Authorities are looking for three men. The car they used to escape was found abandoned in a northern part of the city. The Charlie Hebdo newspaper is known for its satirical content. On wednesday they published a cartoon that lampooned islamic jihadists. The afp quoted the attackers yelled out the prophet has been avenged. Security officials strengthened security at religious buildings saying theyre on the lookout for anything suspicious in other public places. Translator satirical cartoons are not a good idea but in our country from what ive seen no other religions have been targeted except for islam. Thousands of people have gathered for a vigil near the city square. Many held up posters with the phrase meaning i am charlie in solidarity with the journal. The french president spoke to the nation on wednesday night. Translator today the French Republic as a whole was target. The republic means freedom of expression. It means culture, creation pluralism and democracy and thats what the
Of balancing their jobs with family life. The new u. S. Congress has convened after midterm elections in november. The Republican Party now has a majority in both the senate and house of representatives. With this the gop will likely step up its confrontations with president barack obama over key policies. The house reelected john boehner as its speaker on tuesday. Republicans are against obamas plan to begin talks on easing economic sanctions and normalizing diplomatic relations with cuba. Theyre trying to block reforms and measures aimed at curbing global warming. They indicated theyll soon introduce a bill to approve construction of an oil pipeline. Obama is cautious due to environmental concerns. The white house says that the president will not hesitate to exercise his veto. I can confirm for you if this bill passes this congress, the president wouldnt sign it either. Obama says he intends to issue executive orders to opposed by republicans. He says hes ready to seek their cooperat
Prefecture. Once again, a magnitude 6. 9 earthquake has struck off the coast of iwate prefecture in northeastern japan at around 8 00 a. M. Japan time. 8 06 to be exact, on tuesday. Tohoku electric Power Company says hidashi mura and omagaki Nuclear Power plants have not reported any abnormalities. A Nuclear Facility for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in aomori prefecture has not reported any irregularities. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory off the coast of iwate prefecture. It says that it observed 10 centimeters at the ports of miyako and kuji 20 centimeters at around 9 00 a. M. Japan time. It also observed a severalcentimeter tsunami at kamaishi port around 8 40. Major damage hasnt been reported so far. But authorities have issued an evacuation advisory for about 20,000 residents in the area. Officials say anyone in those areas should listen to local authorities and Disaster Management officials for information and instructions. Officials at iwate hanam
Chinese characters are catching on in hong kong. The president of egypt is asking European Countries and the u. S. To join him in attacking the Islamic State group in libya. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi launched air strikes there after militants announced they killed 21 christian egyptian captives. Nhk worlds craig dale is tracking developments for us. President sisi promised retaliation. Now egypt has waded into the chaotic situation in libya, where there are two rival governments, and a tangled web of militia groups including islamist extremists. Egyptian fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on monday. Military Officials Say they destroyed Training Camps and arms depots for the Islamic State group. Dozens of militants reportedly died. The strikes happened near the city of dparna militants affiliated with the group have a presence there. They also have a present in sirte close to where the egyptians were kidnapped. And they have a foothold in tripoli, too. Now keep in mind here egypt has a
Politicians say must be fixed to help the country revitalize. And japans Trucking Industry is facing a Driver Shortage, so companies are coming up with ways to get more women behind the wheel. Participants at the u. N. Climate talks in peru have spent the last three days trying to draft a global deal to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, but theyre struggling to find common ground. Theyre divided over how much industrialized nations should help developing nations. Delegates from more than 190 countries gathered in lima for the conference known as cop20. Theyre trying to agree on a Climate Change deal to replace the kyoto protocol. It would take effect in 2020 but theyre hitting a familiar roadblock. The question of whether industrialized countries should bear the response bear more responsibility for cutting emissions than developing countries. Participating nations have to submit their emissions cut targets in march. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry urged developing nations not to ch