Saturday, October 15, 2011
ON ISLAM: HELSINKI – Seeking to teach younger generations about Islam, Finland has introduced textbooks about the Islamic faith and Muslim traditions in public schools.
"The stories are set in Finland so that the events would have resonance with the lives of the pupils,” Suaad Onniselka, an author of the textbook, said, reported Ahlul Bayt news agency.
The new book, tilted [sic] “Salam – islamin polku[“] (Salam – the Path of Islam), teaches pupils about the Islamic calendar and Muslim traditions.
It also teaches young Finnish [sic] about other religions and the importance of tolerance for others.
The book features two Finnish Muslim children, Fatima and Adam, who visit a forest, a grandmother’s farm, and bake wheat buns.
“The status of Islam as a minority religion is reflected in the fact that the stories also teach how it is possible to live along with other people even though the religion and customs are different,” said Onniselka, who teaches Islam at the lower level comprehensive school in Vesala in the east of Helsinki.
The textbook is designed for the first and second school grades. Books for higher grades are currently being drafted. » | Thursday, October 13, 2011
Les nouvelles manifestations inquiètent les dirigeants tunisiens mais aussi les pays voisins. Serait-on en train d'assister à une poussée islamiste ? Il est certainement trop tôt pour le dire mais une chose est sûre, depuis le reversement de Zine Ben Ali, le paysage politique tunisien se modifie. Et la rue gronde. La police tunisienne a en effet durcit le ton vendredi tirant des gaz lacrymogènes pour disperser un rassemblement d'islamistes, dont certains tentaient de marcher en direction des bureaux du Premier ministre dans le centre de Tunis.
Les manifestants, qui scandaient « Allahou Akbar » et réclamaient l'instauration de la charia (loi islamique) en Tunisie, ont répliqué aux gaz lacrymogènes en lançant des pierres sur les forces de police. Une situation tendue alors que les Tunisiens sont appelés aux urnes le 23 octobre pour élire une Assemblée constituante. Le scrutin risque d'être relégué au second plan par les tensions grandissantes entre les islamistes et le camp laïque. Il s'agira des premières élections depuis la chute du président en janvier dernier.
La manifestation de vendredi, qui a réuni plus de 10.000 personnes, soit la plus importante du camp islamiste à ce jour dans la capitale, avait commencé dans le calme. Lorsque la foule s'est rapprochée de la Casbah, où se trouvent les bureaux du Premier ministre, Béji Caïd Essebsi, certains groupes ont tenté de forcer les barrages de police. » | Par Actu France Soir | Samedi 15 Octobre 2011
La justice iranienne a confirmé la condamnation de Jafar Panahi à six ans de prison et vingt ans d'interdiction de filmer, de voyager ou de s'exprimer, malgré la mobilisation internationale en faveur du cinéaste de renommée mondiale.
Une cour d'appel "a confirmé la condamnation de Jafar Panahi à six ans de prison et vingt ans d'interdiction de faire des films ou des scénarios, de voyager à l'étranger ou de donner des interviews", a indiqué samedi un membre de sa famille à l'AFP. Jafar Panahi, qui restait samedi en liberté selon la même source, avait été condamné en décembre 2010 pour "activités contre la sécurité nationale et propagande contre le régime" après avoir entamé la réalisation d'un film sur les troubles ayant suivi la réélection controversée du président Mahmoud Ahmadinejad en juin 2009. Les gouvernements occidentaux ont dénoncé la condamnation » | Source AFP | Samedi 15 Octobre 2011
THE TIMES: Court upholds sentence against Iran director Jafar Panahi: A Tehran appeals court has upheld a six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against the award-winning Iranian director… » | Sophie Tedmanson | Saturday, October 15, 2011 [£]
L'alignement d'immeuble gris n'est qu'une ruine. De temps à autre, un gros nuage vient s'écraser sur les murs, ajoutant un trou aux façades déjà presque méconnaissables. Le bruit de l'explosion de la roquette se perd dans la canonnade générale. Aujourd'hui, au cœur de Syrte, la première ligne de défense des kadhafistes a été pilonnée sans relâche, comme depuis deux jours. Mais les ultimes défenseurs du Guide, jouant un va-tout insensé, ne cèdent rien. Retranchés dans l'ouest de la cité, dans un quartier qui ne fait pas plus de quelques kilomètres carrés, ils ne donnent même pas l'impression de se laisser gagner par la panique.
Face à eux, à une centaine de mètres tout au plus, les thuwars, les combattants rebelles, se plaquent au sol, grimpent dans les étages pour tenter de trouver un angle de tir. Sur un balcon mal accroché, un jeune homme, que son treillis délavé et ses rares poils de barbe ne parviennent pas à vieillir, épaule un lance-roquettes et fait feu avant de partir au plus vite se mettre à l'abri. Plus que tout, les rebelles redoutent les tireurs embusqués. Dans l'air les balles sifflent. Au coin d'une rue, dans l'ombre, Salah, l'air grave, pointe son fusil de haute précision Makarov sur les gueules noires que sont devenues les fenêtres. L'œil rivé à sa lunette, iI traque son alter ego ennemi. «C'est très difficile de les voir. Ils bougent beaucoup», murmure-t-il, l'air las. » | Par Tanguy Berthemet | Vendredi 14 Octobre 2011
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Mehrere Hundert Israelis haben beim Innenministerium beantragt, künftig als „Bürger ohne Religion“ registriert zu werden. Sie protestieren damit gegen die Macht der orthodoxen Rabbiner.
Der israelische Schriftsteller Yoram Kaniuk hatte in der vergangenen Woche nur den Anfang gemacht. Am Sonntagabend reichten die Sitzplätze auf dem Dach des unbewohnten Gebäudes am Tel Aviver Rothschild-Boulevard nicht aus. Etwa 200 Israelis waren in das inoffizielle Hauptquartier der Protestbewegung gekommen, um dort Erklärungen zu unterschreiben, in denen sie verlangten, dass das Innenministerium auch sie künftig als Bürger „ohne Religion“ in seinen Registern führt.
„Die Kombination von Judentum und Demokratie funktioniert nicht“, sagte Kaniuk laut einem Bericht der Zeitung „Haaretz“. Die größten Feinde des Judentums seien das engstirnige Rabbinat und das religiöse Establishment, schimpfte der 81 Jahre alte Schriftsteller, der mit einer christlichen Frau verheiratet ist. Nach jüdischem Religionsrecht sind deshalb seine Kinder und Enkelkinder keine Juden wie er selbst; nur Kinder einer jüdischen Mutter oder Nicht-Juden, die vor ihren Rabbinern konvertierten, sind nach orthodoxem Verständnis Juden. Als die Behörden vor einiger Zeit auch seinen Enkelsohn als religionslos registrierten, hatte der Autor genug: Er zog bis vor das Tel Aviver Bezirksgericht, um durchzusetzen, dass das Innenministerium bei ihm die Religionszugehörigkeit streicht. Jetzt steht „jüdisch“ nur noch hinter seiner ethnischen Herkunft. » | Von HANS-CHRISTIAN RÖSSLER, JERUSALEM | Montag 10. Oktober 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Ten people have died in the latest clashes as protesters urge more people to defect from the Syrian security forces
Large rallies urging further defections from the Syrian security forces have been attacked by government gunmen, as a senior United Nations official warned that the country was sliding towards a full-blown civil war.
At least 10 people were killed across Syria, taking the death toll in the six-month uprising to more than 3,000, not including loyalist members of the security forces who continue to target demonstrators.
Deir Azour in the Kurdish north was a scene of violent clashes between security forces and defectors who had been urged to swap sides by thousands of chanting activists.
In recent weeks a largely passive rights movement inside Syria has taken on a more militant tone, with activists openly seeking weapons and soldiers who have fled the army battling with their former colleagues. The Syrian government says around 1,100 security officers have been killed.
On Thursday, at least 36 people were killed nationwide, 25 of them either former or serving security force members. Friday's demonstrations were called in support of the defectors, who Syrian activists say hold the key to the future of an uprising that has become a grinding struggle.
"We know the world is not coming to help us," said one man speaking by phone from Homs. "We will do what we have to do. Our brothers in the security forces are increasingly waking up. And soon we will fight alongside them in large numbers." » | Martin Chulov in Beirut | Friday, October 14, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tunisian extremists firebombed the home of a TV station chief Friday, hours after militants protesting its broadcast of a film they say violated Islamic values clashed with police in the streets of Tunis.
About a hundred men, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails, lay siege to the home of Nabil Karoui, the head of the private television station Nessma late on Friday, the station reported in its evening news bulletin.
Karoui's family had only just escaped, the news presenter said.
Sofiane Ben Hmida, one of Nessma's star reporters, told AFP the station chief was not at home when the attack on his house took place at around 7:00pm (1800 GMT). But his wife and children were.
About 20 of the protesters had managed to get inside.
"The family managed to get out the back and are safe. The attackers wrecked the house and set it on fire," he added.
Interior ministry spokesman Hichem Meddeb told AFP around a hundred people had turned up outside the house, forced their way inside, broken the windows and torn out two gas pipes. Five people had been arrested, he added.
This was the most serious incident yet in an escalating series of protests against the station's broadcast of "Persepolis" on October 7.
The globally acclaimed animated film on Iran's 1979 revolution offended many Muslims because it depicts an image of God as an old, bearded man. All depictions of God are forbidden by Islam. Read on and comment » | Saturday, October 15, 2011
LE FIGARO: Troubles autour du film Persepolis en Tunisie : Des milliers de personnes ont manifesté vendredi pour dénoncer la représentation de Dieu sous les traits d'un vieillard barbu. Dans la soirée, le domicile du PDG de la chaîne qui a diffusé le film a été attaqué. » | Par lefigaro.fr | Samedi 15 Octobre 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Forte dei Marmi, a leafy beachfront retreat for politicians, artists and writers on the Tuscan coast, has rebutted accusations that the prohibition is xenophobic and small-minded.
The town's council, which passed the decree unanimously this week, said the ban also applied to more familiar "foreign" establishments such as burger joints and English-style pubs.
The move is the latest expression of a culinary nationalism that is sweeping the country, as Italians struggle to hold onto centuries-old culinary traditions in the face of globalisation and immigration.
"This measure has nothing to do with xenophobia – it is about protecting and valuing our culture," said Umberto Buratti, the centre-Left mayor of the town. "We would also say no to American hamburger chains." The ban is aimed at encouraging the survival of Tuscan and Italian cuisine, although existing "ethnic" restaurants will not be closed down.
"There's a sushi takeaway, although it's not in the town centre," said the mayor. "You will still be able to eat ethnic food, we just want to limit the number of outlets." Forte dei Marmi has become popular in recent years with rich Russian tourists and a restaurant serving Russian food opened recently. » | Nick Squires, Rome | Friday, October 14, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A French maths teacher who doused herself in petrol and set herself on fire in front of terrified pupils died of her injuries on Friday.
The 44-year-old was hospitalised on Thursday after walking into the playground of a high school in the southern city of Beziers with a jerry can of fuel and starting a blaze that left her with third-degree burns.
She staggered across the yard in front of her horrified students, some of whom joined teachers in rushing to her aid.
She was taken by helicopter to a specialist burns unit at the university teaching hospital in nearby Montpellier, but doctors could not save her.
"(The teacher) had third-degree burns over 95 per cent of her body," a hospital source told AFP. "With these burns there was no way she could have survived." » | Friday, October 14, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: In a Cabinet heavy with English public school privilege and social liberalism, Dr Liam Fox stood out.
A Scottish Catholic raised in an East Kilbride council house, he went from his state school to Glasgow University. There, he read medicine, won debating competitions and emerged as a Rightwing [sic] Conservative, resigning from the union after it recognised a gay and lesbian society.
First elected in north Somerset in 1992, he rebelled over the Maastricht Treaty, but was still given a job as a junior Foreign Office minister in the Major government. In that role he became involved in attempts to end Sri Lanka's civil war, brokering a settlement – never implemented – known as the Fox Plan.
Gregarious to a fault, stories of his social life are a staple at Westminster. In 2005, aged 44, he married Jesme Baird, a fellow medic and Glaswegian, and used the occasion to dismiss rumours that have dogged him.
"I know that some people use smears and I have heard them for years," he said. "They'd say, 'Why are you not married? You must be a playboy or a wild man or gay,' or whatever. Well, I'm getting married in December and I'm perfectly happy with my private life." » | James Kirkup, Political Correspondent | Sunday, October 09, 2011 [sic?]
TELEGRAPH BLOGS – PETER OBORNE: Liam Fox resigns: he will sink without trace – The resignation of Liam Fox is not nearly as big a deal as it looks. He will sink without trace, and the waves will close over him fast. The issue has been competently handled by David Cameron, who was completely right to ask Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell to conduct a thorough enquiry before reaching a final decision. » | Peter Oborne | Friday, October 14, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigns over links with friend Adam Werrity: Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after a week of disclosures about this links to his close friend Adam Werritty. » | Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor | Friday, October 14, 2011
MAIL ONLINE: Can determine when passage has been written by more than one person and when new author takes over / Scientists and scholars have written algorithm that analyses writing styles
Precisely who wrote the Bible has been debated for centuries – but now scientists have devised a computer program that sheds much more light on the sources of the various religious texts within it.
Israeli computer scientists and Bible scholars have written an algorithm that analyses the writing styles found within various sections.
While it can’t pinpoint an individual author, the program has been able to determine when a passage has been written by more than one person and can detect the point at which a new author has taken over.
For instance, many believe that the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, was written by one person – Moses.
However, many experts insist there were multiple sources. » | Ted Thornhill | Friday, October 14, 2011
Steve Jobs would probably be alive today if he had not put off conventional medical treatment in favour of alternative remedies, a leading cancer doctor has said.
Dr Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, claims the Apple boss had a mild form of cancer that is rarely fatal and that his choice of treatment 'eventually led to an unnecessarily early death'.
Writing on Quora, a forum frequented by Silicon Valley executives, Dr Amri said: 'Let me cut to the chase - Mr Jobs allegedly chose to undergo all sorts of alternative treatment options before opting for conventional medicine.
'Given the circumstances, it seems sound to assume that Mr Jobs' choice for alternative medicine has eventually led to an unnecessarily early death.' Read on and comment » | Graham Smith | Friday, October 14, 2011
LE FIGARO: Un document du ministère de la Justice américain justifiaient le droit de l'Administration à prendre le haut-responsable d'al-Qaida «mort ou vif».
À Washington
L'administration Obama a-t-elle passé une ligne rouge lourde de conséquences futures en allant éliminer l'Américain Anwar al-Awlaqi, au Yémen, avec une frappe de drone? A-t-elle commis un acte de guerre légitime comme elle l'affirme, ou l'assassinat de l'un de ses citoyens passible d'un jugement en bonne et due forme? A-t-elle créé un précédent que certains régimes dictatoriaux utiliseront pour aller frapper leurs adversaires politiques?
Le débat ne fait certes pas la une des journaux aux États-Unis où, en plein dixième anniversaire du 11 Septembre, les impératifs de la guerre antiterroriste continuent de prévaloir sur les droits potentiels d'un imam radicalisé, connu pour avoir inspiré l'horrible tuerie de Fort Hood, au Texas, ainsi que d'autres projets d'attentats. Mais des voix s'élèvent pour réclamer des explications au pouvoir américain sur la légalité de cette opération. » | Par Laure Mandeville | Vendredi 14 Octobre 2011
LE FIGARO: EN IMAGES - Alors que le mouvement américain des Indignés prend de l’ampleur, plusieurs stars ont apporté leur soutien aux manifestants. Du rappeur Kanye West à l’actrice militante Susan Sarandon, tour d’horizon. À la galerie » | Par Constance Jamet | Vendredi 14 Octobre 2011
Jamal Dati, le frère de l’eurodéputée et ex-Garde des Sceaux Rachida Dati, a tenté de se suicider jeudi dans les toilettes du tribunal de Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle), où il devait être jugé en comparution immédiate, a-t-on appris vendredi de source judiciaire.
M. Dati, 39 ans, a tenté de se pendre avec les lacets de ses chaussures. "Normalement, les lacets et les chaussures sont retirés, mais au vu de la saleté des lieux, l’escorte policière a consenti à les lui laisser", a indiqué une source proche du dossier. » | AFP | Vendredi 14 Octobre 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Anti-Wall Street protesters in New York are preparing for a showdown with police when they attempt to shift them from the site today.
Hundreds of people are camped in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, at the heart of the financial district, in protest at the greed and failures of the industry, as well as the economic difficulties facing the United States.
Around 600 protesters have been ordered to leave the park temporarily so that it can be cleaned.
Michael Bloomberg, the New York Mayor, personally assured the protesters on Wednesday evening that they could return after the clean, which was ordered by the square's private owners.
However, Ray Kelly, the city's police chief, created the spark for a potential conflict when he said camping would be banned.
The organisers of the protest, which has united several discrete groups, urged people to "hold our ground" and "be prepared for possible arrest". » | Andy Bloxham | Friday, October 14, 2011
The 115-page, pocket-sized guide to Islamic sex suggests that Muslim men can have sexual relations with all their wives simultaneously. Islamic teachings say a man can take up to four wives if he has the means to support them.
The Obedient Wife Club is no stranger to controversy. When it formed in June, claiming 1,000 members, one of the founders told Malaysia’s women they need to behave like a “first-class whore” in the bedroom to stop their men from straying. » | Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok | Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
"The repeat of ineffective and stupid methods by hapless and distracted policy-makers in the West (to spread) Iranophobia will again bear no result," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an army base in the western city of Kermanshah, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"They will once again taste failure's bitterness," he said.
Khamenei added that Iran's arch-foe, the United States, was caught in a "quagmire" of its own creation because of its "wrong policies and performance."
Khamenei did not explicitly respond to US allegations that Iranian government officials were behind a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. » | Thursday, October 13, 2011
A chaque discorde, l’Iran et les Etats-Unis semblent avoir atteint le paroxysme de leur mésentente. Pourtant, la tension entre les deux pays qui ont rompu leurs relations diplomatiques depuis la révolution islamique de 1979 a franchi un nouveau cap, mardi, avec l’annonce, par les autorités américaines, d’une tentative d’attentat déjouée contre l'ambassadeur saoudien à Washington. Abdel al-Djoubeir, un conseiller d'Abdallah, avait joué un grand rôle pour défendre le royaume après les attentats du 11-Septembre. Le président Barack Obama l’a appelé pour lui faire part de sa «solidarité». Il a dénoncé une «violation flagrante du droit américain et international». L'Arabie saoudite, elle, a jugé ce complot «ignoble» et «méprisable».
Lors d'une conférence de presse, le directeur du FBI, Robert Mueller, a précisé que l’attentat à la bombe était prévu dans un restaurant de Washington, financé par de l'argent provenant du trafic de drogue au Mexique, et qu’il avait été empêché grâce à des écoutes téléphoniques internationales. Quant aux suspects, ils auraient préparé leur coup depuis mai dernier selon un communiqué du ministère de la Justice. … » | Marie Desnos - Parismatch.com | Mercredi 12 Octobre 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Health secretary sets out 'national ambition' to cut 5bn calories a day from Britons' daily diet
Andrew Lansley's announcement of a push to get the nation to cut 5bn calories a day from its diet was immediately slammed by health experts on Thursday, and branded "worthless, regurgitated, patronising rubbish" by Jamie Oliver.
Faced with a mounting obesity crisis that a succession of government initiatives on exercise have failed to turn around, the health secretary and the chief medical officer, Sally Davies, issued a "call to action" on diet, pointing out that alcohol contributed 10% to our calorie intake.
Lansley urged individuals to eat less and eat more wisely, and promised to talk to the food industry about voluntary cuts in the calorie content of processed food and drinks.
But the new plan, which Lansley termed a "national ambition" rather than a strategy, drew immediate derision from food campaigners and doctors. "Simply telling people what they already know – that they need to eat less and move more – is a complete cop-out," said Oliver.
The TV chef and food campaigner added: "This whole strategy is just worthless, regurgitated, patronising rubbish.
"Any of us could walk into any primary school in the country and find plenty of eight-year-olds with more creative solutions to these problems. It's a farce." He called for the government to make real change and then legislate and finance it. » | Sarah Boseley, health editor | Thursday, October 13, 2011
The 62-year-old former International Monetary Fund chief had been accused by French writer Tristane Banon of attacking her in a flat in the French capital in 2003. She claimed he had acted like a "rutting chimpanzee".
Following a three[-]month inquiry, judges said the violence shown by Mr Strauss-Kahn happened such a long time ago that a criminal case could not be launched.
While the statute of limitations for attempted rape is 10 years in France, it is only three years for sexual assault. » | Peter Allen in Paris | Thursday, October 13, 2011
Buckingham Palace said the Queen is suffering from a cold and the decision was taken because part of the event at the British Museum, at which she had been due to be shown an exhibition about Australia, was outdoors.
The Queen sets off on a two-week tour of Australia next week and decided not to take any risks with her health. She is still expected to carry on with a reception tonight for 350 Australians living and working in Britain.
Royal aides stressed that the decision to miss the British Museum engagement was merely a precaution, but is rare for the Queen to cancel official visits. » | Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter | Thursday, October 13, 2011
Norwegian police said previously that Breivik had said there were two or three cells in Norway, apart from himself, and "several" elsewhere in Europe that shared his plans to stop what they saw as an Islamic invasion of Europe.
"It's more like three in Norway and 80 around Europe," police prosecutor Christian Hatlo told Reuters, adding that Breivik had made the allegation since shortly after his arrest on July 22.
Hatlo added: "We have not uncovered a single one of them."
He said the police had intentionally played down Breivik's alleging of 80 like-minded cells in order to avoid causing panic across the continent at the time.
Police spokesman Roar Hansen, who has briefed reporters since the attacks, confirmed the number. » | Thursday, October 13, 2011
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Four Tibetans from a monastery in western China have succumbed to their injuries after setting themselves on fire, the Tibetan government-in-exile has claimed.
A series of self-immolations this year has shocked Tibet, with seven monks, or former monks, now having set themselves on fire.
In the last fortnight alone there have been five cases in the town of Aba, the site of an important monastery.
The Tibetan parliament, based in Dharamsala, blamed the suicide cluster on a "deteriorating situation" in Tibet and said that the victims had found "China's occupation and repression intolerable".
It said four of the seven monks had died, including Kaying, 18, and Choephel, 19, who had left the Kirti monastery and were dressed in laymen's clothes when they set themselves on fire last week. It said the condition of the other three men is "still unknown".
The claim contradicts reports in the official Chinese media, which said that four of the monks are being treated for "light wounds". » | Malcolm Moore, Shanghai | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Die Gerüchte über eine mögliche Festnahme des Ghadhafi-Sohns Mutassim Bilal erinnern daran, dass sich die Familie des ehemaligen libyschen Machthabers weiterhin nicht in den Händen der Rebellen befindet. Berichte über Festnahmen, etwa von Saif al-Islam und Saadi, haben sich in der Vergangenheit als Falschmeldungen erwiesen. Unklar ist, ob sich die Ghadhafi-Söhne ihre Freiheit von den Milizen, die sie angeblich gefangen genommen hatten, erkauft haben.
Als gesichert gilt derzeit einzig der Aufenthalt der Familienmitglieder, die sich in Algerien aufhalten. Am Morgen des 29. August passierten die Ehefrau Ghadhafis, Safia Farkash, ihre Tochter Aisha sowie die Söhne Muhammad und Hannibal die Grenze in einem Konvoi von sechs gepanzerten Fahrzeugen. Das algerische Aussenministerium bestätigte später, man habe die Familie aus «humanitären Gründen» einreisen lassen. Aisha bint-Ghadhafi soll bei der Reise hochschwanger gewesen sein. Nur einen Tag später hiess es, sie habe eine Tochter geboren. » | Von Isabelle Imhof | Donnerstag 13. Oktober 2011
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Anders Behring Breivik va pouvoir sortir du régime d’isolement total dans lequel il était placé depuis son arrestation après les attaques du 22 juillet.
Le tueur norvégien Anders Behring Breivik va pouvoir sortir du régime d’isolement total dans lequel il était placé depuis son arrestation après les attaques du 22 juillet, a annoncé la police norvégienne, précisant toutefois qu’il demeurerait isolé des autres détenus.
"Nous n’allons pas prolonger l’isolement total au-delà du 17 octobre", a déclaré Christian Hatlo, procureur de la police, lors d’un point de presse. » | AFP | Jeudi 13 Octobre 2011
The wedding of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck to his commoner bride, Jetsun Pema, has captivated a nation that had grown impatient with their 31-year-old bachelor king's lack of urgency to take a wife and start a family since his father retired and handed power to him five years ago.
Thousands of Bhutanese from the surrounding villages joined the king and queen at their wedding reception at a fairground outside the country's most sacred monastery fortress, where a slate of dancers performed traditional routines for the new couple.
"I have longed for this celebration, and here it is," said Pema Gyeltshen, a nearby villager, as he watched the dancing.
When the king, who has a reputation as a down-to-earth and accessible leader, was asked how it felt to be married, he asked his questioner if she was married. When she said no, he responded: "It's great; you should try it yourself." » | AP | Thursday, October 13, 2011
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Mit der „islamischen Revolution“ des Ajatollah Chomeini 1979 begann die Feindschaft zwischen Iran und Saudi-Arabien: Teheran erklärte Amerika zum „Großen Satan“, während Riad schon damals der wichtigste Verbündete Washingtons in der arabischen Welt war.
Der Gegensatz zwischen Saudi-Arabien und der Islamischen Republik Iran geht auf die „islamische Revolution“ des Ajatollah Chomeini im Jahre 1979 zurück. Während die neuen Machthaber in Teheran sofort die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika zu ihrem ideologischen Hauptfeind und zum „Großen Satan“ erklärten, war Saudi-Arabien schon damals der wichtigste und einflussreichste Verbündete Washingtons in der arabischen Welt; die Kontakte datierten bis zu Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt zurück, der - nach einem Treffen mit dem Reichsgründer Abd al Aziz Ibn Saud am 5. Februar 1945 - die wachsende Bedeutung des saudischen Königreiches erkannt hatte - nicht zuletzt der Erdölvorräte wegen. » | Von WOLFGANG GÜNTER LERCH | Mittwoch 12. Oktober 2011
LE FIGARO: Suiveurs de l'idéologie d'al-Qaida, ils sont les principaux opposants au Hamas dans l'enclave de Gaza.
La voiture soulève un épais nuage de poussière sur son passage, slalome entre les monticules de sable qui cachent, tout au long de la frontière égyptienne, l'entrée de centaines de tunnels de contrebande. Le conducteur, propriétaire de l'un des tunnels, salue les policiers du Hamas installés par petits groupes à chaque carrefour : une nouveauté. Officiellement, ces gardiens agissent comme douaniers, taxant les produits qui arrivent sur la bande de Gaza. Il s'agit en réalité d'empêcher la circulation des sala¬fistes djihadistes et de leurs armes.
Suiveurs de l'idéologie d'al-Qaida, ils sont les principaux opposants au Hamas dans l'enclave de Gaza. «Il ne suffit pas d'être proche de l'islam, il faut pratiquer la charia et appliquer ses règles, ce que ne fait pas le Hamas, explique un commandant de l'Armée de l'islam, groupuscule de djihadistes salafistes installé à Gaza. Notre lutte ne se limite pas à un morceau de terre, nous menons un combat entre l'islam et la mécréance. Nous demandons aux musulmans, juifs, chrétiens et autres de se soumettre aux lois de l'islam.» Ils n'ont que faire de la cause palestinienne, ne reconnaissent aucun parti politique, n'envisagent aucune négociation. «Via les tunnels, ils reçoivent de l'argent d'Arabie saoudite, du Yémen, du Qatar ou d'Europe», explique une source bien informée. » | Par Katia Clarens | Envoyée spéciale à Gaza | Mercredi 12 Octobre 2011
For her part, Mrs Tymoshenko said the trial would not have been out of place in Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union after the presiding judge, Rodion Kireyev, ruled in a politically-tinged trial that she “criminally” exceeded her powers in 2009.
“The manner in which the trial has been conducted and today’s conviction are an example of the politicisation of the Ukrainian judiciary. Ukraine’s image as a country that is undertaking a fundamental pro-European transformation has been tarnished,” said the Polish foreign ministry, which currently holds the EU presidency.
Baroness Ashton, EU foreign policy chief, said the union would “reflect on its policies” towards Kiev.
Punishing her for what amounted to a political rather than a criminal act, Mr Kireyev ruled that Mrs Tymoshenko had illegally concluded a gas deal with Russia that had lost the Ukrainian treasury the equivalent of £121 million and damaged the country’s own gas industry.
“Tymoshenko ... used her official powers to criminal ends and, acting consciously, committed actions which clearly exceeded her rights and powers which had heavy consequences,” Judge Kireyev told the court in Kiev.
He ordered her to pay a fine equivalent to £121 million, barred her from holding office for the next three years and sentenced her to seven years in jail, the exact term that state prosecutors demanded. Continue reading and comment » | Andrew Osborn, Moscow | Sunday, October 11, 2011
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Conservative Party officials immediately took action against James Malliff, a cabinet member of Tory-controlled Wycombe District Council, Buckinghamshire, after he tweeted the remark to a former Tory MP.
Mr Malliff, who is in charge of big society and localism at the council, was immediately suspended by bosses for the ill-advised and 'completely unacceptable' Twitter post.
The London Evening Standard reported that Mr Malliff tweeted to former Conservative MP Paul Goodman, who had asked whether legalising gay marriage could lead to multiple Sharia marriages being made lawful.
Mr Malliff said: 'There is no doubt the PM is wrong on this issue. We may as well legalise marriage with animals, crude I concede but no apology.' 'Legalise gay marriage? You may as well legalise marriage with animals': Tory councillor suspended over anti-gay tweet » | Daily Mail Reporter | Thursday, October 13, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Tehran denies it was behind plot to kill Saudi ambassador and says US is using it to divert attention from problems at home
The Saudi Arabian government has issued a menacing warning to Iranthat it will have to "pay the price" for the alleged plot to hire a Mexican drugs cartel to assassinate its ambassador in Washington.
The threat from the Saudis came as the Obama administration resisted calls from within the US, mainly from the conservative right, to retaliate against Iran with military action.
But Iran denied it was behind the alleged plot, with officials claiming Washington had fabricated the story to divide Sunni Muslims – the dominant group in Saudi – and Shias, the dominant group in Iran. Tehran's leadership claimed Barack Obama was using the story to divert attention from the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
The foreign ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador, who handles US interests in the country, to condemn what it called "baseless claims" and warn "against the repetition of such politically motivated allegations."
A Saudi prince, Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to Washington and a former head of the Saudi intelligence service, told a conference in London: "The burden of proof and the amount of evidence in the case is overwhelming, and clearly shows official Iranian responsibility for this. This is unacceptable. Somebody in Iran will have to pay the price." » | Ewen MacAskill and Saeed Kamali Dehghan | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The former Massachusetts governor appeared calm and self-assured as he brushed off barbs from his seven rivals for the nomination and presented his credentials as a businessman with the executive experience to lead the economy out of difficulty.
Though he has yet to win many hearts among the grassroots supporters, he remains on top in the polls and the established apparatus of elected members, donors and commentators is beginning to coalesce around his campaign.
With less than three months before the first nominating contest in Iowa, his rivals are running out of time to dramatically alter the contest.
"He has the experience, organisation and money to compete beyond the early states where he is favoured," said Robert Bennett, a former Republican governor of Utah. "Big name endorsers and donors who have been waiting on the sidelines to see who will be the winner are now showing up in Romney's camp. The fact that the Obama campaign is bashing Romney at every opportunity shows that they also think he will be the nominee. Anything can still happen, but, at the moment, for Romney, the race is his to lose."
The Politico website declared: "Mitt Romney builds case for inevitability," while Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post said: "Much can change between now and January, but unless other candidates change the dynamics of the race, Romney will slowly but surely move to lock up the nomination." » | Alex Spillius, Washington | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Three officials in the National Transitional Council (NTC) said Mutassim Gaddafi, the toppled leader's fifth son, was seized trying to flee the city on Tuesday hiding in a family car.
Mutassim, believed to be aged 34, who was national security adviser to his father, was then taken to Benghazi for questioning according to Col Abdullah Naker.
A powerful figure in the Gaddafi regime, he had been considered a rival to his brother Saif al-Islam in the competition to succeed his father.
Rebel brigades camped around the besieged city responded to the news by shooting streams of tracer fire into the night sky in celebration.
"If this news is true then definitely the fighting will be over in Sirte by tomorrow," said one fighter from Misurata's Lions of the Wadi brigade. » | Ben Farmer and Ruth Sherlock in Sirte | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Libya: confusion surrounds 'capture' of Gaddafi's son: Reports that one of Col Gaddafi's sons Mutassim has been captured in Sirte have been cast into doubt. » | Thursday, October 13, 2011
LE POINT: Benoît XVI a demandé aux autorités civiles et religieuses de défendre les chrétiens du monde arabe.
Benoît XVI a demandé mercredi aux "autorités égyptiennes, civiles et religieuses" de protéger la minorité copte après les affrontements de dimanche qui renforcent l'inquiétude du Vatican pour les chrétiens dans le monde arabe. Face aux "tentatives pour saboter la coexistence pacifique", il "est essentiel de la sauvegarder", surtout "en cette phase de transition", a déclaré le souverain pontife dans une référence aux islamistes salafistes, lors de l'audience générale sur la place Saint-Pierre. » | Source AFP | Mercredi 12 Octobre 2011
An Iranian agent tries to recruit a Mexican drugs cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in an American restaurant. “Nobody could make that up, right?” asked US secretary of state Hillary Clinton yesterday. But the FBI says it’s the latest blow in a Middle Eastern Cold War that has dragged on since 1979 between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Dangling above the states of the Persian Gulf, post-revolutionary Iran has long been the over-riding strategic threat for the sheikdoms and emirates in the region.
For years, Saudi Arabia led the conservative, pro-American camp in the Middle East against Colonel Nasser’s radical Egypt. That era ended when Egyptian ambitions dissolved in the defeat of 1967. When Egypt went on to sign an unpopular peace treaty with Israel in 1979, Cairo’s dreams of regional leadership faded. But that was also the year of a political earthquake: Iran’s revolution.
With its separate language and ethos, Iran had always sneered at the Arabs. Who were these uncultured nomads to talk down to one of the world’s oldest civilisations? Moreover, Iran is 90 per cent Shia, whereas the states of the Arab League are more than 80 per cent Sunni. The Saudi monarchy has reigned with the backing of the ultra-conservative Wahhabi religious establishment, which sees the ruling clerics of Iran as dangerous heretics.
If the Iranian government indeed ordered an assassination and bombing on American soil, it represents the escalation of a proxy war that has been unceasing for 30 years. Almost as soon as he assumed power, Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran’s revolution, declared that “the concept of monarchy totally contradicts Islam”. He similarly despised Saddam Hussein’s secular government in Iraq. Read on and comment » | Shashank Joshi | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
ARAB NEWS: RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will undergo a back operation at a hospital in the capital city within a few days, the Royal Court said on Tuesday in an announcement.
"King Abdullah underwent medical tests (recently) after he developed back pain...and the tests showed that the grip around the third vertebrae has been loosened," the court said, adding that doctors have advised to carry out the surgery to repair the vertebrae. » | ARAB NEWS | Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Iran to be 'held accountable' for assassination plot, says Joe Biden: Iran will be "held accountable" for its foiled plot to kill Saudi Arabia's US ambassador, according to Joe Biden, the US Vice President. » | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
ARAB NEWS: Kingdom, GCC condemn 'abhorrent' plot to kill Saudi envoy: RIYADH/WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday strongly denounced an alleged attempt to assassinate its ambassador to Washington, a day after the United States claimed Iran was behind the plot, Saudi Press Agency reported. » | AGENCIES | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
In what her supporters claim is a politically motivated prosecution, police issued a warrant last night for the arrest of Atiqa Odho, 43. "What can I say?" Ms Odho told The Independent, apparently resigned to her fate. "The people have to decide now."
In one of the most bizarre instances of judicial activism, the ill-fated duty free purchase four months ago has seen Ms Odho dragged into the harsh glare of a local media that has long celebrated her as one of its most recognised faces, after the country's top judge sharply objected to her transgression after returning to Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan has been a dry country since the late 1970s, when alcohol was banned in a bow to rising religious opinion.
Outraged by the decision of the airport police to release her after a brief detention, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry resorted to discretionary powers. In Pakistan, the Supreme Court can take notice of perceived misconduct by acting "on its own initiative". Every Pakistani is now familiar with the Latin equivalent, suo moto, given the judge's taste for its use. » | Omar Waraich in Islamabad | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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