Topic: EU - on March 29, 2011 at 9:19:00 AM CEST
Dr.iur., Mag. rer.soc.oec., M.A.S Hella RANNER OVP - die EU-Mandatarin wollte Schulden mit EU-Spesenersatz tilgen
Gegen Hella Ranner läuft ein Verfahren wegen Verdachts des gewerbsmäßigen Betrugs. Sie wird beschuldigt, ihren ehemaligen Arbeitgeber, eine Anwaltskanzlei, um zumindest 356.000 Euro geschädigt zu haben haben. Mit ihrer Sanierungsfirma hat sie Schulden in Millionenhöhe angehäuft. Karas, der am 5. April zum Delegationsleiter gewählt werden soll, kennt die Vorwürfe nur aus den Medien. Er will nächste Woche mit Ranner reden.
kurier.at orf.at kleinezeitung.at nachrichten.at Hella Ranner [wiki] update: Steirische EU-Abgeordnete Ranner tritt zurück Nächster Rücktritt: ÖVP kommt nicht aus Turbulenzen Rücktrittsschreiben im Wortlaut old shit
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 9:11:00 AM CEST
Gaddafi’s Campaign Of Disappearances
Atef ‘Abd al-Qader Al-Atrash, a prominent blogger and father of two, was last seen attending a gathering near Benghazi’s port on February 17, when he is believed to have been seized by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi. A relative of his told Amnesty that, when trying to call his phone, a strange man answered and said, “This is what happens to those who throw stones at us.”
A relative of a 14-year-old schoolboy Hassan Mohammad al-Qata’ni gone missing on February 20th told Amnesty researchers:
“I haven’t slept since he’s gone missing, nobody in my family has slept; we are so worried; he is just a kid; we don’t know what to do, where to look for him, who to turn to for help.”</p>
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 9:03:00 AM CEST
The story of Eman Al Obeidi is fast becoming a rallying cry for Libya's women.
After Obeidi pled with journalists to tell her story of rape and abuse at the regime's hands, spokesman Moussa Ibrahim claimed Obeidi - a lawyer - was actually a prostitute. But it seems very few are buying it.
"We will never leave you alone, Eman, we will sacrifice our lives just for you and we're all, old and young, supporting you," said one woman at a protest.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 9:16:00 PM CEST
Interview with Eman AlObeidi's mom with English subtitle
Eman AlObeidi is still held captive by Libyan Regime. They tried to bribe her to change her story but she refused, her mother said.
Gadhafi seizes woman who claimed rape, mom says Eman al-Obeidi
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 7:46:00 PM CEST
Map Title: Japan Radiation Maximum by Prefecture
Updated on March 28, 2011 18:50 (JST) (Japan Standard Time) nGy/h (nano- Grays per hour) Realtime radiation data collected via the System for Prediction of Environment Emergency Dose Information(SPEEDI) This Results are the maximum values of the space those rate distributions shown from local governments in the latest updated date and time Not surprisingly, Miyagi , Fukushima and Ishikawa are completely N/A, as every single reading is Under Survey, may be unavailable sensors because of Tsunami or maybe censored?. Treat this for information purposes only, do not make safety decisions based upon it.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 7:37:00 PM CEST
Japanese nuke utility apologizes again and again - Utility behind Japan's worst ever nuclear crisis gets it wrong -- again and again
The utility behind Japan's biggest nuclear plant disaster can't seem to get much right.
The obviously harried officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co. have repeatedly announced botched radiation readings, corrected themselves over and over and indulged in seemingly endless rounds of apologies.
Every few days, Japan's nuclear safety industry scolds them to "to take steps to prevent a recurrence of similar mistakes."
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 7:32:00 PM CEST
Radiation hampers cooling efforts
The effort to cool reactors at the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, is facing the risk of leaking highly radioactive substances.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, raised water pumping power on Sunday to cool the No. 2 reactor in a stable manner. On Monday, the company cut back on the amount of injected water.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 7:20:00 PM CEST
RAF destroys Gaddafi's weapons bunkers as rebels target Sirte
Cameron and Sarkozy urge Gaddafi's allies to desert "before it is too late" as rebel fighters approach the dictator's home town of Sirte.
Satellite image of Sirte, Gaddafi's home town and the site of fierce shelling, taken on Thursday last week
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 7:13:00 PM CEST
French warplanes struck a command centre near Tripoli
17.11 French warplanes struck a command centre near Tripoli on Sunday night belonging to troops loyal to Gaddafi, a French armed forces spokesman said on Monday. Spokesman Thierry Burkhard said:
(There were) strikes on a command centre 10 kM (six miles) south of the Tripoli suburbs on the night of the 27th and 28th.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 7:11:00 PM CEST
Tiny Qatar flexes muscles in no-fly Libya campaign
In Libya's skies, Qatar is punching above its weight.
From an air base in Crete, the tiny Persian Gulf nation has started its biggest, farthest combat deployment — including a third of its fighter-jet fleet — and given the first Arab face to the Western-led coalition hoping to protect Libyan civilians from Moammar Gadhafi's firepower.
For the oil- and gas-rich country that brought the world Al-Jazeera TV and recently won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, the effort marks Qatar's latest push onto the world stage.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 1:15:00 PM CEST
Qatar recognises the Libyan National Council as the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
The Secretary General of the GCC confirmed that Qatar's recognition of the transitional council as the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people comes in line with the decisions of the GCC with Qatar's stance supporting the choices of the Libyan people and their protection from the continuous brutality of the regime ... The Libyan system has lost its legitimacy.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 1:12:00 PM CEST
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 9)
Quoting Libya’s Jana national news agency RIA Novosti reported that the coalition planes “had eliminated almost all the tanks of Gaddafi’s forces in Ajdabiya, leaving them no chance for defense” on Mar. 26, Day 8 of Odyssey Dawn. For sure, the allied planes are giving the rebels the support they need to push westward towards Tripoli. With most of the Gaddafi’s forces hit by allied strikes, the rebels retook both Ajdabiya, a strategic oil town located about 60 miles to the south of the revolutionaries main stronghold of Benghazi, and Ras Lanuf oil complex. A rebel representative affirmed today that anti-governative plan to start exporting oil from various fields in the territory under their control in less than a week, and that they have already signed a contract with a Qatari oil company that agreed to export and market the oil (100.000 to 130.000 barrels up to 300.000 barrels a day in the future) for them. At least, Odyssey Dawn unlocked the Libyan oil export.
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