The Moody’s agency has cut the debt ratings of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Malta, and has issued a warning to France, Britain and Austria, saying that the outlook for all nine countries was unfavorable, due to the Eurozone debt crisis.
In other news, an Iranian national blew his own legs off today in a failed grenade attack in Bangkok. Two alleged conspirators were also involved in an alleged plot to kill foreign nationals in Bangkok. One was arrested at the airport, and the other is at large.
To see the headlines and the articles, open the full news post.
Thanks to C. Cantoni, Diana West, Egghead, Fausta, Fjordman, JP, Mary Abdelmassih, RE, Srdja Trifkovic, Steen, The Observer, TV, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.
Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.
Commenters are advised to leave their comments at this post (rather than with the news articles) so that they are more easily accessible.
Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.
Mullah Krekar in the Oslo court Wednesday
Krekar has previously explained(…) how former minister Erna Solberg would have to pay the price if his expulsion would be executed, indicating that even his family/clan would make sure she paid.
– These are not death threats, only information
Will the judge be capable of seeing through the taqiyya here?
The mullah is being defended by lawyer and Salvation Army son, Brynjar Meling.
Back in 2004 a dying man in Bergen, decided to withdraw from his testament a substantial sum of money meant for the Salvation Army, as he had become aware of Meling’s position as Krekar’s lawyer.