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Spain pledges aid after deaths of African migrants 2008-08-02 09:21:52 One of things I most admire of Zapatero is his absolute way of making problems and then being unable to solve them… One of the best examples of that is immigration: he was the main supporter of the policy of “papers for all”, which caused (and still causes) massive deaths
of immigrants
in the Strait [...] Read more:African
, Spain
Saudi Arabia: “alleged” homosexuals arrested at a party 2008-08-01 18:45:50 Saudi religious police have arrested
55 people at a party allegedly held by homosexuals at a farm in Qatif province in the east of the country.
According to a report on the Arab satellite TV channel, al-Arabiya, two young men were allegedly found wearing women’s make up and dancing on stage together.
The detainees were all handcuffed [...] Read more:Arabia
, Saudi
, Saudi Arabia
S. Asian nations vow to jointly fight terrorism 2008-08-01 17:05:13 Eight South Asian
countries, most of which are facing violent insurgencies, agreed Thursday to pool efforts to fight
terrorism, a Sri Lankan government minister said.
The decision came ahead of a weekend summit in the Sri Lankan capital at which India and Afghanistan are expected to put pressure on Pakistan to do more to combat the [...]
China to censor Internet during Games and to install spyware on PCs to spy on visitors 2008-08-01 15:41:04 China will censor the Internet
used by foreign media during the Olympics, an organising committee official confirmed Wednesday, reversing a pledge to offer complete media freedom at the games.
“During the Olympic Games
we will provide sufficient access to the Internet for reporters,” said Sun Weide, spokesman for the organising committee.
He confirmed, however, that journalists would [ Read more:China
, install
Support for Darfur mission urged 2008-08-01 14:07:30 The international community has been accused of failing to provide basic equipment vital to the peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur
region.
The accusation was levelled in a report backed by 36 human rights groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
It comes on the first anniversary of the decision to deploy a UN-African Union force in war-torn region.
Meanwhile, the [...] Read more:Support
Italy: Appeal Court annuls the sentence against the Imam of Gallarate 2008-08-01 13:18:18 The Imam of Gallarate when he was arrested.
The First Section of the Criminal Appeal
s’ Court
has annuled the condemnation of a year and four months in 2007 by Appeal Tribunal of Milan to Mohamed El Mahfoudi, who was then the Imam of Gallarate (Varese). It has also ordered a new procedure to take place about [...] Read more:against
, Italy
Italy Deploying 3,000 Soldiers to Cities to Fight Crime 2008-08-01 13:13:48 Italy is set to deploy 3,000 soldiers in major cities and top immigration detainment centers. In an effort to fight crime, these soldiers will guard presumably important buildings as well as fight everyday crime. Police unions were responsive to the federal additions of force, trying to expose it as a mask for local police budget [...] Read more:Cities
, Deploying
, Italy
, Soldiers
EU Referendum: Climate Nazis 2008-08-01 11:30:34 Can I be the only one more than a little disturbed by the latest campaign to be fronted by energy company npower?
Launched today with large colour ads in the Sundays, it appeals directly to children, urging them to enlist as “climate cops”, to root out “climate crimes“, and thus “save the planet”.
In a luridly-designed website, [...] Read more:Climate
, Nazis
, Referendum
Karadzic due in war crimes court 2008-08-01 11:04:15 The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, is due to be formally charged by the UN war crimes
tribunal.
Mr Karadzic was indicted on 11 counts of war crimes in connection with the 1990s Bosnian conflict, but the exact charges will only be revealed in court.
(…) Mr Karadzic left Belgrade on Wednesday hours after clashes at [...]
Holidays 2008-08-15 00:05:25 I am going on holidays for several days to a place where there is no internet. So I won’t be blogging for the next fortnight or so.
If this is the first time you comment here, don’t be nervous and write three times the same comment. The comment moderation is enabled, so till I return your [...] Read more:Holidays
Georgia: In ’state of war’ over South Ossetia 2008-08-14 18:55:09 Russia and small, U.S.-allied Georgia
headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South
Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry said the country was “in a state of war” and accused Russia of beginning a [...]
Russian Hate Crimes on the Rise 2008-08-14 18:20:02 G-8 member Russia had already experienced nearly as many race-motivated murders as in all of 2006, and was on pace to record over 120 such killings — that’s one every three days — a stunning 50% jump compared to 2007. For contrast, in 2006 there were only three race-based murders in the U.S., a nation [...] Read more:Crimes
, Russian
Anti-Semitic graffiti prompts Sarkozy’s son to take legal action 2008-08-14 13:57:45 French President Nicolas Sarkozy
’s son Jean Sarkozy has taken legal
action over anti-Semitic
graffiti in the Paris suburb where he is a local councilor, the website of the daily Le Parisien said on Thursday.
The website said Jean Sarkozy had seen the words “Sarkozy, thieving jews” sprayed on the wall of a court building in Neuilly-sur-Seine [...]
Georgia Honor Killing: Father held without bond 2008-08-14 09:17:03 A Georgia
man accused of killing his own daughter allegedly to protect his family’s honor will stay in jail.
Chaudry Rashid was ordered held without bond this morning.
According to police, Rashid said yes, he did it, because his family’s Islamic tradition demanded that the family’s honor be protected.
Clayton County’s district attorney says that issue may intrude [...] Read more:Father
, Killing
Alleged man “honor killing”: he was a Christian dating a Muslim woman 2008-08-13 18:12:58 Local Pakistani police declared the death of a young Christian
man in May to be a suicide requiring no investigation, but a high inspector has reopened the case and taken two Muslim
suspects into custody.
Adeel Masih, 19, was found dead on May 4 in Hafizabad, Pakistan. His family and human rights lawyers believe the relatives [...] Read more:Alleged
, honor
, woman
Sri Lankan PM: Terrorism must be eradicated before having talks 2008-08-13 08:06:04 The Sri Lankan
government is steadfast in eliminating terrorism before having talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said on Saturday.
Addressing an election rally at Medirigiriya in the North Central Province, Wickramanayake said “terrorism must be eliminated before anything. Only after that we could talk of talks.”
Wickramanayake said government troops Read more:Terrorism
Develop tech to fight terrorism, says Prez 2008-08-12 18:04:06 President Pratibha Patil, speaking at the 46th convocation ceremony of IIT-Bombay on Friday, called on engineers of premier Indian institutes to develop modern equipment to combat terror.
Two Indian cities, Bangalore and Ahmedabad, have been victims of terror in the very recent past and the President’s speech-without mentioning these two cities-referred to the threat India is [...] Read more:fight
Solzhenitsyn: “One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world” 2008-08-12 14:39:51 Solzhenitsyn’s great themes are the survival of good in an evil world, human dignity, the redeeming value of truth, and the importance of a spiritual dimension to life. But he was astonished to find that when he moved to the United States in 1976 that these were no more welcome there than in the Soviet [...] Read more:shall
"I’m Muslim: don’t try me for armed robbery during Ramadam" 2008-09-07 16:33:48 This has actually been said in France and the court has accepted it and has postponed the trial till January.
A row has broken out in France after a court postponed a trial, apparently because it was to take place during the holy Muslim
month of Ramadan. Critics say the decision is a breach of France’s [...]
Sudan army ‘attacks Darfur towns 2008-09-07 14:00:47 Hmm, Sudan
ese Government goes on with its imperialistic campaign…
Sudanese government troops have launched attacks
on two towns in Darfur
, three rebel groups in the region have said. The rebels said the troops, backed by militias, helicopters and planes, had attacked Disa and Birmaza in North Darfur state early on Saturday.
The joint United Nations-African [...]
Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf 2008-09-07 11:39:57 Pakistan
’s Supreme Court on Friday reinstated three judges
ousted by Pervez Musharraf, cementing political divisions in the country a day before it elects a new president.
Musharraf’s purge of the court last year deepened his unpopularity and helped his political foes to a victory in February elections. Musharraf resigned under pressure last month. However, the second-largest [.
More dhimmitude from UK 2008-09-07 05:36:03 After we have known the huge cost of the boxes bought for Ramadam in a prison where terrorists are detained, I knew yesterday of the existence of a John Williams, who could compete to the title of “Dhimmi of the Year” and not fear to lose it:
Last week John Williams, Head of Democratic Services at [...]
Paris Match Taliban photoshoot shocks France 2008-09-06 16:40:43
Politicians of the right and left blasted the magazine ParisMatch
today for publishing a photograph of a Taliban
guerrilla dressed in the combat uniform of one of the ten French soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month. The defence minister, Hervé Morin, accused the magazine of taking part in a Taliban propaganda exercise.
The Green [...] Read more:France
, shocks
A good summary of Dem’s criticism of Palin 2008-09-06 13:12:24 h/t O Insurgente.
Gee….
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German Prosecutors Charge Alleged Al-Qaida Member 2008-09-05 16:55:32 German
prosecutors said Thursday they have charged a German national of Pakistani origin with membership of a “terrorist organisation” for allegedly aiding al-Qaida. The 46-year-old, named only as Aleem N. in a statement from prosecutors in Koblenz, western Germany, has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 14. He is accused of carrying out [...] Read more:Alleged
, Member
Palestinian father buries his daughter alive 2008-09-05 14:11:26 A Palestinian
woman died after her father buried her alive claiming he wanted to preserve the “family honor.” The father, in his seventies, turned himself in and admitted to killing his 24-year-old divorced daughter. After investigating the crime scene, the police discovered that the womans father had tied her arms and legs and muzzled her [...]
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