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Pour la première fois de l’histoire des Pays-Bas, l’Assemblée nationale néerlandaise va auditionner le 26 janvier Royal Dutch/Shell, dont le siège est à La Haye, sur ses opérations dans le delta du Niger. Si l’intitulé de la convocation est désormais Corporate Social Responsabilities in West Africa, seuls les responsables de Shell devront répondre aux parlementaires. Cette audition a été imposée par cinq partis minoritaires au parlement contre la majorité de la classe politique, qui soutient la société. (…)

“Diable ! Comment est-ce possible ? Dire du mal d’une icône comme Dorothée ? Oser prétendre que son demi-Bercy, qu’elle a eu du mal à remplir, fut un échec ? Un crime de lèse-majesté inconcevable.” Jean-Luc Azoulay. Producteur de Dorothée.

James Blunt donne un concert de soutien pour les troupes engagées en Afghanistan. “Nous allons chanter pour que les talibans se rendent, pour la paix dans le monde !”. Si vous avez cliqué “j’aime” sur la fan page de James Blunt je vous invite à m’enlever de vos amis fb au plus vite, merci !

This is how Lady -Whore- Gaga write in English on her Website: “Today’s cancelled Paris show is rescheduled for Tuesday, 2moro’s show will happen as planned. I promise to give u the nights of ure life. X”.

from tibetanreview.net

(TibetanReview.net, Dec11, 2010) China’s answer to the Nobel Peace Prize it continues to rant against so furiously was a resounding flop, with even its winner, the Honorary Chairman of  Taiwan’s Kuomintang Mr Lien Chen being neither informed about his selection nor present to receive it. The prize committee instead opted to hand the Confucius Peace Prize trophy to a girl it called an “angel of peace,” said a report on The AtlanticWire online Dec 9.

The organizers at first claimed to have worked closely with the Chinese culture ministry, but the government later claimed to have nothing to do with the prize, apparently when it saw it all going nowhere.

“China’s puerile reaction underscores the importance of Xiabo receiving the award,” said a commentary on The Weekly Standard online Dec 9. “With the award he’ll get tomorrow, Xiabo will have a louder megaphone to advance the cause of human rights and democracy,” it said.

A Mother Jones online commentary called Beijing’s reaction a sign of weakness, that “no country with any real confidence in itself or its future would overreact this insanely.”

And a commentary on The Telegraph online noted, “We can only hope that when China reflects upon this rather shameful episode, it will understand that accepting criticism is the lot of the superpower, just as America has found.”

Last updated on Dec 11, 2010 10:06:13

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