THE DAILY WAR!
Non-pagan/papal date: 11-14
THE HOLY ROMAN
Here is a translation of the address B16 gave at midday when he prayed the Angelus from the window of his study with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square.
The interdisciplinary dimension of the Church's social doctrine needs more attention, says a Vatican official.
EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
The government will again debate the possibility of nationwide citizenship tests for migrants in a special Bundestag session today.
Germany's public sector strike became a national affair today, as garbage men in Hamburg and meter maids in Baden-Würtemberg joined the biggest labor dispute in years. German papers look beyond the picket lines.
Today, the Foreign Minister starts a 2-day visit to the Middle East and Turkey. The visit comes at a time of heightened tensions between Europe and the Muslim world.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
A video allegedly showing British soldiers beating Iraqi teenagers sparks accusations of a "Rambo" mentality. And a controversial draft EU law on services will take centre-stage this week.
Israeli “Likud” party hired PR manager of the KGB.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
Like the invasion of Iraq, an attack on Iran has a secret agenda that has nothing to do with the Tehran regime's imaginary weapons of mass destruction. Next month, Iran is scheduled to shift its petrodollars into a euro-based bourse. The effect on the value of the dollar will be significant, if not, in the long term, disastrous. That oil is traded in dollars is critical in maintaining the dollar as the world's reserve currency. What the Bush regime fears is not Iran's nuclear ambitions but the effect of the world's 4th-biggest oil producer and trader breaking the dollar monopoly.
Iran has started to inject uranium feedstock gas into centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, crossing an internationally agreed "red line" -- signalling a major escalation in the long-running face-off between Tehran and the West.
A major American attack on Iran's nuclear sites would kill up to 10,000 people and lead to war in the Middle East, a report says today. Precision bombing could put Iran's weapons programme back 5-10 years but within a month the situation would become "an extremely dangerous conflict." The attack would result in "a protracted military confrontation" involving Israel, Lebanon and some Gulf states.
After taking ‘virtual control’ of the entire North Waziristan province of Pakistan, Taliban and al-Qaeda have recently ‘declared’ the establishment of an ‘Islamic state’ in the area and gained a major base for their operations against the US-led forces in Afghanistan.
Hamas leader Khalid Mishal said he would seek the support of the Arab League as he arrived in Khartoum, where the pan-Arab organisation’s next summit is due to be held next month. During in his 2-day visit, Mishal will hold talks with President Omar al-Bashir as well as veteran Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi.
The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda wishes to strongly respond and condemn utterances attributed to Hassan Al-Turabi of the People’s Congress Party.
ECONOMY
The fever that gripped oil markets in recent weeks has begun to subside as traders discount the likelihood of a doomsday scenario in Iran, yet many remain cautious due to a variety to geopolitical risks.
MISC
Archaeologists have unearthed a massive tomb in the northern Greek town of Pella, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia and birthplace of Alexander the Great.
Two UC Davis researchers are cracking both the hieroglyphic code and cultural and mathematical understandings behind a 5,000-year calendar that is still used today in Mexico and Central America.
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