David Cameron today set the stage for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan when he declared that Britain and the US needed to move "further and faster" in stabilising the country. In his first visit to Kabul as prime minister, Cameron said that nobody in Britain or Afghanistan wanted troops to remain a day longer than they were needed. Speaking in Kabul after flying in amid ti
The BBC Trust has upheld in full or in part three complaints about two reports on the Middle East by veteran correspondent Jeremy Bowen. In a report published today, the trust's editorial standards committee ruled on the three complaints relating to an edition of Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent and a BBC News website report by Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor. The BBC Trust received one co
口蹄疫の感染疑いがあるとして殺処分された牛を埋却する作業が行われている農場=宮崎県都城市で2010年6月10日午前10時57分、和田大典撮影 農林水産省と宮崎県は10日、都城市高崎町の農家で家畜伝染病の口蹄疫(こうていえき)特有の症状を示していた肥育牛が遺伝子検査の結果、陽性と判明したと発表した。日本最大級の畜産地帯である都城市で感染疑い例が確認されたのは初めて。県と市は10日、この農家が飼育する208頭すべてを殺処分し、埋却した。口蹄疫特有の症状を示す家畜は10日、宮崎▽日向▽西都の3市と木城、川南両町でも見つかり、宮崎での感染拡大は歯止めがかからない状況だ。 【写真特集】現地の様子を写真で 口蹄疫、感染拡大が深刻化 県と都城市は近く、この農家を中心に家畜を動かせない移動制限区域(半径10キロ)、運び出せない搬出制限区域(同10〜20キロ)を設定する。市によると、半径10キロ内の牛・
Site Under Construction. Please Bear With Me For A Few Weeks. Thanks For Your Interest And Understanding. "Economists hitherto have tried hard enough and often enough to change the world, the real difficulty however is to understand it." "In a world where expectations are (nearly) everything, to change our understanding is already to change our reality. Not only that, changing things this way is t
For years, Edward Hugh predicted that the euro zone could not survive. These days, people are listening to him.Credit...Lourdes Segade for The New York Times BARCELONA, Spain — For years, almost nobody paid attention to the sky-is-falling alarms of Edward Hugh, a gregarious British blogger and self-taught economist who repeatedly predicted that the euro zone could not survive. Living a largely han
A UN tribunal has convicted two Bosnian Serbs for committing genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and sentenced them to life in prison. Vujadin Popovic, 53, and Ljubisa Beara, 70, were among seven former high-ranking military and police officials to be sentenced. The court jailed five other defendants for between five and 35 years. The case is the largest yet at the tribunal, set up to deal wi
The Nato commander in Afghanistan says a military operation to drive militants out of Kandahar will move at a slower pace than planned. General Stanley McChrystal said the operation would happen "more slowly" in order to ensure local support. President Hamid Karzai has said that no operation will begin without the support of tribal elders. Meanwhile, officials are seeking to confirm reports that a
I.H.H./Flickr A photograph from the Flickr page of I.H.H., a Turkish aid organization that helped organize the flotilla of ships raided last week on its way to Gaza. Dr. Hasan Huseyin Uysal, a Turkish doctor, said the image was taken as he tended to an Israeli commando captured during the raid. Updated | 2:53 p.m. In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. Hasan Huseyin Uysal, a Turkish doctor,
President Hamid Karzai has lost faith in the US strategy in Afghanistan and is increasingly looking to Pakistan to end the insurgency, according to those close to Afghanistan's former head of intelligence services. Amrullah Saleh, who resigned last weekend, believes the president lost confidence some time ago in the ability of Nato forces to defeat the Taliban. As head of the National Directorate
A blast in southern Afghanistan which killed 40 people appears to have been a suicide bombing, Afghan officials say. The explosion ripped through a wedding party in Kandahar province on Wednesday evening, leaving 70 more wounded. Children were among the casualties. Reports said many of the guests had links to local police or an anti-Taliban militia and that is why they were targeted. The Taliban,
Fidel Castro was once asked to define the difference between democracy in Cuba and the United States. "I don't have to answer questions from Helen Thomas," the old revolutionary replied. The grand dame of the White House press corps, who outlasted nine American presidential administrations – and Castro's rule – was finally forced to halt her determined, often opinion-laden questioning and into ret
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The council voted 12 to two, with one abstention, in favour of a fourth round of sanctions, including tighter finance curbs and an expanded arms embargo. US President Barack Obama said the sanctions were an unmistakable message on stopping the spread of nuclear arms. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahm
Most contemporary Jews descended from ancient residents of the Levant Scientists have shed light on Jewish history with an in-depth genetic study. The researchers analysed genetic samples from 14 Jewish communities across the world and compared them with those from 69 non-Jewish populations. Their study, published in Nature, revealed that most Jewish populations were "genetically closer" to each o
President Barack Obama said today the US would send $400m of aid to the Palestinian territories following 10 days of international focus on Gaza, which Israel has blockaded for more than three years. The announcement came as Obama met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Washington to discuss the progress of proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as the dire situation
Matthew Stoltzfus, left, on his farm in Lancaster, Pa., where a government program is working with Amish farmers to try to instill more environmentally sound methods for handling runoff.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times LANCASTER, Pa. � With simplicity as their credo, Amish farmers consume so little that some might consider them model environmental citizens. “We are supposed to be stewards
Rioters in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, have burned down a school building and thrown stones at police in a second night of disturbances. The trouble began on Monday after a group of youths in a suburb with a mainly immigrant population were refused entry to a school dance. Police say up to 100 youths went on the rampage, throwing stones and setting several cars alight. Two people were detained
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The council voted 12 to two, with one abstention, in favour of a fourth round of sanctions, including tighter finance curbs and an expanded arms embargo. US President Barack Obama said the sanctions were an unmistakable message on stopping the spread of nuclear arms. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahm
ガラにもなくイスラエルのガザ支援船攻撃に対する抗議行動に顔を出してきたのですが、イスラーム関係の呼びかけだったせいか、ほとんどは非日本人ムスリム、少し日本人の市民運動系の人がいて、日本人ムスリムはほとんどいませんでした。わたし一人だったかもしれません。 といっても、この活動自体について何か言いたいわけでもなく、ただそこに居合わせた「反戦平和」系の人々を眺めていて、ふと思い出したことがあっただけです。 それは「ムスリムはサヨクを味方だと思っているのだろうか?」ということです。 パレスチナやイラク、アフガニスタン繋がりだと、反戦平和系の市民運動家と多くのムスリムではある程度方向性に一致が見られるので、「共闘」するのは大いに結構だとは思います。また日本や欧米ではムスリムは少数派であり、多くが外国人で、ここから外国人労働者や南北経済格差などの問題に連なっていくため、「サヨク」がイスラーム寄りに見え
大学院のゼミでは北方領土問題が論じられた。 ゼミでこの問題を論じるのは、20 年間大学にいてはじめてである。 沖縄基地問題についての論及回数とは比較にならない。 南島とくらべてそれだけ扱いにくい論件だということなのかもしれない。 学生たちがこの論件を忌避する理由の一つは、たぶんこの問題をリアルかつクールに分析することに対して、きわめてパセティックな「抑圧」がかかるせいである。 領土問題になると、国民国家の成員たちはどの国でもすぐに熱くなる。 「国境線については絶対譲歩するな」という言説が幅をきかすのはどの国でも同じである。 「国境線を譲歩しても、隣国との友好関係を構築するほうが国益にかなう」というタイプの議論をする人間は袋だたきに遭い、うっかりするとテロリストの標的になる。 国境線を少しでも拡げた政治家は「英雄」ともてはやされ、国境線を少しでも失った政治家は「売国奴」と罵られる。 それは古
Finland's economy slipped back into recession during the first three months of 2010, official figures have shown. During the January to March quarter, its economy contracted by a seasonally-adjusted 0.4%, after a decline of 0.2% in October to December of last year. It is the first eurozone country to re-enter recession after emerging from it, in what is known as a double-dip. Finland, whose main e
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