Month: April 2012

Washington, 13 mar ( EFE).-the Catholic bishops in the State of Pennsylvania (EE.)(UU.) They called for a day of fasting and prayer on 30 March to protest against a law, driven by the President Barack Obama that oblige employers to offer contraception to their workers. In a letter disclosed today, the Bishops considered that this rule constitutes a “serious and unprecedented violation” against religious freedom. “Cannot stand idly”, bishops, calling all Catholics to dedicate a day of “fasting and prayer” next “preservation of religious freedom” March 30. The original rule, announced by the Government in January and it sparked criticism of the Catholic Church and the Republicans, it was intended to compel the institutions of confession to offer contraception to their employees. After the generated controversy, Obama announced that Catholic institutions can claim religious objections to not provide contraceptives. In this case, the obligation to offer contraceptives will rely on insurance companies. The parishes shall be exempt and the other Catholic schools and hospitals entities will have a transitional period until August 2013 to implement the measure, included in healthcare reform enacted in 2010. Catholics represent a quarter (77 million) of the total population of United States. In the image, the President of the United States.UU., Barack Obama....

Marseilles (France), 12 March (EFE).-the Minister of agriculture, food and environment, Miguel Arias Cañete, Spanish was today promoted to Spain during his visit to the World Water Forum as a reference in the management of that element and sought to open the presence business elsewhere such as Chile or Morocco. While recognizing that there are still “many hydraulic infrastructures” to develop, the Minister pointed to the media that Spain is “a reference in watershed management, technologies, infrastructure, and even in the modernization of irrigation”. During his visit to the Pavilion of Spain, promoted by his Ministry and the Spanish Agency for international cooperation for development (AECID), the owner of agriculture noted for example that it is “the fourth in the world in storage infrastructure”, after a China, United States and the India. The Minister criticized the desalination plan, “which has failed for lack of a smart planning”, but instead praised the existing technologies and can how they “be exported around the world”. Its presence at the Forum, where will participate this afternoon in a ministerial conference with counterparts from some 80 countries, has also tapped to hold separate meetings with ministerial delegations of Morocco and Chile. “Chase trying to open doors on the outside, maximum at a time when budgetary constraints make that public works should be slowed both at Government level and in autonomous communities”, acknowledged the press....

Bangkok, 13 mar ( EFE).-more than 42 million people were displaced from their homes by climate disasters that struck the region of Asia and the Pacific over the past two years, said today the Asian Bank of development (ADB) during a meeting in Bangkok. countries in Asia and the Pacific are in the global area more prone to suffer from natural disasters, both in number of disasters and affected population with greater impact,”highlights a report by the financial institution presented during the Forum Asia-Pacific for adaptation to climate change. Bangladesh and India are the countries who lead the list of the most vulnerable to the problems of climate change, where Nepal, Philippines, Afghanistan or Burma (Myanmar) are cataloged with high-risk, indicates the document of the BAD. “The environment is becoming the driving force behind the migration in Asia and the Pacific”, explained the Vice-President of this Asian Bank, Bindu Lohani, to refer to the large number of people forced to flee their homes. Experts from international agencies identified the chabolismo as the main factor of the large number of victims and displaced persons caused by natural disasters in Asia and which demonstrate the poor condition of the infrastructure. “Governments should not wait to act.” “Must act now to reduce vulnerability, strengthening resilience and use immigration as a tool for adaptation, rather than make it an act of desperation”, said...

Brasilia, 13 mar (EFE).-the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a reference in Brazil Research Center, will begin to test in humans a drug developed especially to deal with AIDS in children, official sources reported today. The tests will begin in the second half of this year and it is estimated that, if they prove successful, the drug will be available on the market as from 2014, according to the forecasts of the scientists of this public institution. According to the Brazil Agency (official), Fiocruz researchers gathered in a single compressed active principles lamivudine, zidovudine and nevirapine, three of the 16 used in the combat against AIDS. This compressed contains dose appropriate for children and also it was sweetened with other components, with the aim that its taste is more pleasant and does not engender rejection. According to official data, between 1980 and 2010 occurred in Brazil approximately 14,000 cases of AIDS in children under the age of thirteen years, mostly inherited the disease from their mothers during pregnancy or her contracted at the time of delivery....

Madrid, 13 March (EFE).-La Organization Medical College (WTO) agrees with the Ministers of Justice and health, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón and Ana Mato, respectively, that “no woman should be forced to have to abort the economic inability to keep your child”. The President of the WTO, Juan José Rodríguez Sendín, has been in favour, in a press conference, that has “targeted assistance” for women who do not have economic possibilities to continue with her pregnancy. “With the times this is complicated, but it is our duty to ask for it,” has sentenced. The doctor has thus responded when questioned by the reform of the law on abortion that prepares the Government and after the criticism he has received the Minister of Justice, to defend the right to maternity front social pressures faced by women because of the mere fact be pregnant. Also the Health Minister has opted for fight for women who want to be mothers “won’t be by economic, social, labour or family pressures”. WTO welcomes also that at least one of the parents or guardians of the children who decide to interrupt their pregnancy have knowledge of this fact, as he has announced the holder of justice. “Is much more the damage prevents the child, assuming that a parent knows,” the consequences which may cause “a posteriori” “trauma so important, that is not like taking a candy”, said Rodriguez...