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Mike Marqusee: Why I became British
After living here for almost 40 years, American Mike Marqusee finally decided to apply for citizenship. It wasn't easy . . .


Mike Marqusee
The Guardian, Tuesday 16 February 2010

　イギリスに長年在住のアメリカ人にイギリスに帰化した話。いくつか面白い点がある。

In my case, the past is literally "another country". I spent my first 18 years in the US, moved to Britain in 1971, and have been ensconced here ever since. But I applied for British citizenship only a few months ago.

It's been a curious exercise. I've spent a good deal of my nearly 40 years here as a leftwing activist. Though never allowed to vote, I've taken part in numerous election campaigns.

一度も投票させてもらったことがない、と。

I did resent having to stand in lengthy airport queues for non-UK non-EU passport holders while my British-born partner scuttled ahead.

在英アメリカ人は空港でイギリス生まれのパートナーより長く並ばされる、と。

At the ceremony each new citizen is required individually to swear or affirm to "bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her Heirs and Successors, according to law".

帰化するとき、女王陛下などに対する忠誠を誓わされる、と。

ヨーロッパがリベラルってこういうこと？

まあ、日本に引き直すと天皇陛下に忠誠を誓わされる、ということになろうが、日本でこんなことやらせることになった大騒ぎになろう。

17 February 2010

Q&A: The Falklands oil row
は
フォークランド諸島へ向う船舶に航行許可を要求　アルゼンチン

について。

　資源をめぐる争いがあるわけですね。
　
　なお、フォークランド紛争

　ガーディアンが


You can't really trust Argentina': the view from the Falklands
An Argentinian move to block shipping between the islands and South America has caused consternation

Lisa Watson
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 February 2010

　アルゼンチンは信頼できない、と。

　しかし、これがイギリスの左翼紙ですからね。

　尖閣や竹島について、日本の左翼紙もこれくらいのこと書くかね？

　ところで、フォークランド紛争なんかみても、領土問題などについて、やはり、頼りになるのは、自国の軍隊で、情報収集などの援助は得られるかも知れないが、国際的にはかなりきわどいことになるわけですね。





17.02.2010
Study reveals a steep rise in German poverty levels

Poverty levels were high for large or single parent families

　ドイツ　若者の貧困化け、また、特に、シングルマザーや大家族の貧困化・・・傾向としては、どこもにているのかもしれない。
　
　「ドイツ繁栄の神話崩れる！！！」なぞと、日本に対してやられたように、どこかのブロガーが書くだろうか？



French fast food chain makes menus halal
Quick, one of France's most popular fast food chains, has taken pork off the menu at eight of its restaurants, turning them into halal-only outlets.

By Henry Samuel in Paris
Published: 6:11PM GMT 15 Feb 2010

it has sparked angry reactions from Catholic groups. A comment on E-Deo, a Catholic website, said: "Quick is in the process of inventing fast-islamisation"

　フランス
　フランスのファストフードのチェーン店が試験的に期間限定で、豚肉なしのイスラム教公認の食材だけ使った料理だけを提供。
　イスラム化だ、とカソリックからお叱りを受けている。

Guyanese National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Indian Nationals to the United States



Tue Feb 16, 6:55 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 –

According to plea documents, Gerald provided assistance to undocumented aliens from India in their efforts to illegally enter the United States. Gerald admitted that she and her co-conspirators prepared letters of invitation for several Indian nationals from a trading and agricultural company affiliated with Gerald. These letters falsely proclaimed the Indian nationals were farming experts whose expertise was needed for a project in Belize. The letters were used to assist the aliens in obtaining the Belizean visas that enabled them to board aircraft and transit through numerous countries in route to the United States.
According to plea documents, in July 2009, Gerald escorted two Indian nationals on a series of flights from Singapore to Belize. In addition, Gerald admitted to providing lodging for the aliens in Belize while they awaited additional smuggling arrangements; to obtaining a Mexican immigration stamp for one alien's passport to facilitate domestic travel in Mexico; and arranging for transportation from Belize to Mexico for one of the aliens.
Upon Gerald's direction, one of the aliens was smuggled into Mexico and then into the United States, according to court documents. Gerald was arrested in Houston on Nov. 17, 2009, on a criminal complaint charging her with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling, before any of the other aliens could be smuggled into the United States.

　アメリカ在住の外国人が他の外国人をアメリカへ密入国

　どこでも似たような問題を抱えている。
　犯罪者の国籍　Guyaneseも記しているところにも注目。


CFB Trenton commander charged with murder

Col. Russell Williams accused of killing 2 women, sexually assaulting 2 others

Last Updated: Monday, February 8, 2010

　カナダの軍人が二人の女性を殺害、他の二人への婦女暴行で逮捕

　これに関連して、

Points of view
Canada. Military Commander Charged for Murders of Two Women: Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Belleville is a small city in southern Ontario with a high rate of unemployment. Young women go to Belleville to sell their bodies just as women desperate for livelihood have done for centuries during hard times. It's the only way they see to survive. The market for prostitutes in Belleville is huge with the Trenton Air Base just 20 minutes away.

　軍隊のある街では娼婦の需要があり、また、失業率が高く娼婦になり手も多く、こうした事件は氷山の一角にすぎない、という意見の人もいる。