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| FAMOUS Italian director and choreographer
Gino Landi is impressed with the quality of audience in Qatar
and would love to present his works again and again, if possible
on the occasion of the World Cup 2022 as well. Talking to newsmen
on Saturday, Landi, who is in Doha to present his captivating
ballet titled ´Secrets of the Sea´ at the ongoing
Qatar Marine Festival 2011, said, "I have noticed that
the audience here sits through the entire show, which is something
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 THE
fight is not over. Whether or not Col Moamar Qadhafi defeats
the rebels in eastern Libya, any legitimacy he once had has
been extinguished. He has weapons, tanks and planes, but he
has lost the allegiance of even those elements of Libyan society
that had once been willing to wait and hope for political reform.
His base of support is now only diehard allies and foreign mercenaries.
They might win on the... |
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MILLIONS |
| MORE than three years after we entered
the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing
thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has
lost interest in the unemployed. Jobs do get mentioned now and
then - and a few political figures, notably Nancy Pelosi, the
Democratic leader in the House, are still trying to get some
kind of action. But no jobs bills have been introduced in Congress,
no jobcreation plans have been advanced... |
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Thai PM wins no-confidence vote after four-day debate
AFP
BANGKOK THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva survived a no-confidence motion on Saturday brought by opposition lawmakers seeking to inflict damage ahead of upcoming elections.
Abhisit won the vote following a four-day censure debate, in which the opposition Puea Thai party accused him of corruption, policy failures and human rights violations.
The victory — the third such censure motion that Abhisit has faced down since 2009 — means the current coalition government can remain in office in the lead up to a fierce poll battle expected by early July.
The premier, who won 249 votes to 184 against him with 11 abstentions, was one of ten ministers named in the motion, all of whom narrowly survived separate votes by garnering the necessary minimum of 238 ballots.
“The parliament has voted to give confidence to the Prime Minister and another nine ministers to stay in power,” house speaker Chai Chidchob said.
The opposition lawmakers were seen as having little chance of winning the noconfidence vote because they lack a majority in the lower house, dominated by a sixparty coalition led by Abhisit’s Democratic Party.
“This is not about good governance or accountability, this is about how to survive a vote that will have a significant impact on the upcoming election,” said author and former Thai diplomat Pavin Chachavalpongpun.
During the debate, the opposition accused Abhisit of abusing his power during deadly military operations in April and May 2010 aimed at clearing anti-government “Red Shirt” protesters from the streets of the capital.
They also blamed him for allowing a huge fire at Bangkok’s CentralWorld mall — one of dozens of buildings set ablaze after the army crackdown.
The government denies the accusations and blames militants for the arson attacks.
Thailand remains deeply divided after more than 90 people died in last year’s clashes between the army and Red Shirt demonstrators — the kingdom’s worst political violence in decades.
The Reds planned to hold another gathering on Saturday — the latest in a string of street rallies in the capital that have drawn tens of thousands of supporters.
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