Saturday, March 02, 2013
Queer and Catholic part 1 from Mark Dowd on Vimeo.
Unfortunately, Part 2 appears not to be available.
MAIL ONLINE: Drunken parties at the seminary, crushes on young ‘pups’ and gay mafia accused of bringing down Britain’s top Catholic»
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Classes in German are booming across southern Europe as young Spaniards, Greeks and Italians flee their own recession-hit countries to seek employment in the region's powerhouse.
More than 9,000 Spaniards took German courses last year, a jump of 56 percent since 2009, new figures show. Of those studying the language in Madrid, one third were under the age of 25.
Unemployment in Spain stood at 26 percent in January - twice the average for the European Union - while more than half of young people are unemployed.
The classes appear to be paying off, however: in Germany, the number of Spanish workers finding employment rose by just over 12 percent last year. The number of Spaniards living in Berlin alone jumped to 11,473 in 2011 from 8,223 the previous year.
In Greece, where young people alone were facing an unemployment rate of nearly 60 percent last year, enrollment in German classes has surged by 24 percent since the start of the credit crunch. Last year, the number of Greeks working in Germany climbed by around 10%.
Italians were also dusting off their German books, with some 4,700 enrolling in classes last year, an increase of 28 percent since the financial crisis began. Read on and comment » | Jeevan Vasagar, Berlin | Friday, March 01, 2013
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Homosexuelle sollen nach Ansicht des früheren polnischen Arbeiterführers Lech Walesa im Parlament in der letzten Reihe sitzen - oder gleich hinter einer Mauer. Der Friedensnobelpreisträger will nicht, dass seine "Kinder und Enkel von dieser Minderheit verwirrt werden".
Warschau - Er ist Friedensnobelpreisträger, doch regelmäßig sorgt der frühere polnische Arbeiterführer Lech Walesa mit seinen Aussagen für Unverständnis. Auch in der Diskussion um Homo-Ehen in Polen hat sich der 69-Jährige eine Entgleisung geleistet. Nach Walesas Meinung sollten homosexuelle Abgeordnete im Parlament in der letzten Reihe sitzen - "und sogar hinter einer Mauer". » | max/dpa | Freitag, 01. März 2013
Friday, March 01, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Four British al-Qaeda inspired fanatics are facing jail after admitting they were planning a terrorist attack using home-made bombs.
The gang, from Luton, Beds., downloaded computer files giving instructions on how to launch an attack, discussed possible targets and took part in military-style physical training.
They were due to stand trial next month but pleaded guilty in a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court in London today.
Zahid Iqbal, 31, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, Umar Arshad, 24, and Syed Farhan Hussain, 21, admitted one charge of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism.
According to the details of the charge, between Jan 1, 2011 and April 25 last year the four discussed “methods, materials and targets for a terrorist attack, including firearms and improvised explosive devices” and downloaded files “containing practical instruction for a terrorist attack”.
They also facilitated and planned overseas travel, took part in physical training, bought survival equipment and collected and supplied funds for terrorist purposes overseas. » | Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter | Friday, March 01, 2013
LONDON EVENING STANDARD: Right wingers demand tougher policies as Lib Dems cling on to seat / Late Ukip surge fails to defeat Lib Dems / Embarrassment for Tories as they finish in third place / Mike Thornton held on to the seat vacated by disgraced ex minister Chris Huhne
Tory MPs were in open revolt against David Cameron’s touchy-feely leadership style today after being thrashed into third place behind Ukip at the Eastleigh by-election.
Right-wingers said Mr Cameron brought on the disaster by trampling on traditional Conservative values with policies like gay marriage and husky hugging.
In a strongly worded warning, backbencher Stewart Jackson, who quit as a ministerial aide over Europe, told the Standard: “Unless things are demonstrably different in terms of public perception by the early summer he will have great difficulty in persuading the electorate that we can win a general election.
“He is out of touch with the party. Both gay marriage and EU migration feed into a narrative that too much emphasis is going to the Liberal metropolitan elite and not enough to the blue-collar working vote that Margaret Thatcher had the support of.” Epping Forest’s Eleanor Laing said: “Loyalty is a two-way thing and the leadership of the Conservative Party asks for loyalty from our supporters but those supporters don’t feel that they’re getting loyalty back.”
Tory supporters felt “hurt and left out” and MPs were “in despair about the number of people who are resigning from the Party”, she told the BBC’s World at One. Backbencher Douglas Carswell urged the PM: “Don’t alienate base in return for pundit applause. Pundits don’t have many votes.”
There were calls for tougher policies on immigration, Europe and marriage. Ominously, some MPs said Mr Cameron was now on probation and a full-blown leadership crisis would blow up if the party is routed in May’s council elections. The Tory day of anger followed a night of pure drama in Eastleigh. » | Joe Murphy | Friday, March 01, 2013
THE GUARDIAN: Malik Obama is running for a governor's position in Kenya's nationwide elections on Monday
A politician named Obama who is running for governor in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States.
Malik Obama, 54, a half-brother of Barack Obama, is running for a governor's position in the country's nationwide elections on Monday. He said he was not sure what impact his relationship to the US president had on his campaign.
"I'm going into it as Malik Obama," he said in a phone interview from western Kenya. "I can't run away from my name and association with my brother, but I have the feeling that people somewhat want to see who the brother of Obama is."
He has invoked the message that Barack Obama leaned on during his 2008 presidential campaign: change. Malik Obama says his platform is poverty eradication, infrastructure development and industrialisation. » | Associated Press in Nairobi | Friday, March 01, 2013
SAUDI GAZETTE: JEDDAH: Abdul Malik Obama, the brother of US President Barack Obama, has described their family as a symbol of religious coexistence and tolerance.
Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Abdul Malik Obama said the family is a perfect example of this mindset because the US president has embraced Christianity while the rest of the family are Muslims and are leading Da’wa work, the religious call, in Africa.
Abdul Malik Obama said that coexistence between religions, preventing sedition, conflicts and wars, is important for the well-being of humanity. He confirmed that he has observed up close that President Obama loves and respects Islam and Muslims.
He said his brother has always remained in contact with the family and his roots in Africa, especially after his 2006 visit to Kenya and the birthplace of his father, Hussein Obama, in Kogelo village.
During the visit, he met his grandmother, Sara Obama; his sister, Obama Obama; his uncle, Sa’iy Obama; and his cousin, Omran Obama. He said his brother donated money to build a school bearing the name “Senator Obama.”
Abdul Malik Hussein Obama is spending most of his time in serving about 10 million Kenyan Muslims, who represent 35 percent of the country’s population, through Islamic centers and charitable societies he supervises.
He is also working as the executive secretary of the Islamic Da’wa Organization in Kenya. » | Naeem Al-Hakim | Thursday, December 09, 2010
KURIER: Mustafa Ben Jafaar: Tunesiens Parlamentspräsident im KURIER-Gespräch.
Die Ermordung von Oppositionspolitiker Chokri Belaïd, die zu landesweiten Protesten und dem Rücktritt der Regierung geführt hatten, sei eine „große Tragödie“ gewesen, sagt Tunesiens Parlamentspräsident Mustafa Ben Jafaar (73). Dennoch werde das „postrevolutionäre Tunesien“ in seiner schwierigen Übergangsphase keinen Schritt zurück machen. Mit dem KURIER sprach Ben Jafaar in Wien über...
... die Gefahr religiöser Radikalisierung In Tunesien gibt es keine Tradition des Extremismus. Der radikale Islam passt überhaupt nicht ins religiöse Profil unseres Landes. Die Gesellschaft ist offen und moderat gegenüber anderen. Aber beeinflusst über andere Wege gibt es auch bei uns eine extreme Minderheit an gewaltbereiten Dschihadisten. Dabei ist es nicht ihre Anzahl oder ihre Größe oder ihre Inhalte, die uns Sorgen bereiten – sondern das Klima einer gewaltbereiten Umgebung. Man muss nur sehen,was in Mali vor sich ging, zuletzt in Algerien, und es gibt auch einige Tunesier, die in Syrien mitkämpfen. » | Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A prominent Russian banker claims he has received political asylum in Britain after claiming he was being subjected to a campaign of persecution led by former President Dmitry Medvedev.
Andrei Borodin, 45, the former president and co-owner of the Bank of Moscow who is wanted in Russia for alleged fraud, told the Vedomosti daily that he had been granted asylum by UK authorities in the last few days.
The news drew a sharp condemnation of the British government from Mr Medvedev's spokesman.
If true, the asylum decision is likely to cause fresh tension in the already fraught UK-Russia relationship. The Kremlin was furious when Britain gave asylum to fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Chechen rebel envoy Akhmed Zakayev.
"My lawyers put in an application for political asylum to the UK Home Office indicating that the pursuit of me and my colleagues in Russia is politically motivated," Mr Borodin told the newspaper.
"Behind it are politicians including the former president, Dmitry Medvedev, who is the chief initiator of all this persecution and victimisation. We said that all the criminal cases against me in Russia are nothing but a weapon of that illegal, politically motivated persecution, and the British government decided to give me asylum." Mr Medvedev served for one term as president from 2008 to 2012 before handing back the Kremlin to his ally, Vladimir Putin. He is now prime minister. » | Tom Parfitt, Moscow | Friday, March 01, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his life in a Caracas military hospital 10 days after returning from cancer treatment in Cuba, his vice president said.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro did not provide more details, but the government said last week that Chavez was still suffering from a respiratory infection and that the trajectory was not favorable.
As he presented subsidised homes on state-run television, Maduro said that Chavez was "battling for his health, for his life, and we are accompanying him," adding later that the president was in a "complex and difficult" stage. » | Friday, March 01, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: At least 44 people have died in clashes throughout Bangladesh after the leader of an Islamic party was sentenced to death for rapes and murders committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.
Violence continued on Friday in a series of battles between police and supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's fourth largest political party, in the capital Dhaka and Chittagong.
More than 20 of the dead are believed to have been killed by police who opened fire on protesters with rubber bullets.
The violence erupted amid already heightened tensions in Dhaka where thousands of anti-Jamaat protesters have been gathering daily to demand that those convicted of war crimes be hung. » | Dean Nelson, David Bergman in Dhaka | Friday, March 01, 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Catholic Church has awoken with no leader following Benedict XVI's resignation, in which he described himself as "simply a pilgrim" starting the final part of his life.
Now begins a period known as the "sede vacante" or "vacant see" - the transition between the end of one papacy and the election of a new pope.
The Vatican post office issued a set of stamps for use during the "Sede Vacante". The unusual interregnum stamps, a series of four, include the Vacant See symbol - a striped umbrella over crossed keys - as well as the words Sede Vacante, Citta del Vaticano and MMXIII, the year in Roman numerals.
The stamps have a face value of 70 euro cents for Italy, 85 cents for Europe and the Mediterranean, two euros for Africa, Asia and the United States and 2.50 euros for Australia.
During these few days - no more than 20 - a few key players take charge running the Holy See, guiding the College of Cardinals in their deliberations and organising the conclave to elect Benedict's successor. » | Source: AP | Friday, March 01, 2013
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