U.S. & Europe Call for Release of Jailed Belarus Protesters

The United States is calling on Belarus immediately to release protesters and opposition supporters detained or arrested in connection with the country’s "severely flawed" March 19 election, a U.S. diplomat told Europe’s leading human-rights group.

Hundreds of around-the-clock protesters spent their fifth day demonstrating in October Square in the Belarus capital city of Minsk. The sustained public demonstration is unprecedented in Belarus, a former Soviet republic that has used repressive measures to silence critics of the government.

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European Business Summit

Building a Europe of Excellence

Turning knowledge into growth

During two days the 4th European Business Submit had a record number of 2.686 attendees. EBS conferences and networking attracted 1.898 participants, including 100 keynote speakers. The various parallel sessions were visited by 520 people. Over 250 journalists covered this fourth EBS.
Both on numbers as on content, this was by far the biggest EBS, throughout 2 plenary sessions, 9 thematic workshops, 6 country groups, 15 parallel sessions and a Gala Dinner.

more at http://www.ebsummit.org/index.html?current=26&page=26&page2=26&lang=en

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Edinburgh Excellence - From manufacturing to high-tech

Jim McFarlane, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian: "To survive the threat of manufacturing industry moving to lower-cost locations, European countries must move up the value chain and add value thought innovation"

The Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian is engaged together with the cities of Copenhagen, Vienna, Veneto and Hamburg looking to internationalisation supporting growth and helps innovative projects for young companies.

Learn more at www.edinburghsciencetriangle.com

Germán Yáñez Márquez on the blog of Margot Wallström Vice-president of the EU Comission

The US government has shown us how the government in a nation must be. The US government, doesn't mean what colour you are, doesn't mean which is the thank of the president has usually most admirable actions suporting free movement of persons and companies until, the terrorist attak of 11S, when all the citizens supported they governmen, as well as the political parties. Now we are taking the debate of an US representative, should I say that, some of the politicala and economical cases produced by, for example, the publicantion of faces of Mahoma, the intervention by the Spanish government to an Inter-European operation of ENDESA, or to finance a terrorist government, had never happened in the US. The United States is a great, free, and world-trusted Nation by it's conviction and because they all work to go ahead together. Why Europa doesn't? We should stay united and feel European, and of course if a terrorist group as ETA is decided to be named by the whole European Countries not to change the threat as "they are friends" because of the gun on back. To stay united is go ahead. Fights into the community makes us go back, this words are my contribution to Europe and I'm sure all who feel and trust in the "Great Community" will agree.

IMF - Last News

1 De Rato and IMF Reform, A Letter to the Editor by Thomas Dawson, Director, External Relations Department,
IMFhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2006/030806.htm


2 Transcript of a Conference Call with Journalists on The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMFhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2006/tr060313.htm



IMF - Conferences and Seminars

1 IMF Seminars and Conferences -- IMF Book Forum: Is Globalization Here to Stay?, March 29, 2006http://www.imf.org/External/NP/EXR/BForums/2006/032906.htm

EPP supports to Partido Popular Español against Mr. Zapatero's coalition with Morales, Chaves, and terrorists Governments from the world over

The President of the European People´s Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, declared his support to the Spanish Partido Popular and its leader, Mariano Rajoy, during a "Convención", held last weekend in Madrid that was open to the public and to journalists.
"2005 was a difficult year for the European Union due to the results of the referenda on the Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands; but the Partido Popular supported the European interests instead of partisan interests", Martens stated during his speech in the plenary session.

"The Partido Popular has a very good political project, a very good team of men and women and a prominent leader, Mariano Rajoy. You are the party of the citizens and this is the key to win the next Spanish elections," President Martens declared.
In the closing speech of the "Convención", Mariano Rajoy thanked Wilfried Martens for attending the meeting. The leaders of the UMP (France), Nicolas Sarkozy, and the PSD (Portugal), Luis Marques Mendes, also attended the "Convención".

CAA - aircraft register for Cayman Islands

A Guide to registering aircraft in the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands provide a safe, stable and ‘friendly flag’ for registration of an aircraft and a developed system for perfecting a security interest over that aircraft.
The Cayman Islands enjoy a stable system of government, consisting of a 15 member Legislative Assembly elected by the people every 4 years, which enables the Cayman Islands largely to self-govern on local affairs, and a Governor who is formally appointed by the Queen every 3 years to act as a representative of the U.K. government and to exercise power over certain domestic issues (for example, controlling the Islands’ internal security matters, dissolving the legislature, assenting to laws and acting as a delegate between the Islands and the British government).

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WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy

Agenda: WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy

13–17 March 06

Monday 13 March 06 in Basel

• Bank for International Settlements

Tuesday 14 March 06 in Geneva

• Conference at the Graduate Institute of International Studies

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IMF - Speeches

Evolution not Revolution: The Changing Role of the IMF in the Global Economy.

By Anne O. Krueger at Stanford University.

As a consequence of what we learned, the Fund has made important and far-reaching adjustments to the way it works. Now is an appropriate moment to assess what we have done and to consider what further changes need to be made. There will, of course, always be a need for change: the world is constantly evolving and so must we at the Fund if we are to continue to fulfill our central purpose: the maintenance of international financial stability. Indeed, the Fund's history, like that of the international economic policy community as a whole, is one of adapting to change. Success in meeting some challenges inevitably brings fresh ones in its wake. We are proud to be a learning institution.

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UNESCO - Report on children out of school

Recomended Source by German Yañez:

UNESCO presents it's new report on children education. About one hundred and fifteen million children are out of school.
The objetive is school for all children by 2015.

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UNESCO, 1 March -Education News-


One hundred and fifteen million primary school-age children are out of school according to a joint UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS / UNICEF global estimate. This number equals 18% - or almost one in five - of the children worldwide in this age group. And many of the children who are in school may never complete their primary education or finish it without attaining even basic literacy skills.
The report will soon be available in French.

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