Breaking News on Terrorism

On the eve in the New York underground nearby 16:30 on local time, there was a state of emergency, because of which evacuation of more than 400 passengers has been made, has occurred in the underground of New York. The reason of incident became was caused by derail of two cars of the train in area of Central Park. Fortunately, it has done without victims; two people have received insignificant traumas. Investigation of incident circumstances is being carried out and while the commission of experts has not presented even preliminary versions of the accident.
The representative of New York underground administration has declared that train’s driver and its assistant will pass alcohol test that, which is standard procedure after similar accidents.

Since Tuesday the largest US airline - American Airlines- has cancelled already over 2 thousand flights, 900 from them were planned for today. The reason of such actions became carrying out of off-schedule inspections of planes’ wiring systems.
Many of people have learned about a canceling of the flight only after the arrival in the airports.
Meanwhile the check, initiated by Federal aviation management of the USA, has revealed a lot of infringements; malfunctions in planes’ wiring are among them. According to experts, such defects can lead to the most unpleasant consequences and even up to explosion of the plane.
It is informed, that check goes on boards of MD-80 which are being used for flights on routes of average range and make almost the third part of park American Airlines.
As it has been informed, returning to the normal schedule of flights depends on how experts can quickly finish check and correct the found defects.
It is worth of mentioning that carrying out nearby 2,3 thousand flights a day, American Airlines has already apologized before the passengers, who are waiting for their flights at the airports. As representatives of airline approve, a feed and an opportunity to stop at hotel is being offered to all passengers.

For the whole year the United States, owing to weak political progress in Iraq, did not manage to come nearer to opportunity of withdrawal troops from this country. Such conclusion has been made by the experts of the American Institute in their new report on situation in Iraq.
As they say in the report of the organization published on April, 6th, political progress in Iraq passes so slowly and superficially, and social and political dissociation in the country is designated so precisely, that the United States at the moment as are far from realization of the purpose completely to disengage armies from Iraq, as well as one year ago.
Experts from Washington Institute mark, that the central Iraq government still does not function as a unit authority; mutual distrust of political leaders of the country remains significant, and key bills though pass through parliament, are not put in action. In experts’ opinion, the governmental armed forces have become stronger, but they unable to support stability in the country independently.
In the report prospects of reduction of the American military presence at Iraq are also considered. One of variants assumes that scales of support of the Iraq authorities from Washington should be defined by success of performance of the certain political problems of the Iraq government.

In the USA in state of Kentucky the 37-year-old woman has shot two children and then has directed to the next college, where she has handed over fire-arms to one of medical employees.
After that the woman has been has been neutralized, policemen have checked up her house and have found out there bodies of two teenagers - children. The woman will stay under the guard, she will be charged in murder, and also in terrorist threat as in college she threatened one of workers with the weapon.
According to inhabitants of the region, where a vein with the children lived, she was a good neighbor.
Earlier on Thursday in a Columbus (state Georgia) the unknown person has opened shooting at a building of local hospital. Two persons were killed; two more have received gunshot wounds.
According to the police, the attacked has been wounded by the employee of law enforcement bodies, who saw how the armed man has left hospital. The criminal has been delivered to hospital.

Today the government of the USA has declared about introduction of sanctions concerning of some foreign companies for illegal re-export of the American planes to Iran.
Registered in Great Britain Balli Group Plc and it affiliated structures, Armenian Blue Airways and Iranian Mahan Airways have got under the sanctions of government.
US administration representatives have informed that the specified British and Armenian companies have purposely resold three American planes to Iran, having broken the law on the export control of the United States.
Let’s remind that the USA accuses Iran of intentions to create a nuclear bomb under covering of the program of peace atomic engineering development. Iran rejects these charges and declares that the international sanctions will not force it to suspend the program of uranium enrichment.
On March, 3rd, UN Security Council has approved the third resolution against Islamic Republic for refusal to enter the moratorium on uranium enrichment. According to the new resolution if Teheran will not stop enrichment of uranium within 90 days, bank deposits of some Iranian companies and officials will be frozen.

US president Georges Bush has accused the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez of support of the Colombian terrorists. Besides, the American President has called the Congress to approve the agreement on free trade with Colombia. Bush has declared, that the President of Venezuela positively responds about the leader of a terrorist grouping FARC and has reproached Chavez that he has directed armies to the Colombian border.
Earlier this week the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela has informed that Caracas restores diplomatic relations with Colombia after week crisis, which has hardly poured out in the military conflict between two neighbors.
Earlier at the South American summit Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia have signed the declaration on the diplomatic crisis termination. In the document, which was signed by leaders of 20 countries of region, it is marked, that Colombian president Alvare Uribe has apologized for infringement of border of Ecuador during special action against insurgents from FARC. Presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador have shaken each others hands, having marked the termination of one of the most complex for last years diplomatic crises in region.

European concern Airbus and American company Northrop Grumman have won the tender for delivery 179 aircraft fillers for the Air Forces of the USA. Such information has been given by the US Defense Ministry.
The sum of the transaction makes 35 billion dollars. According to the terms of the contract new planes will be put to the Pentagon within the nearest 10-15 years.
This transaction is the first of three contracts in result of which Pentagon expects to replace all fleet of air tankers within 30 years (600 planes). The total sums of contracts will make about 100 billion dollars
EADS-Northrop Grumman experts plan to carry out final assembly of aviatankers at a factory in Alabama. However, the basic part of work will be carried out in the Europe.
The decision of US Defense Ministry became the real impact for American concern Boeing, the constant contractor of the Pentagon during 50 years, which also applied for this contract.
Airbus is the affiliated structure of European space and defensive concern EADS. Re-structuring, directed on increase of competitiveness in struggle with Boeing Co, is being carried out in the company now. In 2007 the volume of Airbus orders has made 1 thousand 341 air liner that became a record of concern, but it has also appeared insufficiently to bypass Boeing, which received 1 thousand 413 orders.

USA have developed “virtual border” by means of which the American authorities hope to stop a stream of illegal migrants from Mexico.
“The virtual wall” has been constructed by company Boeing Co on a site of border of Arizona state and Mexico. The project has managed to Washington in 20 million dollars
“The virtual wall” is a set of 30-meter observant towers, equipped by last word of techniques: radar, sensor movement controls and the special chambers, capable to define type of observable object on distance up to 16 kilometers.
The software allows system to define automatically quantity the person in mass congestions of migrants and to reveal presence of the weapon or drugs.
It was planned, that “the virtual wall” would start to function in second half of 2007; however, it has been postponed because of problems with the software.
As the American authorities inform, “the virtual wall” will not replace a physical wall, which is planned to be built on a greater part of the American-Mexican border, and will serve as its addition.
 

In one of Memphis schools stranger has opened fire. In result of incident one pupil has seriously suffered. As Associated Press, referring to representatives of police, transfers, his state is estimated as dangerous.
Incident has occurred at Mitchell high school. Sex and age of the suffered schoolboy are not specified. Investigation is being conducted now.
The huge quantity of similar incidents with shooting and capture of hostages in the USA may be explained by free sale of the weapon in some states. This question causes the wide discussions in the American society and political circles, however, any concrete measures have not been taken till now.
Virginia tragedy became the bloodiest case with shooting in public places for all history of the USA became. On April, 16th, 2008, he 23-year-old pupil of Technical University of state of Virginia, armed by two pistols, has rushed into the hostel of university and has opened fire on students. Later he has passed some hours in the educational case, where has continued massacre and has killed 32 persons, has wounded about 30 students and teachers. The criminal has committed suicide.

Associated Press, referring to the application of the assistant to the secretary of management of internal security of the USA of Richard Bart, informs that in 2008 USA can cancel visas to citizens of Czech Republic, Estonia and Greece. According to Bart’s words, during negotiations with the Czech authorities it was possible to reach “surprising progress, which allows hoping, that in 2008 Czech Republic citizens will be allowed to visit USA without visas”. Bart expects that it can occur in the autumn 2008. Besides there is “a high probability” that visa regime with the USA, Greece and Estonia can receive a visa-free mode.It is necessary to add, that while one states try to facilitate entrance of the citizens to those or other countries, others only complicate visas reception.For example, not so long ago it became known, that the European Union (EU) can enter procedure of fingers’ prints removal for visitors (on entrance and departure) from all 27 countries of the block. These data will be brought in electronic lists. With such offer the vice-president of the European Commission, the commissioner concerning justice, freedom and safety, has acted.Similar measures will promote safety and will prevent illegal intrusion into the Europe. The similar scanning prints and a eye retina devices, are already used at the US airports and borders.