The problem ,apart from financial solutions, needs political Will of the EU as the economies of the EU countries are interlinked and the fact is that some Nations like France, Germany have to bear the cost of PIIGS(Potugal,Italy,Ireland,Greece,and Spain).Let’s see how artificial Union stands up?
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Governments in Athens, Madrid and Lisbon struggled on Friday to quell fears of a looming debt crisis in Europe that is pummeling the euro and rippling across global markets, as authorities vowed to impose fiscal austerity and plug their yawning budget deficits. The problem, however, is that investors don’t appear to believe them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020504411.html?hpid=topnews
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Debt crisis unsettles European economy.
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Pope,what is Equality?
Is being a homosexual on the sly and be a priest is equality?
To respect human beings is not more important than practicing Religion, that too, under coercion?
How many recorded instances of priests or even Popes being debauched are there and what has the Church done about it, even though it is against Humanity?
In the name Equality, where was the office of the Pope during Nazis, extermination of Jews?
Why do you still want the crutches of the State to promote your Faith?
Why do you refuse to accept there is a wide world out there and that it has many values as there are individuals and they have a Right to practice it?
Who are you to define the rights of individuals?
I strongly believe that Jesus would not have approved of the actions or the activities of the Popes,including the present one,if he were to be reborn, for He belongs to the world , not to a Pope or a sect.
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Benedict XVI claimed that legislation introduced by Labour to end discrimination “actually violates natural law” because it stopped worshippers remaining true to their beliefs
.His strongly worded intervention in British politics comes after leaders of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England clashed with Labour over its Equality Bill, which they fear will make them admit homosexuals to the priesthood or face prosecution for discriminating against them.In an address delivered yesterday to 35 Catholic bishops from England and Wales, the Pope attacked Labour’s equality proposals. He said: “Your country is well known for its firm commitment to equality of opportunity for all members of society. Yet … the effect of some of the legislation designed to achieve this goal has been to impose unjust limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs.
“In some respects it actually violates the natural law upon which the equality of all human beings is grounded and by which it is guaranteed.” Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill, currently going through Parliament, contains a new, narrow definition of religious workers. It means clergy will not be allowed to opt out of the rules and so will either have to go against their teachings by employing homosexuals, or face prosecution.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7133053/Pope-attacks-Labour-laws-on-equality.html -
Karzai Sees Taliban Pact as Central to Ending War
Ill considered and dastardly move.Remember Pakistan’s ‘Deal’ with SWAT’ area?What came of it? more bombings-What of LTTE truce?-you allowed them to regroup.
Recall Chamberlain?Result ,Hitler over ran Europe.
Go after terrorists hammer and tongs with these killers;any negotiation shall weaken the State and embolden the terrorists.Most importantly, the war has to be fought by Afghans by themselves with hardware from other Nations and at the same time economic inequalities must be addressed to and a reformist agenda is to be put in place by the Islamic moderates to wean youngsters from joining the fundamentalists by propagating moderate Islam.
Involving Foreigners shall alienate the people and the menace of Terrorism shall grow beyond manageable proportion
Story:
LONDON — Afghanistan’s president declared Thursday that reaching out to the Taliban’s leadership would be a centerpiece of his plan to end the eight-year-old war in his country, setting in motion a risky diplomatic gambit that could aggravate frictionswith the United States.
A 65-nation conference here intended to muster money and support for an Afghan war strategy instead exposed divisions between the Afghan government and its allies over the timetable for drawing down foreign forces and whether and how to reconcile with the leaders of the Taliban insurgency.“We must reach out to all of our countrymen, especially our disenchanted brothers,” President Hamid Karzai said. In the coming weeks, he said, he will invite Taliban leaders to a tribal assembly to try to persuade them to lay down their weapons and join the government.
Mr. Karzai’s proposal went much further than the strategy preferred by many American officials, who favor luring back low- and midlevel Taliban fighters. The Obama administration is in the middle of a spirited debate over the implications of negotiating with top Taliban leaders who sheltered Osama bin Laden and still have ties to Al Qaeda.
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Fighting Terrorism,Three Questions and Answers.
No.Dealing with Terrorists will only embolden them.If this is the attitude, world could have done a deal with Nazis.Agreed that the present position in rooting out terrorism is unsatisfactory, talking to Taliban is not to be encouraged as it signals the weakness of the State.What is needed is total cooperation of States that want to fight terrorism and in the process they should ensure that no State that encourages Terrorism is spared, whatever be the personal interest of a particular Nation..International community must up its internal defenses and deal ruthlessly with these criminals and they should isolate States/Communities that promote terrorism.
No time frame can be set for eliminating terrorists as this is a social process and it needs the change of attitude of a particular sect/Nation.
For the same reason, no Nation can commit its troops to solve the problem that has its roots in a particular Nation.
1: Should some senior Taliban figures be taken off the US’ black list in order to facilitate negotiations?2: If you’re country is contributing to the military and nation-building effort in Afghanistan, are you happy to commit for the next 15 years? President Karzai says that may be necessary.
3: Gordon Brown says the ‘tide must turn’ by mid-2011 in the fight against the Taliban. Does that seem like a reasonable deadline? And are you confident such a moment can be measures?
http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/on-air-three-questions-for-you/#comment-197601 -
Gordon Brown ‘to face Iraq Inquiry before election’
Might probably fix Blair, depending on political exigencies.
Story:
Mr Brown, who has said he is “happy” to face the inquiry whenever called, had been under pressure to do so before the election, which must be held by June.The inquiry’s chairman is expected to confirm later that the PM will be asked to appear but will not set a date.
However, the BBC understands he will appear in late February or early March. Opposition parties welcomed the news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8473790.stm
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