14,500 residents.

Some 7,000 police officers were deployed to direct the high volume of road traffic caused by the flooding. Most of the city’s streets resumed normal traffic patterns by Sunday morning. The heaviest rainfall was recorded in the Fangshan suburban district, at upwards of 18 inches.

According to data obtained by 20 state meteorological stations in Beijing, the city received over six inches of precipitation, the highest recorded levels since observation began in 1951.

Ten additional deaths were reported in other provinces, mostly in mountainous areas where authorities evacuated residents over fears of possible landslides. Heavy rainfall in Sichuan province caused landslides that killed six; four more deaths were reported in the northern Shanxi province when a truck was washed away by river flooding.

Turkey deploys ground-to-air missiles to Syrian border



1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: Turkish military trucks carry missile batteries on June 28, 2012 in the center of Hatay. (TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: trak tentera Turki membawa bateri peluru berpandu pada 28 Jun 2012 di pusat Hatay. (Foto/IHLAS agensi berita AFP)

Turki melaksanakan peluru berpandu darat-ke-udara ke sempadan Syria
By Mardiana hamden earthWatch REVIEW2012: 23, July, 2012

Sebuah kereta api yang membawa bateri beberapa peluru berpandu dan pembawa askar telah tiba di bandar tenggara Turki Mardin, laporan.agensi berita Anatolia negeri Langkah itu datang sebulan selepas Syria dijatuhkan jet Turki kerana melanggar ruang udara. Konvoi termasuk sekurang-kurangnya 5 kenderaan pengangkutan yang membawa peluru berpandu, menurut rakaman yang dikeluarkan oleh saluran berita NTV.

Pada bulan Jun, Ankara dikerahkan beberapa kereta kebal dan kenderaan tentera (deployed a number of tanks and military vehicles) wilayah Diyarbakir pinggiran, manakala bateri peluru berpandu ditempatkan di wilayah Hatay ke barat sempadan Syria. Langkah terbaru datang sebagai pemberontak Syria dilaporkan mengambil kawalan 3 jawatan sempadan dengan Turki. Beberapa pejuang-pejuang yang dipercayai berada di dalam kawalan jawatan Bab al-Hawa mendakwa setia kepada al-Qaeda, manakala lain yang dikenal pasti diri mereka sebagai ahli kumpulan yang dikenali sebagai Shura Taliban.

Pas sempadan telah diambil alih sebagai sebahagian daripada serangan pemberontak terhadap kuasa-kuasa kerajaan. Beban serangan itu telah tertumpu pada kubu kuat rejim seperti Aleppo dan Damsyik (such as Aleppo and Damascus). Hubungan antara Turki dan Syria telah semakin teruk sejak awal pemberontakan tahun lepas. Turki telah menjadi tuan rumah kepada beberapa mesyuarat antara pembangkang Syria berpecah, dan Istanbul adalah asas Syria Majlis Negara (SNC), diiktiraf oleh beberapa kuasa-kuasa Barat sebagai wakil sah rakyat Syria.

Bulan lepas, Syria tembak jatuh jet F-4 Phantom Turki (shot down a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet), berkata ia telah melanggar ruang udara. Damsyik juga menawarkan untuk meminta maaf kerana insiden dan selepas kematian 2 juruterbang. Turki, bagaimanapun, kata Downing jet adalah suatu perbuatan pencerobohan pada sebahagian Syria, mendakwa pesawat itu tidak menyeberangi sempadan dengan sengaja, dan telah ditembak jatuh tanpa amaran selepas terbang kembali ke angkasa antarabangsa. Ankara kemudian memanggil mesyuarat NATO berhubung kejadian itu. Perikatan mengutuk kejadian itu, tetapi tidak mengambil apa-apa tindakan yang serius terhadap Syria.

Berikutan kejadian itu, Perdana Menteri Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan berkata kerajaan pimpinan beliau kini dianggap Syria sebagai "ancaman yang jelas dan wujud."

Turkey deploys ground-to-air missiles to Syrian border

A train carrying several batteries of missiles and troop carriers has arrived in the southeast Turkish city of Mardin, the Anatolia state news agency reports. The move comes a month after Syria downed a Turkish jet for violating its airspace. The convoy included at least five transport vehicles carrying missiles, according to footage released by the NTV news channel.

In June, Ankara deployed a number of tanks and military vehicles to the borderline Diyarbakir province, while missile batteries were stationed in the Hatay province to the west of the Syrian border.   The latest move comes as Syrian rebels reportedly took control of three border posts with Turkey. Some of the fighters believed to be in control of the Bab al-Hawa post claimed allegiance to al-Qaeda, while others identified themselves as members of a group called Shura Taliban.

The border posts were taken over as part of a rebel offensive against government forces. The brunt of the attack was concentrated on regime strongholds such as Aleppo and Damascus. Relations between Turkey and Syria have been worsening since the beginning of the uprising last year. Turkey has been host to a number of meetings between the fragmented Syrian opposition, and Istanbul is the base of the Syrian National Council (SNC), recognized by a number of Western powers as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Last month, Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet, saying it had violated its airspace. Damascus also offered an apology for the incident and the subsequent death of the two pilots.  Turkey, however, said the downing of the jet was an act of aggression on Syria’s part, claiming the plane did not cross the border on purpose, and was shot down without warning after flying back into international space. Ankara then called a NATO meeting over the incident. The alliance condemned the incident, but did not take any serious actions against Syria.

Following the incident, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government now regarded Syria as a “clear and immanent threat.”

Austerity contrariety: Madrid boils over

Demonstrators hold up a placards in front of Madrid′s City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012. The placard (R) reads: "De Guindos shit bag" (Reuters /Javier Barbancho)
Demonstrators hold up a placards in front of Madrid's City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012. The placard (R) reads: "De Guindos shit bag" (Penunjuk perasaan memegang 1 pelekat di hadapan Dewan Bandaraya Madrid semasa protes pengangguran terhadap langkah-langkah penjimatan kerajaan di Madrid Julai 21, 2012. Pelekat (R) berbunyi: "De Guindos beg najis") (Reuters /Javier Barbancho)


1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: Hundreds of unemployed Spaniards take part in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in the centre of Madrid. (TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: Beratus-ratus Sepanyol menganggur mengambil bahagian dalam demonstrasi menentang langkah-langkah penjimatan terkini kerajaan Sepanyol, di tengah-tengah Madrid)

Pertentangan penjimatan: bisul Madrid lebih
By Mardiana‘hamden | 1WC's REVIEW 2012. Monday, July 23, 2012

Beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan telah tertumpu pada Madrid untuk meninggikan suara mereka daripada rekod pengangguran dan lebih mendalam potongan perbelanjaan sosial sebagai Brussels terus menolak penjimatan lebih pada Sepanyol sebagai balasan untuk menyelamatkan sektor perbankan. Ramai penunjuk perasaan yang menganggur tiba di ibu negara Sepanyol dengan berjalan kaki, setelah berjalan beratus-ratus kilometer. Mereka menuntut supaya berkumpul di Madrid Puerta del Sol Square untuk berjuang untuk masa depan mereka dan masa depan anak-anak mereka - di mana semua mereka takut akan dicuri oleh lebih berjimat cermat. Hampir 1 daripada 4 menganggur dalam Sepanyol moden hari ini.

Penunjuk perasaan menyalahkan kerajaan Perdana Menteri Mariano Rajoy untuk pengendalian ekonomi krisis miskin. Mereka berkata kerajaan telah didapati dana untuk menyelamatkan sektor perbankan Sepanyol yang mencipta krisis, tetapi tidak dapat membantu mereka warganegara yang dihancurkan di bawah beban hutang mereka telah digelar "perhambaan zaman moden". Pelan penjimatan yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen Sepanyol Khamis ini lalu termasuk € 65 billion euro penjimatan pakej dengan potongan mensasarkan gaji penjawat awam dan faedah pengangguran. Di tengah-tengah pemotongan, kenaikan cukai akan meningkatkan lagi beban diletakkan pada orang biasa.

Beratus-ratus hari berikut ribuan penjawat Sepanyol awam telah mengambil jalan-jalan untuk membantah pemotongan gaji. Pada hari Jumaat Zon Eropah menteri-menteri kewangan akhirnya meluluskan bailout € 100 billion euro perjanjian untuk membantu Sepanyol pemodalan semula bank-bank manakala Sepanyol terus merudum ke dalam kemelesetan sebagai kadar pinjaman telah meningkat kepada 1 rekod era euro 7.2 % peratus. Sementara itu, kerajaan Sepanyol dgn pandangan legam meramalkan bahawa kadar pengangguran hanya akan mula jatuh dalam masa 3 tahun.

A man takes part with hundreds of unemployed Spaniards in a demonstration against the Spanish government′s latest austerity measures, in the center of Madrid on July 21, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
A man takes part with hundreds of unemployed Spaniards in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in the center of Madrid on July 21, 2012 (Seorang lelaki mengambil bahagian dengan beratus-ratus Sepanyol menganggur dalam demonstrasi menentang langkah-langkah penjimatan terkini kerajaan Sepanyol, di tengah-tengah Madrid pada Julai 21, 2012) (AFP Photo/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)

Spaniards demonstrate against the Spanish government′s latest austerity measures, in the center of Madrid on July 21, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
Spaniards demonstrate against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in the center of Madrid on July 21, 2012 (Sepanyol demonstrate terhadap langkah-langkah penjimatan terkini kerajaan Sepanyol, di tengah-tengah Madrid pada Julai 21, 2012) (AFP Photo/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)

A demonstrator holds up a placard in front of Madrid′s City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012. The placard reads: "Unemployed marching" (Reuters / Javier Barbancho)
A demonstrator holds up a placard in front of Madrid's City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012. The placard reads: "Unemployed marching" (Demonstrasi memegang pelekat di hadapan Dewan Bandaraya Madrid semasa protes pengangguran terhadap langkah-langkah penjimatan kerajaan di Madrid Julai 21, 2012. Pelekat berbunyi: " Penganggur berarak ") (Reuters/Javier Barbancho)

A demonstrator holds up a mobile consisting of cut-outs depicting Spain′s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L), Santander bank chairman Emilio Botin and Socialist Workers′ Party leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in front of Madrid′s City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012 (Reuters / Javier Barbancho)
A demonstrator holds up a mobile consisting of cut-outs depicting Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L), Santander bank chairman Emilio Botin and Socialist Workers' Party leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in front of Madrid's City Hall during an unemployment protest against government austerity measures in Madrid July 21, 2012 (Demonstrasi memegang sehingga 1 terdiri bimbit cut-out menggambarkan Sepanyol Perdana Menteri Mariano Rajoy (L), Santander bank pengerusi Emilio Botin dan Parti Sosialis Pekerja 'pemimpin Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba di hadapan Dewan Bandaraya Madrid semasa protes pengangguran 1 terhadap langkah-langkah penjimatan kerajaan dalammadrid Julai 21, 2012) (Reuters/Javier Barbancho)

Austerity contrariety: Madrid boils over

Hundreds of protesters have converged on Madrid to raise their voices against record unemployment and deeper social spending cuts as Brussels continues to push more austerity on Spain in return for bailing out its banking sector. Many of the unemployed protesters arrived in the Spanish capital on foot, having walked hundreds of kilometers. They claim to be gathering in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol Square to fight for their future and the future of their children - all of  which they fear will be stolen by more austerity. Almost one out of four is unemployed in modern-day Spain.

Protesters blame the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for his poor handling of the economic crisis. They say the government has found the funds to bail out Spain's banking sector that created the crisis, but is unable to help those citizens being crushed under a debt burden they have dubbed “modern slavery”. The austerity plan approved by the Spanish parliament this past Thursday includes a 65 billion euro austerity package with cuts targeting civil servant salaries and unemployment benefits. Amid the cuts, tax hikes will further increase the burden being placed on ordinary people.

The following day hundreds of thousands of Spanish civil servants took to the streets to protest against salary cuts.  On Friday Eurozone finance ministers finally approved a 100 billion euro bailout deal to help Spain recapitalize its banks while Spain continues to slide into recession as its borrowing rate has risen to a euro-era record of 7.2 per cent.  The Spanish government meanwhile, gloomily predicts that the unemployment rate will only start falling in three years time.

Bohemian Grove: Orgy Of Power for Global Elite


Video: Bohemian Grove: Orgy of Power for Global Elite

1WC'sChannel REVIEW 2012: Anyone who is familiar with the Global Elite issue will immediately recognize the name Bohemian Grove - a subject of numerous conspiracy theories. Here’s a very recent video of the secretive organization. For the last 133 years, the world's wealthiest and most powerful elite gather at the Bohemian Grove in the Redwood forest of Monte Rio, CA where they network, discuss policy, party and perform mock sacrificial rituals. Yet, little people know about this secretive meeting of CEOs and political bigwigs because there is virtually no media coverage of the event. So what is really happening at the Bohemian Grove? [In the following video,] RT correspondent Abby Martin sets out to find out for herself.

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: Sesiapa yang biasa dengan isu Elite Global akan segera mengenali nama Bohemian Grove - subjek pelbagai teori konspirasi. Berikut adalah video yang baru-baru ini organisasi rahsia. Bagi 133 tahun yang lalu, golongan elit DUNIA yang paling kaya dan berkuasa berkumpul di Grove Bohemia dalam hutan Redwood Monte Rio, CA di mana rangkaian mereka, membincangkan dasar parti dan melaksanakan upacara korban yang olok-olok. Namun, orang sedikit yg tahu tentang mesyuarat ini berahsia CEO dan bigwigs politik kerana terdapat hampir tiada liputan media acara itu. Jadi apa sebenarnya yang berlaku di Grove Bohemian? (Dalam video berikut), RT koresponden Abby Martin menyatakan untuk mengetahui sendiri
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