Obwohl die japanische Verfassung ausdrücklich verbietet, dass das Land einen „Erstschlag” gegen ein anderes Land führt, behauptet ein hochrangiger Vertreter der herrschenden Liberal-Demokratischen Partei (LDP), dass sein Land das Recht habe, Nordkorea legal zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt anzugreifen.

„Think about it Bersani, think about it. It could really be the beginning of a – who knows? – collaboration. Try. Try to vote for her,“ he said. „Let‘s start from there. Then we‘ll see: electoral reimbursements, an anti-corruption law, making ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi ineligible. Maybe we could find consensus“.

The journalist known for her hard-hitting reports into alleged corruption and waste of public money was quoted at 1.90 to 1 by Bet2875 against Amato‘s 1.80.

I got this feeling today, the world stands still.

LARGE depositors who kept their money in the two biggest Cypriot banks stand to lose up to 8.3 billion euros through the restructuring of the two institutions, Cyprus Mail reports citing a European Commission document.

In the initial letter, which was also sent to House President Yiannakis Omirou, Draghi reminded both men that a central bank governor could only be dismissed on grounds specified by EU law, adding that any dismissal would be subject to review by the EU’s Court of Justice.

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) and Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) yesterday criticised the troika’s demands to come up with €1.4 billion through privatisations of SGOs, saying they believe they can use their own resources to cover the amount demanded by the troika as part of Cyprus’ bailout agreement.

No former American Presidents will be present after Bill Clinton, George Bush and his son George W Bush declined invitations

Former US vice president Dick Cheney and former American secretary of state Henry Kissinger are expected to attend Margaret Thatcher‘s funeral on Wednesday.

A report by former foreign minister Hubert Védrine claimed French influence would not be improved by reversing Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision to return to Nato’s integrated command structure. In an open letter, former government adviser Régis Debray disagrees.

The time for sherpas and go-betweens is over in the race for the presidency of Italy.

Some sectors of the state prosecution service are practically paralysed due to a lack of human and technical resources, agreed Marinho Pinto, the head of Portugal’s Law Society.

Agency now predicts that Spanish economy will contract by 1.6 percent in 2013

The unions said they would also be holding protests on May 1.

Die von Beppe Grillo gegründete Fünf Sterne Bewegung hat ihre Kandidatin für das Präsidentenamt gewählt. Doch die Euro-Gilde aus Bersanis P.D. und Montis Technokraten haben den Präsidenten bereits ausgedealt.