Fórmula 1
Duas corridas anormais consecutivas, como se não tivesse havido férias.
1 - Schumacher obtém resultados erráticos.
2 - Não tenho memória de haver duas estreias a vencer consecutivas.

Imagens e FotosMonica Belluci


Espaço rel.int.
1 - Uganda
"O governo do Uganda e o Exército de Libertação do Senhor (LRA), de Joseph Kony, que pretende que o país seja governado de acordo com os Dez Mandamentos divulgados por Moisés, assinaram ontem tréguas destinadas a abrir caminho a um acordo de paz." (Público)
Brincadeira? Nem por isso. Milhares de pessoas sofreram e sofrem ás mãos deste conflito aparentemente religioso e de raízes étnicas. Para mais informações, seguir as hiperligações sobre o LRA e o senhor Kony.

2 - The use of force: western military power is in crisis
(...) "The Israeli military was put in an untenable position: It was not permitted to take risks with its personnel, and it had the wrong equipment, training and way of doing things to win such a conflict. Consequently, Israel could only attack Hezbollah indirectly, increasing the risk to Lebanese civilians and decreasing any chance of success.
Fear of risk is the cancer in Europe's security effort. Most Europeans can neither afford advanced equipment nor sufficient numbers of professional personnel. Lack of either increases the risk to those who are deployed. The result? Euro-isolationism, whereby the institutional organization of security is talked up, and operational realism talked down.
The British and French, Europe's only two serious security actors, are rightly wary of such pretense. If Europe is to become a serious security actor, Europeans must invest properly in their militaries. That will mean giving their militaries more people with the right equipment. If not, they should scrap their armed forces and spend the money elsewhere"(...)
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