Saturday, March 27, 2010
THE INDEPENDENT: Spokesman says Pope knew nothing about reassigning paedophile priest
battle to defend Pope Benedict from the latest child abuse scandal after reports linked him directly to a decision to allow a paedophile priest to take up a pastoral role in his former diocese.
Officials launched their second strident defence of the Pope in two days over separate episodes in Germany and the US as the tide of allegations moved closer to the pontiff himself. Senior Italian politicians also stepped in to defend the Pope over claims that he had failed to act strongly enough against child abuse by the clergy before he took on leadership of the church.
In the latest controversy, The New York Times reported that Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was kept closely informed of the case of Father Peter Hullerman, who was suspended from his duties in the northern German town of Essen in 1979 after several parents accused him of child sex attacks. >>> Michael Day in Milan | Saturday, March 27, 2010
LE FIGARO: Le rapport qui sera rendu dans quelques jours au premier ministre devrait faire preuve d'une grande prudence.
Le premier ministre, François Fillon, avait chargé le Conseil d'État d'étudier les bases juridiques pour interdire le plus largement possible le port du voile intégral. Les Sages ont finalement accouché vendredi d'un rapport… prudent. Il ne sera rendu au premier ministre que dans quelques jours et reste pour l'instant gardé comme un secret.
Les conseillers ont, d'après nos informations, écarté la possibilité d'une interdiction générale. Celle-ci n'aurait pu se fonder que sur l'atteinte à la dignité humaine. Comme pour le lancer de nains, que les Sages avaient interdit en 1995, jugeant qu'il heurtait la « dignité » quand bien même ces derniers en faisaient profession. Et se voyaient ainsi privés d'un revenu.
Depuis, le Conseil a semble-t-il, revu sa position. >>> Par Cécilia Gabizon | Vendredi 26 Mars 2010
THE INDEPENDENT: Only 10 years ago, the Army was expelling soldiers for homosexuality. Now gay weddings get the regimental blessing. Terri Judd reports
One groom wore ceremonial uniform with his Iraq medal, the other morning dress with an orchid. Surrounded by silverware and paintings commemorating great battles, Lance Corporal James Wharton, 23, and his new husband enjoyed their first dance to Tina Turner in the warrant officers' mess of the most prestigious regiment in the land.
The Household Cavalry, famed for escorting the Queen during state occasions and the fact that it counts both her grandsons among its officers, celebrated its first gay wedding in style. L/Cpl Wharton was joined in a civil partnership with his boyfriend, the Virgin air steward Thom McCaffrey, 21, surrounded by members of L/Cpl Wharton's regiment, the Blues and Royals.
"The entire regiment has been really supportive," he said. "When I went to ask the Squadron Leader, Major Nana Twumasi-Ankrah, for permission to get married, he just said 'This is fantastic, congratulations'."
"The lads joked it was the gay event of the year. Everyone was excited. It was the talk of the barracks. This generation of soldiers is completely liberal," added the junior non-commissioned officer, whose only regret was that some of his friends would not be back from Afghanistan in time to enjoy the nuptials.
Just over 10 years ago, before a ban on homosexuality was lifted, gay soldiers faced interrogation and expulsion from the Army if discovered. But, in a very visible sign of the changing times, L/Cpl Wharton was given permission to host his wedding reception at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment's Knightsbridge barracks.
"Colour, creed, age and who you sleep with all become irrelevant when you're both being shot at. All that matters to me is that he is an effective, well-trained and fit operational soldier," said his troop leader, Captain Michael Fry. "I hope people will focus less on L/Cpl Wharton's sexuality, and more on the fact that he is a good soldier." >>> Terri Judd | Saturday, March 27, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Israeli prime minister gives a defiant speech in Washington to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and calls Iran an 'unprecedented threat to humanity'
THE GUARDIAN: Americans are not your enemy, president tells Arabic cable TV network al-Arabiya
THE TELEGRAPH: I wrote recently about Barack Obama’s sneering contempt for both Israel and Great Britain. Further confirmation of this was provided today with new details emerging regarding the President’s appalling reception for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House earlier this week. As Adrian Blomfield reports for The Telegraph:
Benjamin Netanyahu was left to stew in a White House meeting room for over an hour after President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of tense talks to have supper with his family, it emerged on Thursday. The snub marked a fresh low in US-Israeli relations and appeared designed to show Mr Netanyahu how low his stock had fallen in Washington after he refused to back down in a row over Jewish construction in east Jerusalem.This is no way to treat America’s closest ally in the Middle East, and a true friend of the United States. I very much doubt that even third world tyrants would be received in such a rude fashion by the president. In fact, they would probably be warmly welcomed by the Obama White House as part of its “engagement” strategy, while the leaders of Britain and Israel are frequently met with arrogant disdain. >>> Nile Gardiner | Thursday, March 25, 2010
… (Mr. Obama) immediately presented Mr Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to [the] end the feud with his administration and to build Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peace talks. Key among those demands was a previously-made call to halt all new settlement construction in east Jerusalem.
When the Israeli prime minister stalled, Mr Obama rose from his seat declaring: “I’m going to the residential wing to have dinner with Michelle and the girls.” As he left, Mr Netanyahu was told to consider the error of his ways. “I’m still around,” Mr Obama is quoted by Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper as having said. “Let me know if there is anything new.”
Obama is no good for America; and he’s no good for Europe either. The sooner this man is shown the White House door, the better it will be for all concerned.
Frequent visitors to this blog will surely remember that I stated way before his election as president that this man would be no good for America. My words are coming true. Back then, though, the MSM would have nothing to do with negative talk about “our Saviour”.
The halo has already slipped; it hasn’t taken long. Newspapers are now full of criticism of the man once thought of as the man who could walk on water, the man they thought had been born in a manger.
This is a man born to a Muslim father; so he will certainly have had his father whisper in his ear at birth the following incantation (the Shahada – الشهادة ): Ashadu ân la ilah ila Allah wa ashadu ân Muhammadan rasool Ullah (I testify that there is no god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is his Messenger – أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله ). I have read no reports which prove that Barack Hussein Obama has renounced the faith of his birth; I have read no reports of his apostasy.
What has this got to do with anything?, you might well ask. The answer is a whole lot. Doesn’t Obama’s roots in Islam provide us with the answer as to why he has treated Netanyahu with such disdain and outright rudeness? Isn’t Obama a closet Muslim; and if he isn’t, why doesn’t he prove that he is not? Why is his birth certificate under lock and key in Hawaii? For the way he is behaving, even with the best will in the world, one cannot help but have nagging doubts. – © Mark
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Delegates from right-wing populist parties from across Europe are descending on Germany this weekend for a conference looking into the possibility of an EU-wide minaret ban. The hosts, an anti-Muslim German group, hope to use the gathering as a springboard to success in local elections.
What could be more European than a castle? The Continent is dotted with them, often menacingly perched on forested hilltops overlooking rivers or ancient trading routes -- important bastions necessary for the defense of what developed into Europe's long and rich cultural tradition.
These days, of course, European castles tend to be little more than bucolic tourist attractions. But it is perhaps no accident that a small palace in western Germany's former industrial heart has been chosen to host a convention ostensibly aimed at defending European culture. The castle in question is the centuries-old Horst Palace, a Renaissance structure in the Ruhr Valley city of Gelsenkirchen. The gathering is called, pointedly, the Anti-Minaret Conference.
This Saturday, politicians representing right-wing conservative parties from across Europe will descend on the Horst Palace to discuss the dangers of Islam. Delegates from the Belgian nationalists Vlaams Belang will be there as will politicians from Geert Wilders's Dutch Party for Freedom, Pia Kjaersgaard's Danish People's Party and the Front National of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Others from Sweden, Austria and Eastern Europe are also on the invite list.
'Symbols of Radical Islam'
The hosts are a relatively new group of German right-wing conservatives called Pro-NRW (an abbreviation of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia) and the goal of the conference is clear: to follow in Switzerland's footsteps and ban minarets across Europe. And they want to use a provision of the European Union's new Lisbon Treaty to do it.
"I don't think that minarets are part of our heritage," conference attendee Filip Dewinter, floor leader for Vlaams Belang in the Flemish parliament, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "They are symbols of radical Islam. The question is whether Islam is a religion like Protestantism and Catholicism and for me it is not. It is a political system, it is a way of life and it is one that is not compatible with ours." >>> Charles Hawley in Berlin | Friday, March 26, 2010
EXPATICA: Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) has scuppered its chances of governing in the city of Almere through its insistence on a head scarf ban, a crown-appointed official said Friday.
No other party in Almere would accept a blanket ban on Islamic head scarves in municipal buildings, making it impossible to form a ruling coalition, said Boele Staal, a politician appointed by Queen Beatrix to investigate options for coalition government in the city where the PVV won March 3 municipal elections.
"The PVV wants a head scarf ban regardless of any (legal) test," said Boele's letter to the city council of Almere, nearly a third of whose 190,000 residents are of immigrant origin.
"With this position, the PVV has denied itself any possibility to be part of the municipal executive." >>> | Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
*This has all been tried before, Mr Dix. And we have seen what the outcome of it was. A communist revolution is NOT the solution. Even the Soviet Union had to abandon that idea. So what have you got new to add, Mr Dix? – Mark
LE FIGARO: Le fils du guide libyen a annoncé la libération de trois chefs djihadistes et de deux cents militants.
Le régime libyen est décidé à pardonner à ses islamistes. Tripoli a annoncé mardi soir la libération de 214 militants de la cause djihadiste dont certains étaient incarcérés depuis plus de dix ans.
«C'est un moment historique», a affirmé Seif al-Islam, le fils de Mouammar Kadhafi, à l'origine de cet élargissement de masse des membres du Groupe islamique des combattants libyens (Gicl). Ce mouvement, un temps rallié à al-Qaida, fut très actif dans les années 1990. À ses côtés, en guise de symbole, s'affichaient Abdelhakim Belhaj, l'émir du Gicl, Khaled Chrif, son chef militaire, et Sami Saadi, l'idéologue, tous fraîchement libérés.
Cette ouverture est le point d'orgue de la politique de «réconciliation nationale» voulue par Seif al-Islam. «L'idée vient de l'Algérie qui a démontré qu'une telle mesure est possible sans apporter de changement au régime», souligne Luis Martinez, directeur de recherche au Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (Ceri). >>> Par Tanguy Berthemet | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Iraq is heading for a dangerous and uncertain future after its prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, lost its general election by the narrowest of margins but refused to step down without a fight.
After three weeks of counting, marred by delays and accusations of fraud, the nationalist Iraqiya bloc led by Ayad Allawi won 91 seats, to 89 for Mr Maliki's State of Law.
Mr Maliki, who earlier accused election officials of fixing the result and demanded a recount, said the result was "not final" and that he did not accept it.
More worryingly, his supporters have openly threatened there would be a return to sectarian violence if Mr Allawi were declared the winner. >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Friday, March 26, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf has been banned in Russia in an attempt to combat the growing allure of far-Right politics.
Russian prosecutors on Friday banned the 1925 semi-autobiographical book, saying its outline of racial supremacy encouraged extremist and violent behaviour.
Despite including tracts that are both anti-Jewish and anti-Russian, it has become increasingly popular among Russia's far-Right groups.
Russian extremists have attacked migrant workers from poor nations in Central Asia and the Caucasus who come to Russia and often have menial jobs and squalid living conditions. African and Asian students and Russians who do not look Slavic have also been targeted.
At least 60 people were killed and 306 injured in hate attacks in Russia last year, according to Sova, a Moscow-based non-governmental organisation that tracks racist violence. >>> | Friday, March 26, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: The “scientific fundamentalism” promoted by the atheist Richard Dawkins was criticised yesterday by the winner of a prize he had attacked.
Professor Francisco Ayala, who won the £1 million Templeton Prize for scientific thought, said that attacking religion and ridiculing believers provided ammunition for religious leaders who insisted that followers had to choose between God and Darwin. “Richard Dawkins has been a friend for more than 20 years, but it is unfortunate that he goes beyond the boundaries of science in making statements that antagonise believers,” he said.
Professor Ayala, of the University of California, Irvine, who is an authority on evolution and genetics, won the prize for his contribution to the question “Does scientific knowledge contradict religious belief?”. The prize, the largest of its kind, was founded by the late entrepreneur Sir John Templeton to honour scientists who contribute to progress in religion.
The professor, who was born in Spain and is a naturalised American, says science and religion cannot be in contradiction because they address different questions. It is only when either subject oversteps its boundary, as he believes is the case with Professor Dawkins, that a contradiction arises, he said. “The scientific fundamentalism proposed by Dawkins implies a materialistic view of the world. But once science has had its say, there remains much about reality that is of interest. Common sense tells us that science can’t tell us everything.” >>> Hannah Devli | Friday, March 26, 2010
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (ARUTZ SHEVA): As Netanyahu returned to Jerusalem, activists stood on the light-rail bridge at the entrance to the city and waved signs supporting the prime minister in the face of American pressure. Banners proclaimed “Obama, No You Can't,” and “We will Safeguard Jerusalem.”
Activists, members of the Zionist student movement Im Tirtzu, explained, "We came here tonight to welcome Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and to support him and the cabinet in face of the pressure from America, and the chutzpa of US President Obama, who is basically asking Israel to sacrifice its greatest national interests.” >>> Maayana Miskin | Friday, March 26, 2010
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (ARUTZ SHEVA): The Obama Administration should remove Hamas from the terrorist list, former President Jimmy Carter told media following his visit to Gaza today. He said he plans on pushing for the change when he meets with U.S. officials on Thursday to discuss his latest trip to the Middle East.
Carter’s comments came during a joint press conference with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh following their meeting today in Gaza. The former president said he tried to convince Hamas leaders to denounce violence, accept the existing interim agreements and recognize the right of the Jewish state to exist.
"Hamas leaders want peace and they want to have reconciliation not only with their Fatah brothers but also eventually with Israelis to live side by side, with two nations, both sovereign nations recognized by each other and living in peace," Carter said.
Haniyeh told Carter that he supported any plan that aims at preserving Arab rights and leads to the establishment of a sovereign Arab state on all the territories that were occupied by Israel in 1967 "with Jerusalem as its capital." He urged Carter to pressure Israel to lift the security blockade which was imposed on Gaza’s border crossings to prevent weapons smuggling. >>> Zalman Nelson | Friday, March 26, 2010
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TIMES ONLINE: The euro bounced back from a ten-month low today, after eurozone leaders agreed on a joint bailout package for Greece with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The European single currency was up against the dollar by 0.45 per cent to $1.3335 after earlier lows of below $1.3280. The euro has fallen by almost 7 per cent so far this quarter on concerns about the Greek debt crisis.
Yesterday, in a deal driven by Germany and France, EU leaders agreed on sweeping new powers to co-ordinate all EU economies as part of the landmark €30 billion (£27 million) bailout package for Greece.
However, analysts warned that the euro was still at risk of further declines as the Greece plan had not alleviated long-term worries about Portugal and Spain. On Wednesday, Fitch Ratings lowered Portugal's sovereign credit rating to AA-minus from AA.
The Greece bailout plan plan will put Herman Van Rompuy, of Belgium, the new permanent European Council President, in charge of “the economic governance of Europe”.
It will be seen as a direct challenge to Gordon Brown, who will want to make sure that Britain does not surrender any control over its own economy to Brussels. The next government in London may also face a tough fight in Europe because Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, suggested yesterday that a new treaty would be needed to give the EU extra economic powers — despite the pledge from EU leaders last year that the Lisbon treaty would be good for a decade. >>> David Charter, Rory Watson, Francesca Steele | Friday, March 26, 2010
LE TEMPS: Un accord a finalement été trouvé tard dans la nuit à Bruxelles. Les pays de la zone euro entérinent la constitution d’un filet de sécurité pour empêcher que la crise grecque ne dégénère. Ils sont prêts à accorder des prêts bilatéraux aux côtés du FMI dans une proportion qui pourrait être de deux tiers, un tiers. L’euro est repassé au-dessus de 1,33 dollar ce matin
L’accord sur un mécanisme d’aide financière à la Grèce sur lequel étaient tombés d’accord jeudi après-midi le président Nicolas Sarkozy et la chancelière Angela Merkel a finalement été entériné jeudi, tard dans la soirée, par les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de la zone euro. «La zone euro prend son destin en main et s’est mise d’accord pour gérer les crises [en son sein]» s’est réjoui peu après le président français. Même Jean-Claude Trichet, le responsable de la BCE opposé à tout soutien, s’est dit «très heureux» d’un plan «préservant la responsabilité des pays de la zone». «Ce mécanisme ne se substitue pas à la discipline financière, c’est un filet de sécurité», a précisé plus tard dans la nuit José Manuel Barroso, président de la Commission européenne. Filet de sécurité >>> Pierre-Alexandre Sallier Bruxelles | Vendredi 26 Mars 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: The Vatican has denied claims that Pope Benedict XVI failed to defrock a US priest who was accused of molesting up to 200 deaf boys over several years.
A Vatican newspaper editorial said the claims were an "ignoble" attack on the Pope and that there was no "cover-up", the BBC reports.
Archbishops had complained about Fr Lawrence Murphy in the 1990s to a Vatican office led by the future pope, but apparently received no response.
But the Pope's spokesman defended him, saying the Vatican department which the future pontiff was in charge of had not been informed of these latest allegations until 1996 - 20 years after the priest's victims first informed the police. >>> | Friday, March 26, 2010
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys >>> Laurie Goodstein | Wednesday, March 24, 2010
LE TEMPS: Joseph Ratzinger, lorsqu’il était cardinal, n’a pris aucune sanction contre un prêtre américain ayant avoué quelque 200 abus sexuels sur des enfants sourds
Le scandale des abus sexuels éclabousse toujours davantage le sommet de l’Eglise. Le New York Times a révélé, preuves à l’appui, que Joseph Ratzinger, alors qu’il était en charge de la Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi (CDF), n’a pas relevé de ses fonctions un prêtre américain qui avait commis des abus sexuels sur au moins 200 enfants malentendants. Et cela bien qu’un évêque ait personnellement adressé au futur pape un courrier en 1996 présentant la gravité des faits. Courrier auquel Joseph Ratzinger n’aurait jamais répondu. En revanche, il a été sensible à une lettre du prêtre abuseur, qui l’implorait de le laisser en paix.
Le New York Times a eu accès à des documents confidentiels grâce à deux avocats, Jeff Anderson et Mike Finnegan, représentant cinq hommes qui ont intenté quatre actions en justice contre l’archidiocèse de Milwaukee, où se sont déroulés les abus. Ces documents comprennent la correspondance entre différents évêques et le Vatican, les déclarations sous serment des victimes, les notes écrites d’un expert des troubles sexuels ayant examiné le prêtre abuseur, ainsi que les notes d’une rencontre finale au Vatican concernant ce cas. >>> Patricia Briel | Vendredi 26 Mars 2010
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Nach monatelangen Verhandlungen haben sich Russland und die Vereinigten Staaten auf einen neuen Abrüstungsvertrag geeinigt. Das teilte das Weiße Haus am Freitag in Washington mit. Der Vertrag ist das Nachfolgeabkommen des START-Vertrags, der als Grundpfeiler der Rüstungskontrolle gilt. Danach soll die Zahl der nuklearen Sprengköpfe um ein Viertel und die der Raketenabschussrampen um die Hälfte reduziert werden.
Die Einigung wurde in einem Telefongespräch zwischen Kremlchef Dmitri Medwedew und dem amerikanischen Präsidenten Barack Obama am Freitag erzielt. Zuvor hatte der tschechische Außenminister bekanntgegeben, dass das Abkommen am 8. April in Prag unterzeichnet werden soll, wo Obama in einer Rede fast auf den Tag genau ein Jahr zuvor seine Vision von einer atomwaffenfreien Welt dargelegt hatte. Knackpunkt war bis zuletzt, in welcher Form das geplante amerikanische Raketenabwehrsystem in Europa in dem Vertrag erwähnt wird. Russland lehnt das Projekt ab. >>> | Freitag, 26. März 2010
WELT ONLINE: Kanzlerin Merkel lehnt die Forderung Tayyip Erdogans ab, türkische Gymnasien in Deutschland einzurichten. Vor ihrer Reise nach Ankara Anfang kommender Woche wies die Kanzlerin auch das Streben des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten nach einer Vollmitgliedschaft seines Landes in der Europäischen Union zurück.
Auf die Forderungen des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan hat Angela Merkel (CDU) sehr reserviert reagiert. Die Kanzlerin lehnt es ab, türkische Gymnasien in Deutschland einzurichten.
„Das führt aus meiner Sicht nicht weiter, denn grundsätzlich sollten türkischstämmige Kinder und Jugendliche bei uns in deutsche Schulen gehen“, sagte sie der „Passauer Neuen Presse“. „Von der Vorstellung, dass alle türkischen Schüler hier auf ein türkisches Gymnasium gehen sollen, halte ich nichts.“
Vor ihrer Türkei-Reise Anfang kommender Woche reagierte die Kanzlerin zudem zurückhaltend auf erneute Forderungen Erdogans nach einer Vollmitgliedschaft seines Landes in der Europäischen Union. „Meine Vorstellung ist unverändert eine privilegierte Partnerschaft mit der Türkei“, sagte Merkel. >>> Von Miriam Hollstein | Freitag, 26. März 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Die Krise zwischen der Schweiz und Libyen könnte in den «nächsten Stunden oder Tagen» gelöst werden. Diese Hoffnung äusserte, einen Tag vor dem Araber-Gipfel in Tripolis, der spanische Regierungschef Zapatero.
«Wir hoffen, dass wir in den nächsten Stunden oder Tagen einen Schlussstrich unter diesen Konflikt ziehen können», sagte der spanische Ministerpräsident José Luis Zapatero an einer Pressekonferenz in Brüssel. Spanien arbeite hart an einer Lösung. Sein Aussenminister Miguel Angel Moratinos werde am Samstag nach Libyen reisen. >>> sda | Freitag, 26. März 2010
WELT ONLINE: Er ist deutscher Vizekanzler und so unbeliebt wie kein anderer Top-Politiker: Guido Westerwelle hat dramatisch an Zuspruch verloren. Nie zuvor schnitten ein FDP-Vorsitzender oder ein Außenminister im Politbarometer so schlecht ab. Im Stimmungshoch befindet sich Kanzlerin Angela Merkel.
Vor dem Hintergrund der jüngsten Diskussionen um seine Person hat Außenminister und FDP-Chef Guido Westerwelle im aktuellen ZDF-Politbarometer dramatisch an Zuspruch verloren. Mit einem Negativrekord von minus 1,3 Punkten (zuvor minus 0,9) auf einer Skala von minus fünf bis plus fünf rutschte der Vize-Kanzler auf Platz zehn der Liste der wichtigsten Politiker ab.
Nie zuvor schnitten demnach ein Außenminister oder ein FDP-Vorsitzender im Politbarometer schlechter ab. Westerwelle war zuletzt wegen der Zusammenstellung seiner Reisedelegationen und seinen Äußerungen über den deutschen Sozialstaat in die Kritik geraten. >>> | Freitag, 26. März 2010
TIMES ONLINE: Binyamin Netanyahu insisted today that he will not halt building projects in east Jerusalem, despite calls by the US for him to do so.
The defiant statement came after the Israeli Prime Minister returned from a bruising visit to the White House, where he was given a public dressing down for his controversial settlement policy.
"The Prime Minister's position is that there is no change in Israel's policy on Jerusalem that has been pursued by all governments of Israel for the last 42 years," his office said in a statement.
Those include implementing a strict freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Israeli troops withdrawing to areas they occupied before the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada ten years ago, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
Mr Netanyahu's spokesman, Nir Hefez, said that the US had not agreed to allow Israeli to continue building in east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and is now home to 200,000 Israelis. He had earlier hinted that such a deal was possible, but later retracted the statement.
Analysts in Israel agree that Mr Netanyahu faces a choice of which crisis he wants to contend with: he can bow to the US demands and risk a split with hardline nationalists and ultra-Orthodox parties in his coalition, or stick to his guns and face down an increasingly hostile US administration at a time when Israel needs US backing to tackle a potentially nuclear Iran. >>> James Hider in Jerusalem | Friday, March 26, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: A naval clash in the Gulf has reignited fears over the security of the world's most important shipping lanes and disputed oilfields.
The United Arab Emirates navy is thought to have opened fire on a small patrol vessel from Saudi Arabia after a dispute over water boundaries.
According to one report, two Saudi sailors were injured in the alleged bombardment.
The Saudi vessel was forced to surrender, and its sailors were delivered into custody in Abu Dhabi for several days, before being released and handed over to the Saudi embassy earlier this week.
The incident has shocked diplomats who hope the countries, both key American allies, will help implement the West's strategy to constrain Iran's nuclear and military ambitions.
The clash happened in disputed waters between the coasts of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and the peninsula on which the gas-rich state of Qatar sits.
The seabed is rich with oil deposits, while the Dolphin pipeline project to carry natural gas direct from Qatar to Abu Dhabi has provoked irritation in the Saudi authorities. Nevertheless, direct conflict between the two countries' armed forces is highly unusual.
The Gulf is one of the most heavily armed regions in the world. The Saudi government has been building up its army and air force for years in response to what it sees as a regional threat from Iran.
The UAE was slower to join the arms race, despite a long-running row with Iran over three Gulf islands previously under Abu Dhabi control which were seized by the late Shah in 1971 on the night the Emirates celebrated their independence.
But now the UAE, despite its small size, is the fourth largest purchaser of weaponry on the international market in the world. >>> Richard Spencer in Dubai | Friday, March 26, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Germany and France have tabled controversial plans to create an "economic government of the European Union" to police financial policy across the continent.
They have put Herman Van Rompuy, the EU President, in charge of a special task force to examine "all options possible" to prevent another crisis like the one caused by the Greek meltdown.
His mission will be to draw up a master-plan for the best way to oversee and enforce economic targets set in Brussels as a key part of a bail-out package for Greece.
The options he will consider include the creation of an "economic government" by the by the end of the year.
"We commit to promote a strong co-ordination of economic policies in Europe," said a draft text expected to be agreed by EU leaders last night.
"We consider that the European Council should become the economic government of the EU and we propose to increase its role in economic surveillance and the definition of the EU's growth strategy."
Gordon Brown was last night examining the wording of the statement to see whether it was restricted to eurozone members or has possible implications for British economic sovereignty.
Officials are concerned that the language calling for an "economic government" could be another attempt at a power-grab in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty. >>> Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Thursday, March 25, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: EU backtracks on 'economic government plan': The European Union has backtracked on plans to create an "economic government of the European Union" following protests from Britain. >>> | Friday, March 26, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: A French millionaire [billionaire?] has become the first person in the country to go on trial for being paid too much, in a ground-breaking move against "corporate greed".
Antoine Zacharias is facing criminal charges despite the £90 million pay and pension deal being approved by his company’s directors.
He is accused of misusing funds by accepting the money to run Vinci, the world’s biggest construction company.
The sum was set by a remuneration committee chaired by Quentin Davies, Britain’s junior Defence Minister.
Mr Zacharias, 71, is the first French industry captain to face criminal charges over earnings and faces up to five years in prison and a fine of £336,000.
French bosses are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the two-day trial at the court in Nanterre outside Paris, as a guilty verdict could lead to a wave of prosecutions in France over executive pay.
France is notoriously mistrustful of its patrons, and the country was hit by a wave of “boss-nappings” last year in the wake of the financial crisis.
Under French law, company bosses can be prosecuted for misusing funds. However, this is the first time a case has been brought against someone who appeared to have acted within company rules on pay.
Hailed as France’s boss of the decade by the Harvard Business Review, Mr Zacharias transformed Vinci into a construction powerhouse, raising profits by more than 300 per cent and turnover by 81 per cent in six years.
But in 2006 he was ousted by his number two, and successor, who accused him of corporate greed. >>> Henry Samuel in Paris | Thursday, March 25, 2010
*We, the British, should follow suit, as should the Americans. In fact, this should happen wherever corporate greed is a problem. What about jailing and punishing severely those fat cat, greedy bankers? Five to ten years in the slammer would do them a world of good. It would sober them up. They would become examples for all the others just waiting to milk (shouldn’t that be cream?) the system. You’d soon find that corporate greed would become a thing of the past if these ‘can’t-get-enough-types’ were put through their paces in clink. Let the show begin! – © Mark
Thursday, March 25, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: For a head of state to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of.
Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip seen in Jerusalem tonight as a disastrous humiliation.
After failing to extract a written promise of concessions on Jewish settlements, Mr Obama walked out of his meeting with Mr Netanyahu but invited him to stay at the White House, consult with advisors and “let me know if there is anything new”, a US congressman who spoke to the Prime Minister said today.
“It was awful,” the congressman said. One Israeli newspaper called the meeting “a hazing in stages”, poisoned by such mistrust that the Israeli delegation eventually left rather than risk being eavesdropped on a White House phone line. Another said that the Prime Minister had received “the treatment reserved for the President of Equatorial Guinea”. Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama 'dumped him for dinner' >>> Giles Whittell, Washington, and James Hider, Jerusalem | Thursday, March 25, 2010
*The reception Obama gave Mr Netanyahu is a reflection of Obama’s own upbringing. When you don’t know any better, you can’t do any better! – © Mark
BBC: An Islamic state school in Britain has been told it is breaking the law by favouring Sunni pupils over Shia ones in giving out places.
England's schools adjudicator says the Madani High School in Leicester was set up in the state sector as a school for all Muslims.
But she says the school's admissions system favours four schools of Islamic law which belong to the Sunni sect.
The school transferred to the state system in 2007.
In her report on the school, schools adjudicator Dr Elizabeth Passmore wrote: "It seems to me to be clear that the school was expected to be a Muslim faith school, equally accessible to all Muslims and not one giving priority to a particular group of Muslims."
The expectation that the school would be accessible to all Muslims may have contributed to the strong support it received, she added.
"The documents I have seen all refer to a Muslim faith school and therefore priority for a place can be given to Muslims and not limited to members of a particular Muslim sect."
Sex discrimination
She also said the school's policy of admitting a fixed proportion of places to boys and girls might breach the Sex Discrimination Act, which prevents pupils from being disadvantaged because of their sex.
Dr Passmore said: "[The school] must allocate places without regard to the gender of the applicant as it is a mixed school." >>> | Thursday, March 25, 2010
YAHOO! NEWS UK: Mephedrone should be handed out in nightclubs, the Government's former drugs tsar said.
Professor David Nutt said doling out small amounts of the drug with guidance on its use would be "safer" than banning it.
In an interview with the London Evening Standard, Professor Nutt said criminal gangs would be "rubbing their hands" at the prospect of the drug being outlawed by the Government.
Ministers are expected to receive a report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on Monday.
Les Iversen, Prof Nutt's successor, has hinted they will recommend the drug will be made Class B, along with amphetamines and cannabis.
Prof Nutt, who was sacked as ACMD chairman after saying ecstasy was less harmful than alcohol, proposed regulating mephedrone - known as M-Cat or Miaow Miaow - rather than forcing dealers on to the black market.
He told the newspaper: "I wouldn't be against exploring the possibility of some sort of regulated use for MDMA or mephedrone where people, maybe in clubs, could have access to small amounts, safe amounts under guidance."
He added: "It would probably be safer than what we're doing at present." >>> Press Association | Thursday, March 25, 2010
*If you as a former drug tsar haven’t got the courage and ability to solve this huge problem, then I’m sure Islam is waiting in the wings to solve it for you! What an idiot you are; and a weak idiot at that! – © Mark
TIMES ONLINE: Carla Bruni, the wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, hopes that he will decide not to run in 2012 for a second term because she fears for his health under the pressure of the job, she said in an interview released today.
Ms Bruni, 42, also said that she despised media which this month published unsubstantiated rumours about the state of her marriage with the French President.
The singer-supermodel said that the "media-political world" was brutal towards Mr Sarkozy, 55. "The balance, happiness and health of my man are serious subjects. I am going through this moment of life with a lot of worry.
Asked if she wanted Mr Sarkozy to run for the next presidential election, in April 2012, she said: "As a wife, I don't really want him to. Perhaps I am afraid he will let his health go. Perhaps I wish to live what time we have left in some peace?"
Mr Sarkozy is gong through a stressful period in mid-term, especially since voters expressed their displeasure with his administration by routing his Union for a Popular Movement in national regional council elections this month. The cover of today's Le Point, a leading news magazine, was devoted to "The Tragedy of Sarkozy". His only sign of poor health so far came last summer when he fainted after jogging.
Interviewed by Madame Figaro magazine, Ms Bruni, who married the President in 2008, two months after meeting him, spoke of her loathing for newspapers that published internet gossip suggesting that both she and her husband were being unfaithful. "I despise so-called journalists who use blogs as a credible source. I despise rumours that come from an Internet blog signed 'Mickey Mouse' or 'Superman'," she added. Read on and comment >>> Charles Bremner, Paris | Thursday, March 25, 2010
GALA.fr: Son mari, sa bataille : Dans une interview au Figaro Magazine, Carla-Bruni Sarkozy fait un voeu pour 2012: pas de second mandat pour son mari. Parce que, travailler plus, c'est parfois vivre moins bien. >>> J.-F.T. | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Eher knapp hat der Uno-Menschenrechtsrat in Genf das Verbot von Minaretten als islamfeindlich verurteilt. Die Resolution warnt vor Diskriminierung und Extremismus – ohne dabei die Schweiz zu erwähnen.
Die von Pakistan eingebrachte Resolution gegen die Verunglimpfung der Religionen wurde mit 20 gegen 17 Stimmen bei 8 Enthaltungen angenommen. Der Text verurteilt unter anderem auch das Minarettverbot, ohne aber die Schweiz namentlich zu erwähnen. Das Papier wurde von der Organisation der Islamischen Konferenz eingebracht.
Kritisiert wird das Bauverbot von Minaretten und Moscheen sowie andere Diskriminierungen. Sämtliche derartigen Aktionen seien Ausdruck von Islamfeindlichkeit und widersprächen den internationalen Menschenrechtsbestimmungen deutlich, heisst es in dem Text weiter. Solche Bestimmungen förderten Diskriminierung und Extremismus und führten zu einer gefährlichen Polarisierung.
Die EU-Staaten, die USA sowie mehrere lateinamerikanische Staaten stimmten dagegen. Frankreichs Botschafter Jean-Baptiste Mattei etwa sagte im Namen der EU, die Menschenrechte schützten das Individuum, nicht Glaubenssysteme. Die islamischen Staaten befürworteten die Resolution; Unterstützung erhielten sie von China, Kuba und den afrikanischen Staaten. >>> sda | Donnerstag, 25. März 2010
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: ONU | Le représentant de l'Organisation de la conférence islamique (OCI) a affirmé jeudi que son groupe va continuer de dialoguer avec la Suisse sur l'interdiction des minarets.
Lors d'une conférence de presse organisée après l'adoption de la résolution sur la diffamation des religions, l'ambassadeur Babacar Ba a affirmé que l'OCI va agir à la fois au niveau diplomatique et au niveau légal.
«Nous continuons de discuter avec les autorités suisses», a déclaré l'ambassadeur en rappelant que le secrétaire général de l'OCI avait rencontré le 2 mars à Genève la conseillère fédérale Micheline Calmy-Rey, au début de la session du Conseil. Les discussions avec la Suisse portrent aussi sur la situation au Proche- Orient, a-t-il fait remarquer.
En porte-à-faux
«La Suisse doit redresser une situation qui la met en porte-à- faux avec ses engagemetns internationaux», a affirmé l'ambassadeur. Il a évoqué «la nécessité d'une contre-initiative en Suisse pour revenir sur cette décision».
L'ambassadeur a encouragé les personnes atteintes dans leurs droits par l'interdiction des minarets à faire recours sur le plan légal, sur le plan interne et international, devant la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, «pour avoir gain de cause». >>> ATS | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: UNION EUROPÉENNE | La Commission européenne a demandé jeudi à la Libye de libérer le Suisse Max Göldi, pour mettre un terme à son contentieux avec la Confédération helvétique, et de lever les restrictions de visas imposées aux citoyens européens.
Le chef de la diplomatie de l'UE Catherine Ashton avait déjà lancé un appel en ce sens mercredi soir après l'engagement pris par le Conseil fédéral de "lever dans les meilleurs délais la liste instituant une interdiction d'entrée et de transit sur le territoire suisse pour certaines catégories de ressortissants libyens".
"La Suisse a fait montre d'un grand sens des responsabilités", a déclaré Michele Cercone, porte-parole de Cecilia Malmström, commissaire en charge des Affaires intérieures et de la Sécurité.
"La Commission invite la Libye a reprendre la délivrance de visas et à libérer Max Göldi sans délais", a-t-il ajouté. "Nous espérons être à un tournant de ce contentieux et qu'une solution diplomatique sera trouvée le plus tôt possible".
Le porte-parole de Mme Malmström n'a pas fait état de contacts avec Tripoli.
Le conflit entre les deux capitales est né de l'arrestation musclée à Genève en juillet 2008 d'un des fils du numéro un libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, Hannibal, sur plainte de deux domestiques pour mauvais traitements. >>> AFP | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Frankreich und Deutschland sind sich einig darüber, wie künftig die Hilfe für in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten steckende Ländern der Eurozone aussehen soll.
Frankreichs Präsident Nicolas Sarkozy und die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel haben sich auf einen Vorschlag geeinigt, wie jetzt und in Zukunft Ländern der Eurozone mit finanziellen Schwierigkeiten geholfen werden soll.
Wie es aus der französischen Regierung hiess, wird in einem eineinhalbseitigen Text beschrieben, unter welchen Bedingungen Euroländer andere Mitglieder der Eurozone unterstützen können. Somit sei bei der Suche nach einer Lösung für das hoch verschuldete Griechenland ein Dokument entstanden, das weiter gehe, als den aktuellen Fall zu behandeln. >>> sda | Donnerstag, 25. März 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Greece bailout package 'agreed by Germany and France': France and Germany have agreed on a bailout package for Greece and other financially troubled eurozone countries, according to reports. >>> | Thursday, March 25, 2010
DIE PRESSE: Unter den kürzlich in Saudi-Arabien gefassten 113 mutmaßlichen Mitgliedern des Terrornetzwerks al-Qaida ist auch eine Frau. Damit wurde erstmals eine weibliche Terror-Verdächtige festgenommen.
In Saudi-Arabien ist zum ersten Mal eine Frau verhaftet worden, die dem Terrornetzwerk al-Qaida von Osama bin Laden angehören soll. Saudische Zeitungen berichteten am Donnerstag unter Berufung auf das Innenministerium, die mutmaßliche Terroristin gehöre zu den kürzlich gefassten 113 Verdächtigen, deren Verhaftung die Regierung des islamischen Königreich am Mittwoch bekanntgegeben hatte. >>> Ag. | Donnerstag, 25. März 2010
LE FIGARO: Un sondage fait état d'opinions pour le moins extrêmes sur le président américain. Ainsi, 45% des Républicains interrogés le voient comme un «ennemi de l'intérieur».
La diabolisation de Barack Obama continue. Un an après la prise de fonction du président américain, l'Institut de sondages Harris * est allé voir du côté des Républicains ce qu'ils pensaient du président démocrate. Les résultats sont édifiants : 67% d'entre eux le voient comme un «socialiste» (qualificatif peu élogieux Outre-Atlantique), 57% comme un musulman, et 42% comme un raciste.
Des résultats qui en deviennent presque inquiétants pour Obama, au fur et à mesure du sondage : 38% des Républicains interrogés pensent qu'il «agit comme l'avait fait Hitler», et 24% voient en lui l'Antéchrist, cette figure d'imposteur maléfique de l'eschatologie chrétienne, qui ramène invariablement la fin du monde. On se souvient qu'un spot de campagne de John McCain avait déjà joué sur cette comparaison, avant l'élection de Barack Obama.
Dans ce sondage, 22% des Républicains croient savoir que le président Obama «veut que le terrorisme triomphe». Mais encore : 45% d'entre eux le voient comme un «ennemi de l'intérieur» qui, pour 55% du panel «a fait beaucoup de choses anticonstitutionnelles».
Le même sondage donne également la parole aux Américains dans leur ensemble. Sans surprise, les mécontents sont moins nombreux. Mais plus de 20% des personnes interrogées le voient tout de même comme un «ennemi de l'intérieur» et 40% comme un «socialiste». La comparaison avec Hitler satisfait 20% des Américains et avec l'Antéchrist, 14%. >>> Par Charlotte Menegaux | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
Liens en relation avec l’article:
MAIL ONLINE: Almost a quarter of Republicans think Obama ‘may be the Antichrist’ as 14 states sue over healthcare reforms >>> David Gardner | Wednesday, March 24, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Death Threats Plague Democrats Who Supported Barack Obama's Health Care Bill >>> | Thursday, March 25, 2010
LE FIGARO: Une majorité d'Américains contre la politique d'Obama >>> Par Charlotte Menegaux, Laure Kermanac'h | Mardi 23 Mars 2010
THE NEW YORK TIMES: PARIS (Reuters) - Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced the creation of a new center-right party on Thursday set to challenge bitter rival President Nicolas Sarkozy in elections in two years' time.
The move by one of Sarkozy's fiercest critics within his own conservative camp comes as the president strains to recover from a crushing defeat in regional elections at the weekend.
"I have decided to create a new political movement that will be free and independent," Villepin told a news conference, adding that the party will be launched in Paris on June 19.
Villepin, an aristocratic former diplomat, said his movement would advocate a more equitable approach. "The motto of our struggle will be a republic of solidarity," he said.
Villepin's announcement is one of a number of signs that preparations for the 2012 presidential elections are already under way and that Sarkozy, previously seen as a near-certainty for re-election, may face a tougher race than expected.
In past years Sarkozy has enjoyed the spectacle of seeing Socialist opponents bicker among themselves, but a Villepin candidacy in the 2012 poll could split the conservative vote and highlight divisions in Sarkozy's UMP party.
CONSERVATIVE DISCONTENT
The president has focused on soothing discontent among center-right allies since the weekend election rout, dropping a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, reassuring farmers and hammering a tough line on security and immigration.
He also moved to undermine Villepin's nascent movement by recruiting to the government Georges Tron, one of the former prime minister's closest allies, in a reshuffle on Monday.
Villepin said his new party would stand for a more socially responsible conservatism, called for higher income and corporate taxes and said Sarkozy should drop the "fiscal shield" that protects the wealthy from paying more than 50 percent in tax.
Villepin said that while the 10 percent best paid in France now earn up to 230 times more than the 10 percent lowest paid, compared to 20 times in the 1970s and '80s.
"This is intolerable. Are we still a democracy, are we still a republic when the wage differences are so violent?" he said. >>> Reuters | Thursday, March 25, 2010
LE FIGARO: Villepin lance un mouvement politique «indépendant» : Devant un parterre de journalistes, l'ex-premier ministre s'est livré à un réquisitoire contre la politique de Nicolas Sarkozy et n'a pas exclu de se présenter en 2012. >>> Par Thibault Lieurade, Bastien Hugues | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Der ehemalige französischen Premierminister Dominique de Villepin fordert seinen langjährigen Rivalen Präsident Sarkozy offen heraus. Er gründet eine eigene Partei, deren Name noch nicht feststeht. Fernziel ist offenbar die Präsidentschaft.
Dominique de Villepin will mit einer neuen Partei die politische Landschaft in Frankreich verändern. «Wir brauchen einen Politikwechsel», sagte der frühere Premierminister am Donnerstag auf einer Pressekonferenz in Paris. Der Name der neuen Gruppierung soll am 19. Juni bekanntgegeben werden. Wo sie im politischen Spektrum stehen soll, war zunächst unklar. >>> ddp | Donnerstag, 25. März 2010
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly unearthed as part of a lawsuit.
The internal correspondence from bishops in Wisconsin directly to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future pope, shows that while church officials tussled over whether the priest should be dismissed, their highest priority was protecting the church from scandal.
The documents emerge as Pope Benedict is facing other accusations that he and direct subordinates often did not alert civilian authorities or discipline priests involved in sexual abuse when he served as an archbishop in Germany and as the Vatican’s chief doctrinal enforcer.
The Wisconsin case involved an American priest, the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy, who worked at a renowned school for deaf children from 1950 to 1974. But it is only one of thousands of cases forwarded over decades by bishops to the Vatican office called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, led from 1981 to 2005 by Cardinal Ratzinger. It is still the office that decides whether accused priests should be given full canonical trials and defrocked.
In 1996, Cardinal Ratzinger failed to respond to two letters about the case from Rembert G. Weakland, Milwaukee’s archbishop at the time. After eight months, the second in command at the doctrinal office, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, now the Vatican’s secretary of state, instructed the Wisconsin bishops to begin a secret canonical trial that could lead to Father Murphy’s dismissal.
But Cardinal Bertone halted the process after Father Murphy personally wrote to Cardinal Ratzinger protesting that he should not be put on trial because he had already repented and was in poor health and that the case was beyond the church’s own statute of limitations.
“I simply want to live out the time that I have left in the dignity of my priesthood,” Father Murphy wrote near the end of his life to Cardinal Ratzinger. “I ask your kind assistance in this matter.” The files contain no response from Cardinal Ratzinger. >>> Laurie Goodstein | Wednesday, March 24, 2010
THE INDEPENDENT: Osama bin Laden threatened al-Qa'ida would kill any Americans it takes prisoner if accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is executed, according to an audiotape aired on al Jazeera today.
Senior US officials may recommend that Mohammed, who was being held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be prosecuted in a military trial, officials said in March.
Such a decision, after intense political pressure, would reverse plans to hold criminal trials for Mohammed and four accused co-conspirators in a lower Manhattan court.
"This message is about our prisoners who you are holding," bin Laden said in the tape, complaining that US President Barack Obama was still following "his predecessor's steps" on many issues including on al-Qa'ida detainees such as Mohammed.
"The White House has expressed its desire to execute him. When America makes this decision, it will have made a decision to execute whoever of you is held prisoner by us," bin Laden said in the recording.
There was no immediate comment from Washington. >>> Reuters | Thursday, March 25, 2010
WELT ONLINE: Osama Bin Laden will amerikanische Gefangene töten, falls der mutmaßliche Drahtzieher des 11. September, Khalid Scheich Mohammed, von einem US-Gericht zum Tode verurteilt werden sollte. Bin Laden warf US-Präsident Barack Obama vor, „dieselbe Politik wie seine Vorgänger" zu betreiben.
Der Extremistenführer Osama Bin Laden hat nach Angaben des arabischen Senders al-Dschasira mit der Tötung von US-Geiseln gedroht, sollten die Angeklagten im Prozess um die Terroranschläge vom 11. September 2001 hingerichtet werden. >>> AFP/dpa/fas | Dienstag, 25. März 2010
WELT ONLINE: Noch einmal Buße für eine Trunkenheitsfahrt: Die frühere Ratsvorsitzende der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, Margot Käßmann, muss für lange Zeit auf den Führerschein verzichten. Außerdem muss sie eine hohe Geldstrafe zahlen. Auch ihr Konto in Flensburg wird üppig gefüllt.
Wegen ihrer Trunkenheitsfahrt muss Margot Käßmann ein Monatsgehalt (ca. 3000 Euro) Strafe zahlen und für mindestens 10 Monate, maximal 12 Monate den Führerschein abgeben. Außerdem bringt ihr die Verletzung der Straßenverkehrsordnung sieben Punkte in Flensburg ein. >>> dpa/epd/cor | Dienstag, 25. März 2010
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Nach Alkoholfahrt: Käßmann tritt von allen Ämtern zurück >>> FAZ | Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2010
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