"Instead of outlining strong and urgent action towards clean energy, Barack Obama's Oval Office address played it safe" [my comment: also read his speech re this oil-and gas disaster and "gas" is not mentioned once].
"Muslim states said on Wednesday that what they call "islamophobia" is sweeping the West and its media and demanded that the United Nations take tougher action against it.
"will peace be jeopardised by prosecuting?This dilemma could have been avoided. The Saville inquiry might have had a different remit, one less like a legal tribunal and more akin to South Africa's truth and reconciliation"
Top analyst: "The latest Age/Nielsen poll has Labor's primary vote at 33 per cent, with the Greens on 15. Newspoll has it at 35 per cent, the Greens at 16 per cent.... if Labor is defeated this year, it is unlikely to recover."
"[actions] exempted from ... Racial Discrimination Act. This left thousands of people subject to racially discriminatory measures and the Australian government in breach of its international human rights obligations."
Helen Thomas is a great American journalist and was lucky to be at the forefront of her profession for so long. The equivalent great journalists from Australia Wilfrid Burchett and John Pilger had to work overseas. However the Israel Lobby has now secured Helen Thomas' demise.
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German Jews of European Jews for a Just Peace are preparing to send a ship loaded with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip at the end of July despite an Israeli blockade, a representative of the initiative said Thursday.
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday ripped into the United States for pushing for new UN sanctions against Tehran, warning US President Barack Obama he had made a "big mistake".
Australia has a "New White Australia Policy" that excludes tourists who are considered "flight risks" - it has now banned the entry of the Indian Bowls Team because they are considered too poor and thus likely to abscond..
"Tormentor-in-chief to 10 presidents ... "Fidel Castro was once asked to define the difference between democracy in Cuba and the US. ''I don't have to answer questions from Helen Thomas,'' he replied."
United Nations politics has not initiated any private discussions.