Brussels-based think tank, The European Foundation for Democracy, says that a German charity for Lebanese orphans are a front organisation raising funds for Hizbollah suicide bombers, Jerusalem Post reports.
Alexander Ritzmann, a senior fellow at The European Foundation for Democracy, and author of a study on “Hizbollah’s Fund-raising Organization in Germany”, issued earlier this month, said the Orphans Project Lebanon (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon e.V.), situated in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, are “the German branch of a Hizbollah sub-organization” …

The first trial of protesters has begun in Tehran, with more than 100 people including senior opposition figures accused of rioting, vandalism and “acting against national security”, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The accused could face long prison sentences or even the death penalty if found guilty of being “an enemy of God”.
Those on trial included prominent reformers such as former vice-president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh, former government spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh, former …

The future of Formula One has been secured after the FIA and 12 teams put pen to paper a new Concorde Agreement on Friday night, the Daily Mail reports.
The agreement, which runs until the end of 2012, brings to a close months of wrangling between motor sport’s world governing body and the Formula One Teams’ Association over the governance of the sport.
BMW Sauber, who this week confirmed they would pull out of Formula One at the end of the …

Malaysian police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of people who rallied here demanding an end to a security law that allows detention without trial, Japanese news agency Kyodo reports.
The government, however, insisted that the controversial Internal Security Act would not be abolished as it is still “necessary.”
The Kuala Lumpur city center resembled a battle zone as torrents of tear gas and chemical-laced water rained down on an estimated crowd of …

British internal security service MI5 are facing questions over whether they recruited up to six al-Qaida sympathisers in the rush to find Islamic recruits in the wake of the worst terrorist attacks on mainland Britain for a generation, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The potential breach occurred as the security services battled to fill an intelligence gap in the wake of the 7th July 2005 bombings on London’s transport network which resulted in the deaths of 52 …

Mid-ranking civil cervant Mike Mackay, Chief Information Officer of the Youth Justice Board, was paid more than £350,000 of public money last year, the Daily Mail reports.
Although the IT manager is more or less unknown, his astonishing earnings mean he is paid £150,000 a year more than Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Mackay works to a flexible schedule and usually spends four days a week in the central London office of the Youth Justice Board. Fridays are usually …

International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that Britain will have the biggest debt of any major economy next year, the Daily Mail reports.
The Government budget deficit will soar to £191billion, the Washington-based organisation has warned.
The figure – which equates to £7,600 for every family in Britain – is far higher than the Treasury’s official forecast of £175billion.
The latest IMF report predicts that by 2010, the UK’s debt will equate to 13.3 per cent of gross domestic product …

Today 65 years ago, on 1st August, 1994, in Poland, Warsaw Uprising – struggle to liberate Warsaw from nazi German occupation – begain. The bloody uprising lasted for 63 days, until the Polish army was forced to surrender on 2nd October, 1944.
Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by Polish Home Army – Polish Underground at the days of occupation – to liberate the capital from nazis. It was intended to last only for a few days …