Myanmar Set in the Rakhine State of Emergency

KYAUKTAW - Myanmar's government set a state of emergency after five days of riots between the ethnic Rohingya Rakhine entis. Previous riots killed 56 people and caused an estimated 2,000 homes burned.

Emergency status determination decision was taken after the riots spread to several other cities in Sittwe region. The unrest has now spread to areas of concern Kyauktaw government and the outside world.

Myanmar government spokesman Win Myaing said 25 men and 31 women were killed in riots that erupted in four cities in the Rakhine. Myaing add approximately 1,900 houses were burned down in the recent conflict, while 60 men and four women were reported injured. It is not known how many people died in the ethnic Rohingya and Rakhine.

Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon describes the latest unrest is very worrying. He said the latest violence is inseparable from mutual suspicion between ethnic groups and ethnic Rohingya Rakhine.

Ban urges Myanmar to take immediate action to control the situation in the troubled region. "Riots, extremist rhetoric and to target the minority must be stopped. If not done, it can cause more damage," Ban said, as quoted by the Associated Press on Friday (26/10/2012).

Since June, the curfew had been imposed in some areas of Rakhine. It is estimated by the latest outbreak of violence this time, the truce could be extended.

Previously, there were concerns that Myanmar soldiers failed to provide protection to Rohingya. However, it is unknown whether the security forces had failed to act in time this latest unrest

French banks down rating

KOMPAS.com - Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S & P) announced several French banks suffered a downgrade because of weakening economic conditions in the European Union. One is BNP Paribas.

According to S & P, as news Xinhua on Friday (10/26/2012), BNP Paribas declined from AA-to A + for long-term credit. Meanwhile, for the short-term credit ranking to A-1 from the starting A-1 +.

The same thing happened at Credit Agricole, Socety Generale, and eight other French banks.

France are still struggling to emerge from the crisis also dropped its ranking from AAA to AA +.

A Jewish leader slams U.S. church

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - A letter signed by 15 U.S. Christian church leaders are calling on Congress to reconsider its aid to Israel because of the number of allegations of human rights violations has angered Jewish leaders. The Jewish leaders even threatened to derail efforts to build interfaith relations (interfaith relations), reports the New York Times, Sunday (10/20/2012).
Christian leaders said their intention was to put the plight of the Palestinians and the stalled peace talks back to the attention of policy-related as all eyes focused on the Middle East seem to Syria, the Arab Spring and the Iranian nuclear threat. "We're asking Congress to treat Israel like other countries," said Pastor Gradye Parsons, senior American Presbyterian Church. "It (military aid) should not be used to continually violate the human rights of others."
The Jewish leaders responded by saying that his actions were a betrayal of the church leaders . The Jewish leaders were even announced their withdrawal from the Jewish-Christian dialogue is scheduled to be planned for today. They called the letter "a step too far" 'and an indication of "anti-Zionism a crime that has spread almost uncontrollably in a number of denominations (churches) this."
"Something very damaging," said Ethan Felson, vice president and general counsel of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, who helped organize the meeting.
Jewish groups asked U.S. Christian churches to send officials to a summit meeting to discuss the situation. Christian leaders said they were considering the invitation.
U.S. Christian leaders involved in writing a letter to Congress that generally has historically come from the Protestant churches of the mainstream. Many of them have adopted a resolution to divest its shares in companies that sell military equipment and security to Israel.
But on the other hand, the Israeli government has also received strong support from conservative evangelical churches USA.

Sources: New York TimesEditor: Egidius Patnistik