Administrator @ February 2, 2006 # No Comment Yet
After years of negotiations that had little result, the EU3 (consisting of Germany, France and the UK) have requested the International Atomic Energy Agency to forward Iran’s case to the UN Security Council. The 35-member IAEA board will vote on the issue shortly. The EU, US and other Western nations suspect Iran is developing nuclear [...]
Administrator @ February 2, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Jacques Lefranc, the editor of France Soir, has been fired by the owner of the paper, a French-Egyptian. The paper has published a cartoon on it’s front page poking fun at Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy figures. It also printed cartoons that were initially published by a Danish paper, which is now involved [...]
Administrator @ February 2, 2006 # No Comment Yet
After many weeks of discussions between government and parliament, it appears likely that 1400 Dutch troops will be deployed to Southern Afghanistan. Dutch labour party PVDA has dropped most of it’s objections against the mission. The US, NATO, and the UN have put the Netherlands under intense pressure to send troops to the dangerous region.
“MPs [...]