The German government has warned that a terrorist attack is imminent on its soil. Now it is pushing for what some call a “super-police,” or merger of two federal police agencies. The interior minister has made clear, however, that it will not be a German version of the FBI.
Archives: 10 December 2010
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
US Diplomats in the EU: Manipulating the Political Dwarves of Europe
European Union politicians like to see themselves as having global reach. But the US would beg to differ, according to American diplomatic cables from European capitals. Competition between Merkel, Sarkozy and others means it is easy for Washington to play EU leaders off against each other.
December 10, 2010
EADS Boss Louis Gallois on the A380: ‘I Was Told There Was a Problem’
The A380′s image has been tarnished ever since a Qantas plane was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine exploded. In a SPIEGEL interview, the CEO of Airbus parent company EADS, Louis Gallois, talks about the defective Rolls-Royce engines, competition from China and the ongoing dispute with Boeing over illegal subsidies.
December 10, 2010
SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Mexican Foreign Minister: EU and US Should ‘Offer More’ on Climate Protection
The president of the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about why she believes this round of talks will be better than Copenhagen and how industrialized nations need to take on more leadership.
December 10, 2010
Blocking WikiLeaks: Can Free Speech Be Protected on a Private Internet?
Does the US constitution protect WikiLeaks? Only courts can decide how far the whistleblowing platform can go. Yet Amazon and others have simply blocked the site, rather than waiting for legal clarification. The companies’ cowardice is now threatening Internet freedom.
December 10, 2010
15 killed in blast in NW Pakistan
At least 15 people were killed and 17 others injured in a blast that took place Friday afternoon nearby a hospital in Hangu city in northwest Pakistan, reported local TV channel Geo.
December 10, 2010
Suicide attack kills 2 in E. Afghanistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, leaving two dead, including the bomber, and wounded two others, Interior Ministry said in a press release.
December 10, 2010
Sino-US defense meetings resume
China and the US resumed their once-stalled defense consultations Thursday in Washington in a further sign of the thawing of a stalled military-to-military ties between the two countries after a massive arms sale plan was announced by the US to Taiwan at the beginning of the year. • Chinese delegation leaves for China-U.S. defense talks
December 10, 2010
Caribbean PM cancels Cancun to counter crime crisis
Cancun made the headlines in St. Lucia Wednesday, but for all the wrong reasons.
December 10, 2010
India successfully testfires Angni II plus missiles
India Friday testfired its nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni II plus missile off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa, highly placed sources said.
December 10, 2010
Snowing and Coffee and Nitroglycerin…
Getting up was hard today and for the first time in a long time I had to take a nitroglycerin spray (I use a spray instead of pills.) to get going with the day. Then that makes me have other lessor issues but issues non the same. Like bad headaches, dizziness and blood pressure dropping [...]
December 10, 2010
In USA, Freedoms Belong to the State!
Irony is officially dead. The Washington Post publishes a story about violence directed at intimidating the press in Russia while cheering on the USA administration for attacking Wikileaks and wanting Assange’s head on a pole (execution). In Russia, freedom of speech belongs to the state: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/09/AR2010120907121.html Hypocritical Thy name is USA! Putin is right (Pot [...]
December 10, 2010
I Am American and This Bothers Me!
My local news just had this on last night. China and Russia announced that they will be weaning themselves off of the dollar for international transactions. This is horrible economic news. This will force a repatriation of dollars to the USA and thereby expand the domestic money supply. With the Fed’s QE2 policy already in [...]
December 10, 2010
Putins Dog Named…
A five year old won the competition of naming Putin’s dog. Five-year-old Dima Sokolov and his parents were invited to Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogarevo, where the prime minister introduced Dima and Buffy to each other… Buffy is the dogs new name… Windows to Russia! What Will Putin Name His New Dog? (windowstorussia.com) Putin Gets A [...]