White Children to Become Minority in Birmingham by Year’s End
MAIL ONLINE: A study by the University of Manchester has predicted that more than half of children in Birmingham will be from black and Asian communities - making white families a minority group.

The report puts the number of children from white families at 47 per cent, ahead of a census due at the end of March.

In 2006, 53 per cent of children under 16 were from white families and this figure is expected to drop substantially.

Children from white families will still make up the largest group, but as other ethnic groups make up more than half the population in the city, the white children will be classed as a 'minority'. White children in Birmingham 'a minority' this year because of immigration >>> Daily Mail Reporter | Monday, January 24, 2011

Our politicians since the Second World War have done the indigenous population down. They stand accused of short-termism. They have served the needs of business, and their own needs, but ignored the will of the people, and ignored the long-term future of our Judeo-Christian civilisation. Traitors and wimps all! And even to this very day, it is not possible to find a Churchillian character amongst them. They are continuing to allow this country to go down the tubes. They should be punished severely. – © Mark

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'31 Dead' in Suicide Bomb Attack on Moscow Airport
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: 31 people were killed and over 130 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday, the Interfax news agency reported.

A spokeswoman for the investigative committee of the federal prosecutor’s office put the number of casualties at 31, citing preliminary information, and described it as an "act of terror". >>> | Monday, January 24, 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: 35 dead in suicide bomb attack on Moscow airport: At least 35 people were killed and over 130 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday. >>> | Monday, January 24, 2011

Terrorists Look West for New Recruits
The most common untraditional jihadist to emerge is the white convert to radical Islam

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Chinese Schoolchildren to Sit Compulsory Manners Classes
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Chinese schoolchildren are to sit mandatory manners classes in an attempt to smooth some of the rougher edges off modern Chinese society, the country's ministry of education has announced.

From primary school onwards, Chinese children will now receive lessons in the art of queuing, good table manners, how to respect their elders and betters and the correct way to write letters, emails and even send SMS messages.

Older children will be tutored in the arts of introducing oneself to strangers, dealing politely with members of the opposite sex, making public speeches and the rudiments of dealing with foreigners and (to Chinese eyes, at least) their strange ways.

"The goal is to let students know that China is a country with a long history of civilisation, rituals and cultures," said the guidelines which were published on the ministry's website. >>> Peter Foster, Beijing | Monday, January 24, 2011

China is leading the way. I believe that we would do well to follow suit. Good manners are also sadly lacking in Western society today. It’s all part of the downfall of our civilisation. We, too, need to do something to stop the rot. – © Mark

Sudanese Decide on What to Call Their Country
At least 98 per cent of Southern Sudanese had voted for the region's separation from the north according to primary results of the south Sudan referendum. Meanwhile, a new challenge has risen in deciding what to name the world's newest nation - a question that has been generating a lot of discussion. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports

Interfaith Dialogue
Mr. Moore: There is no dialogue to be with this religion! How can one enter into dialogue with adherents of a 'religion' that believe they are the superior ones, God's (sorry Allah's) chosen people? How can one enter into a dialogue with Muslims when they have an unshakeable belief that their religion was revealed to them (to a prophet we are not even supposed to recognise) as the perfection of religion for man for all time? How can one enter into a dialogue with Muslims when they fail to understand the triune nature of God? (The Trinity, to a Muslim, is proof positive that we are all polytheists.) How can one enter into a dialogue with adherents of a faith that believe the world is divided into two: Dar ul Islam, the 'House of Islam', and Dar ul Harb, the 'House of War', and who further believe that there will be no peace until the latter has been absorbed into the former? How can one enter into a dialogue with people who are convinced that the Holy Bible has been falsified and changed over the centuries? How does one enter into a dialogue with the adherents of a faith which denies the most important aspect of our faith, namely that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us, when they don't believe that he even died on the cross?

Need I go on?

The fact of the matter is this: We are in a hole with Islam. We have got ourselves into a fix we know not how to get out of. The first thing we need to do is recognise this fact. For truly, it will be the starting point to finding a solution. At present, the West is in denial of the huge problem it has brought upon itself. Denial will provide NO SOLUTIONS. – © Mark [My comment appears here] | Monday, January 24, 2011

The comment was a response to Mr. Charles Moore's article in The Daily Telegraph

Go! And Please Don’t Come Back!
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Europe's banks are facing an exodus of staff to US rivals as regulatory and political pressure drives a growing pay divide between financial institutions headquartered on either side of the Atlantic.

Warnings over the divide follow a roller coaster weekend in which Sir John Vickers, the banking commission chief, said Britain's lenders could be broken up and talks between finance chiefs and the Treasury over bonuses and lending targets stalled.

Headhunters have warned that City staff at some of Europe's biggest banks are "fed up" and that they expect a wave of applications after this year's bonus round. City-based US banks and small boutique firms are expected to be the main beneficiaries.

Leading US banks from Goldman Sachs to JP Morgan last week handed bonuses to London based staff, with significant cash elements, while bankers at European rivals face smaller bonuses paid largely in deferred shares.

"A number of European banks have issues," said Stéphane Rambosson, managing partner of search firm Veni Partners. "They have been operating on the goodwill of their staff for the last couple of years, but people are getting fed up."

Credit Suisse has already said it intends to defer bonuses for more bankers this year, with much of the payouts in shares rather than cash, and other European and UK players are expected to follow.

"European banks are increasingly concerned that regulation is moving against them, allowing US banks to be more competitive in both hiring and paying staff," said Piers Benbow, managing partner of Eden Search. Banks set for staff exodus to US rivals over pay rules >>> Jonathan Sibun and Harry Wilson | Sunday, January 23, 2011

Bloggingheads: Islamic Triumphalism?
Joshua Cohen, left, of Stanford University and James Pinkerton of Fox News debate the mosque near ground zero
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Tunisian Wind' [sic] Sweeps through Arab Regimes as Protests Erupt in Yemen
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Tunisian-style protests erupted in Yemen over the weekend with thousands demanding the downfall of its autocratic president who has joined leaders from Algeria to Jordan in the crosshairs of a regional revolt.

Pressure for regime change in the stagnant Arab dictatorships has shifted across the Middle East and North Africa since Tunisia's Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali fled in the face of demonstrations in Tunis on January 14.

Yemen police on Sunday arrested Tawakel Karman, a female Islamic activist, who had organised the 2,500-strong demonstration in the grounds of the University of Sanaa. A heavy police presence and an active role by the secret police thwarted attempts to move the demonstration to the streets of the capital.

Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of Yemen, has been in power, like Mr Ben Ali, for more than two decades. Like his Tunisian counterpart, his government has allowed grievances over lack of jobs and freedom to fester while presiding over corrupt systems. >>> Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent | Sunday, January 23, 2011

Thilo Sarrazin: Thilo Sarrazin - Neun Thesen zum Buch

GATES OF VIENNA: Are You a Sarrazinista? >>> Baron Bodissey | Sunday, January 23, 2011

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Les Belges veulent un gouvernement!
leJDD.fr: Après 224 jours de crise politique, les citoyens belges se mobilisent. Sur Internet et dans les rues de Bruxelles. Ils étaient des milliers, dimanche, à manifester dans les rues de Bruxelles pour demander la constitution d'un nouveau gouvernement.

"Ceci n'est pas une crise politique." Voilà ce que pourraient clamer les Belges, façon Magritte. Car, pour protester contre l’absence prolongée de gouvernement, la patrie du surréalisme a choisi de se mobiliser à sa façon: avec humour. Mais aussi une bonne dose de détermination. Il est vrai qu’il y a de quoi s’impatienter. Voilà sept mois que les Belges sont allés aux urnes pour élire leurs représentants au Parlement fédéral, et sept mois qu’ils n’ont pas de gouvernement issu de leur vote. >>> Pierre-Laurent Mazars (avec Benjamin Adler à Bruxelles), Le Journal du Dimanche | Dimanche 23 Janvier 2011

Le chaudron algérois en ébullition
leJDD.fr: Samedi, à Alger, une manifestation "pour la démocratie" a dégénéré en affrontements. L’exemple tunisien fait remonter la tension.

Au lieu d’une démonstration de force du Rassemblement pour la culture et la démocratie (RCD, opposition), c’est le pouvoir algérien qui a montré ses muscles samedi. La formation de Saïd Sadi avait appelé à une marche "pour la démocratie". Une manifestation interdite par les autorités, alors que l’Algérie a connu début janvier de violentes émeutes contre la vie chère (5 morts, plus de 800 blessés). Le face-à-face a débouché sur des affrontements. Bilan: 42 blessés selon le RCD, 19 selon la police, qui en annonçait huit dans ses rangs, dont deux grièvement. >>> Ali Idir, à Alger, Le Journal du Dimanche | Dimanche 23 Janvier 2011

Tunis : retour en héros d'un blogueur exilé
leJDD.fr: Tarek Mekki, un blogueur en exil émigré au Canada est revenu dimanche en Tunisie. Plusieurs centaines de personnes l'ont accueilli en héros à l'aéroport de Tunis. L'homme est connu pour ses diatribes sur la toile contre le régime du président déchu Zine ben Ali.

"Je me sens fier de rentrer en Tunisie après la chute du dictateur. Internet a joué un grand rôle et a été l'élément clé pour se débarrasser du tyran", a déclaré Tarek Mekki. "C'est sensationnel d'avoir participé via internet à sa chute, en téléchargeant des vidéos. Ce que nous avons fait sur internet avait de la crédibilité, et c'est pourquoi cela a marché", a-t-il ajouté. [Source: leJDD.fr] | Dimanche 23 Janvier 2011

Islamophobia: Baroness Warsi Waxes Distinctly Fuzzy
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Baroness Warsi's speech on Islamophobia was packed with sanctimonious generalities, laments Jenny McCartney.

As Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party chairman, discovered rather brutally last week, it's a tricky job being both an establishment politician and a member of a minority community. If you start lecturing your community too stridently, you will gradually drive away anyone you might hope to influence; if you defend it too robustly, you run the risk of infuriating the majority.

I appreciate the delicacy of the task, because I spent my youth watching politicians negotiate the explosive nuances of the overheated politics of Northern Ireland. But the chief problem with Baroness Warsi's speech on faith in Leicester last week was different: amid some thoughtful points, there were large patches that were hopelessly confusing.

Some of it struck home. She remarked that "Islamophobia has now passed the dinner-party test" in becoming socially acceptable. "Islamophobia" is a word I would rather avoid, because it is both incendiary and vague. None the less, I think she is broadly right: many people are undoubtedly less inhibited about verbally attacking Islam than they would have been 10 years ago, in part because Islamist militancy is on the rise. They are also more vocal, as it happens, in criticising Christianity.

Since religions are belief systems, I see no problem in people questioning the principles upon which they are based. What is objectionable is when critics extend their attack to the believers, and lazily assume that "Muslims" are a solid mass who all think and behave in exactly the same way. I have, over the years, had sharp run-ins with many supposedly educated non-Muslims who bandy the label with a sweeping, arrogant mixture of fear and contempt. Such sloppiness makes no distinction between Salmaan Taseer, the late governor of the Punjab whose moral courage few in the West could hope to match, and his murderer. >>> Jenny McCartney | Saturday, January 22, 2011

I wrote the following comment on this article:

…I see no problem in people questioning the principles upon which they are based. What is objectionable is when critics extend their attack to the believers, and lazily assume that "Muslims" are a solid mass who all think and behave in exactly the same way. I have, over the years, had sharp run-ins with many supposedly educated non-Muslims who bandy the label with a sweeping, arrogant mixture of fear and contempt.

This is politically correct gobbledygook! Furthermore, you cannot compare the Islamic problem with the Irish question. Islam is in so many ways unique. And uniquely problematic to boot!

People in the establishment who don’t understand keep prattling on about moderate Muslims and keep prefacing everything they utter with “the vast majority of Muslims are law-abiding citizens who want nothing to do with extremism”, or some such unproven banality. I, for one, am sick to the back teeth of all the twaddle.

The fact is that there is no such thing as Islamism, and therefore no such distinction can be made between Islam and Islamism, no more than a distinction can be truly made between moderate and radical Muslims.

Fact is, there is ONE religion: Islam. It may be broken down by sect, but not by nature. (With the possible exception of Sufis and the Ahmaddiya movement.) Truth is, Islam is an extreme religion by nature, which leaves little room for interpretation and/or evolution. The reason for this is clear: The Koran is to be taken literally, since the words contained therein are believed to be the literal words of Allah. Therefore, by definition, anyone who says anything against the Koran risks being branded a heretic. For, after all is said and done, who can question Allah’s words or judgement?

Fundamentalists, radical Muslims, Islamists, call them what you will, are simply people who wish to abide by Allah’s words. They are true to their faith. They have not gone astray, as they keep on telling us. And they have not bastardized their faith either, as so many wimps in the political class keep on telling us. They are the TRUE believers. They are doing Allah’s work! Now that sounds uncomfortable; but it is a fact. You won’t get Muslims making the distinction between Islam and Islamism. This is the distinction made by the infidel for the infidel. It serves the needs of the political class.

By extension, there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim who lives by the Koran. The “moderate Muslim” that our politicians keep going on about are the Muslims who are lukewarm about their faith. They are like the Christians who are nominal, the ones who call themselves Christian, but don’t live by Christian tenets. (All religions have such ‘adherents’.)

I have worked and lived with very many Muslims. Most of them have truly been very nice, kind people, who would go to the ends of the earth to help one. But the fact remains that there is no telling when a perfectly moderate member of that faith group will start to morph into something rather more fundamentalist. I have observed that it often happens when they already have sown their wild oats. Then they’ve had enough, and start reading the Koran. The more they read the Koran, the more fundamentalist they become. And as God is my witness, one starts to observe the transformation before one’s very eyes!

One of the probems we have in this country with all the Muslims amongst us is that there is no telling when this transformation is going to happen. It cannot easily be foretold; and when it does happen, what are we able to do about it?

Our politicians have brought upon us a very difficult problem to solve. A problem that can only truly be solved by draconian measures, which no politician has the stomach for, and probably most of the electorate couldn’t stomach the necessary measures anyway. Fact is, politicians since the Second World War have done the indigenous population of these islands down. They stand accused of short-termism. They have served the needs of big business, and they have served their own needs, and into the bargain, they have paid scant regard for the wishes of the electorate or the future of our Judeo-Christian civilisation. Fie on them all!

Regarding Baroness Warsi’s speech on Islamophobia, I have the following to say…

She has no right lecturing us on what we should talk about at dinner parties, or elsewhere. Why is she a baroness anyway? I think we all know the answer to that question. But really, what is a phobia anyway? A phobia is an irrational fear of something. Whatever can be irrational about fearing Islam? The socio-political system, clothed as it is in a deity, preaches hatred of the other, the infidel. It preaches hatred of homosexuals, and calls for them to be killed. Apostates are killed too. Women are treated as second-class citizens. They are often little more than procreation machines! Islam is supremacist at its core. Its adherents practise female genital mutilation. There are so many cases of enforced marriages that should make any young Muslimah fearful. And then there are the honour killings. Oh, dear, one could go on and on. Muslims, by the way, also take over wherever they are allowed to put down roots. They snuff out the indigenous culture – always. The process has only once ever been reversed. That was in Moorish Spain. It took 500 bloody years to reverse the process of Islamisation! Do we want this future for ourselves?

Islamophobic? By God, one would have to be Islamofoolish not to be Islamophobic! – © Mark

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Egypt's Frustrated Young Wait for Their Lives to Begin, and Dream of Revolution
THE OBSERVER: In Cairo, as in places all over the country, all eyes are fixed on the drama that is unfolding in Tunisia. Jack Shenker travelled across Egypt and heard people increasingly asking: could it happen here, and if so, when?

A shisha cafe in Cairo, where debate rages over the knock-on effects of the Tunisian uprising. Photograph: The Observer
News of the latest act of self-immolation in Egypt reached Waleed Shamad while he was sitting in the bourse, a dense warren of outdoor shisha cafes tucked away in the back alleys surrounding Cairo's old stock exchange.

An unemployed man had set himself alight in the middle of a busy street – the 12th such incident last week. According to a TV newsreader, the man, 35, had moved to the capital in the hope of finding work and saving enough to buy a home and get married, but lack of job opportunities had driven him to despair. "That could be a description of any of us," said Waleed, pulling his scarf tighter against the cold. "These human blazes are coming so fast, it's hard to keep track."

Cairo is a city built for sunny days and balmy nights; come winter the wind can lash with a ferocious bite. But that has not stopped Shamad and his friends gathering for their late-evening tea on the pavement to talk through the day's gossip: the Friday sermons devoted to Islam's disapproval of suicide, new government restrictions on buying bottled petrol, and, of course, all the latest from Tunis – where developments have kept the group glued to al-Jazeera TV for days.

"We couldn't believe our eyes," grinned Shamad, recalling the sight of Tunisia's ousted despot, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, fleeing a land he had ruled for 23 years. "I'm so proud of the Tunisian people. When you see a friend or brother succeeding in some great struggle, it gives you hope, hope for yourself and hope for your country." >>> Jack Shenker | Sunday, January 23, 2011

Islamophobia Is the Moral Blind Spot of Modern Britain
THE GUARDIAN: The dinner party bigot's attack on Islam as a creed can all too easily become an excuse for an attack upon an ethnic group

No one actually comes out and directly says "I hate Muslims" – at least, not on the liberal dinner party circuit that was the target of Lady Warsi's speech. Conversations generally begin with the sort of anxieties that many of us might reasonably share: it cannot be right for women to be denied access to education in some Islamic regimes; the use of the death penalty for apostasy is totally unacceptable; what about the treatment of homosexuals? The conversation then moves on to sharia law or jihad or the burqa, not all of it entirely well informed. Someone places their hands across their face and peers out between their fingers. Another guest giggles slightly. Someone inevitably mentions 9/11. Later, guests travel home on the tube and look nervously at the man in the beard sitting opposite.

The problem Warsi identifies is the problem of slippage. What can begin as a perfectly legitimate conversation about, say, religious belief and human rights, can drift into a licence for observations that in any other circumstance would be regarded as tantamount to racism. Like the 19th-century link between anti-Catholicism and racism towards the Irish, one can easily bleed into the other.

"I treat the Islamic religion with the same respect as the bubble-gum I scrape off my shoe," suggested one contributor to the website of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, in response to Warsi's speech. Another offered the following charming observation: "I don't care what the good or bad Baroness has to say about anything at all. I give her no credence nor voice. She is a person of faith so in my book a skinwaste." I cannot think of a single other group in our society about whom such vile remarks would be in any way socially acceptable. And OK, these are comments whose surface grammar is about Islam and religion. Nonetheless, the level of invective is very obviously personal. Read on and comment >>> Giles Fraser | Saturday, January 22, 2011

Baroness Warsi spoke twaddle in Leicester; Giles Fraser has written twaddle here!
This article confuses the issue. Islam is a socio-political ideology clothed in a deity; and a very dangerous ideology at that! Wherever it has been allowed to take root, it has eventually snuffed out the host culture. And only in Moorish Spain has the process ever been reversed, and that reversal took 500 years of bloody conflict. Now the Spaniards, under the misguided leadership of Zapatero, is busy Islamising the country again. People seem to be incapable of learning from history!

As for the phenomenon of "Islamophobia", I can say only this: a phobia is an irrational fear or aversion to something. What on earth can be irrational about fearing Islam? It preaches hatred of the other. It kills apostates. It kills homosexuals. It treats women as second-class citizens. It is supremacist. Its adherents practise female genital mutilation. They also engage in honour killings. Must I go on?

Get with the story, Mr. Fraser. You must be living on another planet to hold such a viewpoint so reminiscent of Pollyanna's! – © Mark

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We Face Ruin for Our Christian Beliefs
THE DAILY EXPRESS: THE hotel owners who this week were ordered to pay compensation to a gay couple for refusing them a room reveal the toll it has taken on their health and livelihood.

With its chintz and plentiful knick-knacks, the Chymorvah hotel isn’t to everyone’s taste. Some might even call the place faded or old-fashioned, yet for the best part of 25 years it has ticked along quite nicely, thank you.

There’s no questioning the lovely setting and wonderful views over St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, while a stream of repeat bookings are testament to the hospitality on offer behind the lace curtains. The Chymorvah’s amiable owners, Hazelmary and Peter Bull, would like to be renowned for the warmth of their welcome and her treacle suet puddings.

Instead, at a time of life when they have one eye on retirement, the couple have become unlikely standard bearers for traditional Christian values.

For years the Bulls have openly operated a policy of allowing only married couples to share a bed in the seven-bedroom hotel in Marazion, near Penzance, that is also their home.

However, this week Peter, 70, and Hazelmary, 66, were ordered to pay £3,600 compensation for “hurt and embarrassment” caused to a gay couple who were refused a double room. >>> Adrian Lee | Saturday, January 22, 2011

Tausende Jordanier fordern den Rücktritt der Regierung
Oppositionspolitiker kündigen weitere Proteste an – Forderung nach demokratischen Reformen
NZZ ONLINE: Angesichts der zunehmend schwierigeren wirtschaftlichen Lage im Land haben Tausende Jordanier am Freitag den Rücktritt ihrer Regierung gefordert. Bei Demonstrationen in mehreren Städten beklagten sie zudem einen Mangel an demokratischen Reformen in der konstitutionellen Monarchie.

Angespornt von den jüngsten Ereignissen in Tunesien verzeichnete auch Jordanien in der vergangenen Woche ein Anwachsen der Proteste. Dabei kündigten die Demonstranten am Freitag weitere Aktionen an, sollte Ministerpräsident Samir Rifai mitsamt seiner Regierung nicht zurücktreten. >>> ddp | Freitag, 21. Januar 2011

Pakistani actress Veena Malik. Photo: Google Images
Pakistani Actress to Cleric: 'What Is Your Problem with Me?'
LOS ANGELES TIMES: On a widely viewed talk show, Veena Malik lashes out at a Muslim scholar after he accuses her of insulting Islam.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani actress castigated for appearing to cuddle with an Indian actor on a reality show lashed out at a Muslim cleric who had criticized her during a widely watched television exchange this week.

The unusual outburst, punctuated by tears, came at a sensitive time in a country where Islamic fundamentalism is spreading and liberals are increasingly afraid to express their views.

"What is your problem with me? You tell me your problem!" an angry Veena Malik asked the Muslim scholar, who accused her of insulting Islam. >>> Associated Press | Saturday, January 22, 2011

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Schuldzuweisungen nach blutiger Demo in Albanien
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Tirana - Rund 20 000 Menschen waren gekommen. Die Opposition in Albanien hatte zur Demonstration gegen Korruption in der Regierung von Ministerpräsident Sali Berisha aufgerufen. Die aufgeheizte Stimmung schlug am Freitagabend schnell in Gewalt um.

Zuerst feuerte die Polizei noch mit Gummigeschossen, dann schoss sie scharf. Die Demonstranten warfen mit Steinen und Molotow-Cocktails. Die albanische Führung und die Polizei gaben der Opposition die Schuld an der Gewalt.

Die Einsatzkräfte hätten zurückhaltend agiert und alles nötige getan, um die öffentliche Sicherheit zu gewährleisten, hieß es. Eine Untersuchungskommission sei eingesetzt worden, um die Todesfälle bei der Demonstration aufzuklären. Drei Menschen waren aus nächster Nähe erschossen worden. Albaniens Ministerpräsident Sali Berisha warf der Opposition einen Putschversuch vor. Diese habe versucht, gewaltsam die Macht an sich zu reißen. «Jetzt müssen sie alle die Konsequenzen tragen», sagte Berisha am Samstag. >>> © dpa | Samstag, 22. Januar 2011

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Tunis : des policiers participent aux manifestations contre le gouvernement
Un policier participant à la manifestation du 22 janvier, à Tunis. Photo : Le Monde
LE MONDE: Mohamed Ghannouchi, premier ministre du gouvernement d'union nationale tunisien, a reçu plusieurs ministres samedi matin, au lendemain de son engagement à quitter la vie politique à l'issue des prochaines élections. Cette promesse vise à calmer la colère d'une partie de la population, furieuse de la présence au sein de la nouvelle équipe dirigeante d'anciens membres du Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique (RCD), le parti de Zine Ben Ali, contraint par la rue de quitter le pays après 23 ans de pouvoir sans partage.

Au même moment, plusieurs centaines de personnes ont défilé dans le centre de Tunis, pour demander la démission du gouvernement. Des policiers qui manifestaient en civil et en uniforme devant le siège du gouvernement ont bloqué un moment l'accès du bâtiment à la voiture du président tunisien de transition, Foued Mebazaa, avant d'être écartés en douceur par d'autres policiers en service. Le groupe de policiers manifestants s'est joint à un autre groupe protestataires, en majorité des employés de mairie, pour réclamer de meilleures conditions de travail et le départ du gouvernement. >>> LEMONDE.FR avec AFP et Reuters | Samedi 22 Janvier 2011

Pope Weighs In as Silvio Berlusconi Sex Scandal Deepens
THE GUARDIAN: Officials must 'rediscover moral roots', says pontiff, as Italian PM digs in amid growing evidence of sexual misconduct

Prosecutors investigating Silvio Berlusconi were today told that he would not answer their questions as a witness came forward with new, apparently damaging evidence against him.

The evidence came from Nadia Macri, a prostitute who went to a police station in Milan to give a statement. Late on Thursday, she told a television interviewer she had been with Karima el-Mahroug, the teenager at the centre of the Berlusconi affair, at a party in the Italian prime minister's mansion that became an orgy.

Macri said that on 24 April last year the then 17-year-old Mahroug, known as Ruby Rubacuori (Ruby the Heartstealer), was dancing topless and a bit drunk round a pole in a specially equipped room at Berlusconi's home outside Milan. In a remark which may have been aimed at Italy's beleaguered prime minister, Pope Benedict XVI told an audience of police officers that public officials must "rediscover their spiritual and moral roots". >>> John Hooper in Rome | Friday, January 21, 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Model in Milan prostitution investigation admits sleeping with Berlusconi: The sex scandal engulfing Silvio Berlusconi deepened when, for the first time, one of the women named in a prostitution investigation admitted that she had sex with the prime minister. >>> Nick Squires, Rome | Saturday, January 22, 2011

Olbermann Leaves ‘Countdown’ on MSNBC
Keith Olbermann in November. Photograph: The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he was leaving his show, “Countdown,” immediately.

The host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last November, came to an agreement with NBC’s corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.

In a closing statement on his show, Mr. Olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. He offered no explanation other than on occasion “all that surrounded the show – but never the show itself – was just too much for me.”

Mr. Olbermann thanked his viewers for their enthusiastic support of a show that had “gradually established its position as antiestablishment.”

In a statement, MSNBC said: “MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.” >>> Bill Carter | Friday, January 21, 2011

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The Great Debate in Parramatta: Sharia Law for Australia?
PARRAMATTA SUN: About 50 people have attended a debate about Sharia law at the Parramatta Town Hall last night.

The speakers, Islamic preacher Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon and ‘‘concerned Aussie’’ Jack Zedee, opened proceedings with each presenting a 15 minute talk for and against Sharia law for Australia in what was described by the moderator as the “ultimate Australian debate’’.

Australian-born convert to Islam, Siddiq-Conlon, said “Sharia was a far supreme system than democracy’’.

‘‘Sharia is the only way mankind can make it to the golden age,’’ he said.

‘’My message to the government of Australia is to consider objectively the contribution Muslims have made to Australian society...to stop this Islamophobia.

‘’My message is specifically to the government of Australia that they cannot rule without anything other than Sharia.’’ [Source: Parramatta Sun] | Thursday, January 20, 2011

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'Koran Burning' Suspect Held in Carlisle
BBC: A man has been arrested after police received reports that a copy of the Koran was being burned in the centre of Carlisle.

Cumbria Police said they attended an incident in the city's English Street on Wednesday afternoon.

A spokesman said a 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and the remains of a book seized.

The man was arrested on suspicion of using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour.

The spokesman added: "A member of the public reported the incident.

"The man remains in police custody where he is helping officers with their inquiries." [Source: BBC] | Thursday, January 20, 2011

BBC: Men arrested in Gateshead over suspected Koran burning: Six Tyneside men have been arrested after filming themselves apparently burning copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >>> | Thursday, September 23, 2011

Tunisia to Pay Abuse Victims, Hunt Ben Ali Clan
REUTERS AFRICA: TUNIS - Tunisia will pay compensation to the families of victims of human rights abuse under its ousted authoritarian leader and will send envoys to other Arab states to pursue him, its prime minister said on Friday.

Anti-government protesters again took to the streets as Tunisia began three days of mourning for the dozens of people killed during president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's overthrow.

The interim government, which took over after Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last week in the face of widespread popular unrest, has faced continued protests by crowds angry that members of the old guard are still in the cabinet.

Mohamed Ghannouchi, Ben Ali's prime minister who has remained in office to lead an interim coalition cabinet, made an effort to distance himself from the ousted president in an emotional television interview.

"I lived like Tunisians and I feared like Tunisians," he said. He promised compensation for the families of victims of human rights abuses, and said envoys to Arab capitals would make the case that Ben Ali should be tracked down.

"We are sure they (Arab leaders) will all be with the Tunisian people because what happened was a real revolution that made us proud of our country," he said. >>> Lin Noueihed and Andrew Hammond | Saturday, January 22, 2011

Left-wing Bias? It's Written through the BBC's Very DNA, Says Peter Sissons
MAIL ONLINE: For 20 years I was a front man at the BBC, anchoring news and current ­affairs programmes, so I reckon nobody is better placed than me to ­answer the question that nags at many of its viewers — is the BBC biased?

In my view, ‘bias’ is too blunt a word to describe the subtleties of the ­pervading culture. The better word is a ‘mindset’. At the core of the BBC, in its very DNA, is a way of thinking that is firmly of the Left.

By far the most popular and widely read newspapers at the BBC are The Guardian and The Independent. ­Producers refer to them routinely for the line to take on ­running stories, and for inspiration on which items to cover. In the later stages of my career, I lost count of the number of times I asked a producer for a brief on a story, only to be handed a copy of The Guardian and told ‘it’s all in there’.

If you want to read one of the few copies of the Daily Mail that find their way into the BBC newsroom, they are difficult to track down, and you would be advised not to make too much of a show of reading them. Wrap them in brown paper or a copy of The Guardian, would be my advice.

I am in no doubt that the majority of BBC staff vote for political parties of the Left. But it’s impossible to do ­anything but guess at the numbers whose beliefs are on the Right or even Centre-Right. This is because the one thing guaranteed to damage your career prospects at the BBC is letting it be known that you are at odds with the prevailing and deep-rooted BBC attitude towards Life, the Universe, and Everything. >>> | Saturday, January 22, 2011

Judge Censures Cartoonist over Court Outburst against 'Terrorist Attacker'
THE AUSTRALIAN: A Danish judge has had to call the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard to order after an outburst against the man who is accused of trying to kill him.

“He's just a cowardly liar, a terrorist!” exclaimed the 75-year-old, who has drawn the wrath of the Muslim world for his caricature of the Prophet Mohammed wearing a turban that resembled a bomb.

The accused man, a care worker of Somali origin, broke into the cartoonist's home a year ago, wielding an axe. On Wednesday, at the outset of the trial, Mohammed Geele, 29, said that he had used the axe to enter the house and that his aim was to frighten Mr Westergaard and express his anger about the cartoon.

Mr Westergaard rejected his version. “He was like a religious insane young man,” he told the court in Aarhus yesterday. “I believe he entered the house as a holy warrior who wanted to kill an infidel.” He turned to look at his assailant - the first time that they had actually seen each other. >>> Roger Boyes, The Times | Friday, January 21, 2011

La Tunisie en deuil tout le week-end
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: TUNIS | Drapeaux en berne sur les bâtiments publics, versets du Coran récités à la télévision et la radio nationales, la Tunisie a entamé vendredi un deuil de trois jours pour rendre hommage aux victimes de la Révolution du Jasmin, une semaine après le départ du président Ben Ali, au pouvoir pendant 23 ans.

Selon l’ONU, les suicides et les violences de la police ou de milices qui ont marqué les manifestations entre le 17 décembre et le 14 janvier puis le week-end suivant ont fait plus de 100 morts. Les autorités tunisiennes parlent de 78 morts parmi les civils et un nombre non précisé dans les forces de sécurité, mais l’opposition estime que le bilan est beaucoup plus élevé. >>> AP | Vendredi 21 Janvier 2011

Tirana: Tote bei Protesten gegen albanische Regierung
WELT ONLINE: Blutige Proteste in Albanien: Bei gewaltsamen Zusammenstößen zwischen Polizei und Demonstranten in Tirana sind mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben gekommen.

Mit heftigen Protesten forderten in der albanischen Hauptstadt Tirana mehr als 20.000 Anhänger der Opposition die Ausrufung von Neuwahlen. Die Demonstrationen forderten unter anderem drei Tote. Foto: Welt Online
Bei heftigen Protesten in der albanischen Hauptstadt Tirana sind mindestens drei Menschen erschossen und Dutzende weitere verletzt worden. Mehr als 20.000 Anhänger der Opposition versammelten sich in der Innenstadt und forderten die Regierung zur Ausrufung von Neuwahlen auf. Nach Angaben der Polizei warfen einige Demonstranten mit Steinen und setzten Autos in Brand. Die Sicherheitskräfte reagierten mit Tränengas, Plastikgeschossen und Wasserwerfern. Etwa 30 Zivilpersonen und 25 Polizisten wurden verletzt, wie die Gesundheitsbehörden mitteilten. >>> Autor: Llazar Semini | Freitag, 21. Januar 2011

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Suspicion of Islamic Teaching Is a Cause of Increasing Disquiet in Britain
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – LETTERS: Growing concern over influence of Islamic world-view.

SIR – There does seem to be growing disquiet at the increasing influence of the Islamic world-view. Perhaps this is due to a greater understanding of what the Koran and hadith (Muslim traditions) teach.

For example, those within Islam who might call for reform, tolerance, and a “dialogue between civilisations” are easily silenced by the authority of the Koran, which has many verses rousing believers to wage jihad against unbelievers.

Suras 2:228 and 4:34 make it clear that women are inferior to men and must be obedient to them. Anti-Jewish sentiments are frequently found in Islamic religious texts and apostates are to be executed, according to sharia.

Further, the attitude of pious Muslims to non-Muslims can be seen in the Arabic word kafir, which goes beyond the neutral English word unbeliever. A kafir is to be shunned and Muslims are not to socialise with such people (Koran, 3:28).

Mark Ponsford
Sidmouth,
Devon

[Source: The Daily Telegraph] | Friday, January 21, 2011

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Islamist Movement at Forefront of Tunisia's Protests
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tunisia's underground Islamic movement has emerged at the forefront of nationwide protests against its leadership and appears set to emerge as the strongest political force in elections.

Al-Nadha is lead by the London-based exile Rachid Ghannouchi who has said that he will return to the country as soon as the threat of life in prison is lifted.

Mr Ghannouchi has the best claims to an electoral following in Tunisia after the disintegration of the ruling party. He has wide core support at the country's universities and his followers secured 17 per cent in 1989's election – an unrivalled following in Tunisia's rigged electoral system.

Senior lieutenants of the fundamentalist leader were yesterday prominent in the thousands strong crowd that demanded the resignation of all ministers – including Prime Minister Mohammed Ghanouchi – tainted by service to ousted dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

Sadouk Chourou, a Tunis lawyer, has been seen organising groups within the protest.

Ali Laraiedh, the Al-Nadha vice president, said that party activists of the banned movement had been mobilised. >>> Damien McElroy, Tunis | Friday, January 21, 2011

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Tunisians Savour Taste of Freedom After Ben Ali Ousted
BBC NEWS AFRICA: A week ago writing an article for the BBC would have been a sacking offence for Tunisian journalists, writes Haykel Tlili - who works for Le Temps paper, owned by the ex-president's son-in-law. Here he assesses how Tunisians are taking to changing times.

Since the overthrow of President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali last week the people of Tunisia wake up each day in what still seems to be a dream.

Sometimes this turns to a nightmare with the sound of gunfire, something Tunisians are unaccustomed to hearing.
But there is a tangible sense of joy and pride that people feel about the popular uprising.

They are determined not to let what has been dubbed the "Jasmine Revolution" falter as the country accustoms itself to the change of guard.

Change and all that it heralds is being savoured across Tunisia like the smell of the sweet jasmine flower as it opens at night. >>> | Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Viewpoints: Anti-Muslim Prejudice in Europe
BBC: Baroness Warsi, the chairman of the main party in Britain's governing coalition, has said that anti-Muslim prejudice has "passed the dinner table test" and become socially acceptable in the UK.

Here are the views of Muslims from around Europe on whether they think anti-Muslim attitudes are now considered acceptable in their countries. >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011

Brother of Harry Potter Star Jailed for Attacking Her
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The brother of a Harry Potter star has been jailed for six months for a ''prolonged and nasty'' attack in which she was beaten and branded a ''slag'' for dating a non-Muslim.

Afshan Azad. Photo: The Daily Telegraph
Afshan Azad, 21, who played Padma Patil, a classmate of the teenage wizard, in the blockbuster Hollywood films based on JK Rowling's children's books, feared for her life during the three-hour ordeal, Manchester Crown Court heard.

She was punched, dragged around by her hair and strangled by her brother Ashraf Azad, 28, who threatened to kill her after he caught her talking on the phone to her Hindu boyfriend on May 21 last year, the court was told.

During the row at the family home in Longsight, Manchester, which also involved her mother and father, she was branded a ''slag'' and a ''prostitute'' and told: ''Marry a Muslim or you die!'' >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011

Ben Laden menace directement la France
leJDD.fr: Les otages français en Afghanistan et au Niger risquent sont plus que jamais en danger. Par le biais d'un enregistrement sonore transmis vendredi à la chaîne de télévision arabe Al Jazira, le terroriste international, Oussama Ben Laden exige le retrait des forces françaises d'Afghanistan.

"La France va payer cher en Afghanistan et ailleurs". Tel est le message audio que la chaîne de télévision arabe Al Jazira affirme avoir reçu d'Oussama Ben Laden, ce vendredi. Le chef désigné d'Al-Qaïda a dénoncé la présence de l'armée tricolore en "terres musulmanes", menaçant directement des otages français. Ben Laden a précisé qu'ils "ne seront libérés qu'après le départ des soldats [français] d'Afghanistan ". Qui sont les "prisonniers" qu'évoque le terroriste international ? Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) détient cinq ressortissants français enlevés en septembre sur le site d'Areva à Arlit (Niger) tandis que la branche afghane du mouvement maintient deux journalistes de France 3 en captivité. Ces derniers, Hervé Ghesquière et Stéphane Taponier, sont retenus depuis le 30 décembre 2009. >>> Par Vanessa Droz, leJDD.fr | Vendredi 21 Janvier 2011

«Le signe d'une radicalisation d'al-Qaida contre la France»


THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Osama bin Laden threatens to kill French hostages in new tape: Osama bin Laden has released a new audiotape warning that French hostages will be killed if President Nicolas Sarkozy does not withdraw forces from Afghanistan. >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Saturday, January 22, 2011

US Senate Leader Calls Hu Jintao 'a Dictator'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Leading Democrat Harry Reid has called Chinese President Hu Jintao "a dictator" during a television interview before quickly backtracking on his comment.

The Senate majority leader made the accusation during an outspoken interview given to a Nevada station.

He said: "I'm going to go back to Washington tomorrow to meet with the president of China. He is a dictator. He can do a lot of things through the form of government they have."

Realising the strength of his statement, Mr Reid immediately appeared to backtrack, saying: "Maybe I shouldn't have said 'dictator''. >>> Daniel Bird | Friday, January 21, 2011

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Jerusalem Can Never Be Surrendered, Khalifa Says
GULF NEWS: Abu Dhabi Declaration urges OIC countries to recognise palestine [sic]

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is pressing for taking a firm stand against countries which move their embassies to occupied Jerusalem or recognise it as the capital of Israel.

The Abu Dhabi Declaration confirmed recognition by the OIC member countries of the State of Palestine that includes all of the territories captured in 1967, including occupied east Jerusalem.

It demanded all member countries immediately recognised the Palestinian State and raise the diplomatic representation to an embassy level.

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said the Arab-Muslim [occupied] Jerusalem can never be surrendered as history, law and international legitimacy confirm Muslims' inalienable rights to it, irrespective of the Israeli occupation's measures to increase the Jewish presence there.

His speech at the meeting of Inter-parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) was read out by His Highness Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.

The Abu Dhabi declaration demanded that the UN Security Council issue a resolution recognising the independent Palestinian state.

Parliamentary leaders also condemned the Israeli occupation's atrocities in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of many innocent people, demanding that Israeli officials be brought to account for their war crimes in Gaza.

The UAE has also urged the OIC member countries to take action to halt Islamophobia in the West.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Speaker of the Federal National Council, said concerted efforts were necessary to stop the spread of Islamophobia that impaired Muslim-West relations. >>> Samir Salama, Associate Editor | Thursday, January 20, 2011

MELANIE PHILLIPS: And Now, What She [Baroness Warsi] Actually Said...
THE SPECTATOR: Here is the text of the speech that Baroness Warsi actually delivered. Lots of gracious references to Christians and Jews -- but also note the disreputable suggestion that certain Old Testament passages provide excuses for stoning people to death for adultery and the like.

The fact is, however, that unlike Islam Judaism has always mediated such passages through rabbinic interpretation, with the result that such activities have not been tolerated. Jews pose no threat to anyone -- other than those who try to wipe them out. The sly insinuation that Islam is inherently no more dangerous to life, liberty and human rights than is Judaism is quite wickedly false -- and all too telling. >>> Melanie Phillips | Friday, January 21, 2011

Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry – LIVE
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tony Blair is appearing for the second time at the Chilcot Inquiry to face questions over his role in taking Britain into the Iraq war.


Read and comment >>> Peter Hutchison and Laura Roberts | Thursday, January 20, 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair tells Sir John Chilcot that notes to George Bush were 'very private' – Tony Blair had told the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war that messages he shared with President George W Bush must remain confidential because they were of a "very private" nature. >>> Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent | Friday, January 21, 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Chilcot Inquiry: Tony Blair heckled as he expresses regret for this loss of life in the Iraq war – Tony Blair was heckled during emotional scenes at the Chilcot Inquiry as the former prime minister expressed regret for the loss of life in the Iraq war. >>> | Friday, January 21, 2011

Danish Cartoonist Tells Court He 'Faced Certain Death'
BBC: A Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has told a court in Aarhus that a man who broke into his home meant to kill him with an axe.

Mr Westergaard was in the house with his grand-daughter when his front door was broken down. Photograph: BBC
Kurt Westergaard, 75, was testifying against Somali defendant Mohamed Geele, 29, who told the court he only wanted to "frighten" the cartoonist.

Mr Westergaard said Mr Geele had hacked at the door of his panic room.

When police arrived, they shot and wounded the suspect, who denies charges of terrorism and attempted murder.

Mr Westergaard's cartoon of a turban bomb was one of 12 published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 that prompted protests among Muslims around the world.

Mr Westergaard first went into hiding but then decided to live openly in a heavily fortified house. >>> | Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Ahmadinejad: le modèle «islamo-iranien» capable de «conquérir le monde»
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: IRAN | Lors d'un discours, le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a défendu le "modèle islamo-iranien de développement" basé sur les valeurs morales et islamiques, ajoutant: "Avec ce modèle nous pouvons conquérir le monde".

Le président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a dénoncé la société occidentale où l’homme est "égaré dans le désert de la concupiscence", prônant un modèle de développement "islamo-iranien" capable de "conquérir le monde", a rapporté jeudi l’agence Isna.

"Nous ne voulons pas d’une société où l’homme est égaré dans le désert de la concupiscence", a déclaré le président Ahmadinejad en affirmant, lors d’un déplacement en province, la nécessité de renforcer l’institution du mariage et de favoriser les naissances.

"Le slogan deux enfants suffisent appartient à l’humanisme occidental où l’on dit l’enfant est gênant, allez profiter de votre vie", a-t-il affirmé dans une allusion au slogan officiel en vigueur en Iran pour faire baisser le taux de croissance de la population. >>> AFP | Jeudi 20 Janvier 2011

Übertritt zum Islam: Konvertierte Schweizer im Porträt
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN: Die meisten in der Schweiz lebenden Muslime stammen ursprünglich aus einem muslimischen Land. Es gibt aber auch Schweizer, die zum Islam übertreten. 10vor10 fragte zwei von ihnen nach ihren Beweggründen.

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Tunisian Army Fires Warning Shots at Protesters
THE GUARDIAN: Rounds fired into air as demonstrators converge on headquarters of former ruling party

Tunisians protest against the interim government outside the headquarters of the former ruling party. Photograph: The Guardian
The Tunisian army fired warning shots in the capital today as demonstrators converged on the headquarters of the long-time ruling party.

Protesters climbed over the RCD party offices in central Tunis and dismantled the sign bearing its name.

The new unity government has been criticised for being mostly made up of politicians from the RCD party, which was founded by Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the ousted president who fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday after 23 years in power.

Another member of the government, Zouheir M'dhaffer, resigned today after four ministers quit earlier this week. M'dhaffer, who was administrative development minister, had been a member of Ben Ali's party but was not considered close to the ousted leader.

The army fired rounds into the air outside the party headquarters, scattering some protesters. The building was protected by an army tank, trucks and troops. >>> Associated Press | Thursday, January 20, 2011