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by Coug
Last time it was the Moslems we offended. Not satisfied, Norwegian daily Dagbladet decided to lash out against the jews, using the highly successfull cartoon method.
'In the cartoon, Olmert is likened to SS Major Amon Goeth, the infamous commandant of the Plaszow death camp outside of Krakow, Poland, who was convicted of mass murder in 1946 and hanged for his crimes.' The cartoon, which caused little uproar in Norway when it was first printed, has become a hot topic of discussion after Ms. Shomrat filed a complaint with the Norwegian Press Trade Committee arguing that the cartoon exceeded the limits of free speech. Read more... (1 comment, 317 words in story) by Coug
From the diaries. Jerome a Paris.
A year or two ago, the European Central Bank wanted the Euro to fall, because it was getting too high. The EU has responded suit and thrown itself into one crisis after the other. Cyprus is the big issue obviously, and it remains to see if 500 years of pent up enemosity can be "forgotten", for the sake of civility, and that goes for the EU as well as Turkey. Oh well, let the debacle begin...
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Austria said on Sunday it would work in a "European spirit" to resolve its reservations about the European Union opening membership talks with Turkey on Monday as EU foreign ministers arrived for emergency talks. More below the fold... Read more... (6 comments, 846 words in story) by Coug
Challenges abound for Jens
Aftenposten.no: Jens Stoltenberg and his new government partners, the Center Party and the Socialist Left, have a long list of issues to resolve in order to put forward a united front as a ruling government coalition. They've already agreed to disagree on whether Norway should join the European Union. Read more... (2 comments, 549 words in story) by Coug
As USA Today reports:
WASHINGTON -- The outpouring of aid for tsunami victims in Asia and President Bush's push for democracy in the Middle East have helped abate anti-Americanism around the world, a survey of public opinion in 16 nations found. Those gains have been largely offset, however, by opposition to the Iraq war and antagonism toward Bush personally, according to a study released. ... For the United States, the survey shows a world in which some old friends are estranged and surprising new friends are emerging. Attitudes toward the United States have improved significantly in Russia, India and Indonesia. They remain positive in Poland. But in most of Europe, China -- a country that lacks democratic elections or personal freedoms -- had a better image than the United States. Positive attitudes toward the United States fell in Canada and Great Britain. In Pakistan and Turkey, key allies in the war on terrorism, fewer than one in four viewed the United States favorably. ... More below the fold... Read more... (14 comments, 322 words in story) by Coug
Chicago Tribune reports:
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan faced new questions about whether he helped steer the award of an Iraqi oil-for-food contract to his son's employer after the disclosure Tuesday of a memo described by one investigator as "a smoking gun." ... But don't be too fooled by the first paragraph.
... U.S. congressional investigators of the UN oil-for-food program said Tuesday they are "urgently reviewing" a 1998 internal e-mail from Michael Wilson, a vice president of Cotecna Inspection Services, to his bosses describing a meeting with Annan in Paris in November 1998. Wilson wrote that Annan "and his entourage" told him a few weeks before the contract was awarded that "we could count on their support." In another memo written a few days after the Cotecna team met with UN officials in New York in early December, Wilson wrote, "We can expect a positive outcome to our efforts." A week later on Dec. 11, the inspection company won the $10 million-a-year contract to inspect Iraqi imports. ... more below the fold... Read more... (8 comments, 462 words in story) by Coug
CNN and Fox, watch out, here comes Russia Today!
Russian journalists have unveiled plans for Russia Today, a 24-hour, English-language satellite TV station that aims to become Russia's version of the BBC.
"It will be a perspective on the world from Russia," Margarita Simonyan, Russia Today's editor-in-chief and former Kremlin reporter, told a news conference Tuesday. "We do not want to change the professional format developed by such TV channels as the BBC, CNN and Euronews. We want to reflect Russia's opinion of the world and to make Russia clearer for understanding," she said. According to Simonyan, the station was born out of the desire to present an "unbiased" portrait of Russia. ... Read more... (7 comments, 245 words in story) by Coug
It seems the server crashed, deleted my account and also my diary. So here's a repost:
Elections are upcoming in the Palestine, while they're well underway in Lebanon. A few trends are emerging, namely the politisising of Hamas and Hezbollah. This emergence of Hezbollah and Hamas as a political force has a European counterpart, namely the IRA and Sinn Féin. I hope to shed some light on the similarities between these groups, as well as the difficulties they face. In the case of Sinn Féin and the IRA, it's clear that they have fared badly after the peace-treaty was signed. Funding from Scotland, the USA and other sources dwindled up as peace seemed just around the corner, hurting not only the IRA, but also Sinn Féin. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are dependant on foreign funding, will they face the same consequence as Sinn Féin and the IRA? More below the fold... Read more... (7 comments, 842 words in story) |
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