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Saturday, March 07, 2009
TAGES ANZEIGER: In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter.
Vermummte Täter schleuderten in der Nacht zum Samstag mehrere Brandflaschen auf die Büros und den Parkplatz einer Filiale der Elektrizitätsgesellschaft DEI in der Hafenstadt Thessaloniki. >>> mbr/sda | Samstag, 7. März 2009
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In Griechenland geht die Serie von Anschlägen autonomer Gruppen weiter. In der Nacht zum Sonntag entzündeten Unbekannte in Athen mehrere Haushalts-Gasflaschen vor zwei Filialen des Arbeitsamtes und eines Sportartikelgeschäftes. Dabei entstanden erhebliche Schäden. >>> sda/dpa | Sonntag, 8. März 2009
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WORLD NET DAILY: If President Reagan's foreign policy with communist nations, Muslim dictatorships and other various evil empires like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Libya, China and the old Soviet Union was characterized by the philosophy "Peace through strength," then surely it can be argued that Obama's foreign policy philosophy is "Peace through begging." >>> Ellis Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009
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ASSYRIAN INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY (AINA): KARTMIN, TURKEY -- Christians have lived in these parts since the dawn of their faith. But they have had a rough couple of millennia, preyed on by Persian, Arab, Mongol, Kurdish and Turkish armies.
Each group tramped through the rocky highlands that now comprise Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq and Syria.
The current menace is less bellicose but is deemed a threat nonetheless. A group of state land surveyors and Muslim villagers are intent on shrinking the boundaries of an ancient monastery by more than half. The monastery, called Mor Gabriel, is revered by the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Battling to hang on to the monastic lands, Bishop Timotheus Samuel Aktas is fortifying his defenses. He's hired two Turkish lawyers -- one Muslim, one Christian -- and mobilized support from foreign diplomats, clergy and politicians.
Also giving a helping hand, says the bishop, is Saint Gabriel, a predecessor as abbot who died in the seventh century: "We still have four of his fingers." Locked away for safekeeping, the sacred digits are treasured as relics from the past -- and a hex on enemies in the present.
The outcome of the land dispute is now in the hands of a Turkish court. Seated below a bust of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's secular founding father, a robed judge on Wednesday told the feuding parties that he would issue a ruling after he visits the disputed territory himself next month. >>> By Andrew Higgins, WSJ | Saturday, March 7, 2009
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RIGHT SIDE NEWS: UNITED NATIONS -- For the last nine years, the U.N.'s annual ban on defaming Islam has been non-binding. In March, the United Nations may try to impose its view on Islamic blasphemy on all of its member nations -- including the United States -- thus making criticism of Islam a crime.
In December, the U.N. General Assembly, as it has every year since 1999, passed a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions." The vote was 86-53, with 42 nations abstaining. The United States opposed the measure.
Originally titled "Defamation of Islam," the name of the resolution has changed over the years but not the intent. The only religion mentioned in the seven-page document is Islam.
The resolution's main sponsor is the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. Critics charge the OIC's membership, which includes Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, reads like a Who's Who of religious intolerance.
Saudi Arabia has its own religious police force that cracks down on those who violate the Kingdom's hyper-strict Islamic dress and behavior codes. >>> By Chuck Hustmyre | Friday, March 6, 2009
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THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama will visit Turkey next month, fulfilling a campaign pledge to travel to a Muslim country during his first 100 days in power.
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, made the announcement on Saturday as she met with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to enlist Turkish help in moving forward the Middle East peace process.
Mr Obama's visit to Turkey will be an opening step in his long-standing promise to improve relations with the Muslim world. The visit, which will follow the G20 summit in London on April 2, is expected to coincide with the Second Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, due to be held in Istanbul on April 6 and 7. The forum seeks to "address some of the ongoing tensions and divides across cultures and religions".
Making a major speech there on US-Muslim relations will enable Mr Obama to tick off another campaign promise. Although by choosing Turkey, which is generally regarded a bastion of moderate Islam, he will opting for a less challenging political environment than if he were to travel to the heart of the Arab world. >>> By Tim Shipman in Washington | Saturday, March 7, 2009
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Obama Visit to Turkey Will Not Include Major Speech
WASHINGTON — President Obama will visit Turkey next month as part of a broader international trip, but an administration official said on Saturday that it would not be the site of the major address that he pledged to deliver in a Muslim capital during the opening months of his administration. >>> | By The New York Times | Saturday, March 7, 2009
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THE GUARDIAN: When the Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi, hurled his shoes at the then-US president, George Bush, in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.
They were presumably less impressed this week when Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.
Ahmadinejad found the shoe on the other foot as he waved to the crowd from an open-top car on his way to give a speech at a local stadium.
An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central square. Security guards waded into the crowds but failed to find the culprit. >>> Robert Tait | Friday, March 6, 2009
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LE FIGARO: La main tendue par Barack Obama suscite un débat entre durs et modérés à l'approche de la présidentielle de juin.
Ses premiers pas sont suivis à la loupe. Certains, à Téhéran, ont même trouvé une explication à son nom. «En persan, O-ba-ma signifie Lui (qui est) avec nous», sourit Ahmad, un jeune chauffeur de taxi. Mais si la main tendue à l'Iran par le nouveau président américain anime les conversations, elle est loin de faire consensus au sein de la classe politique iranienne. «À Téhéran, comme à Washington, personne ne semble vouloir se précipiter. Il y a différents points de vue qui circulent. Les dirigeants iraniens avancent à tâtons», constate le politologue iranien Ahmad Bakhshayesh.
Les deux pays n'ont plus de relations diplomatiques depuis trente ans. D'un côté comme de l'autre, les plaies du passé restent vives. À Washington, personne ne veut oublier le traumatisme de la prise d'otage, en 1979, à l'ambassade américaine. À Téhéran, le souvenir du coup d'État américano-britannique contre l'ancien premier ministre Mohammad Mossadegh, en 1953, alimente le doute sur les «réelles intentions» des États-Unis.
À l'approche de la présidentielle du 12 juin prochain, la question du dialogue avec Washington alimente le débat dans la campagne électorale. Mohammad Khatami, candidat officiellement déclaré, n'hésite pas à épingler son rival, l'ultraconservateur Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, en lui reprochant sa politique belliqueuse envers l'Occident. Les durs, eux, accusent, à l'inverse, l'entourage de l'ex-président réformateur de vouloir «vendre son âme» à l'Amérique. Un journal de droite est même allé jusqu'à promettre à Khatami «un destin à la Benazir Bhutto», en référence à l'ex-premier ministre pakistanaise, soutenue par les États-Unis et assassinée en 2007. >>> Delphine Minoui | Vendredi 06 2009
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WELT ONLINE: Der nächste Generalsekretär der Nato könnte Anders Fogh Rasmussen heißen. Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien wollen den dänischen Premier auf diesen Posten befördern. Noch müssen die USA zustimmen, was aber als sicher gilt. Ein anderes Nato-Mitglied hat allerdings große Bedenken gegen Rasmussen.
Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien haben sich laut einem Zeitungsbericht auf den dänischen Ministerpräsidenten Anders Fogh Rasmussen als neuen Nato-Generalsekretär geeinigt. >>> dpa/AFP/cn | Samstag, 7. März 2009
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DIE PRESSE: Grund für den Abbruch waren Aussagen einer Politikers, der Iran hätte Souveränität über Bahrain. Marokko hat sich schon in der Vergangenheit solidarisch mit Bahrain gezeigt.
Marokko hat im Zusammenhang mit Äußerungen eines iranischen Politikers zur Souveränität Bahrains die diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Teheran abgebrochen. Dies berichtete die marokkanische Nachrichtenagentur MAP am Freitag in Rabat. Aus dem Iran lag zunächst keine Reaktion vor.
Anfang Februar hatte ein konservativer iranischer Politiker laut Medienberichten erklärt, der Iran habe Souveränität über das Scheichtum und damit eine diplomatische Krise ausgelöst. Verschiedene arabische Länder hatten sich seitdem mit Bahrain solidarisiert. >>> Ag | Freitag, 6. März 2009
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Morocco Cuts Off Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Accusing Tehran of Spreading Shia Islam
RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam in this Sunni Arab kingdom. The tensions were compounded by recent Iranian comments toward Sunni-led Bahrain that have raised hackles in the Arab world, Morocco's Foreign Ministry said. The ministry accused largely Shiite Iran's Embassy in Rabat of trying to "alter the religious fundamentals of the kingdom" and threaten Morocco's religious unity. The ministry, in a statement, called Iran's actions "intolerable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom." >>> By Alfred de Montesquiou | Associated Press Writer | Friday, March 6, 2009
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DIE PRESSE: Die US-Außenministerin wird sich am Samstag Staatspräsident Gül, Regierungschef Erdogan and Außenminister Babacan treffen. Am Abend wird Clinton in einer türkischen Talkshow zu sehen sein.
US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton ist am Samstag zu Gesprächen mit der türkischen Regierung in Ankara eingetroffen. Es sind Begegnungen mit Staatspräsident Gül, Regierungschef Erdogan and Außenminister Babacan geplant. Im Mittelpunkt der Unterredungen mit dem NATO-Partner Türkei dürften unter anderem die Abzugspläne der USA aus dem Irak und der Nahost-Konflikt stehen. >>> APA | Samstag, 7. März 2009
LE PARISIEN.fr: Hillary Clinton en Turquie sous le signe d'un partenariat renouvelé
La secrétaire d'Etat américaine Hillary Clinton a entamé samedi ses entretiens à Ankara visant à améliorer les relations stratégiques des Etats-Unis avec son allié turc, mises à mal par la question irakienne sous l'administration Bush.
"C'est un honneur de visiter de nouveau" la Turquie, cette fois "pour mettre l'accent sur les efforts que doivent faire les Etats-Unis et la Turquie" en matière de "paix" et de "prospérité", a-t-elle déclaré à la presse après avoir visité le mausolée d'Atatürk, fondateur de la Turquie moderne (1881-1938).
Mme Clinton était déjà venue en Turquie en 1999 pour y accompagner son époux Bill, alors président des Etats-Unis. >>> AFP | Samedi 07 Mars 2009
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LE PARISIEN.fr: Deux mois et demi après la fin de l'opération israélienne à Gaza, le Premier ministre palestinien Salam Fayyad a présenté la démission de son gouvernement au président Mahmoud Abbas. Une façon d'ouvrir la voie à un cabinet de «consensus national» dans le cadre d'une réconciliation avec le Hamas. Ce nouveau gouvernement pourrait permettre d'apaiser la haine réciproque qui oppose le Fatah de Mahmoud Abbas au mouvement islamiste du Hamas qui contrôle de fait la bande de Gaza.
Ancien haut fonctionnaire de la Banque mondiale et du Fonds monétaire international, Salam Fayyad a été nommé en juin 2007 après le limogeage du gouvernement formé par le Hamas. Le mouvement islamiste, qui a remporté les élections parlementaires palestiniennes en janvier 2006, a toujours considéré illégitime le gouvernement de M. Fayyad et estimé que le seul cabinet légal était celui d'Ismaïl Haniyeh.
«Le Hamas ne regrette pas la démission de Fayyad et de son gouvernement, a déclaré le porte-parole du parti islamiste à Gaza. Ceci est la fin que nous attendions car ce gouvernement est illégitime et illégal et construit sur des politiques erronées liées à la politique américaine». >>> Leparisien.fr avec AFP | Samedi 07 Mars 2009
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Friday, March 06, 2009
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE: A British campaigning group has hit out at plans that would allow current financial arrangements to be altered to allow Sharia-compliant bonds to be issued.
The warning comes from two bodies, the Christian Legal Centre and Christian Concern for Our Nation (CCFON). They spoke out after changes were recommended to the Legislative Framework for the Regulation of Alternative Finance Investment Bonds (Sukuk). They say that if the changes are accommodated, the British Government would be ‘capitulating’ to Islamic religious law.
The subject of Sharia law has been hotly debated in the UK following comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury when he said that it "seems inevitable" that some parts of sharia would be enshrined in this country's legal code. Earlier this week the former Prime Minister Tony Blair backed the Archbishop. He commented in The Church of England Newspaper: "I thought at the time all this was a lot of fuss over nothing."
But in a written submission to the Treasury, the Christian Legal Centre and CCFON said that any change could radically change the fundamental basis of British society through its financial regulation. >>> By Judy West | Friday, March 6, 2009
NATIONAL SECULAR SOCIETY: Raise Your Voice against Sharia Law
The demonstration and meeting to protest at the introduction of sharia law into Britain will take place Saturday 7 March in Central London. We urge you to be there.
The One Law for All Campaign is calling on members and supporters of the NSS to come along to the demo and raise their voice against the rising clamour for official recognition of the pernicious sharia system of injustice. We will also be objecting to all religious-based tribunals that operate here of any religion. >>> | Friday, March 6, 2009
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TIMES ONLINE: A new US-led initiative to reshape the political landscape of the Middle East starts tomorrow with the first senior American envoys arriving in Syria after years of isolation.
Jeffrey Feltman, the acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, and Dan Shapiro, of the National Security Council, are due to arrive in Damascus for preliminary talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the first such high-level delegation since 2005.
With Iran on the verge of developing a nuclear capability, the West is moving swiftly to draw its main regional ally away and lure it into renewed peace talks with Israel, changing a dynamic in which Damascus is a central component of Iranian influence across the Middle East.
In the interlocking jigsaw of Middle East politics, Syria is a vital link between Iran and its affiliated militias in Lebanon and Gaza. It provides a hub for funds, men and weapons to be channelled into Lebanon for the vehemently anti-Israeli Hezbollah movement, while also supporting a base for Hamas’s most senior leaders in exile. It has also played a key role in allowing foreign jihadists to enter Iraq and attack the US forces and their Iraqi allies there, causing years of havoc.
However, it came close to securing a peace deal with Israel almost a decade ago, and hopes are rising again that ending the isolation of the Bush years and actively engaging the repressive Baathist regime might cause a detente with the West.
At a Gaza donors' conference in Egypt this week, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, shook hands with Walid Moualem, her Syrian counterpart, a clear sign of a thaw in relations. Mr Feltman, who was Ambassador to Lebanon during the so-called Cedar Revolution, in which Syria was forced to end almost 30 years of occupation, also met the Syrian Ambassador to Washington last month. >>> James Hider in Jerusalem | Friday, March 6, 2009
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