Beirut – Lebanese police on Tuesday arrested eight employees of the country’s 2_kommentar private mobile telephone company in connection with the U.N.-led investigation into the February 14 killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, security sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The arrests are linked to mobile telephone numbers sold prior to Hariri’s killing and disconnected […]
Les mer»BELGRADE, Sept 27 – Serbia has proposed a former confidant of top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic as the new Defence Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, raising speculation that it is looking for ways to induce his surrender. General Zoran Stankovic, a pathologist and former director of the Belgrade military hospital, developed a close relationship […]
Les mer»PARIS, Sept 26 – France wants to put closed circuit cameras on more of its streets as part of new anti-terror plans unveiled on Monday just hours after police detained nine suspected Islamic militants. Mobile phone operators and Internet cafe owners will also be required to keep records of users and calls under a proposed […]
Les mer»TEHRAN, Iran – Iran broadened its threats Tuesday over a move to refer it to the U.N. Security Council, saying that unless the U.N. atomic watchdog agency backs down, it will resume uranium enrichment, block inspections of its nuclear facilities, and cut trade with countries that supported the resolution. In another move that suggests a […]
Les mer»IAEA-avstemning: India skiftet standpunkt i siste øyeblikk og stemte for resolusjonen som åpner for å klage Iran inn for Sikkerhetsrådet. Opprinnelig var India på linje med Russland og Kina, som endte opp med å avholde seg. India har nettopp inngått en stor gassavtale med Iran. Den kan nå ryke.
Les mer»Miljøkatastrofe: Jeg er klar over at noen av de mest profilserte kommentatorene på siden ikke deler mitt syn på drivhuseffekten. Det er det ikke noe å gjøre med. Mitt syn er resultat av tiårs inntrykk om temaet. Jeg tror ikke 1.100 vitenskapsmenn i FNs klimapanel er med i en konspirasjon. Vi er ikke de første […]
Les mer»LONDON, Sept 21 – Prime Minister Tony Blair should quit over the Iraq war which is a bigger disaster than Suez for Britain or Vietnam for the United States, a candidate to lead the Conservative opposition party said Wednesday. «It’s the worst foreign policy blunder for over 50 years,» said Malcolm Rifkind, who served as […]
Les mer»Google Earth: Terrorists and «rogue state» intelligence agencies could be making use of free internet satellite images that leave sensitive British military facilities exposed, defence experts said yesterday. The warnings follow the launch of Google Earth, a free-to-use website which uses pictures from a variety of satellites around the world. The Pentagon, as seen from […]
Les mer»Stadig flere nettsteder lukkes, helt eller delvis. Da jeg skulle lese dagens Thoms L. Friedman, la jeg merke til at det sto en NYTimes-logo utenfor navnet. Det viste seg å være symbol på noe som er døpt Times Select. De mest kjente spaltistene er nå forbeholdt abonnenter. Det koster ikke all verden foreløpig: 50 $ […]
Les mer»Gaza – A senior Islamic Hamas official said Tuesday that if his movement wins in the upcoming parliamentary elections, it will not recognize the existence of the state of Israel. Mahmoud Zahhar, Hamas’ top leader in Gaza, told a crowd of students in Gaza City that Hamas promised the Palestinian people that it would achieve […]
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