Word: macedonia
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...Amnesty report cites instances where seven European nations - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Sweden and Great Britain - helped the CIA in the rendition of 13 terror suspects. "All involve men being bundled onto planes and transferred abroad, without due process, to places of detention where they have suffered abuse," Amnesty charges...
...airports. Italian prosecutors have concluded that their country, too, participated in that operation; a trial in Milan of 22 American alleged cia operatives may begin before the end of this year. The Marty report also alleges some degree of collusion from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. For a practice "utterly alien to the European tradition," an awful lot of European nations were apparently willing to help. So is Europe serious about opposing torture? On paper, yes: Section I, Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights states: "No one shall...
...first East European country to join the European Community. But instead of E.U. membership we got Slobodan Milosevic, who ensnared many of my Serbian compatriots with his virulent nationalism, while other Balkan countries became equally nationalistic. Slovenia was the first to pull out of Yugoslavia, followed by Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo. And now Montenegro, a staunch Serbian ally for the past two centuries, has made its exit. All that is left of Yugoslavia (which changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro three years ago) is a World Cup?bound soccer team and dog-eared passports like mine. But these...
...beach in Mauritius and suddenly have the urge to surf?the Web that is, not the waves?you're in luck. The small (pop: 1.2 million) tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean was racing to become the first country in the world with complete wireless Internet coverage, but Macedonia laid claim to that title a few months ago. Mauritian officials say that Macedonia's wi-fi technology, which creates a number of hot-spot "clouds" to cover the country, could lead to connections dropping out. Mauritius is using the newer and fast-growing WiMax standard, which will create a single...
...beach in Mauritius and suddenly have the urge to surf - the Web that is, not the waves - you're in luck. The small (pop: 1.2 million) tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean was racing to become the first country in the world with complete wireless Internet coverage, but Macedonia laid claim to that title a few months ago. Mauritian officials say that Macedonia's wi-fi technology, which creates a number of hot-spot "clouds" to cover the country, could lead to connections dropping out. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity...