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ESPIONAGEM Businessweek (EUA) Brazil Mulls Homegrown Network Parts as Foreign Spy Defense
By Anna Edgerton Brazils government is considering developing locally made network equipment that phone companies would be required to use as a defense against foreign spies, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said. The measure would be designed to protect information privacy, in response to allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency used software to access communications between Brazil President Dilma Rousseff and staff members, Bernardo said yesterday in an interview in Brasilia. We could require the whole Brazilian market to use this equipment, Bernardo said. This would apply to businesses, communication networks and telecommunication companies that operate in Brazil. The plan would create a challenge to companies such as Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO:US) that have identified Brazil as a market ripe for expansion. Brazil follows Germany in calling for a homegrown industry to avoid U.S. surveillance. The spying allegations were made earlier this month on Brazils most-watched TV newsmagazine, Fantastico, by American journalist Glenn Greenwald. Developing sophisticated network technology within five years is feasible but not necessarily probable, said John Butler, a senior telecommunications services and equipment analyst with Bloomberg Industries. Proprietary routers and switches would be very difficult for Brazil to design and manufacture, and many of the hardware-based functions in these systems are now slowly being replaced with software, Butler said. Right Talent It would be hard to rip out all the routers and switches in the public telecom network and replace them with proprietary government gear, he said. It depends on how dedicated they are, but it could be done with the right talent and resources in place. Cisco, based in San Jose, California, declined to comment in an e-mailed statement. We do not know the details of the project so we cannot assess what would be the implications for the industry, the company said. Telecommunications regulator Anatel said last week that its investigating contracts between Brazilian operators and foreign companies. The focus is on the main companies with the largest client bases, the agency said. Strict Accordance Brazils largest phone companies include Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA and the local units of Madrid-based Telefonica SA (TEF), Mexico City-based America Movil SAB and Milan-based Telecom Italia SpA. (TIT) Oi has said it acts strictly in accordance with Brazilian laws on privacy. A press official at the company declined to comment yesterday, as did one from Telefonica. America Movil and Telecom Italia had no immediate response. Brazils national telecommunications union, known as SindiTelebrasil, said in a statement that Brazilian carriers follow the law and dont share private information with foreigners.

Rousseff has asked for legislation to increase penalties for companies that worked with the security agency. This could include fines or even revoking licenses to operate in Brazil, Bernardo said yesterday. Espionage is illegal, regardless of who does it, Bernardo said. Were discussing the possibility of penalizing companies that collaborate in this kind of spying scheme, which could be included in the legislation. Yesterday, Rousseff marked Internet privacy legislation currently in the lower house as urgent, to be voted on within 45 days. Personal Responsibility Thomas Shannon, the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, had denied a report on spying allegations by newspaper O Globo in July, telling officials that the U.S. didnt spy on Brazilian citizens and only collects records of phone calls or e-mail messages abroad to pursue suspected terrorists. Its clear that the information we received from the Americans was false, Bernardo said. That conversation was all lies. After meeting with Barack Obama last week, Rousseff said the U.S. president took personal responsibility for the spying allegations. The two leaders met informally at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg. Rousseff is still deciding whether to go through with a scheduled state visit to Washington in October. The truth is we see this as an affront to our constitution, Bernardo said. We have to make it clear how we will respond. U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice met yesterday in Washington with Brazil Foreign Minister Luiz Figueiredo to discuss intelligence collection activities, according to a White House statement. The United States understands that recent disclosures in the press - some of which have distorted our activities and some of which raise legitimate questions for our friends and allies about how these capabilities are employed -- have created tensions, the White House said in the statement. It pledged to work with Brazil to address the allegations.

Agncia Brasil Aps reunio com Rice, chanceler avisa que conversas sobre denncias tero continuidade
Renata Giraldi O ministro das Relaes Exteriores, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, seguiu hoje (12) de Washington para Nova York (Estados Unidos), depois se reunir ontem (11) com a conselheira de Segurana Nacional dos Estados Unidos, Susan Rice. Aps a reunio, Figueiredo Machado avisou apenas que tero continuidade as conversas sobre as denncias de espionagem presidenta da Repblica, s autoridades, aos cidados e Petrobras. No h, por enquanto, informaes sobre novas reunies. Figueiredo Machado seguiu para Nova York, onde era o representante do Brasil da Organizao das Naes Unidas (ONU) posto ocupado agora pelo ex-chanceler Antonio Patriota. Entre outros compromissos, ele se despede do secretrio-geral da ONU, Ban Ki-moon, e assessores.

Figueiredo Machado e Rice se reuniram ontem, cumprindo a promessa do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, presidenta Dilma Rousseff, de que o governo norteamericano ia apresentar explicaes sobre as denncias at hoje. Rice classificou de legtimas as demandas do Brasil. Mas alegou que h uma distoro da imprensa ao relatar as atividades exercidas pelas agncias norte-americanas. Nos ltimos meses, vieram tona vrias informaes a partir de dados divulgados pelo norte-americano Edward Snowden, funcionrio de uma empresa que prestava servios para a Agncia Nacional de Segurana dos Estados Unidos (NSA). Snowden divulgou documentos, por intermdio da imprensa britnica e brasileira, sobre o monitoramento de dados de Dilma, cidados e at da Petrobras. As denncias provocaram uma srie de cobranas do governo do Brasil aos Estados Unidos. A presidenta e ministros exigiram explicaes das autoridades norte-americanas sobre a espionagem. O ento embaixador dos Estados Unidos no Brasil, Thomas Shannon, foi chamado duas vezes ao Ministrio das Relaes Exteriores, Itamaraty, para prestar esclarecimentos. Na visita do secretrio de Estado norte-americano, John Kerry, o assunto predominou. Aps a reunio de ontem de Figueiredo Machado com Rice, foi divulgada uma nota imprensa. "A conselheira de Segurana Nacional [Susan Rice] transmitiu ao ministro Figueiredo que os Estados Unidos compreendem que as recentes revelaes imprensa, das quais algumas tm distorcido as nossas atividades e outras tm gerado questes legtimas pelos nossos amigos e aliados, criam tenses na muito estreita relao com o Brasil", diz o texto. De acordo com a nota, os Estados Unidos se comprometeram a trabalhar em parceria com o Brasil para resolver o assunto. O texto menciona a deciso de manter de forma conjunta uma agenda partilhada de iniciativas bilaterais, regionais e globais". Os Estados Unidos fazem uma ampla reviso das suas atividades de inteligncia para garantir que so adequadamente projetadas", diz o texto.

SRIA BBC (Reino Unido) Syria crisis: Russia's Putin issues plea to US over Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a direct personal appeal to the American people over the Syrian crisis. He wrote in the New York Times that a US military strike against Syria could unleash a new wave of terrorism. The US had threatened strikes, accusing the Syrian regime of killing hundreds in a poisongas attack on 21 August. Instead, Russia, an ally of Damascus, proposed that Syria hand over its chemical arsenal. The US and Russia are due to meet later to discuss that plan. The Syrian government, which denies that it has used chemical weapons on its own people, has agreed at least partially to the Russian proposal. The diplomatic moves prompted US President Barack Obama to put military action against Syria on hold.

In his New York Times article, Mr Putin said recent events had prompted him to "speak directly to the American people and their political leaders". He warned that the UN could suffer the same fate as its predecessor, the League of Nations, if "influential countries... take military action without Security Council authorisation". "The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the Pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders," he wrote. "A strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism." He reiterated Russia's opinion that the gas attack of 21 August was probably carried out by opposition forces "to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons". US Secretary of State John Kerry is preparing to meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva later to discuss Moscow's proposal. Mr Lavrov told a news conference in Kazakhstan that both sides were bringing teams of specialists and experts to the meeting to thrash out the technical details of the plan. Mr Lavrov did not mention the destruction of the weapons, which is thought to be a sticking point in Moscow's negotiations with Damascus. Gen Salim Idriss of the rebel Free Syrian Army has dismissed the Russian plan, saying it did not go far enough. "[We] request not only that the chemical arsenal is put under international control, but [also] to judge the author of the crime before the International Criminal Court," he said. On Wednesday, envoys of the five permanent UN Security Council members met in New York to discuss the plan. One diplomat told the BBC that the UN envoys' talks were largely symbolic and that the serious questions would be left for Geneva. 1/10 Republican Senator John McCain, who has long argued for US intervention in Syria, said he was "puzzled" why Mr Kerry was meeting Mr Lavrov in Geneva. "Why doesn't Lavrov come to the UN and everybody agree on a resolution and pass it? It's got to be a resolution through the Security Council," he said. Diplomats predict that talks at the UN Security Council will continue for several days after the Geneva meeting before any resolution can be put to a vote. France has already been working on a draft resolution that would be enforced by Chapter VII of the UN charter, which would in effect sanction the use of force if Syria failed in its obligations. However, Russia has already indicated that this would be unacceptable, as would any resolution blaming the Syrian government for chemical attacks. Russia, supported by China, has blocked three draft resolutions condemning the Assad government.

More than 100,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011. As the diplomatic efforts continue, the Syrian army has been trying to retake the Christian town of Maaloula, which was overrun at the weekend by rebel forces, including members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen, who visited Maaloula on Wednesday, says fighting has been continuing despite earlier reports that government forces had retaken the town. Meanwhile, video footage has emerged on the internet appearing to show Farsi-speaking men fighting in the northern city of Aleppo. Iran has long been accused of helping Syrian government forces.

BBC (Reino Unido) Syria crisis: Assad confirms chemical weapons plan
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on Russian TV to confirm that his country's chemical weapons will be placed under international control. Mr Assad told Rossiya 24 the move was as a result of a Russian initiative and not the threat of US military action. The comments came as the Russian and US foreign ministers prepared for key talks in Geneva. The US accuses the Syrian regime of killing hundreds in a poison-gas attack in the Damascus suburbs on 21 August. The government denies the allegation, blaming rebels for the attack. 'Chance for peace' Mr Assad told Rossiya 24, the state-run news channel: "Syria is placing its chemical weapons under international control because of Russia. The US threats did not influence the decision." In his TV interview, Mr Assad confirmed Syria would send documents to the UN as part of the process of signing the chemical weapons convention. Mr Lavrov, completing a visit to Kazakhstan, said: "I am sure that there is a chance for peace in Syria. We cannot let it slip away." He did not mention the destruction of the weapons, which is thought to be a sticking point in Moscow's negotiations with Damascus. Mr Lavrov is due to discuss the plan in Geneva with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who will first hold talks with UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Diplomatic coup US officials have described Russia's plan as "doable but difficult". Officials travelling with Mr Kerry say they want a rapid agreement with the Russians on principles for the process, including a demand for Syria to give a quick, complete and public declaration of its stockpile.

The US postponed plans to launch military strikes on Syria after Russia proposed the disarmament earlier this week. Russian media have hailed the move as a diplomatic coup. President Vladimir Putin affirmed this view by writing an opinion piece in the New York Times lambasting US policy, saying strikes would lead to an upsurge in terrorism. "The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the Pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria's borders," he wrote. However, Western officials and the Syrian opposition remain sceptical over the willingness of President Assad's government to give up its arsenal. State department officials have been stressing the exploratory nature of the talks with the Russians, saying they want "to see if there's reality here, or not". UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Russian plan "must be treated with great caution". And experts have pointed out the difficulty of conducting such a process in a war zone. The rebels have already refused to co-operate. Gen Salim Idriss of the Free Syrian Army said he categorically rejected the plan, and insisted that the most important thing was to punish the perpetrators of chemical attacks. If the talks are successful, the US hopes the disarmament process will be agreed in a UN Security Council resolution. However, Russia has already objected to a draft resolution that would be enforced by Chapter VII of the UN charter, which would in effect sanction the use of force if Syria failed in its obligations. Russia regards as unacceptable any resolution backed by military force, or a resolution that blames the Syrian government for chemical attacks. More than 100,000 people have died since the uprising against President Assad began in 2011. Russia, supported by China, has blocked three draft resolutions condemning the Assad government.

Reuters (Reino Unido) Assad Says Chemical Handover Not Result of U.S. Threat: Interfax
Syria decided to cede control of its chemical weapons because of a Russian proposal and not the threat of U.S. military intervention, Interfax news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a Russian television interview. "Syria is placing its chemical weapons under international control because of Russia. The U.S. threats did not influence the decision," Interfax quoted Assad as telling Russia's staterun Rossiya-24 channel

Assad also told Rossiya-24 that Syria would submit documents to the United Nations for an agreement governing the handover of its chemical arsenal, state-run Russian news agency RIA reported on Thursday. Rossiya-24 did not immediately air the interview and it was not clear when it was recorded. The reports came hours before Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were due to meet in Geneva to discuss the proposal, which Lavrov announced on Monday, and Moscow's plan for implementing it. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the initiative will not succeed unless Washington abandons plans for potential air strikes to punish Assad for an August 21 poison gas attack which U.S. President Barack Obama blames on Syrian government forces. Syria, which denies it was behind that attack, has agreed to Moscow's proposal that it give up its chemical weapons stocks, averting what would have been the first direct Western intervention in a war that has killed more than 100,000 people. (Reporting by Thomas Grove, Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

Estado.com Premi turco mostra desconfiana sobre Sria

AE - Agncia Estado O primeiro-ministro da Turquia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, questionou a proposta russa sobre o futuro das armas qumicas da Sria. A autoridade afirmou que no se deve confiar no governo srio e que as autoridades do regime de Bashar Assad esto apenas tentando protelar uma interveno internacional. Erdogan tambm afirmou nesta quinta-feira o governo srio "violou todas as suas promessas com o objetivo de ganhar mais tempo para continuar a massacrar pessoas, e vai continuar assim". "Quando se trata de armas qumicas, ns no acreditamos neles [o governo srio] e ns no confiamos neles". Fonte: Associated Press.

Globo.com Putin acusa os rebeldes de usar armas qumicas para forar interveno na Sria
Em artigo publicado no New York Times, presidente russo diz aos americanos que um ataque Sria provocaria mais terrorismo Com agncias internacionais Poucas horas antes da reunio entre Estados Unidos e Rssia em Genebra para tentar chegar a um acordo sobre o conflito srio, o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, se dirigiu diretamente ao povo americano, por meio de um artigo publicado no New York Times, para advertir que um possvel ataque Sria poderia espalhar o conflito para alm de suas fronteiras e desencadear uma onda de ataques terroristas. No texto, Putin repetiu o argumento de que o ataque qumico que ocorreu em agosto, e que Washington acusa o regime de Bashar al-Assad, foi lanado, provavelmente, pelas foras de oposio que buscam a interveno estrangeira. E no poupou crticas ao governo americano, afirmando que as intervenes dos EUA so alarmantes. O potencial ataque dos EUA contra a Sria, apesar da oposio de muitos pases e dos principais lderes polticos e religiosos, incluindo o Papa, causar mais vtimas inocentes e poderia espalhar o conflito para alm das fronteiras da Sria, disse Putin, no que parece ser uma tentativa de dividir a sociedade americana.

O presidente russo adverte que se pases influentes ignoram a ONU e empreendem uma ao militar sem autorizao do Conselho de Segurana, o rgo poderia fracassar por falta de influncia real. E argumenta que na guerra civil sria, que j entrou em seu terceiro ano, existem poucos campees da democracia, mas que h mais do que suficientes membros da al-Qaeda e extremistas que lutam contra o governo. Putin alega ainda que um ataque vai aumentar a violncia e provocar uma nova onda de terrorismo, alm de prejudicar os esforos multilaterais para resolver a questo nuclear iraniana e o conflito entre israelenses e palestinos, desestabilizando o Oriente Mdio e o Norte da frica. O lder russo critica a poltica internacional americana, dizendo que intervir militarmente em conflitos internos de outros pases se tornou um lugar comum para os Estados Unidos. alarmante que a interveno militar em conflitos internos de pases estrangeiros tenha se tornado lugar comum para os EUA. Esses so os interesses a longo prazo dos Estados Unidos?, se pergunta Putin. Duvido. Milhes de pessoas ao redor do mundo cada vez mais no veem os Estados Unidos como um modelo de democracia, mas como um pas que se baseia na fora bruta e forja alianas com o slogan ou voc est comigo ou est contra mim. Apesar disso, o presidente ressalva que a relao entre os pases marcada pela confiana: Minha relao profissional e pessoal com o presidente Obama est marcada por uma crescente confiana e dou boas-vindas ao seu interesse em continuar o dilogo com a Rssia sobre a Sria, acrescentou Putin, em relao proposta de Moscou de que Assad entregue suas armas qumicas para impedir o ataque das potncias ocidentais.

Globo.com Inspetores da ONU vo culpar Assad por ataque qumico, diz chanceler francs
Laurent Fabius afirma que relatrio sobre uso de armas qumicas na Sria ser divulgado na prxima segunda-feira Com agncias O ministro das Relaes Exteriores francs, Laurent Fabius, afirmou nesta quinta-feira que o relatrio dos inspetores da ONU sobre o uso de armas qumicas na Sria ser divulgado na segunda-feira e dever culpar o regime de Bashar al-Assad pelo ataque de 21 de agosto, de acordo com informaes da agncia AFP. Fabius disse que haver certamente implicaes sobre quem foi o responsvel, embora os Estados Unidos tenha dito que a investigao das Naes Unidas no diria quem cometeu o ataque. - Vai dizer que aconteceu um massacre qumico. Certamente ter indicaes sobre a origem do ataque, cometido em 21 de agosto perto de Damasco e que provocou centenas de mortes - disse o chanceler. - Como apenas o regime tinha os estoques, os vetores e o interesse em faz-lo, possvel chegar concluso de que o governo de Bashar al-Assad responsvel', completou Fabius. Frana, Estados Unidos e Reino Unido afirmam no ter dvidas sobre a responsabilidade do governo srio, mas o presidente russo Vladimir Putin disse em um artigo publicado nesta quinta-feira no jornal New York Times que foi um crime cometido pelos rebeldes.

- No verdade. uma verso que os russos desenvolvem h muito tempo - disse Fabius. - Putin faz seu jogo.

Valor.com Relatrio da ONU sobre armas qumicas na Sria deve sair na segunda
O relatrio dos inspetores das Naes Unidas investigando um suposto ataque com armas qumicas na Sria ser provavelmente publicado nesta segunda-feira, disse hoje o ministro das Relaes Exteriores da Frana, Laurent Fabius. Ele dir que houve um massacre qumico, previu Fabius, durante entrevista Rdio Frana. Os inspetores deixaram a Sria em 31 de agosto, aps colher amostras e fazer entrevistas, na investigao do suposto ataque com armas qumicas em subrbios de Damasco, ocorrido no dia 21 daquele ms. Os EUA e seus aliados dizem que o regime do presidente srio, Bashar Al-Assad, realizou o ataque. A Sria nega. Ontem, a ONU divulgou relatrio sobre a situao na Sria nos trs meses at julho, apontando que tanto o governo srio como os rebeldes cometeram crimes de guerra. (Dow Jones Newswires)

Valor.com Al-Assad diz que colocar armas qumicas sob controle internacional
O presidente da Sria, Bashar al-Assad, disse nesta quinta-feira que est pronto para ceder as armas qumicas do pas para o controle internacional, de acordo com o site de uma rede de televiso estatal russa. A Sria colocar as armas qumicas sob controle internacional por causa da Rssia, disse Assad em entrevista que ainda no foi ao ar. As ameaas dos Estados Unidos no influenciaram a deciso de transferir o controle das armas qumicas, acrescentou. Al-Assad disse que a Sria vai enviar documentos para a Organizao das Naes Unidas concordando em assinar a Conveno de Armas Qumicas. A Rssia pediu que a Sria entregasse as armas em meio crescente ameaa dos Estados Unidos de uma interveno militar aps um ataque qumico ter matado milhares de pessoas. Segundo os americanos, o ataque foi conduzido pelo governo de Al-Assad. (Dow Jones Newswires)

Portal UOL Polcia italiana aborda barco com 200 refugiados srios em guas internacionais
(AFP) A polcia italiana anunciou nesta quinta-feira a deteno de um barco que transportava mais de 200 refugiados, supostamente procedentes da Sria, na primeira operao na qual abordaram e detiveram uma embarcao em guas internacionais em aplicao das convenes internacionais. "Trata-se da primeira captura realizada em guas internacionais para inspecionar barcos que no tenham uma bandeira nacional e sejam suspeitos de envolvimento em trfico de imigrantes", indica a polcia em um comunicado.

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Os traficantes utilizavam embarcao maior para transportar os imigrantes at guas italianas, para depois tranferi-los para barcos menores com os quais podem alcanar o litoral. A polcia prendeu os 15 membros da tripulao. O grupo de imigrantes era composto por 85 homens, 50 mulheres e 84 menores que disseram ser refugiados procedentes da Sria.

IR Portal UOL Ir promete cooperao com ONU para negociar programa nuclear
DA REUTERS, EM VIENA O novo representante do Ir na Agncia Internacional de Energia Atmica (AIEA) disse nesta quinta-feira que o pas vai cooperar com a agncia nuclear da ONU para "superar questes existentes de uma vez por todas", sinalizando uma abordagem mais flexvel do novo governo de Teer. A Repblica Islmica enfrenta um impasse com potncias do Ocidente sobre seu programa nuclear, que pases ocidentais suspeitam ter como objetivo obter armas nucleares, mas Teer nega. Mas o embaixador Reza Najafi, em sua primeira reunio de diretoria da AIEA, tambm reiterou a posio iraniana de no abrir mo do direito a um programa pacfico de energia nuclear. "Estamos esperando trabalhar em estreita colaborao com o diretor-geral (da AIEA, Yukiya Amano) e sua equipe nos prximos dias", disse Najafi em declarao diretoria da agncia da ONU, em Viena. Diplomatas ocidentais saudaram a declarao, que foi vista como uma mudana de tom, mas alertaram que ainda esperam para ver se haver mudana de fato no comportamento do Ir aps a eleio do presidente Hassan Rowhani, que substituiu o conservador Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Rowhani disse na tera-feira (10) que o tempo para resolver a disputa nuclear do Ir com o Ocidente era limitado, e pediu ao mundo para aproveitar a oportunidade da sua eleio. Ele disse que iria reunir-se com os ministros das Relaes Exteriores de algumas das seis potncias --Rssia, China, Frana, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos e Alemanha-- quando comparecer Assembleia-Geral da ONU, em Nova York, este ms.

AMRICA LATINA E CARIBE Agncia EFE (Espanha) Distrbios no Chile terminam com dezenas de feridos e 264 presos
Os distrbios que ocorreram no Chile na noite de quarta-feira e na madrugada de hoje por ocasio do 40 aniversrio do golpe militar de 1973 terminaram com dezenas de feridos, 264 detidos, veculos queimados e 200 mil lares sem energia eltrica. O ministro do Interior, Andrs Chadwick, informou que entre os feridos h 42 policiais, dos quais sete esto hospitalizados e seis em estado grave.

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ESTADOS UNIDOS ITLIA The Associated Press (EUA) Obama to host Italian PM at the White House
President Barack Obama will host Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta at the White House next month. The White House says the visit will focus on the global economy as well as shared challenges in North Africa and the Middle East. Italy is one of 33 countries that signed a White House statement condemning a chemical weapons attack in Syria and blaming Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. But Italy has also opposed military action without approval from the United Nations Security Council. The visit is set for Oct. 16.

EUROPA The Associated Press (EUA) Cyprus signs deal improving Russian loan terms
Bailed-out Cyprus says it has signed a deal improving the terms of a 2.5 billion euro ($3.32 billion) loan it received from Russia in 2011. The Cyprus Finance Ministry said Thursday that the revised loan cuts the annual interest rate from 4.5 to 2.5 percent. Repayment has now been expanded over eight installments between 2018 and 2021 instead of a lump sum due in 2016, easing the country's public debt burden and saving it 160 million euros ($212.64 million). Cyprus in March agreed a bailout deal in March with its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund that forced huge losses on savings over 100,000 euros in the country's two largest banks in exchange for a 10 billion euro ($13.29 billion) loan.

Globo.com Abalada por recesso, Grcia atinge mais um recorde de desemprego

Reuters A taxa de desemprego na Grcia atingiu um recorde de 27,9 por cento em junho, mostraram dados divulgados nesta quinta-feira, com o mercado de trabalho continuando a encolher em meio profunda recesso decorrente das polticas de austeridade ligadas ao resgate do pas. A taxa de desemprego subiu de 27,6 por cento em maio, e foi mais do que o dobro da taxa mdia da zona do euro de 12,1 por cento em julho. A leitura mais recente foi a mais alta

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desde que o servio de estatsticas grego Elstat comeou a publicar dados mensais de desemprego, em 2006. Esse dado, no entanto, tende a ficar defasado em relao a outros indicadores de crescimento, que o economista do Eurobank Platon Monokroussos disse estarem pintando um quadro um pouco menos sombrio. "Os dados recentes para a variao anual do emprego e novas contrataes do setor privado sugerem que a taxa de desemprego pode estar se aproximando de um pico cclico", disse ele. O governo tambm tem sugerido que h sinais preliminares de que a Grcia j atingiu o fundo do poo. O primeiro-ministro, Antonis Samaras, disse na semana passada acreditar que a contrao de 2013 seria menor do que o previsto e que a crise econmica aliviaria no prximo ano. O dirio financeiro Naftemporiki informou nesta quinta-feira que o Ministrio das Finanas prev agora uma contrao de 3,8 por cento este ano, contra a previso de 4,2 por cento feita pelos credores internacionais. A taxa de desemprego, por sua vez, mais do que triplicou desde 2008, o incio de uma recesso de seis anos que dizimou cerca de um quarto da economia da Grcia. O desemprego uma grande dor de cabea para o governo, conforme ele se esfora para atingir metas fiscais e realizar reformas estruturais exigidas pelos credores internacionais. Monokroussos disse que contrataes temporrias no setor do turismo e programas de obras pblicas de curto prazo recentemente iniciadas poderiam fornecer suporte para o emprego ao longo do segundo semestre. O turismo, que responde por cerca de um quinto da produo econmica da Grcia e dos postos de trabalho passa por uma boa temporada. As receitas tm registrado alta de 10 por cento em 2013, para 11 bilhes de euros, com mais de 17 milhes de visitantes esperados, um recorde. Mas corrigir os desequilbrios econmicos da Grcia chegou a um custo muito elevado. Os dados mostram que aqueles com idade entre 15 e 24 anos continuam a ser o mais atingidos, com a taxa de desemprego neste grupo etrio, excluindo estudantes e recrutas militares, registrando 58,8 por cento.

CHINA Globo.com China vai reduzir uso de carvo e fechar fbricas poluidoras
REUTERS Plano do governo promete tambm aumentar o uso da energia nuclear e do gs natural A China apresentou nesta quinta-feira abrangentes novas medidas para reduzir a poluio atmosfrica, o que inclui reduzir o consumo de carvo e fechar fbricas, usinas e fundies poluentes. Especialistas disseram, porm, que o cumprimento das metas ambiciosas ser um grande desafio. A China est sob intensa presso para combater a poluio desde janeiro, quando uma espessa camada de fuligem encobriu grande parte do industrializado norte do pas, incluindo Pequim.

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O governo tambm tenta enfrentar uma possvel fonte de insatisfao popular, j que a populao urbana, cada vez mais rica, se volta contra um modelo econmico que prev o crescimento a qualquer custo, mas degrada o ar, a gua e o solo. A China publicou o plano no site do governo (www.gov.cn), prometendo tambm aumentar o uso da energia nuclear e do gs natural. Ambientalistas saudaram o plano, mas foram cticos sobre sua implementao. As metas de reduo do consumo para reas industriais so um bom sinal de que eles esto levando a poluio atmosfrica e a sade pblica mais a srio, mas para fazer essas metas acontecerem o plano de ao um pouco frustrante, e h buracos disse Huang Wei, ativista do Greenpeace em Pequim. A China j teve dificuldades anteriores para conseguir a adeso das provncias e dos empresrios s medidas antipoluio, e o novo plano prev poucas regras concretas para fortalecer a fiscalizao e as punies aos infratores. No vemos quaisquer mudanas estruturais, e esse poderia ser um potencial risco nos esforos da China para cumprir sua meta de reduzir a PM 2,5 disse Huang, referindo-se ao plano chins para reduzir em 25% at 2017 os nveis de um importante indicador da poluio atmosfrica em Pequim e provncias prximas. O carvo, responsvel por mais de trs quartos da matriz energtica da China, j foi identificado como um dos fatores a serem mais combatidos. O objetivo do governo reduzir o consumo total desse combustvel fssil de 66,8% no ano passado para 65% at 2017. Grupos ambientalistas esperavam que o plano de ao inclusse metas detalhadas para a reduo do uso de carvo em cada regio, mas aparentemente caber s provncias definirem isso entre si.

COREIA DO NORTE The Associated Press (EUA) China Urges Joint Efforts to Denuclearize NKorea
Beijing called for joint efforts to denuclearize the Korea Peninsula on Thursday following reports that North Korea may be restarting a plutonium nuclear reactor. "To achieve denuclearization and to maintain peace and stability is what China has been advocating," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily briefing. "It takes efforts from all sides." A U.S. research institute said Wednesday that a recent satellite image appears to show North Korea is restarting its 5-megawatt reactor at the Nyongbyon nuclear facility, which was shuttered in 2007 under the terms of a six-nation disarmament agreement. North Korea threatened in April to restart the reactor but has since toned down its inflammatory rhetoric and stepped up diplomacy with rival South Korea. South Korea has yet to respond to the report by the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Its National Intelligence Service has said it could not confirm the report because confidential information is involved. U.S. officials have expressed concerns, calling on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and programs. U.S. special envoy Glyn Davies has traveled to Beijing this week to

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discuss the nuclear issue with China. Hong said all sides should work to resume the sixparty talks.

JAPO The Associated Press (EUA) Japan Protests Over French Fukushima Cartoon
Japan protested a French newspaper cartoon depicting sumo wrestlers with extra limbs fighting in front of the country's crippled nuclear power plant and linking it to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that Tokyo planned to formally complain to the weekly paper Le Canard Enchaine via the Japanese Embassy. Suga said the cartoon insulted those affected by the March 2011 disaster and misrepresented conditions at the plant. The cartoon published Wednesday shows two sumo wrestlers, each with an extra arm and leg, facing off with the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant on the background. The plant's recent leaks of radioactive water into the Pacific have triggered international concerns. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assured the International Olympic Committee the leaks were "under control."

FRICA BBC (Reino Unido) Al-Amriki and al-Britani: Militants 'killed' in Somalia
Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses have told the BBC. Omar Hammami, known as al-Amriki, and Osama al-Britani, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, are said to have died in an early-morning attack in a village south-west of the capital, Mogadishu. They had been hiding from al-Shabab since leaving the group this year. There have been several previous reports of al-Amriki's death. In March, the US State Department offered a $5m (3.1m) reward for any information leading to the capture or conviction of al-Amriki. 'Quick-witted' One of al-Amriki's fighters told the BBC that they had been overpowered by the al-Shabab attack in a village near the town of Dinsor. He said al-Shabab had taken away the bodies of the two Westerners. Another of their allies, Khadap al-Masari, from Egypt, surrendered, the fighter said. Local residents confirmed the deaths, as did a senior source within al-Shabab.

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"There was a gun battle between al-Amriki and his men and other fighters," Moalim Ali, a resident in Bardhere village, told the AFP news agency. Another resident, Mohamed Wardhere, said: "Al-Amriki and two other fighters, one of them a foreigner, have been killed near Bardhere." The two men were allies of veteran Somali Islamist, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who split from al-Shabab in June. He is currently in the custody of the UN-backed government. BBC Somali analyst Mohamed Mohamed says al-Shabab has been hunting down and killing allies of Mr Aweys since the split. Mr Aweys is seen as less hardline than al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who also has a more international agenda. Al-Amriki was known for rapping jihadist songs which were loaded onto YouTube. He grew up in the town of Daphne in the state of Alabama, where friends said he was popular at school, quick-witted, charismatic and elected president of his school year. According to his schoolfriend, James Culveyhouse, his father is a Sunni Muslim from Syria and his mother a Southern Baptist Christian. Mr Culveyhouse told the BBC in 2011 that al-Amriki's radicalisation started after a visit to Syria as a teenager. Over the years he became an adherent of stricter and stricter Islam - turning far more orthodox than his father. He moved to Somalia in 2006 and joined al-Shabab, becoming one of the group's senior officials. UK officials say they have been aware of the Briton's presence in Somalia for some time but would not confirm either his death or his real name. BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardner says there have been fears that British jihadists heading to Somalia would return to the UK to carry out attacks but officials say their numbers are now dwarfed by those going to fight in Syria. The news of the killings of the foreign militants in Somalia comes a day after a group of 160 leading Islamic scholars issued a fatwa denouncing al-Shabab, saying the group had no place in Islam. Nairobi-based Somali analyst Mohamed Abdullahi told the BBC's Newsday programme that the fatwa, issued by so many prominent scholars, is likely to sway opinions on the ground, but is unlikely to change the path of those in the group's top leadership. "[It says] you cannot give them sanctuary, you cannot support them, you have to report their presence and you have to assist international security agencies so the fatwa includes a security element of community policing against al-Shabab," he said. But it should be coupled with other efforts to win the hearts and minds of people on the ground, he added.

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"There must be another parallel programme to ensure that those young men who joined for economic reasons, for instance, are provided with employment or opportunities." The edict was announced at the end of a conference on tackling extremism organised by the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He took office a year ago, vowing to end two decades of fighting in the country. Last week, al-Shabab's Twitter account was suspended for a second time after claiming on its feed that it had ambushed the convoy of the president, who was unhurt. It has since set up a new account. Pro-government forces have pushed al-Shabab out of several key cities but the group still controls many smaller towns and rural areas.

Reuters (Reino Unido) Central African Republic Court Jails First Group of Ex-Rebels
A court in Central African Republic has sentenced 17 Seleka fighters to eight years in prison for theft, rape and pillage, the first ex-rebels to be punished for a wave of violence that has gripped the country since they seized power. Five other fighters from the rebel alliance were due to be tried but had already escaped amid the chaos that has reigned since the gunmen swept down from the north and ousted former President Francois Bozize in March. Announcing the sentencing on Wednesday, Abel Daouda, president of the criminal court that handled the case, also fined each of the men 200,000 CFA francs ($410). On officially becoming president last month, rebel leader Michel Djotodia pledged to crack down on impunity. He sacked the head of the armed forces on Tuesday after days of fighting between his forces and gunmen still loyal to Bozize killed 100 people. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it treated women and children amongst the people who had been injured by machetes and gunshots in the fighting. "Some were apparently summarily executed. Houses were burned down as well. All of this leaves MSF deeply concerned that all parties to the fighting will continue to target civilians and carry out more atrocities against them," the group said. Former colonial power France is pushing for a United Nations Security Council resolution to strengthen regional peace efforts, currently being led by the African Union. (Reporting by Paul-Marin Ngoupana; Additional reporting and writing by David Lewis; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

MEIO AMBIENTE Globo.com Izabella Teixeira escolhida pela ONU para receber prmio Campees da Terra

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Ministra receber o prmio na categoria Liderana Poltica Evandro boli A ministra do Meio Ambiente, Izabella Teixeira, foi uma das vencedoras do prmio Campees da Terra 2013, das Naes Unidas. O resultado foi anunciado em solenidade na manh desta quinta-feira, na Casa da ONU no Brasil. Ela foi premiada na categoria Liderana Politica. A ONU entendeu que as aes de Izabella a afrente do ministrio, em especial o combate ao desmatamento, foram preponderantes para sua escolha. Ela vai receber o prmio na ONU no dia 18 de setembro, em Nova York. A ministra, presente no evento, fez uma homenagem aos analistas ambientais em seu discurso, categoria a qual pertence. Ela funcionria de carreira no governo na rea ambiental . Estou muito feliz, muito honrada. Esse premio o reconhecimento de uma carreira. A rea ambiental um tema complexo. Todo mundo quer cuidar do meio ambiente, evitar desmatar, mas na hora de construir o consenso no fcil. O Brasil sempre teve um papel protagonista na politica ambiental mundial e esse premio aumenta nossa responsabilidade nesse cenrio, Determina que sejamos mais ambiciosos disse a ministra. O prmio o mais importante na rea ambiental na ONU. J foi homenageado com essa premiao o ex-vice-presidente americano Al Gore.

TEMAS ECONMICOS, FINANCEIROS E COMERCIAIS Globo.com Para Mantega, vendas no varejo de julho mostram recuperao do consumo
Reuters O ministro da Fazenda, Guido Mantega, avaliou que o resultado das vendas do varejo em julho, divulgado nesta quinta-feira, mostrou que est ocorrendo uma recuperao do consumo no pas, beneficiada pelo recuo da inflao. O Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica (IBGE) informou nesta manh que as vendas no varejo brasileiro cresceram 1,9 por cento em julho sobre junho e 6,0 por cento sobre julho de 2012, bem acima das expectativas do mercado. (Reportagem de Nestor Rabello)

TEMAS INTERNOS Folha.com Ministra Ideli prope mudar forma de tramitao de medidas provisrias
TAI NALON DE BRASLIA A ministra Ideli Salvatti (Relaes Institucionais) afirmou nesta quinta-feira (12) que o rito de tramitao de medidas provisrias no Congresso precisa ser regulamentado. A declarao ocorreu antes da abertura, no Palcio do Planalto, da reunio do Comit de Articulao Federativa.

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"As MPs nesses ltimos dias demonstraram que a forma de tramitao no est de acordo porque fica tanto tempo na comisso, que acaba chegando, tanto no plenrio da Cmara quanto no plenrio do Senado, com poucas horas, poucos dias para ser debatido e aprovado", disse. Nesta semana, o governo se viu na iminncia de ver uma de suas medidas provisrias caducar, devido ao atraso na anlise pelo plenrio da Cmara. Segundo determinao do presidente do Senado, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), para que a Casa tenha tempo hbil de analisar a matria, ela deveria chegar da Cmara com ao menos uma semana antes do prazo final para sua votao. A MP reabre o prazo para a adeso ao "Refis da Crise", programa de parcelamento de dvidas fiscais com a Unio. O texto segue para anlise do Senado, que precisa analisar a matria at o prximo dia 16, quando perde a validade. Ela tratava originalmente de subsdios a safras de cana de acar e da modernizao dos sistemas de pagamento no pas, determinava que o Banco Central vai regulamentar o sistema de pagamento por celular e ainda tratava de operao para garantir o financiamento da reduo da tarifa de energia. "Est mais do que na hora de ns termos uma regulamentao mais detalhada. Agora, como isso vai acontecer, ns estamos acompanhando, at porque um ritual de deliberao do Legislativo", disse Ideli. "O presidente Renan disse que com menos de sete dias nem aceita. O presidente Renan disse que com menos de 15 dias teis tambm no aceita. Agora, tudo isso palavra dos presidentes. Agora precisa ser regulamentado atravs ou da mudana constitucional ou das resolues", completou a ministra. Questionada como esse novo processo de tramitao se daria, disse apenas que atribuio do Legislativo propor a mudana.

Agncia EFE (Espanha) Polcia confirma morte de 4 suspeito de matar menino boliviano em So Paulo
Quatro dos cinco acusados de participao no assassinado do menino boliviano Brayan Yanarico Capcha, baleado durante um assalto em junho em So Paulo, esto mortos, confirmou nesta quinta-feira a polcia. Dois dos acusados foram achados mortos em agosto, em uma priso, vtimas de envenenamento, e outros dois foram assassinados no incio de julho, mas seus corpos s foram identificados nesta semana atravs das impresses digitais, segundo a Secretaria de Segurana Pblica de So Paulo.

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