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 [...]
Cafcass is the voice of children in the family courts, dealing with some of the most complex family conflict situations in England which never helps children’s at court because put more time between parents. During this year Cafcass have had influence in the lives of 147,000 children and young people where our practitioners made difficult [...]
The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden continues to dominate columns in the Turkish press, with many debating the way his body was treated by the US, actual developments that led to the metaphoric death of bin Laden before his actual death and a possible change in the US foreign policy discourse. In her [...]
The day after one of the biggest earthquakes ever experienced, hit Japan with a likely death toll in excess of a thousand, a new disaster looms for the country, already reeling from the disastrous quake. The quake caused an explosion and fire at one of the Fukushima nuclear plants and whilst initially the damage hadn’t [...]
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 [...]
Are online social networks the reason behind political revolutions? For some, the main instigators of current street opposition movements in Tunisia, Yemen, Morocco and Egypt are social networking websites, plus revelations made by WikiLeaks. This explanation is both right and wrong. Social networking websites would probably not have an influence if social conditions causing the [...]
5 men accused of viciously assaulting a footballer outside a Crete nightclub have failed in a High Court bid to block their extradition to Greece. Curtis Taylor, Daniel Bell and Sean Branton – all from Horley – George Hollands, from Reigate, and Benjamin Herdman, of Worth, West Sussex, have denied involvement in the attack on [...]
The uk passports used by a hit squad that killed a Hamas leader in Dubai were secretly copied by Israeli border police, British ministers believe. Diplomatic sources have told the Sunday Mirror they are convinced officials at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport took away and copied the passports of six Britons who unwittingly became involved [...]
GulfNews – The assassination of a senior Hamas commander would have been a failed attempt had he travelled with a guard or if the local authorities were notified of his visit to Dubai, Chief of Dubai Police said. Leaked information obtained by suspects involved in the assassination significantly served their mission.Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was tracked [...]
A court on Corfu last week heard how two British children died in their hotel room from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning during a family holiday, as the trial of 11 people, including two former employees of the Thomas Cook tour operator, went on trial on the Ionian island yesterday. The 11 defendants, including the manager [...]
Paris Hilton took part in an impromptu belly dance during the Miss Turkey 2008 contest in Istanbul yesterday. The heiress was a judge at the beauty pageant – but she clearly didn’t want to be left out of the limelight. Paris, 27, took to the stage to join a professional belly dancer and was seen [...]
South Wales police are investigating a possible suicide chain after the seventh hanging of young people in Bridgend in a year. The seven dead are not known to have been close friends but several of them posted personal profiles on the social networking internet site Bebo. Police are worried that youngsters may consider it fashionable [...]
Turkey will help the United States to operate and transport neighbouring Iraq’s oil as part of its drive to become an energy hub, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told CNN Turk on Friday. Guler visited the United States this week with President Abdullah Gul for talks with U.S. officials dominated by energy. ‘We have reached [...]
A man charged with murdering five prostitutes in a series of killings that shocked England and led to a manhunt by hundreds of police officers went on trial Wednesday. Prosecutor Peter Wright opened the trial at Ipswich Crown Court by telling the jurors that Steve Wright, 49, a former pub landlord, was responsible for killing [...]
U.S. President George Bush meets with Turkey’s president Tuesday before departing this evening on a trip to visit several U.S. allies in the Middle East. Mr. Bush and Turkish President Abdullah Gul are expected to discuss the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Istanbul’s efforts to join the European Union. The talks are [...]
A British tourist has been found dead on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Barbara Scott Jones, 61, had been reported missing a week ago and her body was found in a pit near the house she was staying in. Jamaican police have launched a murder investigation into the death and have said they are looking [...]
