Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, said on Tuesday that he believed it was “highly possible” that the next pope could come from a non-European country.

Given what‘s been delivered to the majority, it‘s hardly surprising Latin America‘s social ­democratic and socialist ­governments keep getting re-elected.

Unter den Erstwählern ist Beppe Grillo laut Ips–Institut mit 30 Prozent die erste Partei. Bei den älteren Wählern kommen die Stimmen sowohl von links als auch von rechts. In Norditalien etwa, wo ein Korruptionsskandal die einstige Saubermannpartei Lega Nord erschüttert hat, sehen viele in Grillo die Alternative.

French President Francois Hollande arrived in Athens on Tuesday to discuss Greece‘s deep financial crisis, but a journalists‘ strike left the event without coverage in Greek media, infuriating the government.

French women who took over leadership of Front National party from her father, addresses university‘s debating society

Now, as before, we cannot sacrifice our hard-won liberties and privacy rights in the pursuit of a misguided and overbroad conception of „security.“

The plan of including China‘s Diaoyu Islands into Japan‘s application to the UNESCO‘s list of World Natural Heritage sites is a clear provocation.

The plan, once carried out, will certainly escalate the tension between China and Japan over territorial disputes.

(18.02.) “For a week there have not been any significant negotiations,” Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett said at the start of a faction meeting on Monday. “We are interested in joining the government, and as soon as they decide to hold [serious] coalition talks, a government can be finalized in 24 hours.”

“Twenty eight years is more than enough,” said Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. “Today, when there is a growing consensus in favor of Pollard’s release amongst former Pentagon and CIA officials, American figures, legal authorities, the Israeli government, and American Jewish leaders, the time has come to vigorously and loudly demand his freedom. ”

Die Forderung nach einer Verstaatlichung der regionalen Netze der Stromanbieter aus Österreich und Tschechien wies er zurück.

Ministerpräsident Boiko Borisow kündigte am Dienstag zudem an, dem tschechischen Versorger CEZ die Lizenz in Bulgarien zu entziehen. Damit geht Borisow, der einer Mitte-Rechts-Regierung vorsteht, auf Konfrontationskurs mit dem EU-Partner Tschechien.

Der Ministerpräsident war am Montagabend mit der Bildung einer Regierung aus parteilosen Experten gescheitert, die er nach der Ermordung des Oppositionspolitikers Chokri Belaid am 6. Februar einsetzen wollte.

Der als Nato-Oberbefehlshaber für Europa vorgesehene US-General John Allen hat um seine Versetzung in den Ruhestand gebeten. US-Präsident Barack Obama akzeptierte seine Entscheidung.

In her report, the judge noted that Zygier‘s death, according to Doctor Ricardo Nachman‘s report, was the result of asphyxiation caused by a noose being tightened around his neck.
The expert noted that some bruises were not instrumental in his death, and neither was a small quantity of tranquilizers found in his blood.

Nearly month after elections, PM finalizes first coalition deal; Hatnua leader to get justice portfolio, be in charge of peace talks with Palestinians

Wenige Tage vor den Wahlen am 24./25. Februar wächst die Furcht vor Grillos Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung, dem die Demoskopen bis zu 100 Mandate in der Kammer zutrauen. Ein Resultat nahe der 20-Prozent-Marke könnte im Senat die Bildung einer regierungsfähigen Mehrheit verhindern. Umfragen dürfen nicht mehr publiziert werden.

We are now in a situation where the number of books sold has declined drastically over the past two years, as has the number of people who read books, and herein lies the paradox, namely that we no longer even read the books that we have lying around at home. They are free, after all, and we could easily read them, but we don’t even do that.

Lizzy Davies is travelling round Italy listening to ordinary people‘s election stories. Follow her trip on our interactive map

(05.02.) Powell erklärte, drei Personen hätten diese Angaben bestätigt. Wie sich später herausstellte, wollten zwei die Geschichte nur vom Hörensagen kennen. Den dritten Informanten hatte der amerikanische Militärgeheimdienst bereits als „nicht glaubwürdig“ eingestuft. 2011 gestand der in Erlangen lebende Augenzeuge mit dem Decknamen „Curveball“, alles frei erfunden zu haben.

(16.02.) Curveball (aka Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi) was the main reason given for the US invasion of Iraq. (..)

Officials within the BND, CIA and DIA all surmised Curveball was lying. These dissents were somehow „lost in the shuffle“, we are told. This is supposed to be the honest „mistake“ that gave us the war.

Taylor fronted Modern Spies, a BBC2 series on espionage that interviewed an alleged Iraqi defector, who claimed to have made up the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction – a claim which it is alleged was given credibility by the British and US government at the time.

BBC investigation to put Blair back under the spotlight over lead-up to conflict

Reaching the lowest levels since 1990 only 918,280 vehicles were registered in January in the 27 European Union and EFTA countries versus 1,003763 in 2012.