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'Anger Is Bigger Than All': 29 Killed in Sharply Contrasting Demonstrations Marking Third Anniversary of Egyptian UprisingPosted January 25, 2014 at 3:46 pm by Dave Urbanski
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'Horrific': The Chilling Banner Reportedly Seen in EgyptPosted January 1, 2014 at 10:45 am by Sharona Schwartz
"Jews are always the scapegoats…"Read More »
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Morsi Faces Charges of Terrorism, Conspiring With Hamas, Hezbollah and IranPosted December 19, 2013 at 8:18 pm by Sharona Schwartz
"[T]he biggest case of conspiracy in the country's history."Read More »
The Heated Debate Over the Muslim Brotherhood on Egyptian TV That Devolves Into Water-ThrowingPosted December 18, 2013 at 9:39 am by Sharona Schwartz
"…you call us collaborators, traitors, and sons of bi***hes."Read More »
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"I think it was a disaster."Read More »
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"… such behaviour was inappropriate on such an occasion."Read More »
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"We believe that a clash of civilizations is neither inevitable nor necessary."Read More »
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"I am Egypt's legitimate president."Read More »
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"The Muslim Brotherhood in America and really around the world are like termites."Read More »
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Millions of people watched President Barack Obama's motorcade cruise down Pennsylvania Avenue on the way to his inauguration this month. Anyone who looked closely may have noticed his limo, 'The Beast' featured a license plate that reads "Taxation Without Representation." The plate is a rolling protest for equal voting rights in Washington D.C. Per Obama's request similar plates will soon be added to the vehicles in his presidential fleet.
Actor Danny Glover might be getting too old for Mel Gibson's craziness but he's still down to take a stand for the working man. On the opening day of the Detroit auto show the longtime political activist joined forces with the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan (MAFFAN). Their gripe: Workers at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant are being threatened out of voting to unionize their workforce.

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1) Yeni Ozgur Politika Headlines 16 July 2010
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2) Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong -- July 28
Xinhua: "Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong -- July 28"
3) Xinhua 'Roundup': Economists
Xinhua "Roundup" by Vienna Ma: "Economists"
4) Cross-Border Marriage Tests Ties With SE Asia
Report by Kang Hyun-kyung
5) ROK Editorial Says 'Clear' Codification Needed To Win Public Support
Editorial: "Good Samaritan Law"
6) Macedonian Expatriates' NGOs Urge End of Name Talks With Greece
"'Who Gave You the Right To Negot iate My Name' Campaign Organisers Demand
End of Negotiations With Greece" -- MIA headline
7) US Navy Hospital Ship Arrives in Ambon Bay To Provide Medical Services
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Yeni Ozgur Politika Headlines 16 July 2010
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Wednesday July 28, 2010 21:39:26 GMT
Reaction to Savagery in Switzerland - The people of Kurdistan who are
residents of Europe are continuing to demonstrate their anger against the
desecration of guerrilla bodies by t he Turkish army. An action was held
in Berne, Switzerland, to this end.
Protest Against Turkey and Iran in Australia - Two days ago, people of
Kurdistan who are residents of Australia protested the attacks carried out
by the Turkish and Iranian states. Kurdistani people traveled to the
capital of Canberra from many cities in the country and gave the message
that they will not remain silent in the face of these attacks.
Reaction to the Practice of "an Indecipherable Language" - Anger was
provoked when the 6 th High Criminal Court of Amed (Diyarbakir) entered a
statement into a court record describing Kurdish as "an indecipherable
language." Criticizing the racist stance of the court, attorney Kamil
Tekin Surek said: "The problem will only be solved when Kurdish is given
constitutional recognition as an official language."
"Take Action For Kurdish Children" - The Union for Education and Science
is asking the German government to take action to secure the release of
children who are being victimized by the TMK (Anti-Terror Law). The GEW
(Education Sector Union Affiliated with the German Trade Union
Confederation) of NRW (Nordhrein Westfalen) has entered the subject of TMK
victim children into its congress agenda.
14 July Resisters Not Forgotten - Kemal Pir, Mehmet Hayri Durmus, Akif
Yilmaz and Ali Cicek, pioneering members of the PKK who lost their lives
in the death hunger strike that started on 14 July 1982 to protest the
tortures and forced breaking of prisoners in the Amed Prison, were
commemorated recently in cities in Germany and France.
Has the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) Made a Decision? - The
Turkish Press has published news stories that that the ECHR has rejected
Ocalan's request for a retrial..
Farqin (Silvan) and Dersim (Tunceli) March - The desecration of bodies of
Kurdish guerillas who were killed with chemical weapons by the Turkish
army was protested in Farqin and Dersim.
HRW (Human Rights Watch): Iran Targeting Civilians - HRW is claiming that
the operations being carried out by the Iranian army that are targeting
the civilian populated regions of regions in South Kurdistan are violating
"the rules of war." Their statement pointed out that 500 families had been
forced to flee due to the operations and mortar attacks.
Ocalan's Proposals Are Important - Saying that Ocalan's words are
important and reasonable suggestions, author Mahir Sayin, one of the
founders of the Kurtulus (Liberation) movement said: "I think that if his
proposals were accepted this war would end."
Armed Confrontation in Dersim - An armed confrontation occurred between
the Turkish army and guerrilla forces in Dersim. In Dep, Eleziz
(Karakocan, Elazig), an explosion occurred while a minibus carrying troops
was passing nearby.
"National Agreement" Completed - The surge in armed co nfrontations has
led to a new tweaking of the Turkish press, which targets Kurds, conceals
the facts, and carries out one-sided publishing.
Suspicious Deaths Continue - It is being claimed that Kurdish soldier
Ercan Yesilkaya, who was doing his military service in Yozgat and who had
only two months remaining until his discharge, had committed suicide.The
body of Yesilkaya, whose family refused to grant permission for a military
funeral, was sent to Istanbul.
If Kurds are the Target, the Rest is Only Details - Kilicdaroglu and
Erdogan, who share the bloody formula aimed at crushing the requests of
the Kurds, rather than finding a solution to the Kurdish issue, agreed on
their "ramparts brotherhood" by posing for "unity" photographs to show to
the secular elite and conservative masses that they represent.
Attacks Aiming at Emptying Qandil - "They are lying. That is not the place
where the guerrillas are living. As for us, we live i n tents. Our
children, thousands of our animals, and our tents are very obvious. How
can they mistake us for guerrillas? They are targeting us intentionally."
Erdogan Preparing for a Long War - In his assessment of Turkish Prime
Minister Erdogan's statement that the special forces they will establish
will spend 5-10 years in the mountains, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party)
Co-Chairman Selahattin Demirtas said: "This indicates that the Prime
Minister already has it in his head that this is a problem that will last
for decades. He has no intention of solving the problem. This means that
for tens of years blood will continue to flow and people will continue to
Kog Hill Festival starts - The 8 th Kog Hill Festival which is organized
annually by the Gimgim (Varto) mayoralty will be held this year between
16-17 July under the theme of "The Power of Art Will Bring Peace to the
Land of the Sun."
"The Pain of Guerillas is the Pain of Artists" - "An artist is a person
who experiences the sufferings of the people. Thus it is that the high
sacrifices made by the guerrilla that are aimed at freeing the people from
this suffering and creating a better way of life constitute artistic
Life of Seyade Same Being Brought to the Silver Screen - Author Nihat
Gultekin, who has researched the life of Kurdish dengbe j (troubadour)
Seyade Same who was born in Bazid, Agri (Dogubeyazit, Agri) and who lived
his life in exile, has started endeavors to reflect Same's tragic life
both in literature and in cinema.
80 Women's Organizations Ask about Jallalian - A total of 80 women's
organization in Turkey are asking for information about Kurdish politician
Zainab Jallalian, about whom no information has been received.
Women's Artistic Works in British Museum - The artistic efforts of Sukran
Moral (Bordello), Ipek Duben (Manuscript X), and Azade Koker (Girl With
Veil) have been added to the permanent collection of the British Museum.
Israel Restricts Rights of Female MP - The rights of MP Hanin Zu`bi, a
parliamentary deputy of Arab extraction who is being targeted by the
Israel government for having been aboard the Mavi Marmara at the time of
the raid, are being restricted.
"Bring Bakirci to Trial" - EDP (Equality and Democracy Party) member women
have issued a criminal complaint against Rize Mayor Halil Bakirci.
Poverty Results in Death - In Hizan, Bitlis, Suphan Cetin, a 65-year-old
woman who was hospitalized because of a heart attack, died in the
hospital's corridor. She died because her green (free health) card had
expired and hospital authorities refused to treat her until the family
paid the examination fee.
Be Mindful of Summer Season Illnesses! - Specialist are warning those who
spend a lot of time out of doors to keep away from ultraviolet rays, which
cause skin cancers.
Warm face of Qers (Kars) - The beauty of the Kar's Hotel, which is
situated in a restored old Russian building, has been recognized as it has
ranked among the world's highest-quality and best-restored hotels in an
Internet survey.
"Suicide Activist" Ants - It now appears that ants, which always tend to
surprise people with their unique characteristics, may engage in a
"suicide attack" in an attempt to protect their nest.
Chicken Came First! - For hundreds of years it represented a fundamental
question among philosophers and scientists and in school debates. But now
the problem has been solved. A group of scientists have announced that
they have solved the question of: "What came first, the chicken or the
Children Throw Stones in Belfast, Too - It appears that that children and
teenagers in Northern Ireland participated for reasons "of fun" in
demonstrations that occurred on the provocation of pro-England sects.
Cuba n Prisoners Stir up Controversy - The acceptance of seven Cuban
opposition prisoners by Spain has caused a variety of reactions within the
country. The conservative opposition PP (People`s Party) is accusing the
ruling PSOE (Spanish Socialist Party) of being "collaborators to a forced
Women's Quota in NRW Government - SPD (Social Democrat Party of Germany)
member Hannelore Kraft, who was elected State Prime Minister in the second
round two days ago, has announced the members of the cabinet for the NRW
state in Germany
Same-Sex Marriage Rights in Argentina - Argentina is the first country in
Latin America to give homosexuals the right to marry. In the vote, which
followed a 15-hour debate in the Argentine Senate, 33 senators voted in
favor of the draft bill, while 27 senators opposed the bill. Kurdish News:
Kog Hill Festival Starts - The 8 th Kox Hill Festival, which is being
organized by the Gimgim Mayoralty, will take place be tween 16-17 July
with the slogan of "The Power of Art Will Bring Peace to the Land of the
80 Women's Organizations Question the Fate of Jallalian - In their efforts
to find information about the fate of Zainab Jallalian, a female activist
who was sentenced to execution by Iranian regime, members of the Ankara
Women's Platform carried a letter signed by 80 different women's
organizations to the Iranian Embassy.
She Has Been Searching for Family Remains for 72 Years - Hanim Dogru, a
100-year-old woman who lost her entire family during the 1938 Dersim
Rebellion, is continuing to look for her family's remains. Dogru stated
that even though 72 years have passed since the event, she has not been
able to locate the gravestone belonging to her family and she continues to
ask for an account of the massacre of the Kurds.
Iran Builds Apartheid Wall in Kurdistan - Iran, which always condemns the
walls in Palestine and Gaza and issues a great deal o f propaganda about
the Palestine issue as a wake-up call to Israel, is implementing acts in
Kurdistan that far surpass anything that Israel has done to date.
PKK and PJAK (Free Life Party of Kurdistan) Prisoners Commemorate Dr
Qasimlo - PKK- and PJAK-member prisoners being held in prisons in Southern
Kurdistan and Iran commemorated Dr Ebdurrehman Qasimlo on the 21 st
anniversary of his killing and condemned the Iranian regime for its
terrorizing of Kurdish politicians.
Kurds in Switzerland Protest the Savagery - The savage desecration of the
bodies of HPG (People`s Defense Forces) guerillas was protested in Berne,
the capital of Switzerland
Two Sisters Killed in Hewler - Two sisters, Layiqa and Rebia, were killed
by their cousin Pistiwan several days ago in Hewler.
Kurdistan Set Alight, but Environmentalists Remain Silent - Environmental
and green organizations remain silent, even though Turkish and Iranian
armies are burning down the forests of K urdistan.
The Master of Intellectuals: Mir (Master) Celadet Bedirxan - A person we
can term an "intellectual" is one whose brain has undergone a major
awakening and whose political perspectives are both deep and long. The
intellectual should have a strong sense of willingness to sacrifice and
should, at the same time, ensure that his actions comply with the needs of
the people.
PCDK (Democratic Solution Party of Kurdistan) Commemorates 14 July
Resistors - The PCDK released a statement regarding the 28 th anniversary
of the death hunger strike resistance in Amed prison and said that:
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Foreign Exchange Rates in H ong Kong -- July 28
Xinhua: "Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong -- July 28" - Xinhua
Wednesday July 28, 2010 10:19:57 GMT
HONG KONG, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchange rates
against Hong Kong dollar released on Wednesday by the Bank of China (Hong
Kong) Limited:
Buying SellingJapanese yen 881.45 884.90Swiss franc 732.80 735.55British
pound 1,208.85 1,213.85Australian dollar 693.75 696.45Canadian dollar
751.55 754.55Euro 1,009.05 1,013.65U.S. dollar 775.85 777.55(The above
exchange rates are expressed per 100 units for the foreign currency,
except per 10,000 units for the Japanese yen.)(Description of Source:
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English-language audiences (New China News Agency))
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Xinhua 'Roundup': Economists
Xinhua "Roundup" by Vienna Ma: "Economists" - Xinhua
Wednesday July 28, 2010 09:57:37 GMT
CANBERRA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was
expected to keep interest rates on hold for at least a few months after
much better than expected inflation data, an economist said on Wednesday.
A slowing in the pace of underlying inflation sent the Australian dollar
tumbling as investors scaled back the chance of a rate increase as early
as next Tuesday.Analysts said the key June-quarter report on consumer
prices had put to rest speculation the RBA would lift official rates at
its Tuesday board meeting.W hile there was less than a one-in-three chance
the RBA would lift rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75
percent, investors had worried about a pick-up in core inflation after
second-quarter export prices had a record rise.But the pace of core annual
inflation, which strips out volatile consumer price moves, slowed to
within the RBA's two to three percent target range for the first time in
three years.Macquarie interest rate strategist Rory Robertson said the
softer inflation outlook meant the RBA would hold off raising rates from
the current 4.5 percent."The RBA will remain on hold for at least the next
three months and probably into 2011," Robertson said in a research note
after the data was released."If you were thinking the RBA might make this
federal election campaign interesting, think again."Westpac chief
economist Bill Evans agreed the RBA would keep its powder dry at the third
of August board meeting and "most likely for the remain der of 2010"."Now,
with rates on hold for the foreseeable future, consumer confidence,
business confidence, housing and most likely the labor market will be
boosted," Evans said in a statement."Interest rates are still only at
neutral levels, so given this scenario, it is now much more likely that
the tightening cycle will resume sometime in 2011."By then, the Chinese
economy will have restored its upward momentum, labor markets will be
uncomfortably tight, and housing is likely to be staging a
resurgence."Even economies like the U.S. and Europe will have had another
six to 12 months to work through their chronic imbalances."The RBA has
raised rates six times since October in an effort to stabilize an economy
benefiting from the fast-growing emerging Asian nations, particularly
China.The pace of core, or underlying inflation, slowed to 0.5 percent in
the June quarter, compared with 0.8 percent in the previous three-month
period, data showed ."This number comes as an extraordinary surprise,"
Evans said.The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 percent on-
quarter and 3.1 percent over the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics
said on Wednesday.The pace of CPI was slower than market forecasts of one
percent on-quarter and 3.4 percent over the year.The main drivers of the
"downside shock" in the inflation report, Evans said, were price falls in
the recreation category as well as financial and insurance
services.Meanwhile, Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan on Wednesday said the
latest inflation figures were encouraging but showed Australians were
still doing it tough."Today's figures, while lower than expected, still
show that there's financial pressure facing Australian families and
businesses," Swan told the Australian Associated Press.(Description of
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Cross-Border Marriage Tests Ties With SE Asia
Report by Kang Hyun-kyung - The Korea Times Online
Wednesday July 28, 2010 11:08:45 GMT
The recent murder case involving a 20-year-old Vietnamese bride is a
revealing example of how dangerous a cross-border marriage can be; where a
man and a woman decide to tie the knot without knowing much about each
other.Not to mention the potential risk at the personal level, Professor
Jacquelline Aquino Siapno of Seoul National University pointed out that
transnational marriages could have a dysfunctional effect on bilateral
relations between the countries that send and receive brides."Cross-border
marriage could become a serious thorn in bilateral relations between
Southeast Asian countries and Korea," Siapno told The Korea Times last
week.Her remarks are in response to the death of Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, a
Vietnamese bride who was brutally murdered by her Korean husband in the
port city of Busan just eight days after the couple wed. The tragic
accident was also part of the agenda during the Korea-Vietnam ministerial
meeting held in Vietnam.During the talk, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
(Yu Myo'ng-hwan) expressed his deepest regret over the tragedy, explaining
to his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Gia Khiem that South Korea was taking
the case very seriously.Yu added that a separate inter-ministerial meeting
was held to address the murder during a Cabinet meeting to discuss
counter-measures to prevent such a thing from recurring.His apology on
behalf of the government was accep ted as the Vietnamese foreign minister
was quoted as responding that his government was grateful for the South
Korean government's sincere effort over the incident.Before returning to
Korea, the foreign minister invited the Vietnamese ambassador to his
office in the foreign ministry in Seoul to further express sincere
condolences over the tragic loss facing the young Vietnamese bride and her
family.As transnational marriages have created social problems such as sex
trafficking and domestic violence, some Southeast Asian governments,
including Cambodia and Vietnam, have imposed restrictions to protect their
nationals.In March, the Cambodian government imposed a provisional ban on
transnational marriages to Korean nationals to prevent a sex trade of
Cambodian women.In Cambodia, Korean males account for approximately 60
percent of cross-border marriages there. Almost all of them meet their
Cambodian brides through international matchmakers.Since 2007, Vietnam has
strengthened r egulations over illegal and falsely brokered marriages to
protect Vietnamese women. "Exotic goods" When asked about the underlying
causes of the tragedy, Rep. Han Sun-kyo of the Grand National Party (GNP)
blamed the misguided belief of viewing foreign brides as "exotic goods"
that can be purchased."Combating the negative fallout of international
marriage will require policymakers to tackle this deadly inaccurate notion
held by some Korean males," Han told The Korea Times last week.The
lawmaker has campaigned to defend the human rights of migrant workers and
Southeast Asian women who cross the border to marry Korean men.According
to the Ministry of Justice, approximately 140,000 women mostly from China,
Vietnam and the Philippines settle in Korea after entering an interracial
marriage.These women met their husbands, who were on a marriage tour in
their home country, through arranged dates by international
matchmakers.Some of these bachelors, usua lly older men, saw 100 or more
candidates before deciding on one during the short trip.International
marriage migration happens in other countries, as well.
According to anthropologist Kathryn Robinson, Australian men are
"importing" Southeast Asian brides to rural Australia.Working-class
Vietnamese men in the United States marry upper-class Vietnamese women in
Vietnam.In the United States, Slavic and Filipino women migrated to marry
American men. Research papers show that until the early 1980s, Asian
women, particularly from the Philippines, dominated trans-border marriage.
By the 1990s, women from the former Soviet Union had joined the
international marriage market.Some of them found their spouse through
so-called "mail-order brides" where girls list themselves in catalogues
and wait to be picked by men for marriage. Marriage tour A Vietnamese
bride, who asked The Korea Times to call her by her Korean name Won
Ga-hee, met her husband in Vietnam e ight years ago through an arranged
date set up by international matchmaking company.Asked if she was scared
about the possible negative consequences of marrying a man of a different
nationality whom she hardly knew, Won said she "never" had such a
feeling."Initially, my parents didn't approve of my decision to enter into
a transnational marriage. But they knew that their hands were tied as the
decision was mine to be made," she told The Korea Times."Before meeting
with my husband, I was told many times about broken families after
Vietnamese women married South Korean men. I also knew that many
Vietnamese wives suffered from domestic violence and other awful
experiences. But such information did not discourage me from marrying a
South Korean man."Won said she was determined to help her parents who live
in poverty by sending financial support after marrying a South Korean
man.However, her life after marriage has not gone the way she intended.For
t he first five years of marriage, Won lived together with her
parents-in-law in Geomdan, Incheon.She confessed that it was challenging
for her to maintain a caring relationship with her in-laws.Won didn't
elaborate on the details of the nature of her relationship with her
parents-in-law, except by simply saying she was "hurt."Sending money back
to parents in Vietnam remained a mission unfulfilled, as
well."Nevertheless, I think I was luckier than the other foreign brides
living near my place," she said.Won, who offers free counseling and
interpretation services to Vietnamese brides as a volunteer, witnessed
many migrant wives who had to endure domestic violence."The language
barrier, culture shock and difficulty in developing good interpersonal
skills with the new in-laws are major challenges facing women who migrate
to Korea for marriage," she said.Professor Siapno said some women migrate
in the hope that the situation in the husband's country m ight be more
comfortable and promising than in their own."Possibly, they are putting
too much trust and faith in the husband's capacity to help them adapt to
the new country," she said. Gender imbalance Korean men who look for
brides overseas are mostly in their 40s or older and engaged in farm work
or in the manufacturing sector as a laborer or other precarious types of
jobs.Education, income levels and job stability are the most cited factors
driving these males to remain unmarried or divorced at their age.The
competitive domestic marriage market prompts them to look beyond national
borders and search for soul mates in foreign countries, mostly Southeast
Asian countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia.The bride
shortage-driven international marriages here have increased since the
1990s.Lee Sang-joo, director of the center for migrant women for
international marriage, told The Korea Times that the average age
difference between the Korean husband and Southeast Asian nation bride is
about 20 years."Men are usually in their forties, while women are in their
early twenties," he said.Meanwhile, groom shortages, which population
expert Daniel Goodkind called a "double marriage squeeze," prompted
Vietnam to become a sending country.According to Goodkind, "young women in
Vietnam during the 1970s and 1980s faced a severe deficit of male partners
due to population growth, war and excess male migration.""At the other end
of the Vietnamese diaspora, overseas Vietnamese men during the 1980s and
1990s have faced an even greater shortage of Vietnamese women," he said in
his article, entitled "The Vietnamese Double Marriage Squeeze" published
in 1997.
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ROK Editorial Says 'Clear' Codification Needed To Win Public Support
Editorial: "Good Samaritan Law" - The Korea Times Online
Wednesday July 28, 2010 10:00:40 GMT
Some would abuse the Good Samaritan Law to gain compensation. It is
therefore necessary to minimize cash rewards for aiding strangers although
society should respect courageous acts of volunteers.The United States
features the Good Samaritan Law, meaning shielding the rescuer from
liability. The EU adopts the Bad Samaritan Law, criminalizing bystanders.
People refusing to help may face prosecution. Korea seeks to adopt both.
The bill should codify the scope of responsibilities and immunities in
order to encourage people's voluntary participation.
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Macedonian Expatriates' NGOs Urge End of Name Talks With Greece
"'Who Gave You the Right To Negotiate My Name' Campaign Organisers Demand
End of Negotiations With Greece" -- MIA headline - MIA
Wednesday July 28, 2010 12:48:49 GMT
According to MHRMI's coordinator Slavko Mangovski and leader of the
Macedonian Alliance George Atanasovski, Greece wants to destroy the
Macedonian language and identity, whereat EU and NATO undemocratically
request from us to fulfil additional membership requirements.
- We urge for admission in the EU and the NATO but without additional
requirements as change of name. The negotiations should end because with
this we are showing to be ready for a compromise, which is not true. We
have to show that no one negotiates for the identity, Mangovski said.
Referring to sources in Washington, Atanasovski said that Macedonia with
or without negotiations would not join the EU before 2015.
He assessed that the most importan t thing for potential foreign investors
is not a country to be EU or NATO member state but whether a country
functions especially in relation to legislation and administration.
- It is better to focus on economic situation to make Macedonia as
Switzerland, to conduct all reforms especially in judiciary. Only then
foreign investors will not avoid the country, regardless it is part of
NATO or EU, Atanasoski said adding that our businessmen living abroad
tried to invest in the country but they left because of laws and complex
administrative procedures.
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian
Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) on July 7 launched "Who Gave You
the Right To Negotiate My Name" campaign, which officially starts today.
Everyone who wants to join the campaign can visit the website
http://www.macedoniahr.org.au/ www.macedoniahr.org.au.
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Wednesday July 28, 2010 09:29:11 GMT
United States Navy hospital ship the USNS Mercy arrived in Ambon on Monday
to participate in the Sail Banda festival and to offer medical attention
to local communities.
The 273-meter vessel, carrying 956 US armed forces members, is on a
mission to provide free medical services, including surg ical operations,
as part of the Surya Baskara Jaya Operation, which is part of the ongoing
Sail Banda event in Maluku.
The Singaporean Navy's RSS Endeavor also docked at Yos Soedarso Port in
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to visit the USNS Mercy, which has
anchored in Ambon Bay, on Aug. 4.
Sail Banda local organizing committee member Izack Saimima said that
besides conducting operations in a number of locations in Maluku, a
marching band from the USNS Mercy was scheduled to join a parade at the
World Peace Monument in Ambon on Wednesday.
The residents are ready to warmly welcome the marching band, he said,
adding that they would be allowed to board the hospital ship for a tour.
Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand will also send medical vessels and
medical teams to the event.
"The Sail Banda event is aimed at promoting marine tourism and at the same
time convincing the international community that Maluku is safe beyond
doubt," he said.
Ambon Port administrator Benny Tangkuman said loading and unloading at the
port would be suspended three days before and after the Sail Banda event,
scheduled to be attended by the President on Aug. 3.
The event kicked off on Saturday with a yacht race from Darwin, Australia,
to Ambon.
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Police are interviewing a person of interest in connection with five firebombing attacks that took place Sunday between 8 and 10:15 p.m. — four in Queens and one in Elmont, LI. No one was injured and the incidents are being investigated as hate crimes.
Someone threw Molotov cocktails at homes, a bodega, a Hindu temple and a mosque, according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who spoke at a press conference today at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Jamaica, where two of the bombs were flung.
One of the witnesses at the bodega, where the first attack occurred, said the assailant had been thrown out of the establishment on Dec. 27 when he tried to steal a container of milk and a bottle of Starbucks frappacino.
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Google's machine translation service added new languages: Afrikaans, Belarusian, Icelandic, Irish, Macedonian, Malay, Swahili, Welsh, Yiddish. Some of these languages have a small number of speakers: for example, according to Wikipedia, only 320,000 people speak Icelandic.
Swahili is a language spoken in Eastern Africa, Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia, Yiddish has 3 million speakers in the Orthodox Jewish communities, Malay is an official language in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore. Welsh is spoken in Wales, England and Argentina, Irish is spoken by a small minority of the Irish population, Macedonian has less than 3 million speakers and many enemies, while Belarusian has 9 million speakers.
The number of languages supported by Google Translate is 51, which is impressive, but there are still many popular languages that aren't supported. At least not yet.
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Burson-Marsteller has named Patrick Ford global vice chairman, client services and Dave DenHerder as U.S. CEO, both effective January 1. Ford's is a newly-created role; he has been U.S. CEO since 2006. He's been with the firm since 1989.
DenHerder has served as CEO of Direct Impact, B-M's grassroots public affairs and corporate reputation firm since 2007. He joined the firm in 2005 and has led the Ford Motor Company account for WPP. Prior to joining the firm, he was a regional director for the Bush/Cheney 2004 campaign and worked with the former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.
Nicole Cornish, president of Direct Impact, will assume the role vacated by DenHerder. Laura Hall, consumer and brand marketing MD, will take over the Ford account.
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Are colours arbitrary or as "perceived" by the telescope? If in any way they are relatively objective, would the blue indicate moving away from us and the red vice versa?
Glowing Nurseries
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A pair of star nurseries are lit up like cosmic neon signs, in this stunning new image by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile.
These colorful glowing nebulae sit within the Large Magellanic Cloud—the largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way some 160,000 light years from Earth.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is quite small compared to our Milky Way, with less than one tenth as much mass and spanning only 14,000 light-years, whereas the Milky Way stretches 100,000 light-years. Its irregular shape is likely a consequence of gravitational push and pull with the Milky Way and the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Golden Clouds
Photograph courtesy NASA
Sparks of lightning embedded within a giant storm system light up the night over southern California in this snapshot taken by the crew aboard the International Space Station.
The yellow patchwork across the middle of the frame, are the city lights of Los Angeles and San Diego beneath the grey clouds.
Published August 9, 2013
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An active lava lake at the summit of Nyiragongo Volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo is producing a thick plume of steam and gases in this image snapped by Earth Observing-1 satellite on August 4.
(Read more about the Nyiragongo Volcano in National Geographic magazine.)
Residents of the nearby city of Goma were touched by catastrophe in 1977 when lava raced down the mountain, killing hundreds. In 2002, lava from Nyiragongo flowed into the center of town, destroying thousands of homes and displacing more than a quarter million people.
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Mystery Cloud
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A mysterious hexagon-shaped cloud larger than Earth blankets Saturn's north polar region in this image taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 14.
First seen by the Voyager probe during its flyby in the early 1980s, the bizarre six-sided weather system stretches 15,000-miles (25,000-kilometers) across and contains storms of various sizes, including a distinct vortex that appears to sit directly over the planet's north pole.
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This astronomical artwork depicts the violent death of a massive star in one of the most powerful type of explosions known in the universe—a gamma-ray burst (GRB).
In this illustration, a GRB illuminates clouds of interstellar gas in its host galaxy 12.7 billion light-years from Earth—in the so called dark ages of the early Universe.
The flash of gamma rays—dubbed GRB 130606A—was detected by NASA's Swift spacecraft on June 6 and lasted for more than four minutes.
By analyzing the titanic blast and its high energy emissions, researchers have learned about the chemistry of the surrounding galaxy as it was only a billion years after the Big Bang, revealing that it contained only one-tenth of the heavy metals found in our solar system.
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Swirling Sky
Photograph by hisao mogi, National Geographic Your Shot
Tracks of passing planes cut across the sky above Rattlesnake Lake near Seattle, Washington, while a stellar pinwheel whirls around the North Star.
Taken on August 7, this four and a half hour-long time exposure portrait captures the rotation of the Earth around its axis, creating a spectacular star trails effect.
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The pictures from space just keep getting better and better. It is wonderful to watch the N. G. Video of pictures showing blast off from earth and traveling billions of light years to the edge of the universe. We, can actually witness time travel that is real, not animation. Everyone on earth needs to go outside at night, look up and experience that there is something very big in the sky that we are truly seeing the creation and demolition of stars and planets. We owe all of this to our exploration of space via telescopes which allow us to peer billions of light years into the past, closer to the beginning of time as we know it.
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COTTONDALE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who dressed like a man and drew a beard on her face has robbed an Alabama bank.
Police say the suspect robbed the Cottondale branch of the Bank of Tuscaloosa and she may have been involved in another bank heist earlier this month.
Witnesses told officers she had a "drawn on" beard when she entered the bank. Police say she told tellers she had a bomb and demanded money after placing a device on a counter.
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HOUSTON and NEW ORLEANS, July 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) ("SCI") and Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEI) ("Stewart") today announced that they have each received a request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") in connection with its review of SCI's pending acquisition of Stewart. These FTC requests, commonly referred to as the "second request," were anticipated by SCI and Stewart. They extend the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 until the 30 th day after substantial compliance by SCI and Stewart with the requests, unless that period is extended voluntarily by the parties or terminated sooner by the FTC. SCI and Stewart intend to continue to work with the FTC and to respond promptly to the request. The companies continue to believe that the pending acquisition will be completed in late 2013 or early 2014.
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French Open - WTA - 2013
FRENCH OPEN - WTA - Roland Garros - 2013
Date: May 26th to June 9th
Edition: 112th
Category: Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw Size: Singles 128; Doubles 64
Surface: Clay / terre battue
Location: Paris, France
The draw will be online Friday, May 24
Virginie Razzano is a W/C and Serena Williams is No. 1 Seed
What a difference a year makes! :)
Serena is the only choice here.
Serena will either win or crash out early. The thing is if she reaches the quarters the event is over. I think she wants this badly, and in theory nobody can stop her, but I hope she doesnt put too much pressure on herself as I think that has been her problem in many recent years.
Based on recent history at the event....Maria.
Based on recent clay form.... Serena.
If Serena can break the "not past the quarters in a decade" slump she could win the thing. But of the last 4 times she has played she's been out twice before the 2nd week. Maybe her recent red clay wins will spur her...or maybe she will bomb out again. Neither would surprise me in the least.
I ended up voting for Maria mainly because of all the top 4 seeds she is the only one to have made multiple SFs here in recent years...in fact the only one to get that far at all. Unless she is legitimately sick (which I doubt) I don't see Maria bombing out so it will be up to Serena to get to her. I just don't feel confident she will.
2013 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying SEEDS
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The draw will be online Friday, May 24.
Hopefully one of the young new players will go on a run.
Wonder whose half of the main draw Azarenka will be in.
Will Maria get another patty cake draw?
Maria ... Maria ... She got there early, w/b going all out ...
hate the way she sounds ... wonder how the Frenchies feel about her?
sorry, I misunderstood your post before.
K so ... doesn't the third seed have to be in the top half along with the first seed?
Gotta say a kind word for Maid Marion ...
hope she does well this year ... Allez, Marion! :)
Hard to predict, it all depends on the draw.
Serena hasn't made the F of Roland Garros in ages so I'm not so sure what reaction, emotions she'll develop if ever ever she reaches there... this could turn out to be like a Safina Kuznetsova encounter in 2010.
Sharapova hasn't defended a single major in her career and the sole fact she bailed out against Errani in Rome where she was the double-defending champion is a bad indication about her chances in this slam.
Personally, I'll go with Stosur. Has already defeated Serena in Roland Garros and in majors overall, has already made the F in RG, her game is tailor made for the surface with all her spins and she seems to have found her level of play (forehand) again in Rome.
Upsets will be, Kvitova (2nd round), Li Na (2nd round), Radwanska (3rd or 4th round) and Wozniacki (1st round)... and hopefully my bb Victoria reaches the SF, that'd be a reasonable achievement for her. Errani as for her, I predict a 4th round or QF showing at max.
It will be complete domination by Serena.
Serena is the favorite. But she has been the favorite before in many tournaments. She has great form going in RG last year and crapped out. She lost to Stosur in the finals of the US open two years ago.. She has lost many times in grand slams and honestly she has has been the favorite for everyone in 5 to 7 years. She can be beaten. One injury can totally derail her ala the aussie open.
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