In the News: Burma "on the verge of civil war"
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A man gives a three-finger salute, a symbol of protest, during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay.
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Two months after the junta's coup, "
the crisis is on the way to degenerating into civil war
," worries
The Australian
, like the
Japan Times as well
.
Fears are now strong enough that "
the US government has ordered the evacuation of all non-essential staff and their families
."
"
Their security is no longer guaranteed
", insists
The Australian
while "
the militias, the armed factions of the country are preparing for war
", assures the Australian daily which highlights the current constitution of a "
resistance army with the movement for democracy and ethnic armed groups
”, and in particular the Karen National Liberation Army.
Concern shared by the American press, while China again yesterday rejected "
any idea of sanctioning the Burmese junta
", the
New York Times
reports the indictment of the UN envoy for Burma who yesterday mentioned "
an unprecedented risk of civil war
”and“
an imminent bloodbath
”.
"
The world radically underestimates the extent of the deterioration of the situation in Burma,
" also alarmed former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in an interview with the
Guardian
.
According to him “
the situation could quickly degenerate into thousands, even tens of thousands of deaths, and generate a massive flow of refugees across the region, which will impact the stability and security of all of Southeast Asia, and even beyond
”.
Spy case: Rome denounces "
a hostile act
" of Moscow
An Italian naval captain "
caught in the act
", explains the
Guardian
, while transmitting "
confidential documents to a Russian military official in a Roman parking lot
".
"
A hostile and extremely serious act
", headlines the whole of the Italian press, using the words of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
For
La Repubblica
, this is "
the most serious incident with Russia since the end of the Cold War
".
“
This shows that our country is involved in the new Russian offensive strategy to delegitimize the Italian government
”.
The
Corrierre della Serra
affirms for its part that the naval officer would have sold "
NATO
"
top secret "
files
".
"
Moscow's interest in knowing the plans of the Atlantic Alliance had already appeared last August
," adds
La Repubblica
,
when the French arrested one of their lieutenant-colonels who was part of NATO HQ in Naples
”.
“
A strategic place to learn about the movement of ships and planes in the Mediterranean,
” the daily continues, “
Naples has become a very hot front in the confrontation between powers
.
"
Alexei Navalny goes on hunger strike
All the international press reports the information published yesterday on the Instagram account of the “
leader of the Russian opposition
”, as the
Washington Post
calls it,
which explains that “
this hunger strike comes after the unsuccessful attempts of Alexei Navalny to 'get medical attention
'.
"
Including injections of analgesics for back pain and numbness in the right leg very worrying
."
His lawyer argues that his "
current health problems could be linked to his poisoning last summer, and that his life was threatened
", underlines for its part the Swiss daily
Le Temps
.
European space agency recruits new astronauts
An appeal launched to all aspiring astronauts, and widely repeated in the press which describes the profile sought by the space agency.
"
Your country is a member of ESA, you are between 27 and 37 years old, you can justify a master's degree and 3 years of experience in the field of natural sciences, medicine, engineering, maths or computer science
”, then the space adventure extends its arms to you.
File to be submitted online on the ESA website until May 28.
The agency is looking for 4 to 6 new astronauts and something new, reports the Swissinfo site in particular, is opening a parallel recruitment procedure for people with leg disabilities or short stature, to join a "
parastronaut
" program.
The key for the lucky ones is the promise of going to see the moon more closely.
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