Brazil regrets bomb blast at its embassy in Chile

The Brazilian government regretted the incident today in this country’s embassy in Santiago, Chile, building in which a bomb exploded without causing artisanal manufacturing injured, official sources reported.

The Brazilian executive “confident” that the Chilean authorities completed the investigation “as soon as possible” and to “ensure the safety of installations of the Brazilian representation”, reported the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that the Police has already opened investigations and indicated that so far no suspects nor any claims of the group.

The homemade bomb exploded at dawn today, causing no injuries but material damage, in the rear of the Embassy of Brazil in Santiago.

The attack, which was considered “an isolated incident with no direct relationship with Brazil” by the ambassador in Chile, Mario Vilalba.

“There were no threats or above so far no claim by any local group,” said the diplomat to journalists.

Chilean-game train with tennis stars to repeat feat

Beijing (Reuters) - Chilean tennis players Nicholas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez want to repeat in Beijing winning medals of the Olympic Games in Athens, and for that train with the best in the world.

Gonzalez, number 15 of the ATP ranking, practiced on Wednesday with the Spanish Rafael Nadal, who within a few days will become the best in the world, while on Thursday he did with Australian Lleyton Hewitt.

Meanwhile, Nicolas Massu will train on Saturday with Serbian Novak Djokovic, third in the career ladder.

“It’s important to train high-level players. That it is good to the boys by the theme of trust,” he told Reuters Hans Gildemeister, Chilean Davis Cup captain and who is in Beijing to assist in the preparation of tennis players.

Massu started to train on Thursday to defend the gold won in Athens, where Gonzalez won the bronze and both got the title in doubles.

“Today trained for the first time. It is with very keen. On returning as a champion has taken greater dimension of what he achieved four years ago,” remarked Gildemeister.

In accordance with the provisions of the draw on Thursday, Massu will debut at the Belgian Steve Darcis.

“It is affordable, accessible but difficult,” Gildemeister remarked on the encounter.

The Swiss Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic is the highest preclasificados of competition.

“The important thing is that they played against them in the debut. They are players who are at another level,” he commented.

While Gonzalez-seeded 12, was measured with the Chinese Sun Peng.

Authors of killing a Dominican seeking 1.2 tonnes of drugs

BANI, Dominican Republic (Reuters) - The executors of the massacre of seven men of different nationalities in a village in the Dominican Republic looking for a cargo of 1,200 kilos of cocaine, the authorities said an employee of the house where the victims lived.

Mercedes Carvajal, who survived the massacre along with her husband, Emilio Basilio vigilant Victoria, told authorities that a group of six heavily armed men entering the interior of the house demanded the delivery of drugs, as well as $ 200,000 Cash, told sources linked to the investigation of the case.

Four Venezuelans, two Colombians and Dominicans were kidnapped by unknown group and then tied up, executed with bullets and their bodies found Tuesday morning at the edge of a road in the community of Ojo de Agua, in Bani, a city located 65 kilometres south of Santo Domingo.

An eighth victim, the Nicaraguan Holy Gomez, 28 years, achieving survive despite receive two impacts of bullets and is out of danger in the central hospital of the Armed Forces in Santo Domingo, where he was moved for security reasons.Of the victims, the authorities have only identified the Colombian Jesus David Hans River, 28, owner of the residence where the group was abducted.

According to the version of the authorities, 1,200 kilos of cocaine had been landed on the beach known as Savannah Uvero by two Colombians and one Nicaraguan.

Neighbors have said that the place to reach the area with boats and planes launched drug packages that are collected by people who are waiting, almost always in all-terrain vehicles.

The Savannah Uvero Beach “is a” sanctuary “of the bombing of drugs, reported the Reuters Dominican Julio Cesar Fortuna, a resident of the place.

Fortuna, who has a property near the beach, confirmed that the spa is a base where they are unloaded large drug shipments not only from planes, but mostly from ships and boats arriving in the early morning hours.

For the senator of the Peravia province, Wilton Guerrero, this situation can not be happening without the complicity of the authorities of Police and the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), responsible for maintaining security in the area.

“Part of operators Drug Control Peravia province is what they are going to collect their toll on all outlets for drugs,” the senator complained, after ensuring that the province has become a kind of “free zone for illicit activities. ”

The impression of researchers in charge of the case is that the group of Venezuelans, Colombians and Nicaraguans came to stay in the area for quite a while.

The residence, in which investigations have determined that the group was acquired by an Italian citizen, was being reconditioned, providing it with sophisticated communications equipment. In the rear there are two parables that, according to sources of researchers, would be used to intercept international telephone calls.

The Dominican authorities said they were advancing details for the delivery of corpses to the embassies of Venezuela and Colombia.

Israel opens at truck blocking a road in West Bank

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel, under international pressure to ease restrictions on the movement of Palestinians, on Thursday opened to commercial traffic on a road blockade on the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army said that the control point between the city of Hebron and a commercial crossing into Israel would be open for trucks for six hours a day. The cars are still banned.

Residents explained that the measure reduces the travel time between Hebron and Tarqumiya crossing within 20 minutes, compared with the previous 45 minutes.

U.S. and a Middle East envoy Tony Blair has pressed Israel to remove some checkpoints, roadblocks and other barriers to movement of Palestinians in the West Bank.

The Palestinians say the network of hundreds of Israeli blockades of roads amounts to collective punishment, stifles its economy and undermined support for the peace talks with U.S. backing.

Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent suicide bombers from reaching bomb their cities.

Shatrat Ashraf, a seller of cooking gas for 33 years, said that a detour around the control point meant a journey of one hour at their workplace.

“Now I took two minutes and I’m happy because I do not have to suffer too driving,” he said.

The easing of restrictions at checkpoint occurred one day after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met in Jerusalem to continue the peace talks sponsored by the United States.

Washington wants both sides to reach an agreement before President George W. Bush leaves office in January.

‘Troublemaker’ kill 16 policemen in China

Two men embistieron on Monday, a group of policemen with a garbage truck and then threw explosives at their barracks in a likely terrorist attack that killed 16 players in the far northwest of China, said the official news agency Xinhua.

The action in the province of Xinjiang occurred four days before the start of the Beijing Games, an event which put on alert to security forces throughout the vast country and that at least one Muslim militia group decided to disrupt. Xinhua, which quoted the local police, described the assault as a “suspected terrorist attack”.

The agency said the action took place at 08:00 when the attackers, who he described as “troublemakers”, the truck fired at the policemen who did morning exercises on the outskirts of Yijin Hotel, near the frontier station in the city of Kashgar, which is guarded by paramilitary police.

After the truck collided with a pole of the electrical system, the two attackers dropped, threw explosives at the rustic huts and “also split the police with knives,” she said information

According to Xinhua, 14 policemen died on the spot and two on the way to hospital, while at least 16 others were wounded.
The police arrested the two attackers, one of whom was wounded in the leg, he added.

Local authorities declined to comment immediately. An official of the department of the district police said the case was investigated.
The attack was one of the most daring and deadly in recent years in the province of Xinjiang in Central Asia, where local Muslims have waged a rebellion with sporadic acts of violence against Chinese rule.

Three killed by explosions in buses in China

Explosions deliberate on three buses on Monday killed at least three people and wounded 14 more in Kunming, media reported, while the country is immersed in a security operation before the Olympic Games next month.

Beijing, (Reuters) .- The official news agency Xinhua attributed the explosions to “sabotage” and said that the police put roadblocks in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China, to try to find responsible, but gave no further details.

The attacks take place within three weeks the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing, that China has warned it might be the target of attacks.

One of the explosions took place at a bus stop Panjiawan at 07.10 local time, while the second occurred in close proximity, Xinhua reported. The images showed a large hole in the side of the vehicle and broken glass on the floor.
The other explosion occurred near Minshan, also in an area next month, added the semi-official China News Service agency in a press release on its website (www.chinanews.com.cn).

Two people died at the scene and a third on his way to hospital, according to the news, but a responsible government said by telephone from Yunnan Kunming only that there were two explosions and did not want to do more reviews.

In China there have been occasional explosions in buses, the work of disgruntled farmers or laid-off workers who want to protest against poverty, corruption or house demolitions.

George W. Bush overflies areas hit by fires in California

Bush on Thursday offered federal aid and encouragement to some of the 25,000 firefighters who work under the blazing sun to extinguish fires that together make up the worst casualty occurred in California.

“I always come to make sure the federal government is coordinating closely with the state government,” Bush said. “I know the governor (of California, Arnold) Schwarzenegger well enough to say that if we were not doing what he would do what I

Since a huge thunderstorm on June 21, some 2,010 fires have broken out separately in California, destroying nearly 364,000 hectares. Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in 12 counties affected by the flames and has employed the help of the California National Guard.

“The weather continues hot and dry in the interior,” said Jason Kirchner, spokesman for the forest service. “Our people are struggling with fire, progressing, but is very slow and much work.”

Bush flew over the area with Schwarzenegger to discuss the damage to Shasta-Trinity National Forest, the largest in California. Schwarzenegger said that 80% of federal resources fire was used in California.

“I want to tell people here in Washington that we are paying attention to is happening,” Bush said. “We care about you and we will respond as best as possible.”

Bush saw maps of the fires and then talked with firefighters who were repairing and paratroopers parachute reempacando.

“I want to say something to firefighters. We had the privilege to meet some of these paratroopers. They are exceptional people. Very brave, determined and dedicated.”

Later, the president would fly to the south to talk politics at a reception in Napa, north of San Francisco, which collected 850,000 dollars for the Republican Party.