Nosemonkey's EUtopia

In search of a European identity

September 3, 2005
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Good news from New Orleans – even if I didn’t realise he was in danger and thought he’d died years ago…

September 3, 2005
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Hmmm… Weblog Awards, you say?

The same one this blog came third in its category in last year, you say? Nominations open, you say? Click on the thingie below to nominate this blog, you say? Hint hint…

September 1, 2005
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An EU “loyalty oath”? If that idea doesn’t get the eurosceptics all heated up I don’t know what will… It’ll be interesting to see the response to proposals by the EU�s justice and security Commissioner Franco Frattini to “get every … Continue reading

September 1, 2005
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Uzbekistan blog day

My contribution ended up getting rather lengthy, so I’ve whacked it up at The Sharpener: Uzbekistan blog day: A Central Asian primer and call for action – go read and stuff. Other posts are being compiled by the Disillusioned Kid … Continue reading

August 31, 2005
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PM urges European modernisation after ‘bra war’ – yep, Tony’s back and jumping on yet another European bandwaggon. Call me a decadent westerner snob by all means, but his calls for “Europe as a whole to modernise to meet the … Continue reading

August 31, 2005
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As I’ve done one Iraq post, may as well do another: Reuters cameraman ordered held in Abu Ghraib – “A cameraman for Reuters in Iraq has been ordered by a secret tribunal to be held without charge in Baghdad’s Abu … Continue reading

August 31, 2005
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Depression

This is what is known in the trade as fucking awful. More than 640 dead, 230 injured in Baghdad thanks to mere RUMOURS of possible suicide bombers, following mortar attacks on a crowd of religious pilgrims. It should by now … Continue reading