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<title><![CDATA[Plenário aprova reajustes para servidores de carreiras de Estado]]></title>
<link>http://rfbalemdosmuros.wordpress.com/?p=1098</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roberto Carlos dos Santos</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Plenário aprova reajustes para servidores de carreiras de Estado
Tempo real - 15/10/2008  21h52
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Plenário aprova reajustes para servidores de carreiras de Estado<br />
Tempo real - 15/10/2008  21h52</p>
<p>Fonte: (acesso em 15/10/2008 -22h)<br />
<a href="http://www2.camara.gov.br/internet/homeagencia/materias.html?pk=127236">http://www2.camara.gov.br/internet/homeagencia/materias.html?pk=127236</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O Plenário aprovou o projeto de lei de conversão do deputado Marco Maia (PT-RS) à Medida Provisória 440/08, que reajusta as remunerações de servidores de diversas carreiras consideradas como típicas de Estado. Além disso, a MP transforma os salários dos ocupantes desses cargos em subsídios, com efeitos financeiros a partir de 1º de julho deste ano.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os deputados analisam agora os destaques para votação em separado (DVS).<br />
[nota deste blog: ao que acabamos de acompanhar, pela TV Câmara, os quatro DVSs apresentados foram rejeitados, ou seja: o relatório do Dep. Marco Maia (PT/RS) foi aprovado na íntegra, sem alterações. A matéria vai ao Senado Federal.]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gun Laws - Make our MP's work for us!]]></title>
<link>http://rcrouch.wordpress.com/?p=75</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rick Crouch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anewsouthafrica.com/2008/10/14/make-our-mps-work-for-us/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We need to start making our MP’s work for us, they need to be reminded that they work for us, we a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;">We need to start making our MP’s work for us, they need to be reminded that they work for us, we are the employer. It does not matter what party you support ANC, DA, ID, IFP or any of the others, you need to contact your MP and tell them how you want them to vote on an issue or you will not vote for the party in the next election (even if you do not vote for them anyway, they don’t know).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;">The first issue we need to tackle is gun ownership, we need to let them know that if as a general rule SAPS cannot issue gun licenses within 60 days the current law needs to be “put on hold” and any person who DOES NOT have a criminal record must be issued a gun license. It is insane that law abiding citizens cannot get a license to own a firearm to protect themselves and their family. Gun laws do nothing but keep guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, no matter what laws are passed the bad guys will still get whatever guns they need.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;">The handgun ban which removed all legal pistols in the UK hasn’t stopped illegal handguns. In the United States, the States that have laws which state that anyone who does not have a criminal record can carry a concealed firearm are the lowest crime rates. Arizona is a State with such a law, except in Phoenix where you cannot carry a concealed firearm, and Phoenix has the highest crime rate in the State of Arizona. Florida is another State that has such a law, so the bad guys started staking out the Miami International Airport and targeting visitors and rental cars because they knew they did not have guns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;">Here is more information on how gun control has failed:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a title="More guns less violent crime" href="http://www.largo.org/Lott.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">More guns      less violent crime</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a title="False promise of gun control" href="http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/polsby.fpgc.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">False      promise of gun control</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a title="Myths and reality" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&#38;ct=res&#38;cd=4&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cato.org%2Fdailys%2F05-13-00.html&#38;ei=zthJR_WGMYK2pgSI8KW2Cw&#38;usg=AFQjCNExhYNM-dlHQmrKVLQC9Fk5ECJFBA&#38;sig2=wI-sN2G-QQxcNBcjwCpgfQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Gun      Control:Myths &#38; Reality</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a title="Australia" href="http://www.nrawinningteam.com/auresult.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Australia one year after gun ban</span></a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a title="Failure" href="http://www.ncpa.org/iss/cri/2003/pd120503e.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Failure of gun laws</span></a></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;">I does not matter what party you support, this issue crosses all party lines, I urge you to contact your MP, and the current Minister of Safety and Security  Nathi Mthethwa, and threaten to vote for one of the other parties if they do not do something, the MP’s and cabinet ministers, need to start feeling the rath of the people, if you do not know who your MP is contact me by email and I will find out for you. If you need help with a short letter use <a title="Gun License Letter" href="http://www.richardcrouch.com/gunlicenseletter.doc" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">this one</span></a>, insert your information, your MP’s information and mail or fax it, I guarantee you if enough people do this they will listen, the only thing they understand is the threat that you will vote for another party.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Análisis: Ex presidente podría ir a juicio por otros casos]]></title>
<link>http://despiertaguatemala.wordpress.com/?p=164</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>despiertaguatemala</dc:creator>
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Abogados expusieron que el Ministerio Público (MP) interpretó mal el artículo 15 del Tratado de ]]></description>
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<p><em>Abogados expusieron que el Ministerio Público (MP) interpretó mal el artículo 15 del Tratado de Extradición entre Guatemala y México, pues el ex presidente Alfonso Portillo puede ser juzgado por otros casos. </em></p>
<p>Omar Contreras, fiscal contra la Corrupción, refirió la semana última que no se podría seguir con otras acciones contra Portillo, porque ese tratado tenía una limitante. “La persona reclamada no podrá ser detenida, juzgada o sancionada por un delito distinto a aquel por el cual se concedió la extradición”, expuso.</p>
<p>Sin embargo, Luis Ramírez, del Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales; Karen Fischer, ex fiscal contra la Corrupción; Mario Fuentes Destarac, presidente del Centro para la Defensa de la Constitución (Cedecon), y el abogado César Guzmán, coincidieron en que el MP está equivocado.</p>
<p>Explicaron que la cláusula del tratado detalla que no se podrá agregar un delito distinto en el caso por el que fue extraditado —peculado de Q120 millones—, pero no se refiere a las investigaciones de otros procesos.</p>
<p>“Sí se le puede citar para que declare para un proceso penal distinto, pues hay casos que no han sido investigados”, explicó Guzmán.</p>
<p>Fischer opinó que el MP expuso esa “mentira” para que haya impunidad en ese caso. Añadió que hubo negligencia, pues no han hecho nada contra Portillo durante cuatro años.</p>
<p>Ramírez expuso: “Es importante que el MP trate de juzgarlo rápido, debido a que hay peligro de fuga, y si existen otros casos, se podrán plantear nuevas acciones contra él”.</p>
<p>Portillo fue extraditado de México el 7 de octubre recién pasado, después de que permaneció cuatro años y siete meses prófugo.</p>
<p>El ex mandatario es acusado de peculado porque autorizó una transferencia de Q120 millones, de los cuales Q34 millones llegaron a cuentas de su amigo José Armando Llort Quiteño, presidente del Crédito Hipotecario Nacional en ese entonces.</p>
<p>Fuente <a href="http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/octubre/14/269674.html">http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/octubre/14/269674.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[I am now a lobbyist]]></title>
<link>http://pointingfingers.wordpress.com/?p=33</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nononsense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pointingfingers.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/i-am-now-a-lobbyist/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a term you hear all the time. Lobbying. What does it mean? How do you do it? I always tho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's a term you hear all the time. Lobbying. What does it mean? How do you do it? I always thought it was something I could never do, it must be really complicated. But lobbying just means influencing Government, and that can be anything from writing to your MP to giving presentations and writing reports. Of course, there is a skill to it, but it is something we can all do.</p>
<p>And then there's Early Day Motions and Private Members Bills, which I haven't worked out yet, but I'm sure it's not so hard to understand, eh?</p>
<p>Want to write to your MP about something you care about? Go to: <a href="http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/" target="_blank">http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/</a> find your MP and send him/her an email. And the best bit is that they have to write back, so give it a go!</p>
<p>You can also write to your local authority. This website lists all the contact details: <a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm</a></p>
<p>Now back to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk">www.parliament.uk</a> to see if I can figure out the more complicated stuff! <cite><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Folköl.]]></title>
<link>http://merlona.wordpress.com/?p=46</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>merlona</dc:creator>
<guid>http://merlona.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/folkol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Folköl. Kanske Sveriges mest folkkära alkohol?
Sitter för tillfället i datasalen på vår skola]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Folköl.</strong> Kanske Sveriges mest folkkära alkohol?<br />
Sitter för tillfället i datasalen på vår skola, och ska läsa om Miljöpartiets syn på olika skatter (inkomstskatt, alkoholskatt, trängselskatt...) till en debatt imorgon. Råkade som av en tillfällighet snubbla in på deras alkoholpolitik, där jag läste följande: <em>"Vi anser att det kan behövas ett licensförfarande för butiker som säljer folköl - en licens man kan bli av med om man säljer till ungdomar." </em><a href="http://mp.se">(Miljöpartiet de Gröna)</a></p>
<p>Jag håller helt med. Bland annat <a href="http://www.unf.se">UNF</a>s ölköpskontroller visar att det är på tok för enkelt för ungdomar att köpa ut folköl, då butikerna inte frågar efter legitimation. Jag har själv i april tidigare iår, varit med på en kontroll i Södertälje, där jag och en 15-årig kamrat fick köpa ut varsitt sexpack 3,5:or. Jag var vid tillfället endast 14år - ett barn.</p>
<p>Vill du att din lillasyster eller son ska supa skallen av sig, på grund av bristande kontroller i din lokala ICA-butik? Trodde väl inte det. Därför är det viktigt att vi reagerar!</p>
<p>UNF gör ölköpskontroller, för att vi vill få folkölet flyttat till Systembolaget. Där kan de det där med kontroller. Men kan vi inte flytta folkölet, så vill vi i alla fall ha licenser. Säljer butikerna ut till ungdomar, förlorar de helt enkelt tillståndet.<br />
Det vore inte svårt att genomföra - och genast har vi flyttat fram flera ungdomars alkoholdebut.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[John McCallum: Tory emissions plan is all pain, no gain]]></title>
<link>http://thegtapatriot.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/john-mccallum-tory-emissions-plan-is-all-pain-no-gain/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegtapatriot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thegtapatriot.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/john-mccallum-tory-emissions-plan-is-all-pain-no-gain/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With all the apocalyptic warnings coming from Conservative MPs about the Liberal Green Shift plan, i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With all the apocalyptic warnings coming from Conservative MPs about the Liberal Green Shift plan, it is eerie how silent they have been about their own plan — especially the part of their plan that will raise energy prices for Canadians.</p>
<p>The Conservative government’s greenhouse gas reduction strategy is included in their document, Turning the Corner. When it comes to energy prices here’s what Turning the Corner has to say: “Our modelling suggests that Canadians can expect to bear real costs under the Regulatory Framework. For the majority of individual Canadians … these costs will be most evident in the form of higher energy prices, particularly with respect to electricity and natural gas.”</p>
<p><a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/08/07/john-mccallum-tory-emissions-plan-is-all-pain-no-gain.aspx">read more</a> &#124; <a href="http://digg.com/politics/John_McCallum_Tory_emissions_plan_is_all_pain_no_gain">digg story</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Denuncian en el MP a gerente de banco]]></title>
<link>http://despiertaguatemala.wordpress.com/?p=160</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>despiertaguatemala</dc:creator>
<guid>http://despiertaguatemala.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/denuncian-en-el-mp-a-gerente-de-banco/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[“A sugerencia del Congreso de la República”, la Procuraduría General de la Nación (PGN) denun]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>“A sugerencia del Congreso de la República”, la Procuraduría General de la Nación (PGN) denunció el viernes a José Arnoldo Arriaza Saavedra, gerente general de Banco Uno, con el argumento de que omitió denunciar a las autoridades el jineteo de los Q82.8 millones del Legislativo, así como de incumplir con lo establecido en la ley orgánica del Parlamento.<br />
Según el “Comunicado de prensa urgente”, hecho circular por la PGN ayer, el procurador Baudilio Portillo Merlos instruyó a la jefa de la Unidad de Abogacía del Estado, Claudia Bracamonte, a fin de que presentara la denuncia en el Ministerio Público.</div>
<p><strong>La base legal</strong><br />
Entre los fundamentos señala que a pesar de que, según la Ley, “los cheques del Organismo Legislativo deberán suscribirlos mancomunadamente un miembro de la Junta Directiva y otro de la Tesorería”, “las tres solicitudes de débito”, las cuales hicieron un total de Q82.8 millones de la cuenta 170194362010, para ser acreditadas a la cuenta 500194266023 del mismo banco, fueron firmadas solo por el director financiero del Legislativo, José Benvenuto Conde Fernández.<br />
Estos movimientos, observa la PGN, no fueron comunicados por escrito u oralmente a la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) o al Ministerio Público (MP).</p>
<p><strong>DARÁN BATALLA</strong><br />
A pesar de reconocer no haber sido notificada, Lea De León, abogada defensora de Banco Uno, anunció que se presentarán en los tribunales, con el propósito de rebatir los argumentos de la PGN, la cual, a su criterio, “está actuando a ciegas, y respondiendo a presiones de algún tipo”.<br />
Asimismo, cuestiona a la Procuraduría por desconocer los procedimientos, y asegura que todas los movimientos hechos en el banco fueron por instrucciones recibidas del Congreso. Refiere también que para hacer transferencias no se requiere de dos firmas, como lo asegura la PGN, pero eso es algo que se dará a conocer cuando el MP proceda a investigar.</p>
<div>Fuente <a href="http://www.sigloxxi.com/noticias/23800">http://www.sigloxxi.com/noticias/23800</a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Röd-grön seger!]]></title>
<link>http://bestofmankind.wordpress.com/?p=521</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bestofmankind</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bestofmankind.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/rod-gron-seger/</guid>
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Mona Sahlin deklarerade i onsdags ett efterlängtat samarbete för s och mp-regering, och symbo]]></description>
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<p>Mona Sahlin deklarerade i onsdags ett efterlängtat <a href="http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1042&#38;a=837631">samarbete för s och mp-regering</a>, och symboliskt  stängde dörren för vänsterpartiet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&#38;a=838559">LO-ordföranden Lundy-Wedin </a>trodde att det är ett sätt att lägga bollen hos V.</p>
<p>I går, fredag, <a href="http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/artikel_1865863.svd">öppnade Mona Sahlin åter dörren till Ohly</a>. </p>
<blockquote><p>Men vi har uppfattat att ni inte velat ställa upp på dessa förutsättningar och därför själva sagt nej till fördjupade samtal om regeringsmedverkan efter 2010. Från socialdemokraternas sida har vi aldrig velat stänga den dörren för er under de månader som gått sedan vi för första gången berättade om förutsättningarna", skriver Sahlin till vänsterledaren</p></blockquote>
<p>Omtanken är fullständigt outstanding. Vill man vinna valet 2010 skall man satsa fullt ut. Använda alla taktiska strategi som finns.</p>
<p>De som vill vara med, skall naturligtvis få vara med. Här väljs ingen efter prestige, status eller plånbokens storlek.</p>
<p>Jämfört med nuvarande Moderatledda Alliansregeringen inget kan bli sämre med S+Mp+ V (ev.)-regering.</p>
<p>I dagens läge märks att  Sverige drivs som ett aktiebolag där främsta syftet är att maximera statskassan med mindre hänsyn till de grundläggande behövena - välfärd, trygghet, rättvisa och solidaritet. Den internationellt kända "svenska modellen" med LO som huvudaktör har försvagats, A-kassa ersättningen har försämrats, sjukförsäkringen likaså. Yrkesutbildningar har bantats ned till förmån för elitsatsningarna. Tryggheten för gemene man uppenbart faller.</p>
<p>En sak är säker, med seger valet 2010 med S+Mp+V (ev.), kommer Sverige att vara mycket mänskligare än nu!</p>
<p>Med Mona Sahlin som statsminister kommer även Sverige att ha en aktiv, entusiastisk och engagerad ledare, jämfört med PM Reinfeldt som varken syns eller hörs trots FRA-protester, finanskrisen, börs kollapsen och mass uppsägningar av arbeten. Däremot när det gäller att såga Mona Sahlin som person är <a href="http://www.kvp.se/Nyheter/1.1329924/reinfeldt-pinsamt-av-sahlin">PM Reinfeldt </a>snabbt som blixten, och därmed är ett dåligt föredöme som ledare.</p>
<p>Politiken trots allt skall handla först och främst om människors bästa, och man skall <a href="http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=838509">aldrig underskatta väljarna</a> som har stor förståelse för mänskliga beteenden som Mona Sahlin gjorde.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cadman Tape Back To Haunt Harper; Caught Lying Under Oath]]></title>
<link>http://cyberwanderer.wordpress.com/?p=646</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cyberwanderer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Back in February 28, 2008, I&#8217;ve blogged in length about Harper and the Cadman tape. I dissecte]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in February 28, 2008, I've blogged in length about Harper and the Cadman tape. I dissected the lie in Harper's claim. Click the link here &#62; <a href="http://cyberwanderer.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/harper-tape-contradict-his-denial-of-bribe/" target="_blank">Harper's Tape Contradict His Denial Of Bribe</a>. Reading through that blog quickly again, I realize how much things have not change over there at Mike's CTV.  I followed that blog with another one on March 10, 2008. Click here &#62; <a href="http://cyberwanderer.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/conservatives-continue-to-dodge-question-about-cadman/" target="_blank">Conservatives Continue To Dodge Question About Cadman</a>.</p>
<p>Here's two excerpt from my previous blog:</p>
<blockquote><p>Today, <a href="http://farnwide.blogspot.com/2008/02/conservatives-question-cadman-audio.html" target="_blank">Steve V from Far n wide blog</a> mentioned a press release issued by Conservative through CTV, questioning some technical details of the tape. If the tape is fake why didn’t Harper just come out and said so. Why did he not say “That tape was spliced together” or “I did not say what was on that tape. It is fake or doctored”? They need to analyze it first and have his men raise it with CTV? All the while he did not deny what was said on that tape. This raises more question.</p></blockquote>
<p>and the other one:</p>
<p>Just read <a href="http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2008/02/29/day-three-2/" target="_blank">Garth Turner blog</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><img src="http://cyberwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/openquote.jpg" alt="openquote.jpg" /><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>BTW, the lowest and sleaziest moment thus far in a sad tale: Mike Duffy asking Cadman’s daughter, live on TV, if her dying dad was “fuzzy on drugs” when he told her about the Conservative offer. To her credit, she did not tell him to get stuffed.<br />
</em></span><img src="http://cyberwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/closequote.jpg" alt="closequote.jpg" /></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>It makes me uncomfortable that it seems like Duffy is trying to discredit Cadman. Duffy could claim he is just being an inquisitive journalist. But their past record of coming to Harper’s defence makes me fear this has less than decent motive. I hope I am wrong or it will confirm my fear that CTV is becoming Fox news of Canada.</p></blockquote>
<p>What change of course is now I know without any doubt that Mike is just an obedient Harper's puppet. But more importantly, the court just confirm what we already know back then that <a href="http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/515795" target="_blank">the tape was not doctored</a> (The Star). An important point from that article is Harper lied under oath when he says:</p>
<blockquote><p>" What I do know is that this answer is not the answer to this question, I think there's been some editing in this question, so I don't think it goes from this question to this answer."</p>
<p>Harper insisted in his testimony that at that point in the interview he told Zytaruk he did not know about the offer of an insurance policy. He claimed Zytaruk edited that response out of the recording.</p></blockquote>
<p>For more details, read my two previous blog which went through each of Harper's lie revealing the inconsistencies with the couple of Cadman tapes that surfaced at that time.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A political Intern]]></title>
<link>http://davepr.wordpress.com/?p=4</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://davepr.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/a-political-intern/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I recently applied for a job as a political intern for a Labour MP, and yesterday I found out that I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently applied for a job as a political intern for a Labour MP, and yesterday I found out that I got it.  It's a 10 week placement where I work 4 hours a week doing various stuff.  It's unpaid, but as a reward I get an expenses paid trip to London to work alongside a senior researcher for the Labour party.</p>
<p>It's all very unexciting, but it will be fascinating to see how the political world works.  Which I need to know. </p>
<p>I am a second year PR student and want to go in to lobbying/politics.  I've never been one for the spotlight but I like the power, so what better way to get power than to influence the decision makers.</p>
<p>Ideally I would like to work for an eco-friendly or not for profit organisation.  The way I see it, if  I am going to help policy and decision makers, they may as well be for the good of the earth.  That, and the fact that my sister said she would hate me forever if I was to work for someone like proctor and Gamble!</p>
<p>One of the things I need to know inside out doing the PR course, is the news.  And hasn't it been fascinating recently.  I realised that I could've made a killing on the stock market these last three days.  Not by buying and selling shares, thats silly.  But you can actually bet on the stock markets.  So let's say I put £10 on the Dow Jones to go down on a specific day.  For every point that the Dow Jones goes down, I get £10 back.  And since today they lost shit loads of points, I would be rich.</p>
<p>But don't go thinking that sounds easy.  If you bet on it going down, and it goes up, you OWE £10 for every point it goes up.  So you wanna be careful</p>
<p>Anyway, catch you later</p>
<p>PR Dave</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Chaos Bot - Multi - Nur 16.99Euro - Immer Aktuell]]></title>
<link>http://retn.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>retn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://retn.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/last-chaos-bot-multi-nur-1699euro-immer-aktuell/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Willkommen begeisterte Last Chaos Gamer.
Ich biete hier eine Erweiterung des Bots an. Wer nicht nur ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Willkommen begeisterte Last Chaos Gamer.</p>
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<p>Der Bot beeinflusst in keinster Weise dein Spielverhalten, sondern führt jede Aktion nach deinem Wunsch aus. Manch einer wird in diesem Bot mehr finden als man am Anfang denkt. Und Solange Interesse besteht, wird dieser hier auch stetig weiterentwickelt. Er funktioniert absolut zuverlässig.</p>
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<p>Dieses Tool kann auch in Kombination mit multiplen Clients verwendet werden.</p>
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<p>Bots sind sehr aufwendige Programme aber es lohnt sich einen zu haben. Sie erleichtern das Spielen und heben somit die Motivation an.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Court lifts gag order over AG's role]]></title>
<link>http://yangberhormat.wordpress.com/?p=217</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yangberhormat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has lifted a gag order that prevented the media from publishing deta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has lifted a gag order that prevented the media from publishing details of attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail’s alleged involvement in tampering with evidence in Anwar Ibrahim’s trials 10 years ago.</p>
<p>Sessions judge SM Komathy Suppiah ruled today that the details, which had been read out in court yesterday, are admissable in the ongoing proceedings to hear the validity of a transfer order signed by Abdul Gani.</p>
<p>Anwar had claimed trial on Aug 7 to a charge of sodomising his former personal aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 23.</p>
<p>The prosecution is attempting to move the case to the High Court, but the defence team is resisting this, allegedly due to fear of political interference in the outcome. </p>
<p><img title="sulaiman abdullah" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/144/64bb77c13a67c6f7ffc743d191d27946.jpg" alt="sulaiman abdullah" width="180" height="267" align="right" />During submissions yesterday, Anwar's lawyer Sulaiman Abdullah<em> (right) </em>had made startling revelations on Abdul Gani’s alleged involvement based on a court document by police personnel Mat Zain Ibrahim, who was involved in the investigation of Anwar’s ‘black eye’ incident in 1998.</p>
<p>Mat Zain provided details of serious allegations of prosecutorial misconduct on the part of Abdul Gani in the case.</p>
<p>However, the details were disputed by lead prosecutor Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, who said these should not be reported by the press until the evidence is ruled admissible by the court, or it could tarnish the AG’s name.</p>
<p>The court, which sat this morning, also adjourned the proceedings to Oct 31 to accommodate Anwar’s presence in Parliament when it reconvenes on Monday.</p>
<p>Anwar was elected to the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat in a by-election on Aug 26 and is now the opposition leader.</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90952">http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90952</a></strong></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Taib: Stop the 'lies' about Sarawak]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yangberhormat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, usually cool in the face of criticism levelled at his gove]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, usually cool in the face of criticism levelled at his government, has reacted badly to recent media reports about the eviction notice served to some 10,000 Kadayan-Malay villagers in Bekenu, near Miri and the alleged rape<strong> </strong>of Penan girls by logging company workers in the remote Baram area.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>At a Hari Raya function in Miri on Monday, he said the reports were nothing but “lies” and demanded that the newspapers corrected them. The irate chief minister also warned that appropriate action would be taken against those who failed to apologise for the ‘false’ reports.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>The Borneo Post</span></em><span>, a leading local English daily, quoted</span><span> the chief minister as saying that he regarded the media reports as acts of sabotage against the state. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>“Check your information or you will be suspected by the decent people of Sarawak of trying to sabotage us when we have toiled to develop our state,” Taib said, in an apparent reference to reports published last week in both the<em> Star</em> and <em>New Straits Times</em> on the two issues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img title="bn supreme council mt meeting sapp sabah issue 190608 taib mahmud" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/129/c6484c13c463d9280de2c58c53c3ee45.jpg" alt="bn supreme council mt meeting sapp sabah issue 190608 taib mahmud" width="160" height="199" align="right" /><span>Apart from <em>The Borneo Post</em>, several local Chinese dailies also published similar reports. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Local and national papers reported that a large group of Kadayan-Malay land-owners staged a ‘friendly protest’ after a legal firm, acting for a plantation company, last week issued notices seeking to evict them from their ancestral land which is now part of a provisional land lease issued to the company by the state government.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The company is said to be linked to a prominent Chinese businessman with powerful political connections in the state.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>An Orang Ulu lawyer acting for some of the aggrieved native customary rights (NCR) landowners told <em>Malaysiakini</em> today that the case has been filed and will be heard in court soon. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Irate chief minister</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taib’s initial reaction to the reports on the protest by the Kadayan-Malay landowners surprised many as he was quot</span><span>ed by local newspapers as saying then that if the land-owners wanted to play rough with him, he was ready to do the same with them, adding that whether they liked it or not, here in Sarawak “I am the government”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>It was initially reported that the chief minister would hold a dialogue with the landowners but yesterday the chief minister changed his mind and instead dispatched his Assistant Land Minister Naroden Majais to meet representatives of the Kadayan-Malay community, led by Pemanca Abu Bakar Pangis, to find ways to resolve the land dispute. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>After the meeting, the assistant minister told reporters that the villagers and the Land and Survey Department would carry out a joint survey to determine the location of the NCR land in relation to the leased land. The land lease covers about 5,000 acres and is prime agricultural land.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>At another function in Betong yesterday, Taib again lashed out at the newspaper reports, calling them “acts of sabotage” which Sarawakians should ignore as they were written by journalists who had little or no knowledge of the state. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>The Borneo Post</span></em><span> today quoted him in a front page report as saying, “I have a heavy responsibility looking after the welfare of the people and will not allow the freedom of some newspapers to disrupt our progress and racial harmony.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>‘We need to protect Sarawak from some irresponsible people. To protect our political stability, we must work together,” he was reported as saying.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Shocked by ‘sheer arrogance’</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, Sarawak PKR legal advisor See Chee How said Taib’s comments were made out of “sheer arrogance”, adding that he was shocked and disappointed with the response of Sarawak BN leaders to the issues brought up by the media.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img title="penans meet suhakam 130208 see chee how" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/110/6a99ab0b1e0f3827086b8c34007f7118.jpg" alt="penans meet suhakam 130208 see chee how" width="140" height="213" align="right" />“Any reasonable government would appreciate the efforts of journalists and newspapers who have the courage to assist in the exposure of these heinous crimes,” said See when contacted by <em>Malaysiakini</em> today. “But unfortunately, the Sarawak government is in a state of denial by dismissing any truth in the published reports.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See said the Sarawak government should assist and facilitate a national effort to investigate the allegations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“We are talking about the sexual abuse of teenaged school girls,” he said referring to the alleged sexual abuse of Penan girls by logging company workers operating near Penan settlements.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See opined that one of the reasons why the victims have yet to come forward to lodge police reports could be their distrust of law enforcement agencies in Sarawak.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I do not blame them, considering the circumstances they are in. Before any investigation was carried out, the Marudi district police chief Jonathan Jalin was already reported to be dismissing the allegations, saying that there was no evidence to support them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“How can we expect a thorough and impartial investigation into the matter from the force in Sarawak which has already dismissed the allegations before any investigation has taken place?” he asked.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90932">http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90932</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PM not contesting, to quit in March]]></title>
<link>http://yangberhormat.wordpress.com/?p=211</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yangberhormat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has decided not to defend his Umno president&#8217;s post and w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has decided not to defend his Umno president's post and will quit in March next year when the ruling party meets for its annual general assembly.</p>
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<p>The embattled premier announced this today to a packed press conference after chairing a 90-minute BN special supreme council meeting.</p>
<p><img title="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 03" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/145/ca75398c5daac8a25ba9c859c265285e.jpg" alt="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 03" width="200" height="190" align="left" />He added that his decision not to contest in the Umno polls was not to create a rift in the party.</p>
<p>"I am announcing I will not seek the presidency of Umno in the upcoming elections. I do not want a divided party and governing coalition, but one that is united and harmonious," Abdullah, 68, told a packed press conference, referring to the party's internal leadership vote in March.</p>
<p>Under the power transition plan agreed between Abdullah and his deputy, Najib Abdul Razak, 55, the deputy premier will take over as soon as Abdullah steps down.</p>
<p>"At some point I will have to hand over to my successor," he added.</p>
<p>He said that he hoped the person who will take over from him would be Najib.</p>
<p>"I hope it is Najib. Why do I say hope? Najib has to stand for Umno elections first. Once he wins the elections and becomes party president then we will discuss it (the transition)," he said.</p>
<p>"It is not the time for us to indulge in infighting or engage in narrow politics, it is now time for us to strengthen our unity and cooperate among ourselves and place the interests of the country above all."</p>
<p>Abdullah also said that he would want to implement his promises in reforming the judiciary and to give more bite to the Anti-Corruption Agency to fight graft before he leaves.</p>
<p>He added that Najib had agreed to back these initiatives.</p>
<p>Najib did not comment on the matter today, saying that he would hold a press conference tomorrow.</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Cleaning up the judiciary, police force </strong></span></p>
<p>In pursuing these reforms, Abdullah said that he will be tabling two key bills in the Parliament before the end of his term - the Judicial Appointments Commission and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.</p>
<p>The outgoing premier also vowed to push through the controversial Special Complaints Commission, which has been stalled in Parliament.</p>
<p><img title="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 01" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/145/038f26f61ff4c16f018fe8af2549829e.jpg" alt="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 01" width="246" height="223" align="left" />Abdullah had spoken much about these reforms in the past but to date no concrete action has been taken to get them moving.</p>
<p>"These initiatives are important because they are necessary to move our country forward. These initiatives are needed to regain our country's competitiveness. They are necessary to enable our nation and our society to face the challenges that the world has in store for us."</p>
<p>Earlier a component party leader told <em>Malaysiakini </em>that after Abdullah's announcement, the BN leaders took turns to thank him for his leadership over the past five years.</p>
<p>While Abdullah was briefing BN leaders on the power transfer plan at the meeting, scores of his supporters had gathered outside the PWTC building to urge him to stay on.</p>
<p>Armed with banners, the supporters called on the embattled premier to continue until 2010 amid the now confirmed speculation that he might be forced to step down earlier.</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Seen as weak and ineffective</strong></span></p>
<p>Should Abdullah resign as prime minister in March 2009, he would be one of the most shortest-serving prime ministers - his term lasted five years five months.</p>
<p>The country's second prime minister, Abdul Razak Hussein, who died in office in 1976, served for five years four months.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, third prime minister Hussein Onn, who resigned in 1981 to make way for Dr Mahathir Mohamad ostensibly due to health concerns, served for five years six months.</p>
<p><img title="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 02" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/145/feb847fd202db8876ef4f66235b3ad3f.jpg" alt="bn supreme council abdullah announcement 081008 02" width="300" height="197" align="right" />Mahathir went on to serve for 22 years - the country's longest. Malaysia's first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on the other hand, was at the helm for 14 years.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, it is possible that Abdullah may continue to serve as premier for a few more months despite no longer being Umno president.</p>
<p>Abdullah, who took power on Oct 31, 2003 from Mahathir, won a landslide victory in the March 2004 general election only to suffer an unprecedented defeat exactly four years later.</p>
<p>He was initially buoyed by a groundswell of support for his promises of reform after two decades of hardline rule under Mahathir - the country’s longest serving leader.</p>
<p>However, he was quickly seen as weak and ineffective after failing to come to grips with endemic corruption, high crime rates and inefficient bureaucracy, issues which he had vowed to address in his 2004 election manifesto.</p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Ali Rustam: Resignation will unite party</strong></span></p>
<p>Umno vice-president Mohamad Ali Rustam, a possible contender for the newly vacated deputy premier's post, said Abdullah's announcement would revitalise the party which has been in disarray since the elections.</p>
<p>"This will unite Umno and Barisan Nasional so that we can win the next election. I hope all Umno members will support Najib," he said. "Najib has to regain public confidence for the Barisan Nasional."</p>
<p>BN's coalition partners representing ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities were almost wiped out in the elections.</p>
<p>"Barisan Nasional's challenge is to see how it can concretely carry out reforms. BN needs rebranding. It has to change its attitude and approach," said Dr Koh Tsu Koon, chief of the predominantly Chinese Gerakan.</p>
<p>"The next general election is not going to be easy unless we really, really reform," he added.</p>
<p>Political observers said Najib faced a massive task to revitalise the government which is seen as out of touch and riddled with corruption and cronyism.</p>
<p>"He certainly will want to portray himself as a reformer, he will need to do that in order to survive, but voter patience is a lot thinner now than a few years ago," said Ibrahim Suffian from the Merdeka Centre research firm.</p>
<p>"With the advent of a new leader they might salvage some sort of hope and credibility," he said.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90898">http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90898</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rödluvorna marscherar i gröngräset]]></title>
<link>http://votesandro.wordpress.com/?p=100</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sandro Banovac</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kära väljare!
I dessa dagar kan vi observera hur den redan politiskt förvirrade rödgröna röran]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kära väljare!</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="Toblerone" src="http://www.ostran.se/var/ostran/storage/images/oestran/opinion/sahlins_sandlaadefasoner/s2opi0650_1_pq2qbmonasagc_jpg/1290476-1-swe-SE/s2opi0650_1_pq2qbmonasagc_jpg_article_large.jpg" alt="" width="138" height="183" />I dessa dagar kan vi observera hur den redan politiskt förvirrade rödgröna röran, blev lite fattigare på rödfärg. Den rödgröna röran blev lite mer rosa nu! ;) Jo jag anspelar på sossarnas och mp:s utfrysning av kommu...*host* vänsterpartiet. Det är lite svårt att förstå exakt hur sossarna stora ledare Mona Sahlin tänker!? Förmodligen har hon förblindats av de olika opinionsmätningarna som visar majoritet för s+mp=sant. Saken är den bara att om hon och skogstomtarna tagit lärdom av historien, så borde de insett att de riskerar att tappa denna opinionsledning ju närmare valet vi kommer, dvs. det tenderar att jämna ut sig lagom till valet. Det kan lätt sluta med att de får krypa till korset och stå med mössan i hand och be bolsje..*host* Lars Ohly att hjälpa till med att återigen driva en oansvarig politik.</p>
<p>Här önskar jag citera Jan Björklund: <strong>Det har sällan varit tydligare vilka alternativ som svenska folket har att ta  ställning till om två år. Det handlar om en allianspolitik som står för sunda  finanser och långsiktigt tänkande, eller ett rödgrönt ekonomiskt kaos som  resulterar i en räntechock, en energiprischock och en skattechock.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Umno leader: PM has decided to stay put]]></title>
<link>http://yangberhormat.wordpress.com/?p=209</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yangberhormat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Embattled Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has decided to defend his post after a three-hour mee]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Embattled Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has decided to defend his post after a three-hour meeting with his supporters that dragged into the wee hours of the morning.</p>
<div style="left:0;visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;margin:0;padding:0;">MCPX<img style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/track/?id=am9obmd1Z290" alt="" width="1" height="1" align="left" /></div>
<p><img title="abdullah ahmad badawi najib razak pc change portfolio 170908 06" src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com/143/e37503449efdd51fe1215986ced2857c.jpg" alt="abdullah ahmad badawi najib razak pc change portfolio 170908 06" width="220" height="208" align="left" />In a posting on his blog, Umno leader Ruhanie Ahmad said the meeting, which started at about 11pm, was held at the prime minister’s official residence in Putrajaya.</p>
<p>Ruhanie, the former Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBC) chairperson, added that some 200 supporters had attended the meeting, including some of the staunch supporters of Umno vice-president Mohd Ali Rustam.</p>
<p>He said that Abdullah is expected to announce his decision to stay on at the BN special supreme council meeting scheduled for 3.30pm this afternoon.</p>
<p>The premier, who took over the reins of the party and nation in 2003, has come under intense pressure to step down since the ruling coalition's dismal showing in the March 8 polls.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tras quedar libre, Portillo asegura que continuará haciendo política]]></title>
<link>http://despiertaguatemala.wordpress.com/?p=142</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>despiertaguatemala</dc:creator>
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<p><em>Luego de haber sido beneficiado con una fianza en el caso en el que se le sindica por el delito de peculado, el ex presidente Alfonso Portillo anunció hoy que continuará militando en la política.</em></p>
<p>Portillo fue extraditado hoy desde México, y después de prestar su primera declaración, el juez Quinto de Primera Instancia Penal le favoreció con una fianza por Q1 millón para no ir a la cárcel. Al final, el ex presidente de 2000 a 2004 se mostró satisfecho.</p>
<p>Luego de conocer el fallo, Portillo anunció que tiene el deseo de visitar Quiché, donde, recordó, se invirtieron Q8 mil millones durante su gobierno. Además, mencionó su deseo por participar en el Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG) pero sin el ánimo de ocupar cargos de elección popular.</p>
<p>Calificó el proceso en su contra como despiadado, ilegal e injusto, pero aseguró que todo obedece al plan que “una familia” -que dijo saber cuál es- que se encargó de instruir la persecución en su contra.</p>
<p>También se tomó el tiempo para elogiar su gestión. “Hoy todos recuerdan los aumentos que hicimos en el Gobierno. Liberamos los precios de la canasta básica, no hubo inflación mayor al 3 por ciento. Los campesinos recuerdan el apoyo del fertilizante”.</p>
<p>El ex mandatario declaró su interés por acompañar un movimiento que fortalezca a las instituciones públicas y democráticas. “Estamos despedazando a las instituciones, a la PNC, al MP, a la Contraloría, al Congreso… y luego solo nos quedará el enfrentamiento”, observó.</p>
<p>Portillo pernoctará en la vivienda de su madre, pues no puede ingresar a su antigua residencia de la zona 14 o a la de la aldea Pasabién, en Zacapa.</p>
<p>Fuente http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/octubre/07/268606.html</p></div>
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<description><![CDATA[FIA tocmai a anuntat scoaterea din calendar pe 2009 (si probabil definitiv) a circuitului de la Mont]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FIA tocmai a anuntat scoaterea din calendar pe 2009 (si probabil definitiv) a circuitului de la Montreal. MP al Canadei s-ar fi tinut in luna august 2009 pt a 31-a oara. Fanii Formula 1 din Montreal sunt bulversati si oficialitatile ofensate. Sper ca FIA are motiv bun ca sa il anuleze. Oricum, o sa vedem ce se mai intampla.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Attack on UNP Headquarters in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka takes the Life Of Major General Janaka Perera, his Wife &amp; 26 Others - Tamil Tiger rebel commander TMVP Karuna in parliament, JVP going to Court]]></title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="storytext"><strong>அநுராதபுரத்தில் தற்கொலை குண்டுத் தாக்குதல்; முன்னாள் இராணுவ அதிகாரி ஜானக்க பெரேரா உட்பட 28 பேர் பலி</strong></p>
<p class="storytext">இலங்கையின் வடமத்திய மாகாணத் தலைநகராகிய அநுராதபுரத்தில் திங்களன்று காலை இடம்பெற்ற நாட்டின் முக்கிய எதிர்க்கட்சியாகிய ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சியின் அலுவலகத் திறப்பு விழா வைபவம் ஒன்றில் நடத்தப்பட்ட தற்கொலை குண்டுத் தாக்குதலில் மாகாண மட்டத்திலான முக்கிய அரசியல்வாதிகள் 3 பேர் உட்பட 28 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.</p>
<p class="storytext"><!-- end_story -->வடமத்திய மாகாண சபையின் புதிய எதிர்க்கட்சித் தலைவராகிய முன்னாள் இராணுவ அதிகாரியாகிய மேஜர் ஜெனரல் ஜானக்க பெரேராவும் அவரது மனைவியாரும், மேலும் இரண்டு மாகாண சபை உறுப்பினர்களும் இந்தத் தாக்குதலில் கொல்லப்பட்டிருப்பதாக அநுராதபுரம் பொலிசார் தெரிவித்திருக்கின்றனர்.</p>
<p class="storytext">இந்தச் சம்பவத்தில் தொலைக்காட்சி நிலையம் ஒன்றின் உள்ளுர் செய்தியாளராகிய ரஷ்மி மஃறூப் அவர்களும் கொல்லப்பட்டிருப்பதாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றது.</p>
<p class="storytext">மேலும் 84 பேர் இந்தச் சம்பவத்தில் காயமடைந்திருக்கின்றார்கள். காயமடைந்தவர்கள் அநுராதபுரம் வைத்தியசாலையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருவதாகவும், அவர்களில் 15 பேர் தீவிர சிகிச்சைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டிருப்பதாகவும் அநுராதபுரம் மருத்துவமனை பணிப்பாளர் தெரிவித்திருக்கின்றார்.</p>
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<p>வடமத்திய மாகாண சபையின் புதிய எதிர்க்கட்சித் தலைவராகிய மேஜர் ஜெனரல் ஜானக்க பெரேரா அவர்களுக்கான புதிய அலுவலகத் திறப்பு விழா நடைபெற்று முடிந்து, முக்கியஸ்தர்கள் ஒன்றுகூடி பேசிக்கொண்டிருந்தபோது அங்கு அவசர அவசரமாகக் கூட்டத்தினுட்புகுந்து வந்துசேர்ந்த தற்கொலைக் கொலையாளியே இந்தக் குண்டுத் தாக்குதலை நடத்தியிருப்பதாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.</p>
<p class="storytext">இந்தத் தாக்குதலை விடுதலைப் புலிகளே நடத்தியிருப்பதாகப் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சகம் தெரிவித்திருக்கின்றது. எனினும் இது குறித்து விடுதலைப்                   புலிகள் தரப்பிலிருந்து தகவல்கள் எதுவும் உடனடியாக வெளியாகவில்லை.</p>
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<p>இலங்கையின் வடபகுதியில் இடம்பெறும் தற்போதைய மோதல்களில் தமிழ் பொதுமக்கள் பலியாவது அதிகரித்துவருவதாக விபரித்து, அது தொடர்பாக                   புதுதில்லிக்கான இலங்கை துணைத் தூதரை அழைத்து, அவை தொடர்பிலான தமது கரிசனைகளை  இந்தியா வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.</p>
<p class="storytext">இந்திய தேசிய பாதுகாப்பு ஆலோசகர் எம்.கே.நாரயணனுக்கும், இலங்கை இராஜதந்திரியான பாலித கனேகொடவுக்கும் இடையிலான இந்தச் சந்திப்பில், இலங்கை பெரிய அளவில் சுயகட்டுப்பாட்டைக் கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும் என்றும், சிறுபான்மை தமிழ் மக்களிடையே அதிகரித்துவரும் பாதுகாப்பற்ற உணர்வுகளைப் போக்க முயற்சி செய்ய வேண்டும் என்றும் கேட்கப்பட்டதாக அதிகாரபூர்வ அறிக்கை ஒன்று கூறுகின்றது.</p>
<p class="storytext">வடக்கில் தற்போது நடக்கும் இலங்கை படையினருக்கும், விடுதலைப் புலிகளுக்கும் இடையிலான மோதல்களில் இரண்டு லட்சத்துக்கும் அதிகமான                   மக்கள் இடம்பெயர்ந்துள்ளனர்.</p>
<p class="storytext">இரு நாடுகளையும் பிரிக்கும் பாக்குநீரிணை பகுதியில், இலங்கை கடற்படையினர் என்று கூறப்படுபவர்களால், இந்திய மீனவர்கள் மீது நடத்தப்படும் தாக்குதல்கள் தொடர்வதாகவும் இந்திய அதிகாரிகள் கடுமையான கவலையை வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர்.</p>
<p class="storytext">இவ்விவகாரம் குறித்து தெற்காசிய அரசியல் விவகார ஆய்வாளரான ஜவஹர்லால் நேரு பல்கலைக்கழகப் பேராசிரியர் சஹாதேவன் வழங்கும் ஆய்வுக்                   செவ்வியை நேயர்கள் கேட்கலாம்.</p>
<p class="storytext"><strong>பிரதமருடன் தமிழக முதல்வர் தொலைபேசி உரையாடல்</strong></p>
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<p>முன்னதாக, தமிழக முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி இந்தியப் பிரதமர் மன்மோகன் சிங்கை தொலைபேசியில் தொடர்புகொண்டு இலங்கைத் தமிழர் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுவருவது குறித்து இந்திய அரசு இலங்கைத் தூதரை அழைத்து தனது கவலையையும் கண்டனத்தையும் வெளிப்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்று கோரியிருந்தார்.</p>
<p class="storytext">இலங்கை இனப்பிரச்சினையில் இந்தியா தலையிட்டு போர்நிறுத்தத்தை வலியுறுத்த வேண்டுமென்று கோரி தமிழக மக்கள் இந்தியப் பிரதமருக்கு                   தந்தி அனுப்ப வேண்டுமென கருணாநிதி ஞாயிறன்று அறிக்கை வெளியிட்டிருந்தார்.</p>
<p class="storytext">ஞாயிறன்றைய அறிக்கையிலும் திங்களன்றைய தொலைபேசி உரையாடலிலும் இலங்கையில் நடப்பதை 'இனப்படுகொலை' என்று கருணாநிதி வருணித்திருப்பது                   குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.</p>
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<p>கருணா அம்மான் என்று அழைக்கப்படுகின்ற தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள் கட்சியின் தலைவரான விநாயக மூர்த்தி முரளிதரன், நாட்டை ஆளும்                   ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டமைப்பின் தேசியப் பட்டியல் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.</p>
<p class="storytext">ஆளும் கூட்டணியில் அங்கம் வகித்திருந்த ஜே.வி.பி. என்றழைக்கப்படும் மக்கள் சுதந்திர முன்னணி கட்சியின் தேசியப் பட்டியல் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரான வசந்த சமரசிங்க வடமத்திய மாகாண சபைத் தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடுவதற்காக தனது நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் பதவியை இராஜினாமா செய்ததால் உருவான வெற்றிடத்திற்கே தற்போது கருணா நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.</p>
<p class="storytext">நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினராக தான் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது குறித்து கருணா தெரிவிக்கும் கருத்துகளை நேயர்கள் செய்தியரங்கத்தில் கேட்கலாம்.</p>
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<p>இலங்கையின் கிழக்கு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் சிங்கள மாணவர் ஒருவரின் படுகொலையை அடுத்து கடந்த ஒன்றரை மாதங்களாக இடைநிறுத்தப்பட்டிருந்த                   விரிவுரைகள் திங்களன்று மீண்டும் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.</p>
<p class="storytext">வர்த்தக முகாமைத்துவ பீடத்தின் இறுதியாண்டு மாணவர் ஒருவர் கடந்த ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 21ஆம் திகதி இரவு பல்லைக்கழக வளாகத்திற்குள் அடையாளம் தெரியாத ஆயுததாரிகளினால் சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டதை அடுத்து பாதுகாப்பு காரணங்களுக்காக மறுஅறிவித்தல் வரை அனைத்து விரிவுரைகளும் இடைநிறுத்தப்பட்டிருந்தன.</p>
<p class="storytext">இப்பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் அனுமதிக்கபட்டிருந்த சகல சிங்கள மாணவர்களும்   தற்காலிகமாக வேறு பல்கலைக்கழகங்களில் இடம்பெயர்ந்த மாணவர்களாக                   அனுமதி பெற்றுள்ளதாக உபவேந்தர் கலாநிதி என்.பத்மநாதன் தமிழோசைக்கு தெரிவித்தார்.</p>
<p class="storytext">திங்களன்று பல்கலைகழகத்திற்கு சமூகமளித்திருந்த மாணவர்கள் பொலிசாரின் சோதனையோடு அடையாள அட்டை சமர்ப்பித்து பதிவுசெய்த பின்பே                   உள்ளே செல்ல அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டதாக மாணவர்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.</p>
<p class="storytext">இருப்பினும்  திங்களன்று மாணவர் வரவு குறைவாகவே இருந்ததாகவும் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[It was just brought to our attention that the Nanaimo-Alberni Federal Green Party candidate is ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was just brought to our attention that the Nanaimo-Alberni Federal Green Party candidate is "<span class="TextStyle">an internationally respected and widely consulted authority on labour relations and human resource issues" (as his <a href="http://www.johnfryer.ca" target="_blank">website</a> proclaims). Check out his <a href="http://www.nanaimo-albernigreens.ca/" target="_blank">campaign website</a> to see what his views on key issues are (we don't think web design is a top-priority for his campaign plan).<br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="John Fryer &#38; Elizabeth May" src="http://www.nanaimo-albernigreens.ca/images/JohnElizArrive.JPG" alt="" width="326" height="245" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tack]]></title>
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Nu är den här medlemsomröstningen avslutad. Jag vill tacka alla som bidragit till att denna omr]]></description>
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<div><span style="font-size:medium;">Nu är den här medlemsomröstningen avslutad. Jag vill tacka alla som bidragit till att denna omröstning har kunnat genomföras. Kampanjsamordnarna har på ett förträffligt sätt gjort ansträngningar som bidragit till god debatt och högt valdeltagande. 3641 medlemmar deltog i omröstningen vilket motsvarar 46,5 procent av de röstberättigade. Jag är stolt över att Miljöpartiets medlemmar är så pass aktiva och engagerade. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Hurvida valdeltagandet är bra eller inte är svårt att säga. Det vi gjort är något unikt. Inget annat parti har det senaste decenniet medlemsomröstat. Vi har vågat och många deltog. I januari har vi en ny medlemsomröstning som ska fastställa listan till i EU-valet. Kan vi lyckas få ännu högre deltagande då?</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Som givet i omröstningar finns vinnare och förlorare. Vi har alla nu ett stort ansvar för att den tudelning som finns i partiet kring EU-frågan, och som synliggjorts i denna omröstning, inte leder till minskat grönt engagemang.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Visst ska vi både fira och sörja en stund, men snart nog drar EU-valrörelsen igång. Vi vet att väljarna förväntar sig mycket av oss i Miljöpartiet. Vi ska vara pådrivande för ökat miljöansvar, minskad klåfingrighet från EU-byråkratin; större fokus på mänskliga rättigheter och en solidarisk handelspolitik.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Den här medlemsomröstningen har visat att vår kampanjförmåga är stor. Nu är det upp till oss om vi ska låta den få full kraft genom att i EU-valrörelsen förenas under en politisk plattform antagen av kongressen.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Det är min övertygelse att klimatfrågan, stor medlemsaktivitet och grön glöd kan locka många väljare i EU-parlamentsvalet den 7 juni 2009.</span></span></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Väntat nej!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Markus</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Det blev nej till utträdeskrav i medlemsomröstningen.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Det blev nej till utträdeskrav i medlemsomröstningen.</p>
<blockquote><p>SIFFROR FRÅN MEDLEMSOMRÖSTNINGEN</p>
<p>Antal röstberättigade (medlemsantalet den 30 juni): 7 828<br />
Antal som röstade: 3 641, 46,5 procent<br />
Nej-röster (nej till utträde): 2 012, 55,6 procent M<br />
Ja-röster: (ja till utträde): 1 609, 44,4 procent<br />
Ogiltiga: 20 stycken<br />
Skillnad mellan ja och nej: 11,2 procent</p></blockquote>
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<dc:creator>thegoldencoccinelle</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[10 downing street
Depuis quelques jours, je m&#8217;attarde sur le site du &#8220;Prime Minister]]></description>
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<p>Depuis quelques jours, je m'attarde sur le site du "Prime Minister" de la Grande Bretagne. Le <a title="number10.co.uk" href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/" target="_blank">site</a> permet de suivre l'actualité du Premier Ministre Britannique et ce que je regarde particulièrement, ce sont les vidéos de PMQs : Prime Minister Questions c'est l'équivalent de notre "Questions au Gouvernement" mais je préfère la version anglaise. En effet, les échanges entre Gordon Brown et James Cameron, leader of the opposition, me paraissent plus sains et plus sincères que ceux que l'on peut voir au Palais Bourbon. Tout d'abord parce que dans le système Britannique, l'opposition a un statut réel et un droit de réponse systématique. Si Gordon Brown annonce certaines choses, affirment et se défend, son adversaire a autant le droit que lui de l'interpeller, de le critiquer, de le mettre en cause et de le rendre "accountable". Mais le leader de libéraux-démocrates ont aussi un leader qui peut également intervenir autant qu'il le veut sur tous les sujets. Il y a également cette danse que font les Member of Parliament (MPs) de se lever pour demander la parole pour intervenir sur les sujets qui touchent leur "constituancy". Et l'opposition est organisée  de telle manière que certains députés ont un rôle particulier comme William Hague, qui fut leader of the opposition contre Tony Blair et avant sa défaite lors de la dernière General Election, et qui aujourd'hui est Shadow Foreign Secretary, l'opposition est donc organisée comme un gouvernement fantôme (shadow cabinet) qui pourrait remplacer le gouvernement en place dans l'hypothèse où ils gagneraient les élections et c'est là que les deux systèmes sont véritablement différents : on identifie mieux l'opposition car elle a un véritable statut.</p>
<p>En pleine réforme des institutions et à l'heure où l'on nous dit que l'on veut donner plus de pouvoir  au Parlement et aux citoyens, en nous accordant l'exception d'inconstitutionnalité notamment, je pense qu'on aurait pu mieux régler le sort de l'Opposition et définir plus strictement son rôle et ses prérogatives. Si le Premier Secrétaire du Parti Socialiste, ou le Président du Modem, ou le Premier Secrétaire des Communistes ou le Président du Nouveau Centre, si l'un d'eux avait un statut réel en fonction des influences et des forces en présence, on identifierait mieux un leader, si on accordait ce droit de réponse, ce droit de questionner le Gouvernement sur ses résultats ou sur sa politique, je pense que, comme en Grande Bretagne, il y aurait moins de partis politiques, moins de déchirures comme on peut en voir en ce moment.</p>
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