FENCING: The women's foil traffic vice world champions in team

 

The France team fencing won his first medal in Budapest at the World through Women's foil, outstanding finalists team event, losing only against the Italians but untouchable decomplexing the tricolor group failed London.

The trans barrier with its multi-world champion and Olympic champion team was too much to spend for Ysaora Thibus, Corinne Maitrejean, Astrid Guyart and Anita Blaze, now vice-world champions. 

Elisa di Francesca, Olympic champion and individual bronze medalist in individual Arianna Errigo world champion three days ago, Valentina Vezzali, living legend of women's foil and Carolina Erba, have recovered , re a title that they had the bad idea to give home to Catania two years ago.

"It is vice-champion of the world, something that had never been done. It is extraordinary, "exclaimed Corinne Maitrejean, the eldest of a group that lives together. She won her second world medal after the team bronze in Leipzig (Germany) in 2005.

"The difference with 2005 is that there was one expected. On every world cup, it was a podium. Today it was a continuation of the season, "said Astrid Guyart also adventure in Leipzig.

For French, the great performance was carried out in semi-final against the Russians, who had placed one of their fencers on the podium in individual Budapest (Inna Deriglazova bronze).

Return Maitrejean

"We found warriors, in their head, they knew they could beat them. We stayed three victories against them, "Emeric appreciated Clos, Deputy National teams France coach foil. The traffic had indeed beaten Russses twice in the semi-final of the European Championships in June and 2012.

"Against the Russians, at no time we felt in danger, it may sound pretentious, but we felt like it. Despite the faults of arbitration, we knew Corinne on the last stint, she was going to do, "he added.

Yet the situation was rather bad start with a delay of 3 keys for Lyon before the last relay. It was the beginning of an incredible comeback to finish the game with two keys in advance and showering the hopes of hundreds of Russians massed in the Syma Arena.

This silver medal unhooked during the first final for women's foil team since 1955 world championships, "comes a great reward season" as stated in the national assistant coach.

Foil fencers have chained effect five finals, including a win in the World Cup, a silver medal at the European Championships in June and now a title of vice-champion of the world.

For the team of France, the medal could be the starting point of a series keeping in mind the desire to erase the bitter failure of the Olympic Games in London 2012 (zero medal). 

The swordsmen Vincent Anstett, Bolade Apithy, and Julien Nicolas Rousset Médard bowed very low (45-40) against the Hungarian Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, but did figure outsiders in a tournament won by Russia.

It will not be the case in the men's epee, and have pledged Sunday to take revenge on their individual event, where they have missed. A second medal could finally leave the memory of London far behind French fencing.

The condemnation of Berlusconi weakens Italian left-right coalition

 

The final sentence of Silvio Berlusconi to jail seriously jeopardizes the left-right coalition, the LDP parliamentarians who announced Friday to resign and Cavaliere restarting the ide e elections to achieve "real reform of justice."

"We can not escape the duty of a true reform of the justice and are ready for elections. We must ask the faster elections to win. Reflect on the best way to achieve this goal, "said the former president of the Council before the Parliamentary his party, the People of Freedom (PDL), quoted him by media.  

Silvio Berlusconi had met with parliamentarians in Rome for the first time since his conviction yesterday.

He received a standing ovation when he was assured of his innocence: "The judgment is not based on anything," he said. His heir, Angelino Alfano, Minister of the Interior in the government of right-left coalition Enrico Letta, assured him: "We are ready to resign to defend our ide , al. "

LDP parliamentarians have returned to their group leaders their resignations. Renato Schifani (Senate) and Renato Brunetta (Chamber of Deputies) said they wanted to go to the Quirinal Palace to the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, to bring these dice missions and ask "a return to justice."

The police headquarters in Milan has also issued the decree deprive Berlusconi of his passport. Consequence of his conviction Thursday by the Supreme Court to four years in prison, three of which covered by an amnesty in the scandal Mediaset.

Mr. Berlusconi will not be imprisoned because of his age (76) but will choose to mid-October between the arrest and the work of social interest.

"The government is now a dead man walking", predicted Friday the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Since Berlusconi will not stand for election for six years because of his conviction, he seemed rather interested in maintaining its headquarters in se puter until the normal expiry of the term (2018) and avoid early elections caused by a possible collapse of the government.  

But Friday night, the leaders of the LDP did not seem to exclude a hard line, even if a collapse of the government is by no means certain, in a very confused political landscape.

So far, Berlusconi had favored appeasement, trying to calm quick to wave the red rag of mass resignations government hawks.  

"Court cases of Silvio Berlusconi will not be a problem for the government," and was reassured Mara Carfagna, a moderate figure of his party.

If Berlusconi decided to "save the government," then he "would relieve so tricky on the PD (Democratic Party, left) the responsibility to continue cooperation operate with a straight ally led by a fugitive from justice, "observed Marcello Sorgi, editor of moderate daily La Stampa.

The left wing PD reluctant to extend this alliance against nature.  

"It is not possible to imagine that the right to remain an ally of Berlusconi's party," has responded Nichi Vendola, leader of the small leftist Sinistra e Liberta (SEL).

Several leaders of the right, as the former leader Pier Luigi Bersani, aroused the ire of the PDL party asserting that "could be led by a man convicted of tax evasion."

The Chairman, the Democratic left Enrico Letta, launched urgent appeals for calm in a critical stage, "For the good of the country, it is necessary now, including in the internal debate to legitimate political forces prevails an atmosphere of serenity. " "We have dominated the public interest," he further said.

In the center of the crisis is the future of Cavaliere, dominating Italian politics for twenty years. For some, the era ended, for others, it is able to bounce back.

"Berlusconi is someone who is able to pull a rabbit out of the hat. He can not stand on a stage in the street (for a political rally, note), but nothing prevents record a video message, even if it is assigned to residency, "said Professor James to AFPTV Walston of the American University of Rome.

Mr. Berlusconi has yet to manage another explosive case: in June, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for abuse of power and prostitution Rubygate minor in business, but he appealed the ruling.

AFP

UNITED STATES: The jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar charged in New York

 

The New York judicial authorities announced Friday the indictment of Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar to attack the gas complex Anemas In Algeria in January, during which at least 38 hostages from ten countries were killed, including three Americans.

Eight charges were brought against the former leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), including "conspiracy to provide support to al-Qaeda and AQIM plot hostage taking, kidnapping of internationally protected persons, and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction ", said the federal prosecutor in Manhattan Preet Bharara. This makes it liable to the death penalty, even though the prosecutor said he had not been located.

"Mokhtar Belmokhtar launched years ago a reign of terror to serve its self-proclaimed bloody jihad against the West goal. His efforts culminated in a five-day siege that killed dozens of people, including three Americans, and hundreds of others were afraid for their lives, "the prosecutor added in a statement ,.

"Belmokhtar brought terror and blood on these innocent people and now we intend to bring to justice," the attorney adds.

Five million dollars for his capture

The statement said that Belmokhtar claimed the attack on January 21, in an online video, after the end of the attack "in the name of Al-Qaeda."

In early June, Washington announced offer five million dollars for information leading to arrest Belmokhtar. In total, the State Department has offered up $ 23 million reward for information leading to his capture, the head of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram, or other officials of AQIM group, under a program called "Rewards for Justice" program, which provides money to an informant for the arrest or elimination individuals who threaten the interests of the United States.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 41, nicknamed "blind", created in late 2012 its own fighting unit, the "Signatories in the blood," to free themselves from the tutelage of Al-Qaeda the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in which he became a dissident in October 2012, according to experts. The statement stressed that the Attorney Bharara Belmokhtar said in December 2012 that his group "was part of Al-Qaeda."

Three of the kidnappers, interviewed by U.S. authorities after the attack on the gas complex Amenas in the Algerian Sahara, said they were members an Al-Qaeda group, Belmokhtar was the "emir", also said the prosecutor.

Given up for dead by Chad in April Belmokhtar also claimed a double suicide bombing in Niger, which has a score of deaths in May and threatened to hit the country engaged in Mali. 

Sentenced to death twice by the Algerian authorities, it would have also ordered the killing of four French in Mauritania in December 2007, and the kidnapping of two Canadians in 2008, three Spaniards and two Italians in 2009.

Canada also announced on June 26 that he had sued for his role in the kidnapping of two Canadian diplomats five years ago.

Born in June 1972 in Ghardaia, 600 km south of Algiers, Mokhtar Belmokhtar fought very young in Afghanistan in 1991 where he lost an eye, which earned him his nickname " , Laouar "(the blind).

AFP

EGYPT: Morsi can still count on Obama?

 

Apart from the key stakeholders, nobody knows the exact content of their conversation. Barack Obama he called Tuesday, July 2, Mohamed Morsi to express his support or, conversely, to summon him to let go?

For now, just know it, a source in the White House, the U.S. president said his counterpart in Cairo that Washington was committed to "process Democratic Egypt "and that" support any party or group. " Then say: "Democracy is not just elections. It is also to ensure that the voices of all the Egyptians are heard and represented by their government, including the many Egyptians who show across the country. "… …..

While Mohamed Morsi faces a major protest movement, the United States strive to remain cautious. First, because, even if a large part of the Egyptians think the contrary, Obama considers Morsi was democratically elected. Clearly, it remains difficult for the United States to encourage the removal of a man who came to power through the ballot box and, above all, they have long expressed their support. The Egyptian case, Washington finds itself in a delicate situation, observes Myra Daviran-Mahdy, Egyptian writer and former member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese). For now, Washington is trying to temper and tries to limit the damage. June 28, Alexandria, an American was killed during clashes, and the White House fears that U.S. support too light to trigger a new army wave of attacks against U.S. interests.

Muslim Brotherhood "accomodants"

"Morsi was elected there is a more than 51% of the vote and before that, during the legislative, the Muslim Brotherhood, which it is derived, had obtained 40% of cen management in Parliament. This meant for the United States that there was a new power in Egypt with whom they could talk, reminds Eberhard Kienle, Director of Research at CNRS and specialist in Middle East. Power, also had a popular base and enjoyed the consent of the army. Once in power, the Muslim Brotherhood have shown accommodating and the United States saw it possible Democrats with whom they could work. "

For Barack Obama, reaching well with Mohamed Morsi also offered favorable to his famous speech in Cairo in 2009 to improve relations between the United States and the Muslim world following . "After the war in Afghanistan and the controversial detention center in Guantanamo, it allowed the United States to show that they could support an Islamist power" analysis the researcher.

Beginning in March 2013, thanks to a visit to Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had announced an assistance of $ 250 million for the purpose of & rsquo , help Egypt overcome the economic crisis. Longtime ally Washington, Egypt receives each year millions of dollars in military aid to cover, as the Al-Ahram website, 80% of its needs weapons. Military cooperation that the United States determine, among other things, respect the peace treaty with Israel and to maintaining security at the border with É Hebrew State

.

To a failed state?

But the time when the White House gave its confidence to the first civilian president of Egypt seems to move away a little more each day. In dismissing Tuesday's ultimatum by the army, which gave him 48 hours to find a solution to the political crisis in the country, Mohamed Morsi takes the risk of a power struggle with the consequences disastrous. "If the Muslim Brotherhood, by their action, plunging the country into chaos if economically nothing works there, Egypt, which, as I recall, controls the Suez Canal could become a failed state. But this event, the United States refused because it would threaten their own interests in the region. "And the men of Israel. "The United States may also fear that in seeking to maintain power the Muslim Brotherhood are attacking Israel outbid Myra-Mahdy Daviran. The Jewish state is always a good excuse to ignite his people. "

Although still hypothetical, this threat can it convince the White House to release the Egyptian president the benefit of the Egyptian army and its new leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , which is said to close the U.S. Secret Service? "The United States has contacts among the Egyptian military, which are not unknown to them, but Washington can not ignore the elections that brought to power Morsi," says Myra-Mahdy Daviran. Same analysis on the side of Eberhard Kienle: "At the White House, we do not want to support a military regime. Especially if the army intervenes too openly, it will cause huge problems in the country. "

Stung by the difficult interim president between February 2011 and June 2012 by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces at the head of the state, high-ranking seem reluctant to take the reins of power. "They know they are zero in power and more effective scenes. Their first priority is not to take power but to push each other in a kind of consensus, provides Eberhard Kienle. If Egypt plunged into chaos, it will not be able to assume the role that the military intend to play him: that of a strong economically and diplomatically regional power. Like the United States, the military seeks stability. "

ISRAEL: The Israeli army revived the Six-Day War on Twitter

 

Forty-six years after the Six-Day War, the Israeli army has decided to immerse users in the past through Twitter. On a dedicated account especially the conflict @ IDF1967, messages in Hebrew revive in real time what flash conflict between the 5 to 10 June 1967 Israel & rsquo , Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

"In response to repeated provocations of Egypt, the State of Israel and the army entered the war. We will not sit idly by while the enemy forces tighten the noose around our necks, "could be read in the first tweet posted on June 5.

Hour by hour, this account tells the story of the war which ended in a defeat of the Arab countries and the occupation by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Arab Jerusalem. Photos and videos from the era are also available online. It finds pictures of Yitzhak Rabin, who was then Chief of Staff of the IDF.

"There is the old media and there is Twitter. Forty-six years after the outbreak of the Six-Day War, we replay this great war, "said another Twitter message.

IDF fan of social networking

For Amnon Aran, a political science professor at the University of London, this initiative of the IDF is not new. "The Israeli army uses the Internet extensively. She has done against Hamas, "said FRANCE 24 that specializes in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, referring to the operation against Gaza by Israel in November 2012. The army of the Jewish state was then extensively used social networks to communicate in real time on the offensive against Hamas.

But unlike the virtual campaign last fall, the new operation does not have an international focus. For Amnon Aran, Israel seeks above all to mark the anniversary of the conflict "to reaffirm glorify the war in Israeli society. This is for those who want to remember this victory. " As proof, the IDF uses only Hebrew on this Twitter account. "If they wanted to make propaganda, they would have chosen English. This is ultimately neither neutral nor propaganda. This addresses the Israeli collective memory in the first place, "said the researcher.

IDF also reveals no new information on the conflict or documents kept secret. "These are things that can be found in books or academic work, note Amnon Aran, who carefully read the published since June 5 messages. These are mainly military facts. They do not talk about politics. "

In a message on the first day of the war, @ IDF1967 recounts: "Earlier, we heavily bombed Syrian batteries that had previously fired shells to Rosh Pina."

The Twitter account is part of a series of very popular projects to revive history in real time. Since August 2011, the account @ RealTimeWWII, attended by more than 280,000 subscribers, recounts the events of the Second World War. @ TitanicRealTime, which counts more than 70,000 users, was also allowed to live until April last minute by minute the sinking of the famous ocean liner in 1912.

CYCLING: Defending champion Bradley Wiggins withdraws for the Tour de France

 

The Tour de France 2013 will start on June 29 without the defending champion, Briton Bradley Wiggins, whose plan was announced Friday by the Sky team.

"Brad will not be ready for the Tour," said the head of the British team, Dave Brailsford, explaining the delay by health problems that affected the Londoner.

Pulmonary infection, which caused his abandonment Londoner in the Giro, May 17, and especially inflammation in his left knee, only going to be cured, are factors developed by the staff of the powerful British training.

"He has not been able to train hard for the Giro and now he needs extra rest," said Brailsford. 

According to the team doctor, Richard Freeman, pulmonary infection is cured. But a knee injury that required intensive treatment requires complete rest for five days before a gradual resumption of training over a period of two to three weeks.

Wiggins: "Almost a relief"

Therefore, the winner of the 2012 Tour is not able to run or the Criterium du Dauphine (June 2 to 9) or the Tour de Suisse (June 8 to 16), the last two races World calendar before the Tour de France.

"This is a big loss, but given the circumstances, we can not keep him in the team," said Brailsford had already told officially, last month, the role leader Chris Froome, dolphin Columbia Wiggins last summer. 

"I can not train like I need to do and I will not be ready," admitted the other hand the runner in a statement released by his training. "Once you accept that, it's almost a relief not having to worry about the injury and the race against time."

"I've been there when I broke my collarbone (in July 2011). So I know how it goes. I'll set myself new goals for this season and focus on them, "said Wiggins who still mainly the Vuelta, to save a disastrous season so far.

The "baronet" to famine in 2013

Since the beginning of the season, the victor of 2012 (Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie, Dauphine, Tour de France, against the clock Olympics) has increased the disappointments.

Despite progress in March (Tour of Catalonia) and April (Tour of Trentino), the "baronet", his nickname in the Italian press, has not won any race in 2013, except against the clock by teams. In the Giro, he had made his big goal of the first half of the season, the former track racer went from bad to worse and eventually throw in the towel on the morning of the 13th stage.

The package of the outgoing winner was described as "half-surprise, surprise or quarter" by Christian Prudhomme. "We felt it coming," he told AFP Tour director. "It will probably be even more motivated in the Tour in 2014, in Yorkshire."

The absence of the defending champion is far from the first time in the recent history of the Tour de France. Before him, the other seven winners (since 1983) met in this case, the latter being the Spaniard Alberto Contador in 2008.

AFP

EUROPE: Brussels limit the use of three pesticides to protect bees

 

Good news for bees. Three deadly pesticides for them, marketed by Bayer and Syngenta industry are in the viewfinder of the European Commission confirmed Friday, May 24 its decision to restrict their use for two years. "The restrictions will come into force on 1 December 2013 and will be reviewed at the latest within two years. They aim pesticides used in the treatment of plants, including cereals, attracting bees and pollinators, "the Commission said in a statement. Pesticides have been identified as one of several factors that may be responsible for the decline of bees.

These restrictions apply to the use of three neonicotinoids (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) for seed treatment, soil application (granular) and treatment foliage plants, including cereals (with the exception of winter cereals), which attract bees.

A decision supported by 15 countries

Member States will have to remove or modify existing authorizations to comply with the restrictions of the European Union by 30 September 2013. They may authorize the use of existing stocks until 30 November at the latest, the Commission said, adding that "national authorities are responsible for compliance with restrictions."

The Commission decision was supported by fifteen countries, including France and Germany, in a vote late April. Eight, including the United Kingdom, Italy and Hungary, and four voted against, including Ireland, the current President of the EU abstained. "Last month, I promised to face many risks identified in the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority, to do everything in my power to ensure the protection of our bee population, "said Tonio Borg, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, in a statement.

The remaining authorized uses will be reserved for professionals. Exceptions will be limited to the possibility of treating crops attractive to bees in greenhouses and in open fields only after flowering, the Commission said …… ..

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UNITED STATES: The future looks bright for the gun lobby in the United States

 

"We are engaged in a cultural war." The first words of the new president of the pro-gun lobby NRA (Nationa Rifle Association), James Porter, hit minds, last week, while the United States is again open debate on the ownership of firearms. In his sights: U.S. President Barack Obama, at the origin of several legislative proposals to better regulate the arms trade.

This debate is back on center stage in December, after the killing of Newtown, Connecticut, during which twenty children were killed. Barack Obama has ordered the formation of a commission to propose a number of measures. Three texts were presented to the Senate. The first to ban assault rifles and automatic weapons, the second to limit the ability of shippers guns, and the third offering to impose stricter criminal record checks medical and buyers of weapons. All were retoqués by the Senate.

Several states have gone even further in the standoff with the government adopting diametrically opposed to the policy advocated by the White House legislation. South Dakota has voted in March, a bill to allow teachers to come armed in their schools. According to local officials, this new provision will come into force in July, should prevent similar to that of Newtown killings by enabling the supervisory staff to ensure the safety of children. These volunteer teachers receive the same training as that provided to the police.

Questionable logic

"Several states have the ambition to pass laws similar to what is done in the state of South Dakota, like Missouri or Oklahoma," said Stanislas de Saint-Hippolyte, corresponding FRANCE 24 in the United States. "Many cities and school districts have done, he says. In a small town in Georgia, for example, municipal authorities decided to mandate the presence of a gun in every house of the city in an emergency and in the absence a policeman, anyone can defend the security of the city if necessary. "

Questionable logic that the influential NRA – which has more than four million members – is far from foreign. "The NRA plays a huge role in how it shapes the views and the way he always push to have more weapons," said Stanislas de Saint-Hippolyte. "The logic of the NRA is to say: 'To protect our children against a villain who wants to harm them, there is nothing like a nice to have a gun at home." The weapons are part of the American universe. We must get away from the big cities to see it but when you go for example in South Dakota, it is well aware. "

The killing of Newtown caused a shock in the United States about the movement of weapons. In the aftermath of the tragedy, many citizens are in favor of tougher laws on the subject. But little by little, this public support waned. And others have turned to the NRA. Since the massacre, the association has even claimed to have saved a million more memberships. In the United States, between 30% and 50% of American households own a gun. In the country, there are 88.8 guns per 100 people. This is one of the highest rates in the world.

INTERNET: Wikipedia encyclopedia sexist?

 

It is in the pages of The New York Times that the novelist Amanda Filipacchi launched April 24 controversy. In a post titled "sexism Wikipedia", she surprised many changes made on the site of the famous online encyclopedia: "It seems gradually, over time, publishers have begun to move women, one by one alphabetically, category "American Writers" to the sub-cate , gory "American Women Writers." These changes have been made since the list of "American Writers", which has 3837 names had become too long.

The virtual displacement may seem trivial at first glance, but for Amanda Filipacchi, it reflects the lack of recognition given to women in the world of letters. "It may be small things like these that make it even more difficult and time that women get equal in the literary world," she notes.

"A step back"

After the publication of the accuser ticket, reactions were quick. As reported by the writer in another article, several disgruntled editors let off steam on its own Wikipedia page: "They started to make corrections, delete the much as you can, remove links to external sources such as interviews or reviews of my books. "

Despite these petty revenge, Amanda Filipacchi is fortunate to have started the debate. Several other American women writers were moved to this lack of consideration. On his twitter account, the poet Joyce Carol Oates summed up the case by saying that on Wikipedia "all male writers are writers, while woman writer is a woman writer. " Also shocked the literary critic Elaine Showalter said for his part that "it was another step back."

To try to explain this, we must look more closely at the composition of the active members of Wikipedia. As described by Melville House, an independent publishing house on one of his blogs, "within the Wikipedia community, women represent only 15% of contributors and only 9% of publishers. " In the United States, women writers also receive clearly much less attention than their male counterparts. For example, in 2012, the New York Review of Books has been criticism of works by 40 women authors, against 215 men.

Many contributors

Faced with this avalanche of criticism, Wikipedia finally defended by a statement issued on May 1 and written by Sue Gardner, journalist and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation ( the organization that owns the servers that host Wikipedia). It affirms that it has "totally why Filipacchi felt outraged," but that "many issues have not been addressed by the media." According to Sue Gardner, Wikipedia has since 2011 adopted a policy to discourage the creation of sub-categories based on gender. It also emphasizes the fact that the contributors of the site are numerous. Absolute control would be impossible: "Knowing that there are about 80,000 active members, it would be absurd to say that Wikipedia escape misogyny."

For the director of Wikimedia, the solution is finally in the hands of all Internet users. Immediately reporting of breaches, members will prevent other sexist abuses: "Wikipedia belongs to its readers. It is the duty of everyone to make it as perfect as possible. "

Following this controversy, the names of women writers have found their place in the category "American writers. The sub-category "American Women Writers" is itself always online, but as indicated by a warning message, his name is still subject to approval and may ê , be modified. "

UNITED STATES: Letters to poison ricin: a suspect arrested in Mississippi

 

FBI agents arrested, Wednesday, April 17, a suspected cause of sending letters containing ricin, said the department im Rican of Justice said in a statement. This is Paul Kevin Curtis, who was arrested at his home in Corinth, in the north-east of the Mississippi, close to the border with Tennessee.

Earlier in the day, federal police announced the interception of a letter containing ricin addressed to Barack Obama at the sorting center of the White House. A center that is not located within the confines of the executive residence in the heart of Washington.

The day before, authorities revealed that first letter, also containing ricin was sent to Washington Republican senator from Mississippi, Roger Wicker. A third letter was also sent to a representative of the justice of the Mississippi, where the suspect was arrested, said the die Department of Justice.

Signed letters "KC"

According to the FBI, the two letters to the U.S. President and Senator Roger Wicker had the same formula: "I'm KC and I approve this message." The envelopes were stamped with the postmark of Memphis, Tennessee, with the date of April 8.

Investigators made the connection with a Kevin Curtis, Elvis Presley impersonator who, on a blog in 2007, complained that several imitation Elvis contest, organized in several states are "rigged, with judges and guests receiving bribes wine." The signing of this comment was: "I'm Kevin Curtis and I approve this message."

No connection with the attacks in Boston

Earlier in the day Wednesday, police evacuated part of the offices of the U.S. Senate in Washington, DC, aprèsy have found several letters and parcels – that ultimately proved harmless. However, another building of the Upper House of Congress is still closed to the public.

According to the FBI, these incidents are not related with double bombing Boston (Massachusetts) who killed three people and wounded more than 170 Monday, April 15.

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