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Thursday, 22 March 2007 |
 Amnesty International condemned Israeli Knesset's extension of discriminatory law denying family unification to Palestinian spouses of Israelis. Amnesty said in a press release that the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order), which the Knesset, Israel's parliament, yesterday extended until 31 July 2008 with widened provisions is profoundly discriminatory. It is explicitly discriminatory against Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since it is used to prevent them from living with spouses in Israel. Be first to comment this article
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Thursday, 22 March 2007 |
 At last, the everyday corruption of the Bush administration is gradually being brought out into the daylight. The problem for the administration now, as ever, is that it simply can't get its stories straight. America's political scandals - from Watergate to the involvement of Scooter Libby in Plamegate - have gathered steam not from the original bad deed, but from the ensuing cover-ups and lies. What is now terrifying Rove et al is that the Democrats have already discovered that the administration has been lying here, there and everywhere - which it found it could do with impunity while there was a rubber-stamping Republican Congress that chose not to exercise oversight.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
 The new Palestinian unity government holds its first cabinet meeting in Gaza City on Sunday, with ministers in the West Bank participating from Ramallah via video link. The landmark coalition uniting Fatah and Hamas was sworn in on Saturday, vowing to end a year-long Western boycott that has crippled the economy of the Palestinian territories. The new government unites the Fatah party of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas with the Islamic Resistance of Hamas movement of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
 The U.S. position complicates the resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. "A significant part of the problem, just as with the Korean Peninsula problem, is related to the U.S. unwillingness to normalize its relations with Tehran on the basis of commonly accepted principles," Lavrov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying at a Foreign and Defense Policy Council conference. Russia's security chief on the other hand, issued a veiled warning to Washington on Sunday not to use the Iranian nuclear issue to interfere in Tehran's internal affairs.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
 Germany has warned the US not to try to split Europe into quot;old" and "new" with its plans to deploy parts of an anti-missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. In some of the strongest German rhetoric to date on the issue, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it is important not to let the US project spark a new arms race in Europe. "Our top priority remains disarmament and not an arms buildup. We don't want a new arms race in Europe," he said.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
 Britain's public standards watchdog has launched a devastating attack on Tony Blair, claiming that his legacy will be “as closely associated with the loss of public trust” as John Major’s was with sleaze. In his first interview since being sidelined by Blair last week, Sir Alistair Graham said that Britain was now facing as big a crisis over standards in public life as it did 13 years ago with the cash for questions scandal.Be first to comment this article |
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
 The government has won Commons support for plans to renew the UK's nuclear submarine system, despite a large rebellion by Labour MPs. Speaking during prime minister's questions before the nuclear weapons debate got under way, Mr Blair said: "I think that is essential for our security in an uncertain world." On the government's motion to proceed with renewal there were 88 Labour rebels. Between £15bn and £20bn would be spent on new submarines to carry the Trident missiles. The fleet would take 17 years to develop and build, and would then last until about 2050.Be first to comment this article |
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
 The United States is close to reaching an agreement for cooperation on a nuclear power plant with Libya, a U.S. official said on Monday. Libya's official Jana news agency reported earlier on Monday that an agreement between the two countries that would help Libya generate nuclear electricity would be signed shortly. The Jana report said the U.S.-Libya cooperation would include building a nuclear power plant, helping develop water desalination capacity, joint research and technical projects and training Libyan technicians in the US.Be first to comment this article |
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