Monthly Archives: March 2014

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TEMPLATE ANALYSIS A clampdown on the Muslim Brotherhood will only make the West look foolish when confronting Russia

25 Tuesday Mar 2014

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In Egypt today a court is trying the head of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood along with 682 others whose only crime is that they supported the ousted democratically elected President Mohamed  Morsi, Below. This news follows the announcement yesterday that 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters had been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court. Whilst in Bangladesh, the highly dubious war crimes tribunal which has already hanged a leader of the Jamaat e Islami, an off shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, has recommended that the largest Islamic organisation in the country be banned. And further to this, Saudi Arabia, the Wahhabi Kingdom who arguably created al Qaeda through its questionable interpretation of Islamic law, has banned the Muslim Brotherhood. The Gulf states have all followed Egypt’s lead in decaring the world’s largest non violent political Muslim organisation to be terrorists at a time when the chances of a democracy in those lands are more remote now than ever.  It is clear that there’s an attempt to crush the Muslim Brotherhood in countries that are aligning themselves to the West. Perhaps, that is a condition of such an alliance.  If that is the case, then this is a mistake for as Russia is now showing the West has lost all credibility when it comes to informing other nations of their obligations under international law – especially given its own reckless behaviour, and the actions of its allies whose kangaroo courts make a mockery of the modern world and its institutions.

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Lionel Messi outshines Ronaldo and Bale to show who is the best player in the world

24 Monday Mar 2014

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The two most expensive players in earth were on show last night as Real Madrid did battle with their great rivals Barcelona at the Bernabeu in a fixture simply known as El Clasico.
There was also an up and coming Brazilian called Neymar, as well as a galaxy of stars and talent.
None of this mattered, however, as the greatest player on earth propelled his side to a 3-2 win to throw the La Liga title race wide open – there are now three contenders Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and of course Barcelona. All is set up for an incredible title decider between Atletico and Barcelona at the Nou Camp at the end of the season.
Lionel Messi had been criticised of late for not being on the ball, there’s even been talk the second highest scorer in La Liga history may leave the club that’s been his home since he was a childhood prodigy. Well, that’s not going to happen now – when it matters Messi makes it count. It was so against Manchester City in the Champions League, and it was so last night as he scored his second hat-trick in a row to silence the some 53, 000 that had gathered largely to watch and pay homage to their own Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid were reduced to ten men for the last twenty minutes of this pulsating game, which saw Messi set up the first goal before a Ronaldo penalty put the homeside 2-1 ahead within fifteen minutes. At that point,  it looked as though Barcelona may rue three missed chances against their much fancied opponents. By the half time whistle Messi had restored parity in a game that had been played at a blistering pace. Surely, both sides couldn’t keep this up in the second – yes they could as Messi cooly slotted in two penalties to become the highest scorer in El Clasico history. Real will complain that they were handicapped by the referee, but they also had the two most expensive players in the world on their side. Money of course can’t buy you success and as Messi showed last night it doesn’t make you the greatest player on earth either.
FT: REAL MADRID 3 BARCELONA 4

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