<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491</id><updated>2011-11-28T01:14:32.637+01:00</updated><category term='lavoro'/><category term='media'/><category term='technology'/><category term='guerre'/><category term='donne'/><category term='IT'/><category term='cattolicesimo'/><category term='religione'/><category term='politica'/><category term='Afghanistan'/><category term='Asia'/><category term='environment'/><category term='human rights'/><category term='sondaggi'/><category term='military'/><category term='ET'/><category term='Israel'/><category term='war'/><category term='USA'/><category term='AIDS'/><category term='Cina'/><category term='sex'/><category term='aborto'/><category term='Sri Lanka'/><category term='iraq'/><category term='internet'/><category term='Afrique'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='Amérique Latine'/><category term='cronaca'/><category term='chiesa'/><category term='Middle East'/><category term='science'/><category term='obituary'/><category term='langues'/><category term='environnement'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='women'/><category term='racism'/><category term='gay'/><category term='UN'/><category term='libri'/><category term='Italy'/><category term='politics'/><category term='economy'/><category term='terrorisme'/><category term='globalizzazione'/><category term='interviste'/><category term='international'/><category term='terrorism'/><category term='blog'/><category term='sociale'/><category term='economia'/><category term='cristianesimo'/><category term='politique'/><category term='laicità'/><category term='famiglia'/><category term='UE'/><category term='internazionale'/><category term='EU'/><category term='diritti umani'/><category term='gender'/><category term='Russia'/><category term='Francia'/><category term='health'/><category term='Italia'/><category term='eutanasia'/><title type='text'>Selene Verri multilingual blog</title><subtitle type='html'>A multilingual news blog - Un blog di notizie multilingue - Un blog d'infos multilingue - etc...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>116</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1302406613047309303</id><published>2007-07-11T11:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-07-11T11:59:53.145+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><title type='text'>Sempre meglio che lavorare</title><content type='html'>Da &lt;a href="http://seleneverri.wordpress.com/"&gt;Sempre meglio che lavorare&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &lt;a title="Les Lyonnes de la SF" href="http://lyonsf.podomatic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Les Lyonnes de la SF&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1302406613047309303?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://seleneverri.wordpress.com' title='Sempre meglio che lavorare'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1302406613047309303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1302406613047309303&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1302406613047309303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1302406613047309303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/07/sempre-meglio-che-lavorare.html' title='Sempre meglio che lavorare'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-39904678803647351</id><published>2007-05-26T23:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T23:10:50.244+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><title type='text'>Female Airman Punished for Threesome</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136750,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl"&gt;Military.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136750,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl"&gt;Full story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-39904678803647351?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,136750,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl' title='Female Airman Punished for Threesome'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/39904678803647351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=39904678803647351&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/39904678803647351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/39904678803647351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/05/female-airman-punished-for-threesome.html' title='Female Airman Punished for Threesome'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1201172093037380472</id><published>2007-05-14T23:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-05-15T00:22:45.153+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Making buildings behave better</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9174919&amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's not just your car, it's your garage too&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9174919&amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Full article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also: &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9172532&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Green market forces - What hope for carbon-trading schemes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1201172093037380472?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9174919&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Making buildings behave better'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1201172093037380472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1201172093037380472&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1201172093037380472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1201172093037380472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/05/making-buildings-behave-better.html' title='Making buildings behave better'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-9046078901898894224</id><published>2007-04-14T16:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-04-14T16:41:27.324+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><title type='text'>Apple pipped</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9022169&amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The iPhone may already be outdated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9022169&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Full story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-9046078901898894224?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9022169&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Apple pipped'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/9046078901898894224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=9046078901898894224&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9046078901898894224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9046078901898894224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/04/apple-pipped.html' title='Apple pipped'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-7270584809086906417</id><published>2007-04-14T16:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-04-14T16:23:27.435+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donne'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cina'/><title type='text'>Cina, la città dove comandano le donne</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Da &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/esteri/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/esteri/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne.html"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-7270584809086906417?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/esteri/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne/cina-citta-donne.html' title='Cina, la città dove comandano le donne'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/7270584809086906417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=7270584809086906417&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7270584809086906417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7270584809086906417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/04/cina-la-citt-dove-comandano-le-donne.html' title='Cina, la città dove comandano le donne'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8279894716888817101</id><published>2007-03-29T17:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T18:11:39.154+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;De &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-888356@51-883470,0.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le Monde&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lire le reste de l'article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-888356,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE 27.03.07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Merci à &lt;a href="http://www.freewebs.com/fleurdecitron/"&gt;Lily&lt;/a&gt; de l'avoir signalé)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-8279894716888817101?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-888356@51-883470,0.html' title='La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/8279894716888817101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=8279894716888817101&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8279894716888817101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8279894716888817101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/la-dcouverte-de-vrais-faux-jumeaux.html' title='La découverte de vrais faux jumeaux ébranle certains acquis en matière de reproduction'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-2070403473544259641</id><published>2007-03-22T11:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:03:16.609+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sri Lanka'/><title type='text'>Altissime lacrime</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUlMlr9t0rk/RgJbRRv68aI/AAAAAAAAAFk/Y-BFls7UySI/s1600-h/Miracle+Mannar+080.jpg"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dallo Sri Lanka, Susan ci scrive:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;Signore" ha detto un sacerdote "che vuole che tutti si pentano dei propri peccati".&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-2070403473544259641?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/2070403473544259641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=2070403473544259641&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/2070403473544259641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/2070403473544259641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/altissime-lacrime.html' title='Altissime lacrime'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUlMlr9t0rk/RgJbRRv68aI/AAAAAAAAAFk/Y-BFls7UySI/s72-c/Miracle+Mannar+080.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1347831852981664575</id><published>2007-03-18T08:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T08:13:08.448+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laicità'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aborto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cattolicesimo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eutanasia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cristianesimo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chiesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sondaggi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='famiglia'/><title type='text'>Unioni civili, l'Italia spaccata a metà - "Ma la Chiesa non deve interferire"</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Da &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/politica/coppie-di-fatto-5/sondaggio-italia-spaccata/sondaggio-italia-spaccata.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demos-Eurisko: il gradimento per i Dico scende dal 63 al 50%, eppure il 61% boccia la nota Cei&lt;br /&gt;di LUIGI CECCARINI e FABIO BORDIGNON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/politica/coppie-di-fatto-5/sondaggio-italia-spaccata/sondaggio-italia-spaccata.html"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1347831852981664575?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2007/03/sezioni/politica/coppie-di-fatto-5/sondaggio-italia-spaccata/sondaggio-italia-spaccata.html' title='Unioni civili, l&apos;Italia spaccata a metà - &quot;Ma la Chiesa non deve interferire&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1347831852981664575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1347831852981664575&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1347831852981664575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1347831852981664575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/unioni-civili-litalia-spaccata-met-ma.html' title='Unioni civili, l&apos;Italia spaccata a metà - &quot;Ma la Chiesa non deve interferire&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-2339610532824974217</id><published>2007-03-17T14:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-03-17T14:54:22.929+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politique'/><title type='text'>Les créatifs culturels sont-ils influents ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;De &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telos-eu.com/2007/03/les_creatifs_culturels_sontils.php/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Telos - Agence intellectuelle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telos-eu.com/2007/03/les_creatifs_culturels_sontils.php/"&gt;(Continue...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Publié aussi dans &lt;a href="http://selenews.blogspot.com/2007/03/les-cratifs-culturels-sont-ils.html#links"&gt;Media News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-2339610532824974217?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.telos-eu.com/2007/03/les_creatifs_culturels_sontils.php/' title='Les créatifs culturels sont-ils influents ?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/2339610532824974217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=2339610532824974217&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/2339610532824974217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/2339610532824974217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/les-cratifs-culturels-sont-ils.html' title='Les créatifs culturels sont-ils influents ?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8204835125235702593</id><published>2007-03-14T19:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T19:29:21.739+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><title type='text'>Slacker's new wavelength for satellite radio</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;For a company calling itself Slacker, its business plan is awfully ambitious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6166934.html?part=rss&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20&amp;amp;subj=news"&gt;CNET&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;See also &lt;a href="http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6166901-1.html?part=rss&amp;tag=6166901&amp;amp;subj=news"&gt;Slacker's ambitious music product&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-8204835125235702593?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6166934.html?part=rss&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20&amp;subj=news' title='Slacker&apos;s new wavelength for satellite radio'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/8204835125235702593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=8204835125235702593&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8204835125235702593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8204835125235702593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/slackers-new-wavelength-for-satellite.html' title='Slacker&apos;s new wavelength for satellite radio'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1426929482233637210</id><published>2007-03-14T18:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T18:46:47.444+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Francia'/><title type='text'>La Commissione europea fa il tifo per Bayrou</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Da "Le 12 stelle", lettera dalle "Stelline" a cura della Rappresentanza a Milano della Commissione europea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1426929482233637210?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1426929482233637210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1426929482233637210&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1426929482233637210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1426929482233637210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/la-commissione-europea-fa-il-tifo-per.html' title='La Commissione europea fa il tifo per Bayrou'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-725787287678888448</id><published>2007-03-07T19:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T19:17:36.501+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donne'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lavoro'/><title type='text'>Le donne guidano la crescita dell'occupazione in Europa</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Un rapporto Ue mette in evidenza le disuguaglianze ancora esistenti&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“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”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'occupazione femminile cresce in particolare nei settori e nei posti già guidati da donne, generalmente meno remunerati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 %).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fonte: &lt;a href="http://ec.europa.eu/italia/news/1112ccac074.html"&gt;Commissione europea - Rappresentanza in Italia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-725787287678888448?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://ec.europa.eu/italia/news/1112ccac074.html' title='Le donne guidano la crescita dell&apos;occupazione in Europa'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/725787287678888448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=725787287678888448&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/725787287678888448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/725787287678888448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/03/le-donne-guidano-la-crescita.html' title='Le donne guidano la crescita dell&apos;occupazione in Europa'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-434024891725688708</id><published>2007-02-24T15:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T15:46:07.426+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ET'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Missing laptop found in ET hunt</title><content type='html'>SAN 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_aliens_laptop"&gt;Discover how SETI@Home helps recover stolen laptops&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-434024891725688708?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_aliens_laptop' title='Missing laptop found in ET hunt'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/434024891725688708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=434024891725688708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/434024891725688708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/434024891725688708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/02/missing-laptop-found-in-et-hunt.html' title='Missing laptop found in ET hunt'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-7748658928509771128</id><published>2007-02-24T14:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T14:53:36.907+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Italian politics - 62nd time lucky?</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Romano Prodi struggles to form another government&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the rest of the analysis on &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8742956&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-7748658928509771128?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8742956&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Italian politics - 62nd time lucky?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/7748658928509771128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=7748658928509771128&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7748658928509771128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7748658928509771128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/02/italian-politics-62nd-time-lucky.html' title='Italian politics - 62nd time lucky?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-7647924319689155755</id><published>2007-01-29T23:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T00:29:37.503+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EU'/><title type='text'>Fifty is a dangerous age</title><content type='html'>THE 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8615906&amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-7647924319689155755?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8615906&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Fifty is a dangerous age'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/7647924319689155755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=7647924319689155755&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7647924319689155755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7647924319689155755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/01/fifty-is-dangerous-age.html' title='Fifty is a dangerous age'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1528567656329273149</id><published>2007-01-28T18:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T18:40:18.953+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Wellness, longevity take varied paths in U.S., Cuba</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;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.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;''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.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16563708.htm"&gt;MiamiHerald.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1528567656329273149?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16563708.htm' title='Wellness, longevity take varied paths in U.S., Cuba'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1528567656329273149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1528567656329273149&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1528567656329273149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1528567656329273149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/01/wellness-longevity-take-varied-paths-in.html' title='Wellness, longevity take varied paths in U.S., Cuba'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-841042733276348410</id><published>2007-01-28T01:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T02:07:03.476+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='langues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guerre'/><title type='text'>Do you speak toutes les langues ?</title><content type='html'>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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Pour lire la suite :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3244,36-860525,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Do you speak toutes les langues ?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE 27.01.07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-841042733276348410?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/841042733276348410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=841042733276348410&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/841042733276348410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/841042733276348410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/01/do-you-speak-toutes-les-langues.html' title='Do you speak toutes les langues ?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1984839685231198062</id><published>2007-01-15T00:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-15T00:07:01.455+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cronaca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italia'/><title type='text'>Pavia, in manette la maestra che di sera rapinava negozi</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Durante il giorno insegnava ai suoi piccoli alunni di Gravellona Lomellina&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Poi, insieme al fidanzato, metteva a segno colpi a farmacie e market  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ma i due hanno commesso un'ingenuità: l'auto usata era quella di lei&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/01/sezioni/cronaca/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1984839685231198062?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2007/01/sezioni/cronaca/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice/maestra-rapinatrice.html' title='Pavia, in manette la maestra che di sera rapinava negozi'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1984839685231198062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1984839685231198062&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1984839685231198062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1984839685231198062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/01/pavia-in-manette-la-maestra-che-di-sera.html' title='Pavia, in manette la maestra che di sera rapinava negozi'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-4905855801991491605</id><published>2007-01-05T12:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T12:31:11.149+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Airlines savaged over environment</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;A minister has launched an outspoken attack on the airline industry over failure to tackle carbon emissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, Environment Minister Ian Pearson said budget airline Ryanair was the "irresponsible face of capitalism".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He singled out US airlines' attitude to cutting emissions as "a disgrace".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The EU is to include airlines in its carbon trading scheme, which will see them pay for exceeding their current level of emissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flights within Europe will come under the jurisdiction of the Emissions Trading Scheme by 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scheme would be expanded from 2012 to include all international flights that arrive at or depart from an EU airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.   &lt;br /&gt;Ryanair has opposed efforts to control carbon emissions in this way, saying a trading scheme would discriminate against low-cost airlines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6233019.stm"&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-4905855801991491605?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6233019.stm' title='Airlines savaged over environment'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/4905855801991491605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=4905855801991491605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/4905855801991491605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/4905855801991491605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2007/01/airlines-savaged-over-environment.html' title='Airlines savaged over environment'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-5913123310128375576</id><published>2006-12-31T12:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-31T12:53:32.991+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>'Molecular condom' to combat HIV</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;A "molecular condom" to protect women against HIV is being developed by US scientists.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The liquid formulated by a University of Utah team turns into a gel-like coating when inserted into the vagina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, when exposed to semen, it returns to liquid form and releases an anti-viral drug to attack HIV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the researchers predict it will be around 10 years before it might be in widespread use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6216197.stm"&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-5913123310128375576?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6216197.stm' title='&apos;Molecular condom&apos; to combat HIV'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/5913123310128375576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=5913123310128375576&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/5913123310128375576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/5913123310128375576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/molecular-condom-to-combat-hiv.html' title='&apos;Molecular condom&apos; to combat HIV'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-3062905955870583091</id><published>2006-12-31T11:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-31T12:17:38.569+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environnement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amérique Latine'/><title type='text'>L'Amazonie pourrait devenir une savane d'ici 2100</title><content type='html'>Des chercheurs brésiliens alarmés&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lire l'article en entier sur &lt;a href="http://www2.canoe.com/techno/nouvelles/archives/2006/12/20061230-082132.html"&gt;Canoë&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-3062905955870583091?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www2.canoe.com/techno/nouvelles/archives/2006/12/20061230-082132.html' title='L&apos;Amazonie pourrait devenir une savane d&apos;ici 2100'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/3062905955870583091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=3062905955870583091&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/3062905955870583091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/3062905955870583091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/lamazonie-pourrait-devenir-une-savane.html' title='L&apos;Amazonie pourrait devenir une savane d&apos;ici 2100'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-6984471438655650666</id><published>2006-12-27T10:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T10:41:04.080+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><title type='text'>In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war</title><content type='html'>NAIROBI: 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the rest of the article on &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/26/opinion/edlone.php"&gt;The International Herald Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-6984471438655650666?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/26/opinion/edlone.php' title='In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/6984471438655650666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=6984471438655650666&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6984471438655650666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6984471438655650666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-somalia-reckless-us-proxy-war.html' title='In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-6448575866618558081</id><published>2006-12-27T09:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T10:11:47.703+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eutanasia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interviste'/><title type='text'>"Lasciarlo andare, il mio ultimo regalo - so che adesso sarà finalmente felice"</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;La moglie Mina: spero che la gente continui la sua battaglia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;il Parlamento da solo non è in grado di fare una legge &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Piero non aveva più sogni né desideri, andarsene senza dolore era l'unica cosa che voleva e potevo dargli&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'intervista su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/12/sezioni/cronaca/welby3/parla-la-moglie/parla-la-moglie.html"&gt;Repubblica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-6448575866618558081?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/12/sezioni/cronaca/welby3/parla-la-moglie/parla-la-moglie.html' title='&quot;Lasciarlo andare, il mio ultimo regalo - so che adesso sarà finalmente felice&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/6448575866618558081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=6448575866618558081&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6448575866618558081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6448575866618558081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/lasciarlo-andare-il-mio-ultimo-regaloso.html' title='&quot;Lasciarlo andare, il mio ultimo regalo - so che adesso sarà finalmente felice&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8347366047804883244</id><published>2006-12-20T09:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T13:39:46.324+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><title type='text'>Reports on Discrimination and Islamophobia in the EU</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firm political leadership is needed to ensure equal treatment of all Europeans, whatever their background. This includes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implementing EU legislation and adequately resourced equality bodies; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recording and policing Islamophobic incidents; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implementing social integration and inclusion policies for migrants and minorities, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Granting equal treatment in employment; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improving educational achievement; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ensuring equal access to housing; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Encourage European Muslims to engage more actively in public life (e.g. in political, economic, social and cultural institutions and processes).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Download:&lt;br /&gt;Media&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;release:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HTML: [ &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;contentid=4582ddc822d41&amp;amp;catid=43d8bc25bc89d&amp;lang=DE" target="_blank"&gt;de&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;amp;amp;amp;contentid=4582ddc822d41&amp;catid=43d8bc25bc89d&amp;amp;lang=EN" target="_blank"&gt;en&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;contentid=4582ddc822d41&amp;amp;catid=43d8bc25bc89d&amp;lang=FR" target="_blank"&gt;fr&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;PDF: [ &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-CS.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;cs&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-DA.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;da&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-ET.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;et&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-EL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;el&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-ES.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;es&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-IT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;it&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-LV.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;lv&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-LT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;lt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-HU.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;hu&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-MT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;mt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-NL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;nl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-PL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;pl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-PT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;pt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SK.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sk&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-FI.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;fi&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-SV.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sv&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-TR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;tr&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/MR_1706-AR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;ar&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The report:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia&lt;/strong&gt; PDF: [ &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Manifestations_EN.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;en&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Manifestations_FR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;fr&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highlights of the report:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PDF: [ &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-CS.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;cs&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-DA.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;da&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-DE.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;de&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-ET.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;et&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-EL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;el&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-EN.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;en&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-FR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;fr&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-ES.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;es&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-IT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;it&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-LV.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;lv&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-LT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;lt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-HU.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;hu&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-MT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;mt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-NL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;nl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-PL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;pl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-PT.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;pt&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SK.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sk&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sl&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-FI.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;fi&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-SV.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;sv&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-TR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;tr&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/EUMC-highlights-AR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;ar&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acrobat Reader is needed to read pdf-documents. You may download it from the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acrobat.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acrobat &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;website&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perceptions of discrimination and Islamophobia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;“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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Download:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Study:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perceptions of islamophobia:&lt;/strong&gt; PDF [ &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Perceptions_EN.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;en&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/material/pub/muslim/Perceptions_FR.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;fr&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="order"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acrobat Reader is needed to read pdf-documents. You may download it from the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acrobat.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acrobat &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;website&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;amp;catid=3fb38ad3e22bb&amp;amp;contentid=4582d9f4345ad"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-8347366047804883244?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://eumc.europa.eu/eumc/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&amp;catid=3fb38ad3e22bb&amp;contentid=4582d9f4345ad' title='Reports on Discrimination and Islamophobia in the EU'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/8347366047804883244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=8347366047804883244&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8347366047804883244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8347366047804883244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/reports-on-discrimination-and.html' title='Reports on Discrimination and Islamophobia in the EU'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-6687630669575155562</id><published>2006-12-13T13:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T13:46:23.182+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UN'/><title type='text'>Urge the UN for More Time for International Tribunals to Complete Their Work</title><content type='html'>The 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;More on the &lt;a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=goJTI0OvElH&amp;b=953489&amp;amp;template=x.ascx&amp;action=7740&amp;amp;amp;tr=y&amp;amp;auid=2217298"&gt;Amnesty International&lt;/a&gt; website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-6687630669575155562?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=goJTI0OvElH&amp;b=953489&amp;template=x.ascx&amp;action=7740&amp;tr=y&amp;auid=2217298' title='Urge the UN for More Time for International Tribunals to Complete Their Work'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/6687630669575155562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=6687630669575155562&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6687630669575155562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6687630669575155562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/urge-un-for-more-time-for-international.html' title='Urge the UN for More Time for International Tribunals to Complete Their Work'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-7971074483187370556</id><published>2006-12-13T12:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T12:55:32.088+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>India 'overestimates' HIV/Aids</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Methods used to estimate the number of people affected by HIV/Aids in India are flawed and the actual number of cases may be lower, a new study says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The UN estimates that India has the highest number of HIV infections with 5.7 million people with the virus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study in British journal BMC Medicine says the number of people with the infection may be only 40% of the official estimate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The UN said it was too early to say if the data applied to India as a whole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, former US President Bill Clinton called India the epicentre of the global HIV/Aids epidemic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blood samples&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study is based on research in one district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which is worst-hit by the infection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Investigators collected blood samples from 12,617 people aged between 15 and 49 years in Guntur district - one of the worst affected areas in the state - to come to their conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The method estimated that there were 45,900 people living with HIV in Guntur, compared to the estimate of 112,600 reached by the official method.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Extrapolating its findings, the study believes that there may be between 3.2 million and 3.5 million adults with the infection in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"India may be overestimating its HIV burden with the currently used official estimation method," the study said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, study investigator Dr Lalit Dandona said that even though his team's numbers were smaller, they were "by no means suggesting that the problem is already taken care of".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the full story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6174715.stm"&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-7971074483187370556?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6174715.stm' title='India &apos;overestimates&apos; HIV/Aids'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/7971074483187370556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=7971074483187370556&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7971074483187370556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/7971074483187370556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/india-overestimates-hivaids.html' title='India &apos;overestimates&apos; HIV/Aids'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-5974252456007208550</id><published>2006-12-13T11:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T12:21:33.999+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sociale'/><title type='text'>Con i "bulli" a pulire i gabinetti - dal videochoc alla rieducazione</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Da ieri iniziata la punizione per i quattro studenti di Torino che picchiarono il ragazzo autistico e mandarono le immagini sul web&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PER RICOMINCIARE, questo gabinetto va benissimo. "Qualcuno ha regalato le salviette che usi: non sprecarle" c'è scritto col pennarello sopra il lavandino. Il gabinetto, Luca, Giacomo, Giulia e Gianluca lo laveranno e lo spazzeranno per un anno, poi passeranno in cucina. Faranno i camerieri, i cuochi, i lavapiatti. Rimetteranno a posto le stanze, i letti e un po' di loro stessi. Anzi, hanno già cominciato, ieri mattina. I quattro del pestaggio al ragazzo autistico, filmato a scuola con la videocamera digitale e lanciato su Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sospesi fino a giugno dall'Istituto "Albe Steiner", chiusi in casa per un mese, pieni di vergogna e chissà quali pensieri. Ma adesso bisogna riprendere a vivere, e darsi un senso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Magari il senso si può trovare qui, nell'ex arsenale di Borgo Dora che è la sede del Sermig di Ernesto Olivero, l'ometto che Giovanni Paolo II amava. Sul portone ci sono due bandiere della pace e una piccola targa che racconta il luogo come un "monastero metropolitano". Nel cortile coperto, ceste di abiti vecchi che qualcuno ha donato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Viviamo di Provvidenza e cerchiamo di fare bene il bene, altrimenti è meglio lasciar perdere" dice Olivero con una voce che è un sospiro. Qui davanti, ieri mattina alle nove si sono fermate quattro automobili, ne sono usciti quattro sedicenni e i loro genitori, il primo ragazzo ha suonato il campanello imbacuccato nella sciarpa, perché faceva un freddo boia. Gli altri dietro, silenziosi. Uno di loro, all'uscita, dirà: "Abbiamo sbagliato, però non siamo dei mostri. E qui abbiamo trovato qualcuno che vuole aiutarci".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I quattro sono entrati nello stanzino del ricevimento, quello con il piccolo presepe in legno e i volontari che arrivano da esperienze diversissime, la droga, l'alcol, il carcere. Sulle mensole, vasetti di miele millefiori. Sul banco, un segnalibro con la foto di una viola dentro un bossolo di mitragliatrice. Sul tavolino, il disegno di una bambina che addobba un cactus come un albero di Natale. Sul muro, un poster con due frasi: "Il futuro sei tu". "Giovane amico, oggi c'è bisogno di te per cambiare il mondo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E il mondo si comincia a cambiare pulendo bene i cessi. "Lo facciamo a turno, lo faccio anch'io" dice il fondatore del Sermig che deve proteggere i ragazzi, tutti, non solo i quattro dello Steiner. "Questa si chiama casa del silenzio, capirete il nostro bisogno di riservatezza. Non abbiamo preparato programmi speciali di recupero per nessuno, i giovani da aiutare sono tutti uguali, ci chiedono severità e verità, vogliono che si indichi loro un significato. Per prima cosa, bisogna mantenere pulita e ordinata la casa, sono migliaia di metri quadrati".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qui la sera bussa chi non ha un letto, a pranzo viene chi ha fame. Un dormitorio maschile, uno femminile. La mensa dei poveri. Un poliambulatorio medico. Una scuola di restauro antico e un'altra di musica. Luca, Giacomo, Giulia e Gianluca hanno trascorso il primo giorno del loro percorso di recupero stabilito dalla scuola (l'inchiesta penale è in corso, i tempi si prevedono lunghi, l'accusa è violenza privata) conoscendo il luogo in cui lavoreranno - la parola rieducazione è brutta - per tutto l'anno. Poi, potranno scegliere cosa fare, chi aiutare e perché. Tra progetti di cooperazione internazionale con 127 paesi e mansioni minime ma essenziali, toccheranno con mano quella diversità che hanno offeso in un giorno assurdo. "Vogliamo che i ragazzi capiscano che la diversità è un valore" spiega Cosimo Palumbo, l'avvocato di Giacomo. "Sono stati chiusi in casa per un mese, ma con la riprovazione e l'esclusione sociale non si recupera nessuno".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/12/sezioni/scuola_e_universita/servizi/bullismo-2/rieducazione/rieducazione.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-5974252456007208550?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/12/sezioni/scuola_e_universita/servizi/bullismo-2/rieducazione/rieducazione.html' title='Con i &quot;bulli&quot; a pulire i gabinetti - dal videochoc alla rieducazione'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/5974252456007208550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=5974252456007208550&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/5974252456007208550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/5974252456007208550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/con-i-bulli-pulire-i-gabinetti-dal.html' title='Con i &quot;bulli&quot; a pulire i gabinetti - dal videochoc alla rieducazione'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-3265612107573494838</id><published>2006-12-12T11:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T11:10:26.910+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><title type='text'>Interpol issues orange security alert following Saddam Hussein’s nephew’s escape from prison</title><content type='html'>Lyon, France - Police in 186-member countries received a special Interpol notice Sunday warning of the potential threat after the reported escape by a nephew of Saddam Hussein from a prison near Mosul, Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interpol considers the escape of Ayman Sabawi, who was serving prison sentences for possession of illegal weapons and for the manufacture of explosive devices used in terrorist attacks, a threat to all Interpol member countries and has issued an Interpol Orange Notice to alert its national central bureaus and member country police services around the world about the potential risk to their citizen’s safety posed by his escape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.interpol.int/"&gt;Interpol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-3265612107573494838?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.interpol.int/' title='Interpol issues orange security alert following Saddam Hussein’s nephew’s escape from prison'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/3265612107573494838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=3265612107573494838&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/3265612107573494838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/3265612107573494838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/interpol-issues-orange-security-alert.html' title='Interpol issues orange security alert following Saddam Hussein’s nephew’s escape from prison'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-4245832594028018758</id><published>2006-12-11T23:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T00:09:13.022+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Gender bias 'increases poverty'</title><content type='html'>Inequality at home between men and women leads to poorer health for the children and greater poverty for the family, says a new study.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The UN children's agency, Unicef, found that where women are excluded from family decisions, children are more likely to be under-nourished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There would be 13m fewer malnourished children in South Asia if women had an equal say in the family, Unicef said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unicef surveyed family decision-making in 30 countries around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their chief finding is that equality between men and women is essential to lowering poverty and improving health, especially of children, in developing countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The conclusions are contained in the agency's State of the World's Children 2007 report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6162959.stm"&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-4245832594028018758?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6162959.stm' title='Gender bias &apos;increases poverty&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/015-946-254-09-37-902-20061205STO00945-2006-11-09-2006/default_es.htm"&gt;Español&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non si evidenziano miglioramenti significativi rispetto al razzismo e alla xenofobia nei diversi Stati membri dell'Unione europea (Ue). La mancanza di dati omogenei rischia inoltre di ostacolare l'efficacia delle politiche in campo. Sono queste alcune delle conclusioni che emergono dalla relazione annuale 2006 del Centro europeo di monitoraggio sul razzismo e la xenofobia (EUCM), presentata recentemente in commissione libertà civili, giustizia e affari interni del Parlamento europeo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo sul &lt;a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/015-946-254-09-37-902-20061205STO00945-2006-11-09-2006/default_it.htm"&gt;sito del Parlamento europeo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-6406736765622134154?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/015-946-254-09-37-902-20061205STO00945-2006-11-09-2006/default_it.htm' title='Razzismo e discriminazione in crescita nell&apos;Unione europea'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/6406736765622134154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=6406736765622134154&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6406736765622134154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6406736765622134154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/razzismo-e-discriminazione-in-crescita.html' title='Razzismo e discriminazione in crescita nell&apos;Unione europea'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-782923931585207148</id><published>2006-12-05T18:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T18:09:22.325+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Pollution 'reducing rice harvest'</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Pollution-laden clouds may be partly to blame for India's dwindling rice harvests, according to research.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A US team found brown clouds, which cloak much of South Asia, have a negative impact on rice output by reducing sunlight and rainfall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They discovered elevated levels of greenhouse gases also reduced yields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, came a day after researchers said new crops adapted to a warmer climate are needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6206766.stm"&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-782923931585207148?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6206766.stm' title='Pollution &apos;reducing rice harvest&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/782923931585207148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=782923931585207148&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/782923931585207148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/782923931585207148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/pollution-reducing-rice-harvest.html' title='Pollution &apos;reducing rice harvest&apos;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-9026345445395762379</id><published>2006-12-01T01:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T01:33:08.706+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>Giornata mondiale contro l'Aids - Annan: "E' la sfida più grande"</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Alla vigilia del 1 dicembre, il segretario generale dell'Onu esorta a una maggiore responsabilità.Sono 39 milioni e mezzo le persone affette da Hiv, l'emergenza più grave rimane in Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Italia quest'anno 3.500-4.000 nuove infezioni&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; NEW YORK - E' "la più grande sfida della nostra generazione". Alla vigilia della giornata mondiale per la lotta contro l'Aids, il segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi Annan richiama il mondo a una prova di responsabilità. In un messaggio, a 25 anni dalla comparsa della pandemia, Annan si è felicitato per i progressi realizzati ma ha auspicato nuovi sforzi per combattere la malattia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"La responsabilità - tema di questa giornata mondiale - esige che ciascun presidente o primo ministro, ciascun parlamentare e politico, decida e dichiari: 'L'Aids è una questione che mi riguarda'. Ciò - ha detto ancora Annan - esige che rafforzino la protezione di tutti i gruppi vulnerabili: persone contagiate, giovani, chi lavora nell'industria del sesso, che fa uso di droghe iniettabili, uomini che hanno relazioni sessuali con altri uomini. Ciò implica che lavorino fianco a fianco con i gruppi della società civile e che agiscano per giungere a cambiamenti reali e positivi che diano maggior potere e autonomia alle donne e alle ragazze e trasformino le relazioni fra uomini e donne a tutti i livelli della società".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'allarme Aids ancora oggi non dà tregua. Sono 39 milioni e mezzo di persone affette da Hiv. Solo nel 2006, ci sono stati 4,3 milioni di nuovi casi, con tre milioni di morti e due milioni e mezzo di bambini ammalati. Bastano le ultime cifre dell'Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità a dare le dimensioni dell'emergenza nel mondo. Un'epidemia che continua a espandersi con picchi allarmanti, come quello africano. Nella regione sub-sahariana sono 25 milioni i cittadini che muoiono per la malattia prima dei quarant'anni. E 12 milioni i bambini che rimangono orfani. Sul fronte dei più piccoli, poi, l'Unicef lancia l'allarme anche per l'India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi il resto dell'articolo su &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/aids-scoperta/aids-giornata-mondiale/aids-giornata-mondiale.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vedi anche:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6197074.stm"&gt;HIV 'afflicting global workforce'&lt;/a&gt; (BBC News)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6158543.stm"&gt;Clinton launches child HIV drugs&lt;/a&gt; (BBC News)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-9026345445395762379?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/aids-scoperta/aids-giornata-mondiale/aids-giornata-mondiale.html' title='Giornata mondiale contro l&apos;Aids - Annan: &quot;E&apos; la sfida più grande&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/9026345445395762379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=9026345445395762379&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9026345445395762379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9026345445395762379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/12/giornata-mondiale-contro-laids-annan-e.html' title='Giornata mondiale contro l&apos;Aids - Annan: &quot;E&apos; la sfida più grande&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1005932100710975963</id><published>2006-11-30T23:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T22:10:21.737+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afrique'/><title type='text'>L'Afrique du Sud a promulgué la loi sur le mariage homosexuel</title><content type='html'>La loi autorisant le mariage homosexuel est entrée en vigueur jeudi 30 novembre en Afrique du Sud, après sa promulgation par la vice-présidente, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, en l'absence du chef de l'Etat, Thabo Mbeki. Le pays devient ainsi le premier du continent à légaliser l'union civile entre deux personnes du même sexe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Pour lire l'article en entier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3212,36-840561,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;L'Afrique du Sud a promulgué la loi sur le mariage homosexuel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LEMONDE.FR 30.11.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6159991.stm"&gt;In English&lt;/a&gt; (BBC News)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1005932100710975963?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3212,36-840561,0.html' title='L&apos;Afrique du Sud a promulgué la loi sur le mariage homosexuel'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1005932100710975963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1005932100710975963&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1005932100710975963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1005932100710975963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/lafrique-du-sud-promulgu-la-loi-sur-le.html' title='L&apos;Afrique du Sud a promulgué la loi sur le mariage homosexuel'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-6820181107493017698</id><published>2006-11-27T21:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-27T22:31:29.338+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obituary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Milton Friedman - A heavyweight champ, at five foot two</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;The legacy of Milton Friedman, a giant among economists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IN 1946 two American economists published a pamphlet attacking rent controls. “It was”, recalled one of them many years later, “my first taste of public controversy.” In the American Economic Review, no less, a critic dismissed “Roofs or Ceilings” as “a political tract”. The same reviewer gave the pair a proper savaging in a newspaper: “Economists who sign their names to drivel of this sort do no service to the profession they represent.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reminiscing author was Milton Friedman, who died on November 16th, aged 94. In the wake of the Great Depression and the second world war, with the Keynesian revolution still young, championing the free market was deeply unfashionable, even (or especially) among economists. Mr Friedman and kindred spirits—such as Friedrich von Hayek, author of “The Road to Serfdom”—were seen as cranks. Surely the horrors of the Depression had shown that markets were not to be trusted? The state, it was plain, should be master of the market; and, equipped with John Maynard Keynes's “General Theory”, governments should spend and borrow to keep the economy topped up and unemployment at bay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That economists and policymakers think differently now is to a great degree Mr Friedman's achievement. He was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century (Keynes died in 1946), possibly of all of it. In 1998, in “Two Lucky People”, the memoir he wrote with his wife, Rose, he could claim to be “in the mainstream of thought, not, as we were 50 years ago, a derided minority”, and no one could dispute it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the rest of the article on the &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8313925&amp;amp;fsrc=nwlgafree"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-6820181107493017698?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8313925&amp;fsrc=nwlgafree' title='Milton Friedman - A heavyweight champ, at five foot two'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/6820181107493017698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=6820181107493017698&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6820181107493017698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/6820181107493017698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/milton-friedman-heavyweight-champ-at.html' title='Milton Friedman - A heavyweight champ, at five foot two'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-284431559622760435</id><published>2006-11-24T20:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T21:56:53.485+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIDS'/><title type='text'>AIDS - Good in parts</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;The latest UN report suggests hope about AIDS is not entirely misplaced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“YOU can do it if you try.” That is the message which UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, the United Nations bodies charged with combating HIV, are pushing in their latest report on the state of the epidemic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report itself is a work of dry epidemiology. It gives a snapshot of the current state of knowledge about how and why the virus is spreading or regressing in various parts of the world. It looks at transmission paths. It looks at the different risks attaching to a number of vulnerable groups (heterosexual youngsters, homosexual men, prostitutes and recreational drug users who inject their pleasures rather than smoking or swallowing them). And it looks at whether particular public-health measures are effective or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, dry and scientific though it may be, the report is also a platform for propaganda. December 1st is World AIDS Day, and the gurus of global health would like you to notice certain parts of the report and be appropriately concerned. Crafting just the right level of concern requires a delicacy of touch. Too optimistic, and the world might dust its hands together and say “job done”. Too pessimistic and it might simply turn its back on a problem it sees as insoluble. This year, the mixture seems spot on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on the &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8313767&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-284431559622760435?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8313767&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl' title='AIDS - Good in parts'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/284431559622760435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=284431559622760435&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/284431559622760435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/284431559622760435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/aids-good-in-parts.html' title='AIDS - Good in parts'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-9181000824675247668</id><published>2006-11-14T08:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T09:42:52.785+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Five years on - Afghanistan after the Taliban</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;What has been achieved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted from Kabul?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PESSIMISM is something of an Afghan tradition. Yet the gloom that blankets Kabul ahead of the first snows of winter is as acute as it has been since the Taliban were ejected from the city on November 12th 2001. “Already the Americans are removing their troops. We fear that all the hopes and opportunities given to the Afghan people...will be taken away again,” says Jabar Haliq, a civil servant who lives with his family on a mountain beside the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are in fact 40,000 NATO troops in the country, the highest number since 2001, and plans to reduce American forces have been postponed. Yet, like many of Kabul's generally moderate residents, Mr Haliq fears a resurgent Taliban are gaining the upper hand over foreign peacekeepers who seem to lack enthusiasm for their mission. American spending in the country has dropped this year, and few European NATO countries are eager to fight in the dangerous south of the country. Many Afghans also believe that Pakistan next door still supports the Taliban and wants, for strategic reasons, to see Afghanistan enfeebled. So far this year some 3,700 people have been killed, and the rate of insurgent attacks has sharply increased.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The high expectations some had in 2001 have not been realised. The government is, at best, a decade from being able to stand on its own feet. But efforts to stimulate the private sector and to levy taxes where none had been seen before are gradually showing results. Last year the government gathered revenues of roughly $350m, some 63% of its recurring costs—if you don’t count the billions that America and others have spent on security. Violence, a drought and chronic electricity shortages have all helped to slow the economy, which nonetheless ticks over at 8% a year. But sharp rises in the cost of living have left many lowly-paid civil servants reliant on graft to get by. Petty corruption is worsening too: it is increasingly common to be stopped by officials who ask for money in the streets of Kabul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the whole story on the &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8159467&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-9181000824675247668?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8159467&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Five years on - Afghanistan after the Taliban'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/9181000824675247668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=9181000824675247668&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9181000824675247668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/9181000824675247668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/five-years-on-afghanistan-after-taliban.html' title='Five years on - Afghanistan after the Taliban'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-1543030852905128709</id><published>2006-11-14T08:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T08:19:43.789+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Over here and over there</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;The Economist.com Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFTER several days immersed in the infinite and baffling diversity of New York it is strange to return to Israel, another of the world's great melting pots, and to realise how easy it is here to spot the phenotypes and guess at their stories. A blond, drawn-faced Russian sucks edgily on a cigarette outside the terminal as he waits for a relative from Moscow or Minsk. A black-coated Hasid bustles towards the taxi rank pushing a trolley laden with suitcases of stuff for the family, from Williamsburg or Brooklyn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The yelling and gesticulating taxi drivers, or more likely their parents, will have immigrated a few decades ago from Iran and Iraq and Morocco, or more recently from Central Asia. My driver, whose abrasiveness softens when we switch from Hebrew to Russian, came from Uzbekistan when he was 15, and, of course, half his family is here while the other half is in New York. “They like it better here, but they earn better money over there.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on the &lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8160028&amp;amp;fsrc=nwl"&gt;Economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-1543030852905128709?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8160028&amp;fsrc=nwl' title='Over here and over there'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/1543030852905128709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=1543030852905128709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1543030852905128709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/1543030852905128709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/over-here-and-over-there.html' title='Over here and over there'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8826090751875047970</id><published>2006-11-12T13:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T16:34:52.105+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internazionale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Russia'/><title type='text'>La Russia di Putin celebra il suo delitto Matteotti</title><content type='html'>Anna Politkovskaia, una giornalista moscovita notissima soprattutto per le sue inchieste sulla Cecenia e per le coraggiose denunce della politica del Cremlino e dei massacri, delle torture, delle sevizie di cui si rende responsabil e da anni, prima sotto Eltsin poi con Putin, l'esercito russo in quel Paese, è stata assassinata a freddo da un ignoto killer. Un omicidio che mette i brividi e la dice lunga sui metodi della cricca di potere che ruota intorno al presidente russo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'inchiesta sarà condotta direttamente dal Procuratore generale, che è come dire che il controllore sarà colui che dovrebbe essere controllato. A Mosca si è talmente convinti che questa inchiesta non porterà a nulla che il segretario dell'Ordine dei giornalisti russi ha annunciato un'indagine indipendente dichiarando: «Non c'è nessuna speranza che da quella ufficiale arrivino risultati». Ma è molto difficile che ne arrivino anche dall'indagine indipendente perché l'organizzazione del delitto è, con tutta evidenza, opera di professionisti ed è probabile che lo stesso killer sia già stato fatto fuori per cancellare qualsiasi traccia che possa portare troppo in alto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fin qui lo stato dell'arte in un Paese ritenuto civile, democratico o comunque avviato sulla strada della democrazia. Ma i Paesi europei e gli Stati Uniti che oggi chiedono un "inchiesta seria" su questo rabbrividente assassinio piangono lacrime di coccodrillo. Perché è da quel di chi han lasciato Anna Politkovskaia sola con le sue denunce e il suo coraggio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da anni il genocidio del popolo ceceno viene sistematicamente ignorato o del tutto sottostimato dai leader occidentali. L'ex presidente del Consiglio italiano, Silvio Berlusconi, dopo un incontro con Putin, arrivò ad affermare pubblicamente in una conferenza stampa che in Cecenia non c'era alcun massacro ad opera dell'esercito russo. E a un giornalista che gli chiedeva come facesse ad esserne così sicuro rispose, col suo soave sorriso: «Me lo ha garantito Putin».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ci si è molto indignati per il feroce attentato di Beslan, dovuto all'esasperazione di decenni di repressione sanguinaria, ma si fa finta di ignorare che in Cecenia i russi hanno ammazzato 200 mila civili, un quinto della popolazione, e rasa quasi al suolo la capitale Grozny dove ora impera Ramzan Kadyrov, uomo di Putin, soprannominato significativamente «lo Stalin ceceno» leader occidentali che fanno il ponte isterico pur di non stringere le mani di Ahmadinejad, che non sono, almeno per ora, sporche di sangue se non di soldati iracheni quando, soldato anch'egli, combatteva nella guerra che l'Iraq si Saddam Hussein aveva scatenato contro l'Iran, non si fanno alcuno scrupolo a stringere quelle di Putin e magari si baciano sulla bocca alla moda russa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il perché è evidente. La Russia, a differenza dell'Iran, è un colosso che può essere realmente pericoloso e quindi conviene far finta che il suo leader, ex dirigente del famigerato Kgb, sia una brava persona, che la Russia sia democratica e che il genocidio ceceno sia una favola. Inoltre la Russia fornisce all'Europa un quarto degli approvvigionamenti energetici (gas e petrolio) di cui ha bisogno e gli investimenti occidentali in terra di Russia sono colossali. La Russia, potenza atomica che siede nel Consiglio di Sicurezza con diritto di veto, è partner indispensabile per arrivare a quelle sanzioni contro l'Iran di dubbissima legittimità che sono uno degli obiettivi della politica americana. E allora è meglio lasciarla stare e ignorare quei «diritti umani» di cui ci riempiamo quotidianamente la bocca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La morale occidentale marcia costantemente su un doppio binario. Ecco perché, anche, non ha nessuna credibilità e nessuna presa al di fuori del nostro mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Dal sito di &lt;a href="http://www.massimofini.it/"&gt;Massimo Fini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-8826090751875047970?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.massimofini.it/' title='La Russia di Putin celebra il suo delitto Matteotti'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/8826090751875047970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=8826090751875047970&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8826090751875047970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8826090751875047970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/la-russia-di-putin-celebra-il-suo.html' title='La Russia di Putin celebra il suo delitto Matteotti'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-8162132012943698598</id><published>2006-11-08T12:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T12:29:11.391+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorisme'/><title type='text'>Etats-Unis : l'antiterrorisme va-t-il changer de visage ?</title><content type='html'>Si l’élection du 7 novembre semble avoir clos l’ère des victoires électorales du président Bush, la lutte contre le terrorisme international prendra-elle une inflexion nouvelle, aux Etats-Unis, en Irak ou en Europe ? Rien n’est moins sûr, car cinq ans après le 11-Septembre, l’antiterrorisme a déjà atteint un seuil et changé de niveau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Lire l'article sur &lt;a href="http://www.telos-eu.com/2006/11/etatsunis_lantiterrorisme_vati.php"&gt;Telos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-8162132012943698598?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.telos-eu.com/2006/11/etatsunis_lantiterrorisme_vati.php' title='Etats-Unis : l&apos;antiterrorisme va-t-il changer de visage ?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/8162132012943698598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=8162132012943698598&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8162132012943698598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/8162132012943698598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/11/etats-unis-lantiterrorisme-va-t-il.html' title='Etats-Unis : l&apos;antiterrorisme va-t-il changer de visage ?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-3812767669865175031</id><published>2006-11-07T12:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T13:26:47.954+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalizzazione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economia'/><title type='text'>Attenzione, caduta prezzi. In libreria "Effetto Wal-Mart"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7755/1233/1600/FishmanDentro20060830181041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7755/1233/320/FishmanDentro20060830181041.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La feroce determinazione a ridurre i prezzi, risparmiando sul lavoro e imponendosi ai fornitori, può avere effetti dirompenti se viene esercitata dalla più grande impresa del pianeta, racconta Charles Fishman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anche se sono guidati dalle migliori intenzioni i giganti, quando si muovono, devono fare i conti con le proprie dimensioni. La continua riduzione dei prezzi che Wal-Mart, la più grande catena di distribuzione del mondo, riesce a garantire ai propri clienti comporta effetti collaterali che mettono in allarme l’America e il pianeta intero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fondata nel 1962 a Bentonville, nel cuore rurale dell’Arkansas, Wal-Mart, con 1.800.000 dipendenti, è il più grande datore di lavoro del mondo. Con 6.100 centri in 15 paesi, 312,4 miliardi di dollari di vendite nell’anno fiscale 2006 e una feroce determinazione a garantire prezzi bassi tutti i giorni, è l’impresa che più di ogni altra ha contribuito a modificare il volto degli Stati Uniti, le abitudini d’acquisto degli americani e le filiere produttive dei beni che finiscono sui suoi scaffali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Facendo la spesa da Wal-Mart, calcola Charles Fishman in Effetto Wal-Mart. I costi nascosti della convenienza (Egea, Milano, 2006, 274 pagine, 19 euro, da domani in libreria), gli americani risparmiano 30 miliardi di dollari l’anno, eppure ogni volta che apre un nuovo supercentro si accende il dibattito sugli effetti che avrà sulla vita dell’area circostante e sull’occupazione: un supercentro può dare lavoro a 500 persone, ma molti punti vendita di dimensioni minori sono costretti a chiudere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’effetto Wal-Mart è però molto più ampio e a pagare “l’alto costo dei prezzi bassi” non è solo il vicinato, sostiene Fishman, il giornalista di Fast Company che ha sviluppato il libro a seguito delle furiose reazioni a una sua inchiesta sul tema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’autore analizza i pochi studi accademici sull’effetto Wal-Mart, che indicano una leggera riduzione di posti di lavoro e un aumento della povertà nelle zone in cui si insediano i suoi centri, ma segue, soprattutto, la vicenda di chi ha incrociato la strada dell’impresa più potente del mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cinque dei 10 maggiori fornitori di Wal-Mart nel 1994 sono oggi falliti o sono stati rilevati per evitare il fallimento. La pressione sui fornitori da parte di quello che è quasi invariabilmente il loro primo cliente è tale che la maggior parte di essi è costretta a cedere alle continue richieste di riduzione dei prezzi, beneficiando i clienti di Wal-Mart, ma innescando un processo dalle conseguenze imprevedibili. “Ci stiamo comprando la nostra disoccupazione”, sostiene il presidente di un’industria tessile. All’inizio la riduzione può essere raggiunta grazie a qualche recupero di efficienza e alle economie di scala garantite dal grande cliente, ma è un processo che non può andare avanti all’infinito: quando l’impresa “finisce per dipendere dagli alti volumi garantiti da Wal-Mart come dalla cocaina”, dice un ex imprenditore, vengono inevitabilmente compromesse la qualità del p! rodotto e il trattamento dei lavoratori e infine viene il turno della delocalizzazione in Cina o della chiusura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alcuni dei prezzi di Wal-Mart sono troppo bassi per essere realistici. Per spiegarli Fishman ripercorre la filiera del salmone fino agli allevamenti in Cile e scopre che possono fornire il pesce a quei prezzi solo grazie al totale disinteresse per i danni che apportano all’ambiente. Risale agli impianti tessili che lavorano per Wal-Mart nel Bangladesh e descrive condizioni di lavoro insostenibili.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’analisi di Fishman è tanto più preziosa per la riservatezza della cultura aziendale di Wal-Mart e per la presa dimostrata su dipendenti e fornitori nel far rispettare la consegna del silenzio. L’autore aggira l’ostacolo affidandosi ad ex manager dell’azienda e a dirigenti in pensione delle imprese fornitrici. Tutti gli altri preferiscono tacere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il libro rispecchia l’ambivalenza degli americani per la catena di distribuzione. Wal-Mart non può essere considerata un gigante egoista alla stregua di altre grandi imprese. Anche se viene accusata di sottopagare i lavoratori, il suo profitto di 6.400 dollari per dipendente (Microsoft ne guadagna 200.000) verrebbe totalmente annullato da un aumento dei salari di 3 dollari l’ora. E se, da una parte, finisce inevitabilmente sotto accusa una politica del lavoro che ha portato a migliaia di cause per straordinari non pagati, l’utilizzo di immigrati irregolari e la pratica di chiudere i dipendenti a chiave nei supermercati per avere un maggiore controllo, dall’altra l’autore riconosce il fascino di una cultura aziendale che porta ogni manager a sentirsi parte dell’impresa. Uno di essi (in pensione, naturalmente), per spiegare che cosa li spinga ad arredare gli uffici con le sedie dei campionari dei fornitori e a risparmiare sulle man! ce durante le trasferte, sostiene: “Puoi dire che Wal-Mart guadagna 10 milioni di dollari l’anno, ma non è il modo di pensare di chi ci lavora. Se spendevi un dollaro, la domanda era: quanti dollari di merce devi vendere per recuperarlo? A noi ne servivano 35”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Charles Fishman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Effetto Wal-Mart&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I costi nascosti della convenienza&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Milano, Egea, 2006&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;274 pagine, 19 euro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fonte: &lt;a href="http://www.stampa.unibocconi.it/"&gt;ufficio stampa Bocconi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Questo articolo è stato postato anche sul &lt;a href="http://leggio.splinder.it"&gt;Leggio&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-3812767669865175031?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.stampa.unibocconi.it/' title='Attenzione, caduta prezzi. 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In libreria &quot;Effetto Wal-Mart&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116197768453461552</id><published>2006-10-27T21:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:06.035+02:00</updated><title type='text'>India, abolita la legge sul diritto allo stupro della moglie</title><content type='html'>Per la prima volta le donne in India ottengono la tutela legale contro gli abusi perpetrati dentro le mura di casa: da ieri è infatti entrata in vigore una legge che riconosce come reati lo "stupro coniugale, gli abusi sessuali, psicologici o verbali" che il marito infligge alla donna. In India - scrive il quotidiano britannico "The Independent" - le strade di Bombay o Bangalore sono sicure anche di notte, ma una donna non è sicura dentro casa. Più di due terzi delle donne sposate in India, di età compresa tra i 15 e i 49 anni, sono state "picchiate, stuprate o obbligate a rapporti", secondo il Fondo per la popolazione delle Nazioni Unite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero su &lt;a href="http://notizie.tiscali.it/articoli/esteri/06/10/27/abolita_legge_stupro.html"&gt;Tiscali Notizie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116197768453461552?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://notizie.tiscali.it/articoli/esteri/06/10/27/abolita_legge_stupro.html' title='India, abolita la legge sul diritto allo stupro della moglie'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116197768453461552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116197768453461552&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116197768453461552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116197768453461552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/india-abolita-la-legge-sul-diritto.html' title='India, abolita la legge sul diritto allo stupro della moglie'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116196316792241252</id><published>2006-10-27T17:03:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.968+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Aucune lessive n'est biodégradable</title><content type='html'>Toutes les lessives sont toxiques pour l'environnement, y compris celles qui se présentent comme "vertes". Les conclusions des tests réalisés pendant deux ans par l'Institut national de la consommation (INC) et plusieurs agences de l'eau sont sans appel. La revue 60 millions de consommateurs en publie le résultat complet jeudi 26 octobre dans son numéro de novembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3238,36-827415,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Aucune lessive n'est biodégradable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE 25.10.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116196316792241252?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3238,36-827415,0.html' title='Aucune lessive n&apos;est biodégradable'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116196316792241252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116196316792241252&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116196316792241252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116196316792241252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/aucune-lessive-nest-biodgradable_27.html' title='Aucune lessive n&apos;est biodégradable'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116177275562762502</id><published>2006-10-25T12:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.838+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ex CIA and Marine Intel Officer: 9/11 Was An Inside Job</title><content type='html'>An important story that broke over the weekend and may not have been widely picked up was that another former US Intelligence insider has turned whistleblower and concedes that the 9/11 attacks represented a "Neoconservative Neo-Nazi Coup D'etat".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a&lt;a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb451817.htm"&gt; review of Webster Tarpley's 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA&lt;/a&gt;, for Amazon, Steele contends that the book is the "strongest of the 770+ books I have reviewed"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steele goes on:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I am forced to conclude that 9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war (see my review of Jim Bamford’s “Pretext for War”), and I am forced to conclude that there is sufficient evidence to indict (not necessarily convict) Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and others of a neo-conservative neo-Nazi coup d’etat and kick-off of the clash of civilizations (see my review of “Crossing the Rubicon” as well as “State of Denial”). Most fascinatingly, the author links Samuel Huntington, author of “Clash of Civilizations” with Leo Strauss, the connecting rod between Nazi fascists and the neo-cons."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steele's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Steele"&gt;biography &lt;/a&gt;is impressive. He was the second-ranking civilian (GS-14) in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence from 1988-1992. Steele is a former clandestine services case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is the founder and president of Open Source Solutions, Inc., and is an acknowledged expert on computer and information vulnerabilities. Steele holds graduate degrees in International Relations and Public Administration from Leigh University and the University of Oklahoma. He has also earned certificates in Intelligence Policy from Harvard University and in Defense Studies from the Naval War College.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another example of how far the 9/11 truth movement has come over the past year. Before the 2004 election Steele advocated the &lt;a href="http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000075.html"&gt;re-election of George W Bush&lt;/a&gt;. Given what he knows now I don't think that would still be the case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://infowars.net/articles/October2006/231006Steele.htm"&gt;Infowars.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116177275562762502?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://infowars.net/articles/October2006/231006Steele.htm' title='Ex CIA and Marine Intel Officer: 9/11 Was An Inside Job'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116177275562762502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116177275562762502&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116177275562762502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116177275562762502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/ex-cia-and-marine-intel-officer-911.html' title='Ex CIA and Marine Intel Officer: 9/11 Was An Inside Job'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116159375813554929</id><published>2006-10-23T10:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.777+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pacchi famiglia e chili di troppo: i sottili legami tra il marketing e il cibo</title><content type='html'>Che sia il "paghi due prendi tre" o la confezione formato-famiglia con il 20 per cento del prodotto in omaggio, è difficile non cedere alle lusinghe delle offerte speciali che spuntano a tradimento dagli scaffali dei supermercati. Negli Stati Uniti, però, se ci può consolare, è ancora peggio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per questo il prof. Brian Wansink, che insegna marketing alla Stanford University, ha recentemente messo a frutto otto anni di studi nei supermercati, nei bar e nei cinema dell'Illinois con una ricerca intitolata "Mindless eating" (mangiare senza accorgersene), condotta nel laboratorio di "Food and brand" da lui stesso diretto alla Cornell University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo studio, diventato anche un libro e un &lt;a class="" title="" href="http://www.mindlesseating.org/" target="_blank"&gt;sito&lt;/a&gt;,  evidenzia un'apparente ovvietà che però non sempre è tenuta a mente dai consumatori: più è grande la confezione e più si mangia. «Il punto è» spiega Wansink «che quasi nessuno ha idea di quale sia la quantità giornaliera di cibo da assumere e finisce che mentre fa la spesa si regola sui segnali che arrivano dalle confezioni». Segnali pensati per vendere il più possibile e non certo per tutelare la salute di chi mangia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oltre a confermare che, come ben sappiamo, più è grande il sacchetto, il cucchiaio, la bottiglia o il piatto e &lt;a class="" title="" href="http://eurosalus.lycos.it/news/20060906_porzioni_alimenti.html" target="_blank"&gt;più si mangia&lt;/a&gt;, la ricerca sottolinea come talvolta si tenda a scegliere le pietanze in base a quello che scelgono le persone accanto a noi per un riflesso condizionato. Un esempio? Al cinema, chi sceglie la confezione più grande di pop corn finisce che mangia il 53 per cento in più di chi sceglie quella piccola. E non certo perché ha fame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo per intero su &lt;a href="http://eurosalus.lycos.it/marketing_obesita.html"&gt;Eurosalus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116159375813554929?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://eurosalus.lycos.it/marketing_obesita.html' title='Pacchi famiglia e chili di troppo: i sottili legami tra il marketing e il cibo'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116159375813554929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116159375813554929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116159375813554929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116159375813554929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/pacchi-famiglia-e-chili-di-troppo-i.html' title='Pacchi famiglia e chili di troppo: i sottili legami tra il marketing e il cibo'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116154022487482029</id><published>2006-10-22T19:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.713+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Cineffable: the 18th Paris International Feminist &amp; Lesbian Film Festival</title><content type='html'>Hello,&lt;br /&gt;Cineffable is glad to present the 18th Paris International Feminist &amp; Lesbian Film Festival. It will take place from October 27 to 30 2006 in Trianon Theater in Paris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The festival is an annual rendez-vous unique in Europe, an empowering moment when we show images of lesbians and feminist perspectives. This year there are more than 78 films on competition coming from all around the world dealing with issues like "women in middle east"; "focus on South Africa" and also "Transexuality".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the 18th Paris International Lesbian &amp; Feminist Film Festival (« Quand les lesbiennes se font du&gt; cinéma »), Le Trianon, (a Paris theater) becomes for four days a unique and global event around lesbian and feminist culture presenting alongside the films some exhibitions, debates, workshops, a restaurant, an opening gala concert and a party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, a new exhibit policy makes its debut proposing two art exhibitions projects in different places with two curators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The F_SPACE exhibition is viewed as a component of the event, and claim to be a place of infiltration with project designed specifically for the Festival location and spirit. The exhibition has the will to show how much the question of gender is at the core of the work of contemporary artist through an essentially international selection (vidéos from Russia, Autria, USA, Spain, Lebanon ) on Partnership with N PARADOXA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More informations about this 18th festival on the website:&lt;a class="1" href="http://www.cineffable.fr"&gt;http://www.cineffable.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;Press release / Cineffable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="1" href="http://www.cineffable.fr"&gt;http://www.cineffable.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="1" href="http://groups.myspace.com/cineffable"&gt;http://groups.myspace.com/cineffable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116154022487482029?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cineffable.fr' title='Cineffable: the 18th Paris International Feminist &amp; Lesbian Film Festival'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116154022487482029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116154022487482029&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116154022487482029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116154022487482029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/cineffable-18th-paris-international.html' title='Cineffable: the 18th Paris International Feminist &amp; Lesbian Film Festival'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116142525639859102</id><published>2006-10-21T11:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.647+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Gaffe di Putin: "Che uomo forte Katsav - ha stuprato 10 donne, lo invidiamo"</title><content type='html'>MOSCA - Microfono aperto e incredibile gaffe di Vladimir Putin. "Katsav si è rivelato un uomo forte, ha stuprato ben dieci donne! Non me lo sarei mai aspettato da lui. Ci ha sorpreso tutti, lo invidiamo", avrebbe detto il presidente russo al primo ministro israeliano Ehud Olmert, secondo quanto riferisce il quotidiano russo Kommersant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I discutibili commenti di Putin, che sarebbero stati fatti durante la visita di Olmert a Mosca mercoledì, vengono rivelati alla vigilia della partecipazione del leader russo al summit europeo di Lahti, in Finlandia. Com'è noto, il presidente israeliano Katsav è sotto accusa per stupro: per ragioni di opportunità ha anche saltato la seduta inaugurale del Parlamento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il commento fatto da Putin è riferito in modo diverso a seconda delle fonti, perché solo la prima parte delle sue affermazioni è stata catturata dai microfoni. Tutti i presenti in sala hanno sentito il leader russo dire a Olmert di salutargli Katsav e la frase "Ci ha davvero sorpreso tutti", poi il microfono è stato spento e i giornalisti sono stati invitati in tutta fretta a lasciare la sala. Alcuni presenti avrebbero poi raccontato il seguito ai giornalisti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Il resto dell'articolo è consultabile su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/10/sezioni/esteri/putin-stupro/putin-stupro/putin-stupro.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116142525639859102?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/10/sezioni/esteri/putin-stupro/putin-stupro/putin-stupro.html' title='Gaffe di Putin: &quot;Che uomo forte Katsav - ha stuprato 10 donne, lo invidiamo&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116142525639859102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116142525639859102&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116142525639859102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116142525639859102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/gaffe-di-putin-che-uomo-forte-katsav.html' title='Gaffe di Putin: &quot;Che uomo forte Katsav - ha stuprato 10 donne, lo invidiamo&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116138456017805842</id><published>2006-10-21T00:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.585+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ozone hole biggest, deepest on record</title><content type='html'>From the &lt;a href="http://www.grist.org/?source=daily"&gt;Daily Grist &lt;/a&gt;newsletter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's ozone hole is bigger and deeper than any other on record, NASA scientists said yesterday. From Sept. 21 to Sept. 30, the ozone hole sprawled to an average of 10.6 million square miles. That's pretty big, alright: approximately the surface area of North America plus Argentina. In the same September time period, ozone was "virtually gone" in the atmospheric layer eight to 13 miles above the earth's surface, says David Hofmann of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Warmer temperatures in the stratosphere cause smaller holes o' ozone; the colder it gets, the larger and deeper the hole gets. This year, the Antarctic experienced an unusually cold winter and spring, and the lower stratosphere was about 9 degrees chillier than average. Despite the relapse, the UV-ray-blocking ozone layer is doing better overall, thanks to human phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals; scientists expect it to fully recover by about 2065.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;straight to the source: &lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=7891"&gt;Orange County Register&lt;/a&gt;, Associated Press, 20 Oct 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;straight to the source: &lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=7892"&gt;Rocky Mountain News&lt;/a&gt;, Jim Erickson, 20 Oct 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;straight to the source: &lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=7890"&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;, 19 Oct 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116138456017805842?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.grist.org/?source=daily' title='Ozone hole biggest, deepest on record'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116138456017805842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116138456017805842&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116138456017805842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116138456017805842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/ozone-hole-biggest-deepest-on-record.html' title='Ozone hole biggest, deepest on record'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116134190705309584</id><published>2006-10-20T12:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.518+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sncf crée l'EcoComparateur</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Du &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/popup/ecovoyage/?rfrr=2b29d69400abc42c31a9f4644f203d09"&gt;&lt;em&gt;site de la Sncf&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; :&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'EcoComparateur vous permet de comparer différents modes de transports : avion, train, voiture et de prendre en considération plusieurs critères pour faire le meilleur choix possible : la durée du transport, le coût et son impact sur l'environnement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces critères n'ont pas la même importance pour chaque utilisateur et chacun, en fonction de son budget, du temps dont il dispose, de sa sensibilité aux questions environnementales peut maintenant faire son choix de transport en toute connaissance de cause. Cette transparence, chère à Voyages-sncf.com, vous donne les clés pour organiser votre voyage de façon simple et pratique. Elle vous permet aussi de devenir l'acteur d'une consommation plus "responsable" tout en faisant des économies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce parti-pris de transparence s'applique aussi à la façon dont nous avons développé cet outil. Afin de garantir sa fiabilité, nous avons conçu l'EcoComparateur avec des partenaires experts dans leur domaine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_SvMmComparator"&gt;L'EcoComparateur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116134190705309584?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/popup/ecovoyage/?rfrr=2b29d69400abc42c31a9f4644f203d09' title='Sncf crée l&apos;EcoComparateur'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116134190705309584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116134190705309584&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116134190705309584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116134190705309584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/sncf-cre-lecocomparateur.html' title='Sncf crée l&apos;EcoComparateur'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116124825976971956</id><published>2006-10-19T10:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.455+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Israel Warriors Find Machismo Is Way of Past</title><content type='html'>TEL AVIV, Oct. 18 — For decades it was widely accepted that some of &lt;a title="More news and information about Israel." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/israel/index.html?inline=nyt-geo"&gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;’s top military officers and government ministers considered sexual encounters with female employees a seigneurial right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A society built partly on the conscious effort to project an image of strength tended to overlook such harassment. In fact, a certain amount of male rakishness often added to a prominent man’s allure. The alleged womanizing by national legends like Moshe Dayan, for example, was considered part of their mystique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the ground is shifting rapidly under the feet of the current crop of leaders as a result of legal and societal changes. This week, the police recommended charging President Moshe Katsav with the rape of two former employees, the most serious criminal allegations ever made against an Israeli leader. And on Tuesday, Justice Minister Haim Ramon went on trial, accused of kissing a soldier against her will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“When I was in the army it was assumed that the office of every senior officer was essentially a harem for him,” said Michael Oren, an historian and a senior fellow at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem research institute, who served in the military 30 years ago. “Israel is emerging from adolescence into adulthood.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1998 a sweeping sexual harassment law, inspired in part by American legislation, was passed by the Israeli Parliament, making such behavior illegal anywhere, whether in the street or the workplace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon afterward, a major turning point came: the trial of &lt;a title="More articles about Yitzhak Mordechai" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/yitzhak_mordechai/index.html?inline=nyt-per"&gt;Yitzhak Mordechai&lt;/a&gt;, a former general who was Israel’s defense minister and a prime ministerial hopeful. He was forced to resign after being convicted of sexual assault and harassment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His very public trial followed charges filed by several women who had worked for him in the government and during his long, highly decorated career in the army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For years trying Israeli leaders for such crimes was unheard-of. The founders of Zionism sought to create “the new Jew” — aiming to transform Jews who lived in the Diaspora, perceived as bookish and weak, into men of muscle and power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The militarization of Israeli society that eventually followed in the wake of successive wars with Arab neighbors seemed to cement Israel’s male-dominated character. And while that has not changed completely, the question of sexual harassment is getting real attention, especially in the army, which is the epicenter of such activity and the institution with the most influence on the society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the last 10 years the army, into which nearly all Jewish 18-year-old Israelis are drafted, has begun intensively promoting awareness of sexual harassment and the consequences that can follow for those who cross the line. Several highly publicized cases in which senior officers were suspected of having sexually assaulted female soldiers made the army’s efforts more urgent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many female soldiers work in clerical positions. A senior officer often has several 18- and 19-year-old women serving as secretaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/world/middleeast/19israel.html?_r=2&amp;oref=slogin&amp;amp;oref=slogin"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116124825976971956?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/world/middleeast/19israel.html?_r=2&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin' title='Israel Warriors Find Machismo Is Way of Past'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116124825976971956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116124825976971956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116124825976971956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116124825976971956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/israel-warriors-find-machismo-is-way.html' title='Israel Warriors Find Machismo Is Way of Past'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-116066793501156316</id><published>2006-10-12T17:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.393+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Le prix Nobel de littérature attribué au romancier turc Orhan Pamuk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2005/11/03/h_9_ill_706275_20054408_pamuk+x1p1_ori.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2005/11/03/h_9_ill_706275_20054408_pamuk+x1p1_ori.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3260,36-822865,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Le prix Nobel de littérature attribué au romancier turc Orhan Pamuk &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LEMONDE.FR 12.10.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-116066793501156316?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/116066793501156316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=116066793501156316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116066793501156316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/116066793501156316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/le-prix-nobel-de-littrature-attribu-au.html' title='Le prix Nobel de littérature attribué au romancier turc Orhan Pamuk'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115991989965603381</id><published>2006-10-04T01:36:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.329+02:00</updated><title type='text'>For 1st Woman With Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/09/13/PH2006091302272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/09/13/PH2006091302272.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The first time Claudia Mitchell peeled a banana one-handed, she cried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was several months after she lost her left arm at the shoulder in a motorcycle accident. She used her feet to hold the banana and peeled it with her right hand. She felt like a monkey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It was not a good day," Mitchell, 26, recalled this week. "Although I accomplished the mission, emotionally it was something to be reckoned with."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Mitchell can peel a banana in a less simian posture. All she has to do is place her prosthetic left arm next to the banana and think about grabbing it. The mechanical hand closes around the fruit and she's ready to peel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mitchell, who lives in Ellicott City, is the fourth person -- and first woman -- to receive a "bionic" arm, which allows her to control parts of the device by her thoughts alone. The device, designed by physicians and engineers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, works by detecting the movements of a chest muscle that has been rewired to the stumps of nerves that once went to her now-missing limb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302271.html"&gt;washingtonpost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115991989965603381?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302271.html' title='For 1st Woman With Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115991989965603381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115991989965603381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115991989965603381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115991989965603381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/10/for-1st-woman-with-bionic-arm-new-life_04.html' title='For 1st Woman With Bionic Arm, a New Life Is Within Reach'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115953056779625902</id><published>2006-09-29T13:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.197+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Space tourist in Earth touchdown</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;The first female paying space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, has landed on the Kazakh steppe after a journey back from the International Space Station (ISS).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Soyuz capsule also carried fellow US astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov. It landed in the 56-mile (90km) predicted zone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The craft slowed its descent by firing rockets and opening parachutes until it landed softly on its side in a field.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A dozen helicopter rescue teams rushed over to help the astronauts out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms Ansari was given a bunch of red roses by an official as well as a kiss from her husband, Hamid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All three astronauts were carried on reclining chairs to waiting helicopters. From Kustanai, Kazakhstan, they were to fly to a training centre outside Moscow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5390902.stm"&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;See also: &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5383764.stm"&gt;Zero-gravity surgery 'a success'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115953056779625902?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5390902.stm' title='Space tourist in Earth touchdown'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115953056779625902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115953056779625902&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115953056779625902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115953056779625902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/space-tourist-in-earth-touchdown.html' title='Space tourist in Earth touchdown'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115947344733837283</id><published>2006-09-28T21:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.136+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Si può difendere il Papa?</title><content type='html'>Dal sito dell'&lt;a href="http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/6198/1/167"&gt;Osservatorio sui Balcani&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Il discorso di Papa Ratzinger a Regensburg e le reazioni dei musulmani.&lt;br /&gt;Il punto di vista dell'autorevole quotidiano turco Radikal. La difesa della&lt;br /&gt;religione, il rapporto con la violenza, il dogma. Nostra traduzione&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/imagecatalogue/imageview/5236/?RefererURL=/article/articleview/6198/1/167" target=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Di Levent Tezcan, Università di Bielefeld, per &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radikal.com.tr/index.php/" target=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radikal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (inserto domenicale), 24/09/2006 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Traduzione per Osservatorio sui Balcani: Fabio&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Salomoni&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le reazioni provenienti da diversi ambienti musulmani alle parole del Papa o di un comune cittadino indirizzate al profeta Maometto oppure all’Islam mostrano l’impreparazione dei musulmani di fronte al mondo culturale contemporaneo. Di più, queste reazioni, crescendo, contribuiscono ad innalzare la tensione e mostrano quanto facilmente possano trasformarsi in strumenti per altri giochi. E’ vero, non tutti i musulmani hanno mostrato la stessa reazione ma la maggior parte di loro non si è opposta a questo genere di reazioni e le piazze sono cadute nelle mani di coloro che si sono sentiti offesi. O perlomeno è così che si percespisce dalla Germania. E purtroppo ai nostri giorni il sentirsi offesi non costituisce più un valore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’esistenze di diverse religioni e credenze significa di per sè che esse si provocheranno a vicenda. L’Islam è per il Cristianesimo una religione sbagliata, per l’Islam lo è il Cristianesimo. Il riferimento alle comune radici rappresentate da Abramo e dalla tradizione di Cristo non è di grande aiuto. Il libro sacro dei cristiani, il Vangelo, dal punto di vista dell’Islam non è altro che una falsificazione. Per un musulmano il Papato e Cristo come rappresentanti di Dio rappresentano un insulto. Non è possibile comprendere l’Islam senza fare riferimento ai fondamenti teorici, al dogma. Bene, sostenere che il Vangelo, il più alto dei valori per i cristiani, non è altro che un errore non rappresenta forse una provocazione? Per i musulmani la santa Trinità, per i Cristiani la riduzione di Cristo ad un semplice profeta non rappresentano ugualmente una provocazione? In linea di principio la stessa cosa vale per ebrei e cristiani e per ebrei e musulmani. E allora che dobbiamo fare? Di questo passo tutti in ogni momento possono ritenersi offesi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E non si può certo risolvere il problema chiedendo scusa, ci si può scusare una o due volte, poi si arriva ad una situazione di stallo. Del resto poi anche i Cristiani cominceranno a chiedere delle scuse per ogni provocazione. E ci sono già dei segnali in questo senso. Un telogo tedesco stanco delle critiche e dei riferimenti alle Crociate ha chiesto polemicamente a Bardakoglu [presidente del Direttorato degli Affari Religiosi turco, ndt]: “E tu come sei arrvato fino ad Istanbul, l’antica Costantinopoli?”, per ricordargli che i musulmani non ci sono arrivati in pace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La cosa più preoccupante è che qualsiasi argomento storico, sociale e culturale viene ridotto ad una questione religiosa. Alla fine non ci rimarranno altre possibilità che gli appelli al dialogo interreligioso ed alla diplomazia. L’altra faccia della medaglia del dialogo però è rappresentato dallo scontro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per quanto facciate riferimento al dialogo tra culture vi costringete sempre all’interno della logica dello scontro tra culture, perchè finite per vedere voi stessi e chi vi sta di fronte solamente come un rappresentante di una certa cultura. Prima o poi ci sarà anche qualcuno che parlerà in nome della cultura. Visto che la cultura non è qualcosa che si può delimitare, alla fine si arriverà inevitabilmente alla religione. Chi parla in nome di una religione rappresenta una cultura e gli argomenti e le sensibilità religiose diventano gli elementi intorno ai quali parlare di dialogo tra culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La cosa peggiore è l’assenza di una visione politica in grado di impedire che le questioni religiose diventino l’elemento che determina una data società e il dialogo tra società diverse. Come è accaduto una volta di più nella questione del Papa, i musulmani invece di dare una risposta sul piano intellettuale si sono ritrovati nella parte di chi è stato offeso. Questo non significa approvare le parole del Papa. Resta poi il fatto che nel suo discorso il Papa non critica solo l’Islam ma anche e soprattutto il Protestantesimo e l’Illuminismo. Cerca anche di dimostrare per quale ragione ritiene che il Cattolicesimo sia l’autentica religione trovando legami con il pensiero ellenistico. Un discorso teologico fatto all’interno di un ambiente accademico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di fatto il Papa cerca di fare quello che i cosidetti “musulmani illuminati” cercano ogni giorno di fare per la loro religione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il problema, al di là del fatto che le parole del Papa siano giuste o sbagliate, riguarda il diritto di una persona di dire se una religione è sbagliata oppure no. Essere musulmano, cristiano od ebreo significa, anche non volendolo, una presa di posizione in questo senso. Se voi mettete in primo piano la vostra fede islamica, significa che considerate sbagliate le altre religioni, il cristianesimo e l’ebraismo. L’idea dell’inferno per i musulmani o per i cristiani non è altro che una minaccia indirizzata alle altre religioni o a coloro che non credono affatto. In base allo stesso principio si può sostenere la stessa cosa per la credenza cristiana secondo cui non c’è salvezza al di fuori di Cristo. Acrobazie teologiche in qualche modo possono ammorbidire questa realtà ma non la possano eliminare completamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il pluralismo della vita sociale sta mettendo però in crisi la discriminazione che è insita in ogni dogma. Aleviti e sunniti, cristiani e musulmani nella vita quotidiana riescono ad entrare in relazione tra loro a patto di non mettere in primo piano le loro identità religiose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il punto è riuscire a comprendere come una persona, il Papa o un cittadino qualunque, possa sostenere che esiste una relazione tra l’Islam e la violenza. Paradossalmente le reazioni alle caricature o alle parole del papa finiscono per confermare questa affermazione. Coloro che vogliono difendere la propria religione in modo civile invece di arrivare alle minacce devono discutere queste posizioni e cercare di dimostrare se esiste oppure no una relazione tra l’Islam e la violenza. Ancora più importante, invece di perdere tempo con dichiarazioni tipo “L’Islam è una religione di pace”, devono mostrare nella pratica il loro atteggiamento in favore della pace. Del resto è così chiaro che tutte le religioni hanno una qualche relazione con la violenza che non è credibile sostenere il contrario. La storia ci mostra una quantità innumerovole di esempi in questo senso. Anche noi non abbiamo forse studiato in questo modo a scuola? Siamo tutti cresciuti con le avventure di guerra del Profeta, abbiamo imparato, orgogliosi, come l’Islam si è diffuso ai quattro angoli del pianeta. Noi abbiamo studiato la conquista come “portare la pace” oppure “portare la civiltà”. Chi è stato conquistato invece ha una percezione diversa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il problema non è quello di mettere oggi sotto processo la storia ma piuttosto se vogliamo dare spazio nel nostro mondo a concetti di questo genere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Che la questione della religione non si risolverà facilmente nè facendo ricorso ai buoni propositi liberal-pacifisti nè stabilendo una relazione tra il cristianesimo e la cultura ellenica, è un’altro problema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma è il problema sul quale vale veramente la pena discutere. Ricorrere alla minaccia ad ogni occasione, rende impossibile l’apertura di una discussione simile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rischiamo la polemica, ma i musulmani per prima cosa non dovrebbero applicare il primo comandamento dell’Islam, leggi? E allora quantomeno per prima cosa leggi il testo del Papa e dopo rispondi. Ma leggere non basta. Dai una risposta civile in modo che la tua risposta sia comprensibile per la controparte. Altrimenti tutto finisce su di un livello molto basso, cioè le persone finiscono per difendere la propria fede in mezzo ad una strada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ormai il mondo si è fatto piccolo. Le parole dette in un seminario accademico a Ratisbona trovano rapidamente eco in tutto il mondo. Servono serenità e fredda razionalità e non semplici appelli a non cadere nelle provocazioni. Solo così sarà possibile discutere anche gli aspetti politici del discorso del Papa e le sue conseguenze. Allora sarà possibile comprendere anche che è sbagliata l’immagine di un Occidente aggressivo, che qui ci sono molte persone che non la pensano come il Papa. In definitiva potremo comprendere meglio anche come la preoccupazione del Papa non sia tanto l’Islam quanto quella di recuperare la forza della chiesa che nelle società occidentali si sta indebolendo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vai al &lt;a href="http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/it1/Articolo.asp?c=94879" target=""&gt;discorso integrale&lt;/a&gt; di Papa Ratzinger a Regensburg&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115947344733837283?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/6198/1/167' title='Si può difendere il Papa?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115947344733837283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115947344733837283&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115947344733837283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115947344733837283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/si-pu-difendere-il-papa.html' title='Si può difendere il Papa?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115879039409895077</id><published>2006-09-21T00:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.072+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Keith Richards: "Le droghe oggi sono di pessima qualità"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/gallerie/gente/keith-richards/storico82199662009160530_big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/gallerie/gente/keith-richards/storico82199662009160530_big.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Keith Richards ha deciso di chiudere con la droga. Il chitarrista dei Rolling Stones, 62 anni, dopo una vita passata a prendere sostanze di ogni tipo, ha deciso di lasciar perdere gli stupefacenti, perché ha capito che "la qualità delle droghe di oggi è pessima". Durante gli anni Settanta il musicista è stato eroinomane. "Credo che la qualità sia veramente andata giù. Tutto quel che fanno (i chimici e gli spacciatori) è togliere il momento di massima forza da tutto. Non mi piace come hanno effetto sul cervello, invece che lavorare attraverso il sistema circolatorio. Ecco perchè non le prendo più".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Fonte: &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/gallerie/gente/keith-richards/1.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115879039409895077?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/08/gallerie/gente/keith-richards/1.html' title='Keith Richards: &quot;Le droghe oggi sono di pessima qualità&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115879039409895077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115879039409895077&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115879039409895077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115879039409895077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/keith-richards-le-droghe-oggi-sono-di.html' title='Keith Richards: &quot;Le droghe oggi sono di pessima qualità&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115857380393805622</id><published>2006-09-18T11:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:05.009+02:00</updated><title type='text'>La navicella Soyuz è in orbita con la prima turista donna</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale/ansa_8886631_59030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale/ansa_8886631_59030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L'americana di origine iraniana Anousheh Ansari ha speso oltre 25 milioni di dollari. Ritornerà a Terra tra dieci giorni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Vorrei prendere coscienza della fragilità del pianeta e della nostra responsabilità nei suoi confronti"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan) - E' in orbita la prima donna turista dello spazio. Indossando una tuta con tanto di bandiera dell'Iran, dov'è nata, e degli Stati Uniti, dove ha fatto fortuna, Anousheh Asnari è partita sulla navicella Soyuz insieme ai due astronauti Mikhail Tyurin e Michael Lopez Alegria. Ritornerà tra dieci giorni, insieme al russo Pavel Vinogradov e all'americano Jeffrey Williams dopo aver fatto alcuni esperimenti, tante foto e un'esperienza unica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La bella e determinata imprenditrice 40enne ha coronato il sogno di una vita, per la modica cifra di "25 milioni di dollari e oltre", come ha precisato Eric Anderson, gestore di "Space Adventures", la più esclusiva agenzia turistica mondiale. Per cui, peraltro, i soldi non sono l'unico requisito per una carta d'imbarco. Lo sa bene il giapponese Daisuke Enomoto, che avrebbe dovuto partire al posto di Anousheh, ma al quale i medici della "città delle stelle" di Koroliov, vicino Mosca, hanno imposto l'alt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi il resto dell'articolo su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115857380393805622?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/scienza_e_tecnologia/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale/turista-spaziale.html' title='La navicella Soyuz è in orbita con la prima turista donna'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115857380393805622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115857380393805622&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115857380393805622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115857380393805622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/la-navicella-soyuz-in-orbita-con-la.html' title='La navicella Soyuz è in orbita con la prima turista donna'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115804659232903043</id><published>2006-09-12T09:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.948+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Share - and Snare</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Opinion Editorial by Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LYON, France -- As we mark the five-year anniversary of September 11, I would like to share some perspective on the steps law enforcement has taken to reduce the likelihood of future attacks -- what we're getting right, what we're getting wrong, and the challenges that lie ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the editorial on the &lt;a href="http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/2006/RonaldNoble20060908.asp"&gt;Interpol page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115804659232903043?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/2006/RonaldNoble20060908.asp' title='Share - and Snare'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115804659232903043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115804659232903043&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115804659232903043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115804659232903043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/share-and-snare.html' title='Share - and Snare'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115738724621377568</id><published>2006-09-04T18:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.887+02:00</updated><title type='text'>La justice française n'est pas moins dégueue que celle italienne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-809457,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Alstom Power Boilers condamné pour avoir exposé ses salariés à l'amiante&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LEMONDE.FR 04.09.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In italiano sul &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://leavventurediselene.splinder.com/post/9123912/Pene"&gt;&lt;em&gt;mio blog personale&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115738724621377568?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-809457,0.html' title='La justice française n&apos;est pas moins dégueue que celle italienne'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115738724621377568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115738724621377568&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115738724621377568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115738724621377568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/la-justice-franaise-nest-pas-moins.html' title='La justice française n&apos;est pas moins dégueue que celle italienne'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115727646457450833</id><published>2006-09-03T11:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.822+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Francesco Nuti cade e batte la testa - Operato nella notte: è in coma</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/cronaca/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma/lapr_8791056_39360.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/cronaca/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma/lapr_8791056_39360.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intervento d'urgenza al Policlinico di Roma. I medici: "Situazione molto grave". Già in passato al centro di drammatiche vicende&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Da anni lotta contro alcol, droghe e depressione&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di ANNA MARIA LIGUORI e ROBERTO ROMBI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROMA - L'attore e regista Francesco Nuti è stato ricoverato ieri pomeriggio al pronto soccorso del Policlinico Umberto I di Roma per una ferita alla testa e poi trasportato d'urgenza presso il reparto di neurochirurgia dove è stato operato nel pomeriggio. Nuti è arrivato all'ospedale in coma ed rimasto sotto i ferri per molte ore: l'intervento ha dovuto arginare un ematoma cerebrale. Le sue condizioni sono state definite dai medici "molto critiche". Non è stato ancora accertato in che modo il regista si sia ferito alla testa, ma dai primi accertamenti si pensa ad un incidente domestico, sarebbe cioè caduto in casa e avrebbe sbattuto la testa sul pavimento o contro una superficie dura. Non è la prima volta che Nuti è al centro di drammatiche vicende. Per ben due volte aveva annunciato il suicidio perché nessuno più voleva finanziare i suoi film. Dopo un lungo periodo di successi al botteghino il regista era entrato in un tunnel di depressione. Abuso di alcool e crisi continue l'avevano messo sulla lista nera dei produttori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi il resto dell'articolo su &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/cronaca/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma.html"&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115727646457450833?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/cronaca/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma/nuti-in-coma.html' title='Francesco Nuti cade e batte la testa - Operato nella notte: è in coma'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115727646457450833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115727646457450833&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115727646457450833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115727646457450833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/09/francesco-nuti-cade-e-batte-la-testa.html' title='Francesco Nuti cade e batte la testa - Operato nella notte: è in coma'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115696468656289733</id><published>2006-08-30T21:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.738+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sui voli Ryanair si potranno usare i cellulari</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Telefonate a bordo dall'anno prossimo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(ANSA) - LONDRA, 30 AGO - Dal prossimo anno i passeggeri che viaggeranno sui voli Ryanair potranno usare i loro cellulari. Lo ha annunciato la compagnia irlandese, rendendo noto di aver concluso un accordo con OnAir, la nuova società telefonica che offre il roaming nei cieli. Già altre compagnie aeree europee, come l'Air France, la British Midlands e la portoghese Tap, si stanno attrezzando per il nuovo servizio.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115696468656289733?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115696468656289733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115696468656289733&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115696468656289733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115696468656289733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/sui-voli-ryanair-si-potranno-usare-i.html' title='Sui voli Ryanair si potranno usare i cellulari'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115566506804179037</id><published>2006-08-15T19:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.676+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The UK Terror plot: what's really going on?</title><content type='html'>I have been reading very carefully through all the Sunday newspapers to try and analyse the truth from all the scores of pages claiming to detail the so-called bomb plot. Unlike the great herd of so-called security experts doing the media analysis, I have the advantage of having had the very highest security clearances myself, having done a huge amount of professional intelligence analysis, and having been inside the spin machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So this, I believe, is the true story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even have passports, which given the efficiency of the UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn't be a plane bomber for quite some time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the absence of bombs and airline tickets, and in many cases passports, it could be pretty difficult to convince a jury beyond reasonable doubt that individuals intended to go through with suicide bombings, whatever rash stuff they may have bragged in internet chat rooms. What is more, many of those arrested had been under surveillance for over a year - like thousands of other British Muslims. And not just Muslims. Like me. Nothing from that surveillance had indicated the need for early arrests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then an interrogation in Pakistan revealed the details of this amazing plot to blow up multiple planes - which, rather extraordinarily, had not turned up in a year of surveillance. Of course, the interrogators of the Pakistani dictator have their ways of making people sing like canaries. As I witnessed in Uzbekistan, you can get the most extraordinary information this way. Trouble is it always tends to give the interrogators all they might want, and more, in a desperate effort to stop or avert torture. What it doesn't give is the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole article on &lt;a href="http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_uk_terror_p.html"&gt;Craig Murray's blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Thanks to &lt;a href="http://annafdd.livejournal.com"&gt;Anna&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115566506804179037?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_uk_terror_p.html' title='The UK Terror plot: what&apos;s really going on?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115566506804179037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115566506804179037&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115566506804179037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115566506804179037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/uk-terror-plot-whats-really-going-on.html' title='The UK Terror plot: what&apos;s really going on?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115566438086396941</id><published>2006-08-15T19:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.612+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Notizie sempre fresche</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;La vita media delle news online è più lunga di quella delle notizie pubblicate sui giornali. Lo conferma una ricerca americana, e questo apre nuovi scenari di comunicazione per Internet.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le news online hanno una vita media di 36 ore: questo è l'intervallo di tempo dal primo clic di un lettore al clic del lettore che si trova a metà nella catena di lettura di una news. Da lì in poi, la notizia viene considerata in scadenza, vecchia. Un giornale cartaceo regge poche ore, al confronto, perché già nel pomeriggio è comunemente considerato superato. Questi dati emergono con evidenza scientifica da una ricerca condotta in America dall'Università dell'Indiana e ripresa da riviste scientifiche e dai principali giornali del Nuovo Continente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il significato della durata&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel mondo della stampa, 36 ore è un tempo lunghissimo, soprattutto per le news quotidiane. Tuttavia, sul Web, ai lettori dopo un giorno e mezzo dalla loro pubblicazione le notizie interessano ancora. Questo significa che il ciclo di vita di una news è profondamente diverso dalla carta a Internet, e molto più lungo. La caratteristica peculiare della lettura sembra essere l'intermittenza: periodi di intensi clic, ai quali seguono momenti di lunga calma, seguiti da nuovi periodi di clic, meno intensi dei precedenti. Il lettore online non deve consumare il giornale in un sol colpo, ma può tornare a visitare anche le edizioni precedenti alla ricerca di qualche chicca sfuggita in precedenza. Ne consegue che è più ampio il ventaglio di news che possono interessare il lettore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi il resto dell'articolo su &lt;a href="http://www.shinynews.it/economy/0806-news-online.shtml"&gt;Shinynews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115566438086396941?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.shinynews.it/economy/0806-news-online.shtml' title='Notizie sempre fresche'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115566438086396941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115566438086396941&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115566438086396941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115566438086396941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/notizie-sempre-fresche.html' title='Notizie sempre fresche'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115560174431558173</id><published>2006-08-15T02:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.533+02:00</updated><title type='text'>ISRAELE-LIBANO: SONDAGGIO, ISRAELIANI DELUSI DA ESITO GUERRA</title><content type='html'>(ANSA) - GERUSALEMME, 14 AGO - La maggioranza degli israeliani, secondo un sondaggio, pensa che il conflitto in Libano non abbia raggiunto i suoi obiettivi e che il comportamento delle forze armate sia stato deludente.Secondo quanto ha riferito l' edizione on-line del quotidiano Yedioth Ahronoth il 58% degli israeliani pensa che Israele non sia riuscito a realizzare i suoi obiettivi o che li abbia conseguiti solo in piccola parte. Il 52% pensa che le forze armate non abbiano avuto successo; il 44% e' di parere opposto.Il 66% pensa che la risoluzione dell'Onu n.1701 sulla fine delle ostilita' in Libano non sia positiva per Israele; solo il 6% ritiene il contrario.Il sondaggio indica inoltre un forte crollo nella popolarita' del premier Ehud Olmert e del ministro della difesa Amir Peretz e dei loro partiti, Kadima e partito laburista, oltre che del capo di stato maggiore Dan Halutz.Il 62% ha dato un voto negativo a Olmert e il 65% a Peretz (in un precedente sondaggio, undici giorni prima, aveva invece ottenuto il 62% dei consensi). Il 49% ha detto di approvare l'operato del generale Halutz mentre il 44% gli ha dato un voto negativo. E' la piu' bassa percentuale di consensi per un capo di stato maggiore in carica.In termini di consensi, in caso di elezioni anticipate, Kadima, il partito di Olmert, scenderebbe da 29 a 20 seggi; il partito laburista da 19 a 12.Il sondaggio e' stato condotto su un campione di 500 persone, rappresentativo della popolazione israeliana. Il margine di errore e' del 4,5%. (ANSA)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115560174431558173?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115560174431558173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115560174431558173&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115560174431558173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115560174431558173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/israele-libano-sondaggio-israeliani.html' title='ISRAELE-LIBANO: SONDAGGIO, ISRAELIANI DELUSI DA ESITO GUERRA'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115549600149245362</id><published>2006-08-13T20:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.454+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Logic of Suicide Terrorism</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;This article was written a year ago. It looks as if it had been written yesterday. That's why I'm publishing it here now.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It’s the occupation, not the fundamentalism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;July 18, 2005 Issue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Copyright © 2005 The American Conservative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last month, Scott McConnell caught up with Associate Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago, whose book on suicide terrorism,&lt;/em&gt; Dying to Win&lt;em&gt;, is beginning to receive wide notice. Pape has found that the most common American perceptions about who the terrorists are and what motivates them are off by a wide margin. In his office is the world’s largest database of information about suicide terrorists, rows and rows of manila folders containing articles and biographical snippets in dozens of languages compiled by Pape and teams of graduate students, a trove of data that has been sorted and analyzed and which underscores the great need for reappraising the Bush administration’s current strategy. Below are excerpts from a conversation with the man who knows more about suicide terrorists than any other American.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The American Conservative:&lt;/strong&gt; Your new book, &lt;em&gt;Dying to Win&lt;/em&gt;, has a subtitle: &lt;em&gt;The Logic of Suicide Terrorism&lt;/em&gt;. Can you just tell us generally on what the book is based, what kind of research went into it, and what your findings were?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Pape:&lt;/strong&gt; Over the past two years, I have collected the first complete database of every suicide-terrorist attack around the world from 1980 to early 2004. This research is conducted not only in English but also in native-language sources—Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, and Tamil, and others—so that we can gather information not only from newspapers but also from products from the terrorist community. The terrorists are often quite proud of what they do in their local communities, and they produce albums and all kinds of other information that can be very helpful to understand suicide-terrorist attacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This wealth of information creates a new picture about what is motivating suicide terrorism. Islamic fundamentalism is not as closely associated with suicide terrorism as many people think. The world leader in suicide terrorism is a group that you may not be familiar with: the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a Marxist group, a completely secular group that draws from the Hindu families of the Tamil regions of the country. They invented the famous suicide vest for their suicide assassination of Rajiv Ghandi in May 1991. The Palestinians got the idea of the suicide vest from the Tamil Tigers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAC:&lt;/strong&gt; So if Islamic fundamentalism is not necessarily a key variable behind these groups, what is?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RP:&lt;/strong&gt; The central fact is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. From Lebanon to Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Kashmir to the West Bank, every major suicide-terrorist campaign—over 95 percent of all the incidents—has had as its central objective to compel a democratic state to withdraw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAC:&lt;/strong&gt; That would seem to run contrary to a view that one heard during the American election campaign, put forth by people who favor Bush’s policy. That is, we need to fight the terrorists over there, so we don’t have to fight them here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RP:&lt;/strong&gt; Since suicide terrorism is mainly a response to foreign occupation and not Islamic fundamentalism, the use of heavy military force to transform Muslim societies over there, if you would, is only likely to increase the number of suicide terrorists coming at us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since 1990, the United States has stationed tens of thousands of ground troops on the Arabian Peninsula, and that is the main mobilization appeal of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. People who make the argument that it is a good thing to have them attacking us over there are missing that suicide terrorism is not a supply-limited phenomenon where there are just a few hundred around the world willing to do it because they are religious fanatics. It is a demand-driven phenomenon. That is, it is driven by the presence of foreign forces on the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. The operation in Iraq has stimulated suicide terrorism and has given suicide terrorism a new lease on life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the rest of the interview on &lt;a href="http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html"&gt;The American Conservative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115549600149245362?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html' title='The Logic of Suicide Terrorism'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115549600149245362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115549600149245362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115549600149245362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115549600149245362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/logic-of-suicide-terrorism.html' title='The Logic of Suicide Terrorism'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115520703339375332</id><published>2006-08-10T12:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.363+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Lebanon pix</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2871/232/400/aaaa.47.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2871/232/400/aaaa.47.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2871/232/400/20060408-180512-5.26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2871/232/400/20060408-180512-5.26.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More &lt;a href="http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-have-just-received-these-pictures.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115520703339375332?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-have-just-received-these-pictures.html' title='Lebanon pix'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115520703339375332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115520703339375332&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115520703339375332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115520703339375332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/lebanon-pix.html' title='Lebanon pix'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115473942312475505</id><published>2006-08-05T02:49:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.282+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Head of Israel's proxy army in Lebanon slams bombing</title><content type='html'>The man who once commanded Israel's proxy army insouth Lebanon said on Friday (August 4) the Jewish state's bombing of Lebanon's infrastructure was undercutting its war aims by increasing support there for Hizbollah."The more they bomb the infrastructure in Lebanon, the more they strengthen Hizbollah and unite the Lebanese with Hizbollah," General Antoine Lahd, former head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA), told Reuters in his Tel Aviv apartment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Israeli air strikes have devastated Lebanon's infrastructure since Hizbollah abducted two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raid on July 12.On Friday, air raids destroyed three highway bridges in Christian areas north of Beirut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Israel has rejected international calls for animmediate ceasefire and is preparing for a possible push to the Litani river, some 20 km (13 miles) north of the border. Lahd said he knew at the time that Israel's pullout from south Lebanon in 2000 would strengthen Hizbollah. But he said: "Even I was surprised by the extent of Hizbollah's strength."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(...) Lahd said, based on his military experience, that i twould take the Israelis another two weeks to push Hizbollah to the north of the Litani river and weaken its military capabilities. "This is a difficult war. It is not a classical war. How long has Osama bin Laden been on the run?," Lahd said,referring to the al Qaeda leader who has eluded a U.S.manhunt since even before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "This is a different war, and it requires time, there is no 100 percent winner in this battle," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lahd said Israel realises that its bombing campaign is increasing support for Hizbollah but it believes it has noother choice. "They want to weaken Hizbollah's military capabilities and push them away from the border," Lahd said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lahd said he believed Israel would eventually swap Hizbollah prisoners for the two soldiers held by the guerrilla group, but would only do so through the Lebanese government. Lahd said he doubted Hizbollah would fire rockets at Tel Aviv, as threatened by the group's leader on Thursday,because he doubted Iran would go that far. Hizbollah receives much of its support from Iran and Syria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Source: Reuters)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115473942312475505?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115473942312475505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115473942312475505&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115473942312475505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115473942312475505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/head-of-israels-proxy-army_115473942312475505.html' title='Head of Israel&apos;s proxy army in Lebanon slams bombing'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115454670507232836</id><published>2006-08-02T21:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:04.057+02:00</updated><title type='text'>White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts</title><content type='html'>A draft Bush administration plan for special military courts seeks to expand the reach and authority of such "commissions" to include trials, for the first time, of people who are not members of al-Qaeda or the Taliban and are not directly involved in acts of international terrorism, according to officials familiar with the proposal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The plan, which would replace a military trial system ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in June, would also allow the secretary of defense to add crimes at will to those under the military court's jurisdiction. The two provisions would be likely to put more individuals than previously expected before military juries, officials and independent experts said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101334.html"&gt;washingtonpost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115454670507232836?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101334.html' title='White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115454670507232836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115454670507232836&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115454670507232836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115454670507232836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/white-house-proposal-would-expand.html' title='White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115453625488928989</id><published>2006-08-02T18:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.989+02:00</updated><title type='text'>La liaison Lyon-Turin impose des choix politiques</title><content type='html'>Le projet de liaison ferroviaire transalpine Lyon-Turin est ambitieux : il comporte une section internationale constituée d'un tunnel à grand gabarit de basse altitude, long de 53 km, entre Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne et l'Italie, complétée côté français par un nouvel itinéraire ferroviaire entre Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Lyon et la Maurienne. L'objectif essentiel est de reporter sur le rail une part importante du trafic routier franco-italien : 25 millions de tonnes par an transitent par les tunnels du Mont-Blanc et du Fréjus et 18 par Vintimille (8 seulement passent sur le rail) ; les trafics Nord-Sud stagnent depuis dix ans mais leur croissance future ne peut être exclue et les trafics Est-Ouest se développent rapidement. Objectif secondaire : faciliter les relations ferroviaires des voyageurs, aujourd'hui déplorables, entre la France et l'Italie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La voie ferrée dite "historique" Ambérieu-Modane-Italie fait l'objet de travaux importants qui porteront sa capacité de 12 à près de 20 millions de tonnes. Mais elle restera difficile et coûteuse à exploiter, en raison de son tracé sinueux, de son profil (des pentes de 3 %, un tunnel de faîte culminant à 1 300 m), de son gabarit limité, de son environnement (elle longe le lac du Bourget et traverse les agglomérations d'Aix-les-Bains et Chambéry), enfin d'un important trafic régional de voyageurs dont le renforcement est nécessaire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le projet Lyon-Turin est donc bien justifié techniquement, car il rend possible un basculement du trafic routier sur le rail comparable à celui du trafic aérien sur le TGV. Sa réalisation peut cependant déboucher sur un double fiasco : un report modal très limité malgré une offre ferroviaire devenue très performante, et un vaste gaspillage d'argent public pénalisant les autres projets ferroviaires, extension du réseau TGV et régénération du réseau classique, dont la moitié est dans un état catastrophique comme l'a confirmé le récent rapport Rivier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url(http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3232,36-800402,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;La liaison Lyon-Turin impose des choix politiques, par Jean Sivardière&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE  02.08.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115453625488928989?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3232,36-800402,0.html' title='La liaison Lyon-Turin impose des choix politiques'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115453625488928989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115453625488928989&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115453625488928989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115453625488928989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/la-liaison-lyon-turin-impose-des-choix.html' title='La liaison Lyon-Turin impose des choix politiques'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115453358640779555</id><published>2006-08-02T17:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.926+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Guerre d'image</title><content type='html'>Outre la libération de ses deux soldats prisonniers et l'arrêt des tirs de missiles et roquettes sur le nord du pays, les objectifs d'Israël dans sa guerre au Liban sont encore flous. L'un, affiché, est le désarmement du Hezbollah libanais ou, du moins, sa neutralisation. L'autre, confié en "off" par des responsables israéliens, est simplement que le Hezbollah sorte du conflit avec "une image de vaincu".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le moins qu'on puisse dire est que ce dernier objectif, le plus modeste, est loin d'être atteint ; et que cette guerre de l'image avec l'ennemi, cette guerre politique, qui sera cruciale si aucun des belligérants n'obtient une victoire militaire totale, a peu de chances d'être gagnée par Israël.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-734511,36-800347,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Guerre d'image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE  02.08.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;© &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115453358640779555?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-734511,36-800347,0.html' title='Guerre d&apos;image'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115453358640779555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115453358640779555&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115453358640779555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115453358640779555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/guerre-dimage.html' title='Guerre d&apos;image'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115439352204449811</id><published>2006-08-01T02:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.864+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hizballah: A Primer</title><content type='html'>Hizballah, the Lebanese Shi‘i movement whose militia is fighting the Israeli army in south Lebanon, has been cast misleadingly in much media coverage of the ongoing war. Much more than a militia, the movement is also a political party that is a powerful actor in Lebanese politics and a provider of important social services. Not a creature of Iranian and Syrian sponsorship, Hizballah arose to battle Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon from 1982-2000 and, more broadly, to advocate for Lebanon’s historically disenfranchised Shi‘i Muslim community. While it has many political opponents in Lebanon, Hizballah is very much of Lebanon -- a fact that Israel’s military campaign is highlighting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the article on &lt;a href="http://www.merip.org/mero/mero073106.html"&gt;Middle East Report Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115439352204449811?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.merip.org/mero/mero073106.html' title='Hizballah: A Primer'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115439352204449811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115439352204449811&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439352204449811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439352204449811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/hizballah-primer.html' title='Hizballah: A Primer'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115439078999808093</id><published>2006-08-01T01:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.793+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Milan news</title><content type='html'>&lt;a name="pollution_solution"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pollution solution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Letizia Moratti, the new, centre-right mayor of Milan, took careful note of London’s congestion-charging scheme during a trip to Britain in late June, as she is preparing to introduce a similar toll in Milan in January 2007. Ms Moratti, who was elected in May, campaigned on plans for what she calls a “pollution charge”. Her predecessor, Gabriele Albertini, a member of the Forza Italia party, was prevented from introducing such a fee by opponents in his own administration, who argued that the charge could hurt the economy by discouraging consumers from driving in the city. But by the end of his term the charge was raised again as a way to combat the city's pollution problems.&lt;br /&gt;The cost for cars entering the city is expected to be around €2 ($2.50). Ms Moratti said the charge, from which city residents will be exempt, would be accompanied by measures to strengthen Milan's much-maligned public-transport system. The hope is to cut traffic levels and bring in about €150m each year, to be used for transport and environmental initiatives. The city has also begun experimenting with a new type of asphalt that absorbs airborne pollutants.&lt;br /&gt;Also in theMilan guide NEW: Tel Aviv guideNews, reviews, culture, history, travel tips and more from &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Israel's commercial capital...&lt;a href="http://news.economist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/hsNr0F1iId0Mo0DGJX0EO" target="_blank"&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="#7215637"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="back_on_the_rank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Back on the rank&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taxi drivers in Milan and other Italian cities ended more than two weeks of strikes on July 18th, after the government agreed to tone down a plan to liberalise the sector. Politicians had hoped to increase competition and reduce notoriously high taxi-fares by making new taxi licences cheaper and easier to obtain. But after protests from drivers, which caused traffic chaos, the government agreed to scrap a measure that would have allowed a single person or company to buy multiple taxi licences. This would have forced independent drivers out of the market, opponents argued. Italian taxi drivers pay high fees to acquire licences, which they sell when they retire. The value of these licences would surely collapse if more were on the market.&lt;br /&gt;Nonetheless, some progress was made in improving the taxi service: drivers agreed to let local administrations issue temporary permits during periods of high demand. And a single licence can now be shared by more than one person, allowing a particular cab to circulate for more hours during the week.&lt;a name="#7215632"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="uncovering_the_past"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uncovering the past&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Archaeologists digging near Porta Romana, an ancient city gate, have found a common grave containing the skeletons of 157 people. They are thought to be victims of the bubonic plague that afflicted Milan between 1629 and 1631. The Lombardy archaeological authority made the discovery while surveying the site of a planned car park. The archaeologists—who also found pottery, rings, crucifixes and rosaries—will now study the bones to confirm the causes of death and reconstruct the victims' lives.&lt;br /&gt;Archaeological finds are not uncommon in Milan, and often date from the period when the city was the capital of the western Roman Empire. The archaeological authority routinely conducts surveys before construction work begins on sensitive sites throughout the city. This particular discovery is not expected to slow the building of the car park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Source: The Economist Cities Guide newsletter)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115439078999808093?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115439078999808093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115439078999808093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439078999808093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439078999808093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/miscellaneous-milan-news.html' title='Miscellaneous Milan news'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115439002280955416</id><published>2006-08-01T00:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.725+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Minà: "Lo sport non ha più morale"</title><content type='html'>Ha lo sguardo divertito quando viene raggiunto dalla domanda a bruciapelo. Beve un sorso del suo succo di frutta e chiede: "Ripeta la domanda per cortesia". Eccola: "E' vero che Maradona sarà il prossimo allenatore a sedersi sulla panchina della Nazionale argentina?". La risposta è chiara: "Presto o tardi el pibe de oro sarà il commissario tecnico dell'Argentina".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gianni Minà, che è uno dei più apprezzati giornalisti sportivi italiani e massimo esperto di cose dell'America Latina - è direttore della rivista di geopolitica Latinoamerica e della collana della Sperling&amp;Kupfer Continente desaparecido, ha firmato oltre 150 reportage per la Rai e un elenco lunghissimo di articoli e pubblicazioni - entra volentieri nell'argomento Maradona (di cui è amico personale n.d.r.), senza nascondere che il destino del grande campione è già scritto. "Qualche tempo fa non avrei avuto difficoltà a rispondere sì, ma adesso non sono così sicuro. Non nell'immediato".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E spiega: "Maradona sa perfettamente che l'allenatore uscente, Jose Pekerman, ha lavorato molto bene, ha fatto vincere tre mondiali under 20 ai giovani argentini. Si può anche non arrivare in finale e comunque aver formato un gruppo importante". Momento rischioso dunque. "Sì, Diego sa benissimo che può non essere conveniente entrare in questo momento. Ma presto o tardi siederà su quella panchina. E' ineluttabile".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Un suo dvd racconterà la storia del calciatore argentino in un periodo molto difficile della sua vita: l'abbandono del campo di calcio, la droga, il dramma familiare. Perché proprio Maradona?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perché, nel bene e nel male, è stato il più grande calciatore mai nato. Più grande di Pelé, perché ha fatto gli stessi suoi prodigi a velocità doppia. Certo, il calcio ai tempi di Maradona era più veloce, perché molti truccavano le regole del gioco col doping che permette agli atleti di vincere e superare la soglia del dolore, di correre più forte, di resistere di più.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maradona non era però fuori da questi giochi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diego, attenzione, non è mai caduto vittima del doping, ma della cocaina che semmai lo faceva rendere meno. Lui ha giocato nell'epoca in cui si è cominciato a pompare i giocatori come cavalli, eppure era il più bravo. Per questo dico che merita. E poi è un simbolo, nel bene e nel male. Un simbolo del nostro tempo che vive anche in base a certe congiunture che non sono solo quelle dei soldi ma anche quelle dello sport, non solo unico spettacolo ma unica fede. La gente non è capace di scendere in piazza per difendere i propri diritti sindacali ma è capace di scendere in piazza per la propria squadra di calcio. C'è una contraddizione spaventosa in tutto questo. Maradona può far raccontare vent'anni di calcio che significa anche raccontare vent'anni della società occidentale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lei ha dedicato gran parte della sua vita allo sport, realizzando documentari su personaggi leggendari, da Mohammed Alì a Baggio e Platini e tanti altri (giusto per fermarci allo sport). Dove nasce questa passione?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Semplice, io ero, come si dice, del mestiere. Se Cassius Clay era un protagonista nello sport e non solo, nella società nordamericana e occidentale in generale, io dovevo occuparmene e non limitarmi a vedere come tirava di sinistro. Ho chiaramente avuto dei buoni maestri, Maurizio Barenson, Sergio Zavoli, che mi hanno insegnato ad essere ambizioso. La televisione di Stato allora, la Rai, era una delle prime cinque al mondo. E quindi sono cresciuto in un ambiente dove non si limitava il campo, come fanno oggi molti giovani giornalisti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi il resto dell'intervista su &lt;a href="http://sport.tiscali.it/articoli/06/08/01/mina_intervista.html"&gt;Tiscali&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115439002280955416?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://sport.tiscali.it/articoli/06/08/01/mina_intervista.html' title='Minà: &quot;Lo sport non ha più morale&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115439002280955416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115439002280955416&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439002280955416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115439002280955416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/08/min-lo-sport-non-ha-pi-morale.html' title='Minà: &quot;Lo sport non ha più morale&quot;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115433533434471851</id><published>2006-07-31T10:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:03.657+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Star Trek: l'ultimo viaggio di Scotty</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;L'ingegnere dell'Enterprise torna in orbita: le sue ceneri saranno disperse nello spazio &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/imgbank/NEWS/scotty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/imgbank/NEWS/scotty.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Quale migliore epilogo per uno dei pilastri della serie classica di Star Trek?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scotty, l'ingegnere capo dell'Enterprise, torna nello spazio, nel suo spazio. A un anno dalla morte di James Doohan, l'attore che lo ha interpretato nella serie tv e nella versione cinematografica, le sue ceneri verranno spedite nello spazio e poi disperse, secondo le sue ultime volontà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante abbia interpretato più di quaranta film, fra cinema e tv, Doohan ha raggiunto fama mondiale grazie alla sua memorabile interpretazione di Scotty, l'ufficiale ingegnere capo dell'astronave Enterprise. Doohan entra nel cast di Star Trek nel 1966 e partecipa ai successivi progetti legati alla serie, sempre nel ruolo di Scotty, fino al film Star Trek: Generations del 1994.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi tutto l'articolo su &lt;a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8201/"&gt;Fantascienza.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115433533434471851?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8201/' title='Star Trek: l&apos;ultimo viaggio di Scotty'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115433533434471851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115433533434471851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115433533434471851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115433533434471851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/star-trek-lultimo-viaggio-di-scotty.html' title='Star Trek: l&apos;ultimo viaggio di Scotty'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115430606331075270</id><published>2006-07-31T02:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.954+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Press review</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.unita.it/images/independent.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="512" alt="" src="http://www.unita.it/images/independent.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115430606331075270?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115430606331075270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115430606331075270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115430606331075270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115430606331075270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/press-review.html' title='Press review'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115385845866749190</id><published>2006-07-25T22:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.881+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Les 10 sujets de 2006 dont le monde devrait entendre parler davantage</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Le Département de l’information des Nations Unies a dévoilé une nouvelle liste de ''Dix sujets dont le monde devrait entendre parler davantage''.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Craignant que certaines questions continuent de ne pas bénéficier d’une attention soutenue de la part des médias ou de disparaître de l’écran-radar, le Département de l’information des Nations Unies a dévoilé une nouvelle liste de '&lt;em&gt;'Dix sujets dont le monde devrait entendre parler davantage''&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Les médias et l’ONU ont un intérêt commun à communiquer au public des informations à propos de ce qui se passe dans notre monde&lt;/em&gt;, estime Shashi Tharoor, Secrétaire général adjoint à la communication et à l’information. &lt;em&gt;Mais les journalistes sont souvent inondés de reportages qui rivalisent pour arracher leur attention, ainsi que celle du public. Notre objectif est de les aider à veiller à ce que des questions importantes ne disparaissent pas des manchettes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’initiative, lancée d’abord en 2004, n'est pas destinée à être représentative du programme de l’Organisation. Comme au cours des années précédentes, la liste de 2006 couvre un large éventail de questions et de lieux géographiques. Certains sont relatifs à des situations humanitaires et de conflit urgentes et préoccupantes (comme en République démocratique du Congo et au Népal), tandis que d’autres abordent des domaines essentiels comme les droits de l’homme (le droit d’asile, le problème des enfants incarcérés) et le développement (le Libéria et l’eau en tant que ressource partagée).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si les sujets sont énumérés de un jusqu’à dix, cette classification n'est pas destinée à refléter leur importance relative. Dans la liste de cette année, certains sujets se concentrent sur des conflits qui ont fait la une des médias, mais mettent en lumière une perspective qui n'est pas souvent évoquée. Bien que le Département de l’information ait la responsabilité de la liste définitive, cette dernière a été établie à la suite de consultations intensives avec les départements, les bureaux sur le terrain et les programmes de l’ONU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sujets 2006 :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Libéria : les défis du développement après des années de guerre civile &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lost in Migration : les défis des demandeurs d’asile dans un contexte de lutte contre l’immigration clandestine &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;République démocratique du Congo : La situation humanitaire à l’approche d’élections historiques &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;La tragédie cachée du Népal : des enfants pris dans le conflit &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Somalie : l’insécurité exacerbe les conséquences de la sécheresse &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Réfugiés en attente permanente : des milliers de réfugiés sans solution à l’horizon &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Séisme en Asie du Sud : le défi de la reconstruction &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Derrière les barreaux, hors d’atteinte : les enfants maintenus abusivement en détention &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Des guerres de l’eau à la coopération : explorer les possibilités de consolidation de la paix à partir d’une ressource partagée &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Côte d'Ivoire : les médias de la haine constituent une menace pour la paix et la réconciliation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Source : &lt;a href="http://www.planete-urgence.org/planete-info/article.php?ID=781"&gt;Planète Urgence&lt;/a&gt;. Merci à Lily de nous l'avoir signalé)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115385845866749190?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.planete-urgence.org/planete-info/article.php?ID=781' title='Les 10 sujets de 2006 dont le monde devrait entendre parler davantage'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115385845866749190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115385845866749190&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115385845866749190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115385845866749190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/les-10-sujets-de-2006-dont-le-monde.html' title='Les 10 sujets de 2006 dont le monde devrait entendre parler davantage'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115385786600491621</id><published>2006-07-25T21:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.818+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Star Trek va all’asta</title><content type='html'>Imperdibile occasione per i fan di una delle serie TV più amate: a ottobre, grazie agli archivi della Cbs Paramount Television e alla famosa casa d’aste Christie’s, sarà possibile aggiudicarsi circa mille cimeli utilizzati per la realizzazione dei film e telefilm della saga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Star Trek quest'anno comperà quarant’anni: per festeggiare questo traguardo, la casa d’aste londinese Christie's ha organizzato una vendita e preparato un catalogo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dal 5 al 7 ottobre a New York i fan della celebre saga fantascientifica potranno comprare oltre 1.000 oggetti di scena utilizzati per girare le serie televisive e i film.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Costumi, armi, plastici di navi e stazioni spaziali: tutto arriva dagli archivi della Cbs Paramount Television.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I prezzi oscillano da una base di 3 mila dollari per il costume di un personaggio minore, ai 25 mila per acquistare un modello in miniatura della nave spaziale Enterprise utilizzato nel film Star Trek VI: Rotta verso l’ignoto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christie’s pubblicherà anche un catalogo da collezione, in due volumi e a tiratura limitata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sul sito di Christie's sono presenti anche una newsletter e un "Diario del Capitano" attraverso i quali, periodicamente, i fan potranno rimanere informati riguardo novità o aggiornamenti sull'asta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Fonte: &lt;a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8137/"&gt;Fantascienza.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115385786600491621?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8137/' title='Star Trek va all’asta'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115385786600491621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115385786600491621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115385786600491621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115385786600491621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/star-trek-va-allasta.html' title='Star Trek va all’asta'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115366604559232631</id><published>2006-07-23T16:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.748+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Appello per la libertà di televisione via Internet</title><content type='html'>Dalla Newsletter di Tiscali (ved. anche il blog &lt;a href="http://privacy.blogosfere.it/2006/07/le_associazioni.html"&gt;Privacy&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa mail parla del sistema della televisione in Italia, della sua evoluzione e del punto di snodo importante in cui ci troviamo oggi e che ci riguarda tutti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per questa ragione abbiamo scritto al &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Viviane Reding&lt;/strong&gt;, Commissario Europeo alla Società per l'Informazione e Media ed abbiamo inviato alcuni milioni di email agli utenti internet italiani. (&lt;a href="http://www.regoleperiptv.it"&gt;www.regoleperiptv.it&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'Autorità delle Comunicazioni ha concluso da poco un procedimento chiamato analisi del mercato dei servizi di diffusione radiotelevisiva per la trasmissione di contenuti agli utenti finali, ovvero l'analisi del mercato televisivo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'Autorità Italiana per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (&lt;strong&gt;AGCOM&lt;/strong&gt;) ha ritenuto che nel mercato della televisione via cavo non sussistano oggi posizioni dominanti e, di conseguenza, non siano necessari provvedimenti pro-competitivi per il prossimo futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le scriventi organizzazioni ritengono tale decisione profondamente lesiva non solo della concorrenza, ma anche della pluralità di informazione e delle libertà costituzionali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infatti, in Italia, televisione via cavo significa sostanzialmente IPTV, ovverosia televisione su protocollo IP portata a casa degli utenti attraverso le tecnologie della convergenza ed il cosiddetto accesso a larga banda.&lt;br /&gt;Un mercato, quello dell'accesso ADSL, nel quale Telecom Italia (TI) detiene oggi una quota superiore al 70%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;È pertanto prevedibile che:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- i fornitori di contenuti, per raggiungere il maggior numero di utenti, useranno la "piattaforma" a larga banda dell'operatore dominante e quindi;&lt;br /&gt;- gli utenti finali, per accedere al maggior numero di contenuti, tenderanno a concentrarsi sulla rete larga banda della stessa Telecom Italia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una situazione diametralmente opposta all'Internet che tutti conosciamo ed apprezziamo che consente a chiunque di accedere a qualunque contenuto a prescindere dal fornitore di accesso utilizzato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il monopolista di fatto nel mercato dell'accesso alla rete, estenderebbe così il controllo dalla rete di accesso alla IPTV e ai relativi contenuti, anche informativi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le scriventi organizzazioni ritengono viceversa che tutti gli utenti a larga banda debbano poter scegliere liberamente e disgiuntamente i propri fornitori di accesso, di contenuti e di servizi larga banda e per questa ragione ha inviato al Commissario Europeo per la Società dell'Informazione ed i Media, S.E. Viviane Reding la mail in allegato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo obiettivo può essere facilmente raggiunto imponendo e facendo rispettare, come è nei poteri dell'Autorità, due semplici regole:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;il soggetto che detiene a monte un rilevante potere di mercato nell'accesso larga banda deve essere obbligato ad interconnettere, ai diversi livelli, la sua rete di distribuzione dei contenuti con quelle dei concorrenti, e deve essere fatto rispettare, anche per la rete di distribuzione di contenuti IPTV la regola, già in vigore per le altre piattaforme televisive, di separazione strutturale tra la rete e contenuti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se condividi questa opinione, inoltra questa eMail e sottoscrivi anche tu L'appello per la libertà di televisione via Internet pubblicato su &lt;a href="http://www.regoleperiptv.it"&gt;http://www.regoleperiptv.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stefano Quintarelli Presidente AIIP &lt;a href="http://www.aiip.it"&gt;(http://www.aiip.it&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maurizio Gotta Presidente Anti Digital Divide (&lt;a href="http://www.antidigitaldivide.org"&gt;http://www.antidigitaldivide.org&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matteo Fici Presidente Assoprovider (&lt;a href="http://www.assoprovider.it"&gt;http://www.assoprovider.it&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guido Tripaldi Presidente Voipex (&lt;a href="http://www.voipex.it"&gt;http://www.voipex.it&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115366604559232631?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://privacy.blogosfere.it/2006/07/le_associazioni.html' title='Appello per la libertà di televisione via Internet'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115366604559232631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115366604559232631&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115366604559232631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115366604559232631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/appello-per-la-libert-di-televisione.html' title='Appello per la libertà di televisione via Internet'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115366479775383047</id><published>2006-07-23T16:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.686+02:00</updated><title type='text'>David Gilmour a Venezia per Emergency</title><content type='html'>David Gilmour, chitarrista e voce storica dei Pink Floyd, sarà in concerto in piazza San Marco a Venezia il 4 e 5 agosto per Emergency.&lt;br /&gt;È un'iniziativa a sostegno di Emergency, nata dall'associazione Tocnadanza e organizzata da Fran Tomasi in collaborazione con Venezia Spettacoli, alla quale Gilmour ha aderito con entusiasmo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parte del ricavato del doppio concerto verrà devoluto a favore del Centro di cardiochirurgia di Khartoum, in Sudan. In via di definizionel'incontro fra Gino Strada e David Gilmour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I biglietti, tre ordini di posti da 50 a 120 euro, sono in vendita sul circuito Ticketone (Tel. 899500022 &lt;a class="0" href="http://www.ticketone.it/"&gt;www.ticketone.it&lt;/a&gt;) e Box Office(Tel. 041.2719090).&lt;br /&gt;Emergency sara' presente con banchetti info e gadget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Fonte: newsletter di Emergency)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115366479775383047?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115366479775383047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115366479775383047&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115366479775383047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115366479775383047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/david-gilmour-venezia-per-emergency.html' title='David Gilmour a Venezia per Emergency'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115352011172762931</id><published>2006-07-22T00:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.624+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Biologist Who Underwent Sex Change Describes Biases Against Women&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neurobiologist Ben Barres has a unique perspective on former Harvard president Lawrence Summers's assertion that innate differences between the sexes might explain why many fewer women than men reach the highest echelons of science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's because Barres used to be a woman himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201883.html"&gt;washingtonpost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115352011172762931?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071201883.html' title='Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115352011172762931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115352011172762931&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115352011172762931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115352011172762931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/male-scientist-writes-of-life-as.html' title='Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115330676535248974</id><published>2006-07-19T12:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.559+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Converging Upon War</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;From the Middle East Report Online newsletter:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For many in Israel, and apparently also in the Bush administration, the escalating wars in Lebanon and Gaza are conjoined in a single war against a unified "axis of terror" linking Hizballah and Hamas to Damascus and distant Tehran. By lumping together the different struggles of Hizballah and Hamas, Israel casts resolvable political crises as unfathomable, irrational hatred, in an attempt to justify its massive bombing campaigns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Robert Blecher argues, the dual conflicts are indeed linked by more than captive Israeli soldiers -- not by radical Islam, but by Israel's plan to"disengage" unilaterally from much of the West Bank to manage its conflict with the Palestinians. With its two-front war, the Israeli government hasset out to prove to the Israeli public that disengagement is not a mistake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blecher's article, "Converging Upon War," is now posted at &lt;a href="http://www.merip.org/mero071806.htm"&gt;Middle East Report Online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115330676535248974?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.merip.org/mero071806.htm' title='Converging Upon War'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115330676535248974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115330676535248974&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115330676535248974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115330676535248974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/converging-upon-war.html' title='Converging Upon War'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115295696683396135</id><published>2006-07-15T11:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.494+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Computer owners 'have to pay TV tax'</title><content type='html'>Computer owners in Sweden could soon be forced to cough up nearly 2,000 kronor per year due to a change in the TV tax law – even if you can’t or don’t want to watch SVT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parliament voted on June 1 to touch up the TV licence fee law by making it a requirement to pay the fee regardless of how TV is watched. The law is vague, leaving it to the courts to sort out the details, reports Sydsvenskan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new law says those who have an apparatus able to receive TV programs are required to pay the tax, even if the machine can be used for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Radiotjänst, the agency that manages the TV licence fee collections doesn’t know how the new rules will work. The problem is defining what exactly constitutes a TV program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=4324&amp;date=20060713&amp;amp;PHPSESSID=9571d16bf4e8f20cbf40032fce845bd0"&gt;The Local&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115295696683396135?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=4324&amp;date=20060713&amp;PHPSESSID=9571d16bf4e8f20cbf40032fce845bd0' title='Computer owners &apos;have to pay TV tax&apos;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115295696683396135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115295696683396135&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115295696683396135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115295696683396135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/computer-owners-have-to-pay-tv-tax.html' title='Computer owners &apos;have to pay TV tax&apos;'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115295032446084324</id><published>2006-07-15T09:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.435+02:00</updated><title type='text'>"La Gasparri viola le norme europee" - La Ue contro la legge del centrodestra</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Mercoledì la Commissione dovrebbe decidere la messa in mora dell'Italia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il caso era stato aperto dall'associazione dei consumatori Altroconsumo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Favorisce gli operatori attuali nel passaggio dall'analogico al digitale"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il governo di centrosinistra ha già annunciato di voler cambiare le norme&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRUXELLES - La legge Gasparri "non è conforme alle direttive europee". La normativa è finita nel mirino dell'antitrust Ue perché favorisce gli operatori attuali nel passaggio dal sistema televisivo analogico al digitale. E' sulla base di questa conclusione che mercoledì prossimo la Commissione europea, secondo l'agenzia Radiocor, dovrebbe decidere di inviare al governo italiano una lettera di messa in mora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondo fonti comunitarie l'ufficio della commissaria all'antitrust Neelie Kroes è giunto alla conclusione che la legge che disciplina la transizione da un sistema tv all'altro attribuisce "diritti speciali" ai soggetti che attualmente utilizzano le frequenze analogiche per "il passaggio naturale e automatico alla trasmissione digitale terrestre".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il caso è stato aperto da un esposto di Altroconsumo contro la legge Gasparri perché "attribuisce illegittimamente a Rai e Mediaset diritti speciali che ne rafforzano la posizione dominante e impediscono l'accesso al mercato a nuovi operatori". Secondo l'antitrust Ue, le norme della legge italiana darebbero "un vantaggio agli operatori oggi in campo nel mercato televisivo italiano che utilizzano le frequenze analogiche, il che comporta di conseguenza uno svantaggio per altri operatori".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leggi il resto della notizia su &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/07/sezioni/politica/legge-gasparri/legge-gasparri/legge-gasparri.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Repubblica.it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115295032446084324?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.repubblica.it/2006/07/sezioni/politica/legge-gasparri/legge-gasparri/legge-gasparri.html' title='&quot;La Gasparri viola le norme europee&quot; - La Ue contro la legge del centrodestra'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115295032446084324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115295032446084324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115295032446084324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115295032446084324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/la-gasparri-viola-le-norme-europee-la.html' title='&quot;La Gasparri viola le norme europee&quot; - La Ue contro la legge del centrodestra'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115277215292157793</id><published>2006-07-13T08:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.377+02:00</updated><title type='text'>La bandiera più piccola del mondo. Molto ma molto piccola</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;La nanotecologia innalza la sua bandiera, a patto di riuscire a vederla. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/imgbank/NEWS/bandiera.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand" height="99" alt="" src="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/imgbank/NEWS/bandiera.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Uno dei modi più originali i cui è stato festeggiato il 4 di luglio negli Stati Uniti arriva dall’università del Texas, ma in questo caso i festini alla Animal House non c’entrano nulla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due studenti di ingegneria elettronica, Jang-Bae Jeon e Carlo Foresca, hanno creato la prima bandiera nanotecnologica, con tanto di asta per reggerla. L’altezza di quella che è la bandiera più piccola del mondo è di 7 micron, laddove, tanto per fare un esempio, lo spessore di un capello umano è di circa 100 micron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per realizzarla è stato usato un fascio di ioni (la versione microscopica di un raggio laser) che ha disegnato le 13 strisce e le 50 stelle su un wafer di silicio, dopodichè è stata “innalzata” sulla sua asta appositamente creata grazie a un nanomanipolatore. E se pensate che io abbia capito cosa c’è scritto in queste tre righe vi sbagliate di grosso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leggi il resto su &lt;a href="http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8111/"&gt;Fantascienza.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115277215292157793?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/8111/' title='La bandiera più piccola del mondo. 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Molto ma molto piccola'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115236849973202578</id><published>2006-07-08T16:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.320+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;sunday bloody sunday rx2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/PXnO_FxmHes"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://youtube.com/v/PXnO_FxmHes" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115236849973202578?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115236849973202578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115236849973202578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115236849973202578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115236849973202578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/sunday-bloody-sunday-rx2008.html' title=''/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115217851468228840</id><published>2006-07-06T11:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.263+02:00</updated><title type='text'>La chasse à la pollution</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;La hausse des températures estivales s'accompagne de niveaux de pollution records. Lancé à l'initiative du ministère de l'écologie et du développement durable, le site du "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.pollutionsindustrielles.ecologie.gouv.fr/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;registre français des émissions polluantes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;" vient d'être mis en ligne. Ce service permet de localiser sur une carte géographique les sites industriels et agricoles les plus polluants de France. Il est simple d'utilisation, et l'internaute peut affuter ses recherches par établissement, région, type de polluant ou de déchet. Cette cartographie contribue à affiner les connaissances environnementales, en vue de prévenir et réduire la pollution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;(Source: Le Monde.fr - Lettre check-list)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115217851468228840?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115217851468228840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115217851468228840&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115217851468228840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115217851468228840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/la-chasse-la-pollution.html' title='La chasse à la pollution'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-115217779136160098</id><published>2006-07-06T11:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.200+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Allez les Bleus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2006/07/06/h_11_ill_792469_060706_gorce.gif?1152159519229"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2006/07/06/h_11_ill_792469_060706_gorce.gif?1152159519229" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-115217779136160098?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/115217779136160098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=115217779136160098&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115217779136160098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/115217779136160098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/07/allez-les-bleus.html' title='Allez les Bleus'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-114893081603864314</id><published>2006-05-29T21:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.139+02:00</updated><title type='text'>EU to tax e-mail, text messages?</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;European Union lawmakers are investigating a proposed tax on e-mails and mobile phone text messages as a way to fund the 25-member bloc in the future. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A European Parliament working group is reviewing the idea, tabled by Alain Lamassoure, a prominent French MEP and member of the center-right European People's Party, the assembly's largest group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lamassoure, a member of Jacques Chirac's UMP party, is proposing to add a tax of about 1.5 cents on text or SMS messages and a 0.00001 cent levy on every e-mail sent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This is peanuts, but given the billions of transactions every day, this could still raise an immense income," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently the EU budget is funded through a combination of import duties, value added tax revenues and direct contributions from member states--the so-called "Gross National Income resource," which is calculated according to wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, following a yearlong battle over the current seven-year budget, agreed on last December, it was decided that the way in which the EU is funded should be changed, with new proposals expected by 2008/2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A single "EU tax" has found support among many of the 25 EU governments, MEP's and the European Commission, the EU's executive arm. Other ideas include a tax on airline tickets and an extra levy on oil companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Italy, the concept of a tax on texting was floated in the past, as a way to help offset the country's huge deficit, though it was flatly rejected by the outgoing government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Lamassoure argues that with billions of e-mails and texts sent around the world, it's a novel and simple way to raise funds from new technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Exchanges between countries have ballooned, so everyone would understand that the money to finance the EU should come from the benefits engendered by the EU," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://news.com.com/EU+to+tax+e-mail%2C+text+messages/2100-1028_3-6077464.html?tag=cd.top"&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-114893081603864314?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://news.com.com/EU+to+tax+e-mail%2C+text+messages/2100-1028_3-6077464.html?tag=cd.top' title='EU to tax e-mail, text messages?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/114893081603864314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=114893081603864314&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/114893081603864314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/114893081603864314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/05/eu-to-tax-e-mail-text-messages.html' title='EU to tax e-mail, text messages?'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-114873148630703463</id><published>2006-05-27T13:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:02.080+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Telecom Italia schedava gli ex clienti: il Garante della Privacy intende vederci chiaro</title><content type='html'>Sono in corso alcune indagini riguardanti Telecom Italia, ex monopolista del mercato della telefonia fissa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'indagine riguarda la pratica sistematica di schedatura del profilo degli utenti che passavano completamente ad altri operatori, in primo luogo Fastweb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Garante della Privacy intende acquisire gli atti del procedimento e vederci chiaro in una probabile violazione di diverse norme sulla privacy e la raccolta di dati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fonte: &lt;a href="http://privacy.blogosfere.it/2006/05/telecom_italia_.html"&gt;Privacy - The Big Brother Synopsis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-114873148630703463?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://privacy.blogosfere.it/2006/05/telecom_italia_.html' title='Telecom Italia schedava gli ex clienti: il Garante della Privacy intende vederci chiaro'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/114873148630703463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=114873148630703463&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/114873148630703463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/114873148630703463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/05/telecom-italia-schedava-gli-ex-clienti.html' title='Telecom Italia schedava gli ex clienti: il Garante della Privacy intende vederci chiaro'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-114845850243922852</id><published>2006-05-24T10:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.994+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Le rapport d'Amnesty diversement apprécié</title><content type='html'>Les pauvres et les faibles sont les principales victimes de la guerre contre le terrorisme. Ironiquement, note &lt;a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/story.aspx?Language=en&amp;DSNO=650105" target="_new"&gt;Al Manar&lt;/a&gt;, la chaîne libanaise du Hezbollah, ce sont précisément les pays qui se réfèrent le plus aux valeurs démocratiques de justice et de liberté qui se retrouvent en position de violer les droits de l'homme. Pour les Etats-Unis, dont un porte-parole rappelle qu'Amnesty était la première à dénoncer le régime de Saddam Hussein, l'ONG ferait mieux de s'impliquer dans le procès du dictateur déchu plutôt que de dénoncer le recours aux mercenaires en Irak ou encore la situation de Guantanamo. Le &lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1148287847064&amp;amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" target="_new"&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/a&gt; rapporte pour sa part que tous les incidents civils ou militaires en Israël font l'objet d'une enquête, et que le rapport de l'ONG va être étudié de près par les autorités. Les Emirats arabes unis, habitués aux remontrances de l'ONG, se défendent en avançant qu'ils travaillent aujourd'hui avec l'Organisation internationale du travail afin d'améliorer les conditions de travail des immigrés, selon &lt;a href="http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/05/24/10042208.html"&gt;Gulf News&lt;/a&gt;. En tout état de cause, et comme le rappelle le &lt;a href="http://story.malaysiasun.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/917ed4c74f6e604d/" target="_new"&gt;Malaysian Sun&lt;/a&gt;, "on n'éteint pas le feu avec du pétrole".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Source : newsletter de &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr"&gt;LeMonde.fr&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-114845850243922852?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lemonde.fr' title='Le rapport d&apos;Amnesty diversement apprécié'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/114845850243922852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=114845850243922852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 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Israël sous conditions</title><content type='html'>Le Hamas mettra un terme à sa lutte armée contre Israël si l'Etat hébreu se retire de tous les territoires palestiniens occupés, a déclaré le chef du bureau politique du mouvement islamiste, Khaled Mechaal, dans une interview au journal russe Nezavissimaïa Gazeta publiée lundi 13 février.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pubs.lemonde.fr/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/ZOP-LEMONDE/articles_international/exclu/197698442/Middle/default/empty.gif/35316463323933383432646531313230" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Si Israël reconnaît nos droits et s'engage à se retirer de tous les territoires occupés, le Hamas, et avec lui l'ensemble du peuple palestinien, décideront de mettre un terme à la résistance armée"&lt;/em&gt;, a déclaré Khaled Mechaal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Source :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import 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src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113943504241335825</id><published>2006-02-08T22:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.881+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Only Boy Who Could Ever Teach Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Evangelical leaders launch new campaign to fight global warming&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eighty-six evangelical Christian leaders have joined together to launch an "Evangelical Climate Initiative" and call for federal legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions via a cap-and-trade market system. This move comes after 22 evangelical leaders -- including Bush-friendly political heavyweights James Dobson and Charles Colson -- warned the National Association of Evangelicals against issuing just such a statement earlier this month. The NAE didn't sign on to the new statement, but its president Ted Haggard says he's personally convinced global warming is real and dangerous, and NAE VP Richard Cizik helped persuade other leaders -- including best-selling author and megachurch leader Rick Warren -- to get on board. The initiative plans to spread its message via programs at churches and Christian colleges and an ad campaign in targeted states. Says a planned TV ad, "The good news is that with God's help, we can stop global warming, for our kids, our world, and for the Lord." Hallelujah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;straight to the source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=6417"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The New York Times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, Laurie Goodstein, 08 Feb 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;discuss in Gristmill: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/2/8/103720/4780?source=daily"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hallelujah!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;straight to the statement: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=6423"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Statement of the Evangelical Climate Initiative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;see also, in Grist: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/news/daily/2006/02/02/6/index.html?source=daily"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Evangelical association decides not to fight global warming after all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;see also, in Grist: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #336699; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/10/05/cizik/index.html?source=daily"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;An interview with green evangelical leader Richard Cizik&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113943504241335825?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.grist.org/' title='The Only Boy Who Could Ever Teach Me'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113943504241335825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113943504241335825&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113943504241335825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113943504241335825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/02/only-boy-who-could-ever-teach-me.html' title='The Only Boy Who Could Ever Teach Me'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113880904182743180</id><published>2006-02-01T16:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.818+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hai il senso dello humor? A lui non piace</title><content type='html'>L'umorismo è poco sexy se arriva da una donna. Essere belle e anche spiritose, dotate di ironia e sarcasmo, è cosa niente affatto gradita ai maschietti. Lo rivela una ricerca pubblicata dalla rivista canadese Evolution And Human Behaviour. Lo studio è stato compiuto in modo incrociato da due università dell'Ontario occidentale, usando un campione di uomini e donne dai 21 ai 35 anni, molti dei quali studenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ebbene, mentre le donne interpellate ammettono senza problemi di apprezzare e trovare seducente un partner dotato di senso dello humor, gli uomini sono di tutt'altro avviso. Se in prima battuta si dicono disposti a legarsi sentimentalmente a donne spiritose e inclini alla battuta, alla domanda "la sposeresti o ti ci fidanzeresti?" rispondono in maggioranza un netto "no".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per Lucy Porter, celebre battutista femminile della tv americana, chiamata a commentare gli esiti dello studio canadese: "Senso dell'umorismo è indice di intelligenza ma anche di spirito critico sempre vivo. Una cosa della quale gli uomini hanno una paura tremenda". In Italia, l'attrice e umorista Lella Costa rincara la dose: "Noi donne, quando siamo spiritose, siamo tremende. Evidentemente il sarcasmo femminile cozza contro qualcosa di atavico. Un problema non solo canadese, esiste anche in Italia, ma da noi la cosa si ammette di meno perché siamo affetti da cripto-misoginia". Permalosi e privi della capacità di mettersi in gioco: davvero una brutta fotografia dei maschi del terzo millennio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fonte: &lt;a href="http://donna.tiscali.it/news/06/01/31/donna_spiritosa_temuta.html"&gt;Tiscali Notizie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113880904182743180?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://donna.tiscali.it/news/06/01/31/donna_spiritosa_temuta.html' title='Hai il senso dello humor? 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A lui non piace'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113797332865133274</id><published>2006-01-23T00:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.756+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Turkey drops case against writer Orhan Pamuk</title><content type='html'>ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court dropped a controversial case against best-selling author Orhan Pamuk for insulting Turkish identity after the justice ministry said it had no authority to try him, CNN Turk TV said on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ruling on a case that has been condemned by the European Union, the justice ministry told Istanbul's Sisli court it had had no authority under the revised penal code to pursue the trial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamuk was charged under article 301 of the new penal code, which forbids insulting the Turkish identity, after he said in a Swiss newspaper interview that no one dared discuss the massacre of a million Armenians in Turkey during World War One.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The EU had said the case raised concerns over freedom of speech in Turkey as it seeks to win EU membership by demonstrating its commitment to European values.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Istanbul court adjourned Pamuk's trial shortly after it began on December 16 and asked the justice ministry for a legal opinion on whether he could be tried under the new penal code.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamuk made the remarks last February, before the new penal code came into force. The court decided to drop the case following the statement from the ministry, CNN Turk said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyID=2006-01-22T223049Z_01_L22745953_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-PAMUK.xml&amp;amp;archived=False"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Reuters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113797332865133274?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyID=2006-01-22T223049Z_01_L22745953_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-PAMUK.xml&amp;archived=False' title='Turkey drops case against writer Orhan Pamuk'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113797332865133274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113797332865133274&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113797332865133274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113797332865133274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/01/turkey-drops-case-against-writer-orhan.html' title='Turkey drops case against writer Orhan Pamuk'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113785294594144246</id><published>2006-01-21T15:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.692+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Les Kurdes sont les vrais maîtres de Kirkouk</title><content type='html'>Il y a un an encore, la route menant du Kurdistan d'Irak à la cité pétrolière de Kirkouk, sous juridiction de Bagdad, mais que les Kurdes revendiquent, était considérée comme peu sûre. De même que Kirkouk elle-même, multiethnique et promise alors à la guerre civile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais, cet hiver, un flot continu de voitures la relie au Kurdistan et la guerre en semble absente. Même si la cité vit comme toutes celles que se disputent diverses communautés — sous le régime des intimidations, assassinats compris, visant le groupe adverse. Ainsi, le chauffeur de taxi kurde rechigne à s'aventurer dans les quartiers sud de Kirkouk, ceux des Arabes installés par Saddam Hussein à la place des Kurdes. Après une incursion dans les quartiers mixtes au pied de la citadelle, le taxi regagne sans déplaisir la partie purement kurde de la ville. "Tant que ces Arabes ne seront pas repartis, leurs terroristes resteront ici une menace", dit le chauffeur. "Je ne parle pas de ceux qui ont toujours vécu ici...", se reprend-il cependant. Sans dissiper l'impression que l'humeur, ici non plus, n'est pas à la réconciliation. D'abord, parce que des dizaines de milliers de Kurdes attendent encore leur réinstallation dans ces zones pétrolières bordant tout le sud du Kurdistan autonome actuel, d'où ils furent chassés par des campagnes successives d'arabisation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour lire l'article entier :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css" media="all"&gt;@import url&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css"&gt;http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/css/blog.css&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class="bl-lien"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3462,36-733177,0.html" target="_blank"&gt;Les Kurdes sont les vrais maîtres de Kirkouk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LE MONDE  21.01.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&amp;copy; &lt;a href="http://www.lemonde.fr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/img/lgo/lemondefr_trpet.gif" border="0" height="13" width="67" align="absmiddle" alt="Le Monde.fr" title="Le Monde.fr" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113785294594144246?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113785294594144246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113785294594144246&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113785294594144246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113785294594144246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/01/les-kurdes-sont-les-vrais-matres-de.html' title='Les Kurdes sont les vrais maîtres de Kirkouk'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113758084576247349</id><published>2006-01-18T11:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.632+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Incontro nazionale delle realta' locali ed individuali di solidarieta' con il popolo kurdo</title><content type='html'>A Modena, si svolgerà, sabato 4 e domenica 5 febbraio 2006, un incontro nazionale con il popolo kurdo, i suoi responsabili politici in Italia ed esponenti europei. Tale incontro ci vedrà tutti/e impegnati/e in una discussione che prevedrà almeno i seguenti punti:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-         nella giornata di sabato, ore 10.00, gli  interlocutori kurdi illustreranno l'attuale situazione geopolitica nel Kurdistan, le iniziative intraprese e da intraprendere in Europa e l’agenda politica (incontri, manifestazioni, report ecc.); nella stessa giornata sono previste discussioni sulle campagne di solidarietà con le popolazioni in Kurdistan, in particolare si tenterà di costruire una iniziativa collettiva a carattere europeo denominata "Osservatorio sulla situazione kurda", definendo una operazione di osservatori europei a rotazione ( non solo dunque nel viaggio per il Newroz, fino ad oggi l’unica cadenza annuale); inoltre ci sarà una discussione aperta sulla questione kurda nel suo insieme; la campagna per la libertà del Presidente Ocalan e la revisione del suo processo;  si farà il punto sui progetti iniziati con gli enti locali italiani o nuovi progetti da proporre;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-         nel tardo pomeriggio del sabato si terrà una iniziativa pubblica sulla questione kurda. L'intenzione è quella di aprire un dibattito allargato con la società italiana, la politica e i partiti della coalizione dell'Unione in vista delle elezioni politiche per non perdere d'occhio la questione kurda come questione irrisolta che coinvolge ormai anche l’Europa. Sono invitati a partecipare al dibattito i responsabili esteri dei partiti politici che compongono la coalizione dell'Unione. Presso Camera del Lavoro alle 17:00 in sala 9 gennaio  il 4 Febbraio  in “Piazza cittadella 8/9”,  400 metri dalla stazione ferroviaria di Modena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-         a conclusione dei lavori sarà disponibile a sottoscrizione una cena a base di cibi tradizionali kurdi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-         nella giornata di domenica, si affronterà soprattutto la questione della campagna di solidarietà con il popolo kurdo legata al viaggio in Turchia e Kurdistan in occasione del Newroz - il capodanno kurdo 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per ulteriori informazioni:&lt;br /&gt;Email   &lt;a href="mailto:ass.azad@libero.it"&gt;ass.azad@libero.it&lt;/a&gt;  (azad);  &lt;a href="mailto:uiki.onlus@fastwebnet.it"&gt;uiki.onlus@fastwebnet.it&lt;/a&gt;  (UIKI, tel. 06636292)Tel. 3391774093 (Juri)  3287785099 (Mehmet)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113758084576247349?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113758084576247349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113758084576247349&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113758084576247349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113758084576247349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/01/incontro-nazionale-delle-realta-locali.html' title='Incontro nazionale delle realta&apos; locali ed individuali di solidarieta&apos; con il popolo kurdo'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113723593876739984</id><published>2006-01-14T11:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.574+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Agca, dove le parole finiscono</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/variations/3962-300x300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/variations/3962-300x300.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“Il nostro assassino nazionale”, come lo ha definito la figlia del giornalista ucciso da Agca nel 1979, è stato scarcerato ieri mattina ad Istanbul. Se in Italia il suo nome rappresenta l’attentato di piazza San Pietro, in Turchia è uno dei simboli della strategia della tensione condotta da estrema destra, mafia e apparati dello Stato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Leggi l'articolo dell'&lt;a href="http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/5147/1/167/"&gt;Osservatorio sui Balcani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113723593876739984?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.osservatoriobalcani.org/article/articleview/5147/1/167/' title='Agca, dove le parole finiscono'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113723593876739984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113723593876739984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113723593876739984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113723593876739984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2006/01/agca-dove-le-parole-finiscono.html' title='Agca, dove le parole finiscono'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113570518212120705</id><published>2005-12-27T18:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.504+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Un incontro sul Kurdistan nel modenese</title><content type='html'>Nel territorio modenese si svolgerà sabato 4 e domenica 5 febbraio 2006 un incontro nazionale con il popolo kurdo , i suoi responsabili politici in Italia, ed esponenti europei. Tale incontro ci vedrà tutti/e impegnati/e in una discussione che prevedrà almeno i seguenti punti :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-nella giornata di sabato i nostri interlocutori kurdi ci illustreranno l'attuale situazione geopolitica nel Kurdistan (turco, irakeno, ?), le iniziative intraprese e da intraprendere in Europa e una agenda politica (incontri , manifestazioni, report ecc.); nella stessa giornata sono previste discussioni sulle campagne di solidarietà con le popolazioni in Kurdistan , in particolare si tenterà di costruire una iniziativa collettiva a carattere europeo denominata "Osservatorio sulla situazione kurda", definendo una operazione di osservatori europei a rotazione (non solo dunque nel viaggio per il Newroz come una tantum); inoltre discussione aperta sulla questione kurda nel suo insieme; la campagna per la libertà del Presidente Ocalan e la revisione del suo processo; un punto sui progetti iniziati o da proporre con gli enti locali italiani;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-nel tardo pomeriggio del sabato si terrà una iniziativa pubblica sulla questione kurda che si sta ancora preparando. L'intenzione è quella di aprire un vasto dibattito con la società italiana , la politica e i partiti della coalizione dell'Unione in vista delle elezioni politiche per non perdere d'occhio la questione kurda come questione europea ed irrisolta. Sono invitati a partecipare al dibattito i responsabili esteri dei partiti politici che compongono la coalizione dell'Unione.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Dopo l'iniziativa pubblica si terrà una cena sociale a sottoscrizione a base di piatti della cucina tradizionale kurda.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Nella giornata di domenica , si affronterà soprattutto la questione della campagna di solidarietà con il popolo kurdo legata al viaggio in Turchia e Kurdistan in occasione del Newroz - il capodanno kurdo 2006.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;È chiaro che questo è un programma di incontri di massima. D'ora in avanti bisognerà costruire insieme questo appuntamento nazionale. Innanzitutto segnare in agenda l'impegno ad esserci tutti e due i giorni, anche per organizzarci collettivamente per il pernottamento; preparare proposte da far girare in rete per guadagnare tempo nella due giorni; alle realtà territoriali l'invito di portare materiali, report, invitando rappresentanti degli enti locali. Un invito particolare è diretto ovviamente a tutti/e coloro che almeno una volta sono stati in Kurdistan in delegazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'ubicazione degli incontri sarà quanto prima divulgata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contatti : mailing list kurdistanazad@yahoogroups.com , uiki.onlus@fastwebnet.it (ufficio kurdo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mail ass.azad@libero.it (azad); uiki 06636892 - 3281185099 - Ass. Azad mobile 3391774093 (juri)--  --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SALUTI E BUONE FESTE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE AZAD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UIKI-UFFICIO DI INFORMAZIONE DEL KURDISTAN IN ITALIA&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113570518212120705?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113570518212120705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113570518212120705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113570518212120705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113570518212120705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2005/12/un-incontro-sul-kurdistan-nel-modenese.html' title='Un incontro sul Kurdistan nel modenese'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113498776965155201</id><published>2005-12-19T11:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.438+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Evo Morales se acerca a la Presidencia de Bolivia</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;El candidato se encamina a un récord histórico de votos en la elección presidencial; los sondeos lo dan entre 44.5 y 45% en los comicios, con una ventaja de entre 10 y 12 puntos sobre el expresidente de derecha Jorge Quiroga.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Paz.- El cocalero Evo Morales se encamina a un récord histórico de votos en la elección presidencial boliviana de confirmarse las proyecciones que le dan entre 44,5 y 45% en los comicios de este domingo, con una ventaja de entre 10 y 12 puntos sobre el ex presidente de derecha Jorge Quiroga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La mayor votación previa alcanzada por un candidato a la presidencia correspondió a Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada en 2002, cuando obtuvo un 36%. En esa oportunidad derrotó a Morales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La ventaja que el líder cocalero tiene sobre Quiroga se constituye en una diferencia histórica, según los datos difundidos por las encuestadoras Mori e Ipsos-Captura.Según la consultora Ipsos-Captura, el resultado sería además histórico en La Paz, donde Morales conseguiría un aplastante triunfo con un 57,7% duplicando a Quiroga, que alcanzaría un 25,4%. Nunca antes un candidato había conseguido superar el 50% de los votos en la capital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La proyección indicó que en Santa Cruz, bastión del tecnócrata Quiroga, este obtendría un 43,4%, y sorpresivamente Morales conseguía un segundo lugar con el 28,6%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La encuesta en boca de urna se realizó en base a consultas a votantes en todos los departamentos del país.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La empresa informó que realizó dos metodologías de estudio: la boca de urna, a la salida de las mesas electorales, con 18.600 muestras, y con un margen de error del 3%, y un conteo rápido, sobre la base de los primeros resultados sobre más de 200 mesas, y que reduce el margen de error.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Corte Nacional Electoral (CNE), encargada de dar los resultados oficiales, aún no había dado un primer informe y se espera que a última hora de la noche apenas se tengan datos no representativos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Grazie a &lt;a href="http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/kurdistanazad/"&gt;Kurdistanazad&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113498776965155201?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/kurdistanazad/' title='Evo Morales se acerca a la Presidencia de Bolivia'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113498776965155201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113498776965155201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113498776965155201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113498776965155201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2005/12/evo-morales-se-acerca-la-presidencia.html' title='Evo Morales se acerca a la Presidencia de Bolivia'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113474591746622764</id><published>2005-12-16T16:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.374+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Alien search merges with other home projects</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;SETI@home is getting a boost in computer power.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SETI@home, a downloadable screensaver that lets the public donate their unused computer time to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, switches off today. But it is not going away: it is simply joining forces with similar distributed-computing projects on topics from climate models to cures for diseases. The move should boost the number of users, upping the computing power available to search for messages from alien life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About a dozen projects are now signed up to a common software system, so that they can pool volunteers' computer time and use it more efficiently (see '&lt;a onclick="window.open('/news/2005/051212/box/051212-10_BX1.html','box','width=600,height=400,scrollbars=yes')" href="javascript:void(0)"&gt;All for one&lt;/a&gt;'). As a result, each project should get access to more users, more of the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SETI@home, launched in May 1999, looks for regular or strong signals from outer space. It breaks up radio signals from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico and sends these to the computers of 5.5 million volunteers, each of which analyses a small chunk of data and sends back the results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Read the whole story on &lt;a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/051212-10.html"&gt;Nature.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113474591746622764?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/051212-10.html' title='Alien search merges with other home projects'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113474591746622764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113474591746622764&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113474591746622764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113474591746622764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2005/12/alien-search-merges-with-other-home.html' title='Alien search merges with other home projects'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113473460858341814</id><published>2005-12-16T12:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.310+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ti coccolo via web</title><content type='html'>Alcuni scienziati di Singapore stanno studiando un modo per trasmettere via Web la sensazione di un abbraccio o di una carezza, per esempio attraverso una giacca indossata da chi e' in linea. I ricercatori della Nanyang Technological University avrebbero pensato ai polli e ad altri animali. A seguire gli umani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(dalla newsletter &lt;a href="http://www.cacaonline.it"&gt;Cacao Elefante&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113473460858341814?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cacaonline.it' title='Ti coccolo via web'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113473460858341814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113473460858341814&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113473460858341814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113473460858341814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2005/12/ti-coccolo-via-web.html' title='Ti coccolo via web'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108491.post-113094314763770728</id><published>2005-11-02T15:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T22:32:01.244+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Retroscena in Bielorussia raccontati dalle coppie adottive italiane</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Pubblico questo comunicato stampa così com'è. La mia conoscenza in materia è pari a zero, quindi chiunque voglia commentare per precisare, smentire, confermare o quant'altro è invitato a farlo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tra soldi, intrecci politici e business di varie organizzazioni&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bambini sospesi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I retroscena del blocco delle adozioni internazionali dalla Bielorussia raccontati dalle famiglie e le gravi responsabilità delle Istituzioni italiane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ministero Pari Opportunità, Commissione Adozioni Internazionali, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Commissione Bicamerale per l’Infanzia)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ROMA&lt;/strong&gt; - Rissa istituzionale vergognosa e dalle gravissime conseguenze per i bambini orfani e soli, tra il Ministro per le Pari Opportunità, Stefania Prestigiacomo, da una parte, e le On. Maria Burani Procaccini e Marida Bolognesi, della Commissione Bicamerale per l’Infanzia, dall’altra, giocatasi tutta sulla pelle dei nostri bambini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I fatti:&lt;/strong&gt; 150 pratiche adottive di altrettanti bambini bielorussi percorrono da oltre 45 mesi il penoso e tortuoso iter adottivo. Ma da ben 13 mesi sono bloccate deliberatamente a Minsk. Causa di questo blocco un discorso del Presidente Lukascenko che anticipava l’intenzione di modificare la legge bielorussa sulle adozioni internazionali in senso restrittivo e retroattivo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Noi famiglie direttamente interessate dal blocco&lt;/strong&gt; (appunto tra le 150 pratiche bloccate da 13 mesi a Minsk), ed a conoscenza che &lt;strong&gt;altre 600 coppie adottive&lt;/strong&gt; sono in attesa da oltre 24 mesi per una strada che non appare avere futuro, vogliamo, con questo COMUNICATO alla STAMPA, &lt;strong&gt;denunciare pubblicamente quanto segue:&lt;br /&gt;Bambini senza sogni&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tatiana e Valerji (3 anni e mezzo), Denis (4 anni) e centinaia di altri bimbi hanno fatto appena in tempo ad identificare noi e tanti altri come loro genitori, a chiamarci “mamma e papà”. Qualcuno, anche se per poco, si era finalmente dedicato a loro, in via esclusiva. Ora, Tatiana, Valerji, Denis e tutti gli altri hanno poche speranze di sentirsi ancora al centro di un mondo d’amore. Il loro destino sarà forse ancora chiuso tra le mura di un orfanotrofio bielorusso, in camerate da 20 lettini e vetri appannati su un mondo di nebbia e gelo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le responsabilità dirette degli enti autorizzati all’adozione in Bielorussia e il business delle accoglienze&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanno analizzate e verificate le reali responsabilità soggettive ed oggettive degli Enti autorizzati rispetto ai ritardi ed alle tante omissioni, manifeste e reiterate, e la totale insussistenza dei controlli sul loro operato da parte della Commissione adozioni internazionali (CAI), organismo preposto alla loro vigilanza.&lt;br /&gt;Gli interessi economici in gioco sono elevati e coinvolgono diverse aree e settori economici, sia bielorussi che italiani. La Bielorussia resta infatti l’ultima nazione dell’ex blocco sovietico a voler intrattenere rapporti per le adozioni internazionali con l’Italia, dopo la chiusura della Federazione Russa, dell’Ucraina, della Romania e della Bulgaria, come recentemente dichiarato dalle stesse autorità di governo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Troppi protagonisti italiani&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come sempre in Italia, la rete gerarchica per gestire una singola area ha più teste, più titolari, regolarmente in dissenso o antagonismo. Per le adozioni internazionali e, nello specifico, per i rapporti con la Bielorussia possiamo contare sulle decisioni del Ministero per le Pari Opportunità (Ministro On. Stefania Prestigiacomo), della CAI (Commissione adozioni internazionali, organo tecnico del Ministero per le Pari Opportunità, che dovrebbe svolgere il ruolo di mediazione internazionale e controllo nazionale, con a capo la Dott.ssa Roberta Capponi, magistrato, Presidente), del Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Ministro plenipotenziario Dott. Giuseppe Panocchia), della Commissione Bicamerale per l’Infanzia (Presidente On. Maria Burani Procaccini, Vicepresidente On. Marida Bolognesi, On. Piero Ruzzante), degli Enti autorizzati a titolo oneroso per le adozioni internazionali in tale paese ed anche su un Comitato di coordinamento delle famiglie di aspiranti all’adozione (circa 300 famiglie).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le due delegazioni che non lavano i panni sporchi in casa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non ci facciamo mancare niente noi Italiani. E così, per dirimere una questione tanto delicata (il blocco da oltre 13 mesi di 150 bambini), decidiamo di inviare non una, ma due delegazioni a mercanteggiare direttamente a Minsk. Entrambe sono state però espressamente richieste dalle autorità bielorusse ai fini della riapertura di un dialogo. La prima è una delegazione tecnico-ministeriale (la compongono la Dott.ssa Capponi e il Dott. Panocchia), la seconda è politico-parlamentare (Bicamerale per l’Infanzia, nelle persone degli On. Burani-Procaccini, Bolognesi e Ruzzante). La prima delegazione parte ad oltre un anno di distanza dalla proclamazione del blocco, il 13 e 14 ottobre u.s., ma torna con poco o nulla. La seconda parte dopo dieci giorni, il 24-25-26 ottobre u.s., per completare l’operato della prima e per sbloccare definitivamente le 150 pratiche giacenti dal 2004. Questa seconda missione doveva però essere affiancata dai due componenti tecnici della prima (Dott.ssa Capponi e Dott. Panocchia), unici delegati alla firma di un accordo di governo. Ma i due tecnici non si presentano alla partenza. Cosa sia accaduto, non è ancora dato saperlo, soprattutto per dei semplici cittadini in agonia da oltre un anno per una firma. La delegazione torna con un mezzo accordo, che però alla prima delegazione non va bene, nonostante i continui contatti tra i parlamentari a Minsk e i più importanti rappresentanti delle Istituzioni governative italiane (tra cui il Sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio Gianni Letta). Così, quando la prima delegazione torna per firmare, ma solo dopo mille pressioni da parte delle famiglie italiane indignate, si rifiuta di farlo perché se firmano lo fanno solo con il loro testo. La totale mancanza di concertazione mette ora a rischio il futuro dei “bambini sospesi”. Morale: tra mal parole da pescivendole e scarsa professionalità riusciamo a farci deridere persino dai Bielorussi.&lt;br /&gt;Nel “superiore interesse dei minori”, il Ministro Prestigiacomo ha vietato alla Dott.ssa Capponi di apporre la firma su un Protocollo d’intesa finalmente concordato dalla Bicamerale Infanzia e dalle autorità bielorusse. Perché? Ce lo chiediamo ancora, ma a questa domanda non è stata ancora data una risposta convincente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La perenne mancanza di informazioni e di trasparenza&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Va allora evidenziato come l’intera vicenda sia da almeno quattro anni priva di informazioni e di trasparenza da parte del Ministero per le Pari Opportunità, che ha taciuto la reale situazione della Bielorussia come paese “a rischio”, isolato dall’UE da anni, ma con il quale intercorrono in campo commerciale scambi bilaterali, che vanno ben oltre i 30.000 bambini accolti per i soggiorni terapeutici (dai quali derivano comunque lauti guadagni). Pur a conoscenza di tale problematica situazione, appare sconcertante aver indotto un migliaio di coppie adottive italiane, da 4 anni a questa parte, a versare migliaia di euro nei contratti di mandato adottivi, ed illudere così altrettanti bambini per poi impantanarsi in lotte tra istituzioni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L’immobilismo delle Istituzioni italiane&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tutte le nostre Istituzioni sono rimaste immobili ed inerti fino alla mobilitazione delle famiglie nel giugno scorso, data della nascita di un primo Comitato di coordinamento a Roma, il 14 giugno. Mentre la Bielorussia bloccava le adozioni già vagliate e pronte per la sentenza definitiva, la CAI si ostinava a parlare di semplice “rallentamento” e invitava beffardamente le famiglie ad “avere pazienza”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La richiesta delle famiglie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;L’urgente ed immediata  ripresa delle trattative e i nostri bambini a casa!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Parte delle famiglie in attesa, disponibili a rilasciare interviste e a raccontare gli aspetti sconosciuti  di questa drammatica vicenda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;informazioni:&lt;br /&gt;Alessandro Maria Fucili&lt;br /&gt;mobile 348330603&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.LoretoBambino.it"&gt;www.LoretoBambino.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10108491-113094314763770728?l=seleneverri.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.loretobambino.it/' title='Retroscena in Bielorussia raccontati dalle coppie adottive italiane'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/feeds/113094314763770728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10108491&amp;postID=113094314763770728&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113094314763770728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10108491/posts/default/113094314763770728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://seleneverri.blogspot.com/2005/11/retroscena-in-bielorussia-raccontati.html' title='Retroscena in Bielorussia raccontati dalle coppie adottive italiane'/><author><name>Selene Verri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08515327054757630227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos10.flickr.com/11208118_ab99da7107_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
