NU.nlTRANSLATION:BRATISLAVA - Slovakia closes all but one border to Ukraine because of the flu outbreak. In Ukraine there are now more than 900.000 people infected and 135 have died so far.At the only open border at Vysne Nemecke, doctors are stationed to check EVERY PERSON for flu symptoms. Anyone who exhibits signs of flu symptoms is not allowed in the country.The border between the Ukraine and Slovakia is the East border of the EU. When a person enters this border, free travel within the E... Read Full Story
APThe Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.Republicans were nearly unanimous in opposing the plan that would expand coverage to tens of millions of Americans who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.The 220-215 vote late Saturday cleared the way for the Senate to begin a long-delayed debate on the issue that has come to overshad... Read Full Story
AL-JAZEERAHeavy clashes have been reported at the Saudi-Yemeni border as Saudi forces battle Yemeni rebels for the fifth straight day.Saudi commanders said troops were shelling suspected Houthi positions on Saturday and plumes of smoke could be seen rising above the Jebel al-Dukhan peak that marks the frontier near the border town of Al-Khubah.A medical official said seven Saudis, four of them women civilians, had been killed and 126 people wounded since the fighting erupted on Tuesday.The Sh... Read Full Story
NY TIMES - DAVID LEONHARDTFor all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now.With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of unemployment and underemployment tracked by the Labor Department has reached its highest level in decades. If statistics went back so far, the measure would almost certainly be at its highest level since the Great Depression.In all, ... Read Full Story
ENVIRONMENTAL GRAFFITI All images via DailyCognition unless otherwise stated
Where there is concrete, let there be colour; where there is
asphalt, let there be kickass graffiti. The world’s metropolises are
grey enough places without a hard line stance against graffiti – and
the good it can bring. Take Sao Paulo, whose sprawling mass is home to
almost 20 million people. When street art duo 6EMEIA started painting
storm drains in the Barra Funda neighbourhood of Brazil’s largest city,
their p... Read Full Story
REUTERS VIA HAARETZThe weekly demonstrations against the West Bankseparation barrier in the towns of Bil'in and Na'alin, which take placeevery Friday, reached new heights this week when activists, seeking tocommemorate the 20th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall,knocked a part of the barrier over. Masked Palestinian youths breached the 8-meter high section ofIsrael's security wall that runs through Na'alin, while Israeli borderguards fired tear gas and a foul-smelling spray from be... Read Full Story
Cryptogon
Comment: A description of the building where the victims were
standing would be helpful. He fired 200-400 times and hit 40 people.
You’d think it would take 10 seconds to fire 50 bullets with an
automatic gun, much less aiming and pulling a trigger. Why was there no
cover for people to run to during the 10 seconds? If he had an
automatic weapon and they were sitting in movie-theater style seats, it
would be conceivable. Otherwise, the idea of a collaborator makes sense.
Update: And ... Read Full Story
