Steinbrueck under heavy bombardment

Deggendorf / Berlin - In the battle for the drying up of tax havens was Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) attack against countries such as Switzerland, many too far. From left to right and it hails harsh criticism.
CSU chief Horst Seehofer Steinbrueck on Saturday threw a "cocky arrogance before. Even smaller countries would need to be treated fairly, "said Seehofer on a local CSU party congress in Deggendorf.
The FDP accused the Finance Minister to damage Germany's reputation abroad.
Cause of the criticism is Steinbrück naming of Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria in the same breath with Ouagadougou, the capital of the African state of Burkina Faso.
Also in recent weeks, the Finance Minister had with controversial Indian Cavalry Compare provoked mainly to Switzerland.
The CSU Chairman Edmund Stoiber Honorary seen in such expressions is a poisoning of the "European climate. Bavaria's Minister of European Affairs, Emilia Müller (CSU) went further and demanded that the federal government to take Steinbrueck at EU level from the market.
FDP leader Guido Westerwelle accused Steinbrueck, he was just there, "zuzerschlagen for decades maintained inventory of our state." And he also wants to see Steinbrück wiggle item: "In former times he would have been immediately dismissed."
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is indeed Dissent with the wording of their Finance, supported him in substance.
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EU Parliament considers Olympic boycott

Berlin - The Olympic Games in China are increasingly becoming a political issue. Given the anschwelenden conflicts between China and Tibet, the EU Parliament is now considering a boycott of the competition.
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering in the "Bild am Sonntag newspaper:" Beijing has made a decision. It sollteunverzüglich negotiate with the Dalai Lama. DerVerständigung signals remain, I consider boycott measures as justified. "
Poettering: "We should not boycott the Olympics inPeking exclude. We want a successful Games - abernicht for the price of cultural genocide against the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama speaks of demder."
Refusal to learn the boycott threats from the ranks of the German sport. Michael Vesper, director general of the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) said the "Rheinpfalz am Sonntag newspaper:" The OlympischenSpiele are not a means to an end and can not be used as a pawn fürdie policy. "

So the CIA tortured their prisoners

Washington - For a long time, they were considered "top secret" - as a closely guarded secret: papers, in which the interrogation methods of the U.S. CIA after the attacks of 11 September 2001 is reported.
Now Barack Obama has released government documents that show which methods were interrogated and tortured terror suspects.
For the first time she admitted that the use of brutal practices.
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Not everyone welcomed Obama's decision. On the part of the human rights organization Amnesty International heavely criticism. You can read more about this in the info box!
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Kastrati snaps! Defense petzt

Oberhausen - The Final Whistle Bibiana Steinhaus after 92 minutes, had the new second league umpire again abgeliegert a very good performance - a Glücksbringerin for Fortuna but probably not more.
Despite mid-term leadership, it was not an away win in Düsseldorf, willow men had to settle for a 2-2 end in Oberhausen.
Floodlit football, atmospheric backdrop - as well as the game started the same way. The first was only to the hosts who strongly ersatzgeschwächte whirled and powerful in the starting XI on the same five positions converted Fortuna confused. The result: After five minutes RWO led by Mike Terranova.
Then it was always better, the latest from Dusseldorf was clear midway through the first half-head in the ring. And there was the rebirth to celebrate one striker. Bekim Kastrati scored his first two-goal Punktspiel for Fortuna - and what for what?
Sugar Goal Number 1: The Albanians are screwed after a corner by Marco Christ irresistibly into the air, ramming the ball into the net untenable. Even more beautiful sugar gate number was 2nd Axel Lawarée had the ball on the Torauslinie still gespitzelt on Kastrati, who finished with a great Seitfallzieher to 2:2.
Irony of fate that precisely Bekim was still a tragic figure. For after precisely moderate ex-Fortune Tim Kruse in a second-half was taken to 2:2, Kastrati had to match point at 3-2 on his foot - this time he failed.
"That would have been the crowning achievement," he was angry then. "Nevertheless, it was a relief for me. I was almost a year away from the window. Well for me personally, but three points would have pleased me more. "
Uwe Weidemann was but "ultimately satisfied. The team has shown morale and has come back into play. Before the 2-2 but we made schoolboy. "The otherwise strong Hamza Cakir had kept the ball after a corner kick with a header into the middle - just before Kruse's feet.
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