ITALIE-ALLEMAGNE ? La ?Ndrangheta est chez elle outre-Rhin

Quinze ans plus tard, après le massacre de Duisburg, au cours duquel 6 Calabrais ont perdu la vie devant un restaurant géré par un compatriote originaire du village de San Luca, le substitut du procureur auprès de la Direction nationale antimafia Vincenzo Macrì confirme que 'depuis toujours la 'Ndrangheta utilise les chaînes de pizzerias pour ses affaires.

Luigi Pellegrini, 2006), le juge Nicola Gratteri écrit : 'La 'Ndrangheta a non seulement acheté des actions à la Bourse de Francfort, mais elle a également investi des dizaines de millions d'euros dans des chaînes d'hôtels et de restaurants dans l'est de l'Allemagne et dans des résidences de vacances sur la mer Baltique.

C'est d'ailleurs à partir de l'Allemagne que la 'Ndrangheta a construit dans les années 1970 sa puissance de feu pour la gestion internationale des trafics de drogue, dont elle détient actuellement le quasi-monopole grâce à ses liens avec les narcos colombiens.

De ce bain de sang naîtront de nouveaux équilibres dans le trafic international de stupéfiants, dans lequel le rôle de l'Allemagne, d'où il se propage vers les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et l'Espagne, est fondamental.



Source: http://www.courrierinternational.com/article.asp?obj_id=76660

House OKs $410B bill to boost domestic programs

but the family budget which has to pay for the federal budget only grew at 1.3 percent last year."The debate occurred one day after Obama told Congress in a prime time television address that he intends to cut deficits in half over the next four years, and one day before he was submitting tax and spending plans for the coming year.Officials said the president's first budget would call for a permanent tax cut of $400 for lower- and middle-class workers and $800 for families, a break modeled after the temporary provision in the economic stimulus legislation.He also will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform, the start of an effort aimed at providing coverage for an estimated 48 million uninsured people.

There were 159 Republicans and 20 Democrats opposed.In a symbolic bow to the recession, Democrats included in the spending measure a prohibition on a cost-of-living increase for members of Congress for the year.Overall, the legislation would provided increases of roughly 8 percent for the federal agencies it covered, about $32 billion more than last year.The bill is intended to allow smooth functioning of the government through the Sept.

"Most all of the shovel-ready projects on the trillion-dollar stimulus bill would in fact be at risk," he said.Nominally, the provision halts implementation of Bush-era regulations that reduce the input of federal scientists in endangered species decisions and block the law from being used to fight global warming.

David Obey, D-Wis., and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said the legislation would merely give the new administration 60 days to decide the fate of the two regulations.Democrats also inserted a provision into the bill to end a program that allows students in the District of Columbia to use federal funds to attend private schools of their choice.



Source: http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090225/APW/902250553

Pipe Fires Day One of Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro presented Senor ...

All the indicators pointed towards an incredible day at Pipeline for the first day of the Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro presented by Senor Frogs - what resulted did not disappoint.

With the first four rounds of the Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro presented by Senor Frogs completed in epic conditions, the tone of the event had been laid, with the Ormerod twins from Australia, Ruben Quinones (Puerto Rico), Damian King and Oshi Grady (Hawaii) all leading the way.

By mid morning it was an "ant-farm", with hundreds of spectators lining the shore, all trying to get a glimpse of the best bodyboarders in the world.

The focus however was on the second heat of round four when Jamie O'Brien (Hawaii) hit the water.



Source: http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/surfwire.cfm?id=22368