Word: umbrellas
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GERMANY IS SEEKING A PERMANENT SEAT ON THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL? WHY? If you look at what we're doing in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans--we're strongly present there under the umbrella of the U.N. We're taking international security very seriously. We're the third largest contributor to the U.N. budget, and to us it's appropriate to express the desire [for a permanent seat...
...embargo is ready to be lifted. Germany has no intentions whatsoever of delivering weapons to China. Germany is seeking a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. Why? If you look at what we're doing in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans - we're strongly present there under the umbrella of the U.N. We're taking international security very seriously. If you bear in mind that we're the third largest contributor to the U.N. budget, then to us it's appropriate to express the desire. Are you too uncritical of what many see as Russian President Vladimir Putin's move...
...PICK A CHARITY? If you already support a charity that works in the affected areas, such as Oxfam or ActionAid, then send your donation to them directly. Since you'll already be on their database, this will cut down on their administrative costs. Alternatively, you could give to an umbrella group such as the Disasters Emergency Committee in Britain (www.dec.org.uk) or Aktion Deutschland Hilft (www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de) in Germany. These groups coordinate donations for several national charities and ensure that money goes to organizations best placed to help those in need. If there is a specific charity you admire, you might want...
...because its author, Stella Rimington, is a former director general of MI5 who spent 30 years foiling the plots of baddies from Russia, the Middle East and Northern Ireland. Rimington was the duty officer the night a Bulgarian émigré died of ricin poisoning after being stabbed with an umbrella tip by a Bulgarian secret agent while crossing London's Waterloo Bridge. Poor Liz Carlyle can't help but look like Matlock by comparison...
...country. Court officials also play politics, reminding their compatriots that Yusuf Ahmed was among the first to take up arms against Siad Barre. "It's nonsense to throw out one dictator and replace him with another," says Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Mohamed, the head of the court system's umbrella group...