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http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/16/index.php?section=opinion&article=a06a1culpr
Sergio Ramírez/ I
El regreso de la diosa
Dentro de dos días, este lunes 18, Carlos Fuentes presentará en la Sala Valle Inclán del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, España, el primer tomo de sus Obras Reunidas, que publica el Fondo de Cultura Económica. El proyecto consta de 12 volúmenes que reunirán las novelas, cuentos, ensayos y obras de teatro. El primer volumen, Fundaciones mexicanas, está integrado por las novelas La muerte de Artemio Cruz y Los años con Laura Díaz. Como una primicia de La Jornada, presentamos el prólogo de Sergio Ramírez para este volumen.
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Niega Woldenberg un “fraude maquinado” en las elecciones de 2006
de la redacción
México, D.F., 15 de junio (apro).- Ante integrantes del Frente Amplio Progresista (FAP) del Partido de la Revolución Democrática, José Woldenberg, expresidente del Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE), aseguró que no se ha podido comprobar que haya habido un fraude en las elecciones presidenciales de 2006.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/analisis_int.html?an=51646
Ejército en la mira
jorge carrasco araizaga
México, D.F. (apro).- De nueva cuenta, en las próximas semanas el Ejército Mexicano se encontrará enmedio del escándalo al que lo ha sometido el propio gobierno de Felipe Calderón.
José Luis Soberanes, presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH), está por dar a conocer el informe sobre la violación sexual sufrida por dos mujeres en Michoacán a manos de militares.
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/06/16/index.php?section=opinion&article=004o1pol
Desfiladero
Jaime Avilés
A la vuelta de la casa de Sabina: apuntes
Plan México: tropas y base de EU aquí
Pretextos: Al Qaeda y Mara Salvatrucha
Por eso les estorba la Ley de Neutralidad
Cuando hace poco los diputados del PAN trataron de acabar con la Ley de la Neutralidad, esta columna pensó lo peor: que la medida quería crear condiciones para que Felipe Calderón pudiese enviar tropas mexicanas a las guerras imperiales de George WC Bush. Ahora, tras la noticia del pasado 8 de junio -México negocia con Estados Unidos la aplicación de un plan contra la guerrilla y el narcotráfico, similar al que existe y no sirve para nada en Colombia-, Desfiladero comprendió que antes de pensar lo peor debió pensar lo obvio.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/431530.html
Balean a reportero de TV Azteca; lo reportan delicado
Dispara sujeto desconocido en dos ocasiones contra David Cuéllar, quien llegaba a su casa tras concluir su jornada laboral
Balean a reportero de TV Azteca; lo reportan delicadoBalean a reportero de TV Azteca; lo reportan delicado
Fernando Martínez
El Universal
Ciudad de México
Sábado 16 de junio de 2007
08:35 David Cuéllar Montero, reportero de TV Azteca, fue agredido por un sujeto desconocido, quien le dio dos balazos uno el el brazo y otro en la espalda y después huyó.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/confabulario/numero06-16-07.htm
Umberto Eco
Sobre lo políticamente correcto.
La tarea de buscar sustitutos eufemísticos para evitar la discriminación o el racismo llega a resultar ridícula, impositiva, a veces falta de sentido común. Así lo demuestra el semiólogo italiano Umberto Eco en el siguiente texto, adelanto editorial de A paso de cangrejo (Debate, 2007), volumen que recoge artículos, reflexiones y decepciones que el autor de El nombre de la rosa publicó en diversos medios durante los últimos seis años.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulos/40676.html
Un vaso de vino diario reduce colesterol y artritis
Aseguran expertos que contiene antioxidantes como los polifenoles, presentes sobre todo en la piel y las semillas de la uva, que son beneficiosos para el organismo
http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/06/16/81359/
Sospechan irregularidades en último año de gobierno de Vicente Fox
Legisladores dispuestos a llegar hasta las últimas consecuencias en los asuntos en que se detecten anomalías
México, DF.– El diputado Horacio Duarte Jacques, del Partido Revolucionario Institucional, aseguró que en la revisión de la Cuenta Pública 2006 se percibe un desorden en las finanzas del último año de la administración de Vicente Fox.
http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/06/16/81374/
Sarkozy quiere a Blair como presidente de la Unión Europea
La oficina del primer ministro indicó que Blair no desea ocupar la presidencia de la UE.
Londres.- El primer ministro británico Tony Blair ha sido propuesto como presidente de la Unión Europea por el mandatario francés Nicolas Sarkozy, dijo el sábado un diario británico.
http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2663199.ece
Robert Fisk: Welcome to '
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How troublesome the Muslims of the
Who can we negotiate with? To whom do we talk? Well of course, we should have talked to Hamas months ago. But we didn't like the democratically elected government of the Palestinian people. They were supposed to have voted for Fatah and its corrupt leadership. But they voted for Hamas, which declines to recognise
No one asked - on our side - which particular Israel Hamas was supposed to recognise. The
And so today, we are supposed to talk to our faithful policeman, Mr Abbas, the "moderate" (as the BBC, CNN and Fox News refer to him) Palestinian leader, a man who wrote a 600-page book about Oslo without once mentioning the word "occupation", who always referred to Israeli "redeployment" rather than "withdrawal", a "leader" we can trust because he wears a tie and goes to the White House and says all the right things. The Palestinians didn't vote for Hamas because they wanted an Islamic republic - which is how Hamas's bloody victory will be represented - but because they were tired of the corruption of Mr Abbas's Fatah and the rotten nature of the "Palestinian Authority".
I recall years ago being summoned to the home of a PA official whose walls had just been punctured by an Israeli tank shell. All true. But what struck me were the gold-plated taps in his bathroom. Those taps - or variations of them - were what cost Fatah its election. Palestinians wanted an end to corruption - the cancer of the Arab world - and so they voted for Hamas and thus we, the all-wise, all-good West, decided to sanction them and starve them and bully them for exercising their free vote. Maybe we should offer "
All over the
We love Hosni Mubarak of
We adore Muammar Gaddafi, the crazed dictator of Libya whose werewolves have murdered his opponents abroad, whose plot to murder King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia preceded Tony Blair's recent visit to Tripoli - Colonel Gaddafi, it should be remembered, was called a "statesman" by Jack Straw for abandoning his non-existent nuclear ambitions - and whose "democracy" is perfectly acceptable to us because he is on our side in the "war on terror".
Yes, and we love King Abdullah's unconstitutional monarchy in Jordan, and all the princes and emirs of the Gulf, especially those who are paid such vast bribes by our arms companies that even Scotland Yard has to close down its investigations on the orders of our prime minister - and yes, I can indeed see why he doesn't like The Independent's coverage of what he quaintly calls "the Middle East". If only the Arabs - and the Iranians - would support our kings and shahs and princes whose sons and daughters are educated at
For that is what it is about - control - and that is why we hold out, and withdraw, favours from their leaders. Now
It's easy, of course, to call down a curse on both their houses. But that's what we say about the whole
If only
So what will we do? Support the reoccupation of
How do we deal with a coup d'état by an elected government?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2663163.ece
By Clifford Coonan in
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It has made for horrifying viewing on Chinese state television - hundreds of child slaves beaten with shovels, whipped by thug overseers, guarded in concentration camp-like conditions by vicious dogs, sores festering on their bodies as they toiled without end in a brick factory in
The TV footage shows hollow-eyed teenage boys, many of them kidnapped from their homes around
As evidence of official neglect accumulated, the fate of the children prompted President Hu Jintao to demand an investigation into what happened in the brick kilns of
But for now, the sympathies are with the slave workers. "We wanted to run but we couldn't. I tried once and was beaten," said one inmate, clearly traumatised from his experience.
It is a familiar refrain, and an increasingly common one in central
Yang Aizhi, 46, has been looking for her 16-year-old son, who went missing on 8 March. After hearing he may have been kidnapped to work in the kilns, she went to more than 100 brick kilns in
Chinese viewers have been transfixed by the horrific images emerging from
"Our conservative estimate is that at least 1,000 minors from
Significantly, the main official newspaper, the People's Daily, put at least part of the blame on corrupt local officials. "At present, some grassroots governments are grappling with huge debts, so they are sluggish in administration and even gain incomes illegally, causing instability in rural areas," the newspaper said.
Three weeks ago, 31 people were freed by police from slave labour at a brick kiln in Hongtong, a county about 240km (150 miles) south of
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2663179.ece
By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic editor
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A statement from the Federal Security Service, the successor agency of the KGB, said the investigation was based on a statement by the chief murder suspect, Andrei Lugovoy, who made the accusations about British spying activities at a news conference in
Mr Lugovoy's extradition is being sought by the Crown Prosecution Service, who accuse him of deliberately poisoning another former KGB agent, Alexander Litvinenko, who died after drinking tea spiked with the radioactive isotope polonium-210 last November.
The murder triggered a diplomatic battle between the Kremlin and
The British embassy in
It added: "A British citizen was killed in
The Foreign Office refused to comment further. But a western diplomat said that it looked like a new round in the Kremlin's strategy of "muddying the waters" in the case. Mr Lugovoy claimed that both Mr Litvinenko and Mr Berezovsky had contacts with British intelligence and that Mr Berezovsky had given
Although the Russian authorities have not yet responded in writing to the extradition request from the Crown Prosecution Service, President Vladimir Putin has called the request "stupidity" on the ground that
But
Yesterday, there was further dismay when arms talks in Vienna focusing on preserving a cornerstone of European security, the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE), ended in deadlock. Reiterating a threat to pull out of the 1990 pact, the Russian delegation chief Anatoly Antonov said: "This treaty is for all intents and purposes no longer viable."
The British arms control expert Dan Plesch warned yesterday that the CFE should not be allowed to become a bargaining chip in
He pointed out that the treaty under discussion in
"This achievement should be the basis of an initiative from NATO and the EU to extend these peace-building agreements into the world's conflict zones. Sadly, the diplomats in
"The CFE treaty must be seen not as a relic of the Cold War but as tangible proof of what arms control can achieve," he said.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2663181.ece
Murdered Mafia boss was a philosophy student
By Peter Popham in
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When the man on the motorcycle pulled alongside the convicted gangster Niccolo Ingarao on a
It emerged yesterday that when Mr Ingarao, 46, was not barking orders at underlings, extorting protection money or counting the takings as the gang boss of the Porta Nuova neighbourhood, he was an avid student of philosophy.
Twenty-four hours before his execution-style killing, seen as a bloody move in the power struggle that followed the arrest of the capo di capi Bernardo Provenzano, Ingarao took an exam in the history of philosophy at
Ingarao was "a model student," Professor Di Giovanni told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. "He followed the lessons assiduously and was very conscientious and interested in the material. Like many mature students he was very committed.
"He had nice manners. One day he even came to the university with his wife. He said he owned a toy shop, and was interested in studying philosophy for his personal enrichment."
Well-read Sicilian gangsters are few and far between. The reading matter of Toto Riina, the bloodthirsty Corleone boss serving life in jail, is said to be restricted to La Gazzetta dello
According to Ingarao's lawyer, Riccardo Russo, it was the Bible that first sparked his client's intellectual curiosity. "That's where it all started," he said. "He was particularly struck by the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon, in the Apocrypha. From the moment he read it he began to study, with ever-increasing interest."
Studying became a habit during the nine years he spent in Pagliarelli jail, from which he was freed with remission for good conduct. While serving his time, Ingarao devoured whatever reading matter he could lay his hands on. "Some time ago it was The Name of the Rose, more recently The Da Vinci Code," Mr Russo said.
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2663197.ece
John Lichfield: A president drunk on his power
It is as if the mask of Sarko, the consummate politician, has slipped
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Nicolas Sarkozy probably was drunk at the G8 summit but he was not drunk on alcohol. He was drunk with excitement at being among the big boys (and the one big girl) at last. For the past four weeks the new French president has been drunk with excitement at his own success; intoxicated by his huge popularity; inebriated by the easy ride he has been given by the French media, even by a traditionally centre-left newspaper such as Le Monde.
The big questions remain. Is Nicolas Sarkozy genuinely something new in French politics? Answer: yes, up to a point. Are the French people truly ready for change, including painful change, as they and M. Sarkozy claim? Answer: it is too early to say.
"Sarko" will get a huge parliamentary majority in the second round of the legislative elections tomorrow. Nevertheless, there are straws swirling in the wind which could cluster into an anti-Sarko bonfire six or 12 months from now.
Belgian Francophone TV (often keen to tease the pompous big sister next door) showed a clip of President Sarkozy appearing late for a press conference at the G8 summit in
The Belgian TV presenter, rather cheekily, suggests that Sarkozy had "obviously not just drunk water" with Mr Putin. The short video clip has since become the subject of one of those unpleasant bouts of internet hysteria: an example of how the global village threatens to turn us all into global village idiots.
There have been two million "hits" on the "Sarko pissed" clip on YouTube and other internet video sites. Most of those people, presumably, accept unquestioningly the Belgian presenter's suggestion that Sarkozy was drunk. (The journalist has since apologised.)
In fact, Sarkozy never drinks. He went on to give a perfectly coherent press conference. If you look at the tape several times, he comes over not as drunk, but as overexcited, boyish, unprepared and unprofessional. It is as if, for a moment, the mask of Sarko, the consummate politician, has slipped. You see instead, an excited 52-year-old boy who suddenly finds himself President of France.
Some commentators, including myself, have compared Sarkozy to Tony Blair. There are interesting points of comparison but one could never imagine Blair being caught out unprepared in public like that. Blair's own opinion of Sarkozy is - according to my own reliable, non-feral source - that he is "strangely unformed". In other words, he has a tendency to make things up as he goes along; that the new French president does not have as clear a strategy and body of ideals as he likes to pretend.
All the same, you have to hand it to Sarkozy. His first four weeks in office have been a triumph. His approval ratings are in the stratosphere. His centre-right party, the
One of the principal limits to the president's popularity seems to be within his own marriage. Cécilia Sarkozy has been flitting in and out of official life as Première Dame. According to someone who knows her well, relations between the two remain severely strained. "Expect sparks," the source told me. "Sarkozy is more fragile than he seems and one of the main sources of his fragility is Cécilia."
The other main source of fragility may be M. Sarkozy's apparent chief strength: his extraordinary energy and determination to do everything himself (and be seen to do it). A cartoon by René Pétillon in the satirical weekly the Canard Enchainé showed President Sarkozy addressing a cabinet meeting. "I am going to make a broad statement of policy," the cartoon "Sarko" says. "And then I will hand over to myself for the details."
It has been clear from the beginning that President Sarkozy also intends to be Prime Minister Sarkozy... and Foreign Minister Sarkozy... and Finance Minister Sarkozy. This is dangerous in itself. The traditional political geography of the
There is more - and worse - than that.
President Sarkozy's ambition is not just to change the French welfare and tax system but to change the French collective psyche. He wants
The appointment of a woman of Arab origin, Rachida Dati, as justice minister was an important and welcome advance. And yet the man who wants to break down the old social and racial cronyism is also appointing his cronies to key positions. He has, Berlusconi-like, installed the former head of his private office, Laurent Solly, 36, as the head of the most watched French TV channel, TF1. Through his billionaire friends, he already has a grip on much of the written media, especially Paris-Match and the rest of the glossy magazine sector.
As if all this were not enough, Sarkozy seems determined, like some kind of African dictator, to control the opposition. Most of the sitting deputies of the old centrist party, the UDF, have been tempted to save their careers by joining a new, pro-Sarko, fake independent centre party. He is now talking of creating a new faction of "left-wingers for Sarkozy" in the National Assembly.
Officially, all this is intended to prepare the ramparts for the inevitable backlash against the Sarkozy programme of fiscal, social and economic reforms. Like Mrs Thatcher before him, M. Sarkozy wants to create a sense of inevitability. Il n'y a pas d'autre solution. There is no alternative. Already, however, one can trace the beginnings of a classic, French, political parabola. Enormous popularity turns into enormous unpopularity as the personal impact of the reform programme dawns on the French public.
What? We have to pay more towards the cost of our own medical care? No way. What? We have to pay higher VAT to relieve the burden of health and unemployment costs on the "social charges" on employers (ie on jobs)? No way.
M. Sarkozy may still be drunk on power and popularity but a hangover may not be far away.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,2104362,00.html
Soldier missing and 40 factory staff trapped in floods
Alexandra Topping and Helen Pidd
The Guardian
A teenage soldier who fell into a swollen river was still missing and more than 40 workers remained trapped inside a factory yesterday after thunderstorms and torrential rain caused severe flooding across the
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2103935,00.html
Futile, fraudulent or worse
Imperial Life in the
The Guardian
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,2103169,00.html
The paternal instinct
The number of men choosing to stay at home and raise the kids has doubled in the past 14 years. Blake Morrison asks them what it's like and why they do it
The Guardian
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2071403,00.html
'Resist the temptation to ridicule this'
Has Quentin Tarantino made his first ever chick flick? Only if you ignore the guy who rams young girls with his car ... The director tells Damon Wise why Death Proof is his most 'real-life' film yet
The Guardian
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,2069286,00.html
For your entertainment
Mainstream movies are getting darker and more violent. And as Quentin Tarantino's latest project, Grindhouse, demonstrates, the worst of the violence is often directed at women. Kira Cochrane on the rise of 'torture porn'
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2069328,00.html
With the Brits in
What is life really like for British troops on tour in
The Guardian
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/washington/16immig.html?th&emc=th
Broad Effort to Resurrect Immigration Bill
By ROBERT PEAR
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