TV is a killer: Knut Olsen er Norges beste TV-journalist. Han holder tråden, og kommunikasjonen. Men som SMS’erne indikerte: det går i samme dur, man blir litt kei. Som i enhver interessant samtale vil den svinge; på et tidspunkt på utspørreren tore å by på seg selv, være litt personlig, gå inn i en ekte […]
Les mer»Pakistan: THE capture of a supposed Al-Qaeda kingpin by Pakistani agents last week was hailed by President George W Bush as «a critical victory in the war on terror». According to European intelligence experts, however, Abu Faraj al-Libbi was not the terrorists’ third in command, as claimed, but a middle-ranker derided by one source as […]
Les mer»«I was thinking back on the ambitions of the tyrants. The (Soviet) Red Army was put together by Stalin…It marched across many territories, conquering and defeating fascism but also sowing fear and trembling in the hearts of civilians. My feeling was: Thank God it’s over, it was 60 years ago. «My gesture of coming here […]
Les mer»Ihren Gast Bush hingegen ehrte sie nicht nur als »Einzelkämpfer für die Freiheit in der Welt« mit dem höchsten Orden des Landes. In einer ungewöhnlichen Geste kletterte sie bei Bushs Ankunft in Riga sogar an Bord des Präsidentenjets Air Force One, um die Besucher persönlich auf den lettischen Boden zu geleiten. Latvias president ønsker president […]
Les mer»Paris: French police have arrested a 22-year-old Chinese student for alleged industrial espionage while working at Valeo, the car parts manufacturer, casting a shadow over this week’s visit to Paris by China’s trade minister. Li Li is being held in custody after police raided her house on Friday and found three computers and two hard […]
Les mer»En man som misshandlat sin hustru inför barnen har dömts för grov fridskränkning av barnen. I sin dom skriver Huddinge tingsrätt att det måste anses vara en allvarlig och kännbar fridskränkning av barnen att låta dem bevittna hur en förälder misshandlar den andra vid ett stort antal tillfällen. Lennart Gunné som är byråchef hos riksåklagaren […]
Les mer»Det utvidede underholdningsbegrep ifølge NRK: «Til slutt tar vi med at terrorangrepet i New York 11. september 2001 nå skal bli TV-underholdning. Fjernsynsselskapet ABC vil lage en miniserie om angrepene på World Trade Center…» (Kulturnytt ved Mona Sæverud Higraff, tatt fra VG Nett)
Les mer»Margaret Hassans kidnappere/mordere tatt, den britiske kvinnen som var de fattiges trøst og hjelper. Under en razzia oppdaget allierte soldater at noen menn hadde Hassans eiendeler. Kristin Halvorsen på det lokale 1.mai-arrangementet. Søt, omgjengelig. Kler rødt. Fiks på håret. Men innholdet: lettvint. Et eksempel: Hun tok for seg Midtøsten og snakket om: -da jeg besøkte […]
Les mer»Tunis:Foreign diplomats, colleagues and human rights defenders attended the trial Thursday of Tunisian lawyer Mohamed Abbou for comparing the country’s prisoners with those in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail. Abbou had been in custody since the beginning of March, after he protested an invitation from President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel […]
Les mer»KAIRO, Egypt – An Internet journal purportedly issued by al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia appeared for the first time in several months Wednesday, and asked why Muslims on the Arabian peninsula have not heeded a call to hunt down Americans. (AP)
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