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Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek socialist party PASOK, on ​​Thursday will try to succeed where the right and the radical left have failed before him form a government based on the Parliament after elections on lative who turned to the rejection of austerity.

But its chances of success are particularly thin and the assumption of new elections, which could take place within three to four weeks, is growing every day since Sunday, under the anxious eyes of Greece's European partners.

"I will continue this effort because it is in the interest of our country," Venizelos said to the press. "Extending this uncertainty only harm our country and its economy and, ultimately, to the weakest and the unemployed," he added.

After Antonis Samaras, the right-wing party New Democracy, the young leader of the radical left, Alexis Tsipras, waived his turn Wednesday to form a government. The leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left Syriza, hostile conditions of international aid to Greece, will present on Thursday to President Karolos Papoulias that the mandate entrusted to him the day before.

"Our proposal received broad support in society but not to Parliament. We will not be able to realize our dream of forming a leftist government, "he said, addressing the members of his movement, came in second behind the Conservatives in the legislative elections on Sunday.

"Mr. Tsipras (…) I was asked to accept an output of the euro and the country's bankruptcy. I will not do it ", said earlier Antonis Samaras.

German warning

If Evangelos Venizelos, PASOK which sank Sunday, also throws in the towel, as is likely, Greece will have no choice but to hold new legislative.

In Brussels, the euro zone countries have pledged a $ 5.2 billion in Athens, despite the reluctance of some States to make such payment after the election results.

The European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) said that initial $ 4.2 billion would be paid Thursday, the remaining billion to be transferred more later, "according to the financing needs of Greece". 

Germany has solemnly warned Greece Wednesday, speaking through his Foreign Minister. According to Guido Westerwelle, Greece will not receive any financial aid tranche if it renounces austerity.

"Germany would like Greece in the euro area remains but the fact of whether she stayed or not is not our responsibility," he added.

If Greece is no longer receiving aid under the plan of the European Union and the IMF totaling 130 billion euros, it will end soon bankrupt, unable to meet its obligations.

The anger of the electorate

Analysts said the victory in France by François Hollande, who defends a growth policy, encouraged the Greeks to vote against the austerity imposed by Europe and the elections Early on Sunday gave birth to an unprecedented parliamentary landscape in Greece. 

New Democracy and PASOK had their collapse cumulative score of 77% of the vote in 2009 to 32% only. The other five parties in the Vouli, Parliament, are all hostile to the austerity associated with bailouts negotiated with the "troika" formed e of the European Union, the IMF and the European Central Bank.

And nothing says that the electorate would behave differently in the event of new elections. "I have no regrets, and that both parties supporting the bailout were unfair with us for so many years is justified," said Petros Chiotopoulos, a septuagenarian who voted Sunday Independent for the Greeks, after training the right. 

Dozens of Greeks met in the streets of Athens do not say anything and do not regret having sanctioned PASOK and New Democracy, which they blame five years of recession, rising unemployment, cuts in wages and rampant corruption.

If they want the rest of Greece in the euro area, they warn they will not accept more sacrifice. "We want to be treated on an equal footing with other people and not be reduced to the status of slaves in some countries," Dimitris Nasis coward, official 62, who said put much hope in the draft Francois Hollande to renegotiate the European Pact for fiscal adding items to support growth.

But the flexibility of the new French president is narrow and it would have to find a compromise with Germany, the main creditor of the euro area.

Apart from the calling of new elections, the only way out of the impasse Greece would be to renegotiate the terms of the bailout. But this solution is for the time being rejected by donors and countries in northern Europe.

Tuareg rebels and Islamist armed groups that control since Saturday, the city of Gao, in northeastern Mali, have perpetrated ds "grave violations of human rights," said Wednesday the ruling military junta in Bamako, specifically denouncing rape.

"The people of northern Mali, particularly those of Gao, suffer serious

violations of human rights "from" Invasion of the fighters MNLA (Tuareg rebellion), Ansar Dine (Islamic group) and AQIM (Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb), "said a press the junta.

"Women and girls are abducted and raped by the new occupants who dictate their law," the statement added, signed by the spokesman of the military junta, Lieutenant Amadou Konare. 

The text provides no other details, including the extent of these rapes.

The junta also denounces "the restriction of the freedom to come and go denied to people in the towns of Kidal," conquered city on March 30, "Gao and where MNLA elements, Ansar Dine and AQIM block any movement of transport, be they civilians. "

The National Committee for the recovery of democracy and the restoration of the rule (CNRDRE) "calls on international organizations and agencies, particularly the UN and ECOWAS (e Community economic states of West Africa) for a combined effort to condemn these crimes and their perpetrators. " 

"In all cases, these serious violations of human rights challenge to the conscience collective," the statement concluded.

Taking advantage of the coup against the president in Bamako Amani Toumani Toure on March 22, Tuareg rebels and Islamist groups have taken over the weekend checking the three capitals of northern Mali Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, cutting of made the two countries.

Interviewed by telephone from Bamako, a resident of Gao, speaking on condition of anonymity couert, said: "It's a reality here. At night they kidnap women, they take them, rape them, "said the resident, ensuring that he is aware of" at least ten cases "since March 31, date of taking Gao by the rebels.

The same source reported the "looting" and "looting". "There are more ways to travel, and those trying to leave the city on foot are turned back" by armed groups, she accused.

According to several sources, looting took place in Timbuktu and Gao, especially for public buildings, facilities and warehouses of international NGOs. In Timbuktu, men of Ansar Dine, who said they wanted to apply sharia (Islamic law) in the city, tried to stop it.

AFP - Francois Hollande, PS presidential candidate, said Sunday in Saint-Denis de La Reunion that "more than the dispersion", "abstention" was " the risk "of the 2012 presidential. "I think much more than the dispersion, is abstention is risk in this e ; presidential election, "he said at a press briefing in Reunion, the second day of a tour in the Indian Ocean, while polls show an abstention high at 32%. For him, there is "more the memory of April 21, 2002", which saw the Elimination of Lionel Jospin, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Jacques Chirac remaining in contention in the final. "Nothing is settled," he reiterated, "compared to first round, because there is still volatility "," because if abstention is high, all polls are denials, and I mean all "," because in this election The first round will largely determine the second. " "The risk of abstention is even higher than the official campaign is even padlocked e on the media level as the previous, "he argues. "My only approach: call for a vote and convince them that the dynamics of the first round will win the second."

"The meaning of this election is the alternation. If you do not give it meaning, if it is simply a first come, an expression of anger (…) it will be an election of dispersion, "he judged. Asked about Jean-Luc Melenchon, candidate of the Left Front, which continues to rise, Mr. Holland assured: "I have to go in this election, the first ballot, the voters" and not go "in a debate between candidates, and even less between political forces". "What must be understood by voters, is what is most needed The most effective way to reach the goal. " "If voters are dispersed, it can have positive consequences or negative , everyone will watch the first round results as an opening victory in the second. " For him, the tactics of Nicolas Sarkozy is to "go to the voters of the extreme right and left to hope that being dispersed, I'm not the highest in the first round, "added the MP. "If you ask me what I must do, the proposals differ from those j 'I made to get those voters, no I do not think this is the right solution. The right solution is to show the consistency of a project, the will to win, "he said. "The big difference compared to Jean-Luc Melenchon, Francois Bayrou - I do not even speak of Marine Le Pen - I have a duty to win and to be in the second round. It's not as simple as it had said, "he observed.

AFP - The author of the attacks of 22 July 2011 in Norway, Anders Breivik Behring, does not suffer from psychosis and it is therefore criminally responsible, concluded Tuesday against a psychiatric opinion, reviving the dice beats the fate promised the killer.

The new assessment contradicts the results of the first who had expertise official estimated last year that right-wing extremist suffered from "paranoid schizophrenia", which advocated his psychiatric rather than a prison sentence.  

Breivik, which killed 77 people by opening fire on Labour Youth met in summer camp on the island of Utoeya just after detonating a bomb near the cen , ge of the government, "was not psychotic at the relevant time", explained the two psychiatric experts at a briefing.

"There is a high risk of recurrence," stated Agnar Aspaas and Terje Toerrisen who feel they have disposed of "as much or more real" than their colleagues for assess the mental health of Breivik.

"We are as safe (our findings, ie) it is possible," they said.  

Their thick report is mainly based on 11 interviews with the accused, three weeks of continuous observation and the records of police interviews.

Ordered after the first outcry expertise and published only six days before the trial of the extremist, the new expertise, like the first, tentative and has only advisory.

Ultimately, it will be for judges of the court of Oslo, in their verdict expected in July, to decide the thorny question of criminal responsibility from Breivik, which will determine his fate: prison or asylum.

The new findings should at least reinforce the line of defense lawyers of the extremist who, at his request, will work to recognize criminal responsibility.  

Breivik believes that being declared irresponsible indeed invalidate his Islamophobic ideology hostile to multiculturalism and summarized in the manifesto he had distributed the day of the attacks.

AFP - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made the first point to France in their quarterfinal Davis Cup against the United States, beating Ryan Harrison in four sets 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 6 -2 Friday in Monte Carlo.

While Gilles Simon had the opportunity to widen the gap in the second U.S. No.1 single face John Isner, Tsonga, N.6 world, held its position against a player ranked sixty seats behind him, and for whom this was his first game at issue in Davis Cup, at the age of 19 years.

Borrowed for his first on clay this year, hesitating in its investments, the French No.1 has committed many unforced errors (53) and this is certainly not like that he will win Roland Garros one day. 

Through walking, his third set, lost the first Davis Cup this year after two wins clear on Canadians Pospisil and Dancevic in the first round, even to forget quickly.

But he knew tighten the screw when necessary, including incursions into fine mesh (33 points out of 44 converted), to bend in three hours battery his young opponent in bright sunshine.

"It comes from Miami and it changes the drive. It takes time to adapt. But I am released, I assured the principal. Now I hope Gilou + + (Simon) will be making a big thing, "he said hot.

Harrison, himself, made an early age. Not necessarily early in the game where he hit the ball without hesitation to pass the first break. But at critical moments of the game, the American has lost the plot a bit.

The first set, he folded under pressure from the public, standing at 6-5 to change sides like the French Federation president Jean Gachassin, face Tsonga with a risk-taking would be paid.

In the second set, the American masterfully smashed a racket, furious at having conceded his service to 2-1 on a double-fault, having himself left escape two break points in the previous game. 

Finally in the fourth set, he did not resist the revival of Tsonga who, if not great, has shown solid in the storm pocketing his eighth win in nine simple issue in Davis Cup, where he has never disappointed.

AFP - The Russian presidential election won by Vladimir Putin Sunday was marked by significant irregularities in the vote count after a campaign " clearly biased "in favor of Prime Minister, said Monday the OSCE election observers. "The process deteriorated during the vote counting and e tee evaluated negatively (OSCE) in nearly a third of polling stations because of procedural irregularities, "said the OSCE in a statement. "Although applying for Russian presidential election were able to campaign without hindrance, the conditions were clearly biased in favor of a candidate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, "concluded the international observers. "This election showed that there was a clear winner with an absolute majority, e ; vitant a second round. However, the voters' choice was limited, electoral competition was unfair and lacked an independent arbitrator, "said the OSCE in reference to the Central Election Commission. Vladimir Putin won the election with nearly 64% of the vote, according to results almost die ; finitifs published by the Central Election Commission, after an election marred by widespread fraud, according to the opposition and observers.

U.S. President Barack Obama met Monday with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao, a discussion that should focus primarily on the proposed rocket launch by North Korean ally of China, said a journalist from AFP.

Obama and Hu are currently in Seoul to attend the summit on nuclear power, which begins Monday in the afternoon.

Barack Obama stressed that "the situation in North Korea and Iran is of great importance for us." China and the U.S. both have a common interest in nuclear nonproliferation, said the U.S. president.

Pyongyang announced in mid-March the next rocket launch a stallite responsible for civilian use, an item that would violate UN resolutions.

On the sidelines of the summit, Barack Obama should try to convince China to pressure North Korea, which is Beijing's only major ally, to abandon the launch scheduled for the mid-April.

Obama said Sunday that China's approach toward North Korea "not working".

In the Iranian part, Bush had said Monday morning that "time press (have)". "Iran must act with seriousness and a sense of urgency that this moment requires," he said.

While Tehran denies it, Israel and several Western countries suspect Iran of seeking to develop atomic weapons under cover of a civilian nuclear program .

The leaders of five emerging economies meeting in the group of Brics opened Thursday in New Delhi their fourth summit in which they should discuss the creation of their first institutions, such as a bank development, to strengthen their relationships.

The president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, Russian Dmitry Medvedev, Chinese Hu Jintao and South Africa's Jacob Zuma and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, opened the summit by exchanging handful art of hand.

Leaders should discuss the creation of an investment bank to finance infrastructure projects and development, an idea already discussed under the name "South-South Bank" , or "Bank Brics". 

"It would be a very powerful financial tool to improve business opportunities and perhaps a major step to support the European Union in its efforts to overcome the financial crisis" ;, held Wednesday the Brazilian minister of Commerce, Fernando Pimentel.

But the bloc of Brics, which represents 40% of world population and account for 18% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the planet, also seeks to transform its economic strength by increasing diplomatic influence .

Their group however, suffers from persistent questions about its unity in the face of major international issues. 

"The concept of Brics represents, above all, its members desire to bring diversity to the world order", considered in a recent editorial Brahma Chellaney, Central Policy Research in New Delhi.

AFP - Mexico does not oppose the constitutional order in the case Cassez said Tuesday a minister Wednesday after the publication of the draft of a Justice of the Supreme Court pre ; conisant the release of the French sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping. "The order mexican can not oppose the constitutional order, can not object to laws, "he told CNN Alberto Max Diener, Undersecretary of State for Legal Affairs of Mexico and Human Rights, under the Ministry of Interior. "Therefore, if the time comes, the judges or the judiciary, by their e valuation, believed that certain points violate the rights of the accused, we must act accordingly, "said the minister. Mr. Diener said "in principle, a rule of law is the principle of fair trial and this principle must be respected as such in terms of the Constitution". Justice of the Supreme Court Arturo Zaldivar, responsible for the report on the appeal filed ago a year by Cassez, recommended Wednesday the release "immediate and absolute" by French, because of multiple irregularities in the proceedings leading to his conviction. At least three of the five judges of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Mexico, must approve the project of their rapporteur for the French is released. The vote is tentatively planned for March 21, according to Mr. Agustin Acosta, Mexican lawyer Cassez. The French was arrested Dec. 8, 2005 with his ex-boyfriend Israel Vallarta, suspected by police to lead Los Zodiacos, a group that has to its credit a dozen kidnappings and murder. December 9, the federal police had staged for the cameras television the arrest of Florence and of Israel and release of three of their hostages alleged, presented as live events filmed. The French had appealed to the Supreme Court exactly one year ago, the March 7, 2011, after the rejection of 10 February 2011 his appeal.

The arméea Wednesday resumed control of Idleb and intensified repression in other strongholds of protest in Syria, a rebel leader saying that Bashar al-Assad deserved fate "worse" than that of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi killed when captured by rebels.

As the conflict between Thursday in its second year, U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated that President Assad was leaving no matter what, before his host, British Prime Minister David Cameron , for which the regime will face a "civil war" if it continues its repression. 

Russia, she complained of "significant delays" in the reforms promised by its Syrian ally, and the envoy Kofi Annan, who has to report Friday to the UN mission in Syria, said he had sought clarification from the regime on its response to proposals to stop the bloodshed.

But on the ground, the repression has done at least 37 deaths, according to an NGO, the advantage of the weak regime arming the rebels, the fragmentation of the opposition with the resignation of three personalities and above divisions of the international community to restore its authority. 

Two weeks after taking the district of Baba Amr in Homs (center) after a month of bloody shelling, the arméea resumed full control of the important rebel stronghold of Idleb (northwest), near the Turkish border.

"There is more fighting in Idleb, free Syrian Army (SLA) withdrew arméea and stormed the city and conducting house searches per house, "said Noureddine al-Abdo, local activist.

"The ASL chose to retire. Everyone knows she is unable to cope with (firepower) of the army, "he said. The rebels had "essentially weapons that deserters had taken with them."

Two Turkish journalists reporting from Idleb, Adem Özköse and Hamit Coskun, have disappeared, according to the Turkish newspaper Milat, without news of them since March 9.

Elsewhere in the country, the arméea killed 22 people during raids in Deraa (south) -15 civilians and seven military-dissidents, according to Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH). Many injured people have not been evacuated because of snipers.

Five civilians were also killed in Qousseir in the province of Homs (center) and five in that of Idleb, said the OSDH. Deserters also died in clashes.

Since March 15, 2011, 8500 people mostly civilians have died in Syria, where the regime suppresses a challenge in the blood which he refuses to recognize the extent and he likens to the "terrorism" led by "terrorist gangs in the pay of foreigners".

The official SANA news agency has also estimated at $ 33.5 million, "the damage caused by terrorist gangs to Baba Amr".

More than 30,000 Syrians fleeing repression took refuge in neighboring countries and some 200,000 were displaced within the country, the UN says. The humanitarian situation was considered serious in some areas.

Amnesty International has denounced the "systematic torture" of detainees reaching "a level not seen for years." According to international NGOs, Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish, who was arrested February 16 in Damascus, was tortured and his life is in danger.

The escalation, Saudi Arabia, very critical of the Assad regime, officially announced the closure of its embassy in Damascus and the withdrawal of its diplomats.

The protest movement, largely peaceful at first, was militarized with deserters, meeting within the ASL, who say take up arms to defend civilians.

But, number two recognizes the ASL, Ammar al-Wawi, ASL is "only armed with Kalashnikovs and pistols," deal with tanks and artillery of 300,000 soldiers. In a statement to AFP near the Turkish border, he nevertheless expressed confidence in "victory" even though it will take time.

He also said that "Assad has killed so many people that deserve a fate worse than Gaddafi" killed during his capture in October 2011 by rebels after eight months of armed conflict .

Besides the military inferiority, the opposition also known divisions.

Haitham al-Maleh, Kamal al-Labwani and Catherine al-Talli announced they slammed the door of the Syrian National Council (CNS) because of "differences" and "inefficiency" of the main opposition coalition. 

For the first anniversary of the revolt, the pro-democracy activists have called for demonstrations but the grid of the army might deter people.

In France, the French and Syrian organizations have called for demonstrations in Paris. And Turkey, hundreds of Syrian activists should meet near the border.