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Bali bomber warns of terror doom for Australia
News.com ^ | December 17, 2007 | Cindy Wockner and Michelle Cazzulino
Posted on 12/16/2007 1:27:18 PM PST by Son of Dis
IN a visit sure to anger the families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been allowed to see the three death-row bombers in jail to offer them guidance.
Himself convicted then acquitted of his role in the murderous nightclub attacks which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, Bashir told the terrorists that they must be patient and not weak, and that they were mujahidin (holy warriors).
Also alleged to have been the spiritual leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, questions are being asked why authorities allowed the 69-year-old to visit his one-time protege at Nusakambangan, an island prison complex off the southern coast of Java.
Bashir was among a group of Islamic preachers, family members and lawyers who visited the so-called smiling assassin Amrozi, his older brother Mukhlas and Imam Samudra on Saturday.
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(Failed) Asylum seekers paid to quit UK (given up to £4,000 to set up businesses back home)
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 16, 2007 | MICHAEL LEA
Posted on 12/16/2007 7:46:19 PM PST by Stoat
[You will want to read this one]
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Russia begins delivering nuclear fuel to Iran
AFP via translation | December 17, 2007
Posted on 12/16/2007 11:36:00 PM PST by HAL9000
via translation -
Russia has begun to deliver nuclear fuel to Iran Bouchehr
MOSCOW - Russia has begun to deliver nuclear fuel to the power plant in Iran Bouchehr, announced Monday the manufacturer Russian Atomstroïexport in a statement.
“On 16 December, Atomstroïexport began to deliver fuel for the first loading of the central Bouchehr which is built in Iran by Russian specialists under the supervision of the IAEA,” said the press release.
“The delivery will take place in stages over two months,” added the text.
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Free Trade Zones Ease Passage of Counterfeit Drugs
NY Times ^ | December 17, 2007 | WALT BOGDANICH
Posted on 12/17/2007 12:32:21 AM PST by neverdem
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Putin Says He’ll Be Prime Minister
Breitbart.com ^ | Dec 17 08:49 AM US/Eastern | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Posted on 12/17/2007 5:59:16 AM PST by ConservativeJen
President Vladimir Putin told a congress of Russia’s dominant party Monday that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor.
Putin’s statement virtually ensures that the 42-year-old Medvedev, seen as business-friendly and non-hawkish, will be elected president March 2.
When Medvedev got Putin’s endorsement last week, he quickly proposed that Putin become prime minister after the election. Putin had not publicly responded previously.
Putin told the United Russia congress that if he became premier, he would not seek to change the distribution of power between the president and prime minister. In Russia, the prime minister is a significantly less powerful figure than the president.
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