Is this akin to a Menshevik rebellion against al Q Bolsheviks? Demands for greater participation and less authoritarianism?

Police respond to attacks by the Red Commando drug gangs. Let’s hope they have the personnel to succeed. There will be more on this in the coming days

Article suggests France agrees.

In Edinburgh. Biggest seizure ever in Lothian and Borders. All the accused got bail…unlike Mr. Assange

Fair Trials International [who they? article doesnt say] claim UK receiving lots of ridiculous requests under EAW

Judge surprised by grant of blanket immunity in return for payments to US department of Justice and unspecified institutions in UK.

The Kosovo Liberation Army has long been accused of involvement in organised crime. Now it may have won the election…

Some interesting stuff on terrorist funding in this piece. Rich individuals in the Middle east and kidnapping are pinpointed.

Your blogger has been in Madrid for a conference. Yes, it was cold, thank you. During his absence, Wikileaks has released a number of documents about american diplomatic cables. Nothing terribly new about them. “Everyone” knew about US criticisms of Russia and the tenacity of Spanish judges. But this is a good source for all … WIKILEAKS CABLES CONDEMN RUSSIA AS “MAFIA STATE”

As my old fellow student Lucy Hodges points out, Universities in the UK are not compelled to collect statistics on or report crime against students or within Universities. They are in the USA. Another one of the UK’s dirty little secrets? University authorities don’t want this studied because they don’t want any negative publicity. But … HOW SECURE IS YOUR UNIVERSITY CITY?