Courtesy The Daily Telegraph: The European Commission has launched legal action against Hungary’s Fidesz government for violations of European Union treaty law and erosion of democracy, marking a dramatic escalation […]
The National Post: THE HAGUE — Popular Dutch Queen Beatrix described Thursday an outcry by the country’s far-right after she was seen wearing a headscarf while visiting a mosque in […]
BBC: A Sikh man in France has won the backing of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in his fight over religious headgear. It said France was violating Sikhs’ religious […]
Wielding just nail-polish remover, a camera and an “Against Nazis” tote bag, Irmela Mensah-Schramm is a one-of-a-kind fighter against Germany’s increasingly threatening far-right scene. She works alone but is one of a growing number of grassroots activists stepping in to what they says is the gulf left by the authorities. […]
Courtesy The Daily Telegraph: The EFSF, which is tasked with supporting indebted countries, was itself hobbled as S&P gave it a AA+ rating, reflecting the downgrade of France and eight […]
Pravda Ru: France is satisfied with its contract with Russia for the supply of helicopter carriers of Mistral type and is ready to continue the cooperation in military-technical sphere. In particular, the French party promises this year to issue a contract to build the third and fourth helicopter. “After selling […]
Rfi France. Europe was plunged into crisis again and the French government was on the defensive after the Standard & Poor’s agency stripped France and Austria of their […]
Source: CNN The captain of the ill-fated vessel, which turned over on its side after the grounding, was arrested late Saturday and was being investigated for abandoning ship and manslaughter, […]
swissinfo.ch As guardian of the Geneva Conventions Switzerland has the moral authority to seek action over Israeli “violations” of international law, says the chief Palestinian negotiator. This week Saeb Erekat […]
By JOMANA ALRASHID ARABNEWS Published: Jan 14, 2012 00:12 Updated: Jan 14, 2012 00:15 LONDON: The British Museum here witnessed on Thursday the installation of one of the oldest known […]
Telegraph, UK Regal personage The Indonesian government signalled that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) after a mob stoned the Home Affairs Ministry in a […]
Source: RT.com http://on.rt.com/aev4jx NATO may have ended its operations in Libya, but the Western presence is far from over, with big companies replacing the warplanes. The countries that bombed the oil-rich state are now getting lucrative contracts to rebuild it. First, British bombs tore it apart. Now, British companies will […]
By Tony Cross Rfi: Friday 13 January 2012 French police charged with investigating wrongdoing by their colleagues have been accused of bending the law themselves – charged with framing colleagues who were judged too close to the opposition Socialists. Left-wing MPs were gunning for Interior Minister Claude Guéant on Wednesday and top Paris […]
The remainder of the crippled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is set to crash to Earth on Sunday following its botched mission to Mars, space experts have said. The minibus-sized Russian craft has […]
Source: Reuters. Two Dutch internet service providers were ordered by the local court to block access to popular torrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay. The site posts torrents, which are links or sources of copies of unlicensed music, videos and software. The website’s users were violating copy right laws […]
Courtesy: The Daily Telegraph: Many of the Britain’s biggest companies have backed a new pact designed by ministers to make the process of getting a job fairer. A key requirement of the deal to recruit “openly and fairly” will see companies increasingly ask for name-free CVs or application forms to […]
Some members of the UCL Atheist Society took the decision to host derogatory and insulting cartoons of the Prophet Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon them) on their website. […]
Research suggests that patients are better off if the doctor operating on them is between the ages of 35 and 50. Surgeons in mid-career, between the ages of 35 and […]
Courtesy (Reuters) – Organized crime has tightened its grip on the Italian economy during the economic crisis, making the Mafia the country’s biggest “bank” and squeezing the life out of thousands of small firms, according to a report on Tuesday. Extortionate lending by criminal groups had become a “national emergency,” […]
By Charlotte Rachael Proudman Notebook – A selection of Independent views -, Opinion The number of long-term relationships between Asian men and white women are increasing year on year. Hooking […]