 The Israeli ambassador to Germany has said he is concerned for Jews in Germany, against the background of what he says is rising anti-semitism there. Shimon Stein said the number of neo-Nazis in Germany had also increased. The interview appeared as neo-Nazi sympathisers gathered outside Berlin's Tegel Prison to demand the release of a singer jailed for 3 years. A court ruled that Michael Regener's band was spreading racial hatred. Mr Stein told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung he believed there was a greater willingness on behalf of neo-Nazis to use violence. "I have the feeling that Jews in Germany do not feel safe. They are not always able to practice their religion freely," You don’t suppose the Israeli practice of bulldozing people’s homes and assassinating any they feel like, plus their latest invasion of Lebanon has anything to do upsetting people at what the Jews are permitting Israel to do, has something to do with the new wave of disgust now directed at today’s Jews? ...
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 US undertakers admit corpse scam |
Seven undertakers in the New York area have admitted being part of a scheme to steal body parts for transplants. The criminal operation saw body parts removed from corpses without the consent of relatives and sold to biomedical companies. The body of veteran BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke was among those used. Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes said that hundreds of parts were sold for millions of dollars, and that more people were likely to be charged. He said the 7, who have not been named, agreed to co-operate in the investigation and entered their pleas in a secret hearing. One of those who pleaded guilty was the undertaker who removed parts from the body of Alistair Cooke, who died in 2004 aged 95, A P reported. Four other people who have been named - Michael Mastromarino, Joseph Nicelli, Lee Cruceta, and Christopher Aldorasi - on Wed pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally harvesting bones and organs from up to 1,000 bodies, and were released on bail...
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| US Republicans launch terror ad. They want you to wet your panties and vote Republican |
The US Republican Party has launched a controversial terror-linked TV advertisement to bolster support ahead of mid-term elections next month. The footage shows al-Qaeda leaders with captions of threatening statements, while the soundtrack of a ticking bomb plays in the background. The advertisement, which ends with the sound of a bomb exploding, is due to air from Sunday. Democrats have hit out at the commercial, calling it scaremongering. The strategy is to scare the so-called brave and not so free anymore, to vote for these assholes who has caused the problem in the first place. And if you think voting for Democrats will change anything other than replacing an empty suit for another, you just continue this charade. Get rid of all these assholes from both parties and let’s start with a new flock of Turkeys, just make sure they are not Republican or Democrats. Admit it, be honest with yourself, can we do any worse than what we have now? ...
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| Home Office plans floating jails |
The Home Office is moving ahead with plans to use prison ships to ease overcrowding in prisons. Britain's last floating prison - HMP Weare, moored at Portland Harbour in Dorset - closed last year. The government has advertised for contractors to provide up to 800 places on ships in England and Wales. The move comes as the first prisoners were moved into designated police cells as part of the plans to alleviate the overcrowding crisis. Former prisons minister Ann Widdecombe, who oversaw the commissioning of HMP Weare in 1997, told the BBC the government had seen the crisis coming "for a long time and they have failed to act". She said she would not have decommissioned HMP Weare - and would have in fact commissioned another prison ship. ...
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| Putin firm on EU energy charter |
Russian President Vladimir Putin has resisted EU calls to sign an existing international treaty on investment and trade in energy. But says he thinks Russia and the EU can agree binding rules. They begin talks on a new strategic partnership in the next few weeks, and Mr Putin says he is confident it would be possible to find common approaches. At an EU summit in Finland, Mr Putin also hit out at Georgian leaders, accusing them of building up forces. The EU has been trying for years to get Russia to sign the Energy Charter Treaty without success. It now wants to enshrine many of the treaty's principles into the new framework agreement with Russia. The aim is to make it easier for European companies to invest in the Russian energy sector, and to use Russian pipelines to export the oil and gas they produce...
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| Iran 'blocks Israel soldier deal' |
Israel's ambassador to the UN has accused Iran of paying Hamas $50m to block the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants. The ambassador in New York, Dan Gillerman, made the claim without giving any further evidence or details. The payment, which Iran denies making, allegedly went to the head of Hamas' political bureau Khaled Meshaal. The soldier, Cpl Gilad Shalit, was captured in June in a cross-border raid from Gaza by Palestinian militants. Israel intensified its military campaign in Gaza following his capture in June, and the strip has been cut off from the outside world for long periods of time. Hamas, the militant group that runs the Palestinian Authority, says that in return for freeing Cpl Shalit, Israel must release some of the several thousand Palestinians held in its jails. I guess they have stopped saying he was kidnapped and admit he was captured. It was a stupid word game they played, but a lot of stupid people bought it...
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