Some 8,000 students demonstrated for political reform at four Egyptian universities on Tuesday in what is fast becoming a weekly or even a daily ritual. But the students, at al-Azhar, Helwan and Ain Shams in Greater Cairo and at Kafr el-Sheikh in the Nile Delta, did not leave campus — a step which often leads […]
Les mer»Jordskjelv:The massive tremor that struck northern Indonesia this week has confirmed experts’ fears that a December earthquake set off a domino effect of seismic instability that could last decades and kill thousands. Seismologists are already sure that Monday’s magnitude 8.7 quake off Sumatra island was a direct result of raised stress levels in the earth’s […]
Les mer»JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of the rabbinical establishment Thursday by ordering the state to recognise non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism, including those in the Reform and Conservative movements. Orthodox rabbis, who had control over conversion under Israeli law, reacted angrily to the ruling, which means a wider pool of converts […]
Les mer»IRAK: Casualties among coalition forces in Iraq in March fell to their lowest level in more than a year, according to figures from the US and British defence departments and the US central command. The data show 39 US and coalition troops were killed during the month, the lowest since February 2004. (FT)
Les mer»Bagdad:Is it rolling Bob? The Iraqi national assembly appointed a speaker and two deputy speakers today, taking the first, if symbolic, step in installing a new government. In last-minute dealmaking on Saturday and this morning, the leaders of the top political parties settled on naming as speaker Hajim al-Hassani, a prominent Sunni Arab and the […]
Les mer»MULLA KREKAR: Två irakiska män, 29 och 25 år gamla, anklagas för att ha styrt en svensk terrorcell med koppling till den religiöse ledaren Mullah Krekar. På måndag väntas de bli åtalade för medhjälp till terroristbrott genom mord och allmänfarlig ödeläggelse i Irak. Över 100 personer kan ha dödats. (Dagens Nyheter)
Les mer»Advokat Jon Christian Elden synes politiets aksjon mot Sogn videregående minner om politistatsmetoder. Advokatene er blitt akkurat som politikere; der hvor de ser en mulighet til å profilere seg, gjør de det. Om det er galt eller riktig, spiller ingen rolle. Dte er effekten som teller. Elevenes reaksjon er likedan: de forstår at politiet aksjonerer, […]
Les mer»Madrid:Spanish police on Friday arrested 13 people with suspected of links to Islamic extremist movements and those who carried out the Madrid train bombings last year, the interior ministry announced. The ministry said four of those arrested had close ties to Youssef Belhadj, the man believed to be the Al-Qaeda extremist network’s spokesman in Europe […]
Les mer»Sudan:Sudan on Friday slammed a U.N. resolution sending Darfur war crime suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and said it would refuse to hand its citizens over to face justice abroad. In contrast, the two 2_kommentar Darfur rebel groups welcomed the resolution and said they would both comply by sending to the court any […]
Les mer»Mexico by:Mexico City’s mayor said on Friday he expects Congress to try to oust him from the 2006 presidential race on minor legal charges, prompting street protests demanding the popular leftist be allowed to run. A legislative commission was due to vote on Friday on whether the lower house of Congress should strip Andres Manuel […]
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