Sunday, July 07, 2013
Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt Has Died
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt: Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, who has died in Alexandria aged 91, was the first wife of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; the marriage was a dynastic arrangement, not a love match. ¶ As a daughter of King Fuad of Egypt and the youngest sister of King Farouk, Fawzia had the royal blood that the ruler Reza Shah sought for his son; a match with an old royal family would add lustre to Iran’s shallow-rooted monarchy. Fawzia endured the arrangement for six years before bolting home to Egypt, never returning to Iran. ¶ Princess Fawzia bint Fuad was born on November 5 1921 at Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria, the youngest daughter of King Fuad and his second wife, Nazli Sabri, and grew up in royal palaces and gardens, shielded from the outside world by an English governess. ¶ A shy, pretty girl with blue eyes and black hair, she was described by the Egyptian writer and courtier Adel Sabit as a “supremely naive, over-protected, cellophane-wrapped, gift-packaged little girl” who lived “in bucolic surroundings, mobbed by adoring servants, aunts and ladies-in-waiting”. » | Friday, July 05, 2013
History Made as Andy Murray Wins at Wimbledon to Become First British Champion for 77 Years
Under on-court temperatures that touched 50C (122F) Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year drought at Wimbledon, becoming the nation's first male singles winner since Fred Perry in 1936.
Murray, 26, defeated the world No.1, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets to win his second Grand Slam title after the US Open last year. A beaten finalist against Roger Federer at Wimbledon 12 months ago Murray this time seized the day[.]
Amid almost unbearable tension and excitement Djokovic saved three match points in a seemingly interminable final game before finally netting to hand Murray victory by 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. » | Glenn Moore | Sunday, July 07, 2013
Egypt Erupts: Civil War Looms As Army Sets Up New Government
Maajid Nawaz on BBC HARDtalk
President Nicolás Maduro Offers Edward Snowden Asylum
Saturday, July 06, 2013
Machtwechsel: ElBaradei wird Regierungschef in Ägypten
Kairo - Mohamed ElBaradei wird neuer Regierungschef in Ägypten. Er werde noch am Abend vereidigt. Das verlautete am Samstag sowohl aus Armeekreisen als auch Tamarod-Bewegung, der Gegner des entmachteten Präsidenten Mohammed Mursi.
Übergangspräsident Adli Mansur bestellte ElBaradei in den Präsidentenpalast. ElBaradei erhielt 2005 als Chef der Internationalen Atomenergieorganisation den Friedensnobelpreis. » | fab/AFP/Reuters | Samstag, 06. Juli 2013
DM Digital Fined £105,000 over Speech that Condoned Murder for Blasphemy
A British TV channel has been fined £105,000 after it aired a live lecture by an Islamic scholar who allegedly advocated killing people who insult the prophet Muhammad.
Manchester-based station DM Digital, which describes itself as Britain's most-watched Asian channel, broadcast the one-hour programme in Urdu in October 2011.
The Islamic scholar can be heard telling his audience: "I hail those who made this law [Pakistan's blasphemy law] which states that one who insults the Prophet deserves to be killed – such a person should be eliminated."
Ofcom's English-language translation of his lecture suggest he also told viewers: "If someone takes a step in the love of the Prophet, then this is not terrorism." » | Josh Halliday | Friday, July 05, 2013
Memorial for a Hero: Monument to Be Built in Tribute to Drummer Lee Rigby in His Home Town
A permanent memorial is to be built in tribute to murdered soldier Drummer Lee Rigby in his home town.
Plans are being drawn up for a 'lasting tribute' to the 25-year-old who was from Middleton in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Drummer Rigby was stabbed to death outside Woolwich barracks in south east London in May.
Rochdale Council leader Colin Lambert said: 'We are planning, along with his family, to provide a lasting tribute to Lee which is befitting to his memory and bravery.'
It is not known at this stage exactly where or what form the memorial will take, but reports suggest it may be located in a local park.
Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, have been charged with Drummer Rigby's murder and are due to stand trial at the Old Bailey on November 18. » | Steve Robson | Saturday, July 06, 2013
Inside Story Americas: NSA Leaks and US Democracy
Venezuela President Offers Asylum to Snowden
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he had decided to offer asylum to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden who is believed to be waiting in transit at a Moscow airport.
Snowden, who leaked US intelligence documents revealing a vast phone and internet surveillance programme, has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.
"As head of state of the Boliviarian republic of Venezuela, I have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young Snowden ... to protect this young man from the persecution launched by the most powerful empire in the world," Maduro said on Friday.
Meanwhile, Nicaragua has said it could accept an asylum request from Snowden "if circumstances permit". » | Source: Agencies | Saturday, July 05, 2013
'Friday of Rage': Dozens Killed, Hundreds Injured in Egypt's Bloody Mayhem
Saudi Princess: Muslim Brotherhood Was Doomed to Fail
Welby Calls for Church to Join the Sexual ‘Revolution’
In his most widely anticipated address since taking over the leadership of the Church, the Most Rev Justin Welby insisted that it was now “absurd and impossible” to ignore an “overwhelming” change in social attitudes.
In a deliberate echo of Harold MacMillan’s 1950 speech which attacked apartheid in South Africa, the Archbishop warned church leaders that they needed to reassess their own attitudes to gay people – even if they do not “like it”.
While insisting he had no immediate plans to change policy on issues such as gay marriage, he announced a major campaign to curb anti-gay bullying in the Church of England’s more than 5,000 schools.
He is understood to have approached Stonewall, which led the campaign in favour of gay marriage, to invite it into church schools to teach up to a million children about homosexuality.
“We may or may not like it but we must accept that there is a revolution in the area of sexuality,” the Archbishop said.
His comments, signalling a dramatic change in tone from the established church, came in his first address as Archbishop to the Church’s General Synod which is meeting in York as it attempts to come up with a new solution to the fiasco over women bishops. » | John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor | Friday, July 05, 2013
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