UK: Pakistani Father fought hard to save his family
A man who lost his wife and four children in a suspected arson attack on their home “fought hard to save his family in appalling conditions”, police said today. Assistant […]
“A New Anti-Semitism” – Inside The Growing Radicalization Of France’s Muslim Youth
Source: Worldcrunch: PARIS – French police shot and killed a man, and arrested 12 others in countrywide anti-terrorist raids this past weekend. True, this is no terrorist network of the kind that fomented the September 11 attacks in 2001, or in London in 2004. But the small group […]
Shut up and play nice: How the Western world is limiting free speech
Washington Post: Free speech is dying in the Western world. While most people still enjoy considerable freedom of expression, this right, once a near-absolute, has become less defined and less dependable for those espousing controversial social, political or religious views. The decline of free speech has come not from any […]
Right Idea, Wrong Recipient – How the Nobel Peace Prize Missed Its Mark
Source: Spiegel International It is tough to find fault with handing the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union. But that is exactly the problem — it shows a lack […]
Japan’s Fumihiko Maki to design Aga Khan university in London
Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki of Japan has been chosen to design an Aga Khan university and cultural centre in King’s Cross, London Maki – who designed the Aga Khan Foundation’s Toronto cultural centre – is working up preliminary designs for the organisation’s new flagship base in Argent’s 27-hectare King’s […]
Switzerland: Rise in domestic violence deaths
Over the past year, 35 people have died in Switzerland as the result of domestic violence. The figure has risen steadily since 2009. Per head of population, the rate is higher than in France, where there were 160 fatalities in 2010. 4,471 cases of violence were investigated in Switzerland in […]
In Spain, separatist fever rises in time of crisis
Source: Washington Post: Stefano Buonamici/BLOOMBERG – A protestor carries a banner reading “Catalonia is not Spain” during a march in favour of Catalan independence on Sept. 11, 2012. BARCELONA — It was a soccer game of Super Bowl proportions: Madrid vs. Barcelona, Spain’s two main cities clashing in a legendary […]
German seniors lose buying power
Source: The Local: Senior citizens in Germany have seen a fifth of their buying power disappear since 2000, with the elderly in the former East Germany losing the most, new data show. More:
Switzerland arming in preparation for European meltdown?
Russian TV: The Swiss Army is preparing contingency plans for violent unrest across Europe. A nation mostly famous for its banks, watches and chocolate fears it may face a massive […]
Education minister faces plagiarism accusations
Source: The Local: An anonymous blogger claims he has found 92 examples of plagiarism in the PhD thesis German Education Minister Annette Schavan wrote 42 years ago. More:
Refugee protest march pitches up in Berlin
Source: The Local On September 8, a group of 20 asylum seekers and activists set off on foot from the southern German city of Würzburg. As they marched up the country, banners in hand, they stopped off at different refugee shelters, urging fellow Flüchtlinge to join them. The group grew […]
Germany hails EU Nobel Peace Prize win
Source:The Local: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former chancellor Helmut Kohl hailed the choice of the crisis-hit European Union for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. More:
Seven Royal Marines arrested on suspicion of murder in Afghanistan
Seven Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder in what is thought to be the first incident of its kind in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. […]
And now you know: Chocolate helps you win a Nobel prize !
The actual headline reads: Does chocolate help you win a Nobel prize? by Chantal Britt, swissinfo.ch A humorous but scientifically sound column published in the renowned New England Journal of […]
Syrian Jet Incident Ups Turkish-Russian Tensions
Source: Spiegel. AP Moscow is denying that weapons were on board the Syrian Air jet forced to land in Ankara on Wednesday. But the incident is likely to increase tensions between Turkey and Syria. As Putin’s cancellation of a Monday visit to Istanbul shows, Turkey’s relationship with Russia could also […]
‘Russia and the West Are Drifting Apart’
Source: Spiegel. AFP Political confidant of President Vladimir Putin (pictured here): “We think that Assad is still supported by a majority of the population.” Vladimir Putin has delayed a planned trip to Turkey following the forced landing of a Syrian plane in Ankara. In an interview, Vladimir Yukanin, a confidant […]
Swiss toughen up demands on arms buyers
The Swiss government is tightening up the rules on the export of all war material after Swiss-made grenades – originally sold to the United Arab Emirates – turned up in […]
Advantage Through Technology on the Modern Battlefield
Source: Warsaw Voice: “If you want peace, prepare for war”—this ancient maxim is still relevant today. Even though we hope wars will bypass us, for this to happen we have to be prepared for them. Poland is a relatively safe country; its security is built using political methods and guaranteed […]
Arabic makes debut at papal audience with eye on region
Reuters | Oct 10, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES VATICAN CITY — Arabic made its debut as one of the official languages at Pope Benedict’s weekly general audiences on Wednesday as […]
Europe’s first hijab-wearing mayor to take office in Bosnia
Express Tribune: VISOKO: A new woman mayor in Bosnia who is the first in her country and the continent to wear the hijab, said Tuesday her election was “a model for […]