Monday 21 February 2011

Bahrain Grand Prix postponed race after protests

2008 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIXBahrain Grand Prix postponed race after protests - Telegraph: "Violent anti-government protests in the island kingdom had placed the race in grave doubt. And with teams, sponsors and drivers all privately expressing deep concerns about the image it would send out to go racing in a country still burying its dead, the sport's power brokers had little option but to cancel.
A statement from the race organisers confirmed the decision, stating somewhat ambiguously that “no decision has been made on a new date for the rescheduling of the race, which was due to take place from March 11th to 13th.”
Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said: 'We felt it was important for the country to focus on immediate issues of national interest and leave the hosting of Bahrain's Formula One race to a later date,' the prince said in a statement.
'After the events of the past week, our nation's priority is on overcoming tragedy, healing divisions and rediscovering the fabric that draws this country together; reminding the world of the very best that Bahrain is capable of as a nation once again united.'"

: British FM says there are indications Gadhafi may be on his way to Venezuela

Gadhafi: Webster's Timeline History, 1970 - 2007The Canadian Press: British FM says there are indications Gadhafi may be on his way to Venezuela: "Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague says there are indications that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi has left the country and is on his way to Venezuela.
Hague says he has seen 'some information to suggest (Gadhafi) is on his way there at the moment.'
He was speaking after a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday, in which they sharply condemned the Libyan authorities for their crackdown against pro-democracy protesters.
But EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton dismissed Hague's claim, saying she knew nothing about it.
EU officials who attended the ministerial meeting also described the report as 'unfounded rumours.'"

Egypt Requests Freeze On Mubarak Assets Abroad - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

Hosni Mubarak: A WikiFocus Book (WikiFocus Book Series)Egypt Requests Freeze On Mubarak Assets Abroad - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011: "Egypt's prosecutor general today requested a freeze on the foreign assets of Hosni Mubarak and his family, 10 days after the longtime president resigned in the face of a popular uprising.

Abdel Magid Mahmud instructed Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit to contact foreign countries to seek a freeze on assets held by Mubarak, as well as his wife, sons, and their wives.

Separately, British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Egypt, the first world leader to visit the country since Mubarak was forced out of office.

Speaking en route to Cairo, Cameron said his visit was a 'great opportunity' to push for democracy to be established in the country, which is now under temporary military rule.

He is expected to hold talks with top Egyptian officials and the anti-Mubarak opposition, but not members of the pro-Islamist Muslim Brotherhood."

Is this the end for Angela Merkel?

Angela MerkelIs this the end for Angela Merkel? | Jakob Augstein | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Hamburg is Germany's most English city. The wind blows from the North Sea, its buildings look like London townhouses and moments of extreme joy and despair are usually handled with a stiff upper lip. Sunday's celebrations among the city's social democrats, however, were atypical of its famously reserved citizens. Winning 48% of the vote in a key regional election, the SPD reached an absolute majority, something it hadn't managed in nearly a quarter of a century. In the Berlin headquarters of Angela Merkel's CDU the news was received with pale faces. A loss in Hamburg had appeared inevitable for some time, but the crushing nature of the defeat was a blow nonetheless.

The conclusion is inevitable: Angela Merkel's best days are behind her. The most powerful woman in Europe finds herself facing the beginning of the end."

Italy’s Eni and Other Oil Firms to Evacuate Libya

Libya: From Colony to Independence (Oneworld Short Histories)Italy’s Eni and Other Oil Firms to Evacuate Libya - NYTimes.com: "Global oil companies said Monday that they were making plans to evacuate employees in Libya after some operations there were disrupted by political unrest. Libya holds the largest crude oil reserves in Africa, and the moves drove some stock prices down and a crucial oil benchmark to a three-year high.

The largest and most established foreign energy producer in Libya, Eni of Italy, said in a statement that it had begun repatriating “nonessential personnel” and the families of its employees."

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Raids on British history prompt calls for special 'heritage police'

Heritage PoliceRaids on British history prompt calls for special 'heritage police' - Crime, UK - The Independent: "Heritage chiefs will this week launch a national crackdown on thieves and vandals targeting Britain's national treasures. Growing numbers of attacks are being recorded on heritage sites ranging from the vandalism of prehistoric burial mounds to thefts from churches. Experts warn that it is resulting in the disappearance of priceless historical artefacts as well as multimillion-pound repair bills.

More than 40 organisations in Britain, including the National Trust, National Parks, British Waterways and other heritage bodies, have joined with police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in a bid to curb the mounting threat"

Merkel and Sarkozy: their plans to turn Europe into a Greater Germany - Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in Brussels

Statue in Front of Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), Berlin, Greater Berlin, Germany Photographic Poster Print by Jon Davison, 30x40Merkel and Sarkozy: their plans to turn Europe into a Greater Germany - Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in Brussels: "I'm at the European Council meeting, and just out from a press briefing by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. It was meant to be an explanation of the 'grand bargain' the two are right now presenting over lunch to the other 25 heads of state and government. The 'bargain' is a deal all about how the eurozone is going to make itself competitive by means of a centralised European economic government.

Pause for a moment and think about how ludicrous that idea is. The individual eurozone countries have all either blasted apart their banking systems or destroyed their countries with debt, or both. Yet it is from these same economically-idiotic countries that the new centralised economic government will be drawn: somehow the 'magic' of 'more Europe' is meant to turn the politicans and bureaucrats of these nations, all of them proven incompetents, into round-eyed versions of Hong Kong dynamos.

The German chancellor assured us all that in her plan the role of the other eurozone states was to decided which member states had best practice in economic matters and then agree to impose that same 'best practice' across the eurozone."

Europe plans to spend one trillion euros by 2020 for energy grid upgrades and nuclear included as a core part of the plan

Wealth Building Strategies in Energy, Metals and Other MarketsEurope plans to spend one trillion euros by 2020 for energy grid upgrades and nuclear included as a core part of the plan: "The EU is the world's largest regional energy market -- 500 million people and 20 million companies. Governments committed to a broad sweep of market reforms, linking national and regional electricity grids and gas pipelines by 2014 to allow power to circulate freely and cheaply, from those who produce it and have surpluses to those who don't and need it.

Alongside investment in renewable energy technologies, EU states will also promote 'safe and sustainable low-carbon technologies' -- this including nuclear -- under climate action goals. France and the UK have gotten agreement to reposition domestically-produced nuclear energy at the heart of the bloc's long-term supplies.

The political mood now, amid greater questioning of scientific evidence, is for a more substantial use of the nuclear alternative.

'Nuclear is not a renewable source,' said a senior official under commission head Jose Manuel Barroso of post-2050 guidelines, but 'the make-up of national energy mixes is a matter of national choice.'"

Olympics will be magnet for sex trafficking gangs, warns Yvette Cooper | News

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern SlaveryOlympics will be magnet for sex trafficking gangs, warns Yvette Cooper | News: "THE OLYMPICS will make London a 'magnet' for human trafficking unless ministers launch an urgent crackdown, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper warned today.

Criminal gangs will use next year's Games to force women and girls into the sex trade and push men into forced labour, Ms Cooper said.

She called on the Government to learn the lessons of the Athens Games in 2004, saying the number of human trafficking victims doubled due to poor prevention efforts.

In a speech to the Stopping Traffick conference, she said: 'There are fears that the London 2012 Olympics could increase the trafficking of vulnerable people into the UK."

British tourist dies after buttocks implant surgery in Philadelphia

British tourist dies after buttocks implant surgery in Philadelphia | Herald Sun: "POLICE in Philadelphia are investigating the death of a British tourist after she had silicone injections in her buttocks at a hotel.

Claudia Adusei, 20, who traveled from England to have the risky cosmetic procedure, died suddenly early on Tuesday at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, in Darby.

Adusei, from London, was taken to the hospital at 1:30am local time on Tuesday after complaining of chest pains following two injections of silicone into her buttocks by suspected unlicensed practitioners at a Hampton Inn hotel room, Philadelphia Daily News reported.

A preliminary medical examination revealed that the silicone went into her central vascular system, ultimately stopping her heart, WCAU-TV reported.

Philadelphia police were looking for two woman who gave Adusei and one of her friends the injections."

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