The saga continues. ABC News are reporting that Eller & Co of Miami USA have won the right to to take the case of the sale of P&O to a Dubai company to the British Court of Appeal. This has meant the sale has had to be put on hold: LONDON Mar 3, 2006 (AP)— A […]
Here’s an interesting article from The Guardian website, thought you might wish to read. Here is also a link to an audio file from BBC Radio4 with the full account of a detainies complaints and an interview with Colleen Grathy… very very interesting. James Sturcke Friday March 3, 2006 A man told today of the […]
5 people have now been charged over the largest robbery to take place in the UK. Just over a week ago theives kidnapped the manager of a cash handling company and gained access to the premises and drove off with 53 millon GB Pounds ($93 million US Dollars). Only 7 million pounds ($12.25 million) has […]
the New York Times is reporting that President Bush is urging Americans to embrace globalization and the loss of American jobs to those countries in the far east. This has also been a big problem in the Uk. Many major companies have sourced manufacturing and call centres in such countries as India. To hide the […]
When Bush signed the torture ban into law in December he used his “executive privilege” to make sure that a he could pick and choose where it applies. It seems like he wasted no time either: Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law […]
Bloomberg.com have reported further detail on the nuclear agreement between the USA and India, whats interesting is Bush has said that both countries are in the fight againt terrorism TOGETHER. Sure looks like a bit of… “we will give you assisatance with your civil nuclear capabillities and you back our actions in Iraq and Afganistan, give […]
It looks like there is still more intrigue to the case of Scooter Libby and the investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald. Editor and Publisher reported this today: Woodward suddenly revealed late last year that he had talked with Libby as well as another unnamed government official about CIA operative Valerie Plame, the wife of former Ambassador […]
From BBC News A court in the US has been asked to ban the practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case is being brought on behalf of Mohammed Bawazir, a Yemeni who has been held there since 2002. The action is the first test for a new law explicitly outlawing torture of […]
The BBC have reported that the Soviet Union ordered the assassination of the Pope in 1981. Now why the hell would the Soviets have wanted to do that? An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded that the former Soviet Union was behind the 1981 assassination attempt on the late Pope John Paul II. The head of the commission, […]
Sir Menzies Campbell has been voted in as the new leader of the LibDems, i personaly dont see why they have appointed him. He has a good track record in politics but is now 64 years old. With the next general election some 4 years away, this guy would be 68. Therefore they would need […]