Spilpunt: Weekly World Bank Briefings on Sub-Saharan Africa
. Parliament said on Jan. 16. The lawmakers, who criticized the EU executive for disbursing EUR 40.6 million (USD 60.2 million) of aid a day after the election, said the result was not credible and called for a fresh vote if a fair recount was not possible... The US this week pledged to provide up to USD 250 million to jump-start three new African investment funds aimed at developing the continents capital markets so African businesses can more easily raise money.
EU Pledges to Increase Rescues, Aid Refugees After Boat Capsizes
The European Union pledged to crack down on human trafficking, step up naval rescue missions and better share the burden of resettling migrants after a boat carrying refugees capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. Hundreds fleeing through conflict-wracked .
Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/5/2015 | Gates of Vienna
In other news, ten migrants drowned off the coast of Sicily when their boat capsized... He also pledged to publish documents related to the governments spending review conducted by former commissioner Carlo Cottarelli.. Hornsleth Bar, which also has a location in Copenhagen, has come under fire after revealing its plans to hold an Ebola Horror Party on Friday March 13 in order to raise funds to support Red Crosss fundraising campaign against Ebola in��.
2013: November - February Political Notes - Richard Stallman
27 February 2014 (Cutting back on nurses increases death rate after surgery). Cutting back on nurses in European hospitals increases the death rate after surgery. US hospitals cut back on nurses 20 years ago. A friend who was a nurse quit��.
Germany to host conference on Syrian refugee crisis | News.
. DPA, only about 8,000 individuals have entered the country thus far. The European Union has pledged a total of 2.8 billion euros ($3.5 billion) to support Middle East countries which are grappling with an influx of refugees.
1971 India Pakistan War - The World Reporter
After L K Jha (then the Indian ambassador to US) had warned Kissinger that India might have to send back some of the refugees as guerrillas, Nixon commented, By God, we will cut off economic aid [to India]. A few days later,. Indira Gandhi, the Indian prime minister in those times decided to tour most of the Western capitals to prove Indian stand and gain support and sympathy for the Bengalis of East Pakistan... The survivors pledge eternal allegiance to india.
Why are emerging economies failing?
At the G20 in St Petersburg, BRICS nations pledged to create a $100bn pool of currency reserves to protect themselves from any shocks. Despite that pledge, China and Russia stressed the need for nations to look within to rebalance their economies, thus .
Super tax changes made by Coalition were too generous: Paul Keating
���It was never designed to make possible the shelter of income for those able to contribute increasing levels of precautionary savings and their associated compound earnings,��� he said. ���The sustainability of the retirement income system demands that.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) plans 2000 layoffs
Despite the new leadership, analysts say the company faces the same old problems, including fierce competition, chronic delays on its new technology launches and a brand that has lost its standing among consumers following massive global network .
The Short List: Charlie Hebdos new cover; CENTCOM Twitter hacked; Detroit.
Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammed on its post-attack cover. Its out. The latest issue of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, published by survivors of last weeks deadly terror attack, features a cover cartoon of the prophet Mohammed holding a sign.
2013: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
The European Patent Office is operating under a treaty which excludes computer programs as such from patentability, but has issued thousands of computational technique patents despite the words of the treaty on the grounds that they cover techniques, not programs... They have a culture of short-term thinking, which is why they object to marine reserves; that reserves increase fish stocks outside, and lead to higher catches a few years later, is too long-term for them to appreciate.
Italy and Immigrants- National Geographic - Midtown blogger
In the interim, human trafficking���fed by conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, notably the Syrian civil war���has increased, severely straining the resources of both the Italian government and aid agencies. Picture of refugees waiting to. Syria, and other countries. On September 12, Italian security forces and public health staff document each of the 250 refugees from Egypt, Syria, and other countries who disembarked from a rescue ship at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo.
2014: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
The Russian humanitarian aid convoy is starting to enter Ukraine after Red Cross inspection. Putin could have got all these trucks inspected by the Red Cross days before, and into Ukraine without conflict, if he had wanted to. 22 August 2014��.
Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/11/2015 | Gates of Vienna
Watch the following incredibly insightful interview from one of the few people in the world who really understands how current geo-political machinations will lead to economic and financial consequences that will reverberate for decades to come.. (Bloomberg) ��� Denmark, struggling to defend its currency peg against speculators, became the latest European nation to experience deflation as consumer prices fell on an annual basis for the first time since 1954.
Putin: Russia Sanctions Counterproductive
The U.S. and its European allies first imposed sanctions after Russian lawmakers voted to annex Ukraines Crimean peninsula in early March. In early May, U.S. Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said at a congressional hearing that sanctions ��� focused.
PA arrests Palestinian student for insulting a public official.
Decrease Text Size; Increase Text Size; Adjust Font Size. NABLUS (Maan) 27 Jan ��� Israeli troops shot and injured a Palestinian teenager during clashes Tuesday morning near Josephs Tomb near Balata refugee camp in Nablus in the northern West Bank. Palestinian.. IMEMC/Agencies 27 Jan ��� A Palestinian fishing boat drowned [sank], on Monday evening, after Israeli navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition at it in Palestinian waters, west of Gaza city.
Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/23/2014 | Gates of Vienna
Italian Minister Barefaced On Refugees, Bavaria Minister. �� Italy Rescued Nearly 100,000 Migrants This Year. �� Many Missing as Boat Sinks Off Libyan Coast. �� Over a Hundred Migrants Missing After Boat Sinks Off Libyan��.
Germany to host conference on Syrian refugee crisis
The German Foreign Office on Saturday confirmed the Berlin conferences scheduling following a meeting between German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly .
Anti-semitic car bombs were motivated by insurance fraud NOT racial hatred.
When a number of cars were firebombed in a Jewish neighbourhood, with racist graffiti nearby, police assumed that they were dealing with a hate crime. Community leaders were so outraged by the apparent anti-semitism in Midwood, an area of Brooklyn.
Medeshi News : COUNTER-PIRACY UPDATES Sept -10.
Other sources revealed that the rescued person is the lady of the French sailing couple and that seven Somali pirates were arrested after their engine was shot up and the boat sunk. However, many questions remain, which we will.. ���In terms of development aid and international assistance, this is a sector where donor governments of the international community could help countries like Kenya and Tanzania improve the situation.��� Tanzanias worst maritime disaster��.
Suspended sentences for 20 who attacked US embassy in Tunisia
The verdict, which was not made public, came after only half a day, an unusually short trial in the north African country. Hundreds of angry Islamist protesters attacked the US mission in Tunis on September 14 after an American-made film mocking their.
Immigration proposals offer hope to mom, family
We are finally at a point when comprehensive immigration reform is in our grasp, he said a day after eight key senators, four Republicans and four Democrats, announced a similar framework to overhaul the nations immigration laws.. That Washington.
Mass Drowning Prompts EU to Provide ���30 Million in Refugee Aid
Italian divers recovered more bodies on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 from the wreck of a smugglers ship that sank off the tiny island of Lampedusa, raising the death toll to at least 275. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File). EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, who.
Would a British exit from Europe damage the economy.
Economists and industry groups respond to David Camerons pledge to hold a referendum on European Union membership.. (1) Cameron is leaving the referendum to after the 2015 election. You (=he) have.. Re The man is an idiot. So the terminal damage didnt occur under Brown? The place is already sunk. Each decade 2 million creative intelligent people leave and are replaced by economic refugees who wont prosper.. Wheres the sovereignty gain there?
Dodo Can Spell: World War 3 News and Updates.. April 17
Aid group: 400 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes. Italys coastguard rescued 144 from ship off Libya, but survivors tell Save the Children that hundreds were on board. Survivors of a capsized migrant boat off Libya have��.
Debt Crisis: Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker says Greek eurozone.
Greece will issue additional T-bills to pay a government bond that matures later this month and avoid default while it awaits a delayed tranche of aid, a government official said.. European partners had promised they would find a way to cover Greece.
Gates of Vienna: The ���Camp of the Saints��� Crisis
ROME, April 6 (Reuters) ��� Between 130 and 250 people were missing and at least 15 appeared to be dead after a boat carrying refugees from Libya capsized south of Sicily early on Wednesday, coast guard officials and aid workers said.. On Tuesday, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni signed an agreement with the Tunisian government to try to halt the flow, pledging aid, increased police cooperation and possible compulsory repatriation for illegal immigrants.
2012: March - June Political Notes - Richard Stallman
The minister says the government will offer the evicted refugees new homes ��� in other words, at some time in the future, not now. I am sure these poor Haitians know exactly what a promise like that from the Haitian elite is��.