Justiça francesa decide que mentir sobre virgindade é razão para anular casamento e abre polémica.
A ministra da Justiça Rachida Dati defendeu a decisão do tribunal e considera que até protege a jovem a Uma estudante francesa muçulmana mentiu sobre a sua virgindade.
O homem com quem casou, engenheiro francês convertido ao islão, quis anular a união. Um tribunal deu-lhe razão e a polémica estalou em França.Realçando que o homem escolheu casar com aquela mulher porque esta lhe foi apresentada como "casta", os juízes do tribunal de Lille consideraram ainda que a mulher "sabia bem que esse era um atributo essencial determinante para o consentimento".
O código civil francês determina que o contrato de casamento possa ser anulado, se um dos contratantes tiver induzido o outro em erro sobre as suas "qualidades essenciais".
Já o islão exige que tanto uma mulher como um homem casem virgens. Mas segundo o responsável pela mesquita de Lille, Amar Lafsar, citado pela agência AFP, nada impede que duas pessoas que vivam num "país de lei e liberdade" sejam "livres de acatar ou não a mensagem".
As reacções multiplicaram-se entre os políticos e há divergências. A secretária de Estado da Solidariedade, Valérie Létard, considerou a decisão "um atentado contra a integridade das mulheres e uma violação dos direitos fundamentais", segundo citava ontem o site do diário francês Le Monde. Já a ministra da Justiça defendeu a decisão judicial, considerando que a anulação do casamento protege a jovem, já que, acredita Rachida Dati, esta desejaria "separar-se rapidamente", citava o diário francês Libération.O partido de Nicolas Sarkozy, no poder, pediu já ao Ministério Público "um recurso" para garantir "a igualdade" e os "princípios republicanos".
E os socialistas dizem que a decisão "abafa o direito das mulheres a disporem do seu corpo".Activistas e associações também reagiram ao caso. A presidente da organização Ni Putes ni Soumises, Sihem Habchi, descreveu a decisão como "uma fatwa [decreto] contra a liberdade das mulheres". Oito por cento da população francesa é muçulmana, mas o país tem mantido uma postura laica intransigente, nomeadamente banindo os véus das escolas e repartições públicas.
28/05/2008
Alemanha vai ajudar a biodiversidade -Follow the leader
Alemanha vai ajudar a biodiversidade com 500 milhões de euros até 2012
A Alemanha vai contribuir, até 2012, com 500 milhões de euros para a protecção das florestas e de outros ecossistemas ameaçados, anunciou a chanceler Angela Merkel.
Merkel anunciou as contribuições alemãs “para as zonas onde as florestas e outros ecossistemas estejam ameaçados”.
Actualmente, a Alemanha já contribui com 210 milhões de euros anuais para a protecção das florestas internacionais. De 2009 a 2012, esse valor deverá ser aumentado em 500 milhões de euros. A partir de 2013, o contributo será aumentado mais 500 milhões de euros por ano. Este fundo é alimentado pelos leilões de certificados de emissão de dióxido de carbono (CO2).
A Greenpeace saudou o anúncio da Alemanha. “A chanceler Merkel deu um sinal muito forte e importante” “Agora o que é importante é que outros países industrializados unam esforços..."
A Alemanha vai contribuir, até 2012, com 500 milhões de euros para a protecção das florestas e de outros ecossistemas ameaçados, anunciou a chanceler Angela Merkel.
Merkel anunciou as contribuições alemãs “para as zonas onde as florestas e outros ecossistemas estejam ameaçados”.
Actualmente, a Alemanha já contribui com 210 milhões de euros anuais para a protecção das florestas internacionais. De 2009 a 2012, esse valor deverá ser aumentado em 500 milhões de euros. A partir de 2013, o contributo será aumentado mais 500 milhões de euros por ano. Este fundo é alimentado pelos leilões de certificados de emissão de dióxido de carbono (CO2).
A Greenpeace saudou o anúncio da Alemanha. “A chanceler Merkel deu um sinal muito forte e importante” “Agora o que é importante é que outros países industrializados unam esforços..."
27/05/2008
Interessante, talvez...
Esta é apenas uma pequena "fotografia" de algumas tentativas de quantificar a geografia física e humana e o estado actual do mundo.
- todos os dias a população mundial aumenta em cerca de 200 000 pessoas. População actual é de aproximadamente 6.5 biliões de pessoas (U.S Census Bureau);
- existem cerca de 175 milhões de emigrantes internacionais – uma em cada 35 pessoas é um emigrante (World Migration 2005, International Organization for Migration);
- cerca de metade da populacao mundial vive com pouco mais de 1 euro por dia (World Development Report 2005, World Bank);
- 48% da população mundial vive em àreas urbanas. As Nações Unidas estimam que a partir de 2015 esse número passe a simbólica marca dos 50% (Human Development report 2005, UNDP);
- preve-se que as necessidades energéticas mundiais aumentem em cerca de 50% até 2030 (World Energy Outlook 2005, International Energy Agency);
- a década de 1990 foi a mais quente e 1998 o ano mais quente desde que existem registos, desde 1861(Third Assessment Report 2001, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change);
- o número médio de desastres naturais reportados entre 200-2004 foi 55% superior ao registado durante 1995-1999(World Disaster Report 2005, International Red Cross).
Alguns links interessantes para os mais curiosos:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwe
http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/0,,contentMDK:20227703~pagePK:478093~piPK:477627~theSitePK:477624,00.html
http://www.iea.org/index.asp
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3894
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
http://www.ipcc.ch/
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
http://www.fao.org/es/ess/index_en.asp
http://www.unep.org/geo/yearbook/yb2006/
retirado de:
http://www.rgs.org/GeographyToday/State+of+the+world.htm
Berlin? How is Party Berlin?
karneval der Kulturen Berlin 2008, First you go to the church:
And then to the building..all over the building´s
80´s Party
And then to the building..all over the building´s
80´s Party
26/05/2008
Já chega...
...de parvoices!
Peço a todas as sardinhas e bifanas deste país q tomem as medidas apropriadas para q estas cenas nunca mais se passem! Abaixo a ASAE! As sardinhas e as bifanas? NUNCA!
Agora passaram das marcas...noticia no expresso! ASAE ataca sardinha e bifana no Santo António. O galheteiro já foi o q foi, agora a sardinha e bifana?
Peço a todas as sardinhas e bifanas deste país q tomem as medidas apropriadas para q estas cenas nunca mais se passem! Abaixo a ASAE! As sardinhas e as bifanas? NUNCA!09/05/2008
Karneval der Kulturen Berlin - Olhó o ombro
The 13th Edition of the Carnival of Cultures in Berlin(9th to 12th May 2008)
Street Parade, Street Festival, Children's CarnivalWhen the lust for life and the delight of colours unite and old and young are dancing in the streets together and creating a festival of tolerance and variety then Berlin is celebrating the Carnival of Cultures. During the four-day festival 1.3 million visitors will experience the capital at its best: cosmopolitan, dynamic, buoyant, diverse and colourful.
Organised by the partners of the Carnival of Cultures give visitors the opportunity to experience Berlin’s remarkable DJ music and dance scene.
Berlin is a city with a large international population. Among the 3.4 million inhabitants of the German capital 450.000 do not have the German citizen-ship. Many more have a mixed ethnic background.
At the same period of time, Berlin attracted a growing number of artists from all over the world and a new cultural off-scene developed, which added to the cultural richness of Berlin. Berlin developed into one of Europe's music centres with a focus on different styles of electronically generated music.
E porque hoje é dia da Europa...
Nem tudo são más notícias!
russels delays decision on GMO crops
07.05.2008 - 17:30 CET | By Leigh Phillips
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has pushed back a decision on whether to permit three genetically modified crops, saying that additional scientific analysis on their effects on the environment and human health was needed before they could be approved.
One of the crops is a potato that produces extra starch – suitable for industrial uses and animal feed - and contains a gene that confers resistance to certain antibiotics, and the other two are maize varieties engineered to produce their own pesticide.
The commission asked its in-house food safety analysts, the European Food Safety Agency, to once again review the three strains – the third time it has requested EFSA review these particular crops.
In its previous assessments of the two GM maize varieties, EFSA stated that both varieties were safe.
"The commission will adopt these decisions if and when EFSA has confirmed the safety of these products," said commission spokesperson Johanes Laitenberger
The move reflects a sharp division within the commission. Environment commissioner Stavros Dimas had wanted the two maize crops rejected, while other commissioners are eager to show Europe is open for GMO business.
While member states are responsible for any decisions on approval of GM crops, they are often divided on the matter and meaning final decisions on the matter then revert to the commission.
However, the commission normally adopts decisions based on the opinion of EFSA, which anti-GMO campaigners complain bases its investigations on data provided by the GM industry itself. It has always declared any GM crops it has studied to be safe.
A number of member states have also accused EFSA of bias and say it gives the nod to GMOs without the necessary research.
The one maize crop was developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Mycogen Seeds, while the other is a Syngenta product.
The potato, meanwhile, comes from the stable of Germany chemicals manufacturer BASF. Concerns about the possible negative effects of the potato have been raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Institut Pasteur and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).
Simultaneously, the commission asked Austria to lift its ban on the import and processing of two other strains of GM maize – MON 810 from Monsanto and T25 from Bayer.
Green MEP Caroline Lucas said: "The constant indecision and the shirking of responsibility on GM crops within the European Commission is embarrassing."
"The Commission can no longer hide behind EFSA and delay important decisions on GMOs. Sending back these files for reconsideration is a farce and weakens the standing of the Commission itself."
"Under current practices, the crops will only have been tested for 90 days for health effects – as opposed to the two-year testing requirement for standard pesticides.
"Additionally, the GM potato contains a gene that makes cells resistant to antibiotics. We have already seen some of the problems associated with the widespread use of antibiotics and resulting resistance. If this gene were to be released into the environment, it could create serious problems in treating a range of diseases."
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe called for EFSA to be reformed, "to ensure that its opinions are scientifically sound and impartial.
"The agency is understaffed and lacks the appropriate expertise to fulfil its legal obligations on EU GMO risk assessments," said the two groups in a statement.
Marco Contiero, Greenpeace Europe's GMO campaigner, said: "Today's decisions are a huge vote of no confidence in the EU food authority and vindicate environment commissioner Stavros Dimas' concerns about scientific inconsistencies in the EU GMO assessment."
"If the commission has no qualms with EFSA, then why is it asking it to review three products for the third time?" he asked.
"EFSA has always found in favour of GMOs and relies entirely on data from the agro-chemical industry. By sending back the three GM plants today, the commission has found that its food safety authority cannot be fully trusted although it does not dare to say so."
"Asking Europe's underfunded and inadequate food agency to look at the safety of these crops for the third time is like putting a fox in charge of a hen house," he added.
The commission however defended its food safety authority, saying: "[We] will continue to work closely with EFSA and support the agency's capacity to assess the long term environmental impacts of GMO cultivation."
russels delays decision on GMO crops
07.05.2008 - 17:30 CET | By Leigh Phillips
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has pushed back a decision on whether to permit three genetically modified crops, saying that additional scientific analysis on their effects on the environment and human health was needed before they could be approved.
One of the crops is a potato that produces extra starch – suitable for industrial uses and animal feed - and contains a gene that confers resistance to certain antibiotics, and the other two are maize varieties engineered to produce their own pesticide.
The commission asked its in-house food safety analysts, the European Food Safety Agency, to once again review the three strains – the third time it has requested EFSA review these particular crops.
In its previous assessments of the two GM maize varieties, EFSA stated that both varieties were safe.
"The commission will adopt these decisions if and when EFSA has confirmed the safety of these products," said commission spokesperson Johanes Laitenberger
The move reflects a sharp division within the commission. Environment commissioner Stavros Dimas had wanted the two maize crops rejected, while other commissioners are eager to show Europe is open for GMO business.
While member states are responsible for any decisions on approval of GM crops, they are often divided on the matter and meaning final decisions on the matter then revert to the commission.
However, the commission normally adopts decisions based on the opinion of EFSA, which anti-GMO campaigners complain bases its investigations on data provided by the GM industry itself. It has always declared any GM crops it has studied to be safe.
A number of member states have also accused EFSA of bias and say it gives the nod to GMOs without the necessary research.
The one maize crop was developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Mycogen Seeds, while the other is a Syngenta product.
The potato, meanwhile, comes from the stable of Germany chemicals manufacturer BASF. Concerns about the possible negative effects of the potato have been raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Institut Pasteur and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA).
Simultaneously, the commission asked Austria to lift its ban on the import and processing of two other strains of GM maize – MON 810 from Monsanto and T25 from Bayer.
Green MEP Caroline Lucas said: "The constant indecision and the shirking of responsibility on GM crops within the European Commission is embarrassing."
"The Commission can no longer hide behind EFSA and delay important decisions on GMOs. Sending back these files for reconsideration is a farce and weakens the standing of the Commission itself."
"Under current practices, the crops will only have been tested for 90 days for health effects – as opposed to the two-year testing requirement for standard pesticides.
"Additionally, the GM potato contains a gene that makes cells resistant to antibiotics. We have already seen some of the problems associated with the widespread use of antibiotics and resulting resistance. If this gene were to be released into the environment, it could create serious problems in treating a range of diseases."
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe called for EFSA to be reformed, "to ensure that its opinions are scientifically sound and impartial.
"The agency is understaffed and lacks the appropriate expertise to fulfil its legal obligations on EU GMO risk assessments," said the two groups in a statement.
Marco Contiero, Greenpeace Europe's GMO campaigner, said: "Today's decisions are a huge vote of no confidence in the EU food authority and vindicate environment commissioner Stavros Dimas' concerns about scientific inconsistencies in the EU GMO assessment."
"If the commission has no qualms with EFSA, then why is it asking it to review three products for the third time?" he asked.
"EFSA has always found in favour of GMOs and relies entirely on data from the agro-chemical industry. By sending back the three GM plants today, the commission has found that its food safety authority cannot be fully trusted although it does not dare to say so."
"Asking Europe's underfunded and inadequate food agency to look at the safety of these crops for the third time is like putting a fox in charge of a hen house," he added.
The commission however defended its food safety authority, saying: "[We] will continue to work closely with EFSA and support the agency's capacity to assess the long term environmental impacts of GMO cultivation."
08/05/2008
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of the best hidden treasures of Europe. Located in the South-West corner of Europe, Lisbon is easily reachable by plane from all major European cities.
When arriving in Lisbon you will be amazed by the mixture of new and old. For hundreds of years Portugal was a global empire in the ranks of countries like England and France. A large number of imposing castles and monasteries are still present in Lisbon today which give a special ambiance to the city. In spite of the rapid economic development the price level in Lisbon is still very reasonable.
I have chosen to live in the Lisbon-Cascais area and I've never had any regrets. The climate is fantastic and the Portuguese are very pleasant people. They don't mind sharing their beautiful country.
A hidden treasure - Momondo goes to Lisbon
At Momondo we believe in exploring interesting places. Lisbon on the Atlantic coast may be one
of the best hidden treasures of Europe. Located in the South-West corner of Europe, Lisbon is easily reachable by plane from all major European cities.When arriving in Lisbon you will be amazed by the mixture of new and old. For hundreds of years Portugal was a global empire in the ranks of countries like England and France. A large number of imposing castles and monasteries are still present in Lisbon today which give a special ambiance to the city. In spite of the rapid economic development the price level in Lisbon is still very reasonable.
I have chosen to live in the Lisbon-Cascais area and I've never had any regrets. The climate is fantastic and the Portuguese are very pleasant people. They don't mind sharing their beautiful country.
07/05/2008
Vai haver historia esta Quinta em Lisboa
Para quem nunca viu os Soulwax ao vivo...um must
'RADIO SOULWAX PRESENTS…''Part of the Week-End Never Dies'
Antestreia do documentário no Cinema São Jorge às 22h00
O primeiro 'ravementary' da história do cinema?
'Soulwax Nite Versions'
Concerto no ‘Lux’ às 00h00
Quinta, 08 de Maio
E Sao Belgas...como é possivel?!?!
'RADIO SOULWAX PRESENTS…''Part of the Week-End Never Dies'
Antestreia do documentário no Cinema São Jorge às 22h00
O primeiro 'ravementary' da história do cinema?
'Soulwax Nite Versions'
Concerto no ‘Lux’ às 00h00
Quinta, 08 de Maio
E Sao Belgas...como é possivel?!?!
05/05/2008
Nem os jornais ditos "de qualidade" se safam...
“Desde o final de Janeiro de 2008 até ontem, o preço da gasolina de 95 octanas, em Portugal subiu 13,2 por cento e o do gasóleo 6 por cento, enquanto o do petróleo tipo Brent, que serve de referência para a Europa, subiu 16 por cento”. De acordo com esta informação, publicada ontem na secção de economia do Público, o jornal fez uma chamada de capa desvalorizando o recente aumento da gasolina e dizendo que os “combustíveis sobem menos do que o petróleo”.
Sucede que, como o jornal deveria saber, se não é possível fazer uma transposição directa entre o preço de qualquer matéria prima e o do seu produto final, muito menos é possível essa leitura num mercado em que a carga fiscal representa mais de 60% do seu preço final. Depois, há ainda que contar com o preço da transformação do produto, transporte e distribuição, custos de operação e taxa de lucro da petrolífera e revendedor. Curiosamente, nem o facto de, no mesmo perídodo temporal, o dólar se ter desvalorizado 7% face ao euro é referido pelo jornal, ignorando assim a vantagem que é comprar em dólares para depois vender em euros...
Em todo o caso, não é preciso ser-se um brilhante economista para perceber que o aumento de 16% do crude não pode ser responsabilizado por um aumento da gasolina superior a 3 a 5 %. Mas esta aumentou 13%, uma média bem superior à dos restantes países europeus. O aumento do crude tem servido de pretexto para o aumento sem precedentes da gasolina e para as empresas petrolíferas registarem lucros recorde, mas é uma desculpa que tem as pernas curtas. Curiosamente, ninguém parece encontrar os responsáveis pela liberalização deste mercado e que nos garantiam, há apenas quatro anos, que a concorrência ia tornar a gasolina mais barata. Aonde é que andam escondidos, agora que a concertação de preços em prejuízo dos consumidores se começa a tornar cada vez mais evidente?
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