የትኛው የፀጉር ስራ ነው ቆንጆ?

Ethiopia Sees Output at Africa’s Biggest Power Plant by 2015 (1)

Ethiopia will begin generating electricity within 18 months from what will be Africa’s largest power plant, the government said.

The sale of 7.1 billion birr ($367 million) of bonds over the past three years to domestic investors, has contributed to the 27 billion birr spent so far on the 75.5 billion birr Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam hydropower project, said Zadig Abraha, deputy general director of the GERD national coordination office. The central bank in April 2011 ordered banks to buy government bonds equivalent to 27 percent of their loans to help fund infrastructure projects.

Ethiopia’s funding of the 6,000-megawatt plant represents “the golden age of our history as far as economic development and public participation is concerned,” Zadig said by phone on March 18 from the capital, Addis Ababa. “If we’re to meet the power demand we have to construct these mega projects.”

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Africa’s second-most populous country after Nigeria is boosting electricity output to cater for increased demand as economic growth surges. The economy expanded at an average 9.3 percent over the past four years and the government is targeting growth of more than 10 percent, which may lead to annual increases in electricity demand of as much as 35 percent, Zadig said.

An increase in Ethiopia’s current generating capacity of 2,000 megawatts will also allow the country to reduce a trade deficit of $8.5 billion last year by selling excess electricity.

Power Exports

The government already exports power to Sudan and Djibouti. It’s also building a transmission line to Kenya and is in discussions with Yemen and war-torn South Sudan, Zadig said. Once GERD is finished, and other hydropower projects including the 1,870-megawatt Gibe III are on line, Ethiopia may earn $2 billion a year from the exports, he said.

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The construction of GERD is opposed by Egypt, which says it will reduce the flow of the Nile, the world’s longest river that provides almost all its water. Egypt’s opposition to the project blocked Ethiopia’s access to foreign credit, he said.

“The only option on the table was to construct the dam by our own capacity,” Zadig said, adding that the state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. and public contributions would fund the rest of the project.

Sudan, the other affected nation, supports the project that’s scheduled for completion in 2018, partly because it will allow the country to import cheaper Ethiopian electricity. The dam is being built 18 miles (30 kilometers) from the Sudanese border on the Blue Nile River, the main tributary of the Nile.

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Production Start

Two turbines at the plant will start producing 750 megawatts of power during the Ethiopian calendar year that begins Sept. 11, depending on rainfall patterns, Zadig said.

In 2012, Ethiopia invited an international panel of experts to study the project, which the government says will help curb flooding and improve water storage.

The panel concluded in June that further assessments need to be made on GERD’s regional impact. It also advised modifications to the design to strengthen it structurally. Efforts by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to form a committee to oversee the probes on the downstream effects have reached an impasse over the role of foreign experts.

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Egypt wants construction paused while the studies are done on an issue that is a matter of “national security,” Badr Abdelatty, a spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, said in a phone interview on March 15.

‘Serious’ Talks

“We ask upon the other side to be serious and to move forward to accept having international experts imported to assess the impact,” he said. “Also for Ethiopians to provide more studies, more statistics.”

Ethiopia should also respect colonial-era agreements and a 1959 accord between Sudan and Egypt that allocates all of the river’s flow excluding evaporation to those two nations, Abdelatty said. By 2020, Egypt will require all of its assigned 55 billion cubic meters a year for vital use such as drinking, washing and sanitation, he said.

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Nile riparian nations including Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda are in the process of ratifying a new agreement to create a joint commission to manage use of the river.

To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa at wdavison3@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net Karl Maier

የአውስትራሊያ አሳሾች የጠፋውን የማሌዥያ አየር መንገድ በለራ MH370 አውሮፕላን የሚመስል ስብርባሪ ከሳተላይት ላይ አየን አሉ::

የአውስትራሊያ አሳሾች የጠፋውን የማሌዥያ አየር  መንገድ  በለራ MH370 አውሮፕላን   የሚመስል ስብርባሪ ከሳተላይት ላይ አየን አሉ::

Reuters) - Search aircraft and ships are investigating two objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia that could be debris from a Malaysian jetliner missing for 12 days with 239 people on board, officials said on Thursday.

Australian officials said the objects were spotted by satellite in one of the remotest parts of the globe, around 2,500 km (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth in the vast oceans between Australia, southern Africa and Antarctica.

The larger of the objects measured up to 24 meters (79 ft), long and appeared to be floating on water several thousand meters deep, they said.

"It's credible enough to divert the research to this area on the basis it provides a promising lead to what might be wreckage from the debris field," Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore John McGarry told a news conference in Canberra.

No confirmed wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found since it vanished from air traffic control screens off Malaysia's east coast early on March 8, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.

"I can confirm we have a new lead," Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters in Kuala Lumpur, where the investigation into the missing airliner is based.

Another official in Malaysia said investigators were "hopeful but cautious" about the Australian discovery.

The fate of Flight MH370 has been baffling aviation experts for nearly two weeks.

Investigators believe that someone with detailed knowledge of both the Boeing 777-200ER and commercial aviation navigation switched off the plane's communications systems before diverting it thousands of miles off its scheduled course.

Exhaustive background checks of the passengers and crew aboard have not yielded anything that might explain why.

An Australian air force AP-3C Orion plane was already at the scene, and more aircraft were on the way, John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), told the news conference in Canberra.

A merchant ship diverted for the task was due to arrive in a few hours, he said. A Royal Australian Navy ship equipped to recover any objects was also en route, but was still "some days away".

China, whose citizens made up about two-thirds of the passengers on board the flight, said it was also sending ships to the area of the sighting, but it was not clear how long it would take for the vessels to reach the scene.

POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH

The huge potential breakthrough in an investigation that had appeared to be running out of leads was revealed by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who told parliament the objects had been located with satellite imagery.

"New and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean," Abbott said.

He added that he had already spoken with his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, and cautioned that the objects had yet to be identified.

"The task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult and it may turn out they are not related to the search for MH370," Abbott said.

Young, the Australian official, said it could be some days before authorities have anything to report and added that poor visibility reported in the area could hamper the search.

"It's probably the best lead we have right now but we have to get there, find them, see them, assess them, to know whether it's really meaningful or not," he said.

The dimensions given are consistent with at least one of the objects possibly being the major part of a 777-200ER wing, which is around 27 metres (89 feet) long, though Australian officials cautioned the first images were indistinct.

The relatively large size of the objects would also suggest that, if they do come from the missing aircraft, it was intact when it went into the water.

FBI HELPING PROBE

Investigators piecing together patchy data from military radar and satellites believe that, minutes after its identifying transponder was switched off as it crossed the Gulf of Thailand, the plane turned sharply west, re-crossing the Malay Peninsula and following an established commercial route towards India.

What happened next is unclear, but faint electronic "pings" picked up by one commercial satellite suggest the aircraft flew on for at least six hours. That would be consistent with the plane ending up in the southern Indian Ocean.

The methodical shutdown of the communications systems, together with the fact that the plane appeared to be following a planned course after turning back, has focused particular attention on the pilot and co-pilot.

The FBI is helping Malaysian authorities analyze data from a flight simulator belonging to the captain of the missing plane, after initial examination showed some data logs had been deleted early last month.

A Malaysian official with knowledge of the investigations into the pilots said three simulator games that 53-year-old pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, had played were being looked at.

"We are following up on the data logs being erased," the source said. "These could be logs of the games that were erased to free up memory, so it may not lead us to anything. He played a lot of games, going into hundreds and thousands of hours."

An unprecedented multinational search for the plane has focused on two vast search corridors: one arcing north overland from Laos towards the Caspian Sea, the other curving south across the Indian Ocean from west of Indonesia's Sumatra island to west of Australia.

Australia is leading the search in the southern part of the southern corridor, with assistance from the U.S. Navy.

The depth of the water where the possible debris has been sighted would likely make recovering the "black box" voice and data recorders that may finally unlock the mystery of what happened aboard Flight MH370 extremely challenging.

University of Western Australia Professor of Oceanography Charitha Pattiaratchi said that, based on currents in the area, if the debris is from the plane it probably would have gone into the water around 300-400 km (180-250 miles) to the west.

The search area covered an ocean ridge known as Naturalist Plateau, a large sea shelf about 3,500 metres (9,800 feet) deep, Pattiaratchi said. The plateau is about 250 km (150 miles) wide by 400 km (250 miles) long, and the area around it is close to 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) deep.

"Whichever way you go, it's deep," he said.

ትንሿ ወሻ።

ትንሿ ወሻ።
ቦታው ባንክ ቤት ነው። ባለ ውሻዋ ሶፋ ላይ ቁጭ ብላ ተራዋን ሰትጥብቅ ነበር የአንዱ ሰውዬ ድምጽ ወደ ውሻዋ እንዳይ የገፋፋኝ። ሰውዬው(ፈረንጁ) የሚያወራው በጣም ተድንቆ ስለነበር ሁሉም ባንክ ቤት ያለ ሰው ሁሉ ይሰማው ነበር። የመጀመሪያው ጥያቄ ውሽዋ ገና የተወለደች ስለምትመስል "ስንት ቀኗ ነው?" ነበር።  እኔም ወደ ውሽዋ ዞር ብዬ ሳይ ልክ ከዚያው ከባንክ ቤቱ ውስጥ የተወለደች ነው የሚምስለው። የሚገርመው እርጥብ መስላኝ ነበር። የውሻዋ ባለቤት ይህንን አይነት ጥያቄ በየጊዜው መጠየቁን በጣም የወደደችው ይምስልላ። እኔም መጠየቁን ፈርቼ ነበር ግን ያ ሰውየ የዋዛ አልነበረም ሁሉንም ጠየቃት። ምን የምታክል መሰለቻሁ? ከመዳፋ እኮ ትልቅ ነው የምትበልጠው። በቃ ትልቅ አይጥ በሏት። ከሁሉ የሚገመው አይኗ የትልቅ ውሻ ነው። ችዋዋ (Chihuahua) ከምትባለው ውሻ አንድ ሶስተኛ እንኳ አትሞላም። በቃ ሽል ነው የምታክለውም  የምትምስለውም።  ያው ይች ውሻ ውሻ ሳይሆን አይጥ በሏት። ከሁሉ የሚገርመው የስውየው ጥያቄ ነበር ነገሩማ የኔ ጥያቄ  ነበር። ምን ጠየቀ መሰላችሁ? ምንድ ነው የምትበላው?
ባለቤቷም እንዲህ ብላ እርፍ።
ሚጢጢ ውሻ ስምንት (8) አመቷ ሰለሆነ ጥርሷ እረግፎ አልቋል ሰለዚህ የምትበላው ገንፎ ነው አለች።
አይ ውሾ

ሰውዬው እንደ አሞራ አበራለሁ ብሎ ተከስክሶ ሞ.....ተ!::

ሰውዬው እንደ አሞራ አበራለሁ ብሎ ተከስክሶ ሞ.....ተ!::

Wingsuit Flight Ends in Death for Hungarian Daredevil

ኒዘርላንድ ስደተኞች ደች ካልተማሩ ከአገር እንዲዎጡ ሊደረግ ነው። The Netherlands Tells Immigrants to Learn Dutch or Get Out

 ኒዘርላንድ ስደተኞች ደች ካልተማሩ ከአገር እንዲዎጡ ሊደረግ ነው።

The Netherlands Tells Immigrants to Learn Dutch or Get Out

የ2 ማይሉ ታክሲ መሳፈር $787.33 አስከፈለ

Woman charged $787.33 for two-mile cab ride የሁለት ማይሉ ታክሲ  መሳፈር  $787.33  ዋጋ አስከፈለ

ነገሩ እንዲህ ነው። ችካጎ ውስጥ አንዲት ወጣት ታክሲ ትሳፈራለች፣ በአሁኑ ወቅት ጥሬ ገንዘብ መክፍል ለማይፈልጉ ሰውች በስልክ ላይ የምትሰካ እስኮር (square) የምትባል ካርድ ማንበቢያ መሳሪያ አለች። ታዲያ አቶ ታክሲ ሾፌር  ተሳስቶ ሂሳቡን ተጭኖ ኖረ  የልጅቷ ወላጆች ወርሃዊ የባንክ ሂሳባቸውን ሲያወራርዱ ነበረ ያ ሁሉ ክፍያ ብቅ ያለው። ሰዎቹ ወዲያው ቪዛ(VISA) የሚባለውን ኩባንያ ቢደውሉ መልሱ አይሆንም ነበር። ገንዘባቸው የውሃ ሽታ መሆኑን የተረዱት ሰወች ለፖሊስም ቢያስታውቁ ክፍያው ልጅቷ ተስማምታ ፈርማ የከፈልችው ስለሆር ምንም አናደርግም ነበር። በስንት መከራ የታክሲ ሾፌሩ ተፈልጎ ሲትየቅ ሁኔታውን ለቪዛ ቢያስታውቅም  የካርዱ ሙሉ ቁጥር ስላልነበረው ምንም ነገር ማድረግ አልቻለም ነበር። ለዝርዝሩ የእግሊዘኛውን ዘገባ ያንብቡ።

A college student from Winnetka, Illinois jumped into a cab for a short ride to a restaurant in downtown Chicago, but instead of a couple dollars, she was charged almost $800.

In December, 20-year-old Becky Siegel was running late to meet friends at the Sweetwater Tavern and Grille, so she went immediately from the Metra train to a cab at the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
The restaurant was less than two miles from the station and Becky’s mother, Susan Siegel, told WFLD Fox 32 News, "He was apparently very friendly and chatty, and was talking about pedestrians crossing where they shouldn't." Once she arrived at her destination, the student asked the cab driver if she could use her credit card for the fare. “He gave her a price and she thinks it was, you know, under ten dollars,” explained Susan. “And so she said, ‘Can I use a credit card?’ And he said, ‘Oh, my swiper isn't working. Here give it to me and I'll do it on my Square."
The Square device and app allow merchants to charge customers through a mobile device. Becky handed over her credit card, told the driver to add a $2 tip, and signed the app. Becky told the Chicago Tribune, "I guess I didn't pay attention or I didn't look…I just signed my name with my finger and I left."
The problem was, as Susan Siegel found out while reviewing her transactions, instead of a charge under $12, the card was charged a whopping $787.33. Ms. Siegel contacted Visa customer service to dispute the charge, but because Becky had signed off on the transaction, a refund was refused. The Chicago Police department told Siegel that there was nothing they could do about it either. Angry about what transpired, Siegel contacted the driver, Ali Ghazanfari, for a resolution. Instead the cab driver stood behind the nearly $800 charge.
Ghazanfari’s tune changed when Siegel got in touch with the Chicago Tribune’s, “What’s Your Problem?” problem solvers. They reached out to the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. "I remember exactly what happened,” the driver told the Tribune. I made a mistake on the fare." Ms. Siegel said, "He called me two or three times, and he was in a panic. What I do know is that he is really sorry that he got caught."

Ghazanfari said he made efforts to contact Square and his bank to refund the Siegels’ money but because the company had only the last four digits of their credit card, that was not possible. Another request to Visa by Ghazanfari and Siegel working together, was unsuccessful.Mika Stambaugh, a spokesperson for the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, said that they contacted Square and the company promised to send Siegel a check for $787.33 by the end of this week. Stambaugh added, "Our department has suspended his public chauffeur license pending this investigation… He cooperated with us but he's not in the country so we still have a few unresolved issues pertaining to this case.”

So how can you avoid incidents like this from happening to you? Ms. Stambaugh explained that, "The problem here was that Square is a non an approved device. So we want to urge people to use the front and back mounted credit card device payment systems in our cabs and that's it." She also said that passengers should never allow their credit card to leave their hands and if it does, to contact 3-1-1. Finally, a lesson that Becky Siegel learned the hard way, always double check the final charges before signing a credit card receipt.

Video and more info: WFLD, Chicago Tribune

የሰው መግደያው መርዝ እጥረት ምክንያት ሞት ፍርድ የተፈረደባቸው 2 እስrኞች የመሞቻ ቀናቸው ተራዘመ

የሰው መግደያው መርዝ  እጥረት ምክንያት ሞት ፍርድ የተፈረደባቸው 2 እስረኞች የመሞቻ ቀናቸው ተራዘመ:: ወይ  የእግዜር ስራ?
An Oklahoma court has rescheduled executions so that state prison officials have more time to find a supply of lethal drugs. While two inmates had sued, challenging Oklahoma’s execution procedures, the Court of Criminal Appeals declared on Tuesday that their request for a stay was moot because the prison system did not have enough drugs to execute them. In their brief order, the judges moved the execution of one of the inmates, Clayton Lockett, to April 22 and the one of the other, Charles Warner, to April 29. They had been set to die this week and next week. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office told the court on Monday that prison officials did not have enough doses of lethal drugs on hand and that it was unlikely they could find some in time to execute Mr. Lockett on Thursday.

የሰው መግደያ መርዝ

የክንድ ሰዓት የክንድ ኮምፒተር ሆነ

የክንድ ሰዓት የክንድ ኮምፒተር ሆነ

 የቦ ቴክኖሎጂ :
ቴክኖሎጂ ተራቀቀ። መጀምሪያ ጠረቤዛ (desk top) ላይ ከዚያ በጭናችን ላይ (lap top) አስቀመጥን ከዚያ በእጃችን/መዳፍ  ላይ  ይዘን (palm top)ከዚይ  በኪሳችን  Smart phone  አሁን ደግሞ በክንዳችን  አስረን ( smartwatches) ከሲያስ?

Google is bringing its Android operating system to smartwatches, opening the doors for a flood of high-tech wearable devices for consumers, experts said.

Google said yesterday it will release Android Wear — a version of its popular software tailored for wearable devices — to hardware manufacturers. Google’s vision of a smartwatch differs slightly from others that have hit the market, with an emphasis on its predictive assistant Google Now.

“I think it is really interesting and likely that this development will bear a lot of fruit,” said Roger Kay, a technology analyst and founder of Endpoint Technologies.

Google is partnering with LG and Motorola ­— both of which announced Android-powered smartwatches yesterday ­— and other companies including watchmaker Fossil.

More wearable technology, including a long-rumored iWatch, is inevitable, said Ryan Martin, a analyst with Yankee Group.

“I think we’re going to see a flood of new entrants,” Martin said. “It’s pretty clear that wearables are shaping up to be in the running for ‘next big thing.’”

Companies so far have released a wide range of wearable devices, everything from Pebble, focused on showing notifications from a paired phone, to Samsung’s Gear Fit, a dedicated fitness tracker.

Quanttus, a Cambridge-based startup, is developing a device focused on health care.

“The wearable space is, even to the most casual observer, taking off,” said Steve Jungmann, vice president for product management at Quanttus. “It is a growing market. There will not be a one size fits all.”

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የ $400 ሚሊዮን ሎተሪ አሽናፊ ቁጥሮች ይፋ ሆነ። አሸናፊው ግን እስከ አሁን አልታወቀም

የ $400 ሚሊዮን ሎተሪ አሽናፊ ቁጥሮች ይፋ ሆነ።  አሸናፊው ግን እስከ አሁን አልታወቀም 

11, 19, 24, 33, 51  Mega Ball of 7

  Numbers have been drawn for the estimated $400 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, but there was no immediate word on whether someone is holding a winning ticket.

The numbers drawn Tuesday night were: 11, 19, 24, 33 and 51 with a Mega Ball of 7.

The jackpot is the sixth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, with a lump-sum option of paying out $224 million.

If no one hits all six numbers, the jackpot will rollover for Friday's drawing and start marching toward $500 million.

Mega Millions changed its rules in October to help increase jackpots by lowering the odds of winning the top prize.

Mega Millions is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

መገንጠል ፋሸኑ አለፈበት Crimean leaders sign treaty to join Russia, as Putin rips Ukraine's interim leaders, West

መገንጠል ፋሸኑ አለፈበት:  ይብላኝ እገነጠላለሁ ብለው ለሚያስፈራሩት

Crimean leaders sign treaty to join Russia, as Putin rips Ukraine's interim leaders, West

A defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin answered President Obama's announced sanctions against a handful of officials in Putin's inner circle -- but not Putin, himself -- by signing a treaty Tuesday making Crimea a part of Russia.

The signing follows a referendum on Sunday in which residents of Ukraine's southern region overwhelmingly backed the move. The treaty still must be approved by Russia's Constitutional Court and ratified by both houses of parliament. Those steps are considered mere formalities.

Putin signed the treaty with Crimea's prime minister and parliament speaker following a televised address to the nation, in which he vigorously defended Crimea's vote as a restoration of historical justice.

Putin has accused the West of encouraging unrest in Ukraine in order to break its historic ties with Russia, and dismissed Western criticism of the Crimean vote as illegitimate.

A Ukrainian military spokesman said that one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another injured when a military facility in Crimea was stormed Tuesday by armed men just hours after Putin's speech.

The officer was shot in the chest, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry told Fox News, adding that the Ukrainian government now is allowing its soldiers to use firearms to defend themselves.

The armed men were dressed in uniforms similar to Russian military uniforms and appeared in trucks previously stolen from the Ukrainian military base, the Ministry said.

The attackers took over the base, confiscated documents, arrested the Ukrainian soldiers and are now controlling the base.

The sanctions ordered by Obama include freezing any assets in the U.S. and banning travel into the country of seven ranking Russian government officials and four Crimea-based separatist leaders, Reuters reported.

According to the Washington Post, the Russians targeted include top Putin aides Sergei Glazyev and Vladislav Surkov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, and parliament leaders.

Some of the Russians mocked the sanctions, the Post reported.

“I quite like the company I have found myself in,” Andrei Klishas, chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s Constitutional Legislation Committee, told the Interfax news service.

“I don’t have any accounts or real estate in the U.S., and as regard private visits, I’ll have to do without them," Leonid Slutsky, who heads a parliamentary committee on Eurasian integration, said, according to the Post.

In a televised address to Russia Tuesday, Putin defended Russia's move to annex Crimea, saying that the rights of ethnic Russians have been abused by the Ukrainian government.

He also called authorities in Ukraine “nationalists, neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites,” according to Reuters.

“Those who were behind recent events, they were ... preparing a coup d'etat, another one,” Putin said. “They were planning to seize power, stopping at nothing.”

He denied Western accusations that Russia invaded Crimea prior to a referendum vote there, saying Russian troops were sent there in line with a treaty with Ukraine that allows Russia to have up to 25,000 troops at its Black Sea Fleet base in Crimea.

Putin also said that Crimea's vote Sunday to join Russia is in line with international law, reflecting its right for self-determination.

He pointed at the example of Kosovo's independence bid, supported by the West, and said that Crimea's secession from Ukraine repeats Ukraine's own secession from the Soviet Union in 1991.

“Our Western partners headed by the United States prefer not to be guided by international law in their practical policies, but by the rule of the gun,'' he told a joint session of parliament, according to Reuters. “They have come to believe in their exceptionalism and their sense of being the chosen ones. That they can decide the destinies of the world, that it is only them who can be right.”

Putin added that he will never seek to spark a confrontation with the West, but said he would defend Russia’s interests.

Putin signed a decree Monday recognizing Crimea as a "sovereign and independent country.” Earlier Monday, the United States and the European Union announced asset freezes and other sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian officials involved in the Crimean crisis.

Denouncing Russia's actions in Crimea as nothing more than a "land grab," Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that the U.S. and Europe will impose further sanctions as Moscow seeks to annex the Ukrainian territory.

Meeting with anxious European leaders in neighboring Poland, Biden said the world sees through Russia's actions. He said virtually the entire world rejects the referendum in Crimea that cleared the way for Russia to annex the peninsula in Ukraine.

"The world has seen through Russia's actions and has rejected the flawed logic," Biden said.

Biden, who arrived Tuesday morning in Warsaw, said the U.S. joins Poland and the international community in condemning the continuing assault on Ukraine's sovereignty, calling it a blatant violation of international law.

The decree signed by Putin and posted on the official government website Tuesday morning is one of the steps which would formalize the annexation of Crimea. The treaty to annex Crimea has to be signed by leaders of Russia and Crimea, approved by the Constitutional Court and then must be ratified by the parliament.

Residents of Crimea voted overwhelmingly Sunday in favor of the split, and Crimea's parliament declared the region an independent state on Monday.

The Crimean parliament declared that all Ukrainian state property on the peninsula will be nationalized and become the property of the Crimean Republic. Lawmakers also asked the United Nations and other nations to recognize it and began work on setting up a central bank with $30 million in support from Russia.

Moscow showed no signs of flinching in the dispute that has roiled Ukraine since Russian troops took effective control of the strategic Black Sea peninsula last month. In fact, one of the Russians named openly mocked the sanctions.

"Comrade Obama, what should those who have neither accounts nor property abroad do? Have you not thought about it?" Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted. "I think the decree of the President of the United States was written by some joker."

The State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning sanctions which targeted Russian officials, including members of the chamber. The chamber urged President Obama to extend the sanctions to all the 353 deputies who had voted for the resolution. Eighty-eight deputies left the house before the vote.

The sanctions freeze any assets the targeted individuals have under U.S. jurisdiction, make it illegal for Americans to do business with them and discourage international banks and financial institutions from having relationships with them, administration officials said. The officials, however, would or could not say if those targeted actually have assets in U.S. jurisdictions.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday the U.K. is suspending military cooperation with Russia.

Speaking shortly after Putin signed the treaty, Hague told British lawmakers that it is regrettable that Putin is choosing a path of isolation in the annexation of Crimea and denying Russian and Crimean citizens of a partnership with the international community

Hague said the U.K. is suspending military export licenses to Russia, has canceled naval exercises and suspended a proposed Royal Navy ship visit to Russia.

He said this is not the relationship Britain wants with Russia, but one it is being forced to have.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Tuesday that leaders of the Group of Eight world powers have suspended Russia's participation in the club amid tensions over Ukraine and Russia's incursion into Crimea.

The other seven members of the group had already suspended preparations for a G-8 summit that Russia is scheduled to host in June in Sochi.

Fox News' Greg Palkot, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this repor

የቻይና ከወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህፃና ማሳደጊያ ተቋም በለጋነቱ ተዘጋ። Guangzhou 'baby hatch' forced to stop taking children after too many abandoned

የቻይና ከወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህፃና ማሳደጊያ ተቋም በለጋነቱ ተዘጋ። 

በቻይና ውስጥ በወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የተገኙ ህጻናት ማሳደጊያ በነሱ አጠራር "የልጆች መፈልፈያ" ( 'baby hatch')  በኛ አጠራር የህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህጻናት ቁጥር መብዛትና ማሳደጊያው ውስጥ ከገቡ በሗላ የሚሞቱት ህጻናት በመብዛቱ ነው። በአጠቃላይ ቻይና ወስጥ ከ 10(አስር) በላይ ተመሳሳይ ጣቢያዎች ሲኖሩ ሁሉም ተመሳሳይ ችግር አጋጥሟቸዋል።

A baby-abandonment center in Guangzhou where distressed parents can leave their unwanted infants has been closed down temporarily as staff cannot care for the large number of children being dropped off. Xu Jiu, the director one of the city's welfare centers, said in a press conference that 262 babies have been dropped off since the station opened on January 28, according to the China News Service, and that resources were being stretched thin. Around 25 of such centers have been set up on the mainland across 10 provinces in China, SCMP reports. The stations have stirred up controversy, with critics arguing that they encourage parents to abandoned their children. Yet, in cases of the inevitable, the stations remain a far better choice than the alternative. The China News Service report said that all the babies left at the center were ill. Examinations showed that 42 percent of the infants had cerebral palsy, 15 percent had Down's syndrome and 12 percent had congenital heart disease. All of the infants have received medical treatment, although around nine percent have died, according to Xu. Ye Fen, director of social welfare in the civil affairs bureau, said the city would start providing fantail aid to poor families with sick babies as to reduce the number of drop-offs. Xu has cautioned parents against leaving their babies at the temporarily closed station, warning them that surveillance footage would be sent to police.

የቻይና ከወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህፃና ማሳደጊያ ተቋም በለጋነቱ ተዘጋ።

የቻይና ከወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህፃና ማሳደጊያ ተቋም በለጋነቱ ተዘጋ። በቻይና ውስጥ በወላጆቻቸው ተጥለው የተገኙ ህጻናት ማሳደጊያ በነሱ አጠራር "የልጆች መፈልፈያ" ( 'baby hatch')  በኛ አጠራር የህጻናት ማሳደጊያ ተጥለው የሚገኙ ህጻናት ቁጥርና ማሳደጊያው ውስጥ ከገቡ በሗላ የሚሞቱት ህጻናት በመብዛቱ ነው። በአጠቃላይ ቻይና ወስጥ ከ 10(አስር) በላይ ተመሳሳይ ጣቢያዎች ሲኖሩ ሁሉም ተመሳሳይ ችግር አጋጥሟቸዋል።

A baby-abandonment center in Guangzhou where distressed parents can leave their unwanted infants has been closed down temporarily as staff cannot care for the large number of children being dropped off. Xu Jiu, the director one of the city's welfare centers, said in a press conference that 262 babies have been dropped off since the station opened on January 28, according to the China News Service, and that resources were being stretched thin. Around 25 of such centers have been set up on the mainland across 10 provinces in China, SCMP reports. The stations have stirred up controversy, with critics arguing that they encourage parents to abandoned their children. Yet, in cases of the inevitable, the stations remain a far better choice than the alternative. The China News Service report said that all the babies left at the center were ill. Examinations showed that 42 percent of the infants had cerebral palsy, 15 percent had Down's syndrome and 12 percent had congenital heart disease. All of the infants have received medical treatment, although around nine percent have died, according to Xu. Ye Fen, director of social welfare in the civil affairs bureau, said the city would start providing fantail aid to poor families with sick babies as to reduce the number of drop-offs. Xu has cautioned parents against leaving their babies at the temporarily closed station, warning them that surveillance footage would be sent to police.