A journey through life
Posted in Africa on Sep 28th, 2007
Statement issued Monday 24 September 2007
The courage of the people of Burma is amazing and now they have been joined by their holy men. It is so like the rolling mass action that eventually toppled apartheid. We admire our brave sisters and brothers in Burma/Myanmar and want them to know that we support their peaceful [...]
Posted in Immigration on Sep 26th, 2007
The far right Orthodox Rally party, or Laos, gained enough votes to enter parliament for the first time after breaking the required three percent threshold and collecting 3.7% of the vote, or ten parliamentary seats. In the last elections they had 2.04%. This marked a significant change in the country’s politics as it is the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2007
Within days of New Democracy re-election, the goverment gave property developers the green light to build on an enviromentally sensitive area next to forests ravaged by this summer’s deadly fires. Documents leaked to the Greek press show the finance Ministry pushed through an agreement allowing building to begin in a protected area in the Southern [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2007
The ruckus in the opposition party is dominating headlines in Greece. It’s become so dirty that the hope of settling it relatively peacefully seems farfetched. A minute after George Papandrew made his first speech conceding defeat to New Democracy, Evangelos Venizelos came out and made his and both took calm swipes at each other. Though [...]
Posted in Africa on Sep 19th, 2007
The newly elected president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bay Koroma was recently sworn in after a closely fought presidential race, ten years after the end of the civil war.
The elections which have been described as free and fair by the electoral commission had widespread support around the country. The president says his government will spare [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2007
Turkey’s ascension bid into the European union will be very crucial in the world stage considering the recent election of the former Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul as the president in a parliamentary vote. He is the first politician with an Islamist background to become head of state since the creation of the deeply secular [...]
