Asia's richest man strikes big gas deal with BP |

Asia's richest man strikes big gas deal with BP | Reuters: "He is the richest man in Asia, chairman of India's biggest listed company, and lives in one of the largest and most expensive homes in the world.

On Monday, he struck a deal with BP that will see the British energy giant pump at least $7.2 billion into gas projects developed by his Reliance Industries in one of the country's largest foreign investments.

The blockbuster deal comes less than a year after Ambani won a gas pricing dispute with his younger brother Anil that went all the way to the Supreme Court, leading to the end of a long-running family feud that had captivated India.

At 53, Mukesh Ambani is the world's fourth richest man with a net worth estimated at $29 billion, according to Forbes."

Morocco riots leave five dead

Morocco riots leave five dead | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Sporadic outbursts of violence have continued in Morocco after Sunday's peaceful pro-democracy protests gave way to rioting, with five people killed in a fire at a bank in the northern port of Al Hoceima.

Interior ministry figures showed that the protests were far more extensive than first thought, with nearly 40,000 people turning out in 57 towns and cities.

Protest organisers condemned the rioting and looting that followed the demonstrations, blaming it on thugs and football hooligans returning from matches.

While the mostly middle-class pro-democracy protesters had pledged to remain peaceful, there were warnings before the marches that the real tinderbox in Morocco lay in the poverty-stricken outer suburbs of the cities, where many of Sunday's rioters are thought to live.

Outbreaks of violence continued on Monday in Fes, with at least three people injured, according to Morocco's Atlantic Radio.

Clashes were also recorded in the northern towns of Ait Bouayach and Imzourne, Spain's El País newspaper reported."

shots were fired, police found two women dead, the sniper and a fourth person

Two people were killed Thursday by a sniper who opened fire on pedestrians on a busy street in this southeastern Spanish city.

Police arrested two men after the shootings.

The arrest was carried out by members of an elite National Police unit who forced their way into a house in which a sniper had holed up located near a hospital in the heavily traveled area of Cartagena.

Official sources said that the shooting could be linked to a settling of scores among common criminals fighting over control of drug corners.

The sniper, who was shot in the head by police, was rushed to a hospital for emergency surgery.

Sources close to the investigation told Efe that the suspects in the case have criminal records including violent crimes and drug trafficking.

Police who were dispatched to the scene of the shootings saw the man firing indiscriminately – at least 60 rounds, they said – from the windows of the home into the street.

Inside the home from which the shots were fired, police found two women dead, the sniper and a fourth person"

'If you like, make us your offer' La Caixa said it received 5,000 price offers on their properties

La Caixa said it received 5,000 price offers on their properties | Housing | elmundo.es: "Servihabitat real estate subsidiary has received over 5,000 proposals a month price -200-day, time has been active in the field where invited to bid on the property, which is called 'If you like, make us your offer' ."

Bernal is committed to reserve land for school infrastructure - La Opinión de Málaga

Bernal is committed to reserve land for school infrastructure - La Opinión de Málaga: "Mayor of Marbella, José Bernal, along with Secretary general of the Socialists of Málaga, Miguel Ángel Heredia, met yesterday with the Federation of Associations of Parents of the province of Malaga (FDAP) with the aim of addressing the situation of school infrastructure and education in the province."

Marbella grill Correa's attorney to fight "against the law

 Marbella grill Correa's attorney to fight "against the law  '| Andalusia-Malaga | elmundo.es: "The owner of the Grill Guadalmina Marbella, Spain's first location was declared rebellious against the smoking ban, has appeared at a news conference Thursday to announce that it will comply with the rules 'by law.'

José Eugenio Arias Camisón has been accompanied by all workers within the local, which may have reopened its doors today . However, preferred to wait for the March 10, as has personal holiday.

'In this dictatorial socialist government is not interested in the future of 16 workers,' he explained Arias, who has announced a demonstration outside the gates of the Interior Ministry in Madrid on 21 February"

Malaga police at risk from mafia after clerical error

Malaga police at risk from mafia after clerical error | Olive Press Newspaper | News: "In an alarming clericial error, the names and addresses of at least eight leading detectives from Malaga’s National police were accidently included in the case summary.
The trial of the French mafia gang, which was to begin at Marbella’s Court Number 4 last week, involved charges of kidnapping, extortion and drug trafficking.
The dangerous group, who were rounded up in 2007, possessed 1,500kg of marijuana and a number of illegal firearms, including a submachine gun.
One of the four gang members arrested had even been wanted in connection with the shooting of a policeman in Spain.

Now the SUP union, which represents six of the men, is calling for a full investigation into the matter.
“We are talking about people in the mafia, who are credited with murdering a policeman,” said a spokeman, who insisted it was a clear violation of the law.
“This points them to the homes of the elite of the Malaga police. It is the worst thing that could happen.”
The public prosecutor admitted that the information was given out at the request of the four defendants.
Over 30 officers were involved in Operation Arenal in July 2007 that led to the arrest of the Frenchmen."

riot in Lima’s San Pedro Prison left one inmate dead, less than two months after a fight between rival groups in San Miguel Prison in Santiago, Chile,

Catholic San Francisco: "riot in Lima’s San Pedro Prison left one inmate dead, less than two months after a fight between rival groups in San Miguel Prison in Santiago, Chile, led to a fire in which 81 inmates died.

The prison in the Chilean capital housed nearly twice the number of inmates it was designed to hold, while San Pedro’s stark, concrete buildings, built for about 3,000 men, now house some 8,000.

San Pedro, Lima’s largest prison, also is dangerous, a school for crime, a public health hazard and a place where inmates essentially govern themselves, according to Ricardo La Serna, a member of the prison ministry leadership team at the Peruvian Conference of Bishops’ Social Action Commission.

“None of this has happened by accident,” La Serna said. “The country’s public policies have not addressed this well.”

Prison populations have climbed steadily in recent years throughout Latin America, partly because of rising crime rates, but also because of stiffer sentences for recidivism and for activities that formerly were not considered crimes, such as protests that block highways."

Muslim Girls | Marbella | Prostitutes | Morocco | Algeria | Bangladesh |

Muslim Girls | Berlin | Prostitutes | Morocco | Algeria | Bangladesh | - potseblog's posterous: "Young Muslim women are often forced to lead double lives in Europe. They have sex in public restrooms and stuff mobile phones in their bras to hide their secret existences from strict families. They are often forbidden from visiting gynecologists or receiving sex ed. In the worst cases, they undergo hymen reconstruction surgery, have late-term abortions or even commit suicide. . . For the girls, the worst thing is to be stigmatized as prostitutes, says Leila. “The entire family’s honor is dependent on the virginity of the daughters.” Sometimes girls call their fathers from her office at Papatya, only to hear shouted responses like: “Now you’re a whore.”"

Thai website director goes on trial over content

Thai website director goes on trial over content: "The head of a popular Thai political website went on trial Friday, charged with violating the country's tough cyber laws in a case seen as a bellwether for freedom of expression in the politically troubled nation.

Chiranuch Premchaiporn, manager of the Prachatai website, faces up to 20 years' imprisonment on 10 separate charges of failing to promptly remove from the website offending comments posted by readers.

The 2007 Computer Crime Act addresses hacking and other traditional online offenses, but also bars the circulation of material deemed detrimental to national security or that causes public panic. Several people have been prosecuted under the law, but Chiranuch is the first webmaster to be tried, and her case has garnered the attention of free speech advocates around the world."

Juan Antonio Roca , 'with funds that we believe are of criminal origin'

The tax amounts to 1.6 million the amount of money attributable to Rock - ABC.es: "Anti-corruption prosecutor in the 'case Malaya' , Juan Carlos López Caballero, has stated that the Operation Cruise Banús is accused of money laundering 'only' depending on the investment made by the alleged mastermind of the plot of corruption, Juan Antonio Roca , 'with funds that we believe are of criminal origin' and stands at 1, 6 million euros 'amount of money estimated attributable' to it in this business."

Bernard Madoff: JP Morgan warned UK authorities before confession | Business | The Guardian

Bernard Madoff: JP Morgan warned UK authorities before confession | Business | The Guardian: "The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was warned about Bernard Madoff in October 2008, two months before the fraudster confessed that his investment empire was a sham, according to a lawsuit unsealed in New York.

The allegation was made in a suit filed against JP Morgan, one of Madoff's banks, on behalf of the fraudster's victims.

According to the suit, filed by the court-appointed trustee Irving Picard, executives at JP Morgan allegedly told Soca that they were concerned about 'investment performance achieved by its [Madoff's business] funds which is so consistently and significantly ahead of its peers, year-on-year, even in the prevailing market conditions, as to appear too good to be true – meaning that it probably is'.

The lawsuit, which cites internal emails, claims that employees in the bank's 'equity exotics & hybrids' desk found that the so-called feeder funds which brought in new investors knew little about Madoff's operations and asked few questions. 'It's almost a cult [Madoff] seems to have fostered,' one employee observed."