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Shock Poll Rates Sweden’s Anti-Immigrant Right-Wing Party as Country’s Largest

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Elias Groll, 20 August 201, Foreign Policy If there has been a defining theme of the European political leadership’s response to the migrant crisis currently facing the continent, it is this: panic. With a record 107,500 migrants crossing EU borders last month alone, EU politicians have struggled to come up with a unified response, and Europe’s political class is coming to … [Read more...] about Shock Poll Rates Sweden’s Anti-Immigrant Right-Wing Party as Country’s Largest

ኲናት የለን፣ 3% ካብ ህዝባ ግን ተሰዲዱ ኣሎ ውሽጣዊ ኵነታት ኤርትራ

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Patrick Kingsley,  Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian ኣዳም ብቘልዓኡ ወተሃደር ክኸውን ዝተዓስከረ’ዩ--ኣብዚ ሓጺር ዕድመኡ ዝሓለፎ መገዲ ግን ንዛንታ መሳቱኡ ኤርትራውያን ዝውክልን ዝገልጽን’ዩ። The Tigrinya alphabet may not be supported on some devices. If you are having trouble viewing the text, please click here Read this article in English ኣዳም ወዲ 16 ዓመት’ዩ። ኣብዚ ሓጺር ዕድመኡ ዝሓለፎ መገዲ ግን ንዛንታ መሳቱኡ ኤርትራውያን ዝውክልን … [Read more...] about ኲናት የለን፣ 3% ካብ ህዝባ ግን ተሰዲዱ ኣሎ ውሽጣዊ ኵነታት ኤርትራ

‘The next wave of riders is even better’: how Eritrean cycling is preparing to peak

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David Smith, Africa correspondent, Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian  After success in Tour de France, plans for a high-altitude training centre and regional team raise expectations in the country where cycling is like a religion It was a heroes’ welcome you may have missed. Cheering crowds lined the streets, children on bikes wore polka dot jerseys and … [Read more...] about ‘The next wave of riders is even better’: how Eritrean cycling is preparing to peak

Tale of two Eritreans offers glimpse inside Africa’s most secretive state

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Monica Mark, Monday 17 August 2015, The Guardian As thousands flee every month and reports of repression abound, two men’s diverging paths paint a more complex picture of life in Eritrea Kemal and Mohammed have never met, but until recently their lives were typical of a peaceful, comfortable existence in middle-class Eritrea. Idyllic childhood evenings were … [Read more...] about Tale of two Eritreans offers glimpse inside Africa’s most secretive state

Guardian Africa series: Inside Eritrea

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Basia Cummings, Sunday 16 August 2015, The Guardian Follow three days of coverage devoted to getting a deeper look at the country making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Here are some highlights: In 1991 Eritrea emerged from a 30-year war with neighbouring Ethiopia. For decades the small east African country had fought for its independence, and when it … [Read more...] about Guardian Africa series: Inside Eritrea

South Sudan’s Orderly Disorder

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Whitney Mallet, August 14, 2015, The New Republic A new film shows the ravages of bureaucracy in the world's newest country Arriving unannounced to South Sudan in a homemade flying machine to film a documentary, Austrian director Hubert Sauper parallels fictional space conquests and real colonial invasions. “I come in a vulnerable situation and I get out of a ridiculous … [Read more...] about South Sudan’s Orderly Disorder

AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale

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Julia Angwin, Charlie Savage, Jeff Larson, Henrik Moltke, Laura Poitras and James Risen 15 AUG. 2015, The New York Times The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T. While it has been long … [Read more...] about AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale

The village where men are banned

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Julie Bindel, Sunday 16 August, The Guardian  Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-sex community Jane says she was raped by three men wearing Gurkha uniforms. She was herding her husband’s goats and … [Read more...] about The village where men are banned

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Provides Glimpse Into Jupiter’s Past

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Scott Neuman, 14 August 2015, NPR The discovery of a new planet about 100 light years from Earth could provide clues as to what Jupiter was like early in the life of our solar system. The new exoplanet, 51 Eridani b, is thought to be just 20 million years old, a tiny fraction of the age of Jupiter, which was formed along with the rest of the solar system about 4.5 billion … [Read more...] about Newly Discovered Exoplanet Provides Glimpse Into Jupiter’s Past