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The tropical storm Fay, which killed at least 57 people in other Caribbean countries over the week-end, struck the southwest coast of Cuba, this Monday, a journey which aims to Florida in the United States as a Hurricane likely.

The storm hit Cuba with winds of 80 kilometres per hour and proceeding north.

The National Center for Hurricanes in Miami reported that Fay was to move the nearly 19 kilometres per hour and was expected to reach the Straits of Florida and the Florida Keys late at night. At that time, is approaching the strength of a hurricane, meaning at least kilometer winds to 118 per hour.

Cuba ordered the evacuation of casualties shares of Havana, fearing that heavy rains could flood the capital, causing the collapse of dilapidated buildings.

In Florida Keys, tourists fleeing the storm Fay, the sixth storm of the season of cyclones in the Atlantic.

In Haiti, about 50 people died when a bus tried to cross a river, whose flow has increased with heavy rainfall. Other five people died in Haiti and the Dominican Republic due to accidents related to the floods.

In Jamaica a middle-aged moving couple died in the capital, Kingston, when the car was caught in a flooded road.

In Florida, 500 National Guard officers were deployed and some schools that were planned opening this Monday remain closed.

The athlete has to be Francis Obikwelu today with relative ease to the semi-finals of the 100 meters Olympic Games Pequim2008 and already speaks in the end of Saturday, for which believes that 9.90 or 10.00 seconds ensure the clearance.

The vice-Atenas2004 Olympic champion was third in the fourth series of eliminatory second with 10.09, but at the end ensured that if you saved for Saturday and that was able to download the 10 seconds, if necessary. “Tomorrow [Saturday] if maybe I will do so”

“It gave everything here, I preferred to save Saturday, because I do not want to go home,” said the athlete from Sporting of 29 years, adding that the departure was not very good, because it was with “a bit of fear”, after have been a false departure of Nigerian Obinna Metu.

Affirming is “a bit tired”, because the journey today was “very hard” with two tryouts, Obikwelu promised that on Saturday, semi-finals “very strong” and the final, vai “be much better.”

“I will do my evidence to go to the end there and give everything. In the semi-final I will from better, today was with a bit of fear. It could accelerate more, not here gave everything to save for Saturday. I do not want to go home.” s sometimes things happen and tomorrow [Saturday] I will from everything and reach the final, “he promised.

Their series was won in 9.92 with a calm by Olympic Jamaican Usain Bolt, the record of the World, which made the last 20 or 30 meters looking at the bench, even to the idea of halting the step before the goal .

For Obikwelu, the three main candidates for the title, Usain Bolt, his compatriot Asafa Powell - the previous world record, which also won its series with extreme ease - and Tyson Gay, the American is what is less strong.

“The Bolt is very strong, but you never know. In the end you never know,” said the champion of Europe, who personally hired the Canadian masseur Lawrence Bell and now will make ice and massage to recover for Saturday.

According to D. Zacarias Kamwenho, “there is a political will that these elections are a test of our maturity,” pointing out that this “is an opportunity in the world recognize that Angola has forced a walk after the war.”

Speaking to journalists in Fatima moments before the start of the religious ceremonies of the Pilgrimage of Migrant, the Archbishop of Lubango remember that democracy in Africa “is still in footsteps of children,” and that Angola is no exception.

Highlights after the important role that NGOs and the church have had awareness of the population. “The church is always with the people and therefore knows better to Angola deep that the state itself,” notes D. Zacarias. It says that the church “has helped to understand that elections are an opportunity for people to say and not a step towards war.”

But the situation is not easy and the Archbishop of Lubango acknowledges that the party that is in power “has more strength,” a force unequal when compared with the other parties competing in the elections of September. “We help the politicians to realize that elections are regular,” justifies with a smile D. Zacarias Kamwenho.

Questionado by journalists on whether the church believes that the first election to be held in that country after the war will be free and democratic, the archbishop claims it difficult to respond when it comes to freedom. But ensure that the elections “are the best possible for Angola and for the region.”

“The belief that there may be a miracle, either of the other parties see that there is no more war in Angola”, stressed D. Zacarias, which has been recognized “with interest, enthusiasm and recognition that the Portuguese give to Angola.”

Assuming it is “happy” to be in Fatima, the Archbishop of Lubango want to leave the pilgrims words of encouragement and incentive. “Young people must be protagonists in the world who are living in despair and conflicts and wars”, he argued.

The elections scheduled for September 27 will be a “test” the maturity of Angola. Who is the guarantor the Archbishop of Lubango, the case be enthusiastic and confident that the election will go well. “We want to believe this,” he said.

The footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has decided to receive the Golden Boots trophy from UEFA in  Madeira, birthplace of the current Manchester United player, in tribute to the father who is deceased.

According to the Wednesday edition of the “Jornal da Madeira,” the young “craque” the current European champions and English, which vai be awarded for being the best scorer of the European championships, took the premise granted by UEFA that gives it the right of choice of where they will receive the trophy.

Dolores Aveiro, mother of Cristiano Ronaldo, confirmed the decision, saying in statements to the RDP, that the intention of the child is “honor his father.”

The place where the gala will be held will be the Hall of Congresses of the Madeira Casino, with a date yet to be defined, and probably to 29 or August 30.

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to stand out in the service of Manchester United, which ended this season with 39 goals identified, eight of which counts towards the Champions League.

Eusebius (1967/68 and 1972-73) and Fernando Gomes (1982/83 and 1984-85) were the other Portuguese players already winners of this trophy. Even the Brazilian Mario Jardel in the 1998-99 season, when acting in the service of Portugals FC Porto, received the boots of gold.

In China - where the summer Olympic Games are opened on Friday - is criticized for repressing the rights, freedoms and guarantees to give a speech Thursday by the American president in Thailand.

“The Chinese people should enjoy the rights, freedoms and guarantees that are a natural condition for all human beings,” says George W. Bush in this speech, distributed in advance by the White House.

The North American president stresses that his country opposes the detention of religious activists, human rights defenders and dissidents in China.

“We defend the freedom of expression, assembly and association and the right to work, not to counter the ‘intelligentsia’ Chinese, but because this is the only way for the full development potential of the country,” points out.

Bush arrived this Wednesday to Thailand from South Korea and will from Thursday to China, where they remain until Monday, watching on Friday the official opening of the Olympic Games of summer

This tour is seen by political analysts as the international final goodbye to the American president to Asia.

The presence of Bush in Beijing coincides with complaints of violations of human rights activists by the Chinese authorities because they had not fulfilled the promises undertaken for the organisation of the Summer Olympic Games, citing the pretext of security to exercise repression.

In September 2007, Bush assured that it would the official opening of the Summer Olympic Games and has since resisted all calls for the boycott.

Bush has now to “attack” due to strong pressure notably from Congress, to take the media coverage of the big event in China, where he expects the North American athletes get the largest possible number of medals of gold.