[Deel 893] Freedom for the wolves means death for the sheep

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 00:06 schreef RichardQuest het volgende:
Fok!fotoboek: "Het bestand is geen plaatje van het JPG- of GIF-formaat" Ja, wat dan?

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 00:01 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Ik krijg een error.

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 00:07 schreef du_ke het volgende:

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Het zal wel te groot zijn.

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Britain's top police officer, Sir Ian Blair, was under fresh pressure yesterday after he admitted that he had covertly recorded a telephone conversation he had with the attorney general about counter terrorism. The recording was made without the permission of the government's most senior law officer, a spokesperson for the attorney general said.

Sir Ian, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, secretly recorded Lord Goldsmith during a call in which the two men discussed whether a ban on evidence gathered from intercepts being admissible in court should be lifted. A Whitehall source, close to the attorney general, made clear the anger at the Met commissioner. The source said Lord Goldsmith was "incredibly cross and very disappointed" by the revelations, which he viewed as "very serious", adding that Sir Ian's conduct was "unethical and discourteous" and the incident raised questions about his judgment.

Sir Ian is reported to have used a digital recorder set up in his offices at New Scotland Yard to covertly tape Lord Goldsmith in September 2005.

The same Whitehall source told the Guardian that Lord Goldsmith had spoken to Charles Clarke, the home secretary, yesterday to tell of his anger at Sir Ian's conduct, and an explanation was expected. Mr Clarke is expected to press Sir Ian for answers for his behaviour.

The bafflement and shock at Sir Ian's conduct was not just limited to the attorney general. The admissions led to a call from the civil rights group Liberty for the commissioner to quit and two senior Met officers to conclude that Sir Ian was out of control.

In a sign of the potential seriousness of the affair, Len Duval, the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, will today hold an emergency meeting with senior figures at Scotland Yard to discuss the row.

Sir Ian is still recovering from the criticism he faced after saying that he did not understand the media and public fuss made after the murder of the 10-year-old girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells by the Soham caretaker Ian Huntley.

Scotland Yard also said yesterday that Sir Ian had secretly recorded telephone calls he had with senior officials from the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating the Stockwell tube station killing and his personal conduct. The force offered no explanation for the actions of Sir Ian, who is on holiday.

A spokesperson for Lord Goldsmith said: "The conversation was recorded without the knowledge or permission of the attorney general. It was a confidential discussion about the admissibility of intercept evidence in court."

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A source close to Mr Clarke said: "The home secretary still retains full confidence in Sir Ian Blair."

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 08:12 schreef Disciple_of_Guinness het volgende:
Ja, moppies

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UK: No Armenian Genocide Took Place

Apparently, the British government does not regard the 1915-16 incidents during the Ottoman era as "Armenian genocide."

In a letter sent by the British Foreign Ministry upon the initiatives of a UK-based Turkish institution, it is stated the incidents do not fit the category of genocide. British diplomats speaking to Zaman also confirmed this. London refutes the claims in the Blue Book (Mavi Kitap) that caused a crisis between Turkey and UK. The book, said to be "the biggest support" for the so-called Armenian genocide, claimed more than 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered during the incidents.

The Committee for the Protection of Turkish Rights (CPTR) fighting against the claims of Armenian genocide with the participation of various non-governmental organizations has reached a new point in their works. The committee has been trying to annul the unilateral "so-called genocide" decisions of the municipalities of Gwynedd and Edinburgh and has obtained a letter from the Foreign Ministry about the result of a meeting it held with top level ministry officials.

According to the letter, the evidences on the incidents "are clearly far from convincing the British government." Therefore, "the 1915-16 incidents do not fit the definition of genocide in the UN Convention on Genocide in 1948." The letter also points out "it is very hard to fully understand the incidents that took place more than 90 years ago and developed under the circumstances of the First World War," and reasserts that the official view on this issue is quite "clear".

British diplomats Zaman met in London said the 1915-16 incidents are a massacre and tragedy, but confirmed they do not have sufficient evidence to describe the incidents as genocide, according to the UN Convention on Genocide in 1948.

British sources added both the present and former governments followed the same line for the 1915-16 incidents. The fact that the British Foreign Ministry clarified its attitude about the Armenian incidents has been appreciated by the Turks.

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 09:24 schreef KirmiziBeyaz het volgende:

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 09:29 schreef sigme het volgende:

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Bijna compleet KirmiziBeyaz. Wil je even linken naar de bron van je citaat?

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 10:07 schreef RichardQuest het volgende:
Radicale moslims woedend over Hofstad-zaak
[upd] Uitspraken zaak Hofstadgroep

Sorry, maar waar worden de documenten in het vonnis genoemd?

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Exoten leveren schadepost op van meer dan miljard

(Novum) - Uitheemse planten en diersoorten in Nederland kosten jaarlijks ongeveer 1,3 miljard euro. Dit meldt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) maandag. Het gaat hierbij om kosten van bestrijding van exotische, besmettelijke ziekten en schade die dieren en planten aanrichten in hun omgeving.

De muskusrat, oorspronkelijk afkomstig uit Amerika, vormt bijvoorbeeld een gevaar voor de dijken in Nederland door zijn graafactiviteiten. De grote waternavel, een waterplant die eveneens afkomstig is uit Amerika, kan in korte tijd zo sterk groeien dat de doorstroming in de riolering in gevaar komt.

Exoten zijn planten en dieren die door mensen vanuit hun oorspronkelijke leefomgeving naar Nederland zijn gebracht. Voorbeelden zijn de Japanse oester, voor de oestercultuur, en de Amerikaanse muskusrat, voor bont. Andere soorten zijn volgens het CBS per ongeluk in Nederland terecht gekomen, zoals de bruine rat en de Amerikaanse zwaardschede, een schelp. Zij zijn met schepen 'meegelift'. Volgens het CBS is het aantal uitheemse planten en diersoorten sinds 1900 meer dan verdubbeld.

Als de nieuwe soorten zich hier blijvend vestigen, gaan ze deel uitmaken van de Nederlandse flora en fauna. Ruim tien procent van de dieren en planten in Nederland behoort tot de exoten.

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Op maandag 13 maart 2006 11:46 schreef RichardQuest het volgende:

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Volgens mij zijn zowat al onze gewassen en vee exotisch, is het niet

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Turkish Nat'l Income to Rise to $42,000 in 2050

Turkey, leaving Belgium, Switzerland, and Sweden behind with its economic reforms and growth rate, expects to become the world’s 12th largest economy by 2050.

In 20th place in terms of national income (on gross domestic product basis) in 2005, the country has risen to 17th place.

Officials say Turkey will surpass the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Spain, and Italy in the future and take 12th place after France.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) conducted a survey on 17 big countries and estimated, in the 2005-2050 period with stable prices, India will have an average annual gross domestic product growth of 7.6 percent, Indonesia 7.3 percent, China 6.3 percent, Turkey 5.6 percent, Brazil 5.4 percent, Mexico 4.8 percent, Russia 4.6 percent, South Korea 3.3 percent, Canada and Australia 2.6 percent, US 2.4 percent, Spain 2.3 percent, UK and France 1.9 percent.

Accordingly, the Turkish economy will be worth $4.1 trillion and have a per capita national income of $41,930 with 2005 prices in 2050.

The Unites States economy, the world’s biggest, leaving China behind in GDP with purchasing power parity, will lead the world economy in 2050 with its GDP of $36.2 trillion with 2005 prices in 2050.

In the2005-2050 period, India will increase its GDP the most and Japan the least. India will grow by 27 times, Indonesia by 23.8 times, China by 15.6 times with stable prices. Turkey, with an increase of 11.6, will be in the fourth place in GDP from among 17 big countries.

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Britten spinnen garen bij oorlog Irak
De oorlog in Irak heeft het Britse bedrijfsleven tot nu toe geen windeieren gelegd.

1,7 miljard euro
Britse bedrijven hebben er gezamenlijk zeker 1,1 miljard pond (1,7 miljard euro) verdiend. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de onafhankelijke waakhond voor bedrijven Corporate Watch en de Britse krant The Independent.


Hogere verdiensten
De werkelijke verdiensten zijn voor Britse ondernemingen nog veel hoger omdat veel bedrijven zwijgen over hun contacten in het Arabische land. Het gaat vooral om bedrijven die actief zijn in de beveiliging, de oliehandel en de elektriciteitsvoorziening.

Amec
Een van de grootverdieners is volgens The Independent Amec. Dat bedrijf zou 500 miljoen pond (774 miljoen euro) hebben verdiend met onder meer het herstellen van elektriciteitsvoorzieningen.