French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault attacks government for using English language

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has asked his government to stop using English words in their work.

Jean-Marc Ayrault stated that the French language was more than capable of accurately describing policies Photo: AP

The demand comes after Arnaud Montebourg, minister for industrial renewal, and Michele Delaunay, minister for the elderly, revealed that they were creating a new sector entitled the "Silver Economy".

In future, "all companies working with or for the elderly" will fall under this heading, they said.

The Silver Economy, a reference to greying hair, will focus on the needs of the elderly and the growth in jobs that come with this. "In 2035, a third of France will be over 60, more than 20m people," the ministers said.

However, the move has angered Mr Ayrault, who wrote a letter to members of the government stating that the French language was more than capable of accurately describing policies.

He wrote: "Since the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterets, which in 1539 made French the language of administration and justice, to the registration in 1992 in our Constitution the provision that "the language of the Republic is French", our country is built in close relation to the French language

Mgogoro kuhusu mahakama Misri kutatuliwa

 29 Aprili, 2013 - Saa 13:28 GMT

Rais Mohammed Morsi

Duru kutoka kwa ofisi ya rais wa Misri Mohammed Morsi zinasema kuwa huenda mwafaka umeafikiwa ili kumaliza mzozo uliopo kuhusu idara ya mahakama.

Baada ya mzungumzo na maafisa wakuu wa idara ya mahakama, Jumapili, rais Morsi alisema kuwa kongamano litaandaliwa wiki hii kutoa nafasi ya kuwalisha malalamiko yoyote na kuwa atakubali uamuzi utakaotolewa.

Taarifa zinazohusiana

• Misri

Mpango wa kupunguza umri wa majaji kuweza kustaafu ulikuwa umetishia nyadhifa za maelfu ya majaji na hivyo kuighadhabisha idara ya mahakama.
Bwana Morsi amekuwa katika mzozano na idara ya mahakama tangu aingie mamlakani mwezi Juni mwaka jana.
Washirika wake katika chama cha Muslim Brotherhood, wanasema kuwa mahakama imejaa majaji waliokuwa wanamuunga mkono rais wa zamani Hosni Mubarak.
Nao wapinzani wa Morsi wanasema kuwa anajaribu kujaza nafasi hizo na wafuasi wake.
Mgogoro ulikithiri wiki jana wakati bunge lilipoendelea kujadili mswaada unaonuia kupunguza umri ambao majaji wanaweza kustaafu kutoka miaka 70 hadi 60, hali itakayowaathiri majaji 13,000 na viongozi wa mashtaka.
Mswaada huo pia ungezuia mageuzi katika idara ya mahakama kuhusu mamlaka ya Rais aliyojiongezea mwaka jana.
Maandamano dhidi ya mswaada huo yalipangwa kufanyika Jumatatu ingawa kwa sasa yamefutiliwa mbali.

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Fear and fundamentalism as the 'modesty police' patrol Gaza

Police in Gaza have arrested at least 41 men on charges of immodesty this April, writes Phoebe Greenwood. And now the city is gripped with fear that Hamas is driving the population towards militant Islamic fundamentalism.

Police in Gaza, a Palestinian coastal enclave run by Islamist faction Hamas, have arrested at least 41 men on charges of immodesty this April Photo: AFP

By Phoebe Greenwood, Gaza City

2:38PM BST 29 Apr 2013

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It's three weeks since his arrest but Ismail Halou still has streaks of purple bruising on the soles of his feet. The 22 year-old was filling cars at his family's petrol station in Gaza City at 5pm on April 4th when a black jeep pulled into the forecourt, plain-clothed police stepped out and ordered him into the car. He was blindfolded and driven to the nearest police station.

"I could hear the screams of people being beaten in the rooms next to me. Two men held my legs down and tied them together on a wooden board then they beat the soles of my feet with a plastic rod. They beat me for at least five minutes. I was crying and screaming with agony. It was the worst pain I've ever felt," Mr Halou recalls.

It was only after the beating that police officers set to work trying to shave off the one-inch fin of gelled hair that was the cause of his arrest.

"At no point did they tell me why they had arrested me. I found out from neighbours when I got home that it was because of my hair," Mr Halou explains, running a hand over the fuzzy regrowth on his head. He could not walk for three days after his release.

Police in Gaza, a Palestinian coastal enclave run by Islamist faction Hamas, have arrested at least 41 men on charges of immodesty this April.

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

Associated Press/General Dynamics Land System, File - FILE - This undated file photo provided by the General Dynamics Land System shows the production of an Abrams tank in Lima, Ohio. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams, which the Army refers to with a moniker that befits their heft: the M1A2SEPv2. The upgraded tanks cost about $7.5 million each, according to the Army, and service officials say they have plenty of them. (AP Photo/General Dynamics Land System, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle.

Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams.
But senior Army officials have said repeatedly, "No thanks."
It's the inverse of the federal budget world these days, in which automatic spending cuts are leaving sought-after pet programs struggling or unpaid altogether. Republicans and Democrats for years have fought so bitterly that lawmaking in Washington ground to a near-halt.
Yet in the case of the Abrams tank, there's a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on a weapon the experts explicitly say is not needed.
"If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way," Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army's chief of staff, told The Associated

Rais wa Algeria alazwa hospitalini Ufaransa

 29 Aprili, 2013 - Saa 07:33 GMT

Bouteflika amewahi kufanyiwa upasuaji tena nchini Ufaransa

Rais wa Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, amepelekwa mjini Paris Ufaransa kwa matibabu baada ya kupatwa na kiharusi.

Bwana Bouteflika, mwenye miaka 76, alipata tatizo la mshipa wake wa damu kuziba kwa muda, hali ambayo inasemekana kuwa kiharusi.

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• Afrika

Jumapili, Madaktari walisema kuwa rais huyo anapata nafuu na kuwa athari aliyopata kutokana na kuziba kwa mshipa wa damu inaweza kutibika.
Bwana Bouteflika anapokea matibabu katika hospitali ya kijeshi ya Val de Grace ambayo huwapokea wagonjwa mashuhuri kutoka ndani na nje ya Ufaransa.
Aidha daktari wake Rachid Bougherbal, alisema kuwa hali aliyokuwa nayo mgonjwa wake haikudumu kwa muda mrefu na inaweza kutibika. Aliongeza kuwa hali yake sio mbaya na anaendelea kupata nafuu.

Ripoti kuhusu Saratani

Waziri mkuu Abdelmalek Sellal alirejelea wito wake kwa wananchi kuwa hakuna haja ya kuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu rais huyo.
Bwana Bouteflika, ambaye kawaida huwa haonekani hadharani sana alifanyiwa upasuaji mjini Paris Miaka michache iliyopita.
Kulingana na taarifa ya madaktari ni kuwa alikuwa na vidonda vya tumbo , lakini taarifa iliyofichuliwa baadaye ilisemekana kuwa alikuwa na saratani ya tumbo.
Licha ya umri wake na hali yake duni ya kiafya, kunao wanaoamini kuwa bwana ,Bouteflika huenda akawania muhula wake wa nne wa urais katika uchaguzi utakaofanyika mwaka ujao.
Yeye ni mmoja wa viongozi wakongwe ambao wamekuwa wakiongoza Algeria, tangu nchi hiyo kujipatia uhuru miaka hamsini iliyopita.

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Waziri mkuu wa Syria aponea shambulizi

 29 Aprili, 2013 - Saa 07:57 GMT

Bomu lililokuwa limetegwa ndani ya gari karibu na shule moja katika mji mkuu wa Syria Damascus, limelipuka.

Inaarifiwa kuwa kuna majeruhi kadhaa kutokana na mlipuko huo.

Habari zinazohusiana

• Juhudi za amani zashika kasi Syria
• Israel yadaiwa kushambulia Syria

Mlipuko wenyewe ulitokea katika mtaa wa Mazzeh, Kusini Magharibi mwa mji mkuu na inaaminika kuwa lilikuwa shambulizo la kujitoa mhanga.
Shirika la habari la serikali limeripoti kuwa shambulio hilo lilikuwa la kigaidi.
Kituo cha televisheini kinachosimamiwa na kundi la wapiganaji wa kiisilamu la
Hezbollah , kilisema kuwa shambulio hilo lililenga kumuua waziri mkuu wa nchi hiyo ingawa aliponea.
Waziri mkuu huyo, Wael al-Halki aliponea shambulizi hilo kwani lilikuwa limelenga msafara wa magari yake mjini Damascus.
Picha iliyowekwa kwenye mtandao na kundi hilo, ilionyesha moshi mkubwa angani ukitoka katika eneo la shambulio.
Duru kutoka kwa shirika la kutetea haki za binadamu la Syria na ambalo lina makao yake nchini Uingereza lilisema kuwa mtu mmoja aliyekuwa na waziri mkuu wakati wa shambulio hilo aliuawa.

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Viini sugu vya Malaria vyagunduliwa

 29 Aprili, 2013 - Saa 09:08 GMT

Mmbu wanaosababisha Malaria

Aina mpya ya viini sugu vinavyosababisha Malaria na ambavyo havisikii dawa vimegunduliwa na wanasayansi.

Watafiti wamevigundua viini hivyo Magharibi mwa Cambodia na wanasema kuwa vina umbo tofauti la genetiki ikilinganishwa na viini vingine duniani.

Habari zinazohusiana

• Majaribio ya chanjo ya malaria yatoa matumaini
• Vifo kutokana na malaria vyapungua

Taarifa zinazohusiana

• afya

Viini hivi ni sugu kiasi cha kutosikia dawa aina ya Artemisinin, dawa yenye nguvu zaidi katika kutibu Malaria.
Taarifa ya kwanza kuwa wagonjwa walikuwa hawatibiki na dawa hiyo ilitokea mwaka 2008. Tatizo hilo tangu hapo limeenea katika maeneo mengine ya Asia ya Kusini.
Utafiti huu umechapishwa katika jarida la ''Nature Genetics.''
Mtafiti mkuu Daktari Olivo Miotto, wa chuo kikuu cha Oxford na kile cha Mahidol nchini Thailand,amesema kuwa dawa zote zenye uwezo wa kuua Malaria na ambazo zimevumbuliwa katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, zimekuwa ovyo katika kutibu Malaria.
"Dawa ya Artemisinin kwa sasa inafanya kazi vyema. Ndio silaha nzuri zaidi dhidi ya ugonjwa huo na tunahitaji kuendelea kuitumia,'' alisema Daktari Miotto
Magharibi mwa Cambodia kumetajwa kama sehemu yenye Malaria sugu.
Haileweki ni kwa nini tangu mapema miaka ya 1950, viini vya Malaria katika eneo hilo, vimekuwa sugu. Tatizo hilo pia limesambaa hadi katika sehemu kadhaa za Asia na Afrika.
Kwa sasa wanasayansi wana wasiwasi kuwa hali sawa na hiyo itajitokeza kwa dawa ya Artemisinin. Dawa hiyo inatumika kote duniani kukabiliana na Malaria, na inaweza kutibu ugonjwa kwa siku chache tu ikiwa itatumika na mchanganyiko wa dawa zengine.

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