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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Snow hits New Mexico, roads closed across the state
The storm has hit central and northern New Mexico.
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Some areas are reporting more than 6 inches of snow.
Many motorists are left stranded due to the following road closures:?
Interstate 40 between Albuquerque and Gallup
I-40 from Tucumcari to the Torrance County line
I-40 eastbound in Albuquerque between Louisiana and Tramway
I-40 eastbound between the East Mountains and Tucumcari
I-25 through Socorro County
U.S. 285 from Vaughn to Roswell
U.S. 550 between Bloomfield and Bernalillo
U.S. 64 between Tierra Amarilla and Tres Piedras
N.M. 120 between Roy and Yates
N.M. 72 between Folsom and Raton
Difficult and severe driving conditions are reported throughout the state.
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The storm is expected to last through Friday.
Meanwhile, the New Mexico Transportation Department says some phone service providers are having issues with 511, the Department?s road advisory hot line.
Because of the pending winter storm, if the public is having trouble with their mobile device in reaching 511, they can connect to 511 by calling 1-800-432-4269.
The transportation department says it is currently working on the situation and hopes to have the problem solved soon.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Yemen interim government priorities are electricity and oil derivatives
Posted in: Business & Economy
Written By: Faisal Darem
Article Date: Dec 24, 2011 - 7:57:02 PM
Economic experts confirmed that the Yemeni economy was suffering greatly even before the crisis, but the political unrest exacerbated the situation.
Dr. Mohammad al-Maitami, a professor of economics at Sana?a University have said? "Tens of thousands of small businesses stopped working, leading to tens of thousands of workers losing their jobs, and many business people lost their capital because of the disruptions."
Al-Maitami called the economy "the focal point of the political process, and the root of the humanitarian problems".
He said commodity prices have risen seven-fold, especially after the absence of oil derivatives from the market, which will lead to higher inflation this year.
"These losses cannot be regained in a short period of time, and hard work is required to mitigate the negative effects on the economy and subsequently achieve partial stability," al-Maitami said.
The cabinet approved Monday the national reconciliation government's general program, which is to be submitted to the parliament soon.
In its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa, the cabinet assigned Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister and the cabinet's secretary general to revise the program taking the ministers' notes into consideration.
The program is based on the constitution, Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism in addition to the draft 4th four-year plan for socio-economic development and poverty reduction 2011 ? 2015.
It targets a set of priorities the government will focus on to tackle the challenges Yemen is facing currently.
In the political area, the government will mobilize all national efforts in order to restore political stability and security, create the suitable environment to achieve safe and peaceful transfer of power, respect human rights and carry out the youths' legitimate demands for change.
Economically, the government puts returning the affected basic services in its urgent priorities, topped by electricity and oil derivatives.
The government will seeks to convince the fraternal and friendly States to establish a special international fund for Yemen to finance priority projects for governorates' development and contract with consulting firms to prepare the required studies and select companies to carry out them.
In addition, it will set up a fund to present monthly assistances for families of killed and wounded people and to hospitalize the wounded people abroad if required.
The government will form committees to contact with youth movements all over the country to discuss and involve them in determining the country's future.
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Source: http://www.yobserver.com/business-and-economy/10021730.html
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Training stepped up for Afghan special forces
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 photo, members of the growing Afghan special forces, practicing a house raid, prepare to enter and clear the building of suspected insurgents on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Deb Riechmann)
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 photo, members of the growing Afghan special forces, practicing a house raid, prepare to enter and clear the building of suspected insurgents on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Deb Riechmann)
CAMP SCORPION, Afghanistan (AP) ? "Attention! Attention! You are surrounded by Afghan forces. Come out with your hands up."
The order barked by an Afghan soldier launched a training exercise last week that pitted members of the nation's growing elite force against actors posing as Taliban fighters.
Afghanistan and the U.S.-led coalition have stepped up training of the Afghan special forces unit to fill the vacuum that will be left by foreign troops slated to end their combat mission in 2014. In the future, it will be Afghan special forces countering insurgents in villages across the country.
As the force expands, they will also lead more of the controversial house searches ? something that could mitigate Afghan President Hamid Karzai's intense opposition to the nighttime raids by international troops that Afghans have found culturally offensive.
Even though Afghan troops have been along for the more than 2,800 raids during the past year, Karzai has argued that the teams often treat innocent Afghans as if they were insurgents and violate citizens' privacy in the conservative Afghan society.
Karzai wants all raids halted. He wants foreign troops to stop entering Afghan homes. The thorny issue is being negotiated by U.S. and Afghan officials crafting a strategic agreement that will govern how remaining American forces operate in Afghanistan after 2014.
A recent national assembly of elders advised the Karzai government to allow the raids to continue as long as they are conducted solely by Afghans. If so, many more Afghan special forces soldiers need to be trained.
Neither NATO nor the Afghan Ministry of Defense would disclose how many Afghan special forces had been trained or how large the force will become. Jalaluddin Yaftali, a special forces team leader at the training site, said the force currently numbered 1,000 to 1,500.
"It takes time. It's like nation-building ? an endless task. It will take years, but the will is there and right now the force is growing," said Afghan army Col. Mohammad Farid Ahmadi.
"The program started two years ago, but now we are jointly working with the coalition forces to Afghanize as soon as possible. We have already started. It's growing."
So far, most have been recruited from the Afghan National Army Commandos, a quick reaction force regarded as the most professional unit in the Afghan army. Commandos receive 10 weeks of training on top of the roughly 10 weeks they completed to become an Afghan soldier. Moreover, Afghan soldiers usually serve about four years as commandos before being selected for special forces training.
Their training is further refined while partnered with American forces. Eventually, they will be tasked with a variety of operational missions, including night raids, throughout the country.
"It not only takes a long time to select the right people for the job, but also to bring them through a training program so they are capable of operating with other special forces or on their own," German Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson, a NATO spokesman, said at the training site on the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan capital.
While some are already conducting solo operations, the Afghan special forces will continue to need coalition air power, intelligence and other support for years to come, he said.
Seth Jones, a RAND Corp. political scientist who advised the commander of U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, said it's hard to rush special forces training.
"The Afghan program, which was first conceptualized in 2009 and established in 2010, is relatively new. I remember participating in the brainstorming sessions as we helped build the Afghan special forces," Jones said.
"Focusing on numbers, rather than quality, and trying to mass produce Afghan special forces would be a serious mistake. I'm not suggesting anyone is doing this yet, but it should be monitored very closely."
The Afghan soldiers conducting the training exercise crouched in shadows at the foot of man-made hills surrounding the practice compound. The residential compound resembled a western cowboy movie set.
"Drop your weapons!" the Afghan soldier barked into a bullhorn. "Keep your hands raised and come out."
Trying to give the occupants time to cooperate, the more than 20-man Afghan special forces team waited patiently, their guns drawn. When nobody came out, they tossed two harmless grenades that made loud bangs when they landed in front of the house.
A few minutes later, an actress covered in a red shawl slowly emerged with her hands raised. The soldier with the bullhorn asked her to reveal her face so the troops could be sure she was a woman and not a man. When it was clear that she was female, she was led away to be searched by a female Afghan soldier.
Having male troops search females is taboo in Afghanistan. So is touching a family's Quran, the Muslim holy book, or entering a home without being invited ? things that foreign forces have learned in the decade-long war.
Soon after the woman left, two men walked from the house with their hands held high. Making sure they weren't armed, the troops ordered them to lift their shirts and pant legs. The would-be Afghan suspects then were cuffed and taken away.
"We are asking the Defense Ministry to make one special forces platoon of just female soldiers so they can go talk to the families, the children, the women," Yaftali said. "If you are a female, you can talk openly with the family."
It was clear to onlookers that the more than 20 Afghan special forces soldiers who conducted the house search and did a live ammunition training exercise with M4 rifles and 9mm pistols were the best of the elite force. With their dark glasses, night vision headsets, microphones and radios, they looked just like their U.S. Special Operations forces counterparts.
Jones said the first Afghan special forces soldiers trained were very competent because they were recruited directly from the Afghan National Army Commandos.
"In practical terms, this suggests that there will be some variation in the competence of Afghan special forces by 2014," Jones said. "Some will be fully capable ... but others may struggle."
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