{"id":1562,"date":"2007-05-14T07:26:10","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T07:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/14\/links-for-2007-05-14\/"},"modified":"2007-05-14T07:26:10","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T07:26:10","slug":"links-for-2007-05-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/links-for-2007-05-14\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-05-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/featuresarticle\/2007\/5\/5f5bb43b-2d55-4ebc-a2f3-af457f140e22.html\">Armenian opposition sour grapes<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Despite the best efforts of the UK and US, the election goes the way of the ruling party, apparently with no fraud<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Armenia\">Armenia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSL1224568320070513\">Iceland government holds on to power<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">By a one seat majority<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Iceland\">Iceland<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/05\/13\/europe\/EU-GEN-Turkey-Secular-Rally.php\">Another massive rally in Turkey<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in favour of secularism<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Turkey\">Turkey<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2007\/05\/13\/blairg.xml\">Blair&#8217;s constitutional meddling<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Partisan, but accurate. Blair&#8217;s ill-considered reforms of the British constitution(s) may well be his lasting, chaotic legacy<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Britain\">Britain<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/business\/story\/0,,2078215,00.html\">BAE Systems fraud probe revived<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">But by the US this time, after the UK dropped it &#8220;in the national interest&#8221; (*ahem*)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Britain\">Britain<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2007\/05\/13\/wmold13.xml\">Europe&#8217;s Cuba<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Transdniester&#8217;s central role in the future of Eastern Europe: a handy introduction<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Europe\">Europe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Moldova\">Moldova<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Transdniester\">Transdniester<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/larsson04212007.html\">The Islamic Threat to Europe: By the numbers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Interpol: &#8220;Islamists only carried out one out of the 498 terrorist attacks in the European Union in 2006&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/TWAT\">TWAT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecopydude.com\/?p=255\">More post-Litvinenko madness<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">What&#8217;s the deal with Mario Scaramella?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vilhelmkonnander.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/russia-motives-misperceptions.html\">Russia: Motives &#038; Misperceptions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A week old, but good stuff on Russia, Estonia and the West&#8217;s misunderstandings<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Estonia\">Estonia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markobucik.eu\/?p=60\">Slovenia&#8217;s EU confusion<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Set to take over the EU presidency on 1st January 2008, the pressure seems to be getting to them<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Slovenia\">Slovenia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/frenchpolitique.blogspot.com\/\">Politique<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The new French politics blog by the guy behind French Election 2007: nothing there yet, but definitely one for the blogrolls<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Blogs\">Blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nouvelle-europe.eu\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=195&#038;Itemid=62\">Belarussian identity crisis<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The odd place of Europe&#8217;s only dictatorship explained (in French)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Belarus\">Belarus<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allegro-vivace.hautetfort.com\/archive\/2007\/05\/13\/pecheurs-d-islande.html\">Icelandic elections: an overview<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Good introduction to the politics, including the parties&#8217; 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