Fact and issue update

fact update:

Saif Gadaffi is preparing to surrender to the Hague to face trial (International Criminal Court)

The Arab League is condemming human rights abuses in Syria and seeking a constitutional resolution as part of teh constitution convention, rather than the killing of civilians, with some opposition groups calling for a no fly zone. howevrr on Russia today some experts fear that that would lead to a repeat of Lybia with more syrians dead. The implication with that is that Syria still has higher numbers of soldiers per head of population than other states in the region.

The eurozone bailout is going ahead but there are dangers of far right voting patterns in Germany.

In the UK and other European states pension funds are seeing the payments to their members fall owing to Quantitative easing and previous windfall taxes. Could the next budget ringfence and protect investment returns for them so as to 'Help the Aged' (or more precisely Age UK)