Die arabische Position ist, dass ein atomwaffenfreier Mittlerer Osten genau das sein soll, was es heisst, und Israels Position ist, dass das völlig unmöglich ist. Da gibt es keine spitzfindigen Differenzen und da gibt es keine Mitte, in der man sich treffen kann.
Daily Archives: 18. September 2013
FISA court: Phone tapping doesn‘t violate Constitution
A newly released opinion says no companies challenged orders to turn over Americans‘ phone metadata
Gericht: US-Telefonanbieter haben sich nie gegen NSA-Anfragen gewehrt
Bis heute habe kein Anbieter die Rechtmäßigkeit einer Anordnung zur Herausgabe der Daten infrage gestellt, schrieb Richterin Claire Eagan. „Obwohl es dazu einen ausdrücklichen gesetzlichen Mechanismus gibt.“
Russia will give UN ‚proof‘ of Syria rebel chemical use
Russia will give the Security Council evidence implicating Syrian rebels in a chemical attack on 21 August, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Schünemann, der übrigens gerade als Landrat kandidiert, hat gerade einen Geheimdienstskandal am Bein. Ja, DER Schünemann.
Und zwar soll während seiner Amtszeit der Verfassungsschutz personenbezogene Daten zu Journalisten gespeichert haben.
Niedersachsen: Verfassungsschutz speichert Daten von Journalisten
Eine der Betroffenen ist die Rechtsextremismus-Expertin und Autorin Andrea Röpke, teilte ihr Anwalt mit. Auf Röpkes Anfrage hin habe der Verfassungsschutz 2012 mitgeteilt, dass keine Daten gespeichert seien. Tatsächlich wurden die Einträge in dem Moment gelöscht.
Same Day It‘s Revealed Verizon Has Never Challenged NSA, It Mocks Internet Companies For Doing So
And, yet, when faced with a much broader demand from the government, seeking info on every single phone call, neither AT&T nor Verizon lifted a finger in protest.
Niger would welcome armed U.S. drones: foreign minister
Niger would welcome the deployment of armed U.S. drones to the West African country to help in its battle against an armed Islamist threat and drug trafficking in the Sahara, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said on Wednesday.
Russia says to show Syrian evidence of rebel chemical arms use: agencies
Russia will show the U.N. Security Council evidence it has received from Syria‘s government pointing to the use of chemical weapons by rebels in the Damascus suburbs, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.
The latest Forbes rich list is out. It‘s a celebration of excess and exploitation
Not only have the mega rich regained all the wealth they lost during the recession, their combined net worth of $2.02tn (up $1.7tn from last year) is the highest ever recorded by Forbes. In fact, the price of entry onto the list is now so high that 61 American billionaires didn‘t even make the cut.
Merkel‘s conservatives lash out at eurosceptics as polls narrow
Merkel‘s Christian Democrats (CDU), which had deliberately ignored the small Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) so far in the campaign, deployed one of their most respected figures – Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble – to rip into the new party.
Trucker wollen Amerika drei Tage lahmlegen
Eine Organisation von Lastwagenfahrer will vom 11. bis 13. Oktober ganz Amerika lahmlegen und streiken. Sie haben vor mit Hunderttausend Lastwagen in Washington DC gegen die Politik von Obama zu demonstrieren.
Political Firestorm in South Korea
Actions by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) have generated a political furor that is growing by the day, pitting the ruling New Frontier Party against the main opposition Democratic Party and threatening the existence of the Unified Progressive Party.
Proteste nach Mord an linkem Musiker in Athen
Bei der griechischen Parlamentswahl im vergangenen Jahr hatten die Rechtsextremisten 18 Mandate errungen.Derzeit rangieren sie in Umfragen auf dem dritten Platz. Der Partei, gegen deren Abgeordnete zum Teil wegen gewalttätiger Übergriffe ermittelt wird, werden brutale Angriffe auf Ausländer angelastet.
Obama erhält Handelssanktionen gegen Kuba ein weiteres Jahr aufrecht
In einem Memorandum an das US-Außenministerium und das Finanzministerium hat das Weiße Haus diese seit Oktober 1960 existierende Maßnahme gegen Kuba aufrechterhalten.
Die negativen Effekte der US-Blockade für Kuba werden von UN-Organisationen wie UNICEF immer wieder beklagt.
‚Agrar-Pakt‘ abgelehnt: Streik in Kolumbien hält an
Bauern lehnen „Nationalen Agrar-Pakt“ von Präsident Santos ab. Lehrer protestieren weiter. Avianca-Piloten streiken
National Farmers and Social Strike gets seeds control law 970 suspended
In Colombia after 21 days of a nationwide strike by thousands of farmers, blocking more than 40 roads nationwide, protesting farmers forced the Colombian government to negotiate the rejection of a farm bill and the release of detained protesters.
Senate panel to meet at 20:30 for vote on banning Berlusconi
Each parliamentary group will have 10 minutes to present their argument, the president of the Senate panel, Dario Stefano, said.
The meeting is expected to end at 22:30.
Audience: Pope calls on Christians to continue prayers for peace
My thoughts go especially to the dear people of Syria, whose human tragedy can only be resolved through dialogue and negotiation, with respect for justice and the dignity of every person, especially the weakest and most defenseless.
Iran, U.S. Letters: Tehran Confirms Direct Communication With Obama
officials from both countries have said they are open to direct talks in order to find a diplomatic solution to a decade-long dispute over Iran‘s nuclear programme, over which the West has imposed economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Russlands Vize-Außenminister bei Assad – Beweise für C-Waffen-Einsatz durch Regimegegner
Der russische Vize-Außenminister Sergej Rjabkow hat sich am Mittwoch in Damaskus mit dem syrischen Präsidenten Baschar al-Assad getroffen, verlautete aus der russischen Botschaft in Syrien.
Das Gespräch sei sachlich und konstruktiv verlaufen, hieß es.
Americans, Europeans oppose Syria intervention: poll
The poll found 62 percent of Americans and 72 percent of Europeans believed their countries should avoid military intervention in Syria‘s civil war, which has killed more than 100,000 people.
Russia says U.N. report on Syria attack preconceived, political
Russia denounced U.N. investigators‘ findings on a poison gas attack in Syria as preconceived and tainted by politics on Wednesday, stepping up its criticism of a report Western nations said proved President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces were responsible.
Syrian artists find refuge and acclaim in neighbouring Lebanon
„This is a way to show that there is another side to Syrians,“ said Mardini. „There is a generation that is growing up in this difficult situation but they are very talented, very creative.“
Petros Fyssas: leftist rapper murdered by suspected Golden Dawn member
Greece is shaken with the murder of a leftist unionist and rapper by a man with links to the extreme right.
Bundesinnenministerium mal wieder beim krassen Lügen erwischt?
Aber diesmal nicht zur Presse sondern sie haben dem Bundestag ins Gesicht gelogen?
Former NSA Boss Hayden Says Snowden Likely To Become An Alcoholic Because He‘s ‚Troubled‘ And ‚Morally Arrogant‘
The Washington Post‘s Andrea Peterson has some more incredible quotes from former NSA and CIA boss Michael Hayden, who seems to have a way of saying exactly the wrong thing if he‘s trying to reassure those who are worried about excessive government surveillance.
Das US-Geheimgericht FISC hat entschieden, dass Verbindungsdaten nicht zur Privatsphäre gehören.
Die Amerikaner haben da ein Konstrukt namens „reasonable expectation of privacy“, vergleichbar damit, wie bei uns überraschende Klauseln in EULAs ungültig sind.
David Miranda: Lib Dems back motion criticising anti-terrorism powers
All but one delegate at party conference votes for motion condemning schedule 7 to Terrorism Act
Merkel‘s center-right could fall short of majority: poll
That would give the opposition a combined 46 percent – but the SPD and Greens both rule out a coalition with the Left, meaning one possible scenario is that Merkel could have to team up with the SPD in a repeat of the 2005-2009 ‚grand coalition‘.
US super-rich hit new wealth record five years after financial crisis
According to Forbes magazine the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth a record $2.02 trillion (£1.4tn), up from $1.7tn in 2012, a collective fortune slightly bigger than Russia‘s economy. In another sign of fizziness at the top of the economy, the cost to enter the billionaires‘ club has also gone up to levels not seen since the 2008 crash. In 2013, an aspiring plutocrat needs at least $1.3bn to make the Forbes list – the highest since just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent stock markets plummeting
2 years after Occupy Wall Street: Poverty persists, economic inequality grows
Thousands of Occupy protesters demonstrated in New York City to mark the second anniversary of the movement on Tuesday, just as new figures show that poverty remains steady and the so-called “1 percent” have only grown wealthier.
Occupy Wall Street, two years on: were still the 99%
The wave of Occupy protests in 2011 was forcibly suppressed. But it changed public debate, inspiring a generation of activists