The government of Egypt is going to forbid creation of pyramids’ copies
Written on 31 December 2007 by adminThe Egyptian members of parliament are going to pass the law which will forbid creation of copies of pyramids and sphinxes without the permission of Egyptian authorities.
To receive the permission, wishing to create a copy will have to make a corresponding payment. Money will go to maintain historical monuments.
The question is about some kind of intellectual property rights, thus it is supposed that the law will have force outside Egypt as well.
The law will touch full-scale copies of any works of art or household goods stored in the Egyptian museums. Commercial use of copies of the Egyptian pyramids and sphinxes will also be handled by the new law.
As it is supposed, the law will not forbid reproduction of the Egyptian antiquities only if the question is about the author’s work, instead of about an exact copy. So, problems do not threaten to Luxor hotel in the American Las Vegas as the building is a little bit deformed copy of an ancient pyramid.
The new law can seriously strike thematic parks in the different countries of the world, as copies of pyramids and a sphinx attract public.
Doctors without borders are abducted in Somalia
Written on 28 December 2007 by adminUnknown armed people have stolen two Spanish employees of the international independent organization Doctors without borders.
The incident has taken place in area Pantlend in the north of Somalia. According to the eyewitness, six armed people have blocked road to the automobile with two employees of the organization Doctors without borders.
Unknown persons have captured women and disappeared by the car.
It was informed, that the udbucted Spanish employees of Doctors without borders went to local clinic.
At present in Somalia proceeds guerrilla warfare of Islamites against the governmental armies. The peak of fierce fights has fallen on the end 2006-beginning of 2007, when rebels controlled the most part of the country, including the capital Mogadishu.
The governmental forces have managed to dislodge the Islamites with the help of the neighbor Ethiopia, however struggle and abductions of foreigners still take place.
The British authorities would like to forbid prostitution
Written on 26 December 2007 by adminThe British government considers the proposal to forbid prostitution.
Fiona MacTaggart, who coordinates the work of the government in this direction, says that recently London has become a trans-shipment point for the criminal groupings engaged in human trafficking from the Eastern Europe.
In the nearest future the government is going to send abroad an expert commission, which should find out how similar problems are solve in Holland and Sweden.
In the Great Britain prostitution is not forbidden. Only running of brothels is considered illegal.
The British Cabinet has already discussed the bill, providing punishment for “clients� within the framework of the campaign to reduce demand for prostitution.
Nepal has legalized unisexual love
Written on 25 December 2007 by adminThe Supreme Court of Nepal has decided to give equal rights to representatives of all sexual orientations.
Up to the decision of the Court the legislation of Nepal did not provide punishment for homosexuality, however, representatives of non-traditional orientation could spend behind bars till one year for infringement of the clause “the unnatural coitus”.
The Supreme Court also has addressed the government with the requirement to create new statutory documents to fix rights of sexual minorities. At the same time, the government of the country does not make comments on the decision of the Court yet.
It is not known yet, whether unisexual marriages will be allowed.
Parents in Spain are forbidden to whip children
Written on 24 December 2007 by adminThe Congress of deputies (Parliament) of Spain has approved the bill, which forbids parents to whip children.
Until now parents were authorized “to correct reasonably and moderately behavior” of their offsprings.
However the Spanish deputies have changed this paragraph. The new variant of the Civil Code creates physical inviolability of children, transfers Reuters.
The ruling socialists of Spain time and again received abuse from conservative opposition for denying of traditional public and family values by legalization of unisex marriages and similar liberal innovations.
The Conservative People’s Party this time has also voted against the bill, insisting that the interdiction will make parents helpless. However the document all the same was approved by the majority.
Whipping of children at home and at school is legislatively forbidden in 16 European countries. This October the British government has cancelled an interdiction on corporal punishments at home, provided there would be no signs of physical influence - bruises, grazes or swellings.
The Mexican drug mafia shoots off musicians: 13 victims for 1,5 years
Written on 21 December 2007 by adminIn Mexican criminal wars between drug mafia gangs perish rockabilly musicians. 13 victims for 1,5 years, and three of them have died for the last two weeks.
All of the murders remain disclosed. The society can only guess about motives of this tragic and frightening tendency, writes The New York Times.
Abduction of the soloist of group K-Paz de la Sierra became one of the most known crimes. He disappeared in the morning on December, 2 in his native state Michoakan. Later a corpse of the singer has been found in suburbs of the state’s capital: criminals have thrown out a body directly on the roadside.
Motives of crimes remain an occasion for conjectures, and there are no proofs that all of them are connected. In some cases it is supposed, that victims have been connected with the criminal world and could be killed by someone from competing gangs.
Sometimes the musician and drug dealer know each other well. Other victims composed so-called narcocorridos, glorifying a life of drug dealers and hired assassins. According to some assumptions, these musicians could wound self-esteem of some of the heroes.
French journalist is abducted in Africa
Written on 20 December 2007 by adminThe reporter had no chance to write about migrants. The French journalist, who has gone to Somalia with the purpose to make piece of reporting about illegal immigrants, has been taken hostage.
Unknown armed people in the city of Bosasso in northeast Somalia have abducted French journalist Gwen le Guil.
According to the driver of the reporter, their vehicle “was stopped by the armed people, who have demanded the large sum of money”. Not having received it, mob have taken the journalist in hostages, transfers French news agency France-Presse (AFP).
300 prisoners have run away from the Indian prison
Written on 18 December 2007 by adminPrisoners broke out of prison of the city of Dantevada in the Indian state Chhattisgarh in the evening on Sunday, December, 16.
The police informs that the attack took place during when prisoners at mealtime. «It was thoroughly planned break-out» - add representatives of law enforcement bodies.
Approximately at 17:00 local time prisoners have attacked security guards and seized their weapon. Three security guards and two prisoners During received wounds during a skirmish.
In total 299 out of 377 have managed to run away.
The police undertakes all possible measures to catch jail-breakers. The city is encircled with posts.
Norway is the most peaceful country in the world
Written on 17 December 2007 by adminNorway, New Zealand and Denmark have taken first three places in the published rating of orderly countries and regions.
The research, conducted with the assistance of influential British edition The Economist, was headed by the Advisory and Research division of edition Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
The countries were estimated according to a scale, where 5 is the worst parameter, and 1 - the best. The index of Norway has made 1,357, New Zealand - 1,363, Denmark 1,377. The fourth place took Ireland (1,396), Japan brings up set of five leaders (1,413).
Iraq (3,437), Sudan (3,182), Israel (3,033) and Russia (2,903) are considered the most aggressive in the world. Russia takes the fourth place from the end. Among 121 states USA took 96th place (2,317), Iran (2,320) is one step below. China has taken the 60th place (1,980).
Estonia (1,684) has taken the 28th place - the highest among all former states of the Soviet Union, Latvia (1,848) appeared on 47-th place, and Poland (1,683) - on 27-th.
Great Britain will forbid free sale of Samurai swords: 80 crimes, 5 corpses
Written on 14 December 2007 by adminBritish government is going to freeze free sale of Samurai swords since April, 2008. Such decision was taken because of frequent attacks with use of this kind of cold steel, has declared Deputy Home Secretary. According to the statistics, 5 persons have died in such incidents for the last couple of years.
For the first time the idea has arisen this spring after a number of requests from members of the Parliament and average British. According to the Home Office, for the last couple of years there were 80 cases of fights or attacks with use of this kind of cold steel in the country.
Nevertheless, the government promises do everything reasonably taking into account interests of weapon collectors.
Since April, 2008 the government of the Great Britain will forbid import, sale and renting of Samurai swords. Infringers of this law will be punished with six months of prison and the penalty in 5 thousand pounds sterling.
