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Daily Archives: October 9, 2009
2009 Nobel Prize for Literature
from GRANTA
Herta Müller, the Romanian-born German novelist and essayist, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature. Müller, fifty-six, is internationally renowned for her portrayal of life under dictatorship. Announcing the 2009 award, the Swedish Academy praised Müller, ‘who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed’.
Müller’s [...]
Fox on Patriot: A Video Fisking!
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Q&A: Berlusconi v the courts
from the BBC
Italy’s top court has ruled that a law that granted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and other top officials immunity from prosecution while in office is unconstitutional.
The ruling means that trials against Mr Berlusconi could resume.
What was the immunity law?
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Executive Immunity Suffers Another Setback
by Scott Horton
Is an Italian law that grants senior officials of the government immunity from criminal prosecution during the time they serve in office consistent with the Italian Constitution’s guarantee that all citizens are equal before the law? The Italian Constitutional Court answered that question yesterday with a decisive “no.” It concluded that senior officials [...]
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Whisper This: Here Comes Stimulus 2.1
by John Cassidyfrom THE NEW YORKER
As expected, last week’s poor job report has generated calls for another stimulus package, with Paul Krugman and congressional Democrats in swing districts arguing that the existing measure is inadequate. Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said earlier this week that there were “no plans” for another stimulus bill, [...]
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From Tariq Ali’s forthcoming "The Idea of Communism"