The deteriorating security situation in Lebanon, the influx of foreign fighters, refugees, and Syria‘s own internal centrifugal forces demonstrate that the opposition is weak, and upon Assad‘s exit, it will disintegrate into bloody sectarian conflict.

Brahimi erklärte, es müsse eine Regierung „mit allen Kräften im Staat“ geschaffen werden.

(22.12.) A transitional government, which will be fully empowered, will be set up in three months. It will be made up of opposition members, but civilians who served in the Assad administration and whose hands are not bloody will not be excluded. The Syrian army will be under command of the civilian administration. The Free Syrian Army will continue to exist during the process. The UN will have an active role in implementing the formula.

Monsanto shareholder Bill Gates has argued that GMOs are the solution to world hunger, going as far as to say that they are actually needed to fight worldwide starvation. Unfortunately for Gates, who back in 2010 bought 500,000 shares of the company he is now promoting in mainstream media as the solution to the world’s problems, a team of 900 scientists have found that GMO crops are actually not effective at fighting world hunger.

Die zwei für den Einsatz im Südosten der Türkei vorgesehenen deutschen „Patriot“-Raketenabwehrstaffeln werden voraussichtlich am 8. Januar vom Hafen Travemünde aus verschifft.

Die französischen Arbeitsmarktzahlen werden nicht wie in anderen Staaten nach dem ILO-Standard erhoben. Zudem wird keine Prozentangabe veröffentlicht.

In a new record, the number of French unemployed job seekers rose in November for the 19th consecutive time, according to government data released late on Thursday.

Zwischen den Opfern der Explosion ist nirgendwo Brot zu sehen. Nur in einem einzigen Video gibt es gegen Ende des Videos genau ein Brot zu sehen. Nachdem alle Verletzten geborgen und alle Leichen weggeräumt sind, legt ein Mann extra für die Kamera ein sauberes Brot, von dem nicht zu erkennen ist, wo es herkommt, in eine Blutlache: zu sehen in diesem Video etwa bei Position 9:42. Was hier offensichtlich geschehen ist, ist eine Explosion bei einem Stützpunkt von Terroristen. Die Terroristen und ihre Spachrohre haben dazu eine Bäckerei erfunden, um der syrischen Armee etwas anzudichten, was sie nicht getan hat.

The source made it clear that the Regional Leadership did not discuss the subject and no statement in this regard was issued, indicating that the website that fabricated the news “Baath Net“ is run from Yemen, and has nothing to do with the Baath Party leadership in Syria.

“The Syrian air force is harming hundreds of Syrian civilians and will stop at nothing, even methods banned by international conventions.“

(23.12.) The PM told ministers at his weekly cabinet meeting that Israel is cooperating with the U.S. and international community ahead of the Assad regime‘s expected downfall.

„Monti‘s name on the list? There will be references made to Monti‘s agenda“, said labour market reform theorist and Monti backer Pietro Ichino in a televised interview

The Madrid Regional Assembly on Thursday approved the 2013 budget, which includes privatizations of six hospitals and of 27 out of 270 regional health centers.

Jérôme Cahuzac, 60, who is leading efforts by President François Hollande to cut the French deficit and streamline the budget, has repeatedly denied reports by the investigative website Mediapart that he held an undisclosed account at the Swiss bank UBS for 20 years until 2010. He is suing the website for defamation.

Die “Christlich Soziale Union” C.S.U. will das Grundgesetz ändern, weil das verbietet worüber die C.S.U. Volksabstimmungen abhalten will. Damit übt sich die C.S.U. wieder einmal im einzigen was sie je gelernt hat: in maximaler Heuchelei.

Another, more recent, case from the EU involves Eurodac, a database with fingerprint information provided by asylum seekers there. Here‘s the original justification for storing them: