Archive for February, 2008

Droit et Libertés: gare aux voleurs

Image Le Canard Enchaîné du 16 janvier nous révèle que le législateur français vient de profondément remodeler le système pénal français… L’origine de ce mécanisme si étranger au système juridictionnel renforce le malaise. Les premiers qui l’ont introduit dans un système pénal étaient - devinez qui? - les nazis …

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Sickness thins the ranks of troops on front line

Almost 7,000 infantrymen are unfit to fight, leaving front-line troops “dangerously exposed,” figures show today.

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New NATO intelligence chief was trained by KGB

The new chief of the Hungarian secret services, who spent six years at the KGB’s academy in Moscow during the 1980s, has become chairman of NATO’s intelligence committee, a development that diplomats said could compromise the security of the alliance

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Bush budget sees bigger deficits as economy sags

U.S. President George W. Bush forecast the U.S. budget deficit would more than double in 2008 and blamed a softer economy as he unveiled a $3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2009 on Monday that would nearly freeze domestic programs.

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Horrors rampant in city ‘full of sorrow’

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Shaima, a 29-year-old artist, proudly displays her latest work in progress. White streaks stand out against a bright, burnt orange background — an abstract painting that she says signifies the reality of life in Baghdad for the last five years.

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Alain Supiot : « Voilà l’ “économie communiste de marché” »

Alain Supiot : « Voilà l’ “économie communiste de marché” ». Une critique accablante de l’Union européenne par un Européen spécialiste du Droit du travail. Friedrich Hayek et la “démocratie limitée”. “Sécession des élites”. Conseil national de la Résistance. “Smic mondial”.

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Fog in Westminster, Europe Cut Off

Logically and politically, it is a perfectly tenable position to argue against British membership of the European Union. There are many advocates of that position who have presented the case cogently and sincerely. As an Irishman, I profoundly disagree with this perception of Britain’s national interest as potentially lying outside the European Union.

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L’inéluctable crise de régime à Paris: avant ou pendant la présidence française de l’UE? - Franck Biancheri

ImageDe facto l’effondrement de la crédibilité de Nicolas Sarkozy comme chef de l’Etat est dorénavant un phénomène irréversible. Ses amis sondeurs (ou peut-être ses déjà ex-amis) sont désormais bien obligés d’annoncer, semaine après semaine, la dégringolade de sa côte d’amour, et surtout la hausse rapide de son impopularité.

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The Which Blair Project

Look out Europe, Tony Blair is circling unnoticed high above your heads like a vulture soaring on the thermals created by the hot air that constantly rises from Brussels. However, it is not a little insignificant road-kill that has caught his attention but the hearty carcass of Europe’s figurehead position.

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US Afghan stand-off puzzles Nato allies

The recent attempts by the US to urge its allies to boost their combat roles in southern Afghanistan has both puzzled and antagonised some Nato members, who see it as unconstructive and driven mainly by America’s domestic politics.

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Les damnées de la caisse

Temps partiel subi, salaires trop bas : la grève des salariés de la grande distribution a été particulièrement suivie.

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1.9m on benefit ’should go back to work’

Up to two thirds of people claiming incapacity benefit are not entitled to the state handout, the Government’s new welfare adviser warns today.

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Romania and Cyprus confirm opposition to Kosovo independence

Romania and Cyprus said on Thursday (31 January) that they would not recognise a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo.

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