Stampa estera / Gran Bretagna e Stati Uniti

9 febbraio 2012 / giovedì    -   9th February / Thursday       visioni del post - 19   

"The Times"  of London

England expects Fabio Capello quits

Tottenham Hotspur have claimed that the appointment of Harry Redknapp as England manager is “not a foregone conclusion” as they begin the battle to hold on to their prizeasset. After Fabio Capello resigned from the position last night and Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion.

Syria's Assault

The opposition is fragmented and sectarianism is a risk, but the West cannot stand by as a regime bathes in slaughter. The rebels must be armed in Syria

PM and Labour back: cyclesafe campaign

The Cities fit for cycling campaign won cross-party support yesterday, with the Prime Minister throwing his weight behind it and Labour endorsing calls to spend Highways Agency funds to build cycling infrastructure.

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"THE WASHINGTON POST"  -  World US

Military revising its plans in Asia

Challenges for Obama’s strategy Bases in Guam, Japan likely to be scaled back.

TOKYO — The U.S. military will probably scale back plans to build key bases in Japan and Guam because of political obstacles and budget pressures, according to U.S. and Japanese officials, complicating the Obama administration’s efforts to strengthen its troop presence in Asia.

Under a deal announced Wednesday with Japanese officials, the U.S. government said it will accelerate plans to withdraw 8,000 Marines from the island of Okinawa. The decision came after several years of stalled talks to find a site for a new Marine base nearby.

Washington’s inability to resolve its basing arrangements on Okinawa, as well as the rising price tag of a related plan for a $23 billion military buildup on Guam, underscore the challenges facing the Obama administration as it seeks to make a strategic “pivot” toward the Pacific after a decade of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Japanese government said it is still committed to a 2006 accord with the United States to find a new base location for other Marines who will remain on Okinawa. But officials in Tokyo acknowledged that they had made little progress in the face of fierce resistance from islanders opposed to the long-standing U.S. military presence there. Bleak public finances in the United States and in Japan have also undermined the effort.

U.S. military officials had planned to relocate the 8,000 Marines and their families to Guam in 2014 as part of a massive military expansion on the U.S. territory in the Pacific. Japanese officials and media reported, however, that only 4,700 of the Marines would end up in Guam, a sign that the Pentagon is reconsidering its 

plans there

Con "Stampa estera" in lingua inglese intendo aprire una finestra alla
stampa internazionale di lingua anglosassone.    Così come in futuro
farò per la stampa di altri paesi e lingue straniere, per dar modo di
poter confrontare idee, opinioni e fatti dovunque ci sia informazione
e immagini da far circolare.
Aggiungerò un 'Vocabulary'  ( lessico/vocabolario ) per meglio 
comprendere le parole/espressioni più complicate. 
Bye, bye e ciao a tutti.

Vocabulary
                         'The Times'
expects - attende  /  quits - si dimetta   /  
have claimed - hanno affermato/dichiarato
appointment - incarico/nomina   /   foregone - scontata/sicura




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