Europe Intelligence Wire articles from September 2010

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from September 2010

Czech press survey.
September 30, 2010... (From Czech News Agency) 0Prague, Sept 30 (CTK) - There is the question of whether the ongoing dispute between President Vaclav Klaus and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is systemic or personal, Zbynek Petracek writes in Lidove noviny,...

The Technology newsbucket: Digg's dying, BT's fibre, Asteroids everywhere and more.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Apple bites back at Nokia lawsuit >> BBC News "Apple has begun legal proceedings against Nokia in the UK, accusing the mobile...

Mobile internet will outstrip 'desktop' use by 2014, says ex-Obama adviser.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) By 2014, the number of mobile internet users will surpass the number of users browsing the internet via a desktop computer, says a former adviser to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and member of technology...

Linguine with clams recipe.(Recipe)
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Serves 2 1.5kg British (palourde) carpet clams (available from good fishmongers and the Fish Society ) or New Zealand little neck clams (available at Waitrose)Ligurian extra virgin olive oil, such as Vittorio...

Free solar panels may not be the bargain that they appear to be.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The rash of free solar panel offers being promoted to householders aren't quite the financial bargain they first appear to be, a consumer rights group warns today. Using figures from the Energy Saving Trust ,...

Cardiff today: Oktoberfest, edible landscaping, and a day for older people.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Good morning Cardiff! This afternoon the economy and culture scrutiny committee with meet at 4.30pm at County Hall. The agenda includes plans for the 2012 Olympics. Today Oktoberfest starts at Buffalo Bar...

M&C Saatchi revenues rise, but outlook 'uncertain'.(Financial report)
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) M&C Saatchi has reported strong results for the first six months of the year, but has continued to freeze dividend payouts because it faces an "uncertain outlook". The advertising group reported that revenues...

Alberto Contador provisionally suspended after positive test.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been provisionally suspended after traces of the bronchodilator clenbuterol were found in a urine sample given by the Spaniard on the second rest day of the Tour...

Labour conference live - Thursday 30 September.(Conference news)
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) 8.54am: It feels as if this has gone on for ever. It's day six in Manchester , but Labour's annual conference is finally coming to an end. This morning we've got speeches from Sadiq Khan, the shadow transport...

Anglo Irish Bank bailout could total €34bn.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank, the lender at the centre of Ireland's financial crisis, could rise to €34bn (GBP29.1bn) under a worst case scenario, the Irish central bank admitted today. The...

Allied Irish shares tank after Ireland tables multi-billion euro banking bill.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Shares in Allied Irish Banks tanked 20%, or €0.1, to €0.440, after the Irish government said it prepared to take control of the lender and finance a €50bn bill to refloat the country's...

Football transfer rumours: Luis Suarez to Manchester City?
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) According to Tuttosport - via goal.com - Manchester City are currently loitering quite close to the Ajax striker, Luis Suarez, casting a series of coquettish sideways glances, fiddling with their hair and attempting...

British National Party: lurking in Barnet.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The Guardian's Matthew Taylor reports : Richard Barnbrook, one of the British National party's most senior figures, has been expelled as part of an increasingly bitter feud threatening to engulf the far-right...

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 preview.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) There's an interesting contradiction at the heart of every wrestling game. The action, in real life, is fake -- punches are pulled, storylines are scripted, matches are pre-planned. In game, on the other hand, that...

What does prayer achieve?
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) When I consider my Christian academic friends -- people who are smarter, better read and harder working than I am -- it's clear that Christianity is a very dangerous profession. Three have daughters who died in their...

Saracens made outcasts for attempting to challenge authority.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Millwall supporters in the 1970s used to chant: "No one likes us, we don't care." They probably still do but in rugby union it is Saracens, the club itself rather than fans, who take a delight in being different. ...

Fashion week live blog.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) 10am: The big show of the day is first on the schedule today - the models have just left the Balenciaga catwalk so we'll have more news on that shortly. Apparently Charlotte Gainsbourg and Orlando Bloom were on the...

Leeds school campaigners appeal to council: Your last chance to save playing fields.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Opponents to plans to build houses on the former Leeds Girls High School site in South Headingley have pleaded with councillors to turn down the proposals. Members of the west plans panel are due to meet to...

Ayodhya: Guardian coverage of the Babri mosque attack.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) The dispute over the 16th-century Babri mosque, in Ayodhya, goes back decades. In December 1992, Hindu militants razed the mosque, which is on a disputed religious site in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

Edinburgh today: Docks plan 'will end badly,' The Last Battle and local MP 'gutted' for David Miliband.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Good morning Edinburgh! I'll be at the council's planning meeting at 10am today where we'll hear about biomass energy, plans to better use the canal and advertising on the Royal Mile. See the full agenda by...

Leeds today: White Rosettes, Holt Park clean-up and Headingley market.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Good morning, Leeds. What's making Leeds tick today? Landmark Leeds Parish Church is fighting for survival, reports the YEP . The Culture Vulture reports that on Tuesday you will have the chance to embark on...

North Korea releases first photo of Kim Jong-un.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) North Korea has released the first official photograph of Kim Jong-un, the heir apparent to the country's leader , after years of secrecy. Although two other pictures are said to show him, it has never been...

Quarks, gluons and jets.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) In July we (ATLAS ) released a preliminary version of our first jet cross section measurement, and showed it at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP ) in Paris. Today we submitted the final...

Ryder Cup countdown: one day to go.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) 10.12am: Less than 24 hours until the 2010 Ryder Cup tees off. The opening ceremony takes place from 3pm and Scott Murray will be here live to guide you through the flag-waving, speeches and protocol. Until then...

Cardiff campaign against public sector cuts organises city demonstration.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) A demonstration against public sector cuts is due to take place next month in Cardiff outside City Hall, it was announced today. The march, planned for noon on 23 October, is organised as part of Cardiff Against...

Bond investors welcome transparency of Irish bail-out plan; 10-year yields fall.
September 30, 2010... (From Guardian Unlimited) Bond investors welcomed Ireland's multi-billion euro banking bail-out, as they prefer transparency over being left with the uncertainty that further skeletons may remain in the closet. The worst-case...

Fox fury at leak on cuts.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) DEFENCE Secretary Liam Fox said he was "appalled" that his private warnings to the Prime Minister over spending cuts were leaked to the media. The Ministry of Defence Police are investigating the leaking of a private...

ED'S IN SPOT OF BROTHER.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GARY NICKS, Political Editor Dave's snub to leader DEFEATED David Miliband stuck two fingers up to his younger brother last night by snubbing the new Labour leader's offer of a top job. He announced he was...

JAMIE: I HATE CELEB BRATS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EMILY HALL 'T hey're all little sh*ts * ' JAMIE Oliver has branded celebrities children "little sh*ts". The gobby telly chef, 35, claims most of them do not have a clue how to behave. He admitted his own...

Bomber 'chemo' dispute.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL GILBRIDE SCOTTISH Ministers reacted furiously last night after a US Senator accused them of lying over whether the cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber received chemotherapy in prison. The row erupted...

UK stars' Delhi peril.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROBINS THE Commonwealth Games is on fullscale terror alert after plots to kidnap UK athletes and fans were uncovered. Muslim extremists are planning to target highprofile Western sports stars, as well...

HUNT FOR AL-QAIDA GUN FIENDS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROBINS Spies foil plot to hit London TERROR nuts who plotted to mount murderous Mumbai-style attacks in Britain are still at large, it emerged last night. Security chiefs warned al-Qaida militants...

A pole load of trouble.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) A FORMER prostitute convicted of running a brothel at her home breached her sentence so she could run pole-dancing classes. Vicki Stansfield, 32, had been sentenced to 200 hours' unpaid work in April this year. But...

GBP100k for SAS medals.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) BRAVERY medals awarded to an SAS hero of the Iranian Embassy siege have fetched almost GBP100,000 at auction. Sgt Tommy Palmer's Queen's Gallantry Medal and other gongs went under the hammer for GBP98,750. The...

Hold-up probe for Brit.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) POLICE have arrested a Brit suspected of holding up 15 Spanish banks with his girlfriend. Officers stopped the alleged "Bonnie and Clyde" duo's car after a robbery near Malaga. They were unofficially named last...

Russell is hired.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) HOLLYWOOD star Russell Crowe is stepping into the shoes of Edward Woodward for a big screen remake of The Equalizer. The Gladiator star, 46, is being lined up to play the former secret agent turned vigilante. Oscar...

WIFE -BE AT SECRET OF TV APPRENTICE.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EMMA WALL Ex-Marine hid conviction A ROYAL Marine sniper who is set to fight it out on The Apprentice battered his wife with knuckledusters, a court was told. Ex-commando Christopher Farrell, who bragged of...

HUNT FOR AL-QAIDA GUN FIENDS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROBINS Spies foil plot to hit London TERROR nuts who plotted to mount murderous Mumbai-style attacks in Britain are still at large, it emerged last night. Security chiefs warned al-Qaida militants...

WIFE -BE AT SECRET OF TV APPRENTICE.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EMMA WALL Ex-Marine hid conviction A ROYAL Marine sniper who is set to fight it out on The Apprentice battered his wife with knuckledusters, a court was told. Ex-commando Christopher Farrell, who bragged of...

Games in terror plot.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROBINS THE Commonwealth Games is on fullscale terror alert after plots to kidnap UK athletes and fans were uncovered. Muslim extremists are planning to target highprofile Western sports stars as well...

HUNT FOR AL-QAIDA GUN FIENDS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROBINS Spies foil plot to hit Britain TERROR nuts who plotted to mount murderous Mumbai-style attacks in Britain are still at large, it emerged last night. Security chiefs warned that al-Qaida...

GBP100k for SAS medals.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) BRAVERY medals awarded to an SAS hero of the Iranian Embassy siege have fetched almost GBP100,000 at auction. Sgt Tommy Palmer's Queen's Gallantry Medal and other gongs went under the hammer for GBP98,750. The...

Snub to eviction granny.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DEAN HERBERT ALEX Salmond yesterday washed his hands of a grandmother facing eviction from her family home to make way for Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games. Margaret Jaconelli will be given only GBP30,000...

Cars in their eyes.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) WHAT STAR MOTORS REALLY SAY KATE Price has been given a dressing down by a court after losing control of her huge pink horsebox while driving. As we reported yesterday, the 32-year-old was fined GBP1,650 and got three...

David's the bigger bruv.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) MAKE the most of it, because yesterday we witnessed a politician do the honourable thing. David Miliband - the man Labour really wanted as their new leader - walked away from frontline politics, having been stabbed...

Spooks are top priority.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) FULL marks to the security services. We learned today they have intercepted a plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on British cities. It's worrying that the terror nuts responsible are still at large. But it's...

SHAZZA SHOCK.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) SHARON Osbourne makes a shock return to The X Factor this weekend after quitting two years ago. But the ex-judge, invited back to help Louis Walsh pick his acts, looks a lot plumper and struggles to make any facial...

CHERYL CALLS IN THE SAS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NIGEL PAULEY Attack fears at big launch NERVOUS Cheryl Cole has called in the SAS to protect her from a Leona Lewis-style attack. A ring of steel will be thrown around the Girls Aloud singer as she launches...

CHERYL CALLS IN THE SAS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NIGEL PAULEY Attack fears at big launch NERVOUS Cheryl Cole has called in the SAS to protect her from a Leona Lewis-style attack. A ring of steel will be thrown around the Girls Aloud singer as she launches...

David's the bigger bruv.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) MAKE the most of it folks, because yesterday we witnessed a politician do the honourable thing. David Miliband - the man Labour really wanted as their new leader - walked away from frontline politics, having been...

JORDAN DRIVING US MAD!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GEMMA WHEATLEY Excuse revs up girls WOMEN drivers launched a furious attack on Kate Price yesterday after she blamed her careless driving on being a dippy female. They accused her of "letting girls down"...

BECKS HOOKER: 3-IN-A-BED PAL WILL PROVE IM TELLING TRUTH.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NIGEL PAULEY DESPERATE hooker Irma Nici is planning to "out" the fellow call girl involved in an alleged three-in-a-bed romp with David Beckham. The big-boobed Bosnian believes naming and shaming the other...

Beauty title is won by muddle.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GEMMA WHEATLEY TV BOSSES were mortified when the wrong winner was announced in a modelling contest. The reality show's host Sarah Murdoch was fed the incorrect name during the tense live final. She said...

BP is in clear on bomber.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: KARL MANSFIELD A TOP-level US probe has found no evidence oil giant BP tried to influence the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the only person to be convicted of the 1988 plane...

LOOKS BLEAK!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GEMMA WHEATLEY Frankly, Chris is so fed up THE strain of too many early mornings clearly shows on the face of Daybreak host Christine Bleakley. The breakfast TV star seemed glum and moody as she watched...

Beauty title is won by muddle.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GEMMA WHEATLEY REALITY show bosses were left mortified when the wrong winner was announced in a modelling contest. The show's host Sarah Murdoch was fed the incorrect name seconds before she announced the...

Must do better.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) ONE in five schools in Scotland are in a less than satisfactory state, figures revealed yesterday. A nationwide survey found that 19% are in a "poor" condition, while a further 2% were described as "bad". A total...

SLASHED!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GAVIN DOCHERTY Stars of revamped Taggart hit by pay cuts NOBODY move - there's been a pay cut on Scots cop show Taggart. Actors Alex Norton, Blythe Duff and John Michie are the latest stars to feel the...

My dream job.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: Edited by JESSICA BROWN with SONJA STEPHEN I'D LOVE TO DO A FILM IF Hollywood called with a movie offer I'd be all over it. Singing is my passion but I love movies and one of my dreams is to star in a...

FIDDLE BENEFITS & YOU ARE BANNED FOR LIFE.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GARY NICKS, Political Editor BENEFIT cheats face lifetime bans and the worst offenders will have their assets seized. The Government is determined to crack down on fraudsters wrongly receiving more than...

Mel has brainy solution.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: HEATHER SKILLEN A TEENAGER has been given an operation that helps her "eat" her own brain to combat crippling headaches. Melissa Peacock, 17, suffers from a rare condition that causes her body to produce...

EUR REVOLTING.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EMMA WALL Chaos erupts as workers protest EUROPE was ablaze last night as riots over severe spending cuts crippled the continent. Chaos erupted as protests turned violent in Spain, Greece, Belgium, Ireland,...

Murder accused 'looked agitated'.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) A MAN accused of murdering an Asian radio presenter repaid a loan to a neighbour the day after she died, a court heard yesterday. George Oxlade, 61, told the High Court in Glasgow that Khalid Sarwar appeared "slightly...

EUR REVOLTING.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EMMA WALL Chaos erupts as workers protest EUROPE was ablaze last night as riots over severe spending cuts crippled the continent. Chaos erupted as protests turned nasty in Spain, Greece, Belgium, Ireland,...

BRAND NUDE!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NIGEL PAULEY Book saves Russ's modesty WACKY Russell Brand has posed nude to flog his new autobiography. But he covered his "tinky winky" with his memoirs My Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal. The...

Cops had 100 guns pointing at lawyer.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: CHRIS GREENWOOD POLICE marksmen surrounding siege barrister Mark Saunders were carrying more than 100 guns. A total of 59 armed officers were around the 32-year-old's Chelsea home after he blasted a shotgun...

HOT STUFF!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: ROSS KANIUK Wash 'n go for the Inca babes BATHING beauties Denise van Outen, Fearne Cotton and Alexandra Burke scrub up well as they splash about during their marathon charity trek. The babes gave locals an...

THESE ARE THE ROADS . . .TO HELL!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: OLIVIA MATTHEWS FED-UP drivers face jams for over 12 hours a day on Britain's worst roads. Traffic experts at a sat-nav firm spent two years analysing data to name and shame the nation's most congested...

Balloon bid fails.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) HOT air balloonist David Hempleman-Adams has failed in his bid to retain his world title. The 53-year-old and co-pilot Simon Carey landed in Serbia after travelling 1,250 miles since leaving Bristol on Saturday. ...

HERE CONS THE BRIDE.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JERRY LAWTON Fake wedding gang jailed A SERIAL bride tied the knot twice in one week as part of a wedding scam to sneak illegal immigrants into Britain. Monika Lakatosova's first marriage was at the...

PRANK 'S DRIVING US NUTS.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: STEPHEN WILKIE Motorists shocked by willy A RUDE joker is driving motorists to distraction after a huge stone manhood appeared on a hillside. The boulders - resembling a 15ft meat and two veg - have been...

Santa's here in autumn.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) CHRISTMAS-daft John Hurrell has put up his lights four months early. The great-grandad, 63, from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, began the ob on August 1 but then had a spell in hospital before finishing things off. ...

FILM LOCH SHOCKER.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: STEPHEN WILKIE Couple's death unsolved A COUPLE who died after their car plunged into a Highland loch that featured in three Hollywood movies were named by cops yesterday. Northern Constabulary say they do...

BUTT'S FIX BACKDOWN.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: RODNEY WHITE PAKISTAN Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt last night withdrew his shock accusation that England players threw a one-day international earlier this month. Butt (right) alleged the England...

Vaart's off for spot-on Spurs.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DUNCAN WRIGHT SPURS 4 FC TWENTE 1 REFEREE Terje Hauge went penalty potty at White Hart Lane as Spurs crushed Dutch side Twente in Champions League Group A. The Norwegian gave Spurs THREE spotkicks and...

FERGIE'S NICE LITTLE HERNA.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JAMES DOBSON VALENCIA 0 MAN UTD 1 Supersub seals it for United MEXICAN magician Javier Hernandez sparked Manchester United's Champions League campaign into life last night. Chicharito snatched an...

Fergie's nice little Herna.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JAMES DOBSON in VALENCIA VALENCIA 0 MAN UTD 1 JAVIER HERNANDEZ sparked Manchester United's Champions League campaign into life last night. Mexican hotshot Chicharito - which means Little Pea - grabbed an...

NOW GO AND GET INTER 'EM.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JON WEST Sent-off Van's plea to Spurs pals SPURS hero turned villain Rafael van der Vaart has told his team-mates: 'Beat Inter Milan for me'. The Dutchman missed a penalty but scored the first in his side's...

Now go and get Inter 'em.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JON WEST SPURS 4 TWENTE 1 SPURS hero turned villain Rafael van der Vaart has told his team-mates: 'Beat Inter Milan for me'. The Dutchman (left) missed a penalty but scored the first in his side's 4-1...

FERGIE'S NICE LITTLE HERNA.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: from JAMES DOBSON VALENCIA 0 MAN UTD 1 Supersub gives United a lift JAVIER HERNANDEZ sparked Manchester United's Champions League campaign into life last night. Mexican hotshot Chicharito - which means...

How about Levein out Gaz 'n Craig?
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EXCLUSIVE by SCOTT BURNS CRAIG Levein has been dealt a huge blow on the eve of his Scotland squad announcement following calls for first picks Craig Gordon and Gary Caldwell to be left out. Despite the pair...

TURK THAT!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: TOM BAXTER Naisy earns first Champs League win in 14 attempts RANGERS boss Walter Smith set his sights on Valencia after the SPL champions ended their 13-game run without a Champions League win. Steven...

TURK THAT!
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: SCOTT BURNS Smith hails star man as Naisy bursts Bursaspor WALTER SMITH reckons last night's Champions League winner was Stevie Naismith's crowning glory as a Rangers star. The striker netted his first Euro...

FROM HOBO TO HUNK.
September 30, 2010... (From The Daily Star) Byline: ROSS KANIUK Tramp wins Mr England A FORMER tramp has been crowned Mr England after an amazing transformation. Just a few years ago Vaughan Bailey had to sleep on park benches and rely on handouts. But...