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In search of a European identity

November 16, 2005
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Switzerland in rampant hypocrisy shocker! “Police in Switzerland have seized a number of paintings belonging to the Pushkin state art museum in Moscow. “The 25 paintings – part of a collection on loan to an exhibit in Martigny – were … Continue reading

November 16, 2005
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A prime example of how locking people up without putting them on trial can lead to resentment, anger and alienation: Arrested December 2003 and released without charge after six days, then re-arrested in August 2004 by request of the United … Continue reading

November 15, 2005
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Using Blairite logic, if Tony doesn’t follow Thailand’s example and force us all to register our pay-as-you-go mobiles to ensure they can’t be used in a terrorist attack, he will have blood on his hands if, as I hope will … Continue reading

November 15, 2005
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Sorry, busy – check out Soj’s superb (as usual) EuroPDB if you have a hankering for newsy stuff. Glad to see her forced blogging retirement ended up being short-lived.

November 15, 2005
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I was going to do a “Peter Mandelson is a twat and so is France” round-up, but trade talks are simply too damn tedious. Thankfully the Curious Hamster has done it for me. Ta, boss.

November 14, 2005
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Uzbekistan update

Utterly predictable – I mean, OBVIOUSLY it’s the 15 people rounded up for a show trial who are guilty here, not the government forces who massacred hundreds of peaceful protestors… “the judge… repeated many of the details of the government’s … Continue reading

November 14, 2005
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Following the Blair camp’s “the police know best” line on the whole 90 days thing, should we follow the (alleged) example of this former senior policeman? Is Tony going to propose new legislation to make us all fuck children? At … Continue reading

November 13, 2005
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From my news catch-up reading, nice to see that some things never change – Central Asia is still riddled with corruption and politically-motivated murder while facing economic crises – all of which are still being denied by these various near-psychotic … Continue reading

November 13, 2005
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Japan photoblogging

Here you go, a few snaps from the trip. This will likely be a pisser for anyone on dial-up, I’m afraid, and no idea how it’ll look as I’m using Blogger’s picture hosting for the first time. It was an … Continue reading