Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Two Yemenis who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the US are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, Dutch prosecutors say. The men were detained on arrival at Schiphol airport on Monday after police were notified by the US authorities of "suspicious" items in their luggage. One checked-in bag reportedly contained a mobile phone strapped to a medicine bottle, as well as knives and watches.
Two Yemenis who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the US are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, Dutch prosecutors say.
The men were detained on arrival at Schiphol airport on Monday after police were notified by the US authorities of "suspicious" items in their luggage.
One checked-in bag reportedly contained a mobile phone strapped to a medicine bottle, as well as knives and watches.
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a "black Europe". Speaking on a visit to Italy, Col Gaddafi said Europe "could turn into Africa" as "there are millions of Africans who want to come in". Italy has drawn criticism for handing over to Libya migrants it intercepts at sea, without screening them first. Far fewer now reach Italy from Libya.
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a "black Europe".
Speaking on a visit to Italy, Col Gaddafi said Europe "could turn into Africa" as "there are millions of Africans who want to come in".
Italy has drawn criticism for handing over to Libya migrants it intercepts at sea, without screening them first.
Far fewer now reach Italy from Libya.
The Catholic Church in Germany has issued tougher guidelines on the handling of reports of sex abuse. The revised rules insist all allegations must be reported to prosecutors in an attempt to prevent cases being covered up. But critics say the new advice does not go far enough to tackle the issue. The Catholic Church in Germany and other European countries has been hit by repeated accusations of abuse.
The Catholic Church in Germany has issued tougher guidelines on the handling of reports of sex abuse.
The revised rules insist all allegations must be reported to prosecutors in an attempt to prevent cases being covered up.
But critics say the new advice does not go far enough to tackle the issue.
The Catholic Church in Germany and other European countries has been hit by repeated accusations of abuse.
The Iranian government today urged the country's media to refrain from insults after a hardline newspaper twice described Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's first lady, as a "prostitute".The Keyhan daily paper made the comments after Bruni-Sarkozy condemned the stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery.Ramin Mehmanparast, a foreign ministry spokesman, said insulting foreign dignitaries was incorrect and was not officially sanctioned.
The Iranian government today urged the country's media to refrain from insults after a hardline newspaper twice described Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's first lady, as a "prostitute".
The Keyhan daily paper made the comments after Bruni-Sarkozy condemned the stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery.
Ramin Mehmanparast, a foreign ministry spokesman, said insulting foreign dignitaries was incorrect and was not officially sanctioned.
The problem is not simply that the terminology is wrong, because in their culture it isn't. The problem is their idiot conflation of any woman with self-direction and paid exposure of her face with being a prostitute. keep to the Fen Causeway
The two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died aged 50 following a battle with cancer.The French rider won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and finished runner-up in 1989, losing by just eight seconds, the smallest margin in the history of the race, to the American Greg LeMond
The two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died aged 50 following a battle with cancer.
The French rider won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and finished runner-up in 1989, losing by just eight seconds, the smallest margin in the history of the race, to the American Greg LeMond
A French judge has dropped charges against an Algerian official over the killing of a leading Algerian opposition figure, a lawyer says. Mohammed Ziane Hasseni was arrested two years ago in connection with the killing of Ali Mecili, who was assassinated at his Paris home in 1987. He was head of protocol at Algeria's foreign ministry when detained. The case caused a rift in diplomatic relations between Algeria and its former colonial ruler, France.
A French judge has dropped charges against an Algerian official over the killing of a leading Algerian opposition figure, a lawyer says.
Mohammed Ziane Hasseni was arrested two years ago in connection with the killing of Ali Mecili, who was assassinated at his Paris home in 1987.
He was head of protocol at Algeria's foreign ministry when detained.
The case caused a rift in diplomatic relations between Algeria and its former colonial ruler, France.
Tony Blair claims Gordon Brown lost the last election because he abandoned New Labour and lost the "crucial" support of business, in memoirs that give an implicit endorsement of David Miliband as the party's future leader.Mr Blair says he foretold that Mr Brown's premiership would end in "disaster" if he abandoned the party's centrist principles, and the book is a searing account of his fraught relationship with his "maddening" former chancellor.The former premier claims it was his idea to make the Bank of England independent in 1997 and says he now regrets allowing Mr Brown to claim the credit. "I allowed him to the make the statement," he says.
Mr Blair says he foretold that Mr Brown's premiership would end in "disaster" if he abandoned the party's centrist principles, and the book is a searing account of his fraught relationship with his "maddening" former chancellor.
The former premier claims it was his idea to make the Bank of England independent in 1997 and says he now regrets allowing Mr Brown to claim the credit. "I allowed him to the make the statement," he says.
... the loss of the colonies ...
How quaint. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
I think they should have their heads beaten in, be arrested, and thrown into a secure holding facility for terrorists where they can be tortured to reveal their fellow plotters.
It's a protest by police unions for the government's continuous cutbacks on all funds concerning law enforcement. There isn't enough money to buy gas or pay heating bills. Patrol cars are obsolete and often inoperative (can't afford to repair them).
The special cop force (i catturandi) that hunts down mafia bosses have just sued the government for not having paid them the extra costs for capturing Provenzano back in 2006- costs that were volunteered by cops out of their miserable paycheck.
The government then takes credit for cracking down on organized crime when to the contrary it does everything possible to aid and abet organized crime.
