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The European Union’s latest steps towards greater unification were repelled by Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty. This is an unforunate result that came about primarily through a referendum vote whose highlights included spurious claims that the Lisbon treaty (which seeks to consolidate the powers of the EU together and create a unified foreign policy for the Union) would raise taxes from the opposition compared to a lackluster effort on the part of the pro-treaty sides to support it.
The treaty itself was essentially the most important aspects of the Constitution for Europe condensed into yet another unreadable document. The original Constitution itself was well known for being too long and complex for the average European to understand well, one factor that lead to its original defeat. This defect was not corrected with the Lisbon treaty, whose general summaries were also almost just as confusing as the original constitution was. Barring […]

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Related links posted by Raja Petra himself from Malaysia Today : and from my blog : Kes Altantuya : Saya tarik diri! - ZULKIFLI NORDIN
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The following is taken ( copied ) from : http://bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/is-this-statutory-declaration-true/
Raja Petra Kamaruddin, editor of online political portal Malaysia Today.net supposedly made this statutory declaration (SD) against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Deputy Prime Minister was directly involved in the murder of murder Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, almost two years ago.
The SD was filed at a Commissioner of Oath, registered under the jurisdiction of Kuala Lumpur High Court on 18 June 2008.

SD has been defined as “A statutory declaration is a legal document defined under the law of certain Commonwealth nations. It is similar to a statement made under oath, however, it is not sworn.
Statutory declarations are commonly used to allow a person to affirm something to be true for the purposes of satisfying some legal requirement or regulation when no […]

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There’s no better example of this than Sammy’s dabblings in Satanism. Christian by birth, Jewish by choice, Sammy started his personal relationship with Satan during a 1968 visit to the Factory, a nightclub he partially owned. He was invited to a party by a group of young actors sporting red fingernails, signifying their allegiance to the Church of Satan. Founded in 1966 by Anton LaVey, a horror fan with a background in carnival work, ghostbusting, and nightclub organ, the San Francisco-based ministry combined LaVey’s interests in ancient paganism, a media-savvy flair for publicity, and a philosophy of indulgence over abstinence.
When Sammy arrived at the party (whose theme he summarized as “dungeons and dragons and debauchery”),
Dungeons and Dragons wasn’t invented until 1974 so this story is another attempt to make the Church of Satan a great place.
all attendees were wearing hoods or masks. The centerpiece of the “coven” was a naked […]

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Mark Howell. Garnett Publishing Limited, Reading, UK. 2007
Reviewed By Jim Miles*
As an introductory view of the Palestinian situation, “What Did We Do to Deserve This?” is an excellent starting point. Hard-hitting, gritty, realistic, yet also compassionate and humanistic and ultimately, in spite of the negatives, hopeful.

A different and realistic view of Palestinian life is presented in What Did We Do to Deserve This?, an original concept by Mark Howell. The Palestinian people present themselves as a compassionate and caring people, for themselves, their land, and were it possible, for their neighbors. The photography of violence and destruction, of maimed bodies and twisted wreckage, could have been shown, but instead what comes through in the portraits and landscapes, which constitute an important segment of the book, is a “quiet dignity of suffering”, perhaps not the best words to match the situation, but the phrase that first comes to mind from the […]

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More than 7,000 facilities, from chemical plants to colleges, have been designated “high-risk” sites for potential terrorist attacks, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Next week, the department will send letters to the facilities notifying them that they present the highest potential consequences in the event of a successful terrorist attack, said Robert Stephan, the agency’s assistant secretary for infrastructure protection.
The facilities include chemical plants, hospitals, colleges and universities, oil and natural gas production and storage sites, and food and agricultural processing and distribution centers, Stephan said.
The names of the sites will not be released to the public.
The department compiled the list after reviewing information submitted by 32,000 facilities nationwide. It considered factors such as proximity to population centers, the volatility of chemicals on site and how the chemicals are stored and handled.
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Serbia’s Supreme Court sentenced late strongman Slobodan Milosevic’s security chief to 40 years in prison Thursday for organizing a deadly attack on a prominent dissident in 1999.
Radomir Markovic was convicted of trying to kill opposition leader Vuk Draskovic in October 1999. Draskovic survived the staged road accident, and later became Serbia’s foreign minister, but three of his bodyguards and a party official died in the attack.
Markovic; Milorad Ulemek, a former commander of Serbia’s paramilitary police, and two members of his unit were sentenced to 40 years, the maximum allowed under law. Seven other men received sentences of up to 35 years.
The ruling concludes an eight-year judicial saga. After striking down three decisions by lower courts, the Supreme Court took the unusual step of trying the defendants itself.
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has termed the statement of Afghanistan’s Prime Minister Hamid Karzai regarding the presence of Osama Bin Laden and Mulla Umer in Pakistan as groundless, a private TV channel reported.
Qureshi, talking at Islamabad Airport, said Pakistan had always struggled for the acquisition of peace, adding, “The nuclear assets are in safe hands.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration moved Monday to impose financial sanctions against a Philippines-based group, its leader and other members accused of terrorist acts.
The action against the Rajah Solaiman Movement, its leader Ahmad Santos and other alleged members means that any bank accounts or other financial assets found in this country that belong to them must be frozen. Americans also are prohibited from doing business with them.
The Treasury Department said the group, also known as RSM, has received training, money and operational assistance from al-Qaida linked terror organizations including Jemaah Islamiyah and the Abu Sayyaf Group. The government said RSM members were involved in carrying out terrorist activities in the Philippines as well as plots to bomb high-profile targets including Manila public utilities, tourist areas and the U.S. Embassy in Manila.
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The woman soldier killed in a bomb attack last week was an intelligence officer on a secret mission to meet an Afghan agent, a military source has revealed.
Corporal Sarah Bryant, of the Intelligence Corps, was meeting the agent for the second time deep inside Taliban territory on the border between Helmand and Kandahar provinces. “The agent had produced very good intelligence the first time around,” the source said.
She was accompanied by a four-man SAS close protection team, three of whom were also killed by the blast.
It was not clear whether the agent had been planted by the Taliban or had been unmasked and forced to reveal details of the meeting, the source said. “But it’s clear that the whole thing was compromised. There is no doubt this was an ambush.”
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Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations June 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs dropped guided bomb unit-12s, GBU-31s, GBU-38s and 500-pound bombs to destroy anti-Afghan ambush teams and rocket positions in the vicinity of Orgun-E. In addition, A-10s performed shows of force to deter any further enemy activities. A joint terminal attack controller confirmed the missions successful.
In the vicinity of Khowst, a B-1B and A-10s dropped GBU-12s, 38s, and 500 lb bombs to destroy enemy combatants. A JTAC reported the missions successful.
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