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  • British Gas, worst place to work…in Algeria!
    7 February 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Days ago, while I was surfing the net, I came across this info about British Gas. It says that, for 5 consecutive years, British Gas is ranked among the top 50 places to work in UK. The ranking was based on a survey among British Gas employees. Considering the results, one would think it must be great to work for this company… not so sure, I thought…not in Algeria at least.
    Obviously, those who rewarded British Gas didn’t know about the case of Meriem Mehdi. This Algerian woman was an (…)

  • Confidence falls on fears of ’double-dip’ recession
    17 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    ComRes survey shows a majority of businessmen detect no signs of recovery
    By Andrew Grice, Political Editor
    Businessmen have become more gloomy about the economy in the past month, raising fears that Britain may slip into a "double-dip" recession next year.
    A ComRes survey of 257 business leaders for The Independent found that the proportion detecting "green shoots" in their sector had dropped from 49 per cent in November to 36 per cent this month. For the first time since July, a (…)

  • Video: Rep. Richard Neal on Miscarriages of Justice in UK
    23 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Video: Rep. Richard Neal on Miscarriages of Justice in UK
    At a hearing on Human Rights, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2009, Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), recalled a long list of miscarriages of justice in the UK, as they related to the struggle for peace and justice in the north of Ireland. He cited: “Bloody Sunday,” the “Guildford Four Case,” “The Birmingham Six,” the deportation of Joe Doherty, and the killing of the unarmed “Gibraltar Three.” Rep. Neal underscored that (…)

  • The Anglo-US Drive into Eurasia and the Demonization of Russia
    2 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Anglo-US Drive into Eurasia and the Demonization of Russia Reframing the History of World War II
    by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
    Global Research, October 2, 2009 2009-09-22
    As tensions mount between the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on one side and Moscow and its allies on another, the history of the Second World War is being re-framed to demonize Russia, the legal successor state and largest former constituent republic (pars pro toto) of the Union of Soviet (…)

  • The World After the Fall of Lehman
    15 September 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The World After the Fall of Lehman
    By Bill Bonner 09/14/09 London, England
    This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Lehman bankruptcy. The media struggles to say something meaningful about it. Here at The Daily Reckoning we will not even attempt meaningfulness. We’ll be satisfied with a few snide remarks.
    What is most remarkable about the world a year after Lehman fell it is that so little seems to have changed. Even the papers have noticed.
    “A year after Lehman, little change (…)

  • WALRUS BULLS BELLOWING ON A BEACH
    22 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    August 22, 2009
    WALRUS BULLS BELLOWING ON A BEACH
    John Chuckman
    I am disappointed with the view of some knowledgeable commentators over Scotland’s release of the dying man who was convicted of the Lockerbie-airline bombing.
    From a purely power-politics point of view, of course, they are right: judging by the ugly noises echoing across the oceans from America, Scotland has done itself no favor.
    But if all affairs are to be carried on in every country from that point of view, it (…)

  • Losing the Plot – Britain’s losses in Afghanistan
    17 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Losing the Plot – Britain’s losses in Afghanistan
    by Lesley Docksey
    Global Research, August 17, 2009 So far, the cost to the British taxpayer of our current ‘Great Game’ in Afghanistan is £12 billion(1). If only our eight years there had cost nothing but money. Leaving aside the horrendous cost to the Afghan people and their land, Britain’s forces have suffered loss, not least, because of the muddle, ignorance and incompetence of those who sent them to war, a loss of face. As it is, (…)

  • Bring on the £4bn bonuses: Fat cat bankers rack up massive profits despite bringing economy to its knees
    3 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Bankers are set to pocket a record £4billion in bonuses after surprise profits.
    Barclays and HSBC posted pre-tax profits of almost £6billion combined today with Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland also set to reveal their figures later this week.
    Thousands of City executives will again receive mammoth payouts despite the banking sector taking the economy to the brink of collapse last year.
    It is a major embarrassment to Alistair Darling and City minister Lord Myners who had (…)

  • Judges say UK spy visited Morocco 3 times while ex-Guantanamo detainee was held there
    2 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    A British intelligence officer repeatedly visited Morocco at the same time that a former UK resident was allegedly being tortured there, two senior judges said Friday. Supporters of Binyam Mohamed say the revelation casts doubt on the position of the UK spy agency, which insists it never knew he was being detained by Moroccan authorities. Mohamed, an Ethiopian who moved to Britain as a teenager, was arrested in 2002 in Pakistan.
    He alleges he was subjected to sleep deprivation and had his (…)

  • Video: George Galloway Champions a Free Palestine (Part 3 of 3)
    30 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George Galloway, British MP, spoke out strongly in support of the cause of a free Palestine. He ripped into Israel’s military siege of Gaza, along with its ongoing blockade, which continues to put 1.7 million of its residents at grave risk to their health and safety. Galloway said the people of Gaza “are locked up.” He also traced the history of Palestine, the evils of the British Empire and the massive crime of Colonialism. He referred to Israel as “an Apartheid State.” The event, entitled, (…)