Terrorism v Human Rights
The News Review:
- Terrorism v Human Rights
- China’s ZTE clamours for favours
- Russia’s terrorists: Now it’s not just Chechens
- Scott tipped to tee up for Aussie Open
- Toffee treat: Actis to buy Nutrine for Rs 300 cr.
Terrorism v Human Rights
Times Online – Oct 18, 2005
For years, Wolfson argues, the UK authorities have diplomatically “turned a deaf ear as well as a blind eye” to what has been going on under their noses. “Londonistan” is real. It harbours foreign radical groups and protects home-grown Islamic fundamentalists. And fugitives cannot be returned to countries where they might suffer torture or death. As a result, the UK is now a bolt hole for some of the most serious international terrorists. It may be a triumph for human rights. But is it also a victory for the cause of terrorism? Yet perhaps that does not matter so much.
China’s ZTE clamours for favours
Inquirer – Oct 18, 2005
He was urging Chinese officials to show more favour towards China’s own telecoms industries when handing outcontracts. Weigui was complaining that China was far too ‘open’ as a telecoms market. The INQ views this as a knee-jerk reaction to the news last week that Nokia has found an entree into China’shome-grown 3G technology – known as TD-SCDMA. Nokia has just announced a joint venture with China Putian which will be able to sell TD-SCDMA gear if , and when,the Chinese government decides to award 3G licences. Now ZTE probably views this as one of the established players encroaching on an area which local manufacturersviewed as their own private turf. That’s a bit rich since ZTE has itrs own agreement over TD-SCDMA with Ericsson. However, this is a badly chosen moment to be publicly urging Beijing to ‘buy Chinese’.
Russia’s terrorists: Now it’s not just Chechens
Standard-Speaker – Oct 18, 2005
Residents who encountered the 100 or so militants said they spoke with local accents, suggesting that the attack was home-grown in Kabardino-Balkaria, an impoverished Muslim region in southern Russia. The eyewitness accounts are a disquieting reminder to the Kremlin that terrorism in Russia no longer originates only from the war-torn republic of Chechnya. ‘Total failure’Analysts say the heavily armed gunmen who took part in last Thursday’s attack represent a new wave of militancy in Russia whose ability to arm and organize in local Muslim communities is now a bigger threat to the Kremlin than bands of Chechen rebels sneaking through the mountainous terrain of Russia’s southern Caucasus region. “It’s a total failure of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s policies in the Caucasus,” said Pavel Felgenhauer, a Moscow-based defense analyst.
Scott tipped to tee up for Aussie Open
The Age – Oct 18, 2005
“However it appears golf fans are going to have to do without big-name international players at the Open. The reluctance of Americans to leave the comfortable surrounds of their multi-million dollar weekly events and competition for superstar players from cashed-up Asian events has left the dwindling Australian tour isolated. The Open will showcase a string of home-grown internationals but Phillips said the days of paying appearance money to players to turn up were gone. “The only way we can move forward is by encouraging our own players to play,” Phillips said. “They have accepted the situation that there will be no appearance money and we intend to stick to that. “Phillips was confident Scott would play at Moonah Links from November 24-27 after missing the past two Opens. “I genuinely think he wants to play this year,” Phillips said.
Toffee treat: Actis to buy Nutrine for Rs 300 cr.
Free with registration – Economic Times – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 18, 2005
| Economic Times (New Delhi, India) (October, 2005). 18–NEW DELHI — Private equity major Actis is set to snap up India’s largest home-grown confectionery company — Nutrine Confectionery — for Rs 275-300 crore. It is learnt that an agreement.