Topic: POLITIK - on June 18, 2012 at 9:27:00 AM CEST
Sarkozy comes under the radar of French prosecutors
Nicolas Sarkozy loses his judicial immunity on Saturday. France's former president may soon face an embarrassing grilling by French prosecutors over a series of party funding allegations that had dogged his term in office.
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy would be forgiven for having a sleepless night on Friday.
After losing out to François Hollande in May’s presidential run-off vote, Sarkozy has kept a low profile.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 18, 2012 at 9:26:00 AM CEST
Niebel: Teppich war nicht zollpflichtig
Bundesentwicklungsminister macht auf Sonderregelung der Europäischen Union für Afghanistan aufmerksam
Die sogenannte Teppich-Affäre von Bundesentwicklungsminister Dirk Niebel (FDP) nimmt eine neue Wendung. Wie Niebel gegenüber Deutschlandradio Kultur sagte, war der Teppich, den er vor drei Monaten in Afghanistan gekauft hatte, "überhaupt nicht zollpflichtig".
Als eines der "am wenigsten entwickelten Länder" unterliege Afghanistan einer Sonderregelung der Europäischen Union, wonach auch Privatpersonen Gegenstände wie Teppiche zollfrei nach Deutschland einführen dürfen.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 13, 2012 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
China reports on human rights in the United States
Editor's note: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011" on Friday. Following is the full text:
The State Department of the United States released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 on May 24, 2012. As in previous years, the reports are full of over-critical remarks on the human rights situation in nearly 200 countries and regions as well as distortions and accusations concerning the human rights cause in China. However, the United States turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation and kept silent about it. The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011 is hereby prepared to reveal the true human rights situation of the United States to people across the world and urge the United States to face up to its own doings.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 12, 2012 at 9:11:00 AM CEST
British Prime Minister Forgets His 8-Year-Old Daughter And Leaves Her In Pub
A mix-up after a family lunch meant eight-year-old Nancy was left alone at the Plough Inn in Cadsden 'for about 15 minutes'
David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha, Downing Street has admitted.
The couple's daughter Nancy wandered off to the toilets while they were arranging lifts and they only realised she was not with them when they got home, the Sun said.
The prime minister rushed back to the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Buckinghamshire, where he found his daughter with staff.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 11, 2012 at 11:10:00 AM CEST
Jerusalem sagt mit DNA-Bank Hundekot den Kampf an
Behörde will Speichelprobe aller Haushunde nehmen
Im Kampf gegen den Hundekot setzt die Stadt Jerusalem nun auf die Wissenschaft: Wie die Stadtverwaltung am Sonntag mitteilte, will sie eine Datenbank mit der DNA aller Haushunde aufbauen, um die nicht aufgesammelten Häufchen auf den Straßen und in den Parks identifizieren und die faulen Hundebesitzer besser zur Verantwortung ziehen zu können.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 22, 2012 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
Gingrich's private ventures are going bankrupt
When he entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in May 2011, Newt Gingrich was the prosperous head of a small empire commonly known as Newt Inc, which included both for-profit consultancies and nonprofit foundations. Altogether, these entwined ventures pulled in more than $110 million over the past decade. Now the vestiges of this empire are mired in debt, as is Gingrich's campaign fund. A bankruptcy proceeding under way in Atlanta will determine whether the one company still owned by Callista Gingrich, Gingrich Productions, will lose an expected payout that now constitutes the bulk of the Gingriches' net worth.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 16, 2012 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Vorratsdaten: "Keine Sternstunde der EU"
Am Montagabend diskutierten Experten an der Wiener TU über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung und ob diese mit den europäischen Grundrechten vereinbar ist. Auch die Chancen der Verfassungsklage vom AK Vorrat, die Ende Mai eingebracht werden soll, wurden erörtert. Die Diskussion zwischen Gegnern und Befürwortern verlief hitzig.
„Die Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist nicht mit europäischen Grundrechten vereinbar", sagte Christoph Tschohl, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte (BIM) zu Beginn der Diskussionsrunde zum Thema "Ist die Vorratsdatenspeicherung verfassungswidrig"?, die von der Österreichischen Computer Gesellschaft (OCG) gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Informatik der TU Wien organisiert wurde.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 16, 2012 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
Panzergraben, Grenzzaun, Wachroboter und mehr deutsche Polizei
Die Bundesregierung will weitere Bundespolizisten nach Griechenland schicken. Dies geht aus einem Dokument hervor, das kürzlich auf der Plattform Quintessenz veröffentlicht wurde. Die Beamten der Bundespolizei sollen demnach die Migrationsabwehr aufstocken, die von der EU-Grenzschutzagentur Frontex seit vier Jahren an der Grenze zur Türkei installiert wird. Griechische und türkische Grenztruppen sind mit Frontex als "Endnutzer" an einem EU-Forschungsprojekt zur Entwicklung von Überwachungsrobotern beteiligt
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 14, 2012 at 9:44:00 AM CEST
Sarkozy faces a slew of probes after immunity ends
Outgoing French leader Nicolas Sarkozy will face a slew of legal probes into corruption and campaign financing violations after he leaves office next week and loses his presidential immunity.
Sarkozy could face questioning as soon as mid-June as he will lose his immunity a month after his successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, is sworn in on May 15.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 9, 2012 at 10:14:00 AM CEST
China Expels Al Jazeera Channel
Al Jazeera, the satellite broadcasting network, was forced by the Chinese authorities to close its China news operations of its English-language channel on Monday, the first such action in almost 14 years and the strongest sign yet of fraying relations between the ruling Communist Party and the overseas journalists who cover it.
The network’s correspondent Melissa Chan was scheduled to leave Beijing by jet Monday night after the government refused normally routine requests to renew her press credentials or to allow another correspondent to replace her.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 7, 2012 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Merkel & Sarkozy als Dick und Doof
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 7, 2012 at 9:00:00 AM CEST
Goodbye Sarkozy
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