WATSON X WATSON MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK AUSTRALIA SS 2016 COLLECTIONS

Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 17 Απρ 2015

Fashion show looks from the WATSON X WATSON SS 2016 Collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Australia. The Official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week YouTube channel provides extensive coverage of runway shows including ELLERY, Alice Mccall, Zhivago, We Are Handsome, Tome, Betty Tran, Maticevski and Ginger & Smart

Xenophobic Attacks Grip South Africa

Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 17 Απρ 2015

Police in South Africa fired rubber bullets at a crowd of anti-immigrant protesters who were looting and setting fire to immigrant businesses in Johannesburg on Friday. This is the latest in a series of violent xenophobic attacks that have killed 6 people so far.

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Νέα αντιαρματικό σύστημα ρωσικής τέχνης σε όλο της το μεγαλείο

Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 14 Απρ 2015

Another great idea for the Turkish armed forces. The Otokar Cobra light infantry military vehicle will serve the Turkish Military well in future conflicts. The Cobra (Turkish: Kobra) is an infantry mobility vehicle developed by Turkish firm Otokar which uses some mechanical components and sub-systems of the HMMWV[1][2]

Type Infantry mobility vehicle
Place of origin Turkey
Service history
In service 1997–present
Used by Operators
Wars War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Russo-Georgian War
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Production history
Designer Otokar
Manufacturer Otokar
Specifications
Weight 6200 kg
Length 5.23m
Width 2.22m
Height 2.1m
Crew 1+8
Engine Water cooled turbo charged 6.5 litre
190hp
Power/weight 31 horsepower per ton
Suspension Helical coil suspension
Operational
range
752 km
Speed 115 km/h (72Mph)

Survivability[edit]
The monocoque steel v-hull provides protection against small arms fire, artillery shell shrapnel, anti-personnel/tank mines and IEDs. Front wheel arches are designed to be blown away to free blast pockets.[1]

Variants[edit]
The Cobra vehicle forms a common platform which can be adapted for various roles and mission requirements including: Armoured Personnel Carrier, Anti-Tank Vehicle, Reconnaissance Vehicle, Ground Surveillance Radar Vehicle, Forward Observation Vehicle, Armoured Ambulance, Armoured Command Post, turreted vehicle for 12.7mm machine gun, 20mm cannon, anti-tank missiles such as the TOW missile/Spike missile or surface-to-air missiles.[1]

Cobra can be used as an amphibious vehicle in combat. Turkish Naval Forces is now looking for a new amphibious vehicle and Otokar Cobra is listed amongst the candidates for acquisitions. There is new version it is name Otokar Cobra 2.



Combat history[edit]
During the Battle of Tskhinvali of the 2008 South Ossetia war, Cobra vehicles were used by special forces of Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs during their assault on the city. Some of the vehicles were equipped with 12.7 mm heavy machine guns ("Utyos") and some with 40 mm automatic grenade launchers (AGL).[3]

Otokar Cobra is also used by the Turkish Army in Afghanistan and in Anti-Terrorist operations in northern Iraq.

The Nigerian Military used the Cobra extensively during operations against the terrorist Boko Haram Insurgency in the North-East of the country in 2013.[4]

The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) (Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri (TSK)) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey. They consist of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. The Gendarmerie and the Coast Guard, both of which have law enforcement and military functions, operate as components of the internal security forces in peacetime, and are subordinate to the Ministry of Interior. In wartime, they are subordinate to the Army and Navy. The President of Turkey is the military's overall head.

The current Chief of the General staff is General Necdet Özel. The Chief of the General Staff is the Commander of the Armed Forces. In wartime, he acts as the Commander in Chief on behalf of the President of Turkey, who represents the Supreme Military Command of the TAF on behalf of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.[8] Commanding the Armed Forces and establishing the policies and programs related with the preparation for combat of personnel, intelligence, operations, organization, training and logistic services are the responsibilities of the General Staff. Furthermore, the General Staff coordinates the military relations of TAF with NATO member states and other friendly nations.

After becoming a member of NATO on 18 February 1952, Turkey initiated a comprehensive modernization program for its Armed Forces. The Turkish Army sent troops to fight in Korea, where they played pivotal roles at some points. Towards the end of the 1980s, a second restructuring process was initiated. The TAF participate in European Union battlegroups under control of the European Council, as a part of the Italian-Romanian-Turkish Battlegroup, which was on standby for duty during June–December 2010. It also contributes operational staff to the Eurocorps multinational army corps initiative of the EU and NATO.

Today[edit]
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in 2010 the Turkish Armed Forces had an active strength of around 510,000 personnel. In addition, it was estimated that there were 378,700 reserve personnel and 152,200 paramilitary personnel (Turkish Gendarmerie and Turkish Coast Guard), giving a combined active and reserve strength of around 1,041,900 personnel.[25] In 2010, the defence budget amounted to 26 billion liras.[26] The Law on the Court of Accounts was supposed to initiate external ex-post audits of armed forces' expenditure and pave the way for audits of extra budgetary resources earmarked for the defence sector, including the Defence Industry Support Fund.[27] However, the Ministry of Defense has not provided the necessary information,

2 ΝΕΚΡΟΙ ΣΕ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΝΑΡΚΩΤΙΚΑ BRASIL VIDEO LIVE-Traffickers are killed in 27ºBPM operating in Antares VIDEO LIVE

The police carried out an operation in 27ºBPM Antares community in the West Zone on 04/17/15 to suppress drug trafficking leaving two dead drug dealers with guns and drugs that were seized by the police that was held by traffickers.

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Policias do 27ºBPM realizaram uma operação na comunidade de Antares na Zona Oeste do no dia 17/04/15 para reprimir o trafico de drogas deixando 2 traficantes mortos com armas e drogas que foram apreendido pelos policias que estava em poder dos traficantes.

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Intensity Turkey - Vatican for the Armenian genocide

Intensity Turkey - Vatican for the Armenian genocide

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In the Armenian genocide was reported today by Pope Francis addressed the crowd of Catholic faithful who had gathered in St. Peter's Square. "Our humanity, the last century, lived three unheard tragedies. The first, that is usually considered as the first genocide of the twentieth century, struck the Armenian your people first Christian nation, "said the pontiff. In St. Peter's Square and into the basilica, noted, was present and large delegation Armenian believers and officials.

"Dear faithful Armenians, today we honor the memory of the heart injured by the pain, but also full of hope of the Resurrection of Christ, the one hundred years from this tragic event, this huge extermination, resulting insanity, suffered by Your ancestors, "added Latin American pope. The pope said, no, that year marks the centenary of the "martyrdom", but is reported that "today we live in a kind of genocide, because of the widespread and massive indifference." The explicit mention of Pope Francis was the persecution of Christians in many parts of the world.Present in the current functioning of the Basilica church of Saint Peter, was the Orthodox Patriarch and Catholicos passes Armenians Karekin II's.

"Pope Francis, before thousands of Armenians who came to Rome from around the world spoke about the massacres committed by the Turks in 1915, using the word that abhors the Turkish government, the word genocide," she says, typically, the web version The Italian newspaper La Stampa. The pontiff finally underlined that along with the Armenians, the torment that struck Greeks, Assyrians and Chaldeans.

Recall the Turkish ambassador to Vatican

Biased and inappropriate featured Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu statements of Pope Francis, referring to the Armenian genocide. 
"Reading these painful events in a tendentious way is improper on the part of the Pope and the authority representing" dilosestin Turkish television.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had characterized unfounded and far from the historical reality using the word "genocide." On his Twitter account said the statement can not be accepted. 

Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the recall of the Turkish ambassador to the Vatican for consultations in Ankara.

Moreover, the Turkish authorities asked the Vatican ambassador in Ankara to protest.

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