Surprise, surprise, European nations knew of secret CIA jails. At least that’s what a European parliament report says. A special committee has been investigating the entire CIA secret jails issue for months. The committee was led by Claudio Fava, who said that “Many governments co-operated passively or actively with the CIA”. High ranking EU officials [...]
Sadly there are still millions of people in Africa and other poor regions that follow the Vatican’s doctrine on condom use. 8000 people a day die because of AIDS. The Vatican has refused to ease their ban on artificial contraceptions. However, at the request of the current Pope, Benedict, the Congregation for the Doctrine of [...]
French Socialists have selected Segolene Royal to be their presidential candidate. She will most likely face Nicolas Sarkozy as opponent from the conservatives. Madame Royal received over 60% of the vote, making a second round unnecessary. The other two Socialist presidential candidates were Mr Strauss-Kahn who took 20.8%, and Mr Fabius with 18.5% of the [...]