La fin du monde aura bien lieu, mais pas tout de suite. LE MONDE | • Mis à jour le | Par Stéphane Foucart Pour qui considère l'irrationalisme comme une navrante pathologie de nos sociétés, le constat est assez déprimant.
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AUSTRALIE. USA. EGYPTE. Gay law repeal hypocritical: activists. IRAN. Week in pictures: 10-16 December 2011. IRAQ. LYBIE. The glittering goldfields of southeastern Australia : History, Australia. The discovery of gold in the early 1850s sparked pandemonium in Victoria, Australia, then an unremarkable colonial frontier full of sheep farmers.
Thousands of prospectors from Europe, North America and China flocked to southeastern Australia with the hope of becoming the most profitable fortune hunter. Related article: New riches along the White Pass and Yukon Route The optimism and hardship that dominated the goldfields during that time reverberates throughout present-day Victoria. “You can still see areas where they [the prospectors] redirected the creeks, where they used to pan for gold, the chimneys and foundations of little colonies right across the goldfields,” said Rod Thomson, the chairman of Goldfields Tourism. “Some of the smaller villages still have streetscapes virtually untouched from what they were in those times. Visitors can retrace the path of those early pioneers on the recently refurbished Goldfields track.
Les talibans veulent le transfert des prisonniers de Guantanamo au Qatar. Les talibans ont demandé le transfert des prisonniers de Guantanamo vers le Qatar, lors de négociations bilatérales menées avec les Etats-Unis, a affirmé vendredi 6 janvier à l'AFP un porte-parole du président afghan, Hamid Karzaï.
Une vingtaine de prisonniers venus d'Afghanistan, un pays attaqué par les Etats-Unis après le 11 septembre 2001, sont arrivés il y a dix ans sur la base navale américaine de Guantanamo, louée à Cuba. Jusqu'à sept cent soixante-dix-huit détenus, capturés sur plusieurs territoires, se sont entassés dans cette prison, que le président américain Barack Obama a affirmé vouloir fermer. Up to 50,000 flee South Sudan tribal turmoil: U.N. New 'parallel revolution' against corruption. London, UK - As the year of revolution draws to a close, a new "parallel revolution" against corruption is emerging in Yemen.
Over the past two weeks strikes have spread across the country and are proving effective, leading to the hope that this Yemeni uprising of 2011 can truly bring change to the Arab world’s poorest country. The chant of "Irhal, Irhal" - "Leave, Leave" - is now being directed at corrupt figures of authority throughout the country. Unlike some of the other Arab revolutions, especially the Libyan and Syrian ones, the Yemeni revolution was mainly not one of the politically oppressed, but the economically oppressed. The extent of the atmospheric levels of corruption can be seen in the places where protests and strikes have been called. One of the first strikes was by Yemenia Airways workers; the airline, practically bankrupt, has been destroyed by corruption. After this, the floodgates opened.
Chile rising - Fault Lines. Israël doit reconnaître "l'autre holocauste" Après la France, ce sont des députés israéliens qui discutent de la reconnaissance éventuelle du génocide arménien.
Pour Ha'Aretz, l'Etat hébreu aurait dû depuis longtemps statuer au sujet de cette question, sans chercher à l'utiliser comme moyen de pression sur Ankara. Philippine floods: President declares national calamity. 20 December 2011Last updated at 09:45 Some villages have been entirely washed away by the flash flooding Philippines President Benigno Aquino has declared a national calamity after a typhoon killed nearly 1,000 people.
Typhoon Washi hit southern Mindanao island and surrounding areas at the weekend. Children suffocate in China school-bus crash in Jiangsu. 13 December 2011Last updated at 12:10 Although the water in the ditch was not deep, it still claimed 15 young lives Fifteen children have been killed in China after their school bus veered off a road into an irrigation ditch.
Many of the children drowned as ditch water gushed into the overturned bus in eastern Jiangsu province, officials said. The tragedy comes amid a national outcry over recent similar incidents. Only on Sunday, the government issued draft measures to guarantee children's safety, including compulsory checks on buses and their drivers. Monday's accident happened as the 29 children were being driven home from school along a rural road in Fengxian county. Joseph Kabila defends DR Congo election. 12 December 2011Last updated at 14:31 Joseph Kabila gained most of his support in eastern areas The Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has rejected claims that he won elections through widespread rigging.
L'opposant Boris Nemtsov interpellé lors d'une manifestation à Moscou. Iran: Oil export cuts to EU 'an idea'. US Republican Herman Cain suspends campaign. 3 December 2011Last updated at 14:41 ET Herman Cain made his announcement in his home city of Atlanta US presidential hopeful Herman Cain has said he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination.
He blamed political and media pressure on his family in the wake of "false" allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year-long extra-marital affair. "I am not going to be silenced and I'm not going away," he told supporters in his home city of Atlanta, Georgia. Next month, voters in Iowa will begin the process of choosing a Republican presidential candidate for 2012.
Mr Cain said the allegations against him had taken a toll on his family, but added: "I am at peace. " "I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family," he told supporters at what had been billed as the opening of his campaign headquarters. Tweets of praise. Législatives sous tension en Russie, les sites indépendants paralysés.
Les Russes ont commencé à voter ce dimanche à des législatives vouées à maintenir la domination du parti Russie Unie de Vladimir Poutine sur le pays, mais entachées par des accusations de pressions, à l'image de cyber-attaques visant des sites indépendants.
Plusieurs sites étaient inaccessibles dimanche matin, dont ceux de médias et d'une ONG qui recense les fraudes électorales, dans le collimateur du pouvoir depuis une semaine. Il s'agit notamment des sites de la radio Echo de Moscou, du quotidien Kommersant, de l'hebdomadaire New Times, de l'ONG Golos ainsi que son site interactif La carte des fraudes. Une attaque «dirigée contre tous les sites qui vont essayer de raconter ce qui se passe dans les élections» «C'est une attaque massive», a déclaré à l'AFP un porte-parole de Golos, Dmitri Merechko. «L'attaque est dirigée contre tous les sites qui vont essayer de raconter ce qui se passe dans les élections», a-t-il ajouté. Une «campagne de harcèlement par le pouvoir» Forum 2011 du Club. Contexte Le développement des énergies renouvelables offre de nouvelles perspectives pour aborder les différents enjeux du secteur énergétique auxquels est confrontée l’Afrique de l’Ouest (voir ci-dessous).
Certains pays s’efforcent actuellement de sortir progressivement d’une utilisation non durable de la biomasse et des ressources fossiles. The hopeful continent: Africa rising. Latin America poverty level lowest in 20 years, says UN. 30 November 2011Last updated at 10:23 Peru is among the countries registering the biggest drop in poverty but life is still hard for many Poverty in Latin America is at its lowest level for 20 years, the UN's regional economic body, Eclac, says. From 1990 to 2010, the rate fell from 48.4% to 31.4%, which means 177 million people currently live in poverty. Eclac says the main reason for the reduction in poverty and inequality is the rise in household incomes. U.N. rights council condemns Syrian abuses.
U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva sit in special session to discuss Syria NEW: Human Rights Council vote is 37 yes, 4 no, 6 abstainNEW: U.N. human rights chief warns of "full-fledged civil war"A report cites regime "crimes against humanity"More than 4,000 people have been killed in Syria, the U.N. says (CNN) -- The U.N. Human Rights Council decried a wide range of human rights violations in Syria on Friday and called for U.N. bodies to consider a recent report detailing the abuses and take" appropriate action.
" The council passed a resolution that "strongly condemns the continued widespread, systematic and gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities, such as arbitrary executions, excessive use of force and the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment, including against children. " Before the resolution was adopted, U.N. Nepal pipes biogas expertise abroad. 2 December 2011Last updated at 00:10 By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC News, Nepal Tailoring projects to local circumstances is vital for success Having emerged as one of the pioneers in producing biogas from cow dung, the Himalayan nation of Nepal is now successfully transferring its technical expertise to other countries.
Several Nepalese experts have been travelling to countries in South East Asia and Africa to introduce the "clean", homegrown technology that helps reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels and saves forests. Biogas from cow dung is mainly used for cooking in rural areas and also for lighting houses. Renowned for displacing choking smoky ovens with clean cooking stoves, the Nepalese model of biogas has won the prestigious Ashden award. The Biogas Partnership Project Nepal, a collaboration between the government, donors and non-governmental organisations, has already installed plants for nearly 300,000 households across the country.
Comment écrirons-nous demain. L'avenir de l'écriture est souvent dépeint de manière aussi sombre que celui de la lecture. Le béton des enceintes de trois réacteurs serait entamé à Fukushima.