Obama promises to promote negotiations with Iran in the coming weeks

 

 U.S. President Barack Obama today pledged to boost negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program "in the coming weeks", without giving further details, and reiterated that it hopes to reach a diplomatic solution.

"I really hope to reach a diplomatic solution," Obama said in noting that "there is still time" to do so, in his first press conference after winning reelection.

In that sense, the president promised to "give a push" to dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program "in the coming weeks", but gave no details of how.

He also recalled that the Iranian regime is implemented "the toughest sanctions in history" to negotiate access on its uranium enrichment plan, which for the U.S. and other Western powers for military purposes and seeks to develop a nuclear weapon .

Obama insisted, as it did in the final stretch of the campaign, in which "not true" that there is an agreement to start a bilateral dialogue between the U.S. and Iran on the nuclear issue, as reported by "The New York Times" quoted senior government officials.

biggest trade fair in India

 

 Cuba participates in the 32nd International Trade Fair of India with a booth focused on promoting tourism and its aspiration to become an attractive destination for this and other South Asian countries.Our country attends for the fourth time this colossal event with the intention of promoting cigars and other traditional leaders, but above all, his own image and potential of its tourism industry, told Prensa Latina, the Cuban Ambassador Abelardo Cueto. 

One of the largest in the world, the trade show brings together more than six thousand exhibitors from 22 countries, including India, and according to organizers will host about two million visitors during the two weeks that remain open.Cuba is the only Latin American nation this year at the fair. 

Cueto appreciated the contribution of the Organisation India Trade Promotion that fact and highlighted the excellent working relationship between the embassy and ministries such as Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, Sports and other Indian entities.Numerous historical facts underlying the strong political relations between the two countries, said the diplomat. 

He recalled, in this regard, the meeting between Che Guevara and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the Nehru itself and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and Rajiv Gandhi's visit to Havana, first by an Indian prime minister to Cuba.Meanwhile, the first secretary of the embassy in charge of trade and cooperation, Nidia Banos, said that bilateral relations in this area are seamlessly lapsing. 

Levels are maintained in good sales to India of cigars, rum and other traditional Cuban products, and the strategic partnership between our Center of Molecular Immunology and BioCon Pharmaceuticals Company, with headquarters in the city of Bangalore, is one of the largest Asia, he said.Bathrooms added that Cuba, meanwhile, the Asian giant imported generic drugs and raw materials for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, tires and elements for the exploitation of renewable energy sources, among others.

Currencies of Bangladesh will be "made in Japan"

Japan has been awarded a contract to mint coins worth about 12 million dollars to the Central Bank of Bangladesh, beating an international competition in which participated also Spain, Japan's Ministry Finance.

A tender for the contract issuer Bangladeshi, amounting to 520 million yen (6.5 million dollars), were presented along with Japan and Spain also Germany, UK, Netherlands and Slovakia.

The winning company, owned by Japan, will produce 500 million units of the currencies Bangladeshi 2 "taka" explained Finance.

This is the first time that the third world economy coins minted for circulation in a foreign country, although previously had manufactured some memorial to mark the anniversary of diplomatic relations with countries such as New Zealand or Sri Lanka.

The state firm responsible for coining pieces in Japan has promoted his technique outside Japanese borders in recent times, in the midst of a decreasing use of coins in the archipelago before the dissemination of electronic payments.

Appeal for a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy in prison for seven years

The ordeal of Younis Mash, a Christian sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, who was 26 when he was arrested and has been in prison and seven, is symbolic for all cases of false accusations of blasphemy that affect religious minorities: Younis is a wrongly accused man who has ruined his life, marked by years of imprisonment and suffering. Yesterday, November 13, was held at the Lahore High Court, the appeal hearing in the trial of Younis Mash, sentenced to death on May 30, 2007 by a trial court on the basis of art. 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. 

The complaint against him was filed on September 10, 2005, and the next day he was arrested Younis. Since then he is behind bars and his family, consisting of a wife and four minor children, lives the tragic absence of the father and struggle every day to survive.During first grade, Younis Mash tried to apologize, saying its full respect for the Prophet Muhammad and give reasons why his accusers had launched maliciously false accusations against him.

 In fact, the complainant, Hafiz Abdul Aziz, then 27 years old, Muslim, often frequented the Christian colony, where he lived Younis, to harass Christian girls.

 Younis and other friends had warned and had a fight with him. However, the judge did not believe him and sentenced him to death.As reported to Fides, the Catholic lawyer and human rights defender, Naeem Shakir, who has now taken the case, is preparing the appeal process. 

 In yesterday's hearing, the prosecution failed to appear and the Court has set up forwarding, setting the next hearing for December 17, 2012. "After seven years in prison and immense suffering for him and his family, we hope that the truth be established soon," says the lawyer Naeem Shaker Fides. For Rimsha and awareness of the public about Pakistani about the abuse that is made of the blasphemy law, he explains, could benefit Younis Mash.