MIDDLE EAST: Israel-Bound Turkish Ship Capsizes off Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – All but one of 12 crew members were missing after a cargo ship capsized in international waters some 80 km (50 miles) off the Lebanese coast, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Saturday.
An Israeli military source identified the ship as a Togolese-flagged Turkish cargo vessel that was bound for Israel.
CANADA: Mounties ‘A Tarnished Icon’
The Ottawa Citizen – The more light that is shed on the events of Oct. 14, 2007 at the Vancouver International Airport, the worse the actions of Royal Canadian Mounted Police involved look. And, two years later, not enough has been done by the RCMP to improve the situation.
The latest report on the conduct of four RCMP officers the night Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died after being Tasered comes from Paul Kennedy, chairman of the commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.
COPENHAGEN: 200 Detained In Climate Protest
Karl Ritter – Danish police outnumbered protesters on Sunday, detaining more than 200 people on a second day of demonstrations as environment ministers met for informal talks to advance negotiations on a new pact.
Meanwhile, church bells in Denmark and other countries rang 350 times, a number that refers to what many scientists consider a safe level of carbon dioxide in the air.
GLOBALISM: Drug Money Saved Banks In Crisis
Guardian – Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations’ drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.
Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organised crime were “the only liquid investment capital” available to some banks on the brink of collapse last year. He said that a majority of the $352bn (£216bn) of drugs profits was absorbed into the economic system as a result.
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Terrorise Kabul’s ‘Ruling’ Class
Taliban ‘insurgents’ [resistance] who have infiltrated Kabul are nailing “night letters” to the doors of policemen, soldiers and government workers, warning them to leave their jobs or face punishment.
The militants are being welcomed in the Afghan capital’s poorer areas among inhabitants who are disaffected with corruption, and who supply them with food, cash and weapons.
