Pressure had been building on a number of fronts, but the issue which finally destroyed her was the yet-to-be-born euro. In the last weekend of October 1990, she travelled to a European summit in Rome, where Jacques Delors’ dream of European Monetary Union was high on the agenda. But while Mrs. Thatcher was fighting her [...]
After 168 years of print, the UK’s most widely read weekly newspaper News of the World published its latest issue on Sunday, after a phone-hacking scandal forced its owner, Rupert Murdoch, to close the tabloid. The tabloid of the United Kingdom sensationalist yellow press admitted in its last edition that phones were really intercepted. Continuing [...]
Nothing has been reported butfive hundred flights could be cancelled in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of Scandinavia on Tuesday if clouds of volcanic ash continue to drift toward commercial airports. The recent eruption of Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano has sent clouds of volcanic ash towards parts of Scandinavia and western Europe, which has drawn the attention [...]
An explosion and feared meltdown at a Japanese nuclear plant Saturday exposed the scale of the disaster facing the country after a massive quake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead. The Japanese government says an explosion Saturday blew off the roof and walls of the building containing a nuclear reactor, but did not damage [...]
Four people were killed in Bahrain as riot police unleashed rubber bullets and tear gas to drive panicked protesters out of a square in the capital, Manama, the opposition said yesterday. ”They attacked the square, where hundreds of people were spending the night in tents,” said one witness, Fadel Ahmad. The protesters, including women and children, [...]
The pound has risen this afternoon (February 15th) following further speculation the interest rate could rise. According to Reuters, sterling moved up 0.5 per cent against the dollar at $1.6120 following information that revealed UK inflation remains high. Forex traders might be interested to note the news provider pointed out the Bank of England’s (BoE) inflation [...]
Police in Britain say they are investigating the deaths of four people, believed to be from the same family, found in two locations in Leicester, England. The body of a 32-year-old man was found Friday night at Watermead Country Park, followed by the discovery of the bodies of a 24-year-old woman, a 3-year-old boy and a [...]
The Tel Aviv district court yesterday convicted former soldier Anat Kam of leaking some 2,000 classified military documents, but under a plea bargain the most serious charges of “harming state security” were dropped. The plea bargain reduces the maximum prison term faced by Kam (24) when sentencing takes place in April, from life to 15 years. [...]
Turkey’s vocal support for a regime change in Egypt reflects the country’s quest for leadership in the Middle East, where it is often lauded as an example that Islam and democracy can co-exist. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s pledge to stand down in September is not enough and he [...]
Home Secretary Theresa May ought to ban tomorrow’s so-called “homecoming” demonstration in Luton planned by the English Defence League. Whatever the weasel words of its spokesmen, EDL leaders know that the group’s events are always accompanied by racist abuse and attacks on places of worship and of minority ethnic communities. The EDL may insist that its [...]
With everyone curious about how Turkey would react to public demonstrations taking place in Egypt seeking the resignation of long-entrenched President Hosni Mubarak, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took sides with the Egyptian public, calling on Mubarak to heed the call of the Egyptian people. Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group meeting earlier this week, [...]
Britons have been warned to steer clear of Egypt’s main cities as violent demonstrations threaten to overthrow the government. With President Hosni Mubarak facing the biggest challenge of his three decade rule, the Foreign Office cautioned against “all but essential” travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez. Tourist sites have also been shut down, while [...]
Swedish authorities said Tuesday they will appeal a British judge’s decision to grant bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The decision means the 39-year-old Australian will remain behind bars for at least another 48 hours. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s relief at his bail ruling evaporated when Swedish authorities announced they would be appealing it, his [...]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been crowned as Time magazine’s person of 2010. Zuckerberg, who gained additional notoriety this year by being the main character of the film The Social Network now also has the honour of being Time magazine’s annual Person of the Year, the person the leading US magazine believes had the most [...]
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla escaped injury when student protesters attacked and damaged their car in London. Demonstrators furious over a rise in student tuition fees kicked the car in Regent Street, in the heart of London’s shopping district, before it drove off, according to media and been royal was more dangeorus in London [...]
The public sector IT spending in Saudi Arabia is expected to grow from around US$ 1.6 billion in 2009 to US$ 2.4 billion in 2013, thereby growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 10.9%, says Springboard Research, a leading innovator in the IT Market Research industry. The 2009 Saudi Arabia budget highlights spending [...]
Israeli naval forces boarded an Irish-owned ship bound for Gaza today, just five days after killing nine passengers in a bloody raid on a previous aid convoy. The commandos boarded the ship “with the full compliance” of the crew and passengers without any of the violence that had marked the storming of the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara on Monday, Israeli officials said.
Both Turkey and the world are still trying to recover from the shock of Israel’s brutal attack on civilians who were on board an international convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The vicious attack left nine peace activists dead and dozens of others injured. Although it is common for Israel to carry out attacks without [...]
Dear Sir, I am looking for some help and advice on divorcing my Turkish husband. We got married in Turkey in 2007, he got a settlement visa for two years and we had a son in 2008. However, our marriage broke down, due to cultural differences, language barriers, etc. We began to fight and argue [...]
British Social Services lost track of kids safety because many kids has been affected because they cant do the job and provide safety or securty for kids this days. Social services knew about the plight of an eight-year-old girl locked in her “revolting and squalid” bedroom for 12 hours each night in the four weeks [...]
