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Alternative candidates include a collection of current leaders: Jan Peter Balkenende from the Netherlands, François Fillon from France and Jean-Claude Juncker from Luxembourg. With the presidencies of the European Commission and European Parliament already held by men, equality campaigners have suggested female candidates including the former Irish President Mary Robinson...
...rarely get their own hands dirty. Under the statute, leading an underground criminal group is now punishable by life in prison. "As a rule, [the dons] don't directly participate in criminal acts, and so they go unpunished," Oleg Morozov, deputy speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, wrote last month on his party's website. "The president's legislation gives more precise definitions of what can be called a criminal conspiracy and a criminal organization...
...Guardian was still unable to name Trafigura or shed further light on the kerfuffle, but the paper's editor, Alan Rusbridger (@arusbridger), continued to lob his own carefully crafted tweets into the mix. "#Guardian hoping to get into court today to challenge ban by #carter-ruck on reporting parliament. Watch this space," he posted. He informed the Twitterverse that a court hearing was set for the afternoon. Then came two jubilant tweets: "Victory! #CarterRuck caves-in. No #Guardian court hearing. Media can now report Paul Farrelly's PQ about #Trafigura. More soon on Guardian." And "Thanks to Twitter/all tweeters...
...from revealing the existence of a report commissioned by the oil trader about the alleged 2006 dumping of toxic waste off the Ivory Coast by a ship chartered by the company. The lawyers then tried to stop the Guardian from telling its readers about a written question lodged in Parliament this week by Paul Farrelly, a Labour MP. His question mentioned both the secret injunction and the report. (Read "Bobby on the Tweet: British Police Try Twitter...
...might answer for it or where the question is to be found," wrote the Guardian's David Leigh in a historically obscure front-page article on Tuesday. "The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented - for the first time in memory - from reporting parliament...