Merkel Touts EU Constitution

EUbusiness.com reported that, at last week’s European Union summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a mandate from EU leaders to complete drafting the “Berlin Declaration,” which will be issued March 25 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. Though Germany will avoid using the term “constitution” in the declaration, the intent of the document is to assure that the EU constitution is enacted by 2009.

Accursed Weather

March 2007 has seen extraordinarily wide fluctuations in temperatures with the resulting clashes of air masses producing over 190 tornadoes in the United States this year to date, far in excess of the average on record for the period. The country has also seen flash flooding from concentrated downpours. The pattern could be set for a year of volatile weather.

Cannabis—Out of Control

The number of cannabis farms in London has tripled over the past two years, according to the charity Drugscope. The report states that 75 percent of Britain’s cannabis factories are run by Vietnamese gangsters.

Putin and the Pope

During Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the pope last week, discussions reportedly centered on world affairs. cwnews.com reported that the two expressed mutual concern about “‘grave threats to peaceful coexistence among nations’ and agreed to support efforts to resolve conflicts peacefully.”

EU Woos Syria

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana signaled a new effort by the EU to draw Syria into peace negotions in the Middle East when he visited Damascus in an effort to thaw the freeze in the EU’s relationship with the terrorist-sponsoring state. Solana’s visit fits with Chancellor Merkel’s declared initiative to force the EU back to the forefront of peace negotiations in the Middle East.

Scientist Calls Global Warming Theories “Bunk”

Environmental scientist Fred Singer places promoters of the global warming theory in the same category as the those who thought the sun revolved around the Earth in earlier days. He quotes a 1997 survey of U.S. state climatologists which found that 90 percent agreed that “scientific evidence indicates variations in global temperature are likely to be naturally occurring and cyclical over very long periods of time.”