Police arrested dozens of activists after breaking up their protests Tuesday in their first use of the new law.
Daily Archives: 28. November 2013
Die kindische gefährliche Stichelei des nationalen Sicherheitsstaats gegen China
Als Antwort auf Chinas Entscheidung, eine neue Luftraumzone einzuführen, die auf einen lang geführten territorialen Disput mit Japan wegen einer Inselgruppe zurückgeht, schickte das Militär der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika zwei B-52-Bomber, die über die Zone flogen, um Chinas Entschlossenheit zu testen und um zu beweisen, dass China nur ein „Papiertiger“ ist, wenn es die Flugzeuge nicht abschiesst.
B-52s sing the ‘pivot to Asia’ song
So a pair of American B-52 bombers has made an excursion into the East China Sea, flying over those rocky islands that China calls the Diaoyu and Japan calls the Senkakus – all surrounded by a fabulous wealth of unexplored oil and gas.
Over 200 militants destroyed in Russia’s North Caucasus in the first nine months of 2013
“A terrorist threat remains high in Ingushetia, Chechnya and the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria,” Medvedev stressed.
Iran invites IAEA to visit Arak plant: Amano
Under the IAEA Safeguards Agreement, Iran is not obliged to allow such inspections. However, under a new deal between Iran and the UN nuclear agency, Tehran will, on a voluntary basis, also allow the Agency‘s inspectors access to the Gachin uranium mine in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
5.7-magnitude quake kills 7, injures 45 in south Iran
Fereydoun Hassanvand, governor of Bushehr Province, said on Thursday the injured have been transported to various hospitals in the port cities of Bushehr and Genaveh to receive medical treatment.
External factors can’t harm Iran-UAE ties: Rouhani
The Emirati top diplomat, for his part, congratulated President Rouhani on the signing of a nuclear deal between Tehran and the six world powers, saying the accord will benefit all countries in the region.
Putin: Russland nimmt in kommenden Jahren sieben neue Frühwarn-Radare in Betrieb
Neben Armawir sind Radaranlagen der neuen Generation in Lechtussi nahe Sankt Petersburg, in der Ostseeexklave Kaliningrad und bei Irkutsk (Südsibirien) gebaut worden. Darüber hinaus sollen mehrere Radare im Hohen Norden stationiert werden.
Dirty Wars – Official Trailer (HD) Documentary, Thriller
„Dirty Wars“ – Official Trailer (HD)
ARD-Doku „Schmutzige Kriege“: Amerikas heimliche Morde
„Schmutzige Kriege“ läuft in der Nacht zum Freitag, dem 29. November, um 0.00 Uhr in der ARD.
Heiner Flassbeck erklärt, wie so ein Koalitionsvertrag entsteht:
Zu Beginn der Verhandlungen geben alle Minister an ihre Heerscharen von Beamten die Order aus, alles Wichtige, was das Ministerium in der Vergangenheit gemacht hat, zu Papier zu bringen, um es für die nächsten vier Jahre zu sichern.
Markus Kompa interviewt John Goetz. Das ist der eine Reporter hinter „Geheimer Krieg“.
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The war on democracy
How corporations and spy agencies use „security“ to defend profiteering and crush activism
Psssst! Der BND hat zahlreichen Außenstellen, die sich hinter Tarnnamen verstecken. Wir haben sie fotografiert:
(26.11.)
Geheimer Krieg: Geheime Außenstellen des Bundesnachrichtendiensts
Kurz nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs war der BND auf das 68 Hektar große Gelände gezogen, das die Nazis einst als Siedlung für ihre Parteikader angelegt hatten. Tausende Geheimdienstler haben seither hier gemacht, was ein Geheimdienst eben so macht: Täuschen und tarnen, spitzeln und spionieren.
Erklärungen zu dem DDR-Sturmgewehr Wieger für NATO immer absonderlicher
(6.4.2010) Am 9.November 1993 wären fünfzig Kisten laut Übergabeprotokoll von einem “Fregattenkapitän Völz” in Wiesa abgeholt und in ein Militärarchiv in München gebracht worden, dass nie existiert hatte sondern die Adresse des Münchner Stadtbüros des Bundesnachrichtendienstes (BND) war.
Hallo “Antikapitalistische Linke”: No Pasaran.
Die “Antikapitalistische Linke”, 2006 schon vor der Einverleibung der “Wahlalternative für Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit” W.A.S.G. durch die P.D.S. und der anschließenden Umetikettierung in Die Linke gegründet, hat auf ihrer Versammlung am 9. November in Hannover einen Aufruf zur “Neugründung der Antikapitalistischen Linken (AKL) in der Linken” veröffentlicht. Ebenso stellte die “Antikapitalistische Linke” bei der Tagung des Parteivorstands von “Die Linke” am 23. und 24. November in Berlin einen eigenen Entwurf für den Wahlkampf zum machtlosen “Europäischen Parlament” in 2014 vor, den der Parteivorstand aber ablehnte.
Ich möchte hier kurz erläutern, warum auch dieser Topfdeckel des Imperialismus namens “Antikapitalistische Linke” bald vom Bottich linker Politik fliegt.
Canada ‚allowed NSA to spy on G8 and G20 summits‘
• Snowden documents ‚reveal Canada spy operation‘
• Indonesia-Australia reconciliation ‚only at step one‘
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IAEA to visit nuclear-linked Iran site under new accord
Iran has invited U.N. inspectors to visit its Arak heavy-water production plant on December 8, the first concrete step under a new cooperation pact aimed at clarifying concerns about the Islamic Republic‘s nuclear program.
Death of musical icon brings Israel to standstill
Sudden death of beloved singer Arik Einstein brings Israelis together, with his songs on repeat on all radio, TV stations. Fellow artists, public figures eulogize symbolic ‚Israeli Frank Sinatra‘
New York Jews Embrace Thanksgivukkah
Thanksgiving, First Day Of Hanukkah Won‘t Coincide Again For 70,000 Years
Saudi Arabia irritated by the changing US relationship with Iran
Barack Obama phoned King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to „reiterate the firm commitment of the US to its friends and allies in the Gulf“ – and to soften the impact of the Geneva agreement on Iran‘s nuclear programme.
UN ‚seriously concerned‘ over Egypt‘s crackdown on dissent
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed unease Wednesday about the impact of Egypt’s new law which restricts assemblies following a crackdown and the arrest of dozens of activists angry at the new measure.
Women Against The Coup Condemns Arrest of 22 Girls from Egypt Upper House Peaceful Protest
The Women Against the Coup movement, member of the Anti-Coup Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance, condemns the detention Tuesday evening of 22 young women during the demonstration in front of the Shura Council (Upper House) in protest of the demonstration law. Some were dragged on the ground or pulled by their hair. All this affirms that the coup militias have lost their senses, and are repeating the same criminal scenarios and atrocities of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, the Cabinet Building and the Free Women of Alexandria, and other crimes by the coup regime against the free women of Egypt.
Egypt‘s draft constitution to be concluded on Thursday
The military suspended the constitution in July after deposing President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country‘s first democratically elected head of state.
The army-installed government then laid out the roadmap paving the way to new parliamentary and presidential elections next year after the completion of the new constitution.
UN rules out swift peacekeeping deployment to Central African Republic
A UN peacekeeping force would take at least two or three months to deploy in the Central African Republic (CAR) even if there was a speedy UN security council resolution, Jan Eliasson, the UN deputy secretary general said on Wednesday.
Central African Republic needs many more peacekeepers: EU
France is preparing to boost its force in its anarchic former colony to at least 1,000 soldiers once a U.N. resolution is passed next week to improve security until a 3,600-strong African Union force is operational.
Japan, S.Korean military planes defy China‘s new defense zone
Japanese and South Korean military aircraft flew through disputed air space over the East China Sea without informing China, officials said on Thursday, challenging a new Chinese air defense zone that has increased regional tensions and sparked concerns of an unintended clash.
Stoning will not be brought back, says Afghan president
Hamid Karzai‘s government backs away from reintroduction of brutal punishment after outcry
SPD tries to overcome grassroots scepticism on Merkel deal
Germany‘s Social Democrats began a do-or-die campaign on Thursday to persuade nearly half a million grassroots members, many skeptical about governing with conservative Angela Merkel again, to back the „grand coalition“ in a ballot.
‚Idiots‘ cleared of threatening to blow up Manchester-bound plane
The court heard that PIA had released its own internal inquiry, which contradicted evidence given by its staff to police and in court, only when ordered to by the court.
The prosecutor, Brian O‘Neill, acknowledged on Thursday that: „In light of the state of the evidence, it has been decided it is no longer appropriate to seek convictions in this case.“
Napolitano meets with ministers over election reform
When he was sworn in last April, Premier Enrico Letta set himself an 18-month deadline to usher in changes to the Constitutional set-up to make the country easier to govern.
Hollande backs away from deadline on unemployment
French President Francois Hollande backed away on Thursday from a pledge to bring unemployment down by the end of the year, saying instead that it would take as long as necessary.