US AG warns of ‘home-grown terror’
The News Review:
- US AG warns of ‘home-grown terror’
- Billionaires bond over their passion for contract bridge
- 40 killed in market bombings
- Beyond borders
- Cameron calls for British Bill of Rights
US AG warns of ‘home-grown terror’
Jerusalem Post – Jun 27, 2006
27, 2006Dan Izenberg , THE JERUSALEM POST US Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday warned that the war against terrorism was evolving and that a new threat was in the making from homegrown terrorism, which was sometimes harder to defend against than international terrorism. “They [home-grown terrorists] are much more difficult to find because they exist in our communities,” said Gonzales in a speech at Tel Aviv University’s Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, during a short visit to Israel which was due to end Wednesday. “This is presenting additional challenges for us that we are now beginning to focus on. Asked whether he thought the war against terrorism was succeeding, Gonzales replied, “The US and other countries, like Israel are safer today. [But] we are not safe. Gonzales singled out US-Israel collaboration in combatting terrorism.
Billionaires bond over their passion for contract bridge
Telegraph.co.uk – Jun 27, 2006
This despite the fact that the first John Rockefeller became famous for handing dimes (10 cent pieces) to children wherever he went. Ever watchful of the markets, however, he cut this to a nickel (five cents) during the Great Depression. Now America has less time for its home-grown kings of capital. Although Mr Buffett has numerous admirers, a small army of imitators who follow his every investment, he also has enemies among Christian moralists who attack his support for abortion programmes in the developing world. And Mr Gates has long been a figure of loathing for his products and business acumen. Critics allege that he has used his near monopoly position on personal computer software to inflict inferior computer programs on the world. Overseas, however, it is a different story.
40 killed in market bombings
Ireland Online – Jun 27, 2006
The US military, meanwhile, said a Marine died of wounds suffered in combat in Anbar province. The seven militant organisations who approached the government were mostly made up of former members or backers of Saddam Hussein’s government, military or security agencies, and were motivated in part by fear of undue Iranian influence in the country, MPs said. If confirmed, their offer would mark an important potential shift and could stand as evidence of a growing divide between Iraq’s home-grown Sunni uprising and the more brutal and ideological fighters of al Qaida in Iraq, who are believed to be mainly non-Iraqi Islamic militants. Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman linked the offer to prime minister Nouri Maliki’s national reconciliation plan, involving amnesty for opposition fighters except those who had killed Iraqis, were involved in terrorism or committed crimes against humanity. Maliki’s plan, disclosed on Sunday, was thought to have denied amnesty to any militant who had killed American forces, although the wording was vague. The Mujahedeen Shura Council, the terrorist umbrella organisation that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, rejected the reconciliation plan. “The servant of the crusaders, Nouri Maliki, has come forward with a new, sinister project aimed at extracting his crusader overlords from their morass,” the group said in an internet statement.
Beyond borders
Malaysia Star – Jun 27, 2006
That the festival, organised by the Sarawak Tourism Board, is now a permanent fixture in the world music calendar is already a given, and it looks to thrive further with this year’s edition from July 7 to 9. Set for the familiar outdoor settings of the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong (45-min drive from Kuching), the RWMF is a home-grown fest to be excited about. The acts on this year’s RWMF bill are as diverse as they come. The festival’s hunt for bands that have strong ethnic roots and identity in their music, sees, once again, artistes tapped from the four corners of the world. Whether on stage or at the daily music workshops, the magic of world music is something to behold. Languages can take a backseat as the music plays.
Cameron calls for British Bill of Rights
Telegraph.co.uk – Jun 27, 2006
And Lord Tebbit, the former Conservative chairman, warned that any such Bill would be overridden by the courts in Strasbourg while Britain remains signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights. But Mr Cameron today insisted that a written statement of British values would be respected by Strasbourg, helping to restore British parliamentary supremacy over laws created overseas. “I believe that the time has now come for a new solution that protects liberties in this country; that is home-grown and sensitive to Britain’s legal inheritance; that enables people to feel they have ownership of their rights, and one which at the same time enables a British Home Secretary to strike a common-sense balance between civil liberties and the protection of public security,” Mr Cameron said. “The Conservative Party, under my leadership, is determined to provide a hard-nosed defence of security and freedom. “And I believe that the right way to do that is through a modern British Bill of Rights that also balances rights with responsibilities. “This would clearly set out people’s rights, would enable those rights to be protected in British courts, and would strengthen our hand in the fight against crime and terrorism. ” Mr Cameron is planning to commission a panel of jurists and other experts to help draft the Bill.