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if you're mature and still single, you need to get a life.
stop decieving yourself and dying in silence. swallow your pride and admit how miserable your life is.
get a life

If you are mature and living alone, you need to get a life

Useless underemployed politicians put in positions by an unambitious citizenry who vote in mediocrity and then moan for several years afterwards

toshmann:
sorry to disagree with you dave, but if israel could "dialogue" with hezbollah to exchange dead israelis for living "terrorists" why should they not dialogue with them before the israelis die? why wait for them to die, and after an expensive, unneccessary and unsuccessful military campaign to do what should have been done? non-negotiations with terrorists is not working in the world today. face it.

talk to these people. who knows, they can be won over. remember, the US authorities negotiated with ''terrorists'' in iraq (sunni militants) and won them over, got them in their pay roll and used them to fight off al-qaeda in iraq which led to reduced violence there,

Jeez, this is not only the appropriate thing to do, it is also common sense.

. . . . or as they say . . . common sense is no longer common

Israel was egged on by america supplying arms through British airports in order to make the lives of the Lebanese miserable. Not that they thought they could win. They just wanted to inflict pain and hardship on ordinary Lebanese people. Any wonder why the ordinary Lebanese person may grow up with an unending hatred for Israel and America?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7505305.stm

British man is appealing against a conviction in Ghana for indecently assaulting a three-year-old girl.

Thomas Tichler, 57, a retired banker from Hertfordshire, was jailed for two years in February.

The charity Fair Trials International has disputed the medical evidence used to convict him and says the girl was too young to give evidence.

The appeal court, sitting in Accra, is reserving judgement on the case until later this year.

Medical evidence

The case stems from an invitation accepted last year by Tichler, who was in Ghana at the time volunteering for a charity.

He was invited to a local man's house, where he was left to play with the family's children.

When the family's three-year-old daughter went to the toilet, her mother found blood in the little girl's urine and her underwear.

Tichler was convicted of indecently assaulting the girl and causing her harm and sentenced to two years for each offence, to run concurrently.

His defence team says the blood could have been the result of innocent horseplay, as Tichler lifted the girl onto his shoulders.

It says the medical evidence presented by the prosecution could equally support its explanation of what happened.
Defence lawyers argue the girl's testimony in court was an important factor in Tichler's conviction and are concerned that she may have been too young for her evidence to have been relied upon.

Joe Stone, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, has been advising the Tichler family on their appeal.

He said: "[Children] start speaking at two and being able to articulate with something as sensitive as this, there really is some concern as to whether the child understands what is being said."

Child's evidence

The Ghanaian legal system is based upon the English courts, which is a legacy of its colonial past.

When children give evidence in courts in England and Wales, the judge has to determine whether the child understands the questions put to them and whether the answers they give are comprehensible.

"That two-part competency test, which is standard and mandatory here didn't take place," Mr Stone said.

"I think the judge asked whether the child understood the importance of telling truth and lies but there was no further investigation into the child."

My own view is that you've at least as much chance of a fair trial in Ghana as you would have in the UK

Craig Murray
Former UK diplomat
The London-based charity Fair Trials International has taken on Tichler's case.

The head of the legal team, Sabine Zanker, is worried about political interference.

She said: "This was hyped up by politicians, including the attorney general, who in Ghana is also the justice minister.

"When Tom was initially charged with a lesser offence, he went public and said it was very important to protect Ghanaian children from white paedophiles and he thought he should be charged with a much more serious offence."

'Fair hearing'

Craig Murray, a former diplomat who was deputy high commissioner to Ghana, says he does not know of a single incident involving a British national where there was reason to suspect they had not received a fair hearing.

"My own view is that you've at least as much chance of a fair trial in Ghana as you would have in the UK," he said.

Two of Mr Tichler's sons have been in Accra to see their father's appeal.

The eldest, James, insists his father is innocent.

"He's certainly never displayed any behaviour like what he's been accused of towards me or my brothers," he said.

"I don't think I'll accept that he's guilty unless he came and told me he was."

The attorney general of Ghana, Joe Ghartey, told the BBC that he could not comment directly on the case.

He said the country had a very independent judiciary and that any comments he made would not have made any difference to the outcome of the trial.

His team has been appealing for a longer prison sentence for Tichler, arguing that the circumstances of the case do not support the length of the sentence originally handed down by the judge.

THIS IS GOOD AID

A British man is appealing against a conviction in Ghana for indecently assaulting a three-year-old girl.

Thomas Tichler, 57, a retired banker from Hertfordshire, was jailed for two years in February.

The charity Fair Trials International has disputed the medical evidence used to convict him and says the girl was too young to give evidence.

The appeal court, sitting in Accra, is reserving judgement on the case until later this year.

Medical evidence

The case stems from an invitation accepted last year by Tichler, who was in Ghana at the time volunteering for a charity.

He was invited to a local man's house, where he was left to play with the family's children.

When the family's three-year-old daughter went to the toilet, her mother found blood in the little girl's urine and her underwear.

Tichler was convicted of indecently assaulting the girl and causing her harm and sentenced to two years for each offence, to run concurrently.

His defence team says the blood could have been the result of innocent horseplay, as Tichler lifted the girl onto his shoulders.

It says the medical evidence presented by the prosecution could equally support its explanation of what happened. This was hyped up by politicians, including the attorney general, who in Ghana is also the justice minister

Sabine Zanker
Fair Trials International
Defence lawyers argue the girl's testimony in court was an important factor in Tichler's conviction and are concerned that she may have been too young for her evidence to have been relied upon.

Joe Stone, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, has been advising the Tichler family on their appeal.

He said: "[Children] start speaking at two and being able to articulate with something as sensitive as this, there really is some concern as to whether the child understands what is being said."

Child's evidence

The Ghanaian legal system is based upon the English courts, which is a legacy of its colonial past.

When children give evidence in courts in England and Wales, the judge has to determine whether the child understands the questions put to them and whether the answers they give are comprehensible.

"That two-part competency test, which is standard and mandatory here didn't take place," Mr Stone said.

"I think the judge asked whether the child understood the importance of telling truth and lies but there was no further investigation into the child."

My own view is that you've at least as much chance of a fair trial in Ghana as you would have in the UK

Craig Murray
Former UK diplomat
The London-based charity Fair Trials International has taken on Tichler's case.

The head of the legal team, Sabine Zanker, is worried about political interference.

She said: "This was hyped up by politicians, including the attorney general, who in Ghana is also the justice minister.

"When Tom was initially charged with a lesser offence, he went public and said it was very important to protect Ghanaian children from white paedophiles and he thought he should be charged with a much more serious offence."

'Fair hearing'

Craig Murray, a former diplomat who was deputy high commissioner to Ghana, says he does not know of a single incident involving a British national where there was reason to suspect they had not received a fair hearing.

"My own view is that you've at least as much chance of a fair trial in Ghana as you would have in the UK," he said.

Two of Mr Tichler's sons have been in Accra to see their father's appeal.

The eldest, James, insists his father is innocent.

"He's certainly never displayed any behaviour like what he's been accused of towards me or my brothers," he said.

"I don't think I'll accept that he's guilty unless he came and told me he was."

The attorney general of Ghana, Joe Ghartey, told the BBC that he could not comment directly on the case.

He said the country had a very independent judiciary and that any comments he made would not have made any difference to the outcome of the trial.

His team has been appealing for a longer prison sentence for Tichler, arguing that the circumstances of the case do not support the length of the sentence originally handed down by the judge.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7505305.stm

Kobojunkie:
How did you arrive at this It is a problem for me to model my house after my neigbours house when I know and see that his building his house with bricks and steels works better than my continued use of beach sand and palm fronds??

It is not a problem to try and copy what is not yours. you just need to do more work than the ordinary to achieve what others achieve.

Sagamite:
Have you ever thought that a white country could not possibly be seen having a problem with a black country that just gained independence, is being led by a supposedly independence hero and its neighbour it suffering from white led apatheid?

Would people like you not scream blue murder and racism then, no matter the crime of the hero zero?

Do you understand the subtlility of international diplomacy, especially between black countries and white countries that were colonial masters/slave users?

They should hold their peace for ever if they did not feel the need to speak up before then.

Perhaps you need to look into the breached agreement on the part of Britain as well.

@ 4 Play
what is the need for the insults?

@davidylan
good response

My personal position is that Mugabe is a stupid man who has overstayed his time. I also however believe that Britain is very complicit in this. It's true Britain had no problem with Mugabe during Thatcher's era and the problems started when an agreement was breached by Blair's Government

@ justcool, nuff respect

Since when did saying we are not the worst mean that we should be contented with our position? especially considering I also said we brought it all upon ourselves

Please tell me

I see you just like arguments for the sake of it. I already stated that some of it is brought upon us by ourselves. Yet you deem it proper to say that I want to "throw some other people/country under the bus"

Come off it

see where your problem is?

Kobojunkie:
Above is your post. Again, my question, is the World bank designed in anyway to give a HOOT about Nigeria that it should even be considered when blame is to be thrown around?? Do you blame even consider blaming the bank when you max out your own credit card?? Does the thought even run through your mind that the bank could, be blamed or not blamed Do you even consider the thought of blaming the sun when your plane is late?

where exactly did I blame the world bank? I make a statement and you take it as blaming the world bank

I understand thando.
Everything we seem to be trying to do is modelled after what is mainly foreign to us. Even the language we learn with is foreign. It means that most of those things will be second nature to us and we will always be playing catch up.

One of the problems we have is that we are always looking to model our acts on western prototypes

Kobojunkie:
Is the question IF you are the worst on the earth??

The above quote is from a 17-year old on here. Is this what Nigeria is about or should be about??

Does the statement that we dont deserve such a label not give you enough of an answer to that question?

phew

you need to go back and read what I wrote which led to your response. Dont read just one post out of context.

redsun:
How come nobody ever talk about how bush stole and displaced african americans to be the president that he is today,not even americas themselves,it was aggressively quelled in the senate till date.

I think Mugabe have a more better humane agenda than bush,he is trying to set right the evils of the occupiers that have been going on for centuries and it is not going to be easy,zimbabweans are just beginning to learn to live,all this time they've been boys and girls in their suppose country,now they men and women.

A suppose first world could be this terrible in pursuance of agenda,talkless of a country that is still fighting for independence.

http://www.takebackthepresidency.com/statement-frameset.html

I dont know about the Mugabe thing
But I know that the US is never likely to continue to let the rest of the world talk about the shortcomings in their elections. They will rather talk about shortcomings in other places

We are bad but we are not the worst on earth and surely dont deserve the label. Some of it is brought upon by ourselves anyway

Kobojunkie:
So asking you straight forward questions means you are being threatened?? Are you sure this is about disagreement or you not understanding what the questions mean??

What question is there to ask from what I wrote and what you wrote?

make una no fight war o

Morgan should not have taken this position. He should have continued, if only to put more pressure on Mugabe. He has only allowed Mugabe free reign now.

It's a sad development

Is the world bank Nigeria's Nanny?? WHY SHOULD IT GIVE A HOOT Why even make such a statement as the one you made since we know it is not even part of what the World bank is set up for?? Isn't that there a Problem that anyone would even try to think the World Bank should or should not

It seems you have a problem. . . you just like to attack whoever may have disagreed with you at any point in time even if you have nothing which differs from their position

I am disappointed by this boy from sagamu. You obviously dont like to hear the west criticised.
NEways I'll criticise the west when I feel it's deserved and I dont give a hoot what you and other western arse-lickers think

Which people are the anti americans? are they not mostly americans citizens?
If someone opposes america, he becomes a part of anti-american mob.
yeparipa

landis:
When the UK told Ghandi to allow them bring cloths for India. He replied if India cannot cloth its people, let us all Go NAKED.
Today, same India just bought LandRover.

I like that. ikoko tio je ata, idi e agbona

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23399095-details/Inside+Black+Beach+prison,+the+'hell+hole'+awaiting+Dog+of+War+Simon+Mann/article.do

some interesting comments by British people here. They obviously don't like to consider that Simon Mann was himself planning to kill and maim lots of people just to make money money for himself and Thatcher and some other unknown persons

Example:

This regime is to say the least barbaric and this is not something that the world is not aware of. The true horror lies with the US Oil companies who deal with this warlord in order to increase their share holders profits and further their greed. This is what sickens me more the fact if they wanted to, the respective governments in the US and the UK could apply some leverage and have this man released. This will never happen oil is too important, more than the human rights of these men on trial or the people of Equatorial Guinea. Turn a blind eye and reap the profits! For your information I lived and worked in EG for over 4 and half years. I too was guilty of profiteering from the misery of the Guinean people and am deeply ashamed.

- Iain Barnes, Glasgow Scotland