Tyco’s Kozlowski: Isolation or Work-Release?
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L. Dennis Kozlowski, a former CEO of Tyco, was denied parole “due to concern for the public safety and welfare,” according to the New York Department of Corrections. A parole board ruled that releasing him in 2012 would have the effect of minimiz...
The Failure Of Both Growth And The World Central Banks’ Monetary Policies Makes Debt Unsustainable
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Financial market report for the week ending April 5, 2012. 1) … In this week’s news. Bloomberg reports, Volcker Rule May Be Impossible To Implement. “Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said a U.S. law restricting...
Céline Meneses (Front de Gauche) : “La mise en place d’un salaire minimum européen est un horizon que tout gouvernement progressiste se doit de rendre possible et vite”
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1. Les Cabris de l’Europe : Jean-Luc Mélenchon, en une phrase pourquoi êtes-vous candidat à l’élection présidentielle française de 2012 ? Céline Meneses (Front de Gauche) : Sans réponse. 2. Les Cabris de l’Europe : selon vous, dans que...
Were we not Told that they are the Happiest People on Earth ?
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Maybe they should call this a “happy riot”.Aarhus police have detained a total of 82 people in connection with left-wing demonstrations in Denmark's second city. Fifty left-wing activists were detained after refusing to leave an area near Møllep...
Sunny and artsy Metz
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As always, cross-posted with DaivaRepeckaite.com - feel free to comment there before Cafe Babel enables comments on its blogs. Metz (Northeast France) is excellent for a day trip, particularly when you are sick and tired of this year’s Europe’s p...
"Deepening Economic Misery in Europe forecast on Present Policies: Change will come" by Andrew Watt
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The recent joint economic forecast by the IMK, WiFO and OFCE is now available in English (see the link on the right; auf deutsch hier). I should warn you: it makes miserable reading. While the extraordinary measures by the ECB and the shoring up of t...
The EU and the Malian Chaos
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On April 6th, the nomad people of the Tuareg exclaimed their own country. The EU condemns this move – but does not have the means to prevent it. What is the next step? With Tuareg rebels seizing control over the … Continue reading →...
The EU and the Malian Chaos
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On April 6th, the nomad people of the Tuareg exclaimed their own country. The EU condemns this move – but does not have the means to prevent it. What is the next step? With Tuareg rebels seizing control over the … Continue reading →...
Euronest and Baku – summary
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I owe my readers a summary of the Euronest session which took place this week in Baku. We adopted all planned documents, although the discussion was not very lively. Euronest took over the mechanical procedure of the European Parliament and the real...
The world´s first wind powered car
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A hot tip to the beleaguered American car industry:The world´s first wind powered car - invented in Sri Lanka - is awaiting mass production.The car can be driven at 60kmh top speed only using wind power. Most of the European manufactures want him to...
When ignorance is lethal
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Fear and lack of knowledge could be fuelling a new round of sexually transmitted infections...
When ignorance is lethal
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HIV/AIDS wrought devastation in Romania in the 1980s and 1990s. The HIV problem was exposed after the 1989 revolution that brought communism crashing down. Romanians, who had been shielded from the truth by a tightly controlled media, were as shocked...
EFD Rights Watch: ’80 coup trial roundup; Turkey on religious rights and more…
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Military Coup Case Begins with Victims’ Cry for Justice Two generals didn’t attend the first sitting of the case but relatives of the victims and rights’ activist were there. They all demanded the investigation to be enlarged and th...
Practical guide to Latvian Easter traditions
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Easter is one of those holidays that a lot of people assocciate with Christianity. For me, however, Easter has always been about pagan traditions that are so very much alive and practised in Latvia. This is going to be a practical guide to coulouring...
The dark side of wind turbines
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"Green" wind turbines are the darlings of the western progressive/liberal media. However, there is dark side to the turbines that these media seldom write about:A dark side of the wind industry that many media outlets have failed to report on is the...
#medyaokulu 2. gün hikayesi: Akif Beki, Ergun Babahan, Osman Ateşli ve Murat Erdin @medyadernegi
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[View the story "#medyaokulu 2. gün hikayesi: Akif Beki, Ergun Babahan, Osman Ateşli ve Murat Erdin @medyadernegi" on Storify] Related posts: #medyaokulu Eyüp Can ve Yonca Poyraz Doğan ile devam etti… Twitter derlemesi…...
In the mean time, in Europe, Sarkozy pushes for Censorship; “UK plans web surveillance program
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French President Sarkozy Sees Opportunity for Censorship, Seizes It from EFF.org Updates by jillian In the wake of a horrific rampage, in which Mohamed Merah (now dead after a 32-hour standoff with police) reportedly murdered three French soldiers, t...
On the road to #rp12: European blogging in Italy
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In 2009, Italian blogger Luca Conti said in an interview that he was “afraid a European blogosphere will remain a dream” because news markets were mainly national and participation in European Parliament elections were low: Now, that was...
What must be said
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With his poem "What must be said", to be found here [DE], German nobel prize laureat Günter Grass stirred up a heated discussion in Germany. At the core of it: Can Germany, the country that bears responsibility for the Holocaust, criticize Israel?&n...
So public-spirited, that Mr Kingsnorth
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It takes time, money and commitment to take on the dogs of the investment company sector. Colin Kingsnorth has all three, which is perhaps why he’s picked fights with its two biggest canines....
Watch as the property tax brings out the worst in people.
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A story in the Irish Times today suggests that the government may give some tax relief to those who paid large amounts of stamp duty relatively recently, in the event of a property tax being introduced next year. Whereas it seems like a fair and rea...
Tory praised by EDL calls himself a “community cohesion champion”
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In a shocking display of arrogance, a Tory councillor who was suspended after Scrapbook exposed his presence at a far-right political meeting has christened himself a “community cohesion champion” — and boasted of his links to the English D...
