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| Britian: sleepwalking into class war | | 2007-09-24 21:13:42 | | Can you hear the distant rumble of discontent? I can from the British middle classes. Dutifully paying their taxes and struggling to pay the mortgage, they find it hard to restrain their fury at the behaviour of the super-rich - that “micro-class” of private equity buccaneers, hedge [...]... | | By: Robs Place | | |
| | Britian Sends Russian Diplomats Packing | | 2007-07-16 18:38:00 | | The "Litvinenko Affair" has started to make me to feel a bit like Michael Corleone. "Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in!"The Brits have lived up to their threats and expelled four Russian diplomats. They also plan on suspending negotiations with the Russians over visas, making it more difficult for Russian government officials and citizens to get entry into Britain. David Miliband of the British Foreign Ministry told reporters that "This is a situation the government has not sought and does not welcome. But we have no choice but to address it. We have chosen to expel four diplomats, four particular diplomats, in order to send a clear and proportionate signal to the Russian government about the seriousness of this case." Well if you want the Russians to take the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi seriously, turning the issue into a full blown diplomatic crisis is probably not the best way. Now the Russian government has pride to stand on. The Russian Constitution forbids ... | | By: Sean's Russia Blog | | |
| | RUSSIA: Gazprom vs BP, How Putin's Russia is putting the squeeze on Britian's energy giantc | | 2007-06-03 09:23:00 | | When his reputation as the "Sun King" who could do no wrong was still intact, BP's chief executive, Lord Browne, signed a landmark deal to create TNK-BP, a joint venture with Russian businessmen to extract their country's oil and natural gas.Four years on, Lord Browne's reign at BP has come to a dramatic end - and one of the prize assets of TNK-BP is on the brink of being snatched away. The Russian roulette - and next stop, LibyaRussian authorities are expected to revoke TNK-BP's licence to operate the huge Kovykta field, with an estimated 2 trillion cubic metres of gas reserves, although a final decision was delayed on Friday for two weeks. A bigger headache still for Lord Browne's successor, Tony Hayward, is the impending sale by BP's Russian partners of their 50 per cent stake in the joint venture, which is responsible for about a quarter of the group's reserves and total production. Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled gas giant... | | By: energy BLOG | | |
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| Snoop Dog rejected visa from Britian | | 2007-03-31 05:51:42 | | LOS ANGELES -- Snoop Dogg says he was shocked at being denied a British visa this week, although he remains hopeful authorities will allow him to share a "message of love and harmony.""I was shocked by the decision but am optimistic that the British authorities will soon realize my global efforts to promote peace and grant me the opportunity to come back for my fans," the rapper said Wednesday during an interview for the documentary "In Prison My Whole Life."Snoop Dogg says he was shocked at being denied a British visa this week, although he remains hopeful authorities will allow him to "share my message of love and harmony." The 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has been touring Europe with Sean "Diddy" Combs. The duo was forced to cancel British dates after authorities denied the visa.Segments of Broadus' interview were released Thursday by a publicist for actor Colin Firth, who is producing the documentary on death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. The interview had ... | | By: Celebrity Rag | | |
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