Monday, November 27, 2006

Georgia enclave is focus of counterfeit ring

Georgia enclave is focus of counterfeit ring

By Peter Finn

The Wall Street Journal Europe

27 Nov 2006



THE WASHINGTON POST TTbilisi, Georgia HE U.S. SECRET Service and Georgian police are investigating an international counterfeiting operation that stretches from a separatist enclave in this former Soviet republic to the state of Maryland, where fake... read more...

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Clinging to life and under armed guard, the spy the Kremlin denies poisoning

Clinging to life and under armed guard, the spy the Kremlin denies poisoning

Jeevan Vasagar and Sandra Laville Photograph: PA

The Guardian

21 Nov 2006



Family and friends of the Russian dissident poisoned in London released a photo of him in his hospital bed last night as a graphic illustration of the effects of the deadly toxin thallium. Propped up on pillows, Alexander Litvinenko’s grey hair has... read more...

Friday, November 17, 2006

European Middle East peace plan ignores UK

European Middle East peace plan ignores UK

Brian Whitaker and agencies Jos Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Jacques Chirac

The Guardian

17 Nov 2006



In a sign of growing frustration at diplomatic inaction as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates, Spain, France and Italy yesterday unveiled a five-point peace initiative, taking Britain by surprise. Downing Street confirmed last night that it had... read more...

Thursday, November 16, 2006

War in peacetime

War in peacetime



The Guardian

16 Nov 2006



Rita Ersenoyeva smoothed her skirt and adjusted her headscarf. There was news, the man on the phone had said: good news about her abducted daughter, Elina. He wanted to meet in 15 minutes by the administration building in the middle of Stariye Atagi,... read more...

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Congo faces danger of new civil war as opposition rejects election result

Congo faces danger of new civil war as opposition rejects election result

Chris McGreal Kinshasa

The Guardian

15 Nov 2006



The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing the threat of another civil war after the well-armed opposition yesterday rejected President Joseph Kabila’s victory in the first free presidential election since independence, and the country’s powerful Roman... read more...

Friday, November 10, 2006

Rumsfeld’s progress

Rumsfeld’s progress



The Guardian

10 Nov 2006



In December 2001, at the dawn of an era that may already have begun to slip into memory, the pages of the conservative American magazine National Review all but crackled with excitement about the unfolding conflict in Afghanistan, and, specifically,... read more...

The tiny African state, the president’s playboy son and the $35m Malibu mansion (The Guardian, 10 Nov 2006, Page 3)

The tiny African state, the president’s playboy son and the $35m Malibu mansion

Chris McGreal Johannesburg Dan Glaister Malibu

The Guardian

10 Nov 2006



For a man paid less than 3,000 a month, the 16 acres of mansion, designer golf course and sprawling gardens speckled with fountains in Malibu was quite a buy. The views of the ocean alone — never mind the 15,000 sq ft mansion with eight bathrooms, a... read more...

Monday, November 06, 2006

In condemning Pyongyang, China takes bigger role on global stage

In condemning Pyongyang, China takes bigger role on global stage

By Gordon Fairclough And Neil King Jr. in Beijing

The Wall Street Journal Europe

06 Nov 2006



SHORTLYAFTERNorth Korea conducted its first nuclear-weapons test last month, regulators here quietly told China’s banks to suspend their dealings with the nation—a move that has largely severed Pyongyang’s most important link to the world financial... read more...

Friday, November 03, 2006

Why are we picking on Romanians?

Why are we picking on Romanians?



Irish Independent

02 Nov 2006



Recently our Government displayed its usual flair for copying the U.K., announcing that Ireland would also require citizens of EU accession states Romania and Bulgaria to apply for visas to work here. According to a TV3 poll, 91pc of Irish people... read more...