Kirk Smith: EuropeAlbania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegov, Bulgaria, Chechnya, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia/Montenegr, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican.Britain: Parliamentary Probe Exposes Lies on Iraqi Weapons- July 10, 2003 Part 3: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw by Robert Stevens and Richard Tyler 07 Jul 03 The following is the conclusion of a three-part series of articles. Part 1: Clare Short, Robin Cook and Andrew Gilligan was posted July 3. and Part 2: Andrew Wilkie and Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi was published July 4. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee investigation into whether Prime Minister Tony Blair&146;s Labour government distorted intelligence material to justify its war against Iraq is to publish its report..http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jul2003/wmd3-j07.shtml Strip Blair of Power to Appoint His 'Cronies' to Top Jobs, MPs Demand- July 7, 2003 by Marie Woolf 07 Jul 03 Tony Blair should be stripped of his power to appoint his friends and Labour 'cronies' to influential public posts, a powerful committee of MPs will recommend this week. After a year-long inquiry, the committee is to demand an end to the 'closed shop' that gives Mr Blair and ministers the right to make personal appointments to some of the most powerful posts in the land, including governors of the BBC. It will say that posts such as membership of the House of Commons...http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=422410 Hunt Activists to Hound Ministers- July 5, 2003 by Stuart Millar 05 Jul 03 Hunt supporters are planning a campaign of public harassment of government ministers whenever they make an appearance anywhere in the country, as part of a desperate rearguard action to head off a total ban on hunting. Amid a growing clamour among furious grassroots hunt supporters for more militant direct action, the Guardian has learned that the Countryside Alliance is setting up a full-time unit with the task of organising the 'hounding of ministers'. The unit...http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,991974,00.html |