EU officials use gangster police on protest in Malaysia

On 25 June 2007, EU officials from the EU Commission office in the Tan & Tan building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, used the Malaysian gangster police force and private security officers from Tan & Tan Tower to abuse, harass and intimidate a lone female Indigenous anti-war activist during a peaceful protest.

Referendum for Tara Valley?

I'm told by the public information office at the House of the Oireachtas that a referendum is a public vote that changes the constitution, (Article 15 (2),Article 46 (2)).

China's investment

I read with dismay the article in the National Press today, Wednesday 28th, regarding China's latest investment in the Blackstone investment group.

Retirement plans

How gratifying it is to see that on leaving Downing Street Tony Blair will step into a new role of envoy to the Middle East.

New form of government

Mayocracy: A form of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by brazen elected agents who flout party rules, encourage tax evasion, and refuse to acknowledge concepts such as integrity and accountability.

Payback

Beverly Flynn is 41. If she retires at 65, that gives her 24 working years to pay off her €1.2m mortgage. At an interest rate of 5 per cent, that leaves her with monthly repayments of about €7000 a month.

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