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Motorcade when President Obama is impeded an hour on a road covered with snow

The motorcade was president Barack Obama has been blocked for one hour on a highway due to heavy snowfall that hit the north-eastern United States, forward YahooNews. Bush returned to Washington Wednesday evening after a visit to Wisconsin.

Because of bad weather, Obama has cut short a visit to perform in Manitowoc (Wisconsin), and Air Force One presidential plane landed at a military base in Maryland. Marine One helicopter that would take it from the air base could not take off, and the officers of the Secret Service decided to carry it on President Obama by car.

Presidential Column was but an hour stuck on the road to the White House because of snow and glazed frost. Typically, the road between Andrews and the leaders of U.S. residence is covered by the motorcade of the president in about 20 minutes.

Because of snow, more machines located behind the column were separated from other vehicles.

Additionally, security agents failed to shut down traffic for the rest of the cars, a move in the presidential column regularly for protection. White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the Secret Service did not want to be forced authorities to use resources (people, cars) that were needed in other parts of Washington, snow falls seriously affected.

A Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the column that all cars have arrived "safely" in the White House.

 

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U.S. and China sign trade agreements worth U.S. $ 45 billion

U.S. and China have reached an agreement on the conclusion of trade agreements worth 45 billion dollars, said Wednesday a senior U.S. official quoted by Reuters. Agreements have been obtained during the visit President Hu Jintao made a period of four days, U.S..

According to reports, an agreement aimed at buying Boeing 200 aircraft by the Chinese, for 19 billion dollars.

Also, contracts were negotiated about Honeywell, Caterpillar and Westinghouse Electric, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp..

The Washington official said on condition of anonymity, the U.S. and China have made progress in several key business areas, from intellectual property, innovation and public procurement.

Tunisia, Twitter and revelations Wikileaks

Ben Ali's dictatorship in Tunisia was very real, as well as formal unemployment had reached 14%. In fact it was more than 20%. Daily shortages and population rises beats basic foodstuffs (flour, oil and sugar) with more than 30% have produced complaints that could be "liquidated" the way it is done in the past - fewer carrots and more bats.

This time they spoke, but a series of catalysts that did not exist five years ago when they produced the last major popular demonstrations. The first catalyst - "evidence of major corruption of the dictator's family, revealed in detail by msajele sent by U.S. Embassy officials in Tunisia and published by Wikileaks. In these messages, 13 in number, the figure for nefarious dictator described "tithe" on presidential family members and learn them every serious business. Nobody can do business in Tunisia without this family represented by dozens of nephews, cousins or brother and not to receive its toll.

Privatization imposed by the so-called democratization process has promoted Ben Ali was there just like in other parts of the world's business, which has depleted the state patrimony and fabulously enriched a few people close to dictatorship.

Reading the messages revealed by Wikileaks you can not make comparisons with other places, at different times, and unfortunately today. Some interesting things to report: first warning people that Wikileaks has made to these disclosures by a sustained campaign of social networks, especially Twitter, and secondly some blogs from outside Tunisia and took their texts and Wikileaks translated into French and Arabic (Tunisia is a Francophone country), the third row to distribute messages and promote those who are not online were prepared "manifest" in Arabic, which contained text messages released by Wikileaks, often amplified or out of context.

Mentioned that most of these leaflets were printed and placed in Tunisia from a neighboring country (from east), with which Tunisia has divergent territorial. If the Romanian Revolution of '89 was considered outside the United States as the first revolution on television, "Jasmine Revolution of Tunisians can be considered the first revolution of the Internet and social networking, course and off-line support!

Interesting to read the article that links between Wikileaks and Tunisia Revolution in Business Insider and of course the 13 negative messages for Ben Ali, published by Wikileaks.

India has produced the first local fighter

India has produced the lightest supersonic fighter in the world, which will replace old MiG 21. 13-ton plane, called Tejas, began to be designed since the mid-1980s. The first flight was conducted by Tejas on 4 January 2001, reports RIA Novosti.

Indian Air Force made a request for 200 single-seat aircraft Tejas and 20 two-seater aircraft for training. "This is a historic moment for Aryan forces and the scientific community. India has entered the elite list of powers capable platform to build from scratch, " said the Indian authorities.

The first 40 aircraft will be equipped with General Electric F404 engines. Meanwhile, Indian design engineers with French experts with a local gas turbine engine, called Kaveri. Russia Kaveri engine began testing in autumn 2010.

The news comes days after Beijing press commented on Wednesday, the general picture recently published a website with Chinese governmental invisible fighter Chengdu J-20, developed for the military in China.

Iran Earthquake of 5.1 degrees

An earthquake measuring 5.1 degrees hit on Saturday morning, Fars province, southern Iran, causing damage in several villages in the area, but to do and no casualties, according to preliminary information broadcast by state television and quoted by AFP . The quake occurred at 3:54 local time (0:24 GMT).

This is the second earthquake that hit Iran in recent days, after Wednesday, another earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale, also occurred in southern Iran, leaving 16 injured and causing damage in 17 villages in the south.

In 2003, 30,000 people lost their lives after a devastating earthquake that hit south-eastern Iran.

Last month, seven people were killed and hundreds more were injured after an earthquake in northeastern Iran.