Brief aus dem Bundesgefängnis in Yankton in Süd-Dakota mit Grüssen an die Welt, eine Botschaft, die von jedem gehört und erwidert werden sollte.

China macht sich bereit zum Währungskrieg. Das Land der Mitte droht kaum noch unverhüllt, denn inzwischen wird immer offensichtlicher, dass angesichts der sich erneut zuspitzenden Krise allseits auf die Abwertung der Währungen gesetzt wird, um sich Wettbewerbsvorteile auf dem Weltmarkt zu verschaffen.

Kim declined to confirm news reports that the North has imposed no-fly zones off its coasts in a possible move to fire missiles, but he said any flight ban limited to near the coast would not be for weapons with meaningful ranges.

Earlier in the day, the allies started the Foal Eagle drills, which are field training exercises involving tens of thousands of troops from their ground, naval and air forces, a Seoul military official said. They will last until April 30.

About 200,000 Korean troops and 10,000 U.S. forces are expected to be mobilized for their defensive „Foal Eagle“ exercise, under the Combined Forces Command, which began on March 1 and goes until the end of April. Separate computer-simulated drills called „Key Resolve“ start on March 11.

(21.02.) A statement issued by the Combined Forces Command on Thursday says the annual war drills will begin on March 1 with a month-long series of air, ground and naval exercises known as Foal Eagle. Separately, it announced a two-week, computer-based simulation called Key Resolve, which will begin on March 11.

On Monday the M5S parliamentary groups elected two leader/spokespersons for the next three months: Roberta Lombardi for the Lower House, and Vito Crimi for the Senate. They are authorised to speak after holding discussions and sharing content with the other members of the group.

Watch out for the wolves!

The strong message sent by the Rome Conference on Syria has been heard, said Italy‘s foreign ministry, Giulio Terzi, on the fringes of the Friends of Yemen meeting underway on Thursday in London.

In the final three months of last year the total hit the highest level in more than 13 years.

More and more Greek children and teenagers are getting stressed out and depressed because of the crippling economic crisis, according to a report by GreekReporter.com.

When Mr Zygier died in December 2010, Mr Rudd was foreign minister.
The Labor MP says he has “no recollection“ of being informed about the matter

FORMER attorney-general Robert McClelland has confirmed he was briefed on the Ben Zygier case in 2010, making him the only politician to date to admit any first-hand knowledge of the affair.

Der Bericht sagt, dass den Kindern routinemäßig die Augen verbunden und sie in schmerzhafter Weise gefesselt und physisch misshandelt werden, und dass sie mit dem Tod sowie mit sexuellen Übergriffen gegen sich selbst oder ein Mitglied ihrer Familien bedroht werden.

“I have never spoken about supporting a technocrat government. The only solution that we propose is a 5 Star MoVement government that immediately puts into effect the first 20 points of the electoral programme and after that, all the other points. Our programme is clear and it has been announced in all the town centres and in direct streaming online. Yesterday in the press conference we stated things clearly without room for doubt. Get used to those who say “yes” to mean “yes” and “no” to mean “no” without the need for interpretation.“ (..)

Vito Crimi, spokesperson leader of the M5S in the Senate

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Thursday at the start of a „Friends of Yemen“ meeting in London.

The United States remains committed to the Friends of Yemen process and its goal of supporting Yemen as it endeavors to achieve meaningful political, economic, and security sector reform.

Kritiker sehen Parallelen mit Acta.

Nach 14 Jahren als Regierungschef in Venezuela ist Hugo Chávez nun an Krebs gestorben. Über die Reaktionen auf den Tod eines umstrittenen Charismatikers und die Zukunft Venezuelas…

A Guardian investigation reports that Colonel James Steele, a special forces veteran, was nominated by Rumsfeld to help organise paramilitaries to quell a growing Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Steele reported directly to Rumsfeld.

Spain has gone full throttle at auction, selling all 5 billion euros of 2015, 2018, and 2023 bonds

Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi was handed a one-year prison term by a Milan court on Thursday for involvement in the publication of an illegally obtained wiretap in his brother Paolo‘s conservative newspaper Il Giornale.

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a one-year jail term for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal.

Außerdem soll er im Kontakt mit Paul Krugman stehen, der bei der New York Times eine vielbeachtete Wirtschaftskolumne schreibt.