Monday 23rd of December 2024

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president above the law...

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From the New York Times

PARIS — A bitter political trial became even more so on Thursday after President Nicolas Sarkozy, a plaintiff in the case, called those on trial “guilty parties.”

Prominent among those in the dock is Mr. Sarkozy’s political rival Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister who is accused with four others of planning a smear campaign in 2003-4 intended to undermine Mr. Sarkozy’s presidential ambitions.

"multipolar" world

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Venezuela's president has urged leaders from Africa and South America to help form a "multipolar" world to counter Western economic dominance.

Hugo Chavez told the second South America-Africa (ASA) summit, currently being held at the Venezuelan resort of Isla Margarita, that the summit would help the mainly poor nations improve ties and rely less on Europe and the US.

a party of bankers...

party of bankers

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has warned bankers that the party is over and they must realise the world has changed.

He made the comments in a BBC interview before leaving for the G20 summit.

He wants a limit on bonuses, and rules to allow banks to get them back if bankers make losses later.

But he said there was a limit to how much could be achieved by regulation, and bankers needed to realise that they had to change their behaviour.

 

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vocational dollars...

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has brushed aside Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce's calls for his salary to be tripled to $1 million.

Yesterday the Government accepted a remuneration tribunal recommendation to give federal politicians a 3 per cent pay rise.

The Greens say it should be rejected because lowest paid workers are not getting an increase.

But Senator Joyce says politicians should be paid as much as business leaders.

the World's True Workings

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From Chris floyd, read more of Chris Floyd...

It is all too easy to get dazzled by the facades of high politics and state policy, to be taken up with tactics, metrics, movements, trends, with ideologies and philosophies, as if the life of the world was actually conducted on this elevated plane.

hot seat

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From the ABC

The Federal Government has issued an ultimatum to the Opposition in a bid to break the deadlock over its stalled emissions trading legislation.

Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has written to Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull from the United States, setting out a timetable for negotiations over the scheme.

The increased pressure on the Opposition comes as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd overnight played a leading role at the United Nations leaders forum on climate change.

the melbourne cup...

playing monopoland

great expectations

The US has no "grand expectations" from the summit of Israeli and Palestinian leaders which President Obama is to host on Tuesday, the White House says.

The talks in New York are to discuss the possibility of re-starting the Middle East peace process.

But both Israeli and Palestinian leaders have accused each other of blocking the initiative.

Israel has rejected US and Palestinian demands for a total freeze before a new round of talks can take place.

colorfoul lingo

colorfoul lingo...

 

great news...

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black dog and us...

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From the SMH

Senior Liberal Andrew Robb, one of the opposition's star performers, is to take three months' leave to undergo treatment for depression in a move his colleagues say will help others confront their own mental health problems.

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and court costs...

vultures

Johann Hari: We must stop the 'vulture funds' that feed on the world's poor

The energy that drove Jubilee 2000 needs to be summoned again

Friday, 18 September 2009

blue sky...

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September 18, 2009

White House Scraps Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

By PETER BAKER

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