Nach Blairs Blitzbesuch im Zelt bei Muammar al-Qadhafi, wollen sich die USA auch nicht lumpen lassen, resp. den Anschluss verpassen:
(Aljazeera) The United States is planning to gradually lift sanctions that prevented American oil firms and other companies from doing business in Libya. In appreciation of Libya's decision to abandon its weapons of mass destruction programme, the Bush administration is expected to facilitate the return of US oil companies to the North African country. Bush administration officials on Wednesday said an executive order first imposed by then President Ronald Reagan curtailing US business transactions in Libya would be lifted shortly. "Things are headed in that direction," one official said.

Unter diesem Motto will der rechtsaussen politisierende Basler Eric Weber sein Vehikel "Volks-Aktion gegen zuviele Ausländer und Asylanten in unserer Heimat (VA)" mit den nicht minder rechten "Schweizer Demokraten" vereinen. Berichtet Onlinereports.

Die deutsche Polizei hat bei <a href=lcamtuf.coredump.cx target=blank>333 mutmaßlichen Anbietern von rechtsextremer Musik Durchsuchungen durchgeführt. Die Personen stehen im Verdacht, über die Tauschbörse KaZaA Musiktitel mit volksverhetzenden Inhalten zur Verfügung gestellt zu haben. Insgesamt habe das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) 342 Personen ermittelt, die den Zugriff auf die Musik deutscher Skinhead-Bands ermöglichten. Die Staatsanwaltschaft Bonn leitete Ermittlungsverfahren wegen Volksverhetzung ein. "Volksverhetzung ist kein Bagatelldelikt", sagte BKA-Präsident Jörg Ziercke. Merkt euch das!

"fear is a sin!" - zu dt. "Angst ist Sünde!"

(Aljazeera) Britain's Tony Blair has begun a visit to Libya, and plans to meet president Muammar al-Qadhafi in a tent on the outskirts of Tripoli. (...) "A number of British companies are interested in Libya. It is possible that Shell will be able to find an agreement with Libya in the days ahead." Shell is after the gas exploration rights off the North African country's coast. But several other UK companies were likely to reap the benefits of improved relations. British Aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems is "in advanced negotiations with Libya on civil aviation," the official added. (...) Libya is considered a highly attractive country for the world's oil giants because of its low cost of recovery, the quality of its oil and its proximity to European markets. It has total proven oil reserves of 36 billion barrels, but could have much more because only 25% of the country's territory is covered by exploration and production agreements. Blair's Conservative opponents however condemned the visit, saying it was inappropriate for the PM to give his condolences in Madrid and then travel to Tripoli. "It's quite odd timing to go from a service which commemorates the victims of the biggest terrorist attack on Europe since Lockerbie, to go straight from there to Libya," Conservative leader Michael Howard told BBC Radio.