VimpelCom: You may buy the assets of Sawiris

Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, Russia's contacts that the group believes that a big chance to complete the purchase of assets
Naguib Sawiris in the telecommunications sector, despite opposition from major shareholder Telenor.

 

The newspaper "Kommersant" Russia's economic Alexander Aizausimov "I think that the chances of (the deal) is great." He added that he still hoped to ensure that under the deal, VimpelCom control of the assets of the precious communication Sawiris in Algeria.

And the Norwegian Telenor Group is seeking to obtain a court ruling could hamper deal VimpelCom planned to buy Wind Telecom, owned by the Sawiris for more than six billion dollars, is scheduled to consider the case in court Feb. 25.

The transaction received support from the Alpha Group, owned by billionaire Mikhail Friedman, the main shareholder in VimpelCom other. The deal, VimpelCom to make one of the largest mobile phone service in the world by giving control of Egypt's Orascom Telecom and Uind Italian.

If she wins, Telenor issue of arbitration will be entitled to take its shares outstanding and the amount paid to VimpelCom capacity of about 15 billion crowns ($ 2.6 billion), but Aizausimov finds that the amount is higher. He continued: "According to estimates Mhamyina it is expected that the cost of these shares to Telenor for $ 3.3 billion."
Potential obstacles to the deal that Algeria is seeking to nationalize Jazzy crown jewel among the assets of Orascom. Aizausimov said he had not been any progress in this regard since early October, but was optimistic. He added "We are receiving signals on the possibility of the resumption of dialogue after the position became clear the deal, and" so it is too early to say now that the unit outside the Algerian deal. "

America to mobilize support for the movement to end the bloodshed in Libya

United States is seeking to rally international support for the movement of end bloodshed in Libya at a time when the troops launched a pro-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a counter-attack on protesters in control of key towns near the capital Tripoli.

Consultation and President Barack Obama with his allies on the steps that can be taken against Gaddafi because of the bloody campaign waged by a popular uprising against his rule and that led to the deaths of 2000 people according to French estimates.

The White House said that Obama spoke on Thursday with leaders of France, Britain and Italy to discuss the "Group of choices" about how to deal with the crisis in Libya.

He said that Obama had telephone conversations with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The White House said on the phone conversation, "the leaders discussed the range of choices available by the United States and European countries are preparing to hold the Libyan government for their actions and that, as well as planning for the provision of humanitarian aid."

With rising oil prices to levels that threaten the recovery of the global economy "said Washington, which described the day Gaddafi as a" mad dog "It keeps the door open to all options available to deal with the crisis, including the imposition of sanctions and military action in response to the campaign launched by the Libyan government to the intifada.

However, the coordinated international action to punish Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya for 41 years is still a distant concern with foreign governments to evacuate thousands of its citizens caught in the midst of chaos and violence.
Ambassadors from the UN Security Council, the UN said the council planned to meet on Friday to receive a Franco-British draft resolution to impose sanctions on Libya because of the rulers of deadly attacks on protesters there.

Western diplomats said on Thursday he is not expected to hold a vote on the proposed elements for a sanctions resolution when the Council meets the third hour after noon (2000 GMT).

Activists on «Facebook» call to overthrow the Emir of Qatar and his wife on March 16

Called a page on the site «facebook» to overthrow the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, also calls for political reforms and to provide more of the features of social welfare for the Qataris, and attracted more than 2500 Page Member until Thursday evening.

Included demands listed on the page, which carried the title «The Freedom Revolution, March 16 Qatar» Removing the U.S. military base of the land of country and deportation of Sheikha Mozah, the wife of Prince Hamad, which enjoys considerable influence in all matters of state, and the development of operators on the page a picture of Sheikh Hamad and marked with an error red.
Also called on the page to search parts of friendly relations between Qatar and Iran and Israel, which had a trade representation office in Doha, Qatar until closed in 2009 to protest the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in 2008.

Page and published a picture of Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem, Prime Minister of the country, shaking hands with an Israeli official, and wrote down a comment to say: «Why did not Al Jazeera published these pictures?»

Funded by Qatar Al Jazeera, a channel that covered the revolutions Alcobeitin events in Tunisia and Egypt intensively. It is difficult to determine the number of members present in Qatar page or how many of them national, is also difficult to know whether there was a protest may be building on this page on March 16.

And consideration of Qatar, a close ally of the United States, it is one of the least vulnerable to a wave of political turbulence that has swept the Arab world, where it has huge reserves of gas, a State exclusively to a large degree of wealth.

Qatar has a population of only 350 thousand people, with the highest per capita national income in the world.
And seized Sheikh Hamad on the authority of his father in the «coup white» in 1995, and declared his son, Tamim, as crown prince in 2003, also suffered the political reform process of stagnation due to the delay continued for the parliamentary elections, and there are groups organized opposition in Qatar.

Djokovic, Federer continue pans out

Continued Serbian Novak Djokovic, ranked second, successful quest to make a third successive title at the Dubai International Tennis Tournament, with prize money of U.S. $ 1.619 million, beating Germany's Florian Mayer 7-5, 6-1 in one hour and 15 minutes on Thursday in the quarterfinals.

Djokovic stunned Meyer since the first half, when the break for 1 - then 2 zero - zero and 3-1. And seemed suffering Djokovic clearly being faced with Mayer for the first time, however, that things had improved over the circuits in particular since the eighth game when he was a Serb behind 3-5 then brought everything in his sleeve and win four games in a row breaking is the German HT X, XII and ending the group in favor of 7 5 in 48 minutes.
Continued Djokovic lead in the second set and increase the number of stroke sequence to 5 after opening the group to send, before being able to broke Meyer for the first time in the group and the third game in the fourth game to go 3-1 then 4-1, then breaking for the fourth time in the sixth game to lead 5-1 before ending the group in favor of 6-1 in 27 minutes.

A tenth consecutive win for Djokovic this season.

Did not lose Djokovic since falling to Federer in the semi-finals of the Masters Tournament in London on November 26 last, where he led after his team to the coronation Davis Cup for the first time in its history at the expense of France, then won the Australian Open, the first tournaments Big Four, at Melbourne late last month.
Djokovic, who missed the session of Rotterdam in the Netherlands earlier this month due to injury in the shoulder, which seeks to make a third successive title and repeat completion of Federer (2003, 2004 and 2005).

It was Djokovic, third in the world, became last year the first player to retain his title in Dubai since Federer this achievement, note that the latter is the record holder in the number of titles session with 4 titles (crowned also in 2007), The biggest obstacle most obvious to Djokovic in the session and, if the imposition of the same logic, they will meet in the final.
Djokovic said: "Meyer was a strong opposition, especially in the first group, have not faced in the past and therefore found it difficult at first to adapt to the style of play, she strikes a strong and Tmrkzh well in the pitch, but I managed to restore the balance and the heart of being late in front of him."

He added: "Mayer collapsed in the second set as my task easy win. Now we must focus on tomorrow's game, they will be strong."

Djokovic will meet Berdych
Djokovic will meet in the next round with Czech Tomas Berdych reached in the third and continued to launch, good by beating German Philipp Bicnr 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 47 minutes.

Berdych was running for the first time the quarterfinals of the Dubai yesterday after decoder feel the second round on their posts, where the previous five and let the session of the second round of the 2005 to 2008, he missed the last two versions.

It was the second of the quarter-finals of one of the Berdych ATP this season, played in 6 sessions so far after the first session in Chennai earlier this year when he lost to Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

Berdych and the resolution of the first set narrowly, 7-5, and continued to suffer in the second half after the imposition of German tie until the eighth game 4-4, but the Czech was able to progress 5-4 and then broke the German in the tenth game, ending the group in favor 6-4.
A third win of the Berdych Bicnr collected in 4 games between them so far as resolving the Czech first two in 2009 in the final price for the session of the Washington and first round of the Cincinnati, before losing to Germany in the quarter-finals of the Munich last year.
Federer move quietly
For his part, continued to Federer the first and seeking to regain the title is absent from the vaults since 2007, to overcome the obstacles with great calm and reached the last four for the sixth time in the tournament after beating Ukrainian Sergei Stachowski, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes.
Like Djokovic, Federer lost in the first half sent to Stachowski but salute directly and leveled and then progress to 2-1 and maintained his superiority even broke the Ukraine 5-3 in the eighth game and then finished the group in favor of 6-3 in 29 minutes.
And Federer broke Stachowski early in the second group, specifically in the third game to lead 2-1 and then had the 3 balls to repeat it and the resolution of the group in his favor in the ninth game but squandered before rectify the situation in the half, the tenth and transmission in his possession to terminate in favor 6-4 in the 43 minutes.
The Federer, in turn, was a difficult match, "because I am having Stachowski for the first time and I have no knowledge of the manner of a great game. Took me some time, but despite that he was strong and enthusiastic to overthrow me."
He added: "kept my focus and competed on all the balls to resolve in meeting me and reach the semi-final victories which I intend to continue to strengthen, whenever possible."
And will meet Federer in the last four with a French Richard Gasquet or Gilles Simon.

And Simon beats Gasquet in 4 encounters brought them so far where they won all of them.

Supreme Council of the armed forces continued efforts to confirm the return of Egyptians from Libya

The Council of the Armed Forces continue to make efforts for the return of Egyptians from Libya.

The Council declared in his letter, number (19) on its homepage on the social networking site Facebook; that the number of returnees from the port until the morning of Saloum ground today (Thursday) reached 25,547 and the number of infected 5 Egyptians, and the number of deaths amounted to 3 Egyptians.

The Council also stressed leaving 705 people to Libya, Egypt, including 101 and 604 of other nationalities.

Germany's Foreign Minister to visit Tahrir Square

Intends to German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, visit Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, following talks with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

The Westerwelle had arrived to Cairo on Wednesday evening, aboard a private jet, from Berlin, accompanied by Minister of Development Dirk Nebel, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy German Ernst Borajabakhar, in visit to Egypt for two days, during which he will hold talks with a number of officials of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces .
The Westerwelle that his visit to the field of editing a special event, saying: "I was in this field by more than once, but this time it will be seen into different, I think that this field will tremors different in the flesh, and I look forward too to visit."

Tahrir Square is now a symbol of freedom, after the popular revolution succeeded in overthrowing the Mubarak regime.

It is scheduled to meet German Minister, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, will touch upon the talks on German assistance in the specific building a stable democracy in Egypt.

Abu Dhabi unveils first military vehicles manufactured in the hands of UAE

Emirates announced, during the events of the tenth session of the International Defence Exhibition IDEX 2011, it has succeeded in manufacturing the first military vehicles in full after the ousted Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum unveiled the military machine which are manufactured by Tiger for cars of the company Holding a balance in its factories in Abu Dhabi.

The purpose of this mechanism that drew the attention of senior officials and visitors to provide maximum flexibility, protection and movement of multi-purpose.

The company produced two types of this car is allocated to the uses of the armed forces, one armored and the other is armored in the hands of UAE.

According to experts, the mechanisms «Tiger», which are made by people of the UAE compete with U.S. military vehicle, which was classified as the first in the world, "Hummer."

The «balance» in a statement that «Tiger» operates in more severe climatic conditions and will be manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and is equipped to face the harsh desert conditions and therefore occupy the attention of the military in the Gulf states and Arab and African countries.

And meet all the mechanisms of «Tiger» strict requirements of the forces of the UAE, including the production of cars and four-six months to pay a high-capacity and great potential for loading and movement over long distances.

And mechanisms can «Tiger» Matouselt absorb the latest technology in the field of communications systems and sensors and weapons systems developed and benefit from the accumulated experience enjoyed by the reality of large programs worked on by now with the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates.

It is expected to contract the UAE Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior United Arab Emirates to buy this kind of cars during the IDEX 2011.