Belgian ex-archbishop questioned over abuse cases
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:08:13 -0700
Reuters. BRUSSELS. Police questioned the former head of Belgium’s Catholic Church yesterday as a witness in an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by priests.
Gold Basis Screwed
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:29:50 -0700
Who needs a thermometer to know that the heat-wave is on? Fofoa has just published another thoughtful paper with the title: Red Alert: Gold Backwardation!!!
Countering Turkey’s Strategic Drift
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:20:35 -0700
Abstract: For decades, Turkey and the United States cooperated in the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and even Korea. However, Turkish and U.S. interests in the Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf have recently diverged.
Ministers hand Big Brother powers to EU police
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:25:09 -0700
Foreign police will be able to travel to the UK and take part in the arrest of Britons and to place them under surveillance and bug telephone conversations under new powers.
Cultural forces at work in Belgian scandal
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:58:23 -0700
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- So what is going on in “Catholic Belgium”? many seem to be asking. And why has it become the latest location to explode in the clergy sex abuse scandal?
EU lawmakers urge probe of Colombian intelligence operations
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:01:44 -0700
EU parliamentarians have called on the Commission to look into Colombian intelligence operations in Europe designed to ‘neutralize the influence' of critics of the Colombian government in parliament, the UNHCR and NGOs.
EU, BAT cooperate against illegal cigarette trade
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:35:47 -0700
The European Commission and British American Tobacco Plc. announced Thursday they will cooperate to curb the trade of illegal cigarettes, which costs EU governments euro10 billion in lost revenues annually. BAT, the world's second largest tobacco company,... Cigarette - British American Tobacco - Tobacco industry - Tobacco - Health
Nine O'Clock
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:56:27 -0700
The man believed to be the “top boss” of an alleged Italian crime family is among those arrested in a police sweep. At least 300 people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of crimes including murder, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization, BBC News reported.
Italian police net 300 in mafia raid
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:53:56 -0700
Italian police make more than 300 arrests, seize arms and confiscate tens of millions of euros of assets in an operation against the 'Ndrangheta.
24 Turkish children ill with suspected food poisoning in Belgium
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:02:54 -0700
Brussels - Twenty-four Turkish children were hospitalised in Belgium with suspected food poisoning, local media reported Tuesday. The children, aged from 10 to 16, were taking part in a holiday camp organized by a Turkish cultural centre in Sint-Niklaas.
The paper clip, 13 July
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:38:54 -0700
The front pages of the French newspapers are dominated this morning by coverage of an hour-long interview given by Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, on television last night.
Business people
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:34:24 -0700
Jessica Miller has been invited to participate in the Kansas Health Foundation Fellows program. The ...
Korn Performed Inside Crop Circle, Were Hopefully Taken Away By Aliens
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:52:15 -0700
Have you ever thought to yourself, "Why won't Korn just go away?" Maybe that will actually happen on Sunday (July 11).
Pope Benedict XVI Lashes Out At Secular Justice
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:15:45 -0700
This spring, it looked as though the Catholic Church was finally going to confront charges of sexual abuse head on. Following recent police raids in Belgium, however, the Vatican has once again closed ranks. In the internal Holy See debate, the conservatives have regained the upper hand.
Vatican protests raids
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:53:19 -0700
Reuters. VATICAN CITY. The Vatican protested yesterday to Belgium over raids carried out on church offices and a cardinal’s home by investigators who even looked into a tomb to find evidence of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests.
Belgian Bishops Protest "Wild" Press Assumptions
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:22:48 -0700
BRUSSELS, Belgium, JULY 7, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- The Belgian bishop' conference is protesting accusations by a newspaper that claimed documents were found linking the archbishopric of Malines-Brussels with a serial killer known as "the monster of Marcinelle."
Belgian priest quizzed over sex abuse
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:50:43 -0700
Brussels, July 7 : The former head of Belgium's Catholic church, Cardinal Danneels, accused of failing to stop sexual abuse of children by priests, has been questioned by the police.
Police question Belgian cardinal in child abuse probe
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:16:02 -0700
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The former head of Belgium's Catholic Church, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, was questioned for several hours by police on Tuesday, his lawyer said, as part of a probe into allegations of child abuse by priests.
Police in Belgium question cardinal in sex abuse cases
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:12:02 -0700
BRUSSELS - Police in Belgium have questioned Cardinal Godfried Danneels in connection with the case of a long-serving bishop who stepped down in April after confessing he had sexually molested a boy.
Belgian police question former archbishop
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:05:00 -0700
BRUSSELS - Police in Belgium have questioned former Archbishop Godfried Danneels in connection with the case of a long-serving bishop who stepped down in April after confessing he had sexually molested a boy.
