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relations internationales. Les références proposées par les documentalistes du

CDEM ne sauraient bien sûr en aucun cas engager la position officielle du

ministère des Armées. Directeur de publication : Franck Smith – Coordination : Anaïs Meunier

EUROPE / UNION EUROPEENNE ............................... 1 EUROPE OCCIDENTALE .......................................... 1 Royaume-Uni ..................................................... 1

AMÉRIQUES ....................................................... 1 EURASIE ........................................................... 2

ASIE CENTRALE ................................................... 2 ASIE — OCÉANIE .................................................. 2

CHINE .............................................................. 2 INDE ................................................................ 3

AFRIQUE ........................................................... 3 AFRIQUE DU NORD ............................................... 3

MOYEN-ORIENT................................................... 3 ÉGYPTE ............................................................ 3 ISRAËL-PALESTINE ................................................ 3 TURQUIE ........................................................... 3 IRAK ................................................................ 3 IRAN ................................................................ 3 PÉNINSULE ARABIQUE ........................................... 3

EUROPE / UNION EUROPEENNE

EUROPE OCCIDENTALE

Royaume-Uni

Un « bébé Trump » gonflable va survoler Londres

Un ballon géant représentant un Donald Trump en couche-

culotte flottera au-dessus de Londres pendant la visite du

président des Etats-Unis, vendredi 13 juillet. Baptisé Trump

Baby, le ballon de six mètres volera à 30 mètres d’altitude à

proximité du Parlement. Dans un premier temps, la mairie avait

rejeté l’événement, organisé par des militants, avant de revenir

sur sa décision. lemonde.fr - article du 06/07/2018

Brexit: Theresa May spent £1,000 delivering Article 50 letter

to Brussels

The Article 50 letter written by Theresa May that kicked off

the Brexit process travelled to Brussels first class on a Eurostar

train, it has been revealed. It took two civil servants travelling

in “business premier” class to take the letter to the European

Council on 29 March 2017, at a cost of £491.50 per person.

A response to a freedom of information request posted on the

Foreign Office website shows the total cost of delivering the

letter was £985.50, including a £1.50 per person booking fee.

The letter did not get its own seat. independent.co.uk - article du 09/02/2018

AMÉRIQUES

Mike Pompeo to give Kim Jong-un “Rocket Man CDˮ during

nuclear talks

When Mike Pompeo meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, he will

reportedly attempt to smooth a path towards denuclearisation

with a gift that playfully references a low point in relations

between the North Korean leader and Donald Trump: a CD of

Elton John’s Rocket Man. The US secretary of state will

present Kim with the CD along with a letter from Trump, who

memorably turned the song’s title into an epithet after the

North stepped up its ballistic missile tests last year. theguardian.com - article du 06/07/2018

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L US A investit 650.000 dollars pour se procurer des

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L’entreprise américaine PepperBall a récemment annoncé

qu’elle venait d’obtenir un contrat d’une valeur de 650.000

dollars pour livrer à l’US Army des armes non-létales destinés

aux troupes déployées en Afghanistan. La particularité de cette

arme, appelée VKS, est qu’elle tire des projectiles de la même

nature que ceux utilisés pour le paintball. Sauf que, à la place

de la peinture, ces cartouches contiennent de la nonivamide [ou

vanillylamide de l’acide pélargonique – PAVA], c’est à dire

une substance naturellement présente dans les piments et

généralement utilisée comme additif alimentaire pour donner

du « piquant » aux assaisonnements. opex360.com - article du 01/07/2018

Pour Trump, ses cheveux sont l'un de ses « grands atouts »

« C'est l'un de mes grands atouts. Tout le monde disait que mes

cheveux étaient faux, que ce n'était pas les miens, que j'avais

une perruque », a-t-il lancé lors d'un meeting de campagne en

faveur du gouverneur républicain de Caroline du Sud Henry

McMaster. bfmtv.com - article du 26/06/2018

Force spatiale : D h T V -être pas prêt

Même si Donald Trump a promis lundi 19 juin d’assurer

l’hégémonie des Etats-Unis pour l’exploration de la Lune et de

Mars, mais aussi dans toute éventuelle guerre spatiale, avec la

création future d’une force de l’espace, il y a loin de la coupe

aux lèvres et Darth Trump Vader n’est peut-être pas prêt

d’avoir son Étoile de la mort. 45enord.ca - article du 20/06/2018

EURASIE

ASIE CENTRALE

Des boulangeries PAUL vont ouvrir leurs portes en

Ouzbékistan

Le 10 avril dernier, l’ouverture prochaine d’un réseau de

boulangeries PAUL, célèbre franchise française, en

Ouzbékistan a été annoncée sur Facebook. Avec une

récompense à la clé pour les futurs employés de l’entreprise :

un stage à Paris.C’est dans une publication Facebook en date

du 10 février 2018 qu’a été annoncée la nouvelle : la célèbre

entreprise PAUL spécialisée en boulangerie et pâtisseries va

prochainement ouvrir ses portes à Tachkent, en Ouzbékistan.

Un des chefs les plus célèbres du plus grand pays d’Asie

centrale, Alexeï Kovalev, a diffusé sur son profil toutes les

informations relatives à l’ouverture prochaine de magasins

PAUL. novastan.org - article du 18/04/2018

B h h h G

The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of

the Republic of Belarus crashes Volkswagen Polo near

Grodno, the city in western Belarus. According to the local

media, on June 22, at 16:20 the BMP-1’s driver to lose control

of the vehicle and crash into a car. “Several military vehicles

drove through, and then one of them drifted abruptly. There

was a collision on my car, “- said the driver of Volkswagen defence-blog.com - article du 25/06/2018

Boukhara et Rueil-Malmaison signent un accord touristique

Des représentants de la région de Boukhara ont conclu un

certain nombre d’accords avec la ville d’Île-de-France et des

entreprises touristiques lors d’une visite en France. L’ambiance

est au beau fixe entre la région de Boukhara, dans l’ouest de

l’Ouzbékistan, et la ville de Rueil-Malmaison, en Île-de-

France. Les deux administrations ont conclu un accord le 4 juin

dernier pour une coopération mutuelle dans le domaine du

tourisme, au cours d’une rencontre avec le maire de la ville

française, Patrick Ollier. novastan.org - article du 15/02/2018

Will there be wine on Mars? Georgia prepares its grapes for

an interplanetary mission

Next time Matt Damon gets marooned on Mars, he may be

whiling away his days sipping Saperavi instead of farming

potatoes as he did so laboriously in the 2015 blockbuster, The

Martian. Georgia, an ancient wine-making redoubt, is putting

its best space science and viticulture minds together to develop

grapes fit for growing on Mars. eurasianet.org - article du 26/06/2018

ASIE — OCÉANIE

CHINE

State Govts. Warned of Malware-Laden CD Sent Via Snail

Mail from China

Here’s a timely reminder that email isn’t the only vector for

phishing attacks: Several U.S. state and local government

agencies have reported receiving strange letters via snail mail

that include malware-laden compact discs (CDs) apparently

sent from China, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. This particular

ruse, while crude and simplistic, preys on the curiosity of

recipients who may be enticed into popping the CD into a

computer. According to a non-public alert shared with state and

local government agencies by the Multi-State Information

Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the scam arrives in a

Chinese postmarked envelope and includes a “confusingly

worded typed letter with occasional Chinese characters.” krebsonsecurity.com - article du 27/07/2018

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INDE

G A Gh : Th Ex I M h

Balaji

If you want to go to the Balaji temple like a regular tourist,

don’t. When I traveled there, I did not take a camera, stayed in

the shadows, and did not ask questions. Yet, although I did not

record the scenes of that particular evening in any way other

than with my own eyes, they remain deeply engraved in my

memory. It was perhaps one of the strongest experiences in my

life so far. thediplomat.com - article du 15/02/2018

AFRIQUE

AFRIQUE DU NORD

M T : V Day is not un-Islamic

The Mufti of Tunisia has affirmed that celebrating Valentine’s

Day does not contradict Islamic principles as long as “it does

not transgress good morals”. Speaking in an interview with

newspaper Akher Khabar, Othman Battikh explained how

“celebrating love is not a sin,” and criticised those who say the

day is not Islamic because it stems from Christian traditions.

In celebrating it, “it does not mean that one embraces the

Christian religion,” he added. “Everything that brings people

together is something good and needed”. middleeastmonitor.com - article du 14/02/2018

MOYEN-ORIENT

Hummus in Danger: Why Climate Change Could Spell the End

for a Beloved Middle Eastern Dip

Hummus, the beloved Middle Eastern dip, is in danger.

Chickpeas are going the way of the cheetah. For rather

different reasons, both plant and cat are suffering from genetic

bottlenecks that reduce their ability to cope with change. And

in a warming world, change is happening. In contrast to the

cheetah, the domestic chickpea could still be saved by crossing

with wild breeds that still exist, to restore lost genetic diversity,

wrote Eric Bishop von Wettberg, a plant biologist at the

University of Vermont, and others in Nature on Tuesday. haaretz.com - article du 14/02/2018

ÉGYPTE

Egypt zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra

A zoo in Egypt has denied painting black stripes on a donkey

to make it look like a zebra after a photo of the animal

appeared online. Student Mahmoud Sarhan put the images on

Facebook after visiting Cairo's International Garden municipal

park. Aside from its small size and pointy ears, there were also

black smudges on its face. The pictures quickly went viral,

with experts weighing in on the species of the animal. A vet

contacted by local news group Extranews.tv said that a zebra's

snout is black, while its stripes are more consistent and parallel. www.bbc.co.uk - article du 26/07/2018

ISRAËL-PALESTINE

À Jérusalem, une mannequin crée un scandale en posant nue

près du mur des Lamentations

Une mannequin belge a fait scandale en posant nue près du

mur des Lamentations, lieu le plus sacré où les juifs peuvent

prier dans la Vieille Ville de Jérusalem. Les autorités

religieuses ont dénoncé un incident "embarrassant et grave".

Sur le cliché, Marisa Papen, 26 ans, prend une pose lascive sur

une chaise en plastique blanche avec, en arrière-plan, le mur

des Lamentations qu'elle surplombe depuis la terrasse où elle

se trouve. francetvinfo.fr - article du 28/06/2018

TURQUIE

One-year- h k k T k

fire crews

A one-year-old baby’s head got stuck in a darbuka, a

traditional drum, while he was playing it in Istanbul on Jan. 9.

The strange incident occurred in Istanbul’s Bağcılar district.

Bünyamin Yurtcan reportedly put his head inside the darbuka

while he had been playing with it. The baby started to cry when

he could not manage to get his head out. After Yurtcan’s

parents attempted to remove the drum and failed, fire crews

freed him by cutting the darbuka open. He was taken to the

hospital for treatment. No details were given on how baby

Yurtcan, who could not even walk, managed to have his head

stuck in the drum. hurriyetdailynews.com - article du 10/01/2018

IRAK

Miss Iraq is a false prophet of peace and coexistence

Sarah Idan, Miss Iraq 2017, is the newest voice in the chorus of

advocates calling for coexistence between Israel and Palestine.

Speaking before international and Israeli officials at the

American Jewish Global Forum in Jerusalem last week, the 28-

year-old social media influencer spoke of the urgency to “seek

a new method that does not emphasise… differences and

disagreements”. Her budding relationship with Israeli

counterpart Adar Gandelsman broke global headlines in

November last year after a selfie featuring the two beauty

pageant contestants went viral, prompting both outrage and

delight. middleeastmonitor.com - article du 26/06/2018

IRAN

Un général iranien accuse Israël de « vols de nuages »,

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Un général a accusé lundi Israël de trafiquer les nuages pour

empêcher la pluie de tomber en Iran. Un argument déjà porté,

contre l’Europe, par Ahmadinejad en 2011. « Le changement

climatique en Iran est suspect. » Le général de brigade Gholam

Reza Jalali, commandant de la défense passive iranienne, a

évoqué lundi 2 juillet, lors d’un colloque national sur la

protection des populations, un grief d’une teneur presque

poétique envers le rival israélien. lemonde.fr - article du 02/07/2018

PÉNINSULE ARABIQUE

Saudi Arabia denies pirating World Cup broadcast

Saudi Arabia denied accusations it was behind a television

service that pirated the broadcast of World Cup games for

which Qatar-based beIN Sports network holds the regional

rights. Saud Al Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince

Mohammed bin Salman, said such claims were “baseless” and

“unfounded”. Football’s governing body Fifa said that

television channel BeoutQ illegally broadcast the opening

games of the World Cup. thenational.ae - article du 23/06/2018

Haram no more: Valentine's Day deemed a 'positive social

event' by senior Saudi cleric

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A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine's

Day, long forbidden in the ultra-conservative kingdom, calling

it a "positive social event" that is not linked to religion. The

comment from Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi, former chief of the

religious police in Mecca, comes as 32-year-old Crown Prince

Mohammed bin Salman pursues a far-reaching liberalisation

drive that has upended years of conservative tradition. "It is a

positive social event and congratulating people for it is not

against sharia [law]," Ghamdi told Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya

television. middleeasteye.net - article du 15/02/2018

Saudi Arabia to criminalise smelling bad in a mosque

Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, which has limited powers and is

fully appointed, is proposing 45 new anti-social "offences" that

could see people fined up to $800 for "displaying underwear or

stripping naked" in public. The kingdom's version of the

British ASBO lists several offences "against public decency",

such as smelling foul in mosques, as well as more serious

infractions, such as "racist acts", and provides punishments that

may include jail time of up to five months. alaraby.co.uk - article du 29/01/2018

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@CedricMas, à propos des frappes en Syrie (avril 2018)