http://www.citizenside.com/ All the news captured by our citizenside amateur community : scoops, events, crashes, natural disaster, bombings, demonstration, politics, business, religion, sciences en-US http://www.citizenside.com/Images/Website/logo5.jpg http://www.citizenside.com/ 2009-11-09T16:18:10+02:00 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:10 GMT 60 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/XtspAMtjgdE/transatlantic-race-jacques-vabre-jean-le-cam-s-boat-keeled-over.html 2009-11-09T15:01:48+02:00 The trimaran Actual of Jean le Cam has capsized on Sunday, only five hours after the start of the race, a few kilometers off Cherbourg.

Yves Le Blévec and Jean Le Cam are safe and sound.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/sports-events/2009-11-08/20478/transatlantic-race-jacques-vabre-jean-le-cam-s-boat-keeled-over.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/u5dPJJvvTj8/nancy-celebrates-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html 2009-11-09T14:20:31+02:00 There was a reconstitution of the night of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Nancy, France, on the 8th of October.
A wall in plywood with graffitis was set up for the occasion and cellists played music.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/miscellaneous/2009-11-08/20477/nancy-celebrates-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/5D5HY6WXM6Y/four-iranians-arrested-for-drug-trafficking-in-indonesia.html 2009-11-05T13:05:10+02:00 Four Iranians have been arrested by Indonesian Customs Narcotics Team on Tuesday and Wednesday for smuggling more than 9 kg (for probably more than a million US dollars) of liquid methamphetamine into Indonesia through Juanda International Airport in Surabaya.

Fifteen Iranians have been apprehended for drug trafficking in recent weeks according to the Jakarta Globe.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/crimes/2009-11-05/20382/four-iranians-arrested-for-drug-trafficking-in-indonesia.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/wjgYp17kDTU/michael-jackson-s-gravesite-at-forest-lawn-cemetary.html 2009-11-03T10:58:13+02:00 "These pictures represent the Michael Jackson's grave in the Holy Terrace section of the Forest Lawn cemetary, near Los Angeles. They were taken on October 30, 2009 by someone very close to Michael Jackson's family. We can see photos and flowers offered by the family", our Citizenside member, who apparently found these pictures on Facebook, says.

But our member didn't tell us precisely who took those pictures, and where they come from... Thus we remain extremely cautious about the authenticity of these pictures. As the photos are spreading on the web, we'd like to ask our members and visitors their advice: is this the Michael Jackson's grave?

A blogger, Lisa Burks, wrote an interesting note about this place, and the fact that Michael Jackson could be buried there, but still remains cautious ("this is not an officially confirmed fact").

And you , what do you think? Are these photos of the Holy Terrace section of the large cemetery’s Great Mausoleum representing Michael Jackson's grave?]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/unusual/2009-10-30/20349/michael-jackson-s-gravesite-at-forest-lawn-cemetary.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/DdfK-nLLR3c/first-air-france-airbus-a-380-lands-at-charles-de-gaulle-airport.html 2009-10-31T14:03:02+02:00 Air France on Friday became the first European airline to take delivery of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/air-show/2009-10-30/20321/first-air-france-airbus-a-380-lands-at-charles-de-gaulle-airport.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/_PoXz2WWlhY/baptism-for-the-arrival-of-the-first-air-france-airbus-a-380-in-paris-s-charles-de-gaulle-airport.html 2009-10-31T13:48:01+02:00 The new Air France Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet sits under water for its baptism on the tarmac of Paris's Charles-de-Gaulle airport on October 30, 2009.

The French flag carrier Air France is the first European airline to take delivery of the plane. Its first commercial flight is scheduled for November 20, from Paris to New York.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/air-show/2009-10-30/20312/baptism-for-the-arrival-of-the-first-air-france-airbus-a-380-in-paris-s-charles-de-gaulle-airport.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/n1-fyImaSAM/an-indo-us-joint-military-exercise-yudh-abhyas-2009.html 2009-10-30T13:09:46+02:00 "The exercise, Yudh Abhyas is a regularly-scheduled bilateral exercise hosted by the Indian and U.S. Armies, says our member.

The exercise is designed to promote cooperation among the two militaries while sharing training, cultural exchanges and improving partnership readiness.

The Yudh Abhyas partnership exercise commenced in 2004, at Chaubatiya in the Himalayan foothills, and was followed in 2005 with US Army contingents coming to train with Indian troops at the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Vairangte, Mizoram. In Yudh Abhyas 2006, Indian troops went to Hawaii for training.

In 2007 there were two phases of the exercise; both in Fort Wainwright (Alaska). In 2008 the exercise shifted back to Hawaii on Fort Shafter Flats. In 2009, Indian Army soldiers from the 31st Armored Division are working with US counterparts from Hawaii, in a multi-echelon, full-spectrum, combined operation.

Yudh Abhyas 2004 – Yudh Abhyas 04 was the first conventional Army-to-Army training in India since 1962. During Yudh Abhyas 04, the two forces focused on basic infantry skills, including individual marksmanship, reflexive firing, battle drills, ambush, patrolling, and a fast roping technique called slithering, and land navigation and survival in the jungle.

They also focused on dealing with terrorists and insurgents, including interrogation techniques and identifying improvised explosive devices. The Indian-U.S. troops learned the tactics of the counterinsurgents as well as terrorists.

In 2006 the exercise had two phases. Phase I was in India and Phase II was in Hawaii.

The first phase of the exercise focused on counter-terrorist operations in forest and under-developed terrain. Phase I was held in the thickly forested environment. Phase II was at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and focused on counter-insurgency operations.

Yudh Abhyas 2007 – Yudh Abhyas 07 was also conducted in two phases; both at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Soldiers from B Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, trained with Indian soldiers from 4 Rajput, Indian Army from Sept. 9 to 24 in a combat tactics and cultural exchange at Donnelly Training Area.

Yudh Abhyas 2008 – Yudh Abhyas 08 was back in Hawaii at Fort Shafter Flats. Soldiers from the Army Reserve’s 9th Mission Support Command (MSC) and the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Brigade Combat Team took part in the opening ceremony of Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2008, a two-week joint military exercise conducted with the Indian Army’s 49th Brigade.

Yudh Abhyas 2009 – This year’s YA takes place from October 12-27, at Babina, Uttar Pradesh, India.
This year the exercise will include a multi-echelon, full spectrum combined operation focusing on a United Nations Peace Keeping Operation scenario, while executing a maneuver live-fire exercise. This year’s Yudh Abhyas features 17 Stryker vehicles — the largest deployment of the vehicles outside of Iraq and Afghanistan for the U.S. Pacific Rim forces. Along with the 17 Strykers, the U.S. will showcase the Javelin Anti-Tank Missile system, employed to defeat current and future threat armored combat vehicles.
YA 2009 constitutes the largest troop exchange since the YA partnership exercise commenced in 2004. Indian Army Soldiers from the 31st Armored Division are working with U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry regiment, “Strykehorse,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/videos/fire/2009-10-27/20296/an-indo-us-joint-military-exercise-yudh-abhyas-2009.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/eryoOl9Zl5A/republican-holiday-celebration-in-istanbul.html 2009-10-30T10:12:13+02:00 The 86th year of fondation of Turkish Republic was celebrated in Istanbul, Turkey in the night of 29th October. In celebration, Istanbul Municipality organized a big firework display in Bosphorus.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/shows/2009-10-29/20292/republican-holiday-celebration-in-istanbul.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/h5wKXBETCCs/a-protest-of-students-against-the-privatization-of-education.html 2009-10-30T10:38:20+02:00 "A group of 500 students of the School 'Normal Rural Atequiza' left on the 28th of October at noon to the Tower of Education, to call for an improvement of the conditions of the campus, says our member.

The mobilization had the dual purpose of remembering the 21rst anniversary of repression by state police against students on the 28th of October 1988, and to present a list of demands to the Ministry of Education of Jalisco.

Also they demanded better furniture and to provide them with blankets and mattresses.

Considered by Mexican intelligence as a subversive group in the past, it has been suppressed by police state"]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/politics/2009-10-28/20291/a-protest-of-students-against-the-privatization-of-education.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/qTwOzBhxjos/germany-prepares-to-celebrate-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html 2009-10-29T09:54:44+02:00 Berlin started restoring some frescos made on the East Side Gallery, on the Berlin Wall.

In 1990, 106 artists used this 1300m remaining part of the wall to make it a festival of colours and messages.

Berlin will celebrate 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall on the 9th of November, 2009.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/culture/2009-08-13/20272/germany-prepares-to-celebrate-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/SXcJEtV3oao/a-h-m-employee-attempts-to-commit-suicide.html 2009-10-27T18:36:07+02:00 H&M employees demonstrate on the 27th of October in front of the office of the French TV channel TF1 to provoke the awareness of the media. The employees of the H&M Logistics factory located in Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis) have been on strike for more than two weeks and one of them attempted to commit suicide in the morning.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/demonstrations/2009-10-27/20253/a-h-m-employee-attempts-to-commit-suicide.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/o3uPLBTDwpg/psg-players-wearing-ffp2-masks-at-the-airport-of-marseille.html 2009-10-26T09:20:17+02:00 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club stricker Loris Arnaud, presenting symptoms of the swine flu, wears a mask as he arrives with teammates at the Marseille airport, on October 25, 2009 after the French L1 football match PSG vs.

Marseille was postponed after three players contracted swine flu.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/sports-events/2009-10-25/20239/psg-players-wearing-ffp2-masks-at-the-airport-of-marseille.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/citizenside_1_2/~3/4AF5xsUIQ1I/policemen-contain-supporters-of-the-psg-in-marseille.html 2009-10-25T20:33:17+02:00 Policemen contain supporters of the Paris Saint-Germain football club (PSG) to avoid clashes with Marseille supporters, on October 25 near the Vieux-Port in Marseille, southeastern France, after the L1 football match PSG vs.

Marseille was postponed after players contracted swine flu. PSG had confirmed that midfielders Ludovic Giuly, Jeremy Clement and defender Mamadou Sakho had contracted H1N1 flu.]]> http://www.citizenside.com/en/photos/violence/2009-10-25/20234/policemen-contain-supporters-of-the-psg-in-marseille.html