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H&M and Zara to sign Bangladesh safety accord

mai 15, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

European retailers, including Hennes & Mauritz and Inditex which owns Zara, have said they will sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh.

The move comes three weeks after a garment factory building collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.

Hundreds of factories were forced to close due to recurrent worker unrest sparked by the disaster, officials say.

The government has since announced steps aimed at improving conditions.

That includes raising the minimum wage for industry workers and making it easier for them to form unions.

G8 summit: Road works in NI to stop for 11 days

mai 15, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Construction work on many of Northern Ireland’s main roads is to be stopped for 11 days next month because of the G8 conference summit in Fermanagh.

According to a Roads Service memo, a moratorium has been placed on road and street works.

Roads Service has told some utility companies that no work can take place on motorways and main trunk roads.

The Department for Regional Development (DRD) said the move followed a request from the police.

Libya deadly car bomb near Benghazi hospital

mai 15, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A car bomb explosion near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi has killed several people, officials say.

The death toll is unclear. Local officials initially said nine people had been killed. A hospital spokesman later said three bodies had been found.

The blast follows a string of bombings in the eastern city in recent days.

Security remains precarious in Libya since the uprising against long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, with protests by militias and attacks by Islamists.

Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack

mai 15, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Three Georgian soldiers serving with the Nato-led force in Afghanistan have been killed in an insurgent attack on a base in the south of the country.

Defence Minister Irakli Alasania told Georgian TV the servicemen had been killed when a suicide bomber drove a lorry carrying explosives into their base in Helmand province.

In all, 22 Georgian troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2009.

Although not a member of Nato, Georgia has taken part in several missions.

With 1,570 soldiers serving in Helmand province, it has the biggest non-Nato contingent in Afghanistan.

In his televised statement, Mr Alasania said the militants who had broken into the base had all been killed.

Outrage at Syrian rebel seen eating soldier’s heart

mai 15, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A video which appears to show a Syrian rebel taking a bite from the heart of a dead soldier has been widely condemned.

US-based Human Rights Watch identified the rebel as Abu Sakkar, a well-known insurgent from the city of Homs, and said his actions were a war crime.

The main Syrian opposition coalition said he would be put on trial.

The video, which cannot be independently authenticated, seems to show him cutting out the heart.

« I swear to God we will eat your hearts and your livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog, » the man says, referring to President Bashar al-Assad as he stands over the soldier’s corpse.