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“ China's largest producer of offshore oil and gas CNOOC said Monday that CNOOC 981, the country's first deepwater drilling rig, has made its first deepwater gasfield discovery in the South China Sea.” “ The Lingshui 17-2 gasfield, some 150 kilometers south of Hainan Island, is in the east Lingshui Sag of the Qiongdongnan Basin, the company said in a statement.” “ Xie Yuhong, a manager with CNOOC, said the well would produce 56.5 million cubic feet of gas per day, equivalent to about 9,400 barrels of liquid oil per day, the highest daily flow of all CNOOC's gas wells during testing.” “ According to Xie, the gasfield could be very large, given test results so far. A large gasfield generally means at least 30 billion cubic meters.” “ Wang Yilin, CNOOC chairman, said discovery of the field opened the door to deepwater oil and gas resources in the South China Sea and the huge exploration potential of deepwater areas there.” “ China is th

“ 'I want my children to live in peace and security without fear, in a better world,' Faraydun's wife, 28-year-old Nazdar, told UNHCR visitors. She and her two children, a boy and a girl, are still traumatized by their ordeal and the killing, abduction and rape of Yazidis in and around the northern Iraq city of Sinjar.” “ Faraydun and Nazdar fled their village, Zoraba, when militants started to threaten the whole Sinjar area, home of the Yazidis in Ninewa province for centuries. 'I couldn't wait until we were attacked; I was sure it would happen,' said Faraydun. 'So three days before the big attack, we left for Dohuk [province in neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan],' added the 32-year-old construction worker.” “ ... despite eventually making their way to Greece after an arduous journey, these vulnerable people still face major obstacles, including a struggle to make ends meet in the Greek capital and the risk of detention and deportat

“ 'Θέλω τα παιδιά μου να ζήσουν σε συνθήκες ειρήνης και ασφάλειας, χωρίς φόβο, σε έναν καλύτερο κόσμο', λέει η 28χρονη Nazdar, γυναίκα του Faraydun, στην Ύπατη Αρμοστεία. Η Nazdar και τα δύο της παιδιά, ένα αγόρι και ένα κορίτσι, φέρουν ακόμα τα τραύματα από τη δοκιμασία που πέρασαν και από τους φόνους, τις απαγωγές και τους βιασμούς των Yazidi μέσα και γύρω από την πόλη Sinjar στο βόρειο Ιράκ.” “ Ο Faraydun και η Nazdar έφυγαν από το χωριό τους, Zoraba, όταν μαχητές άρχισαν να απειλούν όλη την περιοχή του Sinjar, πατρίδα των Yazidi στην επαρχία της Ninewa εδώ και αιώνες. 'Δεν μπορούσα να περιμένω μέχρι να μας επιτεθούν. Ήμουν σίγουρος ότι κάποια στιγμή θα γινόταν', δηλώνει ο Faraydun. 'Έτσι, τρεις μέρες πριν τη μεγάλη επίθεση, φύγαμε για το Dohuk [επαρχία του γειτονικού Ιρακινού Κουρδιστάν]' προσθέτει ο 32χρονος οικοδόμος.” “ ... παρά το ότι κατάφεραν να φτάσουν στην Ελλάδα ύστερα από ένα επίπονο ταξίδι, αυτοί οι ευάλωτοι άνθρωποι εξακολουθούν να

Αίθουσα πολλαπλών χρήσεων Δημαρχείου Θεσσαλονίκης Προς: Όλες τις συλλογικότητες, που αγωνίζονται για την υπεράσπιση του νερού ως κοινού αγαθού Συναγωνιστές, Σε όλη τη χώρα απλώνονται κοινωνικοί αγώνες από κάθε μορφής συλλογικότητες ενάντια στη νεοφιλελεύθερη πολιτική της ιδιωτικοποίησης των κοινών μας αγαθών. Μεταξύ αυτών, ξεχωριστή θέση έχει το νερό, η ιδιωτικοποίηση του οποίου σε όλο τον κύκλο του, από τις πηγές μέχρι τη βρύση, θα έχει δραματικές επιπτώσεις στη ζωή και στο περιβάλλον και ιδίως, στην ποιότητα του νερού, τη διαθεσιμότητά του, την ελεύθερη πρόσβαση σε αυτό, τις υποδομές και την τιμολόγησή του. Είναι προφανές, ότι οι αγώνες για την υπεράσπιση του νερού ως κοινού αγαθού θα είναι τόσο περισσότερο αποτελεσματικοί και νικηφόροι, όσο ενδυναμώνεται η αλληλεγγύη, η δικτύωση και ο συντονισμός των επιμέρους συλλογικοτήτων. Γι’ αυτόν το λόγο, η Κίνηση 136 πήρε την πρωτοβουλία - και μόνον αυτό - να καλέσει όλες τις συλλογικότητες, που αγωνίζ

globinfo freexchange A boat with 250 migrants sank off the Libyan shores according to the Libyan navy, trying to reach European shores. Only 26 have been rescued. Serious concerns for the rest who may have been drowned. According to a Libyan navy representative, many bodies are floating in the sea. The accoutrements of the Libyan navy for rescue missions are quite limited, as he said. The new tragedy occurred close to the town Tajura , east of the capital Tripoli. Most of the migrants came from African countries. Source: http://www.tvxs.gr/news/kosmos/skafos-me-250-metanastes-bythistike-sta-anoikta-ton-libykon-akton “ Migrants have been streaming out of north Africa - mostly lawless Libya - in rickety boats in rising numbers for years, with many heading for Italy. This year more than 100,000 have reached Italian shores, the Italian government said this week.” “ Human traffickers have exploited the political chaos and lack of security that has blighted

Syriza blames the resignations of Nerit chairman and his deputy on a government directive to the station not to broadcast the speech of its leader to the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday “ Nerit chairman and CEO Antonis Makrydimitris stepped down on Thursday, along with his deputy Rudolph Moronis, only four months after Nerit’s first chairman, George Prokopakis, was replaced two days after the station went on air.” “ In a message posted to Facebook some hours before his resignation, Moronis gave strong indications that Nerit’s independence was being compromised. 'If you declare that you want to create something independent, impartial and of good quality but you don’t mean it, don’t assign the job to someone who does,' he wrote.” “ On Friday, Syriza’s newspaper Avgi, under the headline 'Coup to silence Tsipras', said the resignations followed a government directive not to broadcast the speech of its leader to the Thessaloniki I

globinfo freexchange On September 12, 16 years completed since the arrest of Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González in Miami, Florida. The "Cuban Five" (also known as Cinco Heroes or Cuban Five) were sent by the authorities of the country to gather information on terrorist organizations based in the state of Florida, which mainly in the 90s, had organized and executed numerous terrorist attacks on Cuban soil, with more than 5,500 casualties, dead and maimed. After the collapse of the Socialist bloc in the early 90s, Cuba was forced to rely on tourism to boost its national income. To undermine this effort of the Caribbean island for economic survival, the right-wing organizations based in Miami (Alpha 66, F4 Commandos, Cuban American National Foundation, Brothers to the Rescue, etc.) organized dozens of terrorist attacks at hotels, airports and other facilities with hundreds of victims, includin

“ Στις 12 Σεπτέμβρη συμπληρώνονται 16 χρόνια από τη σύλληψη των Χεράρδο Ερνάντες, Ραμόν Λαμπανίνο, Αντόνιο Γκερέρο, Φερνάντο Γκονσάλες και Ρενέ Γκονσάλες στο Μαϊάμι της Φλόριδας. Οι “Πέντε Κουβανοί” (γνωστοί ως Cinco Heroes ή Cuban Five) είχαν σταλεί από τις αρχές της χώρας τους για να συγκεντρώσουν στοιχεία για τρομοκρατικές οργανώσεις με έδρα την πολιτεία της Φλόριδας, οι οποίες κατά τη δεκαετία του '90 ιδιαίτερα, είχαν οργανώσει και εκτελέσει πολυάριθμες τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις σε κουβανικό έδαφος, με πάνω από 5.500 θύματα, νεκρούς και ακρωτηριασμένους.” “ Μετά την διάλυση του σοσιαλιστικού μπλοκ στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1990, η Κούβα υποχρεώθηκε να στηριχτεί στον τουρισμό της για να ενισχύσει το εθνικό της εισόδημα. Για να υπονομεύσουν αυτή την προσπάθεια οικονομικής επιβίωσης του νησιού της Καραϊβικής, οι ακροδεξιές οργανώσεις με έδρα το Μαϊάμι (Alpha 66, F4 Commandos, Cuban American NationalFoundation, Brothers to the Rescue κ.α.) οργάνωσαν και εκτέλε

The targeting of Palestinian water infrastructure is a systemic and two-pronged Israeli policy to prevent the existence of sustainable Palestinian communities. In this policy brief, Al-Shabaka Policy Member and environmental researcher Muna Dajani builds on the evidence of Israel’s targeting of water infrastructure and shows how the policy is not only preventing economic growth but is also driving Palestinians off their land. She looks at the resulting commodification of water and cautions that the process is changing traditional patterns of community water management and could forever change the shape of Palestinian society. Key parts: “ Amongst the causalities of Israel’s latest assault on the Gaza Strip has been the coastal enclave’s water infrastructure, which has not been spared deliberate targeting by Israeli missiles. This attack on water infrastructure is neither a new practice nor one that is specific to Gaza but is rather part and parcel of a sustaine

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world USA: “ Data from the 2013 [Survey of Consumer Finances] confirm that the shares of income and wealth held by affluent families are at modern historically high levels,” “ The 2013 SCF reveals substantial disparities in the evolution of income and net worth since the previous time the survey was conducted, in 2010,” “ The 2010-2013 SCF found that even though real gross domestic product grew by 2.1 percent and civilian unemployment fell from 9.9 percent to 7.5 percent, only families at 'the very top of the income distribution saw widespread income gains,' though mean median income levels still lagged behind 2007 numbers.” “ ... family in the middle income bracket (40th to 90th percentiles) saw 'very little' change in average real incomes and still have not recovered losses from 2010 and 2007. Families at the bottom of the income distribution con