Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungFrankfurt, Germany — www.faz.com
A U.S. human rights group filed war crime charges against U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials and military officers early this week, saying they were responsible for the torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib. [more]
State investigators in Baden-Württemberg said they have been closely watching developments in the Netherlands, but that there was no evidence of similar ethnic tensions in the region. [more]
The Germany chancellor has signaled that under certain conditions he would approve the resolution, which the United States presented to the United Nations Security Council on Monday. But he has also made clear that Germany would not send troops to the war-torn country even with the blessing of the UN... [more]
Germany's landmark immigration law will not introduce a law-free zone in which foreigners suspected of ties to terrorist groups can be held without trial or legal representation. That is a good thing... [more]
"The planned abandonment of nuclear energy will worsen the problem, which is why people like Umbach believe it is time for Germany to link energy and security policy. The United States did this quite a while ago, diversifying imports so that the United States today is less dependent on individual supplier countries." [more]
"It has emerged from coalition talks between Germany's two governing parties that the $24 billion annual military budget is likely to be maintained for the next four years, [and as] one possible answer to Germany's growing military role, leading Social Democratic and Green politicians this week hinted that they may examine a switch from conscription to a professional army." [more]
The Bush administration recently chastised German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder for comments he made that expressed grave doubts about the coming war in Iraq. This piece analyzes what these diplomatic exchanges mean for the relationship between the U.S. and its junior partners in NATO. [more]
The UN Security Council "voted unanimously on Thursday evening Central European Time to authorize the force, which will help Afghanistan's new interim government provide security in the Kabul area for six months. The British-led force now can deploy about 200 British marines to the streets of Kabul by Saturday, when a 30-member interim government is scheduled to take power for six months." [more]
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"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
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"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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