tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101084912024-03-08T08:42:28.280+01:00Selene Verri multilingual blogA multilingual news blog - Un blog di notizie multilingue - Un blog d'infos multilingue - etc...Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-13024066130473093032007-07-11T11:56:00.000+02:002007-07-11T11:59:53.145+02:00Sempre meglio che lavorareDa <a href="http://seleneverri.wordpress.com/">Sempre meglio che lavorare</a>:<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Una vetrina di miei lavori apparsi in rete, su carta, in televisione ecc. Ma non solo: essendo “Sempre meglio che lavorare” l’evoluzione del precedente Selene Verri Multilingual Blog, mi servirò di questo strumento per presentare lo stesso lavoro in diverse lingue, o in lingue differenti da<br />quelle in cui sono apparsi. Un esempio: i pezzi che scrivo per la rivista di fantascienza francese Lunatique sono tradotti dall’italiano da Jean-Pierre Fontana. Qui presenterò quindi l’originale in italiano.<br /><br />This blog is supposed to host my works as a journalist. It will be mainly in Italian, but since “Sempre meglio che lavorare” (”Better than working”, an expression from the famous Italian joke “Being a journalist is hard, but it’s better than working”) is a sort of evolution from previous Selene Verri Multilingual Blog, you will find here articles in English, French, or, for example, references to my French podcast <a title="Les Lyonnes de la SF" href="http://lyonsf.podomatic.com/" target="_blank">Les Lyonnes de la SF</a>.<br /><br />J’utiliserai ce blog comme une vitrine pour présenter ce que je fais en tant que journaliste. Pas seulement. “Sempre meglio che lavorare” (”Toujours mieux que bosser”, une expression qui vient de la célèbre blague “Être journaliste est fatiguant, mais c’est toujours mieux que bosser”) est censé être une évolution du précédent Selene Verri Multilingual Blog. Ainsi, on trouvera des versions multilingues du même article, ou bien une version différente de l’originale : par exemple, la version en italien d’un article paru en français.</blockquote>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-399046788036473512007-05-26T23:01:00.000+02:002007-05-26T23:10:50.244+02:00Female Airman Punished for Threesome<strong>From <a href="http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136750,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl">Military.com</a>:</strong><br /><br /><blockquote>SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — A Spangdahlem-based airman was entenced Monday to four months confinement for her part in a sexual act with two other airmen.<br />Airman 1st Class Ashley N. Rains pleaded guilty at a court-martial to two indecent acts charges. She had faced rape and sodomy charges but admitted to the lesser charges as part of a plea deal.</blockquote><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136750,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl">Full story</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-12011720930373804722007-05-14T23:25:00.000+02:002007-05-15T00:22:45.153+02:00Making buildings behave better<strong>From <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9174919&fsrc=nwl">Economist.com</a>:</strong><br /><br /><blockquote><strong>It's not just your car, it's your garage too</strong><br /><br />UNLESS you were a specialist in the matter you probably didn't rush to read the report of the third working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), when it came out earlier this month. A pity. It focused on the economics of mitigating climate change, and it came up with some striking news for town and city types.<br /><br />We all know plenty by now about the part played by cars in climate change. But what about the part played by buildings, with all their systems for heating, cooling, lighting and power? The IPCC report looked at the potential for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide from all major culprits—including transport, power generation, general industry, agriculture and buildings. Despite all those exhaust-pipes and power-station chimneys, it found that the greatest potential lay with buildings.<br /><br />Even with a “carbon price” of less than $20 per tonne, (ie, a polluter would have to pay $20 per tonne of carbon produced), you might expect to see a reduction of more than 5m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from buildings, compared with less than 2m from transport.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9174919&fsrc=nwl">Full article</a><br /><br />See also: <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9172532&fsrc=nwl">Green market forces - What hope for carbon-trading schemes?</a>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-90460789018988942242007-04-14T16:25:00.000+02:002007-04-14T16:41:27.324+02:00Apple pipped<strong>From <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9022169&fsrc=nwl">Economist.com</a>:</strong><br /><br /><blockquote><strong>The iPhone may already be outdated<br /><br /></strong>THE mobile-phone industry’s recent jamboree in Florida was a brutal reminder of how fast innovations come and go these days. A bare three months ago we were drooling over Apple’s forthcoming iPhone, with its ingenious touch screen that responds to pinches, pokes and other pawings. But though not available until June, the $500 iPhone is as mouth-watering today as yesterday’s cold pizza. The phone that stole the show at CTIA Wireless 2007 was the “Ocean” from Helio, a youth-oriented newcomer to the cellular business.</blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9022169&fsrc=nwl">Full story</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-72705848090869064172007-04-14T16:09:00.000+02:002007-04-14T16:23:27.435+02:00Cina, la città dove comandano le donne<strong>Da </strong><a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/esteri/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne.html"><strong>Repubblica.it</strong></a><strong>:</strong><br /><blockquote>SORGERA' in Cina la prima Città delle donne: uomini non sfregatevi le mani, donne preparate le valigie. La comunità, tutta al femminile, verrà costruita a Chongqing, nel distretto di Shuangqiao, ma non avrà nulla a che vedere con l'omonimo sogno cinematografico del grande Federico Fellini. Sulla porta d'accesso alla città campeggerà un'insegna lignea: "Le donne hanno sempre ragione, gli uomini non devono mai rifiutare le loro richieste". Questo solo per far capire a chi vorrà varcare la soglia che da quel momento in poi a comandare sarà il gentil sesso.</blockquote><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/esteri/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne.html">Leggi l'articolo per intero</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-82798947168888171012007-03-29T17:49:00.000+02:002007-03-29T18:11:39.154+02:00La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction<strong>De </strong><a href="http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-888356@51-883470,0.html"><strong>Le Monde</strong></a><strong>:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><blockquote><div>Un dogme de la physiologie de la reproduction humaine vient d'être brisé, avec la découverte de jumeaux qui ne sont ni tout à fait "vrais" ni tout à fait "faux". Signés de Mikhail Golubovsky (Duke University, Durham, Caroline du nord), Vivienne Souter (Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona) et David Bonthron (Université de Leeds, Royaume-Uni), les détails de cette découverte sont publiés dans les colonnes de la revue spécialisée Journal of Human Genetics. Ils ont été diffusés, lundi 26 mars, via le site d'informations de la revue Nature.<br /><br />C'est à la suite de l'identification d'une anomalie sexuelle chez l'un des deux jumeaux que médecins et généticiens ont été conduits à découvrir qu'il existait, contrairement à ce que l'on observe chez les vrais jumeaux, des différences notables dans la constitution des patrimoines génétiques des deux enfants. Pour autant, ces patrimoines présentent des similitudes qui font que l'on ne peut pas non plus les considérer comme de faux jumeaux.<br /><br />Les vrais jumeaux sont issus d'un ovocyte fécondé par un seul spermatozoïde et qui s'est ensuite naturellement dupliqué, tandis que les faux jumeaux correspondent à deux ovocytes fécondés séparément et simultanément par deux spermatozoïdes. Or les deux enfants qui font l'objet de la publication du Journal of Human Genetics ne correspondent à aucun de ces deux cas de figure.</div></blockquote><style type="text/css" media="all">@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);</style><br />Lire le reste de l'article<br /><div class="bl-lien"><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-888356,0.html" target="_blank">La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction</a><br />LE MONDE 27.03.07<br /><br /></div><div class="bl-lien" align="right">© <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"><img title="Le Monde.fr" height="13" alt="Le Monde.fr" src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/img/lgo/lemondefr_trpet.gif" width="67" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Merci à <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/fleurdecitron/">Lily</a> de l'avoir signalé)</span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-20704034735442596412007-03-22T11:13:00.000+01:002008-12-11T21:03:16.609+01:00Altissime lacrime<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUlMlr9t0rk/RgJbRRv68aI/AAAAAAAAAFk/Y-BFls7UySI/s1600-h/Miracle+Mannar+080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044694884988678562" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUlMlr9t0rk/RgJbRRv68aI/AAAAAAAAAFk/Y-BFls7UySI/s320/Miracle+Mannar+080.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Dallo Sri Lanka, Susan ci scrive:</div><div><br /><blockquote>Immancabile, come sempre in tempi di crisi o in situazioni di guerra civile, l'Altissimo (Altissima, in questo caso) torna a farsi sentire. O a farsi vedere. Come a Mannar, Sri Lanka, territorio Tamil, cattolicissimo, controllato<br />dalle truppe del Governo di Colombo, dove una statuina della Madonna ha lacrimato sangue. Dimentica delle bombe e dei posti di blocco, la popolazione stravolta dalla gioia e' corsa ad assediare la Cattedrale. "E' il monito del<br />Signore" ha detto un sacerdote "che vuole che tutti si pentano dei propri peccati".</blockquote></div>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-13478318529816645752007-03-18T08:06:00.000+01:002007-03-18T08:13:08.448+01:00Unioni civili, l'Italia spaccata a metà - "Ma la Chiesa non deve interferire"<strong>Da <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/politica/coppie-di-fatto-5/sondaggio-italia-spaccata/sondaggio-italia-spaccata.html">Repubblica.it</a></strong><br /><br />Demos-Eurisko: il gradimento per i Dico scende dal 63 al 50%, eppure il 61% boccia la nota Cei<br />di LUIGI CECCARINI e FABIO BORDIGNON<br /><br />Nell'ultimo periodo, la Chiesa è intervenuta a più riprese sul dibattito pubblico e politico, esprimendo un rinnovato attivismo sulle questioni etiche e della morale. Ciò ha determinato tendenze ambivalenti, negli orientamenti dei cittadini. Da un lato, una parte dei fedeli sembra rispondere ai richiami della gerarchia cattolica. Tuttavia, alcune posizioni assunte dalla Chiesa vengono disapprovate dalla popolazione e creano disagio fra gli stessi fedeli. La questione dei Dico, in particolare, vede ormai l'opinione pubblica spaccata sostanzialmente a metà. Ma la maggioranza degli intervistati valuta negativamente il pressing del Vaticano sul parlamento italiano. È quanto emerge da un'ampia indagine realizzata da Demos-Eurisko per la Repubblica.<br /><br />Alcuni elementi di fondo della religiosità degli italiani si presentano cristallizzati nel tempo: quasi nove persone su dieci (86%) si definiscono "cattoliche"; il 27% dichiara di andare a messa regolarmente (indagine Sinottica); l'88% - tre persone su quattro, anche fra i non praticanti - ritiene importante impartire ai figli un'educazione "cattolica".<br /><br />Sotto diverse prospettive, gli ultimi quattro anni descrivono una radicalizzazione degli orientamenti connessi alla dimensione religiosa. Sebbene condivisa da una componente minoritaria, è cresciuta, nella popolazione, la convinzione che una sola religione - quella cattolica - detenga "la verità" assoluta. Sul piano etico, invece, è interessante notare come, anche per effetto dell'intervento del Vaticano sulla scena pubblica, la morale degli italiani sia divenuta più intransigente. Divorzio, convivenza, sessualità al di fuori del matrimonio, aborto appaiono, oggi, meno accettabili, sotto il profilo etico.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/politica/coppie-di-fatto-5/sondaggio-italia-spaccata/sondaggio-italia-spaccata.html">Leggi l'articolo per intero</a></em></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-23396105328249742172007-03-17T14:26:00.000+01:002007-03-17T14:54:22.929+01:00Les créatifs culturels sont-ils influents ?<strong>De </strong><a href="http://www.telos-eu.com/2007/03/les_creatifs_culturels_sontils.php/"><strong>Telos - Agence intellectuelle</strong></a><strong>:</strong><br /><br />Emportés par leur projection radieuse sur la modernité, les thuriféraires du Net oublient que la société connectée et participative ne concerne qu'une fraction de la population.<br /><br />La moitié des Français surfe sur la Toile, mais seuls 40 % des foyers sont reliés au réseau. Ces usagers comprennent majoritairement des CSP + (38 %), ou des inactifs. Les CSP - représentant seulement 29 % des internautes. Les moins de 35 ans représentent 49 % des internautes. Et cette configuration typée – jeune urbain diplômé – est encore plus prononcée dans la blogosphère.<br /><br />Les blogs les plus nourris et les plus actifs sont le fait de jeunes urbains dans la trentaine, qui combinant les fonctions de journalistes d’entrepreneurs du net et de militants citoyens. Nicolas Voisin, auteur de deux romans, a lancé un blog en 2004 avant d’ouvrir en 2006 un site plus large d’informations et de débats, Politicshow. Thierry Crouzet, expert du Net et animateur de bonweb.fr, est ingénieur informaticien et journaliste. Guilhem Fouetillou, ingénieur aujourd’hui thésard, fondateur de RTGI (Réseaux, territoires, et géographie de l’information), start up spécialisée dans l’observatoire de communautés en ligne, édite le site observatoire-présidentielle.fr. On pourrait multiplier les exemples. Ainsi, loin d’apparaître comme la seule résultante d’initiatives de millions d’individus isolés, la blogosphère politique est d’abord tissée par des réseaux préconstitués.<br /><br />Le Net permet l’expression et la publicisation de soi, il accomplit la mise sur orbite de personnes qui, par cette voie, cherchent à faire connaître leurs points de vue et à conquérir une certaine visibilité, et éventuellement une notoriété. Ces blogs nés dans le sillage des présidentielles accueillent donc de jeunes experts ou journalistes en voie de professionnalisation, et parfois déjà bien insérés. La Toile fournit un marchepied à des professionnels qui, plus tard, pourront jouer un rôle dans la vie publique.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://www.telos-eu.com/2007/03/les_creatifs_culturels_sontils.php/">(Continue...)</a></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Publié aussi dans <a href="http://selenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/les-cratifs-culturels-sont-ils.html#links">Media News</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-82048351252357025932007-03-14T19:22:00.000+01:002007-03-14T19:29:21.739+01:00Slacker's new wavelength for satellite radio<strong>For a company calling itself Slacker, its business plan is awfully ambitious.<br /></strong><br />Debuting this week at the South by Southwest multimedia festival in Austin, Texas, Slacker is a distinctive new Web music service and portable music player from the San Diego-based company of the same name. Slacker calls its concept "personal radio," based on the idea that a majority of music player owners don't organize or update their music collections as often as they might like because the process is too technical, too time-consuming or both (hence, the "slacker" moniker).<br /><br />The device-plus-service combines satellite radio, standard portable music player and Wi-Fi-enabled gadget with 10,000 custom music channels that users can tailor according to their taste, covering virtually every possible genre. The end result is essentially portable radio with video instead of audio ads--or, for a price, no ads at all--with content that refreshes automatically based on personal preference.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the whole story on <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6166934.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news">CNET</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See also <a href="http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6166901-1.html?part=rss&tag=6166901&subj=news">Slacker's ambitious music product</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-14269294822336372102007-03-14T18:20:00.000+01:002007-03-14T18:46:47.444+01:00La Commissione europea fa il tifo per Bayrou<strong>Da "Le 12 stelle", lettera dalle "Stelline" a cura della Rappresentanza a Milano della Commissione europea</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Nel dibattito sul futuro dell'Europa c'è il dibattito sul Trattato costituzionale, in cui un fattore forse determinante sono le elezioni del Presidente della Repubblica in Francia, dove c'è Bayrou, un candidato meno conosciuto degli altri due, Sarkò e Sègolène. Bayrou sta al centro tra i due - primo vantaggio: nei sondaggi lo danno al 24 %, quindi è decisivo, e - soprattutto - parla d'Europa e ne parla bene. Dice che il Trattato in Francia l'hanno bocciato perché il testo è "troppo complesso e illeggibile", ma che sul contenuto i Francesi e gli Europei sarebbero in stragrande maggioranza a favore, se lo conoscessero. Propone addirittura - per rendere più efficaci e popolari le norme dell'Europa - «che le delibere su regolamenti siano prese da un'apposita agenzia con sede a Milano». Perché Milano, noi della Rappresentanza non lo sappiamo e in ogni caso non lo abbiamo capito. Comunque, coraggio Bayrou.Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-7257872876788884482007-03-07T19:15:00.000+01:002007-03-07T19:17:36.501+01:00Le donne guidano la crescita dell'occupazione in Europa<strong>Un rapporto Ue mette in evidenza le disuguaglianze ancora esistenti</strong><br /><br />Nell'“Anno europeo delle pari opportunità per tutti”, Bruxelles fa il punto sull'uguaglianza tra donne e uomini nel mercato dell'occupazione. Tre nuovi posti di lavoro su quattro nell'Ue sono occupati da donne: tuttavia, secondo un nuovo rapporto della Commissione europea, rimangono ancora forti disuguaglianze con gli uomini.<br /><br />Nonostante i migliori risultati dal punto di vista dell'istruzione, le donne continuano ad essere meno richieste dal mondo del lavoro - e meno remunerate - rispetto agli uomini. La relazione annuale 2007 sulla parità tra donne e uomini, sarà presentata ai leader europei in occasione del Consiglio europeo di primavera (8 e 9 marzo). Si tratta della prima relazione presentata dalla Commissione dopo l’avvio della tabella di marcia per la parità tra donne e uomini e l’adozione, nel marzo 2006, del patto europeo per la parità di genere.<br /><br />“Le donne guidano la crescita dell'occupazione in Europa e ci aiutano a raggiungere gli obiettivi economici, ma incontrano ancora troppi ostacoli che impediscono loro di far valere interamente il loro potenziale”, ha detto Vladimìr Špidla, commissario europeo per l’occupazione, gli affari sociali e le pari opportunità. “Su 8 milioni di posti di lavoro creati nell'Unione europea dal 2000, 6 milioni sono occupati da donne e attualmente il 59 % dei laureati è di sesso femminile”. “Tuttavia, mentre superano gli uomini nell'istruzione e fanno crescere il tasso di occupazione globale dell'Europa - ha proseguito il commissario -, le donne continuano ad essere sottopagate rispetto agli uomini, guadagnando in media ancora il 15 per cento in meno per ogni ora di lavoro”.<br /><br />Dal rapporto emerge che il tasso di occupazione femminile è oggi del 56,3% (2,7 punti percentuali in più rispetto al 2000, mentre, nello stesso periodo, il tasso di occupazione maschile è aumentato soltanto dello 0,1%). Anche il tasso di occupazione delle donne over 55 è aumentato in modo decisamente più rapido di quello degli uomini, raggiungendo il 33%, ossia quasi 7 punti percentuali in più rispetto al 2000.<br /><br />L'occupazione femminile cresce in particolare nei settori e nei posti già guidati da donne, generalmente meno remunerati.<br /><br />Le maggiori difficoltà si incontrano nell’accesso ai ruoli dirigenziali, realtà che contrasta con i risultati di una recente indagine di Eurobarometro, secondo la quale gran parte degli europei ritiene che ci sia bisogno di un numero maggiore di donne nelle carriere direttive (77 %) e in Parlamento (72 %).<br /><br />L'equilibrio tra la vita professionale e la vita privata è un aspetto chiave per favorire la parità tra donne e uomini. È sorprendente constatare che il tasso di occupazione femminile dai 20 ai 49 anni diminuisce di 15 punti percentuali in seguito alla nascita di un bambino, mentre quello degli uomini aumenta di 6 punti. Le donne inoltre ricorrono più spesso al lavoro part-time (32,9% contro il 7,7% degli uomini).<br /><br />La relazione mette in evidenza i vari ostacoli che impediscono un maggiore equilibrio tra vita privata e vita professionale, come la carenza di strutture di custodia dei bambini, gli aspetti finanziari, le penalizzazioni nella carriera, il rischio di perdita delle competenze, la difficoltà di riprendere il lavoro e la pressione a conformarsi agli stereotipi.<br /><br />Poiché una maggiore uguaglianza dipende da un maggiore equilibrio nella ripartizione delle responsabilità private e familiari tra uomini e donne, è essenziale rivedere le disposizioni esistenti in materia di congedo parentale. Secondo la relazione, è necessario che le politiche per le pari opportunità siano finanziate attivamente dei fondi strutturali nel periodo 2007-2013. Il nuovo programma PROGRESS prevede una sezione specificamente dedicata all’uguaglianza tra i sessi.<br /><br />Parallelamente alla relazione annuale, la Commissione europea pubblica due studi indipendenti realizzati da esperti universitari. Il primo esamina le differenze di retribuzione tra gli uomini e le donne; ad esso farà seguito, in estate, una comunicazione della Commissione.<br /><br />Il secondo analizza la situazione delle donne che vivono in contesti svantaggiati e la dimensione di genere nella povertà e nell'esclusione sociale. Nell’ambito della Giornata internazionale della donna, la problematica dell’accesso ai ruoli decisionali è stata affrontata in una conferenza organizzata il 6 marzo a Bruxelles dalla Commissione europea, il 6 marzo a Bruxelles. L'evento, che ha visto la presenza delle cinque commissarie europee in carica, oltre a eminenti personalità femminili del mondo degli affari, ha attirato oltre due cento partecipanti.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Fonte: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/italia/news/1112ccac074.html">Commissione europea - Rappresentanza in Italia</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-4340248917256887082007-02-24T15:18:00.000+01:002007-02-24T15:46:07.426+01:00Missing laptop found in ET huntSAN FRANCISCO - The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, has signed up more than 1 million volunteers worldwide in a search for extraterrestrial intelligence. They've found no aliens yet, but they have at least turned up one missing laptop.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_aliens_laptop">Discover how SETI@Home helps recover stolen laptops</a>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-77486589285097711282007-02-24T14:40:00.000+01:002007-02-24T14:53:36.907+01:00Italian politics - 62nd time lucky?<strong>Romano Prodi struggles to form another government</strong><br /><br />THE parliamentary tornado that ripped through Romano Prodi’s centre-left government on Wednesday February 21st, prompting its leader to resign, showed how dangerous it can be for a European government to be seen to be backing the Bush administration. The same day that Tony Blair, George Bush’s closest ally, announced the departure of some British troops from Iraq, Italy’s prime minister was humiliated in a crucial parliamentary vote, centring on Italy’s involvement in Afghanistan.<br /><br />As President Giorgio Napolitano began consulting party representatives on a possible replacement for the prime minister, the cause of Mr Prodi’s troubles looked more significant than their immediate result. Rather than forcing Italy’s long-suffering voters back to the polls (this was the 61st government since 1945) the president was expected to try for a cabinet headed by someone more widely acceptable in parliament, or even for a remodelled Prodi administration. The outgoing coalition’s core parties quickly said they would support Mr Prodi again.<br /><br />Mr Prodi actually won the vote in Italy’s Senate by 158 votes to 136 with 24 abstentions. But abstentions count as votes against, so the formal result was a two-vote defeat. It was not, technically, a confidence vote, so Mr Prodi did not need to step down. But his foreign minister, Massimo D’Alema, had just said that defeat would mean it was time for “everyone to go home”. Exultant representatives of the centre-right, which is led by the media proprietor and former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, pounced on his undertaking. Holding aloft a copy of a newspaper headlining the pledge, Mr Berlusconi’s chief whip in the upper house cried: “There is no Prodi government any more. The Prodi government has fallen in this chamber.” When news reached the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, scuffles broke out between government and opposition. Over a hundred people gathered outside Mr Prodi’s office chanting “Resign, resign”.<br /><br />Behind the defeat lay profound divisions over foreign policy within Mr Prodi’s government. In recent weeks two largely separate issues have become perilously entwined. One is Italy’s contribution to Afghanistan’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Since Mr Prodi pulled Italian forces out of Iraq last year, the left-most members of his sprawling, nine-party coalition, which includes Greens, Christian centrists, ex-communists and radical leftists, have increasingly focused their attention on ISAF. Though the mission has a United Nations mandate, it is NATO-run, jarring the Italian left’s strong pacifist and anti-American sensibilities. Three ministers walked out of the cabinet rather than sign off extra funding for the Afghan force, which has yet to be endorsed by parliament.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the rest of the analysis on <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8742956&fsrc=nwl">Economist.com</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-76479243196891557552007-01-29T23:26:00.000+01:002007-01-30T00:29:37.503+01:00Fifty is a dangerous ageTHE obvious place to start reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome is, well, Rome. It was here on March 25th 1957 that leaders of six European countries―France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg―came together to sign the famous document. Grainy black-and-white photographs show a clutch of men in suits (not a single woman is to be seen) sitting before old-fashioned microphones in an ornate Italian palazzo.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the whole story on <a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8615906&fsrc=nwl">Economist.com</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-15285676563292731492007-01-28T18:29:00.000+01:002007-01-28T18:40:18.953+01:00Wellness, longevity take varied paths in U.S., Cuba<strong>U.S. healthcare costs more than Cuba's and may not have an edge in helping people live longer, but Cubans often lack prescription drugs and over-the-counter remedies.</strong><br /><br />The average Cuban lives slightly longer than the average American, but the American's healthcare costs $5,711 a year while the Cuban's costs $251.<br /><br />Those are the figures of the World Health Organization. Some experts question the accuracy of the Cuban numbers, but no one doubts the underlying revelation: There is little relationship between the cost of your healthcare and how long you'll live.<br /><br />''Medical care is responsible for only a small portion of the variation in life expectancy,'' says Gerard Anderson, a Johns Hopkins professor specializing in health policy. ``Behavioral factors such as diet and exercise are much more important. The U.S., which spends much more than any other industrialized country on healthcare, is getting little value for much of the spending.''<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the whole story on <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16563708.htm">MiamiHerald.com</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8410427332763484102007-01-28T01:40:00.000+01:002007-01-28T02:07:03.476+01:00Do you speak toutes les langues ?Depuis octobre 2006, l'armée américaine en Irak expérimente un logiciel révolutionnaire permettant la traduction orale et simultanée de l'anglais vers l'arabe. Cette technologie, conçue par IBM, a été imaginée pour que des soldats américains sans formation linguistique puissent communiquer avec leurs homologues irakiens. L'utilisateur parle dans un micro relié à un ordinateur, lequel reconnaît la phrase, la traduit puis la prononce en arabe. Selon le fabricant, chacun des 30 ordinateurs portables équipés connaît 50 000 mots anglais et 100 000 mots arabes.<br /><br />L'utilisation de ce type de logiciels reste, pour l'heure, expérimentale. Mais la maîtrise des langues par machines interposées, qui relevait jusqu'à présent de la science-fiction, paraît désormais de l'ordre du possible. Début janvier au Consumer Electronics Show de Las Vegas, la société américaine SpeechGear a annoncé la commercialisation d'un logiciel de traduction vocale, utilisable sur PDA, pour une dizaine de langues. "On ne remplacera jamais l'humain. Mais, pour un coût très faible par rapport aux traductions professionnelles, on pourra à terme offrir des outils de compréhension de plus en plus précis et accessibles", pronostique Pierre Bernassau, directeur marketing de Systran, entreprise française, leader au niveau mondial.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Pour lire la suite :</span><br /><style type="text/css" media="all">@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);</style><br /><div class="bl-lien"><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-860525,0.html" target="_blank">Do you speak toutes les langues ?</a><br />LE MONDE 27.01.07<br /><br /><div align="right">© <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"><img title="Le Monde.fr" height="13" alt="Le Monde.fr" src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/img/lgo/lemondefr_trpet.gif" width="67" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-19848396852311980622007-01-15T00:00:00.000+01:002007-01-15T00:07:01.455+01:00Pavia, in manette la maestra che di sera rapinava negozi<strong>Durante il giorno insegnava ai suoi piccoli alunni di Gravellona Lomellina</strong><br /><strong>Poi, insieme al fidanzato, metteva a segno colpi a farmacie e market </strong><br /><strong>Ma i due hanno commesso un'ingenuità: l'auto usata era quella di lei<br /></strong><br />VIGEVANO (PAVIA) - Maestra al mattino, rapinatrice la sera. I colpi, una decina in tutto, li metteva a segno assieme al fidanzato. Lei faceva da autista e da palo, e qualche volta anche da ricognitrice. Poi lui entrava in azione: gli obiettivi erano supermercati e farmacie nel Pavese. Le loro scorribande andavano avanti da un paio di mesi, ma ieri sono stati traditi da una ingenuità, o forse dalla troppa sicurezza.<br /><br />Le scorribande di Natalia Sorrentino, 40 anni, e di Sergio Fini, 45, si sono concluse ieri sera, quando i carabinieri li hanno arrestati. La maestra, residente a Napoli ma da un anno trasferita in provincia di Pavia alle scuole elementari di Gravellona Lomellina, è finita in manette assieme al suo fidanzato, abitante a Cagnano Varano, in provincia di Foggia, un pluripregiudicato con 15 pagine di precedenti penali.<br /><br />Poco dopo le 19 di ieri, i due fidanzati-complici hanno preso d'assalto l'ennesimo supermercato, questa volta a Vigevano: la maestra è rimasta sulla Opel Astra a fare da palo, mentre il compagno è entrato nel centro commerciale con una pistola in pugno. Ha puntato l'arma contro una cassiera e si è fatto consegnare circa mille euro. Poi la coppia è fuggita.<br /><br />Ma i carabinieri questa volta sono riusciti a individuare i due, che hanno commesso un errore: l'auto utilizzata per il colpo era infatti quella della maestra. Attraverso il numero di targa, i carabinieri sono riusciti a risalire all'insegnante, che nella sua abitazione di Gravellona Lomellina, custodiva ancora l'intero incasso rapinato al supermercato. A quel punto è scattato per lei e per il fidanzato l'arresto con l'accusa di rapina aggravata in concorso.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Leggi l'articolo per intero su <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/01/sezioni/cronaca/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice.html">Repubblica.it</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-49058558019914916052007-01-05T12:06:00.000+01:002007-01-05T12:31:11.149+01:00Airlines savaged over environment<strong>A minister has launched an outspoken attack on the airline industry over failure to tackle carbon emissions.<br /></strong><br />Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, Environment Minister Ian Pearson said budget airline Ryanair was the "irresponsible face of capitalism".<br /><br />He singled out US airlines' attitude to cutting emissions as "a disgrace".<br /><br />The EU is to include airlines in its carbon trading scheme, which will see them pay for exceeding their current level of emissions.<br /><br />Flights within Europe will come under the jurisdiction of the Emissions Trading Scheme by 2011.<br /><br />The scheme would be expanded from 2012 to include all international flights that arrive at or depart from an EU airport.<br /><br />Airlines would be issued with pollution permits - those that cut emissions would be able to sell their surplus while an airline that increased its emissions would have to buy more permits. <br />Ryanair has opposed efforts to control carbon emissions in this way, saying a trading scheme would discriminate against low-cost airlines.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the whole story on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6233019.stm">BBC News</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-59131233101283755762006-12-31T12:31:00.000+01:002006-12-31T12:53:32.991+01:00'Molecular condom' to combat HIV<strong>A "molecular condom" to protect women against HIV is being developed by US scientists.</strong><br /><br />The liquid formulated by a University of Utah team turns into a gel-like coating when inserted into the vagina.<br /><br />Then, when exposed to semen, it returns to liquid form and releases an anti-viral drug to attack HIV.<br /><br />However, the technology, featured in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is still around five years away from being tested in humans. We're shooting for a microbicide delivery system that would be used once a day or once a month Dr Patrick KiserUniversity of Utah<br /><br />And the researchers predict it will be around 10 years before it might be in widespread use.<br /><br />Researcher Dr Patrick Kiser said: "The ultimate hope for this technology is to protect women and their unborn or nursing children from the Aids virus."<br /><br />The Utah project is part of a worldwide research effort to develop "microbicides" - drug-delivery systems such as gels, rings, sponges or creams to prevent infection by HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.<br /><br />They are seen as a way for women to gain power by protecting themselves from HIV, particularly in impoverished nations where Aids is widespread, where rape is rampant, or, where conventional condoms are taboo, not reliably available or where men resist using them.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the whole story on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6216197.stm">BBC</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-30629059558705830912006-12-31T11:47:00.000+01:002006-12-31T12:17:38.569+01:00L'Amazonie pourrait devenir une savane d'ici 2100Des chercheurs brésiliens alarmés<br /><br />Le réchauffement de la planète pourrait signifier la mort de la plus grande forêt tropicale du monde, transformant l'Amazonie en savane d'ici la fin du siècle, selon des chercheurs brésiliens.<br />Le météorologue Jose Antonio Marengo estime que si le réchauffement climatique continue de la même façon, les pluies seront réduites et les températures augmenteront de manière substantielle dans la région.<br /><br />Le pire scénario établit des hausses de températures de 5 à 8 degrés celsius d'ici 2100, et une baisse des précipitations de 15% à 20%.<br /><br />Ce scénario suppose qu'aucun pas important ne soit effectué pour endiguer le réchauffement de la planète, et que la déforestation se poursuive sur le même rythme qu'actuellement, a précisé le météorologue.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Lire l'article en entier sur <a href="http://www2.canoe.com/techno/nouvelles/archives/2006/12/20061230-082132.html">Canoë</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-69844714386556506662006-12-27T10:07:00.000+01:002006-12-27T10:41:04.080+01:00In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy warNAIROBI: Undeterred by the horrors and setbacks in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, the Bush administration has opened another battlefront in the Muslim world. With full U.S. backing and military training, at least 15,000 Ethiopian troops have entered Somalia in an illegal war of aggression against the Union of Islamic Courts, which controls almost the entire south of the country.<br /><br />As with Iraq in 2003, the United States has cast this as a war to curtail terrorism, but its real goal is to obtain a direct foothold in a highly strategic region by establishing a client regime there. The Horn of Africa is newly oil-rich, and lies just miles from Saudi Arabia, overlooking the daily passage of large numbers of oil tankers and warships through the Red Sea. General John Abizaid, the current U.S. military chief of the Iraq war, was in Ethiopia this month, and President Hu Jintao of China visited Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia earlier this year to pursue oil and trade agreements.<br /><br />The U.S. instigation of war between Ethiopia and Somalia, two of world's poorest countries already struggling with massive humanitarian disasters, is reckless in the extreme. Unlike in the run-up to Iraq, independent experts, including from the European Union, were united in warning that this war could destabilize the whole region even if America succeeds in its goal of toppling the Islamic Courts.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Read the rest of the article on <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/26/opinion/edlone.php">The International Herald Tribune</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-64485758666185580812006-12-27T09:57:00.000+01:002006-12-27T10:11:47.703+01:00"Lasciarlo andare, il mio ultimo regalo - so che adesso sarà finalmente felice"<strong>La moglie Mina: spero che la gente continui la sua battaglia</strong><br /><strong>il Parlamento da solo non è in grado di fare una legge </strong><br /><strong>Piero non aveva più sogni né desideri, andarsene senza dolore era l'unica cosa che voleva e potevo dargli</strong><br /><br />ROMA - "Il mio regalo a Piero? Quello di morire, di smettere di soffrire. Non aveva più sogni e desideri, andarsene senza dolore era l'unica cosa che voleva e potevo dargli. Anche se questo per me ha significato sentirmi a lungo come nel braccio della morte". Con le ore, i giorni contati per rispettare, nonostante tutto, la volontà di chi amava. Mina Welby, "l'asburgica" come la chiamava Piero per il suo carattere di ferro e dolcezza, ha trascorso con amici a parenti il primo Natale senza il suo "Chicco". E senza lacrime, come gli aveva promesso.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Leggi l'intervista su <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/12/sezioni/cronaca/welby3/parla-la-moglie/parla-la-moglie.html">Repubblica</a></span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-83473660478048832442006-12-20T09:22:00.000+01:002006-12-20T13:39:46.324+01:00Reports on Discrimination and Islamophobia in the EU<strong>Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia</strong><br /><br />The report “Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia”, published presents available data on discrimination affecting Muslims in employment, education and housing. Manifestations of Islamophobia range from verbal threats through to physical attacks on people and property. The report stresses that the extent and nature of discrimination and Islamophobic incidents against European Muslims remain under-documented and under-reported. The EUMC report recommends therefore that Member States improve the reporting of incidents and implement measures to counter discrimination and racism more effectively.<br /><br />The report also includes initiatives and proposals for policy action by EU Member State governments and the European institutions to combat Islamophobia and to foster integration.<br /><br />Firm political leadership is needed to ensure equal treatment of all Europeans, whatever their background. This includes:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Implementing EU legislation and adequately resourced equality bodies; </li><li>Recording and policing Islamophobic incidents; </li><li>Implementing social integration and inclusion policies for migrants and minorities, </li><li>Granting equal treatment in employment; </li><li>Improving educational achievement; </li><li>Ensuring equal access to housing; </li><li>Encourage European Muslims to engage more actively in public life (e.g. in political, economic, social and cultural institutions and processes).<br /></li></ul><strong>Download:<br />Media</strong> <strong>release:</strong><br />HTML: [ <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&contentid=4582ddc822d41&catid=43d8bc25bc89d&lang=DE" target="_blank">de</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;amp;contentid=4582ddc822d41&catid=43d8bc25bc89d&lang=EN" target="_blank">en</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&contentid=4582ddc822d41&catid=43d8bc25bc89d&lang=FR" target="_blank">fr</a> ]<br />PDF: [ <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-CS.pdf" target="_blank">cs</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-DA.pdf" target="_blank">da</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-ET.pdf" target="_blank">et</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-EL.pdf" target="_blank">el</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-ES.pdf" target="_blank">es</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-IT.pdf" target="_blank">it</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-LV.pdf" target="_blank">lv</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-LT.pdf" target="_blank">lt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-HU.pdf" target="_blank">hu</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-MT.pdf" target="_blank">mt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-NL.pdf" target="_blank">nl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-PL.pdf" target="_blank">pl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-PT.pdf" target="_blank">pt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SK.pdf" target="_blank">sk</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SL.pdf" target="_blank">sl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-FI.pdf" target="_blank">fi</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SV.pdf" target="_blank">sv</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-TR.pdf" target="_blank">tr</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-AR.pdf" target="_blank">ar</a> ]<br /><br /><strong>The report:</strong><br /><strong>Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia</strong> PDF: [ <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Manifestations_EN.pdf" target="_blank">en</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Manifestations_FR.pdf" target="_blank">fr</a> ]<br /><br /><strong>Highlights of the report:</strong><br />PDF: [ <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-CS.pdf" target="_blank">cs</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-DA.pdf" target="_blank">da</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-DE.pdf" target="_blank">de</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-ET.pdf" target="_blank">et</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-EL.pdf" target="_blank">el</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-EN.pdf" target="_blank">en</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-FR.pdf" target="_blank">fr</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-ES.pdf" target="_blank">es</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-IT.pdf" target="_blank">it</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-LV.pdf" target="_blank">lv</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-LT.pdf" target="_blank">lt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-HU.pdf" target="_blank">hu</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-MT.pdf" target="_blank">mt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-NL.pdf" target="_blank">nl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-PL.pdf" target="_blank">pl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-PT.pdf" target="_blank">pt</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SK.pdf" target="_blank">sk</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SL.pdf" target="_blank">sl</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-FI.pdf" target="_blank">fi</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SV.pdf" target="_blank">sv</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-TR.pdf" target="_blank">tr</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-AR.pdf" target="_blank">ar</a> ]<br /><br /><em>Acrobat Reader is needed to read pdf-documents. You may download it from the </em><a href="http://www.acrobat.com/" target="_blank"><em>Acrobat </em></a><em>website</em><br /><br /><strong>Perceptions of discrimination and Islamophobia<br /></strong>The Report “Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia” is accompanied by a study on “Perceptions of discrimination and Islamophobia”, which is based on in-depth interviews with members of Muslim communities in ten EU Member States. This study provides a snapshot of the opinions, feelings, fears, frustrations, and also the hopes for the future shared by many Muslims in the EU.<br />“Integration is a two-way process. Many European Muslims acknowledge that they need to do more to engage with wider society. At the same time Europe’s political leaders must make a stronger effort to promote meaningful intercultural dialogue and tackle racism, discrimination and marginalisation more effectively,” said EUMC Director Beate Winkler.<br /><br /><strong>Download:<br /></strong><br /><strong>The Study:</strong><br /><strong>Perceptions of islamophobia:</strong> PDF [ <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Perceptions_EN.pdf" target="_blank">en</a> - <a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Perceptions_FR.pdf" target="_blank">fr</a> ]<br /><a name="order"></a><br /><em>Acrobat Reader is needed to read pdf-documents. You may download it from the </em><a href="http://www.acrobat.com/" target="_blank"><em>Acrobat </em></a><em>website</em><br /><em></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Source: </span><a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&catid=3fb38ad3e22bb&contentid=4582d9f4345ad"><span style="font-size:85%;">European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)</span></a>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-66876306695751555622006-12-13T13:23:00.000+01:002006-12-13T13:46:23.182+01:00Urge the UN for More Time for International Tribunals to Complete Their WorkThe United Nations Security Council has set a deadline of 2010 for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) to complete their work. This arbitrary deadline, however, does not recognize that eighteen people indicted by the ICTR and six people indicted by the ICTY still remain at large. The outstanding cases include people accused of being most responsible for the crimes, which include genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">More on the <a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=goJTI0OvElH&b=953489&template=x.ascx&action=7740&amp;tr=y&auid=2217298">Amnesty International</a> website</span>Selene Verrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227noreply@blogger.com0