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>・・Les autorités philippines et la rébellion musulmane ont conclu, mardi 7 février, après deux jours de négociations en Malaisie, un accord préliminaire ouvrant la voie au dénouement d'un conflit vieux d'une trentaine d'années. Selon un communiqué commun diffusé mardi soir depuis Port-Dickson, dans le sud de la Malaisie, les deux parties ont "atteint un consensus sur la question des terres ancestrales", principale pierre d'achoppement qui empêche l'établissement d'un accord de paix entre Manille et le Front moro islamique de libération (MILF).
The Philippine government and an Islamic separatist rebel group say they have cleared a major hurdle to end 40 years of conflict.
Meeting in Malaysia, the two sides said they hoped to sign an agreement by the end of this year.
It has been five years since the government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) first declared a ceasefire.
Since then progress towards a lasting agreement has been slow.
The key stumbling block was the separatists' demands that the government define large areas of the southern island of Mindanao as the ancestral domain of the island's Muslim majority.
That move is opposed by many Catholic landowners.
But the government and rebels say they have "wrapped up" the issue, and are on track to sign a preliminary agreement on ancestral domain by the end of next month.
That would be a prelude to formal peace talks, which both sides say would aim to reach a lasting settlement by the end of the year.
Students protest against the killing of a protestor on Wednesday
Normal life has resumed across Nepal after four days of a general strike called by Maoist rebels to disrupt controversial local elections. (BBC)
general strike called by Maoist・・なんて言い方がある。 Maoistって通過儀礼かね。
>Nepalis shun polls amid violence
Security was tight for the elections
Nepalese police have shot dead an opposition activist during controversial local elections, a year after King Gyanendra seized power.??(同じ記事)
L’Italie, la Grèce, la Roumanie, la Bulgarie et la Slovénie sont touchés : le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire, dans sa forme hautement pathogène, progresse en Europe. Les oiseaux migrateurs d’Afrique de l’Ouest sont rendus au Maghreb et en Espagne, ceux d’Afrique centrale sont arrivés en Grèce et en Italie. Ils sont attendus fin février courant mars notamment en France. Toutefois, se refusant à tout alarmisme, les autorités européennes se disent prêtent à agir et tentent de rassurer : ? Cela ne veut pas dire que toute la population d’oiseaux migrateurs est porteuse du virus ?, souligne Karim Ben Jebara, responsable du service de l’information sanitaire de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé animale (OIE).
*Chaque année des milliers d'oiseaux migrateurs quittent l'Afrique et reviennent en Europe au printemps.
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>Le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire gagne l'Europe de l'Est
Le retour d'Afrique des oiseaux migrateurs redessine la carte de l'épizootie. Le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire a été détecté, mardi, en Autriche et en Roumanie sur des cygnes et des volailles morts.
・・げっ、Lemondeのトップはまたgrippe aviaire 。フランスは何を怖れる。
・・核再開発でゆれるイランも135羽の白鳥が死んだとか。
> En Iran, 135 cygnes sont morts d'un virus de type H5
Les autorités iraniennes ont annoncé mardi que les 135 cygnes trouvés morts dans le nord-ouest du pays étaient bien porteurs d'un virus de type H5.
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>Protocole de Kyoto : les "permis de polluer" s'achètent et se vendent en Bourse
Le protocole de Kyoto, entré en vigueur il y a un an, permet aux entreprises pollueuses d'acheter des droits d'émission de CO2 à celles qui polluent moins. Une Bourse européenne du carbone a vu le jour il y a six mois. Elle bat des records.
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>Un premier cas de grippe aviaire en France confirmé "à 90%"
Le ministre de l'agriculture a annoncé vendredi que les tests pratiqués sur le canard sauvage retrouvé mort lundi dans l'Ain montraient "avec une probabilité de 90%" la présence du virus H5N1.
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>Abattages massifs en Inde, après la découverte d'un premier foyer de H5N1
Le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire a été identifié samedi par un laboratoire indien, après la mort de 50 000 volatiles dans l'ouest du pays. Des échantillons humains sont en cours d'examen.
The US sees India as a key Asian ally and trading partner
US President George W Bush is shortly due to begin talks in Delhi on his first visit to India, which could see a nuclear power deal clinched.
"It's an honour to be here. I've never been to India before," he said in brief comments after being ceremonially welcomed at the presidential palace.
His arrival on Wednesday prompted an anti-war rally in Delhi attended by about 100,000 people, mainly Muslims.
But he will be welcomed by many other Indians, a BBC correspondent notes.
Mr Bush inspected a ceremonial guard of honour at the imposing colonial-era presidential palace in the heart of Delhi.
He is following that by a wreath-laying at Raj Ghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi before his talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House.
“ Our relationship with India is broader than our discussions about energy - ours is a strategic relationship ”
George W Bush
Both leaders hope they can finalise a deal to provide India with civilian nuclear technology in return for Delhi opening some of its nuclear facilities to international inspection.
Greater economic links will also be discussed and delegations of Indian and US business leaders will meet.
The BBC's Jonathan Beale who is travelling with President Bush says the visit shows a growing bond between the two countries' leaders.
Angry protests
The streets surrounding Mr Bush's hotel have been sealed off and hundreds of policemen and US secret service agents are in position around it.
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US-India 'seismic shift'
The BBC's Sanjeev Srivastava notes that many protests are planned against the US leader, who arrived from Afghanistan where thousands of American troops are still active in the "war against terror".
Those who turned out in Delhi on Wednesday held up black flags and placards reading "Bush, go home".
"We are against Bush because he is the enemy of Islam," one protester, Shamsuddin Malik, told the BBC.
India's Muslim minority is one of the biggest Islamic communities in the world.
In Calcutta, tens of thousands of supporters of left-wing parties marched through the city centre to call on India not to become a "US lackey".
Nuclear deal
The nuclear deal was agreed to in principle during a visit by the Indian prime minister to Washington last year.
But it has been held up by differences over plans to separate India's civilian and military nuclear programmes and open its civilian nuclear facilities to international inspectors.
Speaking to reporters in Afghanistan, Mr Bush stressed that partnership with India was more important than any one deal.
"Our relationship with India is broader than our discussions about energy - ours is a strategic relationship," he said.
During his trip, he will also visit the southern city of Hyderabad, one of India's high-technology hubs.
After India, he will head to Pakistan where President Pervez Musharraf says he hopes the US leader will be able to play a role in resolving the long-running Kashmir dispute with India.