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Full: In The Alley With A Cop

Full: Old Man With A Big Dick

Message to Boeung Kak Lake residents from an Anonymous Reader

Suong Sophorn after the cops' beating (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

To Boeung Kak lake residents and all Khmers,

If somebody tries to help you such as Suong Sophorn and got beaten by the brainless police, you don't stand still and watch. You must do with whatever you can to stop these brainless police. When you fiercely fight back, these stupid police will think twice before they initiate violence against you next time. The same perception should apply to the expansionist YiekCongs too.

You got to believe these animals (police) are afraid of dying like you too.

Stop standing still, stop crying and stop begging people to help you. Everything has price, and it costs something to get it. The helper like our hero Suong Sophorn has only one life to live like you too. Don't let him die in vain. We need collective efforts to successfully defend our right.

Building Boom Causes Asian Sand Smugglers to Expand

This Aug. 2, 2011 photo shows a sand depot just outside the provincial capital of Koh Kong in southwestern Cambodia. It is owned by Ly Yong Phat, one of the country's biggest tycoons who is being criticized for the environmental damage his sand mining operations inflict on the Cambodian coast. Most of the sand is destined for Singapore. (Photo: AP)

Monday, 19 September 2011
Luke Hunt, VOA | Kuala Lumpur

"I have seen houses perched along the bankside, just waiting to sink into the rivers."

Singapore's decades-long effort to reclaim land from the ocean has expanded the nation's coastline and fueled its building boom. But it has also depleted its supply of sand. In recent years, the massive sand shortage has been worsened by export bans by neighboring countries, driving up the price and encouraging the smuggling of useable land-fill.

It used to be that sand dredgers had only to travel to nearby Indonesia to get sand for use in Singapore construction projects. But the Indonesian government banned exports after activists and locals complained about disappearing islands and ruined riverbeds. Vietnam and Malaysia have enacted similar curbs on the practice. In Cambodia, officials have curtailed dredging and suspended sales as they assess the environmental damage caused by sand mining.

Environmentalists say this is forcing miners to search elsewhere in the region and driving the practice of sand smuggling in the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Burma.

George Boden is a campaigner for the London-based environmental group Global Witness, which reported on sand mining in Cambodia earlier this year.

“In fact some of the sand trade has also moved on from Cambodia, and Burma has now become a major source. And it’s our understanding - and for sand it’s quite possible - that Singapore is also looking beyond Cambodia for other countries in the region to fulfill its needs,” he said.

Singapore has expanded its physical borders by 22 percent over the past half century by filling in the surrounding sea with sand. Analysts say new reclamation projects will require enormous quantities of sea-sand. The tiny island-state also needs salt-free river sand for construction.

Gavin Greenwood is a security analyst for the Hong Kong-based firm Allan & Associates and has followed this issue for many years. He says that demand is proving lucrative for nearby countries.

“Freshwater sand is far superior for construction purposes than sea sand, simply because sea sand is, by its nature, with the salt in it ... highly corrosive. And to make it usable for construction you should have to wash it to get as much of the salt out as possible," he said. "Much of the reclamation in, shall we say, Singapore will be supporting large buildings with a huge amount of piling which is concrete, steel and so forth. So if you can get river sand or earth or crushed rock or a combination of all three, you’re saving yourself a great deal of money and future problems.”

Government bans in nearby countries have complicated life for Singapore builders. The government requires sand to be authorized with the correct paperwork, signifying it was legally obtained.

Companies such as Rangoon-based Bholat General Services and Philippine operator Mecca MFG tout themselves openly on the Internet, offering customers access to large quantities of sand that have been approved by the Singapore government.

Other companies offering sand from Burma include Bangkok International and Myanmar Asia Glory Trading. A spokesman for Asia Glory said river sand was being mined from the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers. The spokesman said while operations have been halted during the rainy season, sand mining and exports would resume in November.

A Mecca MFG spokesman said there are three large areas in the Philippines suitable for sand mining - primarily around Mount Pinatubo in Luzon, where clean river sand is available in abundance.

Similar offers for sand are made by Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese companies.

Environmentalists say the practice causes widespread ecological damage to rivers, depletes fish stocks and substantially reduces the livelihoods of villagers who lead a subsistence lifestyle. The money involved also makes regulation difficult.

In Cambodia, some companies have flouted a government suspension of dredging. Activists claim that smuggling continues despite government bans in Indonesia, as well as in the east Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo.

S.M. Murthu is a council member of the Malaysian Nature Society and an adviser to the Environmental Protection Association in Sabah. He says the smuggling of sand into Singapore is continuing from around Southeast Asia, where laws are not enforced due to corruption.

“Smuggling is with the knowledge of certain authorities because nowadays ... in Southeast Asia, everything has a price. It’s illegal, so there are certain people who are paid to keep their eyes shut. They solve the problem that way,” he noted.

A year ago, 34 Malaysian civil servants were arrested for accepting bribes and sexual favors in relation to illicit sand sales. At that time, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad claimed up to 700 trucks a day were loaded with sand which was then smuggled across the border into Singapore.

Muthu says that brisk smuggling pace continues today. He says he has previously investigated complaints of illegal sand mining that resulted in villages being swept away, only to be told by Malaysian authorities this was not the case.

“I have seen houses already in the water. I have seen houses perched along the bankside, just waiting to sink into the rivers. It’s quite bad because these people do not care," Muthu said. "We have laws, but they are only on paper; in terms of practical enforcement it’s almost nil. They are all political statements at the end of the day. They just give into those who are looking for cheap sand.”

George Boden’s report for Global Witness prompted Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to suspend dredging while his government assessed the ecological damage to the Tatai River. However, fishermen still complain that sand mining has not ceased. Boden wants international donors, who contribute heavily to the country’s annual budget, to pressure the Cambodian government to act against smugglers and illegal dredging.

“Certainly some dredging is still taking place and that really falls far short of the recommendations that we made in our report. Things we were really calling for is a proper regulatory environment, transparency over how the resources are allocated and the revenue that is collected," Boden stated. "And also proper environmental and social safeguards to ensure that the dredging is carried out in such a way that it is not massively damaging.”

Singapore’s land reclamation also has broader political ramifications because the trade in sand antagonizes relations between Singapore and its neighbors. Indonesia and Malaysia fear constant land reclamation means Singapore is now encroaching into their territorial waters.

Security analyst Greenwood is urging Singapore to protect its reputation in Southeast Asian as an environmental role model, by enacting stronger safeguards against the illegal mining.

“Singapore’s contention is that it’s legal from its end because it requires various certification and so forth from the various countries it buys from. The real problem is how valid would those certifications be in a broader legal context, and how damaging this whole thing is to Singapore from a diplomatic and reputational position and context," Greenwood said. "Singapore is very defensive and protective of its reputation as a serious country with rule of law and a strong environmental record.”

Singapore plans to add tens of square kilometers of additional land to its borders in the next 20 years. That growth will maintain a strong demand for sand imports and could threaten more areas of Southeast Asia where weak regulation and official corruption allow damaging mining to continue.

The murder of sister-in-law arrested

ALOR SETAR - trick a man it seems he and his wife rented a motel room in Jalan Suka Menanti, here, to avoid dicekup khalwat not be where she is actually a sister-in-law.



The 30-year-old man initially reasoned that they have a marriage certificate, but after an investigation into the 32-year-old woman finds them inconsistent statements and try to fool enforcement personnel.



In the raid at 4.45 pm on Tuesday, a team of enforcement Kedah Islamic Religious Department (Jaik) raided the premises after receiving the public information on vice activities that occur.



Men came from Myanmar and a Muslim is to make excuses to bring her to rent the room only to shower before going to visit his wife's new baby boy at Jitra Hospital (HJ).



Jaik Enforcement Officer, Naim Mohd Khairil Johari said the team members who arrived at the motel Jaik then make an examination and found a motel room on the ground floor was locked from inside.



He said, after knocking at the door and greeted a man who only bertuala opened the door about 10 minutes later and was surprised to see the presence of enforcement personnel outside the room rented.



"Further examination found a woman hiding in the room and hurriedly dressed in fear.



"The results of the interrogation, she claimed the men were brought to the motel to see his sister who was also the wife of the man who has just given birth, while the man gives the woman as his wife's reasons," he said.

Depraved! Uncle Nephew Rape By Maternity

Pamekasan - Uncle that this one was damaged. Own niece was raped to give birth to a son. Woe, the babies are born 32 days, died because of malnutrition.



The lecherous Uncle berinisial F (43). F which no other suspects are brothers-in-law Samsul (48) is living a home page by offering Hatim (14) in Sana Daya Village, Sub PASEAN.



Evidence collected that a rape that occurred repeatedly. Carry out the action at the time suspected the family was working in the middle of the field.



At the time that's quiet atmosphere, the blue look is clean mushola sacrifice. The suspect then called and invited into his house. That moment on, victims and suspects membekap memperkosanya in chambers.



At raped, suspect held celurit. Sacrifice threatened with dihabisi if up to tell the rape to another person.



Feeling no resistance, carrying out the action moment suspect her quiet atmosphere. Depraved action to stop when the suspects saw the sacrifice changed growing belly. Gestational age at the time of sacrifice into the seventh month, the blue disappears and obscure from his home.



"At that, I report my child's case to the policy," said Samsul, my father met at the sacrifice of time Polres page Pamekasan, Tuesday (06/28/2011).



Unfortunately policies quickly lost. Suspect hurried blur and disappear until the sacrifice of giving birth. "Today, the suspect had returned and at home. I reported to police that arrest policy," ask Samsul.



Polres Kasatreskrim Pamekasan, Nuramin AKP, said that the ministry is still

study reports parental sacrifice. In this case, he would trap about 81 and 82 Years for Child Protection Law 23/2002, the threat of a prison sentence of 12 years.



"I still pursue the case. To be sure, we will terlapor investigator PPA Come forward," pungkas Nuramin.

Rape Perpetrators Victims Ask for Peace with Marry

TOMBATU - Cases of rape occurred in Southeast Minahasa. But the perpetrators of family, Usman Henur tried to terms with how to meet victims' families.



Family perpetrator attempts to seek peace by marrying the perpetrator and victim. Rose family, as the victim of sexual immorality through the father did not agree with the plan because of alleged immorality second marriage of more than one person.



"If you want to get married how it goes, while a two-person suspected of sexual immorality, Usman was done five times, the Udi once, but both had molested my child," the victim's father fiercely.



Efforts wedding party felt the perpetrator and victim families of the victims rather than as an exit option. "Essentially we will forward the complaint, the perpetrator must be a deterrent," he said.



Tombatu police chief told reporters that the case should be forwarded to the realm of obscenity laws.



"If I think a case like this, but forwarded only if the family did not want for fear of shame yes that's right his victims' families," explained Kapolsek Tombatu few moments ago.



Chairman of the Child Protection Flammable Komda Yull Takaliuang ensure the threat of punishment for obscenity cases under the age maximum 15 years in prison.



"Based on Law No. 23 of 2002, threats to rape the perpetrator is 15 years in prison," he told Tribune Manado (01/06/2011).



According Yull, this case must be supervised by various parties, because it involves the immoral acts and the protection of children. "Together with various parties, we will oversee the legal process for cases of reported sexual immorality," he said.

Again: Video Mesum Outstanding Student in Java

Liputan6.com, Ponorogo: For the umpteenth time video circulating in Ponorogo, East Java, on Tuesday (23/11). Actors in the video is allegedly a student of Junior High School class Sambit. While the men allegedly Dar player, senior village Grogol tan, Ponorogo.



In Yogyakarta, people NANGGULAN, Kulon Progo, publicized by the spread of video by phone mobile young couple. Video recordings are divided into three series, duration of between one and a half to three minutes. Unexpectedly, video is one of the students played high school in District NANGGULAN.



Reskrim apparatus Polres Kulonprogo refuses to give evidence because it is still searching for passage of the video. Plan, the policy will call for the video player

Καλός πολίτης...

Είμαι στρατιώτης στο τέλος της θητείας και έχω να αναφέρω ότι πριν από λίγες μέρες βγήκε διαταγή για τους ΕΠ.ΟΠ. ότι με μια ημέρα υπηρεσία την επόμενη θα παίρνουν απαλλαγή, δηλαδή κάνουν μια υπηρεσία και την άλλη μέρα δεν δουλεύουν.
Και όλα αυτά τη στιγμή που στα περισσότερα στρατόπεδα της παραμεθορίου (λόγω των πελατειακών σχέσεων του συστήματος μας, που λειτουργεί παντού με βύσματα), οι στρατιώτες που υπηρετούν κάνουν συνεχώς υπηρεσίες κ!αι βγαίνουν έξω μόνο με υπηρεσιακά. Η άνιση μεταχείριση του μισθοφορικού στρατού έναντι των κληρωτών είναι λογικό να συμβαίνει, αφού οι μισθοφόροι πρέπει να έχουν κίνητρο να παραμείνουν με τις μειώσεις που έχουν υποστεί στο μισθό τους. Ο κληρωτός σήμερα είναι αύριο απολύθηκε. Όμως εμένα με είχαν πληροφορήσει ότι ο στρατός έχει υποχρέωση να σε απολύσει το ίδιο υγιή αν όχι περισσότερο υγιή από ότι σε παρέλαβε όταν παρουσιάστηκες. Με αυτά που γίνονται, δυστυχώς, όσοι δεν έχουν "βύσμα" για να καβατζοθούν θα απολυθούν με χειρότερη ψυχολογική και σωματική υγεία από αυτά που είχαν όταν παρουσιάστηκαν. Κάνοντας πρόχειρο υπολογισμό για τη μονάδα μου (που δεν μπορώ να αναφέρω για ευνόητους λόγους) αν δεν είχε φύγει μέσω βυσματικής μετάθεσης κανείς, θα μας πήγαινε 1-1 τουλάχιστον και θα μπορούσαμε να πάρουμε τις άδειες μας (ακόμα και αυτές που μας έταξαν όταν κάναμε κάτι πέραν του καθήκοντος, δηλαδή τιμητικές).
Είναι λυπηρό να μπαίνεις στο στρατό με την υπερηφάνεια ότι υπηρετείς την πατρίδα σου, και στο τέλος να αισθάνεσαι ντροπή που κατατάχτηκες. Είναι θλιβερό να νιώθεις ότι θα βγεις σε μια κοινωνία, όπου αν όπως λένε η μικρογραφία της είναι ο στρατός, θα βγεις χαμένος αν νοιάζεσαι, ενδιαφέρεσαι, προσφέρεις και κρατάς ψηλά το κεφάλι σου. Μήνες τώρα μου λένε την ευχή "καλός πολίτης". Σε ποια κοινωνία να γίνω καλός πολίτης; ΣΕ ΠΟΙΑ;

Παπανδρέου: Ορόσημο αποτυχίας ή επιτυχίας η Σύνοδος Κορυφής

Σε αποκλειστική συνέντευξή του στο Bloomberg, ο Γ. Παπανδρέου είπε ότι οι Ευρωπαίοι ηγέτες... οφείλουν να δείξουν την Πέμπτη, κατά τη Σύνοδο Κορυφής στις Βρυξέλλες, ότι μπορούν να επιλύσουν την κρίση χρέους στην Ευρωζώνη, ώστε να αποφευχθεί η μετάδοσή της στην Ιταλία και την Ισπανία.

«(Η Σύνοδος Κορυφής) θα είναι ορόσημο επιτυχίας ή αποτυχίας για το μέλλον της Ευρώπης» τόνισε ο πρωθυπουργός υπογραμμίζοντας ότι «οι αγορές “λένε” πάνω- κάτω αυτό που λέει και ο ίδιος: ότι η Ελλάδα κάνει ό,τι μπορεί, αλλά ότι δε θα μπορέσει να σηκώσει το βάρος όλης της Ευρώπης και των προβλημάτων της».

Ο κ. Παπανδρέου σκοπεύει να συναντηθεί με ηγέτες της ΕΕ στις Βρυξέλλες αύριο καθώς οι Ευρωπαίοι αξιωματούχοι προσπαθούν να συμφωνήσουν σε μέτρα για να αποκατασταθεί η εμπιστοσύνη στην φερεγγυότητα του ευρώ μετά την οικονομική διάσωση της Ελλάδας.

«Υπάρχουν συγκεκριμένα συστημικά προβλήματα στο ευρώ - έχουμε ένα κοινό νόμισμα αλλά διαφορετικές πολιτικές δανεισμού και φορολογικής πολιτικής και διαφορετικές ανταγωνιστικότητες των οικονομιών μας - τα οποία πρέπει να τα αντιμετωπίσουμε» σημείωσε ο πρωθυπουργός. Αναφορικά με τα ευρωομόλογα, την έκδοση των οποίων έχει υποστηρίξει, ο Γ. Παπανδρέου είπε ότι θα δημιουργούσαν «ένα αίσθημα ασφάλειας».

Ο πρωθυπουργός είπε ακόμα ότι υπάρχει άμεσο ενδιαφέρον των ΗΠΑ για την επίλυση του προβλήματος χρέους της Ευρώπης και ότι η εμπειρία τους από την κρίση χρέους στη Λατινική Αμερική και η συμμετοχή τους στο ΔΝΤ μπορεί να βοηθήσουν την Ευρώπη να αντιμετωπίσει το πρόβλημα.

Οι υπεύθυνοι χάραξης πολιτικής διίστανται σχετικά με το πώς θα εμπλακούν οι ιδιώτες επενδυτές σε ένα νέο πακέτο διάσωσης της χώρας μας και αν η ευρωζώνη θα πρέπει να εκδώσει ευρωομόλογα για να βοηθήσει το χρεωμένο έθνος.

Απεργία ταξί - Κόποι μιας ζωής

Θα ξεκινησω λέγοντας πως ειμαι γιος ιδιοκτήτη ταξί, αρα γνωριζω παρα πολυ καλα και απο πρωτο χερι την δυσκολια του επαγγέλματος και τις άπειρες...
θυσίες του πατέρα μου και καθε τιμιου ιδιοκτήτη για να αποκτησει μια αδεια ταξι πολλων χιλιαδων ευρω. Ολοι εσείς που ειστε εναντια στην απεργια των ταξι και τους βριζετε σας ζητω μια χαρη...Για ενα μοναχα λεπτο μπειτε στην θεση τους....και μετα πειτε εαν θεωρείτε την αποφαση της κυβέρνησης παραλογη ή οχι. Έρχονται μια ωραια πρωια και σου λενε ξέρεις κατι φιλε αυτο για το οποιο έχεις χυσει αιμα πολυ αιμα πιστεψτε με, κόποι μιας ζωής δεν αξιζει τίποτα, τσάμπα πάλευες! Γινόμαστε παράλογοι ολοι μας οταν απο μια απεργία, καλη ωρα των ταξί, τωρα χανουμε το μεροκαματο το δικο μας και το καταλαβαινω πως και αυτο ειναι άδικο, αλλά ένας ειναι ο τρόπος καλώς η κακώς για να ακουστει το παραπονο των ιδιοκτητων ταξι. Σήμερα ειναι τα ταξι αυριο θα ειναι κατι που αφορα και εσενα που το διαβάζεις, αλλά τοτε θα ειναι αργά. Στηριξτε τον αγωνα γιατι αλλιως αν κοιταει ο καθενας την παρτη του γεια σας......ρε παιδια Ελεος...ειναι σαν να ερχονται μεσα στο ιδιο σου το σπιτι και να σου λενε τι να κανεις και πως..Μην ειστε προβατα ξυπνατε!

«Εισαγγελική παρέμβαση για τις συμβάσεις εργασίας στα Δημόσια ΙΕΚ.»

Παράσταση διαμαρτυρίας την Τετάρτη 20 Ιουλίου στις 11πμ στα γραφεία του ΙΔΕΚΕ στον Άγιο Ελευθέριο. Βαρύτατες πολιτικές αλλά και ποινικές ευθύνες προκύπτουν από την καταστρατήγηση των εργασιακών και εργατικών δικαιωμάτων που επιχειρεί να επιβάλει το ΙΔΕΚΕ μέσω των συμβάσεων έργου που εξαναγκάζει τους ωρομίσθιους εκπαιδευτικούς των Δημόσιων Ινστιτούτων Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης (ΔΙΕΚ) να υπογράψουν.

Το ΙΔΕΚΕ που ανέλαβε από τις 1/1/2011 την εποπτεία των ΙΕΚ μετά την κατάργηση του ΟΕΕΚ όχι μόνο δεν έχει επιλύσει τα χρόνια προβλήματα των ΙΕΚ αλλά τα έχει διογκώσει σε τέτοιο βαθμό όπου απαιτείται πλέον Εισαγγελική παρέμβαση.

Συγκεκριμένα:

Α) Το ΙΔΕΚΕ παρανόμως παρακρατεί τα δεδουλευμένα των εργαζομένων του εαρινού εξαμήνου, παρόλο που οι πιστώσεις έχουν εγκριθεί από το Υπ. Οικονομικών από την αρχή της χρονιάς.

Β) Το ΙΔΕΚΕ παρανόμως μετά την ολοκλήρωση των μαθημάτων του εξαμήνου εξαναγκάζει τους εργαζόμενους να υπογράψουν σύμβασης έργου και όχι σύμβασης εργασίας ορισμένου χρόνου όπως ίσχυε τα προηγούμενα χρόνια. Η αυθαίρετή μετατροπή των συμβάσεων εργασίας σε συμβάσεις έργου επιφέρει δραματική μείωση των αποδοχών, αφενός γιατί με τις συμβάσεις έργου οι εκπαιδευτικοί δεν δικαιούνται δώρα άδειες επιδόματα και αφετέρου γιατί ο ΟΑΕΔ δεν θα τους χορηγήσει επίδομά ανεργίας.

Γ) Το ΙΔΕΚΕ παρανόμως δεν χορηγεί στους εκπαιδευτικούς τις «βεβαιώσεις εργοδότη», που χορηγούνται κάθε φορά στην λήξη του εξαμήνου και αποτελούν την ασφαλιστική ενημερότητα των εργαζομένων. Πιθανότατα το ΙΔΕΚΕ, δε έχει καταβάλει ακόμα στα ταμεία τις ασφαλιστικές εισφορές και είναι υπόλογο για αυτό.

Στις 10 Μάιου την ήμερα της απεργίας που είχε κηρύξει το ΣΕΑΕ για την αδικαιολόγητη καθυστέρηση καταβολής των αποδοχών στους εκπαιδευτικούς από το 2008 μέχρι σήμερα, επέδωσε στο Γενικό Γραμματέα Δια Βίου Μάθησης κ. Μπάκα υπόμνημα – καταγγελία σχετικά με τις παράνομες συμβάσεις έργου που χρησιμοποιεί το ΙΔΕΚΕ στις διάφορες δομές εκπαίδευσης που έχει υπό την εποπτεία του. Το αποτέλεσμα ήταν να μεταφέρουν αυτές τις συμβάσεις και στα ΙΕΚ, γνωρίζοντας ότι είναι παράνομο.

Το Σωματείο ζητά την παρέμβαση Εισαγγελέα για την κατάφωρη καταστρατήγηση των εργασιακών δικαιωμάτων των ωρομίσθιων εκπαιδευτικών στα ΔΙΕΚ, που παραμένουν απλήρωτοι από το 2008, καταδεικνύοντας ως υπεύθυνους πρωτίστως, την Αναπληρώτρια Υπουργό Παιδείας κ Φ. Γεννηματά που χειρίζεται τα θέματα των δημοσίων ΙΕΚ κατόπιν τους προϊστάμενους και διευθυντές της Γεν. Γραμματείας Δια Βίου Μάθησης και του Ι.Δ.ΕΚ.Ε.

Καταγγέλλουμε τέλος ορισμένους καρεκλοκενταύρους διευθυντές που κατέχουν την θέση τους με αποκλειστικό γνώμονα την κομματική τους ταυτότητα και εκβιάζουν τους εκπαιδευτικούς που αμφισβήτησαν την σύμβαση υπογράφοντας «με κάθε νόμιμη επιφύλαξη».

Καλούμε όλους τους εκπαιδευτές σε παράσταση διαμαρτυρίας την Τετάρτη 20 Ιουλίου στις 11πμ στα γραφεία του ΙΔΕΚΕ στον Άγιο Ελευθέριο (Αχαρνών και Κοκκινάκη) και απαιτούμε να αποσυρθεί η σύμβαση.

ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΟ ΕΛΑΣΤΙΚΑ ΑΠΑΣΧΟΛΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΩΝ Σ.Ε.Α.Ε

Phone-hacking: MPs to quiz Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks

News Corporation chiefs Rupert and James Murdoch and former executive Rebekah Brooks will be quizzed by MPs later about the phone-hacking scandal.

The Murdochs agreed to appear before the Commons media committee after it issued a summons for them.

The MPs have said they have questions over evidence given by Mrs Brooks and Andy Coulson - both ex-News of the World editors - at a hearing in 2003.

Two senior police figures who quit over the scandal also face MPs' questions.

The committee hearing is the latest in a series of dramatic developments in the phone-hacking saga.

Mrs Brooks quit as chief executive of News International - the UK arm of News Corporation - on Friday. On Sunday she was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and corruption.
Unexplained death

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday and Assistant Commissioner John Yates quit on Monday over the hiring of a former News of the World journalist now alleged to have been involved in phone-hacking as a PR consultant for the force.

Meanwhile investigations continue into the death of former News of the World journalist Sean Hoare, who had made allegations of phone hacking. Mr Hoare's body was found at his home on Monday. Police say his death is as yet unexplained but not thought to be suspicious. And Prime Minister David Cameron is cutting short his trip to Africa in order to make a statement in the Commons on Wednesday and answer questions "arising" from recent events.

Mr Cameron remains under intense pressure over his decision to hire Mr Coulson as his communications chief, BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said.

Mr Coulson resigned from the post over the phone-hacking scandal though he said he had not known about it during his time as NoW editor.

Mrs Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International last week amid huge pressure - she was editor of the News of the World in 2002 when murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's mobile phone was allegedly hacked into by a private investigator working for the News of the World but has denied knowing anything about it.

She had already agreed to appear before the Commons culture, media and sport committee for a special one-off evidence session on Tuesday.

But her arrest at the weekend may limit the questions she can be asked by the committee - for fear of jeopardising any police investigation. Her lawyer has said she is not guilty of any crime and has said no allegations were put to her during nine hours of questioning on Sunday.

News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son James - who is in charge of the company's European operations - initially declined to appear before the committee but changed their minds after the committee issued a summons.

News Corporation has denied reports it was holding a meeting to discuss a replacement for Rupert Murdoch as CEO of the company. A spokesman told the BBC: "As you would expect, the board has had a plan in place for some time and it regularly re-evaluates those plans. Suggestions that a plan is being currently accelerated or implemented are inaccurate."
'Utmost care'

It is rare to see executives as senior as the Murdochs appear before a Parliamentary committee - although Rupert Murdoch did appear before a Lords committee, sitting in New York, in 2007.

In his response to the committee, James Murdoch said he was committed to ensuring that allegations about the News of the World - which has since been shut down - are "fully investigated and dealt with appropriately and robustly".

He also said they had committed to full co-operation with the current police inquiry and the planned judge-led inquiry - and asked that the committee "take the utmost care in ensuring that the committee hearing does not run any risk of prejudicing that investigation and subsequent prosecutions".The committee is likely to ask James Murdoch about his statement two weeks ago that the News of the World had "made statements to Parliament without being in full possession of the facts" - and that he had approved out-of-court settlements when he did not have "a complete picture" of what had happened.

Among members is Labour MP Tom Watson, who has long campaigned on the issue of phone-hacking and on Monday urged the Serious Fraud Office to investigate out-of-court settlements made to hacking victims.

Committee chairman John Whittingdale says he hopes MPs will not act as a "lynch mob" but will not "let them off".

Mr Whittingdale, a Conservative MP, has said his committee's purpose will be "to try and get closer to what actually happened and to uncover the truth".

He told the BBC on Sunday: "We obviously understand there's an ongoing police inquiry but that shouldn't, I think, prevent us from learning a lot more about what went on, who knew it and who authorised it."

He added: "I don't want us to be a lynch mob. On the other hand I don't want us to let them off without properly addressing the questions which we have."

Tuesday's session is expected to generate a lot of interest - two "overspill" rooms have been arranged at Westminster for those not able to get a seat in the committee room.

Last week Mr Murdoch's News Corporation dropped a bid to take complete control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

It's Joker, Smoker, Midnight Toker, Ezra Miller!

Even if he speaks of the pompetous of love, I will never call him Maurice, for he is the redoubtable Ezra Miller, fabulous actor, owner of the finest set of cheekbones in showbiz, and if there's any justice, star in the making. Here he is in a recent issue of Flaunt Magazine. Unfortunately, our Ezra had a bit of a run-in with the police recently, when a car in which he was a passenger was stopped, and Ezra was found (allegedly!) to possess 20 grams of Mary Jane! Plus rolling papers! Thankfully, Ezra was cleared of the drug charge but instead was cited for disorderly conduct! Oh dear, what are we to do with you Ezra? I'm afraid that you'll just have to come along with me to my house so I can administer some tough love.

Sean O'Pry, American male model from Kennesaw, Georgia.

He is currently the second most successful male model in the world behind Baptiste Giabiconi on models.com list of the Top 50 international male models, as of June 2010. He has held this position for three years, and was previously ranked behind Mathias Lauridsen. In June 2009, he was named the world's most successful male model of 2009 by Forbes publications. Previously, he was named the world's eighth most successful male model of 2008 by the same magazine.

Έρχεται το κόμμα του Μίκη

Την ίδρυση ενός νέου κόμματος, που θα βρίσκεται κοντά στον πολίτη και θα στελεχωθεί από “αντιμνημονιακά” στελέχη του ΠΑΣΟΚ, αλλά και... διακεκριμένους καλλιτέχνες αναμένεται να ανακοινωθεί τις επόμενες ημέρες.
Στο κόμμα θα παίξει καθοριστικό ρόλο και ο μεγάλος μουσικοσυνθέτης Μίκης Θεοδωράκης, καθώς επίσης και ο πρώην πρόεδρος του ΙΣΤΑΜΕ και πρώην συνεργάτης του Γ. Παπανδρέου Ν. Κοτζιάς. Μάλιστα, σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες υπάρχουν μεγάλες πιθανότητες στο νέο κόμμα να προσχωρήσουν οι παραιτηθέντες βουλευτές του ΠΑΣΟΚ Σ. Σακοράφα και Π. Κουρουμπλής.

Thoughts On Androgyny

Not everyone will be as taken by Australian model Cooper Thompson as I am. Why is that? I have noticed lately that a large portion of the gay community (if such a thing even exists anymore) is becoming increasingly devoted to enforcing normative gender roles, and I think this is largely due to their own fear and self-loathing. They want everyone to know that they are "real men", and "just like everyone else." They are becoming just as blinkered and bigoted as the people we have been fighting against since Stonewall. You see it whenever someone suggests that a young man get a haircut because he "looks like a lesbian." I don't have time for these people. These people are part of the problem. If you can't look at someone like Cooper and see the beauty in that face, it can only be because your soul has died.