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En Afghanistan, les talibans mettent en scène leur vision de la femme
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Les maîtres de l’Afghanistan ont organisé le 11 septembre à l’université de Kaboul une réunion de femmes soutenant leur conception de la religion et de la séparation des sexes.
Qui sont ces ombres noires, sans visage, qui surgissent dans l’université Shahid-Rabbani de Kaboul? Mystère. Elles ne se présentent pas, ne parlent pas, ou alors juste entre elles, vont et viennent, acheminées dans un auditorium par des hommes enturbannés. Certaines se distinguent, comme celle au troisième rang, qui tient dans ses bras un bébé. Une fine canne dorée émanant de la manche d’une autre laisse penser qu’elle doit être plus âgée.
La presse a été conviée, mais elle est ignorée. Seules les journalistes femmes ont le droit de s’asseoir sur les gradins. Leurs confrères sont tenus à l’écart. Aucun reporter afghan ne sait nommer cet étrange habit, rare en Afghanistan, et qui les surprend tous: il s’agit d’un niqab doté d’un sitar, c’est-à-dire d’un tissu qui recouvre les yeux, assez fin pour laisser transparaître le monde. À défaut de sitar, certains niqabs sont équipés de larges œillères qui camouflent tout autant le visage. » | Par Margaux Benn | lundi 13 septembre 2021
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Polens große Bedeutung für Deutschland
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Polen ist einer der wichtigsten Partner Deutschlands. Umso schlimmer ist für Deutschland, dass durch die Konfrontation zwischen Warschau und der EU-Kommission die Gefahr eines „Polexit“ wächst.
Ein Abschiedsbesuch ist nicht der Anlass, zu dem man Konflikte offen zur Schau stellt. So verlief der Besuch der Bundeskanzlerin in Warschau am Samstag recht harmonisch.Angela Merkel und der polnische Ministerpräsident Morawiecki versicherten einander, welche Bedeutung die Zusammenarbeit Polens und Deutschlands für beide Länder habe. Stellvertretend für die vielen Irritationen im deutsch-polnischen Verhältnis stand bei der Reise ein Treffen, zu dem es nicht gekommen ist: Der polnische Präsident Duda zog andere, innenpolitische Termine einer Begegnung mit der Kanzlerin vor.
Bilaterale Konfliktthemen wie Nord Stream 2 wurden zwar öffentlich angesprochen, aber in einem versöhnlichen Ton. Auch zum eskalierenden Streit zwischen der EU-Kommission und der Warschauer Regierung über die Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Polen wurden scharfe Worte vermieden. Dabei ist diese Auseinandersetzung für Deutschland von einer kaum zu überschätzenden Bedeutung. Denn auch wenn niemand einen Polexit will, den Austritt Polens aus der EU, wächst die Gefahr, dass es dazu kommt. » | Ein Kommentar von Reinhard Veser | Sonntag, 12. September 2021
La Norvège tentée par un virage à gauche
LE FIGARO : Les travaillistes sont les favoris du scrutin de ce lundi, mais ils risquent de dépendre d’autres partis de gauche, qui demandent un arrêt à court terme de la production pétrolière dans le pays.
À Oslo, entre l’opéra qui trône au fond du fjord et la toute nouvelle bibliothèque, cela fait plusieurs semaines que les plus de 18 ans font la queue devant une série de préfabriqués. Non pas pour se faire vacciner… mais pour voter. Cette année, plus d’un tiers des Norvégiens ont accompli leur devoir civique avant ce lundi, jour de vote. Sur Karl-Johans Gate, une allée boisée près du Parlement, les stands des partis politiques accueillent depuis la même période les passants, les potentiels électeurs, comme sur toutes les places de toutes les communes du pays.«On sent qu’il y a une envie de renouveau, une envie de passer à autre chose», constate Franck Orban, professeur de sciences politiques au Collège universitaire d’Ostfold.
Car tous les sondages convergent: le royaume nordique ne devrait pas accorder de troisième mandat à la conservatrice Erna Solberg, qui a déjà battu le record de longévité de la droite au pouvoir, et semble se diriger vers l’alternance au profit de son rival travailliste Jonas Gahr Store. «Les inégalités ont augmenté depuis huit ans, ajoute Franck Orban, et cela s’est encore plus vu après la crise du Covid», bien que cette dernière ait été particulièrement bien négociée par les autorités avec à peine plus de 800 morts pour 5 millions d’habitants. » | Par Frédéric Faux | dimanche 12 septembre 2021
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Genf verbietet kommerzielle Werbung im öffentlichen Raum: ein Schuss ins Bein, das ohnehin schon hinkt
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Weil Werbung zu Konsumwahn und Verschuldung führe, verbietet die Stadt kommerzielle Plakate. Dass die Einnahmen das Millionendefizit immerhin abschwächen würden, ist für die Parlamentsmehrheit sekundär.
2017 gestaltete die Genfer Bevölkerung die Plakatwände selbst – dabei wurden Begehrlichkeiten geweckt. | Salvatore di Nolfi / Keystone
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Weil Werbung zu Konsumwahn und Verschuldung führe, verbietet die Stadt kommerzielle Plakate. Dass die Einnahmen das Millionendefizit immerhin abschwächen würden, ist für die Parlamentsmehrheit sekundär.
KOMMENTAR
Es begann alles mit einer Panne. Weil sich die Stadtbehörden und die zuständige Vermarktungsfirma einen Rechtsstreit lieferten, prangte im Januar 2017 auf mehreren tausend Genfer Plakatwänden keine Werbung. In der Regel blieben die Flächen aber nur für kurze Dauer weiss – findige Bewohner füllten sie mit allerlei Zeichnungen, Botschaften und Illustrationen von teilweise anspruchsvollem künstlerischem Wert. Die Aktion schlug bis über die Landesgrenzen hinaus Wellen.
Nach wenigen Wochen war das kreative Übergangsregime wieder vorbei, auf die Plakatwände kehrten die üblichen Werbebotschaften fürs neuste Handy, das schnittigste Auto oder die Apotheke um die Ecke zurück. Doch Genfer Bürgerkomitees hatten Blut geleckt. Sie lancierten eine Volksinitiative mit dem Ziel, kommerzielle Plakatwerbung aus der Stadt zu verbannen. » | Antonio Fumagalli, Lausanne | Freitag, 10. September 2021
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Weil Werbung zu Konsumwahn und Verschuldung führe, verbietet die Stadt kommerzielle Plakate. Dass die Einnahmen das Millionendefizit immerhin abschwächen würden, ist für die Parlamentsmehrheit sekundär.
Es begann alles mit einer Panne. Weil sich die Stadtbehörden und die zuständige Vermarktungsfirma einen Rechtsstreit lieferten, prangte im Januar 2017 auf mehreren tausend Genfer Plakatwänden keine Werbung. In der Regel blieben die Flächen aber nur für kurze Dauer weiss – findige Bewohner füllten sie mit allerlei Zeichnungen, Botschaften und Illustrationen von teilweise anspruchsvollem künstlerischem Wert. Die Aktion schlug bis über die Landesgrenzen hinaus Wellen.
Nach wenigen Wochen war das kreative Übergangsregime wieder vorbei, auf die Plakatwände kehrten die üblichen Werbebotschaften fürs neuste Handy, das schnittigste Auto oder die Apotheke um die Ecke zurück. Doch Genfer Bürgerkomitees hatten Blut geleckt. Sie lancierten eine Volksinitiative mit dem Ziel, kommerzielle Plakatwerbung aus der Stadt zu verbannen. » | Antonio Fumagalli, Lausanne | Freitag, 10. September 2021
Spain Wildfire: Almost 1,000 Emergency Workers Fighting Blaze
THE GUARDIAN: Fire in Andalucía region rages for sixth day having already forced evacuation of thousands of people
Firefighters tackle wildfire near the town of Jubrique in southern Spain. Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AP
Almost 1,000 firefighters and emergency workers are battling one of the most intractable Spanish wildfires in recent years as the blaze rages for a sixth day, after devouring at least 7,400 hectares (18,285 acres) of land in the southern region of Andalucía and forcing the evacuation of more than 2,600 people.
On Sunday, 260 members of Spain’s military emergencies unit were deployed to help tackle the fire, which began last Wednesday in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja above the resort town of Estepona, and which now has a perimeter of 53 miles (85km). Experts hope the rain forecast across much of the country on Monday will help extinguish the blaze.
Investigators say they have evidence that the fire, which claimed the life of a 44-year-old firefighter last Thursday, was started deliberately. Announcing the deployment of the military personnel on Sunday night, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the government and its partners “will work together and tirelessly in the face of the fire that is devastating the province of Málaga”. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Monday, September 13, 2021
Almost 1,000 firefighters and emergency workers are battling one of the most intractable Spanish wildfires in recent years as the blaze rages for a sixth day, after devouring at least 7,400 hectares (18,285 acres) of land in the southern region of Andalucía and forcing the evacuation of more than 2,600 people.
On Sunday, 260 members of Spain’s military emergencies unit were deployed to help tackle the fire, which began last Wednesday in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja above the resort town of Estepona, and which now has a perimeter of 53 miles (85km). Experts hope the rain forecast across much of the country on Monday will help extinguish the blaze.
Investigators say they have evidence that the fire, which claimed the life of a 44-year-old firefighter last Thursday, was started deliberately. Announcing the deployment of the military personnel on Sunday night, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the government and its partners “will work together and tirelessly in the face of the fire that is devastating the province of Málaga”. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Monday, September 13, 2021
Britain Prepared for a Jobs Crisis, Just Not the One It Got
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Instead of a surge in unemployment, businesses are struggling to fill positions, presenting a new risk to the pandemic recovery.
The Department for Work and Pensions has doubled the staff it has to help others find jobs. Liz Maifredi manages five London job centers for the agency.Credit...Tom Jamieson for The New York Times
Empty beer taps in pubs, supermarkets low on Diet Coke, milkshakes missing at McDonald’s: It seems each new day in Britain brings a new notice of scarce products and services as businesses are waylaid by the country’s shortage of truck drivers and other workers.
The problem extends beyond the most visible parts of the economy. Job vacancies in Britain are about 20 percent higher than their prepandemic levels, and the need for workers has gripped nearly every occupation, including computer programmers, health care assistants and farmworkers.
Yet Britain also has nearly a quarter of a million more people unemployed and looking for work than before the pandemic. And that’s not counting the roughly one million people still furloughed— either not working or working part time while getting wage subsidies from the government. Many are likely to lose their jobs when the program ends this month.
The labor market, in short, is in a logjam: Employers have positions they need to fill, and plenty of people are looking for work, but the empty positions don’t match what people are prepared for or want to do. The United States has the same problem, and it’s threatening President Biden’s huge infrastructure-building plans. » | Eshe Nelson | Monday, September 13, 2021
Delaying Brexit border checks on food won’t prevent shortages, UK firms warn »
Empty beer taps in pubs, supermarkets low on Diet Coke, milkshakes missing at McDonald’s: It seems each new day in Britain brings a new notice of scarce products and services as businesses are waylaid by the country’s shortage of truck drivers and other workers.
The problem extends beyond the most visible parts of the economy. Job vacancies in Britain are about 20 percent higher than their prepandemic levels, and the need for workers has gripped nearly every occupation, including computer programmers, health care assistants and farmworkers.
Yet Britain also has nearly a quarter of a million more people unemployed and looking for work than before the pandemic. And that’s not counting the roughly one million people still furloughed— either not working or working part time while getting wage subsidies from the government. Many are likely to lose their jobs when the program ends this month.
The labor market, in short, is in a logjam: Employers have positions they need to fill, and plenty of people are looking for work, but the empty positions don’t match what people are prepared for or want to do. The United States has the same problem, and it’s threatening President Biden’s huge infrastructure-building plans. » | Eshe Nelson | Monday, September 13, 2021
Delaying Brexit border checks on food won’t prevent shortages, UK firms warn »
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De Kaboul à Mossoul, l’extension du sentiment antiaméricain
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le mythe de l’Amérique bienveillante a volé en éclats depuis la campagne interventionniste de Bush, favorisant la percée des islamistes au détriment de la nouvelle génération qui a voulu croire aux promesses de démocratie.
Ce 13 novembre 2001, une tempête de joie balaye Islam Qala. Pendant la nuit, quelque chose de l’ordre de l’impossible s’est passé: chassés par les frappes américaines sur Kaboul, les talibans ont déserté le poste-frontière séparant l’Iran de l’Afghanistan. Entassés dans des voitures bondées de valises, les exilés filent sur la route cabossée qui les ramène à Hérat, tout juste affranchie du joug des islamistes. Au centre-ville, il pousse déjà des couleurs sur les visages, enfin rasés pour les hommes, enfin libérés de la burqa pour les femmes. Il fait froid. Le pays est à genoux. Mais la joie triomphe jusqu’au fond des jardins, où les habitants déterrent leurs instruments cachés en entamant quelques airs interdits. Aux nouveaux arrivants qui les assaillent de questions, ils racontent à l’unisson leur nuit blanche sur les toits, les yeux rivés vers le ciel, à applaudir les raids aériens initiés par George Bush pour se venger d’Oussama Ben Laden et pour garantir aux Afghans une fenêtre sur la démocratie. L’heure est à la reconstruction. À l’espoir. Au rêve américain. » | Par Delphine Minoui | dimanche 12 septembre 2021
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Les femmes afghanes pourront étudier... mais pas avec les hommes
LE FIGARO : Les talibans laisseront les femmes qui le désirent étudier à l'université, mais mettront fin à la mixité dans ces établissements car celle-ci est «contraire à l'islam».
«Nos combattants ont assumé leurs responsabilités» en reprenant le pouvoir, a déclaré Abdul Baqui Haqqani lors d'une conférence de presse à Kaboul, avant de souligner l'importance du système universitaire, alors que l'Occident accuse les talibans de vouloir négliger l'éducation. «Désormais la responsabilité de la reconstruction du pays repose sur les universités. Et nous avons de l'espoir, car le nombre d'universités a largement augmenté» par rapport à l'époque du premier régime taliban (1996-2001), a-t-il souligné. Lisez l'article en entier et regardez la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 12 septembre 2021
«Vingt ans après le 11 Septembre, Ground Zero»
LE FIGARO : Le nouveau millénaire n’en était qu’à ses balbutiements quand, traçant une ligne de sang et de cendre dans un ciel d’été indien, dix-neuf pirates de l’air ont fait basculer l’Amérique et le monde dans une nouvelle guerre. Une guerre planétaire contre l’idéologie islamiste, barbarie maquillée en mission divine et qui en veut à l’humanité entière, musulmans compris. Une guerre sans fin contre des terroristes impossibles à vaincre tant qu’il s’en trouve un pour reprendre le couteau ou la ceinture explosive de l’autre. Mais nous sommes tout aussi invincibles qu’eux, car aucun de leurs assauts, même les plus terribles, n’a d’impact sur nos convictions et nos valeurs. Sinistre et vain combat qui prendra fin un jour, peut-être, de guerre lasse… » | Par Philippe Gélie | vendredi 10 septembre 2021
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Afghanistan’s Shrinking Horizons: ‘Women Feel Everything Is Finished’
THE OBSERVER: The Taliban claim to have changed, but the crackdown has begun for women across the country
A member of the Taliban stands guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar city. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex
In two months, Parwana estimates she has crossed the threshold of her home perhaps four times. She used to leave early in the morning, for work that supported her entire family, and then go on to an evening degree course.
After the Taliban took over Kandahar, her manager told her not to come to work and her university hasn’t yet sorted out how to put on the gender-divided classes they demanded.
Many people have welcomed the calm that settled over the city after the war abruptly ended, but for Parwana, as a single young woman, streets patrolled by Taliban soldiers are filled with menace. “Now I’m scared to go out. I wasn’t before.”
“I thought I was somebody, I could do something for my family and help others. Now I can’t even support myself,” she said. “Women here feel like everything is finished for them.” » | Emma Graham-Harrison in Kandahar | Sunday, September 12, 2021
‘Everything Changed Overnight’: Afghan Reporters Face an Intolerant Regime: The Taliban promised to respect press freedoms, but the new government has already showed signs of repression, and has even physically assaulted Afghan journalists. »
In two months, Parwana estimates she has crossed the threshold of her home perhaps four times. She used to leave early in the morning, for work that supported her entire family, and then go on to an evening degree course.
After the Taliban took over Kandahar, her manager told her not to come to work and her university hasn’t yet sorted out how to put on the gender-divided classes they demanded.
Many people have welcomed the calm that settled over the city after the war abruptly ended, but for Parwana, as a single young woman, streets patrolled by Taliban soldiers are filled with menace. “Now I’m scared to go out. I wasn’t before.”
“I thought I was somebody, I could do something for my family and help others. Now I can’t even support myself,” she said. “Women here feel like everything is finished for them.” » | Emma Graham-Harrison in Kandahar | Sunday, September 12, 2021
‘Everything Changed Overnight’: Afghan Reporters Face an Intolerant Regime: The Taliban promised to respect press freedoms, but the new government has already showed signs of repression, and has even physically assaulted Afghan journalists. »
11-Septembre : des leçons pour l’Amérique
LE MONDE : Editorial du « Monde ». Vingt ans plus tard, sonnés par leurs erreurs, les Etats-Unis se replient pour mieux se redéployer ensuite. Il leur faudra pour cela panser les plaies d’une société profondément divisée.
Editorial du « Monde ». Lorsque, le 11 septembre 2001, deux avions de ligne ont percuté les tours jumelles du World Trade Center, les Etats-Unis étaient au zénith de leur moment unipolaire. Auréolée de sa victoire de la guerre froide, de sa prospérité économique et de sa suprématie technologique après avoir lancé la révolution numérique, la puissance américaine paraissait solidement installée au faîte du monde.
Les attaques quasi simultanées menées ce matin-là par les terroristes d’Al-Qaida à New York et contre le Pentagone à Washington, qui ont coûté la vie à près de 3 000 personnes, tandis qu’un quatrième avion s’écrasait en Pennsylvanie, ont changé les Etats-Unis. La façon dont ils ont réagi a changé le monde. » | Éditorial du « Monde » | vendredi 10 septembre 2021
Editorial du « Monde ». Lorsque, le 11 septembre 2001, deux avions de ligne ont percuté les tours jumelles du World Trade Center, les Etats-Unis étaient au zénith de leur moment unipolaire. Auréolée de sa victoire de la guerre froide, de sa prospérité économique et de sa suprématie technologique après avoir lancé la révolution numérique, la puissance américaine paraissait solidement installée au faîte du monde.
Les attaques quasi simultanées menées ce matin-là par les terroristes d’Al-Qaida à New York et contre le Pentagone à Washington, qui ont coûté la vie à près de 3 000 personnes, tandis qu’un quatrième avion s’écrasait en Pennsylvanie, ont changé les Etats-Unis. La façon dont ils ont réagi a changé le monde. » | Éditorial du « Monde » | vendredi 10 septembre 2021
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Al-Kaida veröffentlicht neues Video ihres Anführers Aiman al-Zawahri
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Vereinigten Staaten haben auf Aiman al-Zawahri ein Kopfgeld von 25 Millionen Dollar ausgesetzt. Die neuste Botschaft widerlegt die Gerüchte zu seinem angeblichen Tod.
Ayman al-Zawahri (r.) in einer Aufnahme vom November 2001 neben dem damaligen Al-Kaida-Anführer Usama bin Ladin. | © Ho New / Reuters
(dpa) 20 Jahre nach den verheerenden Anschlägen vom 11. September hat das Terrornetzwerk al-Kaida eine neue Videobotschaft ihres Anführers Aiman al-Zawahri veröffentlicht. In dem am Samstag über die sozialen Netzwerke verbreiteten Film ruft Zawahri seine Anhänger dazu auf, die Staaten im Westen und ihre Verbündeten im Nahen Osten zu bekämpfen. Das rund 60 Minuten lange Video zeigt die erste Ansprache des Al-Kaida-Chefs, seitdem es Ende vergangenen Jahres unbestätigte Gerüchte über seinen Tod gegeben hatte. » | dpa | Samstag, 11. September 2021
(dpa) 20 Jahre nach den verheerenden Anschlägen vom 11. September hat das Terrornetzwerk al-Kaida eine neue Videobotschaft ihres Anführers Aiman al-Zawahri veröffentlicht. In dem am Samstag über die sozialen Netzwerke verbreiteten Film ruft Zawahri seine Anhänger dazu auf, die Staaten im Westen und ihre Verbündeten im Nahen Osten zu bekämpfen. Das rund 60 Minuten lange Video zeigt die erste Ansprache des Al-Kaida-Chefs, seitdem es Ende vergangenen Jahres unbestätigte Gerüchte über seinen Tod gegeben hatte. » | dpa | Samstag, 11. September 2021
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Commémoration des 20 ans du 11-Septembre : l'Amérique en quête d'unité
LE FIGARO : Joe Biden a défendu le retrait des troupes américaines d'Afghanistan alors que Donald Trump a dénoncé son «incompétence». George W. Bush a quant à lui souligné la désunion du pays, évoquant des «forces du mal» à l'œuvre.
L'Amérique a commémoré ce samedi le 11-Septembre en rendant hommage aux quelque 3000 personnes tuées il y a 20 ans dans les pires attentats de l'histoire, des attaques djihadistes contre la première puissance mondiale aujourd'hui politiquement fracturée et en quête d'unité.
Une cérémonie très solennelle, qui a toutefois laissé une grande place aux émotions, s'est tenue quatre heures durant sous un ciel bleu limpide - comme lors de ce funeste matin du mardi 11 septembre 2001 - au très impressionnant musée mémorial de Manhattan, à New York, là où se dressaient les tours jumelles du World Trade Center détruites par les avions suicides d'Al-Qaïda. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 11 septembre 2021
Que les pauvres victimes du 11 septembre reposent dans une paix éternelle ! – Mark
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America Mourns as Leaders and Families Mark 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
THE GUARDIAN: Ceremonies in New York, Pennsylvania and at Pentagon mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks
Joe Biden waves as he is joined by, left to right, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Jill Biden and the former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Some wept. Some held photos of loved ones At 8.46am, precisely two decades after a passenger plane became a new and deadly weapon here, all fell silent in remembrance.
Families of the victims gathered at the 9/11 memorial plaza in New York on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and helped shape the 21st century.
The sombre ceremony in bright sunshine that was eerily reminiscent of 11 September 2001 was attended by Joe Biden and former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama along with victims’ families and first responders. Many wore face masks because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden had hoped that the milestone anniversary could provide a much-needed moment of national unity after ending the war in Afghanistan, launched to root out al-Qaida, which carried out the attacks. But anger is still raw over the the chaotic withdrawal and return to power of the Taliban.
The 9/11 memorial plaza at the former World Trade Center site includes cascading water in the footprints of the twin towers. Mourners placed flowers on the names of the dead inscribed in bronze. » | David Smith in Washington | Saturday, September 11, 2021
The emotional scars of Sept. 11 are still there, but so is the memory of a simple act of kindness. »
11-Septembre : l'histoire glaçante derrière la photographie du «Falling Man» »
Trauer und Ratlosigkeit auch zwanzig Jahre nach dem 11. September: An den Gedenkfeiern zum Jahrestag der Terroranschläge von 2001 ist inständig an die Einheit aller Amerikaner appelliert worden. Bewegende Reden, Schweigeminuten und das Verlesen der Namen der 3000 Todesopfer bei Ground Zero konnten jedoch nicht über die Risse hinwegtäuschen, die die USA durchziehen. »
Some wept. Some held photos of loved ones At 8.46am, precisely two decades after a passenger plane became a new and deadly weapon here, all fell silent in remembrance.
Families of the victims gathered at the 9/11 memorial plaza in New York on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and helped shape the 21st century.
The sombre ceremony in bright sunshine that was eerily reminiscent of 11 September 2001 was attended by Joe Biden and former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama along with victims’ families and first responders. Many wore face masks because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden had hoped that the milestone anniversary could provide a much-needed moment of national unity after ending the war in Afghanistan, launched to root out al-Qaida, which carried out the attacks. But anger is still raw over the the chaotic withdrawal and return to power of the Taliban.
The 9/11 memorial plaza at the former World Trade Center site includes cascading water in the footprints of the twin towers. Mourners placed flowers on the names of the dead inscribed in bronze. » | David Smith in Washington | Saturday, September 11, 2021
The emotional scars of Sept. 11 are still there, but so is the memory of a simple act of kindness. »
11-Septembre : l'histoire glaçante derrière la photographie du «Falling Man» »
Trauer und Ratlosigkeit auch zwanzig Jahre nach dem 11. September: An den Gedenkfeiern zum Jahrestag der Terroranschläge von 2001 ist inständig an die Einheit aller Amerikaner appelliert worden. Bewegende Reden, Schweigeminuten und das Verlesen der Namen der 3000 Todesopfer bei Ground Zero konnten jedoch nicht über die Risse hinwegtäuschen, die die USA durchziehen. »
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That infantile hacker has been at it again! Doesn’t his mother give him toys to play with? Perhaps a rattle would do the trick!
Wait for my pageviews to go down this evening. Do people like this know nothing except destruction? It is ironic that it is the anniversary of 9/11! Haven’t they got a creative bone in their bodies? – © Mark
Wait for my pageviews to go down this evening. Do people like this know nothing except destruction? It is ironic that it is the anniversary of 9/11! Haven’t they got a creative bone in their bodies? – © Mark
This Is What They Voted for: Top 5 Brexit Crises This Autumn. | Truth to Power
But aren’t BoJo & Co. re-building the British Empire? All will be well when we have an empire again!!!
Let’s face it: BoJo is a clown! He knows absolutely NOTHING about economics or geopolitics! He also doesn’t know anything about governing. In fact, he’s a know-nothing oaf! An oaf with a posh accent.
Despite being a one-time ‘dyed-in-the-wool’ Conservative voter, I declare here and now, I shall NEVER EVER vote Conservative again! They have taken my rights as a European citizen away from me/us, and that is unforgiveable. I am a European first and foremost! They have also caused food shortages in the shops and supermarkets. Before Brexit, you could get almost anything you wanted or needed. Not anymore! Now, so many shelves in supermarkets are bare. And prices are rising, too. Thank God I stopped voting Conservative when Cameron entered Number 10. I didn’t vote for him, either. I voted for Nick Clegg instead. One look at Cameron and I smelt the rat! I could see that he was slippery and not up to the job. I said to myself: I can’t possibly vote for this vacuous man! Never again will I trust the Conservatives to govern this country. Because of the nature of British polics, this renders me disenfranchised. On principle, I can't vote for the Labour Party; and voting for the LibDems is generally tantamount to wasting one's vote. I think the time is nigh for me to leave these shores. The country has turned into a madhouse! – © Mark
Bouchée à la reine : A Warm Starter Fit for a Queen – A French Classic
Recipe:
Ingredients:
6 small vol au vents or 4 large ones (puff pastry casings) You can see a previous video to learn how to make them.
For the boiled chicken:
1 chicken (approx 1.2 kilos)
100 grams of chopped leeks
100 grams of chopped onions
100 grams of chopped celery
100 grams of chopped carrots
1 large bouquet garni ( made with thyme, bay leaf, celery and parsley stalks)
1 teaspoon of black peppercorn
1 teaspoon of juniper berries
1 tablespoon of salt
Juice of half a lemon
1 length of cooking string to truss the chicken
For the velouté sauce (Parisian sauce):
1 litre of chicken broth
40 grams of plain flour
40 grams of butter
250 grams of mushrooms (150 grams of button mushrooms and 100 grams of morels)
2 chicken breasts diced (reserve some chicken meat to for serving)
1 egg yolk
Up to 200 ml of cream (heavy whipping creme or crème fraiche)
1 tablespoon of Cognac
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
Salt and pepper to season
To ‘white cook’ the button mushrooms:
Water
1 tablespoon of butter
One squeeze of lemon juice
This vol au vent recipe has everything you would ever expect from a French classic dish. Personally, I like to describe it as an elegantly old-fashioned starter fit for Kings.
Some history:
With the pastry chefs of the court of Versailles, the queen of France, Marie Leszczynska (1703-1768), daughter of Stanislas Leszczynski, King of Poland, is the historical origin of this traditional recipe of French gastronomy.
Inspired by pastries made from sweet puff pastry like the ‘wells of love’ created by Vincent La Chapelle made for her rival Madame de Pompadour, she would have looked for aphrodisiac dishes and asked Nicolas Stohrer to create a salty version to regain the favors of Louis XV, her husband.
Brexit - Severe Shortages and Price Increases Coming
Sep 11, 2021 • One of the reasons why Brexit is a very costly disaster is because it makes it almost impossible for small- and medium-sized enterprises to export to the EU.
The imposition of UK border controls is likely to make it equally difficult or impossible for SME*'s from the EU to export to the UK. The erection of so many barriers in the form of import and export declarations, certificates of origin, health & phytosanitary certificates, veterinary certificates etc. all add to the new complications and barriers to trade with our biggest trading partners.
Shortages which are already apparent are set to become much more acute with the introduction of border controls. The ongoing shortage of UK lorry drivers, the reluctance of EU drivers to come to the UK and the likelihood that many farmers who have lost crops and livestock this year owing to shortage of labour will be reluctant to take further risks in the future resulting in much reduced UK food production.
*SME : Small and medium-sized enterprises.
History won't be kind to BoJo & Co. Nor will it be kind to Cameron or Nigel Farage and their entourages. They are all self-absorbed, know-nothing idiots! Political hacks! My late father always used to quote an old, but very wise, expression: "You never miss the water till the well runs dry!" How true that is! – © Mark
The imposition of UK border controls is likely to make it equally difficult or impossible for SME*'s from the EU to export to the UK. The erection of so many barriers in the form of import and export declarations, certificates of origin, health & phytosanitary certificates, veterinary certificates etc. all add to the new complications and barriers to trade with our biggest trading partners.
Shortages which are already apparent are set to become much more acute with the introduction of border controls. The ongoing shortage of UK lorry drivers, the reluctance of EU drivers to come to the UK and the likelihood that many farmers who have lost crops and livestock this year owing to shortage of labour will be reluctant to take further risks in the future resulting in much reduced UK food production.
*SME : Small and medium-sized enterprises.
History won't be kind to BoJo & Co. Nor will it be kind to Cameron or Nigel Farage and their entourages. They are all self-absorbed, know-nothing idiots! Political hacks! My late father always used to quote an old, but very wise, expression: "You never miss the water till the well runs dry!" How true that is! – © Mark
11-Septembre: Donald Trump dénonce «l'incompétence» de Joe Biden en Afghanistan
LE FIGARO : L'ancien président américain a critiqué l'action de son successeur dans un message vidéo enregistré pour le vingtième anniversaire du 11-Septembre.
L'ex-président républicain Donald Trump a dénoncé samedi «l'incompétence» de Joe Biden, dont la gestion du retrait des troupes américaines d'Afghanistan l'a «fait passer pour un idiot», dans un message vidéo enregistré pour le vingtième anniversaire du 11-Septembre.
Après avoir rendu hommage au «courage» des pompiers, policiers ou secouristes intervenus ce jour-là, Donald Trump a sévèrement critiqué l'action de son successeur démocrate à la Maison-Blanche et la fin de la plus longue guerre de l'Amérique, déclenchée après les attaques d'al-Qaida le 11 septembre 2001 qui ont fait près de 3000 morts. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 11 septembre 2021
En anglais, trois mots me viennent immédiatement à l'esprit : pot, kettle, black ! – Mark
Tutanchamun | Doku HD – ARTE
Aug 29, 2021 • Der sagenhafte Schatz des Tutanchamun, der über 5.000 Objekte umfasst, darunter 2.000 Schmuck- und Goldschmiedearbeiten, wurde 1922 von dem britischen Archäologen Howard Carter entdeckt. Nun gibt der Schatz des Pharao ein neues Geheimnis preis: verborgene Spuren einer geheimnisvollen Pharaonin. Zudem soll ein britischer Archäologe einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben ...
Auch rund ein Jahrhundert nach seiner Entdeckung erscheint der Schatz des Tutanchamun in neuem Licht. Die Grabbeigaben sollen an einem einzigen Ort zusammengeführt werden, dem Großen Ägyptischen Museum, das 2020 eröffnet werden soll und rund zwei Kilometer von der Nekropole von Giseh entfernt liegt. Aus diesem Grund befassten sich Forscher erneut mit dem Grab des Tutanchamun – mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen. Tatsächlich soll ein Großteil des Grabschatzes von Tutanchamun nicht für ihn, sondern für seine ältere Schwester Meritaton bestimmt gewesen sein. Die historische Rolle dieser vergessenen Pharaonin muss neu beurteilt werden: Sie hätte nach dem Tod ihres Vaters für ihren unmündigen Bruder regiert und Ägypten aus einer strategisch schwachen Lage herausmanövriert. Während ihrer kurzen Herrschaft soll sie sich einen prächtigen Grabschatz zusammengestellt haben, den Tutanchamun, einmal zum Pharao gekrönt, schließlich für sich beanspruchte. Auch der berühmte goldene Thron des Tutanchamun soll ursprünglich für seinen Vater, Pharao Echnaton, angefertigt worden sein. Andere Grabbeigaben wie Gehstöcke, Zepter und Bekleidung weisen darauf hin, dass der Pharao unter einer Gehbehinderung litt und offenbar nicht lange stehen konnte. Weitere Enthüllungen betreffen die Entdeckung des Grabschatzes durch Howard Carter: Der britische Archäologe und sein Finanzier Lord Carnarvon sollen einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben, die heute in alle Welt verstreut sind. Drei renommierte Forscher kommen in der Sendung zu Wort: Marc Gabolde, Professor an der Universität Montpellier und Experte für das Tutanchamon-Grab, Dimitri Laboury, Professor an der Universität Lüttich und weltweit anerkannter Experte der Amarna-Zeit, und Christian Loeben, Ägyptologe im Landesmuseum Hannover. „Tutanchamun, Neues aus dem Grab“ ist eine spannende Ermittlung über eine der spektakulärsten archäologischen Entdeckungen aller Zeiten.
Dokumentarfilm von Frédéric Wilner (F 2018, 92 Min)
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Auch rund ein Jahrhundert nach seiner Entdeckung erscheint der Schatz des Tutanchamun in neuem Licht. Die Grabbeigaben sollen an einem einzigen Ort zusammengeführt werden, dem Großen Ägyptischen Museum, das 2020 eröffnet werden soll und rund zwei Kilometer von der Nekropole von Giseh entfernt liegt. Aus diesem Grund befassten sich Forscher erneut mit dem Grab des Tutanchamun – mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen. Tatsächlich soll ein Großteil des Grabschatzes von Tutanchamun nicht für ihn, sondern für seine ältere Schwester Meritaton bestimmt gewesen sein. Die historische Rolle dieser vergessenen Pharaonin muss neu beurteilt werden: Sie hätte nach dem Tod ihres Vaters für ihren unmündigen Bruder regiert und Ägypten aus einer strategisch schwachen Lage herausmanövriert. Während ihrer kurzen Herrschaft soll sie sich einen prächtigen Grabschatz zusammengestellt haben, den Tutanchamun, einmal zum Pharao gekrönt, schließlich für sich beanspruchte. Auch der berühmte goldene Thron des Tutanchamun soll ursprünglich für seinen Vater, Pharao Echnaton, angefertigt worden sein. Andere Grabbeigaben wie Gehstöcke, Zepter und Bekleidung weisen darauf hin, dass der Pharao unter einer Gehbehinderung litt und offenbar nicht lange stehen konnte. Weitere Enthüllungen betreffen die Entdeckung des Grabschatzes durch Howard Carter: Der britische Archäologe und sein Finanzier Lord Carnarvon sollen einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben, die heute in alle Welt verstreut sind. Drei renommierte Forscher kommen in der Sendung zu Wort: Marc Gabolde, Professor an der Universität Montpellier und Experte für das Tutanchamon-Grab, Dimitri Laboury, Professor an der Universität Lüttich und weltweit anerkannter Experte der Amarna-Zeit, und Christian Loeben, Ägyptologe im Landesmuseum Hannover. „Tutanchamun, Neues aus dem Grab“ ist eine spannende Ermittlung über eine der spektakulärsten archäologischen Entdeckungen aller Zeiten.
Dokumentarfilm von Frédéric Wilner (F 2018, 92 Min)
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Message to My Visitors and Followers. My Website Has Been Hacked – Yet Again!
I apologise for all gold print that appears. That is not my work, but a hacker’s. Whoever it is must be very playful, but also rather nasty.
One strange observation I have made is this: I have been hacked only twice even though I have blogged for twenty or so years. The hacks have been recent – since I changed this blog’s name and made it gay-friendly. (Please note, I said ‘gay-friendly’, not gay. This blog is about many things which have no relation to gay issues at all: international politics, Islam, cookery, music, fashion and much else besides.) But each time I have been hacked, I have put something up in Arabic script. Also, the timing: The hackings have taken place about half an hour after putting something up in Arabic. It was just the same the last time. It could be a coincidence, but somehow I doubt that it is.
It is probably the same person who keeps shaving off thousands from my pageviews with alarming frequency.
Run away and play little boy! Stop your childish games and try and grow up! By the way, if you are worried about your good deeds… rest assured, this is not one of them! Were I to be your father, I would scold you severely! – Mark
One strange observation I have made is this: I have been hacked only twice even though I have blogged for twenty or so years. The hacks have been recent – since I changed this blog’s name and made it gay-friendly. (Please note, I said ‘gay-friendly’, not gay. This blog is about many things which have no relation to gay issues at all: international politics, Islam, cookery, music, fashion and much else besides.) But each time I have been hacked, I have put something up in Arabic script. Also, the timing: The hackings have taken place about half an hour after putting something up in Arabic. It was just the same the last time. It could be a coincidence, but somehow I doubt that it is.
It is probably the same person who keeps shaving off thousands from my pageviews with alarming frequency.
Run away and play little boy! Stop your childish games and try and grow up! By the way, if you are worried about your good deeds… rest assured, this is not one of them! Were I to be your father, I would scold you severely! – Mark
EU Rejects UK’s Demand to Scrap Northern Ireland Protocol
THE GUARDIAN: Brussels repeats warning that renegotiation will mean more instability and insists Brexit protocol is ‘only solution we have’
European Union leaders have stressed they are not seeking a “political victory” over the UK as they pushed back sharply against demands that the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol be scrapped.
After a two-day trip to Northern Ireland, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, repeated his warning that a renegotiation would merely lead to more instability for businesses and communities.
“I will not mince my words. The protocol is not the problem. On the contrary, it is the only solution we have. Failing to apply it will not make problems disappear, but simply take away the tools to solve them,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent | Friday, September 10, 2021
‘My son misses his Papa’: Brexit rules force families to split »
What a pickle BoJo & Co. and that loudmouthed gold digger Farage et al have got this country into! This mess was all so unnecessary. We have lost much, but gained little. – © Mark
European Union leaders have stressed they are not seeking a “political victory” over the UK as they pushed back sharply against demands that the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol be scrapped.
After a two-day trip to Northern Ireland, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, repeated his warning that a renegotiation would merely lead to more instability for businesses and communities.
“I will not mince my words. The protocol is not the problem. On the contrary, it is the only solution we have. Failing to apply it will not make problems disappear, but simply take away the tools to solve them,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent | Friday, September 10, 2021
‘My son misses his Papa’: Brexit rules force families to split »
What a pickle BoJo & Co. and that loudmouthed gold digger Farage et al have got this country into! This mess was all so unnecessary. We have lost much, but gained little. – © Mark
Morocco’s King Appoints Billionaire Akhannouch to Head Government after Election Win
THE GUARDIAN: King Mohammed VI asks businessman to form government after his RNI* party trounced the long-ruling Islamists
Businessman Aziz Akhannouch’s RNI party won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats. He is is worth $2bn, according to Forbes magazine. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.
The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”,following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said on Friday.
The RNI won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats, trouncing the moderate PJD Islamists, which had headed the governing coalition for a decade but took just 13 seats, according to results released by the interior ministry.
Akhannouch hailed the results as “a victory for democracy”.
The billionaire businessman – worth $2bn according to Forbes – has led the RNI since 2016. » | Agence France-Presse | Saturday, September 11, 2021
*RNI stands for Rassemblement National des Indépendants. In English known as 'The National Rally of Independents'. (التجمع الوطني للأحرار)
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.
The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”,following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said on Friday.
The RNI won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats, trouncing the moderate PJD Islamists, which had headed the governing coalition for a decade but took just 13 seats, according to results released by the interior ministry.
Akhannouch hailed the results as “a victory for democracy”.
The billionaire businessman – worth $2bn according to Forbes – has led the RNI since 2016. » | Agence France-Presse | Saturday, September 11, 2021
*RNI stands for Rassemblement National des Indépendants. In English known as 'The National Rally of Independents'. (التجمع الوطني للأحرار)
Prince Andrew Served with Lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre
THE GUARDIAN: A US court document showed paperwork was filed at Royal Lodge and a response is due by 17 September
Prince Andrew has been served with an affidavit for a lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. Photograph: Reuters
Prince Andrew has been served with an affidavit for a lawsuit say lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges she was forced to have sex with the royal when she was 17 years old.
A document filed in a US court on Friday showed that paperwork for Giuffre’s lawsuit was filed at Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor on 27 August. The affidavit was accepted by a Metropolitan police officer at the gates of the property at 9.30am, after the agent filing the document had been turned away the previous day, according to the documents.
Court documents show that a response is now due from Andrew by 17 September.
Buckingham Palace referred the Guardian to an external PR agency that represents the Duke of York. A spokesperson then said: “No comment.” » | Adam Gabbatt | Friday, September 10, 2021
Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say »
A document filed in a US court on Friday showed that paperwork for Giuffre’s lawsuit was filed at Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor on 27 August. The affidavit was accepted by a Metropolitan police officer at the gates of the property at 9.30am, after the agent filing the document had been turned away the previous day, according to the documents.
Court documents show that a response is now due from Andrew by 17 September.
Buckingham Palace referred the Guardian to an external PR agency that represents the Duke of York. A spokesperson then said: “No comment.” » | Adam Gabbatt | Friday, September 10, 2021
Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say »
Queen Commemorates ‘Terrible Attacks’ of 9/11 in Message to Joe Biden
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, lays flowers in the September 11 Memorial Garden in Grosvenor Square, London, to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack. Photograph: David Parry/PA
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Queen has sent a message to the US president, Joe Biden, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and remembered her visit to Ground Zero, the site of the attack on the World Trade Center.
Her message said: “As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible attacks on September 11 2001, my thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the entire nation – remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty.
“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held fast in my memory. It reminds me that as we honour those from many nations, faiths and backgrounds who lost their lives, we also pay tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities who joined together to rebuild.” » | Jedidajah Otte | Saturday, Semptember 11, 2021
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Queen has sent a message to the US president, Joe Biden, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and remembered her visit to Ground Zero, the site of the attack on the World Trade Center.
Her message said: “As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible attacks on September 11 2001, my thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the entire nation – remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty.
“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held fast in my memory. It reminds me that as we honour those from many nations, faiths and backgrounds who lost their lives, we also pay tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities who joined together to rebuild.” » | Jedidajah Otte | Saturday, Semptember 11, 2021
Premier mariage gay en France
May 29, 2013 • Après plusieurs mois de manifestations et de débats houleux, Bruno Boileau et Vincent Autin se sont enfin dit "oui".
Premier couple gay à bénéficier du mariage pour tous, une loi promulguée il y a onze jours, les deux hommes se sont unis à la mairie de Montpellier. Une cérémonie sous le feu des projecteurs, couverte par quelques deux cents journalistes. Parmi les quatre cents invités, plusieurs élus mais aussi la porte-parole du gouvernement Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (à titre privé, c'est une amie du couple), ainsi que des associations de défence des droits des homosexuels.
A l'extérieur, l'évènement a attiré les curieux, partisans ou non du magiage pour tous. Un important dispositif de sécurité avait été déployé pour éviter tout débordement. Quelques échauffourées auraient tout de même éclaté.
An short English version of this marriage is available here.
Premier couple gay à bénéficier du mariage pour tous, une loi promulguée il y a onze jours, les deux hommes se sont unis à la mairie de Montpellier. Une cérémonie sous le feu des projecteurs, couverte par quelques deux cents journalistes. Parmi les quatre cents invités, plusieurs élus mais aussi la porte-parole du gouvernement Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (à titre privé, c'est une amie du couple), ainsi que des associations de défence des droits des homosexuels.
A l'extérieur, l'évènement a attiré les curieux, partisans ou non du magiage pour tous. Un important dispositif de sécurité avait été déployé pour éviter tout débordement. Quelques échauffourées auraient tout de même éclaté.
An short English version of this marriage is available here.
A Scottish Gay Wedding
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Friday, September 10, 2021
The Guardian View on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: No End in Sight
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: The devastating al-Qaida attack, and America’s response, had far-reaching consequences which are still developing
An American flag flies near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center. ‘On 9/11, the country transitioned from a dream of unending tranquility at home to a nightmare of forever war.’ Photograph: Peter Morgan/Reuters
Anew and deadly era began when the planes sliced into the twin towers on the morning of 11 September 2001. That evening, the historian Tony Judt wrote that he had seen the 21st century begin. The nearly 3,000 lives stolen by al-Qaida were only a small part of the toll. The horror began a chain of events that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, including huge numbers of civilians abroad and many US military personnel. It is still unfolding.
If the killing of the plot’s mastermind Osama bin Laden a few months before the 10th anniversary perhaps let some hope that an end to that new era might be in sight, there can be no such false confidence at the 20th. The establishment of a Taliban government in Kabul, two decades after the US ousted the militants for harbouring Bin Laden, has underscored two things: that far from reasserting its global supremacy, the US looks more vulnerable today; and that the echoes of 9/11 are still reverberating across the region – but will not stay there. » | Editorial | Friday, September 10, 2021
READ MY ESSAY ON ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM:
Islam is an existential threat to the West. My essay is as pertinent today as it was the day I wrote it!
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom »
Anew and deadly era began when the planes sliced into the twin towers on the morning of 11 September 2001. That evening, the historian Tony Judt wrote that he had seen the 21st century begin. The nearly 3,000 lives stolen by al-Qaida were only a small part of the toll. The horror began a chain of events that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, including huge numbers of civilians abroad and many US military personnel. It is still unfolding.
If the killing of the plot’s mastermind Osama bin Laden a few months before the 10th anniversary perhaps let some hope that an end to that new era might be in sight, there can be no such false confidence at the 20th. The establishment of a Taliban government in Kabul, two decades after the US ousted the militants for harbouring Bin Laden, has underscored two things: that far from reasserting its global supremacy, the US looks more vulnerable today; and that the echoes of 9/11 are still reverberating across the region – but will not stay there. » | Editorial | Friday, September 10, 2021
READ MY ESSAY ON ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM:
Islam is an existential threat to the West. My essay is as pertinent today as it was the day I wrote it!
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom »
Beim Kampf ums politische Überleben wird Bolsonaro einsam – und radikaler
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Der brasilianische Präsident Bolsonaro hat seine Anhänger am Feiertag zur Unabhängigkeit dazu aufgerufen, ihn mit Protesten zu unterstützen. Viele sind gekommen. Nun will der Rechtspopulist einen Verfassungsrat einberufen, der über den Ausnahmezustand entscheiden könnte.
Der brasilianische Präsident Jair Bolsonaro (Mitte) grüsst seine Unterstützer bei einer Demonstration in São Paulo am 7. September.| Fernando Bizerra / EPA
Mit einem offenen Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith aus dem Jahr 1952 liess sich der brasilianische Präsident am gestrigen Unabhängigkeitstag zum Fahnenappell vor den Präsidentenpalast fahren. Der mehrfache Formel-1-Gewinner Nelson Piquet – ein erklärter Bolsonaro-Fan – steuerte die Limousine mit dem Präsidentenpaar und einigen Kindern. Doch danach war es vorbei mit der fast höfischen Eleganz: Der Rechtspopulist hielt vor seinen meist schon am Vortag angereisten rund 120 000 Fans eine Ansprache, wie sie es von ihm erwarteten. «Wir haben Ordnung und Fortschritt auf unsere Fahne geschrieben», bellte er im Kommandoton. Die wolle er auch durchsetzen. Die Demonstration sei ein Ultimatum an die Machthaber der Republik. Das sind für ihn die Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs. Weil diese Machtkonzentration einzelner Mitglieder der Justiz nicht akzeptabel sei, wolle er schon am heutigen Mittwoch einen Verfassungsrat einberufen. » | Alexander Busch, Salvador | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
Mit einem offenen Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith aus dem Jahr 1952 liess sich der brasilianische Präsident am gestrigen Unabhängigkeitstag zum Fahnenappell vor den Präsidentenpalast fahren. Der mehrfache Formel-1-Gewinner Nelson Piquet – ein erklärter Bolsonaro-Fan – steuerte die Limousine mit dem Präsidentenpaar und einigen Kindern. Doch danach war es vorbei mit der fast höfischen Eleganz: Der Rechtspopulist hielt vor seinen meist schon am Vortag angereisten rund 120 000 Fans eine Ansprache, wie sie es von ihm erwarteten. «Wir haben Ordnung und Fortschritt auf unsere Fahne geschrieben», bellte er im Kommandoton. Die wolle er auch durchsetzen. Die Demonstration sei ein Ultimatum an die Machthaber der Republik. Das sind für ihn die Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs. Weil diese Machtkonzentration einzelner Mitglieder der Justiz nicht akzeptabel sei, wolle er schon am heutigen Mittwoch einen Verfassungsrat einberufen. » | Alexander Busch, Salvador | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
Many Gays, Lesbians Still Don't Believe Male Bisexuality Is Real
ADVOCATE: A new study found people often viewed bisexual men as gay men who were not out, while respondents didn't view women the same way.
New research has provided evidence that systematic biases exist in how we perceive female and male bisexuality. Researchers found that bisexual men were more likely to be viewed as being attracted to men more than women, while the same was not true for bisexual women. They were viewed as being equally attracted to men and women.
Published in the European Journal of Social Psychology earlier this year, the study’s authors write that the findings, “add to the understanding of the unique bias bisexual people face by showing that perceived attraction patterns may underlie the labelling of bisexual men as ‘actually gay.’
An analysis conducted by the research team also found that heterosexual, lesbian, and gay participants all perceived bisexual men as more attracted to men than to women. » | Alex Cooper | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Au Canada, le chemin de croix électoral de Justin Trudeau
LE FIGARO : À dix jours des législatives, le premier ministre ne séduit plus et est devancé dans les sondages par le conservateur, Erin O’Toole.
Cette campagne électorale a véritablement commencé chez le barbier. À l’aube de la fête nationale du Canada, le 1er juillet, Justin Trudeau a rasé sa barbe grisonnante et coupé ses cheveux longs, ainsi portés depuis le début de la crise sanitaire. Avec l’été, les mauvais jours de la pandémie devaient être un mauvais souvenir. Et Justin Trudeau, le premier ministre flamboyant du scrutin de 2015, de retour. Tous les chefs de partis ont alors compris le symbole. Ils ont pris le chemin d’une campagne électorale qui n’était pas officiellement déclarée. L’héritier de Pierre-Eliott Trudeau, à la tête d’un gouvernement minoritaire, a peaufiné sa stratégie. Après la découverte de tombes de milliers d’enfants amérindiens assassinés dans les pensionnats catholiques au XIX et XX siècles, Justin Trudeau a versé avec talent dans le pathos, puis nommé une gouverneur générale autochtone. » | Par Ludovic Hirtzmann | jeudi 9 septembre 2021
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Canada election: rivals force Justin Trudeau on to defensive in leaders’ debate: The prime minister was under fire for his record on climate change, Indigenous affairs and economic hardship ahead of 20 September poll »
L’afflux de migrants suscite la tension entre Paris et Londres
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le Royaume-Uni menace de ne pas verser les 60 millions d’euros promis pour renforcer les garde-côtes français.
Une fois de plus, la question des migrants met aux prises Paris et Londres. Alors que les Britanniques reprochent aux Français leur inaction sur le sujet et menacent de durcir leur riposte, les Français accusent le gouvernement de Boris Johnson de «chantage». La visite du ministre français de l’Intérieur à Londres, mercredi, n’a pas apaisé les esprits, tant s’en faut. Dès jeudi matin, la presse titrait sur les menaces de Priti Patel, son homologue britannique, de refouler les bateaux de migrants vers la France. Au début de la semaine, elle avait déjà laissé entendre que le Royaume-Uni pourrait ne pas verser les 60 millions d’euros promis pour financer le renforcement des forces de l’ordre françaises sur les côtes. «La France n’acceptera aucune pratique contraire au droit de la mer ni aucun chantage financier», a réagi sur Twitter Gérald Darmanin. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange | jeudi 9 septembre 2021
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The UK’s First Gay Marriage
Read the article in the Daily Beast.
WIKIPEDIA: Same-sex mariiage in the United Kingdom
’Couples’ Rings’
Gay Quotes : Arsham Parsi on Being Gay in Iran and Refugees
Arsham Parsi, an Iranian refugee living in Canada in exile, has made it his mission to help LGBTQ people living in Iran: a nation where acts of homosexuality are punishable by flogging or even death. In the above quotation, Parsi seeks the assistance of LGBTQ people living in Western nations, providing a powerful reminder that while things are slowly improving in the west, there are still queer people all over the world who live every day afraid for their very lives. [Source: HUMAN RIGHTS CAREERS]
The Athletic Kiss
Liebe und Zufriedenheit
Chopin: Nocturne No.2 In E Flat, Op.9 No.2 | Maurizio Pollini
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Violent Attacks on Afghan Journalists by Taliban Prompt Growing Alarm
THE GUARDIAN: As images circulate of the brutal flogging of two reporters, a senior Afghan journalist declares ‘press freedom has ended’
A spate of violent attacks on Afghan journalists by the Taliban is prompting growing alarm over the freedom of the country’s media, with one senior journalist declaring that “press freedom has ended”.
As images and testimony circulated internationally of the arrest and brutal flogging of two reporters who were detained covering a women’s rights demonstration in Kabul on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists raised concern over the recent string of attacks.
In just two days this week, the Taliban detained and later released at least 14 journalists covering protests in Kabul, with at least six of these journalists subject to violence during their arrests or detention, the CPJ reported.
Other journalists, including some working with the BBC, were also prevented from filming the protest on Wednesday. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Emma Graham-Harrison in Kandahar, and Peter Beaumont | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Austrian Man Mummifies Dead Mother to Keep Receiving Her Benefits
THE GUARDIAN: Man, 66, admitted to freezing her body after she died before wrapping her in bandages to absorb any fluid
Austrian police have discovered the body of an 89-year-old woman who died more than a year ago and was mummified in the cellar by her son who wanted to continue receiving her benefits.
In a statement, police said the woman, who is believed to have suffered from dementia, had died in June last year.
“The 66-year-old man kept her body in order to continue receiving benefits,” they said.
The suspect lived with his mother near Innsbruck in the Tyrol region. » | AFP in Vienna | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Austrian police have discovered the body of an 89-year-old woman who died more than a year ago and was mummified in the cellar by her son who wanted to continue receiving her benefits.
In a statement, police said the woman, who is believed to have suffered from dementia, had died in June last year.
“The 66-year-old man kept her body in order to continue receiving benefits,” they said.
The suspect lived with his mother near Innsbruck in the Tyrol region. » | AFP in Vienna | Thursday, September 9, 2021
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