Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Correo de Noticias al 13/6/07

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29054.html

EU: falla México en trata de personas

Mujeres, niñas y niños, principales explotados

EU: falla México en trata de personasEU: falla México en trata de personas

José Carreño

El Universal

Miércoles 13 de junio de 2007

WASHINGTON.- Un reporte del Departamento de Estado estadounidense indica que México es un país fuente de destino y de tránsito para el tráfico de personas con fines de explotación sexual o trabajo forzado.

http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/06/13/79885/

00:06 |Aclara México a EU que se combate con seriedad la trata de personas

La cancillería explicó que la mejor manera de atacar a esa delincuencia organizada internacional es a través de una estrecha coordinación entre países.

México, D.F.- El gobierno mexicano afirmó hoy que otorga la mayor seriedad al combate a la trata de personas y precisó que la mejor manera de atacar a esa delincuencia organizada internacional es a través de una estrecha coordinación entre países.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29052.html

Inician proceso para suceder al líder nacional del panismo

Germán Martínez y César Nava se reunirán con militantes del DF; Abascal Carranza hace lo propio

Inician proceso para suceder al líder nacional del panismoInician proceso para suceder al líder nacional del panismo

Lilia Saúl

El Universal

Miércoles 13 de junio de 2007

Germán Martínez y César Nava, funcionarios cercanos a Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, presidente de México, abrieron el proceso de sucesión en la presidencia del PAN.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/65713.html

Bajo Reserva

Los periodistas de EL UNIVERSAL

13 de junio de 2007

Anticipan reforma fiscal

LE PEDIMOS que lo conserve bajo reserva, pero los mercados financieros, fuera y dentro del país, ya dan por descontada la aprobación de una reforma fiscal en México, e incluso han puesto fecha límite: septiembre próximo. Eso sólo puede significar dos cosas: o periodo extraordinario en el Congreso para abordar el tema, o votación fast track en los primeros días del periodo de otoño.

http://weblogs.eluniversal.com.mx/weblogs_detalle3438.html

El video de iniciación de El Yunque

13-junio-2007

Una organización secreta que busca instaurar el reino de Dios en la tierra y evangelizar mediante la infiltración de sus miembros en las más altas esferas del poder político, ¿de verdad existe en nuestro país?

Aunque unos dicen que no existe, al parecer, el Yunque se instauró en 1955 para defender la religión católica y luchar contra las fuerzas de Satanás, o al menos eso es lo que afirma Álvaro Delgado, reportero de Proceso y principal investigador de esta ¿secta?

http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/06/13/79912/

04:48 |Acusa grupo de derechos humanos a palestinos de “crímenes de guerra”

El sábado, palestinos armados de la Yihad Islámica y de las Brigadas de Mártires de Al Aqsa afiliadas a Fatah usaron un vehículo blanco con las letras TV para atacar una posición militar israelí en la frontera con Gaza.Â

http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=0&nta=51519

El embajador paramilitar (Proceso 1597)

jorge carrasco araizaga

El descubrimiento de que políticos cercanos al presidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe fueron cómplices de los grupos paramilitares en crímenes contra la humanidad ya provocó la caída de varios funcionarios y congresistas. Al parecer el siguiente en la lista es el actual embajador en México, Luis Camilo Osorio, a quien diversas organizaciones acusan de haber protegido a los paramilitares de 2001 a 2005, cuando fue fiscal general.

http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=0&nta=51492

Reacciones en Colombia, por revelaciones de Proceso sobre el embajador Luis Camilo Osorio

jorge carrasco araizaga

México, D.F., 12 de junio (apro).- La revelación hecha esta semana por Proceso sobre la actuación del ahora embajador de Colombia en México, Luis Camilo Osorio, en relación con los grupos paramilitares, provocó sorpresa en los medios colombianos.

http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=2&nta=51518&nsec=Estados

Usa Yunes recursos del ISSSTE para favorecer a su hijo en el proceso interno del PAN: Lagunes Ochoa

regina martínez

Veracruz, Ver., 12 de junio (apro).- El precandidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Boca del Río, Gonzalo Lagunes Ochoa, acusó al director general del ISSSTE, Miguel Angel Yunes Linares, de estar metiendo las manos en el proceso interno de ese partido para favorecer a su hijo, Miguel Angel Yunes Márquez.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=opinion&article=020o1pol

Bajo la lupa

Alfredo Jalife-Rahme

Rusia: (re)clama un "nuevo orden financiero global"

Más tardaron los estrategas chinos en sopesar las "consecuencias" de la "restauración del equilibrio mundial" -derivada del posicionamiento ruso con sus dos nuevos misiles de ensueño (ver Bajo la Lupa, 10.06.07)-, que Vlady Putin en iniciar su implementación durante una relevante conferencia ante magnas trasnacionales en San Petersburgo, donde reclamó la instalación de un "nuevo orden financiero (sic) mundial", según reportan Neil Buckley (NB) y Catherine Belton (CB) de The Financial Times (10.06.07).

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=politica&article=003n1pol

Presentó proyecto de dictamen para que la Corte investigue el caso

Hubo graves violaciones en Oaxaca: Silva Meza

Autoridades federales, estatales y municipales vulneraron garantías

JESUS ARANDA

Las autoridades federales, estatales y municipales violaron gravemente las garantías individuales en el estado de Oaxaca, en el periodo que va del 2 de junio de 2006 al 31 de enero pasado, sostuvo el ministro Juan N. Silva Meza, al presentar ante el pleno su proyecto de dictamen en el que propone que la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) ejerza su facultad de investigación para conocer los hechos ocurridos en la entidad que gobierna Ulises Ruiz.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=capital&article=038n1cap

La iniciativa fue presentada por perredistas y socialdemócratas

Buscan diputados legalizar la prostitución en el DF

Sería la primera entidad en contar con un marco para esta actividad

RAUL LLANOS, GABRIELA ROMERO

Las fracciones perredista y socialdemócrata de la Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal (ALDF) presentaron ayer una iniciativa de ley para legalizar la prostitución o sexoservicio en esta ciudad, que de concretarse sería la primera entidad en el país en contar con un marco legal de este tipo.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=opinion&article=022a2pol

José Steinsleger

El Che y los astros

¿De qué signo era el Che? Hay biografías que dan por buena la fecha que consta en su acta de nacimiento, 14 de junio de 1928. Y las hay que se basan en una confidencia de su mamá: "Ernesto no nació el 14 de junio, sino el 14 de mayo. Yo me casé embarazada. Mis tías viejas hubieran muerto de saberlo", le habría dicho Celia de la Serna a la periodista argentina Julia Constenla, en 1959.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=opinion&article=004o1pol

Astillero

Julio Hernández López

Protesto, luego insisto

Rechazos a pesar de todo

Disidencia, una de las Bellas Artes

Clausura simbólica del IFE

La persistencia de las protestas públicas contra Felipe Calderón constituye una prueba viva, sonora, arriesgada, de que una franja notable de ciudadanos está convencida de que el pasado 2 de julio hubo un gran fraude electoral y quien ocupa hoy la silla presidencial lo hace sin legitimidad.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/13/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a06n1esp

A punto de publicarse el relato de una existencia que rebasa toda ficción

A la luz, la increíble historia de Graciela Olmos, La Bandida

Eslabón entre 'La Bola' y el 'Régimen de Derecho', la soldadera y madama vivió cantando las lealtades de Pancho Villa y las deslealtades a Miguel Alemán, señala Salvador Paniagua

LEONARDO PAEZ

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2651061.ece

Simon Kelner: Would you be saying this, Mr Blair, if we supported your war in Iraq?

'Opinion and fact should be clearly divisible. The truth is, a large part of the media today not merely elides the two but does so now as a matter of course. In other words, this is not exceptional. It is routine. The metaphor for this genre of modern journalism is The Independent newspaper. Let me state at the outset it is a well-edited, lively paper and is absolutely entitled to print what it wants, how it wants, on the Middle East or anything else. But it was started as an antidote to the idea of journalism as views, not news. That was why it was called The Independent. Today it is avowedly a viewspaper, not merely a newspaper. The final consequence of all this is that it is rare today to find balance in the media.'

Tony Blair, Prime Ministerspeaking yesterday

Published: 13 June 2007

Most days The Independent speaks for itself. We like to think that we do our little bit to make sense of an often bewildering world. But today is different: our editorial approach, and the values that underpin it, have come under attack from the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

In a wide-ranging speech on politics and the media, he singled out this newspaper as a metaphor for the corrosive relationship between the public and the body politic, and on behalf of our journalists, and more particularly our readers, we felt it would be wrong to let his assertions go unchallenged. The Independent, he said, "is absolutely entitled to print what it wants, on the Middle East or anything else. But it was started as an antidote to the idea of journalism as views, not news. That was why it was called The Independent. Today it is avowedly a viewspaper, not merely a newspaper. The final consequence of this is that it is rare today to find balance in the media."

As the only representative of the multifarious British media mentioned by name, it's hard not to be flattered. Or, indeed, vindicated - our principled opposition to his policy on Iraq (or the Middle East as he quaintly put it: note he couldn't refer to Iraq by name) has clearly exasperated him. But that misses the point. We are unabashed about the way in which The Independent has evolved, although we would point out that this newspaper was not established as an antidote to the idea of journalism as views, but as an antidote to proprietorial influence and narrow political allegiance.

Today's paper is true to those ideals. So how come we now exemplify everything that's wrong with the public discourse? We don't trawl through people's dustbins. We respect the privacy of those in public life. We strive to abide by the PCC code. But, after 10 years of the Blair administration, a decade of spin and counter-spin, of dodgy dossiers, of 45-minute warnings, of burying bad news, of manipulation and misinformation, we feel that the need to interpret and comment upon the official version of events is more important than ever. And we are confident that our readers can differentiate between news and opinion. We can also be sure that our readers will make up their own minds, and with this in mind we are printing the full text of Mr Blair's speech (there we go again, offering another viewpoint).

What clearly rankles with Mr Blair is not that we campaign vociferously on certain issues, but that he doesn't agree with our stance. What if we had backed the invasion of Iraq (like, for example, we supported the interventions in Kosovo and Sierra Leone)? Would he then be attacking our style of journalism? Of course not. We are unapologetic about our opposition to Iraq, the biggest foreign policy folly of our age, and we shall continue to hold him and his government to account.

All that said, we welcome Mr Blair's contribution to what is an important debate. He is right to say that relations between the media and the political establishment need to be repaired. And his comments on the role of newspapers in particular in the fast-changing media landscape echo discussions that are currently taking place in this office, and in probably every other newspaper in Britain. The days when a newspaper could be simply a notice-board of the previous day's events are as outdated as black-and-white television.

Of course, news is still the backbone of our offering, but we feel our readers today want more: a diverse range of commentary, colourful debate, provocative front pages and, yes, the views behind the news. It is difficult to imagine what kind of newspaper Mr Blair envisages in his platonic heaven, but it's probably safe to say that this isn't it.

Simon Kelner is editor of The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2651056.ece

The way to a girl's heart: look like the dad, win the daughter

Scientists have discovered that women who have close relationships with their fathers are drawn to men who resemble them.

By Steve Connor and Jonathan Brown

Published: 13 June 2007

Husbands and boyfriends: take a good look in the mirror. Then dig out your partners' family photographs. Do you look like her father? If not, you could be in trouble.

For women who enjoyed strong childhood relationships with their fathers prefer to have a male partner who physically resembles him, a new study has found. The findings could explain why famous "daddy's girls", such as Nigella Lawson and Zoe Ball have chosen husbands who look remarkably similar to their own fathers, said the researchers who carried out the work.

The study, conducted by a team that included scientists from Durham University, supports the evolutionary idea that sexual imprinting - when sexual preferences are based on parental characteristics - occurs in humans just as it is known to occur in many other species.

It might seem slightly disturbing to discover that your partner's sex life is dictated by how she got on with her father, but the evidence does indeed suggest that women who had strong paternal bonds were more likely to choose men who looked like him than those who did not.

The researchers interviewed 49 eldest daughters who were asked to select the most attractive face from a set of 15 photographs of men.

Ears, hair, neck, shoulders and clothing were deliberately obscured to ensure they chose purely on the basis of "central" facial characteristics, such as eyes, nose, mouth and chin.

The women were also asked a series of questions designed to assess how well they got on with their own fathers during the critical years of childhood when sexual imprinting could have developed. For example, the women were asked to assess how much a father engaged in bringing up his daughter, how much leisure time they spent together and how much overall emotional investment she felt her father had made in her. Scientists analysed the faces from the panel of 15 photographs and compared them to the facial measurements taken of each woman's own father so that the researchers could assess which face correlated most closely with each of the 49 fathers.

The results of the study, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, clearly showed that a woman who had a good childhood relationship with her father found men with similar facial characteristics the most sexually attractive.

However, this did not appear to be the case with women whose answers suggested that they did not enjoy a close relationship with their fathers, according to Lynda Boothroyd of Durham University, the study's author.

"While previous research has suggested this to be the case, these controlled results show for certain that the quality of a daughter's relationship with her father has an impact on whom she finds attractive," Dr Boothroyd said.

"It shows that our human brains don't simply build prototypes of the ideal face based on those we see around us, rather they build them based on those to whom we have a strongly positive relationship," she said.

"We can now say that daughters who have very positive childhood relationships with their fathers choose men with similar central facial characteristics to their fathers."

The scientists who took part in the study claim that the findings can explain why, for instance, Charles Saatchi, who is married to Nigella Lawson, has a passing resemblance to Nigel Lawson and why Norman Cook, the husband of Zoe Ball, looks similar to Johnny Ball in the central area of the face, notably the nose, chin and eyes.

The research, which was carried out on Polish women, was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Royal Society.

The researchers said that the study disproves the idea that a woman's choice of partner is always purely passive. It must involve an active choice based on childhood experiences, they said - a finding that could have repercussions in the study of human evolution, fertility and genetics. Millions of men, meanwhile, will be left simply peering at their reflections.

Gwyneth Paltrow

THE DAUGHTER:

Gwyneth Paltrow: The macrobiotic Oscar-winning actress who boasts top-notch friendships with stars such as Madonna and Steven Spielberg. Stunned pop fans when she married singer Chris Martin at a secret ceremony in southern California.

THE FATHER:

Bruce Paltrow: Producer best known for NBC's long-running hospital drama St Elsewhere. Produced and directed his daughter in 2000 road movie Duets. Died from complications after battling oral cancer while on holiday with his daughter in Rome.

THE PARTNER:

Chris Martin: Earnest, former public schoolboy frontman with multi-platinum-selling British rock band Coldplay. Has become a spokesman for liberal causes such as fair trade and vegetarianism as well as backing John Kerry for the US presidency against George Bush in 2004.

Nigella Lawson

THE DAUGHTER:

Nigella Lawson: Domestic goddess of gastro-porn as admired for her heaving bosom and seductive curves as for her sticky toffee pudding. Has sold more than two million copies of her books, fronting many cookery programmes and launching her own range of kitchenware. Her first husband, John Diamond, died of throat cancer in 2001.

THE FATHER:

Nigel Lawson: Former roly-poly Chancellor of the Exchequer who presided over the economic boom of the mid-Thatcher years. Resigned after long feud with Alan Walters and was elevated to the House of Lords in 1992 as Lord Lawson of Blaby. Slimmed down after leaving office and wrote a popular diet book.

THE PARTNER:

Charles Saatchi: Co-founded global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi with his brother, Maurice. Today he is best known as an art collector and owner of the Saatchi Gallery on London's South Bank, where he has pioneered the work of Young British Artists including Damien Hirst.

Zoe Ball

THE DAUGHTER:

Zoe Ball: Hired to present Radio 1's breakfast show in 1997. Married the musician Norman Cook, better-known as Fatboy Slim, in 1999.

THE FATHER:

Johnny Ball: Children's television presenter who popularised science. In 2003 he made an outspoken attack on the quality of children's programming.

THE PARTNER:

Norman Cook: Quentin Leo Cook, the DJ, pioneered immediately recognisable sounds with era-defining hits such as "Praise You" and "Right Here Right Now".

Emma Thompson

THE DAUGHTER:

Emma Thompson: Won an Oscar for her performance in 1992's Howards End. The former Footlights vice-president formed one half of the British acting power couple during her marriage to Kenneth Branagh. Married the actor Greg Wise in 2003. The couple have one daughter.

THE FATHER:

Eric Thompson: Best known as the narrator and writer for the cult children's television show Magic Roundabout.

THE PARTNER:

Greg Wise: The Newcastle-born actor's credits include Mad Cows. Appeared alongside his future wife in the 1995 film version of Sense and Sensibility.

Peaches Geldof

THE DAUGHTER:

Peaches Geldof: Precocious second daughter of Bob and the late Paula Yates, she presented her own reality television show at the age of 16 and went on to write columns for The Daily Telegraph as well as appearing regularly in celebrity gossip columns.

THE FATHER:

Bob Geldof: Famous for his long, unkempt hair, scruffy clothes and liberal use of profanities during live television interviews, Geldof's career has taken him from rock star to global saviour.

THE PARTNER:

Fred Les: She let it slip that her boyfriend was in fact a little-known musician who bears a passing resemblance to her saintly father.

Emilia Fox

THE DAUGHTER:

Emilia Fox: The Oxford-university educated daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David is best known for taking over from Amanda Burton in the television hit Silent Witness.

THE FATHER:

Edward Fox: Quintessential upper-class actor who went to Harrow before joining the Coldstream Guards. His most famous roles include the assassin in the Day of the Jackal and King Edward VIII in the 1978 television series Edward and Mrs Simpson.

THE PARTNER:

Jared Harris: The son of Richard Harris, the actor, playboy and drinker who appeared alongside Edward Fox in the 1963 British film classic This Sporting Life. Married Emilia Fox in 2005.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2651050.ece

Civilians in remote areas suffer most from rising violence, says Red Cross

By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent

Published: 13 June 2007

Escalating violence in Afghanistan is having an increasingly deadly impact on civilians caught in the fighting, according to the Red Cross.

Five and a half years after the overthrow of the Taliban by US-led forces and the election of Washington-backed President Hamid Karzai, civilians in the country are more than ever at risk from insurgents' roadside explosions and suicide attacks and bombing raids by coalition forces.

"Civilians suffer horribly from mounting threats to their security," Pierre Kraehenbuehl, the International Committee of the Red Cross's director of operations, said in a statement.

Mr Kraehenbuehl said ordinary Afghans, especially those in remote areas, still lacked access to basic services such as medical care. He said those most in need were the most difficult to reach, adding: "[It has] become increasingly challenging to carry out humanitarian work outside major cities."

The warning came as United States forces killed seven Afghan police who had mistaken them for Taliban fighters and opened fire on them. The US forces reportedly fired back and called in air strikes.

Mr Karzai's spokesman blamed a lack of communication. "The police forces were not aware of the coalition's operation. The police checkpoint in the area thought that they were the enemy, so police opened fire on the coalition."

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2651065.ece

Poland threatens to dig in over revised EU treaty

By John Lichfield in Paris

Published: 13 June 2007

Poland warned yesterday that it would block any attempt to impose a "quick fix" replacement for the de-railed European constitution in Brussels next week.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Polish Prime Minister, said that he wanted to start lengthy new talks on voting rights. This was one of the most bitterly contested issues in the negotiations on the draft "constitution", blocked by the French and Dutch two years ago.

Earlier, the European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said symbols of "statehood", such as a flag and anthem, might be dropped to allow a broad agreement to be reached at the Brussels summit next week. But the main threat to a rapid deal now seems to come from Warsaw.

The Polish Prime Minister said he wanted the EU to start negotiations from scratch on the relative strength of the 27 members' voting rights in the Council of Ministers.

"Everyone is hurrying us again," Mr Kaczynski told the French newspaper Le Monde. "They are saying: 'Sign up now quick. The champagne is ready'. We want to calm things down." The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, will fly to Warsaw tomorrow to persuade Mr Kaczynski that urgent progress is needed to streamline EU decision-making. Mr Sarkozy has joined forces with Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, to try to force a deal when European leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday next week.

The new French President also said last week that he intended to go to London "in the next few days" to discuss the proposed cut-down EU treaty with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Officials in Paris said yesterday that they had no information about such a visit. It seems that Poland has emerged as a more immediate stumbling block.

Most EU countries have agreed, in principle, that efforts should be made to rescue key parts of the draft constitution, which was blocked by French and Dutch voters in 2005. There is broad agreement that the replacement treaty should be shorter and clearer and that it should no longer be called a "constitution". It should focus instead on the reforms of institutions already negotiated by governments.

The proposed "carry over" reforms include a new permanent EU president, an EU foreign minister, more majority voting and a complex formula for a "double majority" of member states to take decisions in the council of ministers.

Poland says this "double majority", based on population as well as votes, gives too much power to the largest member states. Other obstacles remain. Britain opposes the charter of "fundamental" social and other rights. Germany, and most of the other 17 countries which have ratified the constitution, insist that the charter must be included.

Mr Barroso said "opt-outs" could be a solution. He did not specifically refer to the charter but suggested Britain and Ireland might be offered exemptions which would preserve their national right of veto over justice and internal affairs.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2651055.ece

Claim that £1m El Cid sword is a forgery provokes a duel of words

By Elizabeth Nash in Madrid

Published: 13 June 2007

The modern-day clash over a sword that once belonged to Spain's medieval hero El Cid may become as legendary as the warrior's fighting skills.

Authorities in the knight's home region recently snapped up La Tizona - not just a weapon, but a potent national symbol - from a Spanish aristocrat for a steely €1.6m (£1m), planning to put it on show next to El Cid's tomb in Burgos cathedral.

But the government has slashed their plans to ribbons, branding the sabre a stylish fake. The Culture Ministry had already been offered the so-called historic relic, it said, but after commissioning multiple scientific studies it was found to be a fraud, worth no more than €300,000.

The new owners are standing firm, however. "The ministry is just jealous because we bought it and they didn't. Historical tradition has always attributed this sword to El Cid," authorities in the Castilla Leon region of northern Spain said. The title El Cid (Andalus Arabic for chief, or leader) was given to Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1043-1099). His battles against Moorish occupiers prompted Spanish Catholics to adopt him as a national figurehead.

Every Spanish child learns of El Cid's bizarre final confrontation, when Catholic soldiers dragged the swordsman from his deathbed, propped him on his horse, strapped La Tizona to his side, and displayed him to the enemy. The mere sight of the never-defeated warrior prompted the Moors to flee in terror.

Spain's National Heritage, Madrid's Archaeological Museum and the Royal Academy of History have all given the sword the thumbs down, with one specialist dating it from the 15th or 16th century.

The aristocrat who sold the sword, Jose Ramon Suarez de Otero, Marquis of Falces, is livid. "La Tizona has been in my family since the 1400s, and it pains me that political interests are denigrating this sword, symbol of our history," he fumed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1928662.ece

Anti-Syrian MP killed in Lebanese car bomb

A leading anti-Syrian MP, his son and two bodyguards were reported to have been killed in a car bombing in Lebanon today, in what appeared to be another attempt to destabilise the country's fragile government.

Lebanese television stations reported that Walid Eido died instantly when his explosives-rigged car exploded in a narrow street off the waterfront at Manara, which is in the Muslim sector of the capital city Beirut this afternoon.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2101835,00.html

12.45pm update

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Human rights law applies in Iraq killing, lords rule

Matthew Weaver

Wednesday June 13, 2007

Guardian Unlimited

The House of Lords today delivered a resounding blow to British conduct in the war in Iraq by ruling that human rights law applies in the case of an Iraqi civilian who died in UK custody after alleged torture.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,,2101120,00.html

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Rebel with a cause

The chief executive of Release, Sebastian Saville, comes clean about his drug-using past and tells Mary O'Hara he is determined the organisation will keep offering its invaluable support to addicts - with or without government backing

Wednesday June 13, 2007

The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2101677,00.html

Secret UN report condemns US for Middle East failures

Envoy's damning verdict revealed as violence takes Gaza closer to civil war

Read Alvaro de Soto's end of mission report

Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem and Ian Williams in New York

Wednesday June 13, 2007

The Guardian

The highest ranking UN official in Israel has warned that American pressure has "pummelled into submission" the UN's role as an impartial Middle East negotiator in a damning confidential report.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2101446,00.html

A state of ill health

Sicko, Michael Moore's latest film, lambasts the failures of America's overwhelmingly private healthcare service. As the cases highlighted here by Ed Pilkington further show, if you're poor or lack insurance, you'll find yourself at the mercy of the world's most expensive medical system

Wednesday June 13, 2007

The Guardian

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/world/middleeast/13benchmarks-iht.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Iraqis Are Failing to Meet U.S. Benchmarks

By DAMIEN CAVE

Published: June 13, 2007

BAGHDAD, June 12 — Iraq’s political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every law that the Americans have demanded as benchmarks, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House and top military commanders. With only three months until progress reports are due in Washington, the deadlock has reached a point where many Iraqi and American officials now question whether any substantive laws will pass before the end of the year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/technology/13google.html?th&emc=th

Google to Reduce History of Personal Searches

By THOMAS CRAMPTON

Published: June 13, 2007

PARIS, June 12 — Faced with criticism from privacy activists and questions from the European Union, Google announced on Tuesday that it would cut back on how long it keeps the Web search histories of users, to 18 months from 24.

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