En rekke virkelige nyheter finner ikke veien til norske medier. Nedenfor
følger et par. I tillegg kan nevnes tyfonen på Philippinene, orkanen i
Bangla Desh mmm. Altsammen nyheter som passer dårlig med det vestlige
perfekte verdensbildet slik det presenteres i Norge.
Karsten Johansen
Mye finnes her:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/
Peru army officer stages revolt
The rebel officer is calling on soldiers to follow him A Peruvian army
officer has staged a revolt against the rule of President Alberto Fujimori.
Reports say the lieutenant colonel and up to 100 soldiers have taken over a
mining town, Toquepala, in the south of the country.
The revolt comes less than 24 hours after President Fujimori sacked his
three armed forces commanders in an ongoing crisis sparked by the country's
former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Mr Montesinos who has been implicated in a bribery scandal has disappeared
after returning to Peru from an abortive attempt to seek sanctuary in Panama.
The army officer, named as Lieutenant Colonel Allanta Moises Humala Tasso,
is said to have demanded that Mr Montesinos be arrested and put on trial.
Army response
The Peruvian army has denounced the revolt as illegal, and says it will take
"appropriate action" to protect the country's political and social stability.
The BBC's James Reynolds in Lima says that, at present, the colonel's
uprising appears to be an isolated move, but the next few hours may make it
clear whether it is part of a larger movement.
The French news agency AFP says Colonel Humala Tasso has made a radio
broadcast calling on other military forces to follow his lead and to "take a
manly decision".
Reuters news agency says it has received a facsimile sent by the rebel
commander.
"I will only lay down my arms when the chain of command is legitimate and
there is a president who has been truly elected by the people to whom I
would swear 'subordination and valour'," it said, in a statement addressed
to the Peruvian nation.
The rebels soldiers in Toquepala are reported to have taken over local mines
as well as the town's main square.
Some reports say they are demanding food and transport.
The three armed forces commanders sacked by Mr Fujimori on Saturday were
reportedly close to Mr Montesinos, who was caught on video offering a
$15,000 bribe to an opposition lawmaker.
He has disappeared from public view since his return, and the authorities
have been unable to track him down - despite a personal manhunt launched by
Mr Fujimori.
Three new prosecutors were appointed on Saturday to investigate Mr
Montesinos, who has said he was forced to return from Panama after receiving
death threats from left-wing guerrillas and drug traffickers.
Også fra BBC:
Americans warned to leave Indonesia
Protests have already targeted US interests By Jakarta correspondent Richard
Galpin
Radical Muslim groups in Indonesia have been searching hotels in one of the
main cities for American citizens, giving them an ultimatum to leave the
area within 48 hours.
Several Americans who were staying in the city of Solo have already left.
Hostility towards the United States has been rising in Indonesia in recent
weeks, in part because of Washington's policies in the Middle East, but also
because of a public row between the Indonesian Government and the American
embassy in Jakarta.
In Solo, the manager of one of the main hotels told the BBC that about 100
young Muslims wearing green uniforms had entered on Sunday morning.
They demanded to know if there were any Americans staying there.
Claiming to be from an organisation called the Hizbul army, they warned that
all American citizens would have to leave the city within 48 hours.
Anti-American feeling
They departed peacefully but went on to check the other hotels.
Several American businessmen have now left the city. It is not clear if they
have remained within Indonesia or gone to Singapore.
This is the first incident of its kind but anti-American sentiment has been
rising.
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country and there is much anger at
the perceived bias of Washington towards Israel in the current Middle East
crisis.
There have been many demonstrations in Jakarta, and last week the American
embassy closed its consular and visa sections because of threats.
Jakarta protests
Senior government ministers are also angry with the current ambassador,
Robert Gelbard. They have accused him of trying to influence the appointment
of members of the cabinet and top military officials.
The defence minister also recently accused an American tourist of spying
whilst in the province of Irian Jaya, where demands for independence have
been mounting.
The embassy has issued several curt press releases denying all these charges
categorically.
All American citizens in Indonesia have now been told to take extra security
measures.
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