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Israel, Palestinians face new restrictions amid virus surge
Israel ordered thousands of people into quarantine after a contentious phone surveillance program resumed as Palestinians in the West Bank returned to life under lockdown after both areas saw surges in coronavirus cases. A statement Sunday from Israel's Health Ministry said "many" messages had been sent to Israelis following the renewed involvement of the Shin Bet domestic security agency. The Israeli daily Haaretz reported that more than 30,000 people were notified they must enter quarantine since Thursday.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:49:35 GMT
Crunch, crunch: Africa's locust outbreak is far from over
The crunch of young locusts comes with nearly every step. The worst outbreak of the voracious insects in Kenya in 70 years is far from over, and their newest generation is now finding its wings for proper flight. The livelihoods of millions of already vulnerable people in East Africa are at stake, and people like Boris Polo are working to limit the damage.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:22:41 GMT
France-Turkey spat over Libya arms exposes NATO's limits
The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO's struggle to keep order among its ranks and exposed weaknesses in a military alliance that can only take action by consensus. The dispute has also revealed NATO's limits when its allies are or are perceived to be on different sides of a conflict — in this case in Libya — especially when a major nuclear ally like France has lamented the "brain death" at the world's biggest security organization due to a lack of American leadership. France said it was acting on intelligence from NATO that the civilian ship could be involved in trafficking arms to Libya.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 06:45:28 GMT
Israeli leader's son takes center stage in corruption sagas
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 05:34:42 GMT
1 of 2 protesters hit by car on closed Seattle highway dies
A car drove onto a closed freeway early Saturday and struck two people in a crowd protesting against police brutality, killing one and critically injuring the other, authorities said. Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said. Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning, officials said.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 04:53:54 GMT
Japan floods leave some 20 dead, many in nursing homes
Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left about 20 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations on Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen perished and scores are still stranded. Large areas along the Kuma River were swallowed by floodwaters with many houses, buildings and vehicles submerged almost up to their roofs. The rescue continued Sunday for dozens of other residents and caregivers who were still at the riverside care facility Senjuen, where about 60 people were trapped when floodwaters and mud gushed in, officials said.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 03:37:18 GMT
Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters
Baltimore protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the city's Inner Harbor on Saturday night. Demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument near the Little Italy neighborhood, news outlets reported. Protesters mobilized by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police have called for the removal of statues of Columbus, Confederate figures and others.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 02:12:48 GMT
Katsina: The motorcycle bandits terrorising northern Nigeria
Insecurity has worsened in the north-west as kidnapping for ransom becomes a lucrative trade.
Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:31:43 GMT
Vladimir Putin trashes U.S. Embassy for flying rainbow flag during Pride Month
Russian president Vladimir Putin scoffed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Friday as the embassy continued flying the rainbow flag in support of LGBT rights, Reuters reported. At a press conference, Putin said the flag "revealed something about the people that work there," according to Reuters, in reference to their sexual orientation. The embassy began flying the flag from a window on June 25, though it could not officially put it on a flagpole because the Trump administration has shut down such requests since June 2019.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 22:56:01 GMT
Iran and North Korea: The Real Axis of Evil (As in Missile Allies?)
Iran's close relationship with the DPRK extends to missile development.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 21:00:00 GMT
Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden' of US heroes
President Donald Trump has a vision for his second term, if he wins one, of establishing a "National Garden of American Heroes" that will pay tribute to some of the most prominent figures in U.S. history, a collection of "the greatest Americans to ever live." The group of 30-plus features Founding Fathers and presidents, civil rights pioneers and aviation innovators, explorers and generals. Absent from Trump's initial list are any Native American, Hispanic or Asian-American individuals.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 19:10:15 GMT
Chlorine gas leak at plant sickens 70 in southeast Iran
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:02:29 GMT
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials after failure to reduce death
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:31:33 GMT
Coronavirus in South Africa: Deciding who lives and dies in a Cape Town township
Without enough supplies of oxygen or staff, health workers in South Africa are making some difficult decisions.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:26:41 GMT
US holiday weekend adds to virus worries as case counts grow
Florida and Texas reported record daily increases in confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday, the latest sign that the virus is surging in many parts of the United States, casting a pall over Fourth of July celebrations. Officials and health authorities warned people to take precautions or simply stay home on Independence Day, as confirmed cases are climbing in dozens of states. The U.S. reported more than 50,000 confirmed cases on Saturday for the third day in a row, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:01:13 GMT
Egypt's top court upholds 15-year-sentence for activist
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:35:42 GMT
Egypt sets August election dates for restored Senate
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 15:56:06 GMT
Turkey: Fireworks factory employees detained after explosion
Turkey's official news agency says three people have been detained in connection to a massive explosion at a fireworks factory that left at least four people dead. Anadolu news agency reported Saturday that a manager and two supervisors were detained following Friday's explosion in northwestern Sakarya province. Television footage on Friday showed a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke rising from the factory amid sounds of explosions.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 15:51:42 GMT
Russia Denies Paying Bounties, but Some Say the U.S. Had It Coming
MOSCOW -- Three years into a grinding war in eastern Ukraine, the Trump administration, in a sharp break with Obama-era policy, proposed providing the Ukrainian army with potent American weapons, Javelin anti-tank missiles, to aid its struggle with Russian-backed separatists.President Vladimir Putin of Russia responded with an ominous warning, saying weapons in the separatist regions could easily be sent "to other zones of conflict" -- which many took to mean Afghanistan.Russia's grievances against what it sees as American bullying and expansion into its own zones of influence have been stacking up for decades, starting with the CIA's role in arming mujahedeen fighters who, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, delivered a fatal blow not only to the invading Red Army but the entire Soviet Union.A deep well of bitterness created by past and current conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine and more recently Syria, where U.S. forces killed scores of Russian mercenaries in 2018, help explain why Russia, according to U.S. intelligence officials, has become so closely entangled with the Taliban. In Ukraine, the Trump administration did send Javelins but with the stipulation that they not be used in the war.Russian officials and commentators reacted with fury to a report last week in The New York Times that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that Russia's military intelligence agency had gone so far as to pay bounties to the Taliban and criminal elements linked to it to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.Intercepted electronic data showed large financial transfers from Russia's military intelligence agency, known as the GRU, to a Taliban-linked account, according to U.S. officials. Officials also identified an Afghan contractor as a key middleman between the GRU and militants linked to the Taliban who carried out the attacks.Russian officials have scoffed at the idea they would hire killers from a radical Islamist group that is banned in Russia as a "terrorist" outfit and that shares many views of the Afghan fighters who killed so many Red Army soldiers, and those of Islamic militants who caused Moscow so much pain in Chechnya during two wars there.In remarks to a state news agency Monday, Zamir Kabulov, Putin's special envoy for Afghanistan and a former ambassador in Kabul, dismissed the Taliban bounties report as "outright lies" generated by "forces in the United States who don't want to leave Afghanistan and want to justify their own failures."Amid a torrent of outraged denials, however, there have been pointed reminders that, in Russia's view, the U.S., because of its overreach overseas, deserves to taste some of its own medicine.Speaking during a talk show on state television dominated by conspiracy theories about plots by President Donald Trump's Democratic rivals, Alexei Zhuravlyov, a member of the Russian parliament, reminded viewers that as far as Russia was concerned, the U.S. has long had it coming.Recalling Operation Cyclone, the CIA's secret program to arm Moscow's enemies in Afghanistan during the 1980s, Zhuravlyov said the U.S. had spent billions of dollars on weapons that "killed thousands and thousands" of Russians. "This is a medical fact."While dismissing reports of Russian bounties for American scalps as "fake news," he said, "Let's suppose we paid," the Taliban, and then asked how many Americans had perhaps been killed as a result. "At most 22," he responded.There is no evidence to date that Putin signed off on any program to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and even independent experts say they strongly doubt he would have done so.Yet, Russia under Putin has for years throbbed with real and imagined pain from hurt inflicted by the U.S., notably the collapse of the Soviet Union, and a desire to make it pay.Andrei Serenko, an expert at the Center for the Study of Contemporary Afghanistan in Moscow, said Russia has no real desire to see the U.S. leave Afghanistan and revels in America's agonies from an endless conflict he described as a "sore blister for the United States."All the same, he said, Russia has been preparing for an eventual pullout by cultivating ties to the Taliban as well as to various Afghan warlords. It has done this with money and other inducements in the hope of shaping future Afghan events and securing a useful instrument to poke Washington.The Taliban, like many other Afghan groups, he added, has a long record of running protection rackets and taking cash from foreigners, including Russians, Americans and Chinese. "This is what they do," he said. "They are Afghanistan's most successful business."Russia, he said, "decided that if we can create lots of problems for Americans in Afghanistan, they will create fewer problems for us in Ukraine and Syria."Moscow has been reaching out to the Taliban for years, starting in 1995 when Kabulov traveled to Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold in the south, to negotiate the release of Russian pilots who had been taken hostage.The pilots eventually got away with their aircraft in what was described at the time as a daring escape. But what really happened is unclear. One thing that seems certain, however, is that this first Russian negotiation with the Taliban revolved around money."Everything was based on money," Vasily Kravtsov, a former KGB officer during the Soviet war and until 2018 a Russian diplomat in Kabul, recalled of the hostage talks.Kravtsov denied Russia had since paid the Taliban bounties for the deaths of coalition soldiers, even as he recalled that Soviet soldiers had been killed in large numbers by American arms supplied to the mujahedeen. He said he himself had been wounded twice by weapons "bought with American funds."Igor Yerin, who fought in Afghanistan as a young Red Army conscript in the 1980s, said he never saw any Americans on the battlefield but "they were everywhere because of their Stingers."Stingers were anti-aircraft missiles provided to mujahedeen fighters by the U.S. as part of a covert CIA program. They enabled the mujahedeen to shoot down hundreds of Soviet planes and helicopters, turning the tide in the decadelong war.Now the curator of a small museum in Moscow commemorating the inglorious Afghan war, Yerin showed off a display of land mines and other weapons sent to kill Russians as part of the CIA program.Putin has for years played on this and other sources of Russian pain.Soon after coming to power two decades ago, he pledged support for President George W. Bush in his "with or against us" war on terrorism in 2001 and cooperated with America's drive to oust the Taliban. But he quickly soured on the idea that Washington could be a reliable partner and began blaming it for most of the world's problems.Bristling with wounded pride, Putin in a fiery speech in Munich in 2007 denounced what he said was a "world of one master, one sovereign" and complained that the "United States has overstepped its national borders, in every area."He has been settling scores ever since, often with help from the GRU, which even before Putin took power had won its spurs putting the U.S. in its place. Since he took office, the military intelligence agency has been accused of involvement in widespread mischief-making, from a bungled 2016 coup attempt in Montenegro aimed at preventing the Balkan nation's entry into NATO, to meddling the same year in the U.S. presidential election.In a rare recent interview, the former head of the GRU, Valentin Korabelnikov, told state television how his officers had in 1999 organized a frantic dash by Russian troops and armor to Kosovo to occupy the airport in the capital, Pristina -- just hours before the arrival of NATO forces. The stunt, he said, was "about the prestige of our state" and showing that Russia could not be ignored.Speaking in his former office at the headquarters of the GRU in Moscow, Korabelnikov said that his agency had organized many other secret operations but that those could not be revealed."The vast majority of operations carried out both by us and our brothers," he said, referring to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service and the Federal Security Service, known as the FSB and headed in the late 1990s by Putin, "are completely closed, and only the small tip of the iceberg sometimes appears."Mark Galeotti, an expert on Russia's security apparatus who wrote a doctorate on Moscow's disastrous Afghan war, said "some old war horses" in the GRU could have hatched a scheme to kill Americans as payback for Russians killed with U.S. weapons in Afghanistan. But he said he doubted that such a plan would have been approved by the Russian leadership or executed without approval as a "maverick operation."Even Yerin, the former conscript who lost friends in Afghanistan, recalled that during his tour there, spent mostly near the northern city of Kunduz, he never believed political commissars in his unit who explained the 1979 Soviet invasion was necessary to keep the U.S. from moving into Russia's backyard."Today, I believe them," said Yerin. "Afghanistan is our next-door neighbor," he said, stabbing with his finger the southern border of the former Soviet Union on a big wall map, "What happens here is our business, not the Americans'."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:28:24 GMT
Somalia restaurant attack: Six killed by al-Shabab
Militant group al-Shabab said it carried out the bomb explosion in the town of Baidoa.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:24:51 GMT
Trump's `strong wall' to block COVID-19 from China had holes
President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic -- a "strong wall" that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau. Efforts to track U.S. residents returning from mainland China were riddled with errors and broken communications.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:01:01 GMT
Fire flares at Iranian power plant, latest in series of incidents
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:47:12 GMT
As monuments fall, Confederate carving has size on its side
Some statues of figures from America's slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. Stone Mountain's supersized sculpture depicting Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson mounted on horseback has special protection enshrined in Georgia law. An old photo shows a worker on scaffolding just below Lee's chin barely reaching his nose.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:42:30 GMT
'People aren't stupid': Pence's virus spin tests credibility
Vice President Mike Pence has long played the straight man to Donald Trump, translating the president's bombast into more measured, calming language. As coronavirus cases spike across large parts of the country despite months of lockdown, Pence has spent the past week trying to convince the American public that things are going very well, even though they're not. "Make no mistake about it, what you see today is that America is going back to work and the American people are finding a way every day to put this coronavirus farther in the past," he told CNBC the same day the country reported more than 55,000 new virus cases, a daily record.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:09:06 GMT
In troubled times: Independence Day in a land of confusion
On Independence Day, we Americans — if there is in fact a "we" in American life — celebrate the anniversary of a time when a lot of people, feeling really angry and scared, decided to do something about it that changed the world forever. A national conversation — loud, enraged and anguished — about the place that a history blemished by ugliness should hold in the present. Irritable, overstressed, buffeted by invisible forces and just plain worn out, the United States of America on its 244th birthday is a land of confusion.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:08:53 GMT
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia return to talks over disputed dam
Three key Nile basin countries will continue on Saturday their latest round of talks to resolve a years-long dispute over the operation and filling of Ethiopia's giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, Egypt's irrigation ministry said. Officials from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia resumed their negotiations through video conference Friday, aiming to bridge the gaps and finalize a deal on the contentious mega-project within two to three weeks, Sudan's irrigation ministry said. The current round of talks came after negotiations last month failed to produce a deal, prompting Egypt and Sudan to appeal to the United Nations Security Council to intervene in the dispute.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:21:37 GMT
North Korea dismisses chance of 'face to face' U.S. nuclear talks ahead of election
"The U.S. is mistaken if it thinks things like negotiations would still work on us," said North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:16:00 GMT
Mississippi could drop Jim Crow-era statewide voting process
Mississippi just ditched its Confederate-themed state flag. Later this year, the state's voters will decide whether to dump a statewide election process that dates to the Jim Crow era. The amendment would simplify elections for governor and other statewide officials by erasing an Electoral College-type provision from Mississippi's 1890 constitution — one that was written to dilute Black voting power and maintain white control of state politics.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:10:28 GMT
North Korea says it has no plans for talks with U.S.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:09:11 GMT
Governors stress 'personal responsibility' over virus orders
Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response. "When we have people dying in this state as a result of this virus, we should be taking personal responsibility for this," the Republican governor said. It was the same message Lee issued in late March as the COVID-19 disease was beginning to spread.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:05:09 GMT
Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:41:49 GMT
Police: 2 women hit by car on Seattle highway amid protest
A 27-year-old man drove a car onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women, officials said. Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking Interstate 5 and sped into the crowd about 1:40 a.m., according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol. Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle, was in critical condition while Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, was upgraded to serious condition in the intensive care unit, Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:29:48 GMT
US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal
Washington's envoy to Afghanistan on Saturday emphasized the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles in the U.S. and the region. Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up a week-long trip that included stops in Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the Gulf state of Qatar, where Taliban negotiators are headquartered. Accompanying Khalilzad for the first time was an economic development team led by U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:17:41 GMT
English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world
Pubs, hair salons and movie theaters across England reopened Saturday as part of Britain's biggest step toward post-outbreak normal, while South Africa and other parts of the world signaled anything but — reporting another day of record confirmed coronavirus cases. Many people relished the easing of restrictions on public life that had shuttered U.K. restaurants and bars, although a trade group estimated that only about half of England's pubs elected to open on the first possible day. "Let's not blow it now," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as some in England rushed to restaurants or barbers for the first time in more than three months.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:02:03 GMT
Virus spike in Spain reveals plight of seasonal farm workers
In the 20 years since he left his native Senegal, Biram Fall has never slept in the streets. This week, when he ran out of savings after failing to find work in northern Spain's peach orchards, he still refused to do so. As part of an army of cheap labor that follows the ripening of different crops across the country, the 52-year-old responded in May to an urgent call for workers in Lleida, a major gateway to surrounding fertile farmland.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 09:35:42 GMT
UK executed more European Arrest Warrants than any EU country for four years in a row
Britain carried out more than eight times as many European Arrest Warrants than were executed on its behalf by EU police forces in the last decade and arrested more suspects than any other EU country for four years in a row. Tory MPs said that the "justice deficit" meant the EU should drop demands in Brexit negotiations over a new extradition treaty for a role for the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and a UK pledge to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights. The UK will leave the European Arrest Warrant system (EAW) at the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. British and EU negotiators will resume talks over a replacement treaty when trade negotiations resume in London on Monday. "Since the European Arrest Warrant came into force in the UK, we have surrendered over 10,000 individuals to face trial or serve sentences in EU Member States," a Home Office spokesperson said. "That is why we are seeking fast track extradition arrangements based on the EU's existing agreement with [non-EU countries] Norway and Iceland." "I can tell you we are not far from an agreement but we have some fundamental problems for the operationality and implementation of this objective because in some areas we need a clear reference to the Court of Justice," Michel Barnier told the Sunday Telegraph. "When the interpretation of the EU law is concerned, we must and we will refer to the Court of Justice," the EU's chief negotiator said. "The EU is going to have to swallow its pride on this one. Quite clearly the UK contribution to the EAW system is considerably more than any of the EU member states," said David Jones, a former minister at the Department for Exiting the European Union. "It does highlight how important the UK is to the system of criminal law enforcement in the EU. So it is clearly in Brussels' interest to replicate the EAW with something that doesn't require ECJ oversight," the MP for Clwyd West said.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 08:21:43 GMT
Hachalu Hundessa: 'My friend the hero who was gunned down'
The BBC's Amensisa Ifa was close to Ethiopian protest singer Hachalu Hundessa, who was shot dead on Monday.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 07:20:46 GMT
Sex workers lack food for taking HIV drugs during COVID-19
As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it threatens in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets — people like Mignonne, a 25-year-old sex worker with HIV. The lockdown in Rwanda has kept many of her customers away, she said, so she has less money to buy food. "Yet it's equally dangerous when you don't take the drug," Mignonne said in an interview.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 07:02:52 GMT
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions
Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first proof of his fate since he was seized by Syrian government forces seven years ago. The elder Arnous was among thousands of Syrians who, since their country's civil war began in 2011, went missing into Syrian government prisons. Anguished relatives are poring over photos of torture victims from Syrian prisons, posted online by activists after the United States imposed heavy new sanctions on the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad last month.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 06:21:21 GMT
Will Erdogan Turn Hagia Sophia Back Into a Mosque?
ISTANBUL—As Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks for an issue to fire up his Islamic and nationalist voter base amid declining poll numbers, he is moving closer to turning Istanbul's ancient Basilica of the Hagia Sophia, a world heritage site and a powerful symbol for both Christians and Muslims, from a museum into a mosque.Built 1,500 years ago as the main church of the Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia (which means holy wisdom) was the most important house of worship in Christianity for almost a thousand years. The Ottomans declared the building a mosque after conquering Constantinople, today's Istanbul, in 1453. But modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, decreed in a 1934 cabinet decision that the massive building in the heart of Istanbul's historic center be used as a museum, banning religious worship there. The U.N. cultural organization UNESCO declared Hagia Sophia a world heritage site in 1985.Islamists have campaigned for years to turn Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya, back into a mosque, and they are now closer than ever to getting what they want. Once dismissive of their demands, but always conscious of his core Islamist base, Erdogan has signaled his support for the initiative. He told a television interviewer last year that Hagia Sophia might be known as "Hagia Sophia Mosque" in the future. Erdogan's justice minister, Abdulhamit Gul, told the state news agency Anadolu last month that "it is our joint wish to break the Hagia Sophia's chains and open it for prayers."Turkey Is Now the Most Dangerous Player in the Middle EastTurkey's top administrative court, the Council of State, on Thursday took up the issue after an association calling for the change asked the judges to declare Ataturk's decision null and void. The hearing lasted just 17 minutes, and the court said it would issue a verdict within 15 days.Turkish media reports say the court is expected to reject the demand to annul Ataturk's decree but stress that the government has the right to decide about the status of a building like Hagia Sophia. Such a decision would pave the way for Erdogan to go ahead. Some reports say the president is aiming to hold the first Muslim prayer there on July 15, the anniversary of the 2016 coup attempt against his rule.Not everybody in Turkey is happy with this turn of events. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said Erdogan is using religious issues for political ends. The Istanbul-based spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide also criticized the plan. Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, said turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque would turn Christians against Muslims.Since its construction in the sixth century, Hagia Sophia has awed everyone who enters the huge building. "Solomon, I have surpassed you," Byzantine Emperor Justinian I said when he walked into Hagia Sophia for the first time after having it built. Mosaics depicting Jesus, Mary, emperors and saints glitter in the sunlight that filtered in through the windows. The main attraction remains the giant cupola that rises 56 meters (184 feet) above ground and spans 31 meters (102 feet), appearing to float in the air thanks to 90 windows in its base.Some mosaics were painted over after the Ottoman conquest because Islam prohibits the depiction of human features, but the depredations often were overstated by Christian hostile to Sublime Port.The aristocratic 18th century writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Britain's ambassador to Constantinople, cajoled her way into Hagia Sophia in 1718, noting that the mosaics of many saints were still visible, their dilapidation merely a factor of neglect. "It is absolutely false, what is so universally asserted, that the Turks defaced all the images that they found in the city." But the vast mosaics on the ceiling were crumbling and falling to the floor. "The composition seems to me a sort of glass, or the paste with which they make counterfeit jewels," she wrote.In many places the gem-like brilliance of the mosaics remains or has been restored. Work in 2010 uncovered the face of a seraph angel that had been hidden under plaster, and more recent archeology has turned up significant finds, including a disk where the Emperor Justinian once stood. But some of the most striking features are the enormous medallions of Arabic calligraphy put high on the walls in the 19th century which give the sense in the museum of today that Islam and Christianity can share the space. At the apse the glistening mosaic of the Madonna and Child is flanked by the medallions of Muhammad and Allah.The Orthodox patriarch noted that the basilica, the "Temple of the God of Wisdom," as he called it, "has been a place for the worship of God for 900 years for Christians and 500 years for Muslims" and "makes believers of both religions meet and admire its greatness."But the venerable building has become a pawn in the mean game of Turkish politics. Polls show Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is losing support because of ongoing economic problems, which are made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a perception of growing corruption. The AKP lost control of major cities like Istanbul and the capital Ankara in local elections last year. Turkey's opposition parties speculate the president may call early elections before things get even worse for him.Howard Eissenstat, a Turkey expert at Saint Lawrence University in New York, said it was not sure whether Erdogan would really go ahead with changing Hagia Sophia's status."It remains to be seen whether he will take the plunge," Eissenstat told The Daily Beast by email. "Promising to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque is a perennial event in Turkey. It is easy enough to move forward, make some headlines, and then back down."But Eissenstat added that two developments mean chances are higher now than at other times when the issue has come up. "First, the twin crises of the coronavirus and the economy have further undermined the AKP's popularity," he said. "A big, culturally significant act like this would both highlight the AKP's cultural brand and elicit angry responses abroad… which in turn allow Erdogan to 'stand tall' against foreign pressures. This type of cultural politics is a preferred strategy of Erdogan and one which he has gone back to again and again.""The second reason is that the economic fallout is likely to be slight… the Turkish tourism economy is already in shambles because of coronavirus. If some countries call for a boycott, it isn't going to do any further damage because tourists already are staying away. In the interim, Turkey would likely take steps to ensure that tourists could still view Hagia Sophia outside of prayer hours."Having tourists in working mosques would not be new for Istanbul. The 17th century Blue Mosque, just a couple of hundred feet away from Hagia Sophia, is open for visitors except for prayer times. Women are asked to cover their hair when entering the building. There is no question of Christian prayers in other mosques, however, and there might well be in Hagia Sophia.But even if Hagia Sophia is kept open after turning it into a mosque, the move is still likely to trigger international criticism. Turkey's neighbor Greece, which regards Hagia Sophia as a symbol of the Byzantine past and Orthodox Christianity, has strongly criticized the plan to turn the building into a mosque.U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urged Turkey "to continue to maintain the Hagia Sophia as a museum, as an exemplar of its commitment to respect Turkey's diverse faith traditions and history, and to ensure it remains accessible to all." Turkey rejected Pompeo's statement, reminding the secretary that "Hagia Sophia is the property of Turkey, like all our cultural assets located on our land."Eissenstat said that for all the controversy around Hagia Sophia, domestic and international repercussions of changing the building's status were likely to be limited."This is a nice piece of symbolism for Erdogan's base, but its domestic importance can be grossly overstated," Eissenstat said. "It isn't like the AKP will gain or lose a tremendous amount of votes either way.""On the diplomatic front, it will likely reinforce concerns about Turkey's direction for some Western countries and will likely result in some angry statements and headlines," he added. But, provided Turkey preserves the Hagia Sophia's treasures, "I think its overall effect will be minor and relatively short lived."Omer Lacin, a Turkish tourist from the southern city of Antalya who visited Hagia Sophia this week in the middle of the debate swirling around the building, said the better part of wisdom would be to leave the museum alone."It's not good that this issue has been put on the political agenda," Lacin said. "I think it's better not to touch history."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:37:46 GMT
Meet the Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'
Donald Heathfield, like his wife, had been born in a cemetery, a ghost rising from the dead. A baby boy had been born on Feb. 4, 1962, in Canada, the third of four children of Howard and Shirley. Six weeks later, on March 23, Shirley found little Donald lying still, a tiny arm sticking out of the side of his crib. Her child had died. Tracey Lee Ann Foley was born on Sept. 14, 1962, in Montreal, the first child of Edward and Pauline Foley. Seven weeks old and just a few days after she had smiled at her mother for the first time, she developed a fever. Within hours, she died of meningitis. As with the Heathfields, the pain of the loss of a child so young never left the family. But then a quarter of a century later, Heathfield and Foley were suddenly there again, brought back to life by Directorate S.The twin tragedies had not gone unnoticed. A KGB officer serving in Canada had observed them. He would steal something from these two families who had already lost something irreplaceable—their children's identities. KGB officers had the macabre job of strolling around cemeteries looking at graves for likely candidates, a process known as "tombstoning." The ideal situation was a child who died away from the country in which they were born, with few close relatives, reducing the documentary and witness trail to the death. Once a candidate was found, the next step might be to destroy any documentary evidence of the death. This could be as simple as bribing someone for access to a church registry book and then ripping out the pages. Then came the key—requesting a new birth certificate (a technique that relied on there being no central registry of births and deaths). "It was considered a big success for us when Department 2 managed to obtain children's birth certificates after a whole family died in a traffic or other kind of accident," explains one former member of Directorate S. A birth certificate meant a child could be born again as an illegal.Directorate S was broken up into departments. Department 2 was the storytellers. Their job was to create a fictional life and to make it plausible enough to stand up to scrutiny from a discerning critic by building "legends" and providing backstories. Officers of the department would draw up paragraphs in two columns. On one side would be the supposed detail of a person's life—Donald Heathfield was Canadian and born in Montreal. On the other side would be the made-up evidence supporting that claim—starting with a birth certificate. If there was a claim that did not have documentation, then there would be a plausible story why. It was painstaking work. If there was any doubt, an entire identity would be discarded. Roughly one in ten attempts would create something considered sustainable against checks by Western security services. Each illegal had a "kurator"—literally a curator of the false identity who would supervise their training and act as a handler once they were in the field.The Hick From Indiana Who Nailed Master Spy Kim PhilbyThe Operational Technical section of Department 2 includes a team of highly skilled forgers. What does a French passport issued five years ago look like? What does a Finnish driver's license look like? They study which inks, papers, glues, and even staples are used in target countries so they can be faked or—if blanks can be stolen—doctored with a new identity inserted. A laboratory works on how to replicate the different types of paper and ink and how to artificially age a document in a special oven so a passport can be filled with the backstory of visas and trips and made to look old when it is in fact new. So why not just create entirely fake personas for the spies? A proper check into someone's background would raise too many questions and if fake documents are spotted then it is game over. For long-term penetration, the strong preference was always to get hold of real documents rather than rely on fakes. This meant becoming a "dead double"—stealing an identity of someone deceased and then using it to build a set of genuine documents. That was the route for Heathfield and Foley. They might arrive in Canada and start with a birth certificate. This could be used as the stepping-stone to contact public bodies and obtain other identity documents. Ultimately this would eventually lead you to a real passport, helping create what was called an "iron legend."So who was the resurrected Donald Heathfield? His real name was Andrey Bezrukov. He was born on August 30, 1960, in Kansk, in remote Siberia, a small town near the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway, home to a MiG fighter base. His parents were often away for work and so he was an independent child, self-contained with a strong inner confidence. Bezrukov traces his family tree back to the Russian conquest of Siberia under Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, when his distant relatives had first come to the region. "For me to forget this is to be left with nothing," he later said. Remembering your roots was important when you were pretending to be someone else. Patriotism would sustain him in his long years far away from home.In 1978, at the age of 18, Bezrukov went to Tomsk State University. His study of history gave him a sense of the uniqueness of Russia's story, a country engaged in what he calls an "endless, painful search for herself between East and West." And it was while a student that he was talent-spotted. Universities are the classic recruiting ground for illegals. Department 3 of Directorate S is in charge of the intense selection process. An ideal candidate is in their early twenties. When a person was younger than that you could not be sure they had what it took to survive. By thirty, they were no longer malleable enough to be shaped into a new person. Spotters looked for those who might have the right set of skills—an aptitude for languages was vital, so was intelligence, patience, adaptability, an ability to cope with stress, and a sense of patriotism. Careful psychological assessments were undertaken. Someone who was volatile or looked like they might drink too much or have too much of an eye for the opposite sex was not suitable. This was all initially done at a distance before a move was made—perhaps, as often in the West, on the recommendation of a professor. Somewhere among the stream of students carrying books to and from class and flirting with each other, the KGB had spotted Bezrukov.Bezrukov was not recruited alone. The fact that illegals were selected in their twenties posed a problem—relationships. An illegal was destined to spend decades living undercover. It was unrealistic to think they would not engage in relationships. But this posed a danger. If you fell for a local, you would either have to constantly try to hide the truth from them or risk telling them you were not who you said you were. Worse, you might place love over duty and give up your spying career. Anatoli Rudenko, a 1960s illegal, worked in West Germany and London before ending up in the United States as a piano tuner to the rich and powerful—including the governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller. Rudenko's career ended when he was forced to reveal he had defied orders by secretly marrying a hairdresser in Germany and taking her with him. Plans to use him to penetrate the United Nations and think tanks—including by seducing lonely young women—had to be shelved. It was an example of why human relationships were the key to an illegal prospering or failing.And so the preference became to send out couples. Marriages were sometimes arranged and manufactured by Directorate S (its officials could even officiate in order to maintain secrecy). An arranged marriage would not just avoid the danger of falling in love but also offer a partner in undercover work. "You would not have to waste your time chasing after girls and risk falling into bed with the wrong one," one illegal was told during the Cold War when a partner was offered to him. "You would not have to explain your absences. [Y]our partner would be a trained agent who could help with communications, photography, drops—with everything. You would not be alone behind the lines." Not all marriages worked. Yelena Borisnovna and Dimitry Olshevsky were sent to Canada under the identity of two dead babies, Laurie and Ian Lambert. Their relationship hit the rocks out in the field. Dimitry moved in with a local woman, while Yelena began to date a British-born doctor. Canadian intelligence arrested them in 1996. The pair were deported, landing on a stormy night in Moscow to be whisked away in a blacked-out van straight from the runway.Andrey Bezrukov's marriage, though, was no fake. This was an adventure that two young people set out on together. Elena Vavilova was a fellow history student at the university. She had been born in November 1962 in Tomsk, where her parents were academics. She was a cheerful, outgoing child who enjoyed figure skating, ballet, and acting. At university she played the violin as she studied for her degree. There she met Bezrukov. There was a confidence to him and also a sense he might take her out of the well-ordered world she had grown up in. "Andrey offered me something out of the ordinary, an adventure," she later said. The young couple spent the night together in the university library, sneaking in before closing time and staying among the book-lined shelves. But they were caught by the director the next morning. There was a telling off but no punishment. Perhaps it was this spirit of adventure and the willingness to take risks together that got them noticed.The young couple was approached by a man who had an unusual proposal. Did they want to serve their country? She was only 21. "I wondered what would happen to our relationship," Vavilova thought. "I believe if we were selected separately, each of us could have refused the proposal," Vavilova later explained to me. "However, since we were already romantically involved, it was more beneficial to have us as a couple for the training." She would later reflect that love marriages among illegals were better than arranged ones because of the trust that was always there. Their first curator sat down with them and in long conversations began to see if they were suitable—their recruiter talked to them about their backgrounds, their lives, their friendships, and their studies, carefully probing them to make sure they had what it took. The strains of the life they were to live drove others apart but, in their case, it would bring them even closer together.Why did Elena Vavilova agree to become a spy? "The concept of the Motherland—an amalgamation of everything that is important to you," was her explanation later. Vavilova and Bezrukov were still living in the era of communism when they were approached by the KGB, but it was always as much defending Mother Russia as spreading communism that had motivated them. "For me the main motive that made me agree and accept this job was the desire to prevent another terrible war, like the Great Patriotic War," Vavilova later said, using the Russian name for World War II. "As a teenager, all the films about the war and the suffering the people had to go through and the high price we had to pay for victory, all of this fostered in me a wish to be part of whatever could be done to prevent it from happening again." This was the driving force for many Russian spies from the Cold War generation—the sense of threat to their country and the story of their near defeat at the hands of the Nazis before a victory that came at an enormous cost (one which many feel is rarely acknowledged in the West). Almost every family had lost someone in that brutal war. The illegals' mission was to prevent it happening again by acting as a warning system. The early eighties, when the couple was approached, were years when the need for such warning seemed all too real. In Washington, there was an American president calling the Soviet Union "the evil empire" and who, Moscow feared, might be gearing up for confrontation and perhaps even a first nuclear strike. And at the same time, young men from the Soviet Union, including fellow students from Tomsk, were heading off to fight in a brutal conflict in Afghanistan.In the West, the word spy refers to both heroes—the James Bonds—and villains—traitors like the Kim Philbys. But in Russia they separate the two concepts with different words—a spy is a betrayer of secrets. Meanwhile, their word for heroic intelligence officers translates more closely in English to "scouts"—in the sense of someone who is working behind enemy lines to scout ahead and report back, providing advance warning. The separating of the two ideas makes it easier in Russia to lionize the heroes and demonize the villains. It also explains how the illegals saw themselves as operating behind enemy lines in order to protect the motherland. They were the "soldiers of the invisible front."Soon after, the couple was married. Bezrukov's parents came to the modest reception in Elena's parents' house. A few years later they would be married for a second time, this time as Donald Heathfield and Ann Foley (she chose to use her new middle name rather than Tracey). "The gap between our weddings was short, a few years, but those years were very intense," Vavilova later explained. There was no honeymoon the first time. Instead, Bezrukov and Vavilova simply vanished from the life of friends and family as they headed to Moscow. Despite the excitement of being in the nation's capital and the luxury of a two-bedroom apartment, this period was challenging. "The years before we left were quite taxing physically, psychologically, and intellectually," she would say. By the end of every week, they would be exhausted. They had to learn all the traditional "tradecraft" involved in being a spy—out on the Moscow streets they practiced brush-pass contacts, where one person hands over items to another surreptitiously—and tested on whether they could spot surveillance. Inside, they learned martial arts, how to shoot a gun, and how to evade a polygraph lie-detector test. But there was much more to the creation of an illegal than attending regular spy school. For a start, the training was provided to them as a couple by a small group of tutors. They did not mix with other recruits to protect their identity. But it also involved going much deeper. Each illegal required a staggering investment—around four years and by some estimates a million dollars. This compares to CIA and MI6 training for new officers, which is measured in months, not years. "It was not a mass production," one head of the KGB said. "You do not train illegals… in the classes. It's a piecemeal operation. You work with an individual, one on one. And only in such a way, we can make them look like an Englishman or a Spaniard or a German."As the Moscow snows came and went, Bezrukov and Vavilova's education involved former illegals educating them in the history of the elite spies whose ranks they were to join. Moscow had developed its specialty in illegals after the 1917 revolution. Many countries did not have diplomatic relations with the communist Soviet Union so diplomatic cover was not an option. In those early years, there had also been a pool of ideologically committed communists of various nationalities who were willing to spy for Moscow. This led to the heyday of the illegals in the 1930s and 1940s. Richard Sorge operated undercover in Japan, moving in the highest diplomatic circles to provide vital intelligence about Tokyo's relationship with Nazi Germany. In Europe, illegals recruited people who were students, and some would slowly work their way into positions of power and influence. Some, like Kim Philby and the Cambridge spies in the United Kingdom, would reach the highest echelons of Western intelligence agencies. In America, illegals worked with the atomic spies who stole the most sensitive secrets imaginable, which proved vital in allowing the Soviet Union to avoid defeat in the early Cold War. Many of these early international illegals were rewarded with execution in Stalin's purges.In the mid-1950s, the KGB began a push for a new generation of homegrown illegals. They never quite matched their predecessors, although there were some successes. Among the best known was Konon Molody, who turned into Canadian Gordon Lonsdale. He came to London and ran a spy ring stealing naval secrets. Molody had previously worked as an understudy in the United States for another of the great illegals—Rudolf Abel, a remarkably talented individual who had been born in Britain and served in World War II on the front lines before embedding himself in New York. These were the footsteps Bezrukov and Vavilova were to follow in.The illegals were treated as heroes in the Soviet Union, far more than their spy counterparts in the United States or Britain. There were stories of their daring undercover operations in World War II. The most fabled was Nikolai Kuznetsov. Films and books were based on his time posing as a member of the German occupying army in Ukraine during which he killed six senior Nazis. The accounts of World War II illegals were a central part of Soviet popular culture promoted by the KGB. One fictional work was turned into a 1973 TV series called Seventeen Moments of Spring. It featured a deep-cover illegal, a Soviet version of James Bond, who posed as a German aristocrat to infiltrate the Nazi SS and who prevented the Nazis from negotiating a peace deal with America. The series was a massive hit, reaching up to 80 million viewers, and was constantly repeated, embedding itself in the popular mind. Vladimir Putin was 21 when the series was first shown, and he became desperate to sign up for the KGB. One of his first jobs in East Germany in the 1980s, he would later boast, was to work with illegals.Excerpted from the book Russians Among Us by Gordon Corera. Copyright 2020 by Gordon Corera. From William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. 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Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:23:07 GMT
North Korea says it has no plans for talks with US
North Korea on Saturday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as "hostile" polices toward Pyongyang. The statement by North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui came after President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, told reporters in New York Thursday that Trump might seek another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as an "October surprise" ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:23:03 GMT
N.Korea says no need to sit down with US for talks
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:14:28 GMT
At Mount Rushmore, Trump digs deeper into nation's divisions
At the foot of Mount Rushmore and on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump dug deeper into America's divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a "merciless campaign to wipe out our history." The president, in remarks Friday night at the South Dakota landmark, offered a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and seared by the recent high-profile killings of Black people. Four months from Election Day, his comments amounted to a direct appeal to the political base, including many disaffected white votes, that carried him to the White House in 2016.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:10:03 GMT
Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can't be trusted
Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the U.S.-Taliban agreement or President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw thousands more troops from the war. It did give critics of the deal another reason to say the Taliban shouldn't be trusted. The bounty information was included in Trump's president's daily intelligence brief on Feb. 27, according to intelligence officials, and two days later, the U.S. and Taliban signed an agreement in Qatar.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:57:27 GMT
For nation's birthday, Trump stokes the divisions within US
On a day meant for unity and celebration, President Donald Trump vowed to "safeguard our values" from enemies within — leftists, looters, agitators, he said — in a Fourth of July speech packed with all the grievances and combativeness of his political rallies. Trump watched paratroopers float to the ground in a tribute to America, greeted his audience of front-line medical workers and others central in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and opened up on those who "slander" him and disrespect the country's past.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:47:08 GMT
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued, officials said. More than 75,000 residents in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were urged to evacuate following pounding rains overnight. NHK footage showed large areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kumamoto inundated in muddy waters that gushed out from the Kuma River.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 03:45:35 GMT
Will Putin Really Return To The Kremlin in 2024?
President Vladimir Putin now has the legal right to remain in power until 2036, after a large majority of Russians voted in favor of Kremlin-backed constitutional reforms.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:19:00 GMT
Iran's Rouhani calls for mask order to be enforced
People not wearing masks against the novel coronavirus should be refused service in enclosed public spaces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday, as his government moves to make it obligatory. Addressing the committee in charge of Iran's efforts to stem its virus outbreak -- the deadliest in the Middle East -- Rouhani said that the new order "requires some guarantee that it will be respected". Since late last month, the government has also undertaken a public information campaign, with officials and state television anchors wearing masks on camera to encourage their use.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:16:48 GMT
The Latest: Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes
President Donald Trump says he will establish a "National Garden of American Heroes," which he is describing as "a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived." Trump made the announcement as he opened the Fourth of July weekend with a speech and fireworks at the iconic Mount Rushmore. The executive order released Friday by the White House says the garden will feature statues of several presidents as well as other historic notables, including Davy Crockett, Amelia Earhart, Billy Graham, Harriet Tubman and Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:40:04 GMT
Guest Book
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Nyhetsbrev fra Mexico
Our staff in Mexico regularly put together a newsletter which is sent to volunteers working in Mexico at the time, those signed up to join a project in Mexico and to previous volunteers. The newsletters contain information about the country and our projects, stories written by volunteers, advice on what to expect when volunteering abroad in Mexico and much more. If you're considering overseas voluntary work the newsletters are a great way to gain a better idea of what to expect.
1,78MB Mexico Nyheter - Februar 2015
The past week we have helped serve food for people who live on the streets of the city alongside our newest project partner MAMA AC. This is an organisation working with homeless children but is now expanding to assist the elderly as well.
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Meet German intern Jakob Ernst (19). He is a charming young man with a bright future in the medical field ahead of him. Responsible, well-mannered and easy-going, that's how his former team at Cruz Verde Deladillo Araujo remembers him after his experience in Mexico from September until December of last year.
1,83MB Mexico Nyheter - Desember 2014
Each year during the month of December, right in the heart of the historic center, there appears a market that sells everything one may need to decorate one's house in Christmas fashion.
1,64MB Mexico Nyheter - November 2014
"I wanted to come to Mexico to experience the culture and its people. I also wanted to assist in a humanitarian program where I could be of help. This is why I chose to volunteer for four months in the day care center Divina Providencia", shares Tiffany who is known in her placement for being responsible and committed to her job but also for being easy-going and friendly with everyone.
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When asked about her experience in Mexico, Jessica Porreye has only one answer:"It has been the journey of my life". One has to believe her: When talking to Jessica you hear the passion with which she speaks about her work at the animal rehab center in Guadalajara and her verdict is clear: She loved the work she did, the people she worked with and the closeness with the animals of the center.
962KB Mexico Nyheter - September 2014
While volunteering in Mexica, Julie Ribo from France gave a physiotherapy lecture alongside her mother, who is the world-renowned physiotherapist, Corinne Ribo.
1,42MB Mexico Nyheter - August 2014
The community, La Cofradia, is located outside the metropolitan area of Guadalajara. People living there find it hard to get medical care since the closest clinic is at least one hour commute by bus.
1,19MB Mexico Nyheter - Juni 2014
Since the middle of May, Simon Hendrikse, a Dutch volunteer form Rotterdam, has been working hard with the children at this organization to teach them his most beloved sport: capoeira. "With capoeira, you not only learn how to fight, how to dance or how to play music. You also learn how to become stronger individually and as a team."
800KB Mexico Nyheter - Mai 2014
Heather arrived with many expectations about what she was going to encounter. However, Mexico turned out to be very different to what she had anticipated. Her initial project took her to an care centre for young boys whose parents had been incarcerated. Heather experienced being met initially with a mixture of hesitance and curiosity. However, this was soon replaced with genuine interest and friendliness.
1,01MB Mexico Nyheter - April 2014
German volunteer, Hendrik Hämke, spends 8 weeks at the Conservation Project in Tecoman. Mexico is a country that is undoubtedly blessed with an abundance of natural beauty. From jungles, mangroves and deserts to mountains and volcano's, the country has a wide variety of ecosystems. However, rapid economic development in the last decades has jeopardized the future of these ecosystems and with them the future of various animal species that are fast becoming endangered.
964KB Mexico Nyheter - Mars 2014
In 2003, German volunteer from Berlin, Tatjana Kotschenreuther decided that it was time to make a radical change in her life. With this in mind, she decided to travel to Mexico with Projects Abroad to work at the Conservation Project based in Tecoman, 6 hours' journey from Guadalajara.
1,30MB Mexico Nyheter - Desember 2013
A student at Tsukuba University, Shizuko's major is American Studies and she chose to volunteer with Projects Abroad because she needed a break before graduating and starting her working career.
1,01MB Mexico Nyheter - November 2013
New Hampshire Health Sciences graduate Amy Cotton spent three months volunteering at an care centre and hospital with Projects Abroad in Mexico. "For a long time I had a yearning for the knowledge that remains unique to one with worldly experience, and my desire to explore this truth was my true motivation for my decision to volunteer abroad," she shared.
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Lake Chapala is one of Jalisco's best day trips, a must see for everyone. The kind of place where you would spend the whole day just relaxing and walking around the lake or the square, eating ice cream (very famous by the way) or enjoying some delicious sea food.
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We have had our very first volunteer collaborating in the park and it was a success. we want to say thank you to James Kitchin for his commitment and also to Ricardo Tovar and the authorities in the park!
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According to our tourist visas we had already stayed in Mexico for respectively one and two months, when we arrived to Guadalajara Airport. We had both stayed in Playa del Carmen for a longer time and we actually thought that this was Mexico.
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The Day Care Center "Desarrollo Infantil Divina Providencia" is a center founded by a catholic group of nuns with the aim to provide to poor and single moms of the area an excellent place to leave their children while they have to work to support their families.
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My two month placement at Cuidad Guzman has flown by and it seems like only yesterday that Candy and Francisco were welcoming me - as they have many previous Projects Abroad volunteers - and helping me to feel at home.
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The Animal Care Project is run by an organisation called SEMARNAT (Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales). It is a fantastic place for people who love animals and want to dedicate their lives to the profession. Work is available with a variety of animals, both wild and domestic.
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There is plenty of places to visit in Guadalajara, such as markets, churches, museums, etc... But maybe one of the most visited places during the weekend in Avenida Chapultepec!
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If you are planning to be in Guadalajara (or you already are here) and you like sports, our city has lots of different options to do with sports and activities related to it. Today we will talk about the Half Marathon, which takes place in February, this year on the 17th.

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Praise for Sallie Tisdale's Talk Dirty to Me
"Great intelligence, humor and curiosity . . . whether or not you're taken aback by [Tisdale's] desires, you'll definitely exit her book with something to talk about."
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Tuesday. Weight: not gonna disclose that. Cigarettes consumed: zero. Alcohol units consumed: one more than appropriate.
Yes, I'm channeling Bridget Jones, and it's not knickers- or Darcy-inspired. Fact is, I've been ruminating on Renee Zellweger's (alleged) statement that, though she'd like to do another Bridget Jones flick, she doesn't want to pack on the lbs this go-round–and the postulating over the whys–all day long. And, given some particularly fascinating tangents, I figured you might as well join me.
Much as we love the relatable, perpetually plump-ish character, and even despite the reported $20M payday, who can really blame Zellweger for opting to forego the gravy this go-round on the gravy train? While I enjoy the random cupcake/cookie/passed appetizer binge as much as anyone, gaining 20 pounds on command doesn't exactly sound like my idea of fun. Add to that the psychotic counterpoint, crash-dieting to lose it all in time for the media tour? Nothankyouverymuch. What's more interesting, though (/of course), is why Zellweger (allegedly) said she didn't want to go yo-yo again: According to The Frisky:
Also, Renee allegedly thinks the demise of her and Jack White's relationship had to do with her extra pounds and doesn't want to risk having it affect her relationship with Bradley Cooper.
Errr, ew. Said ew being fairly self-explanatory, let's not get into it, shall we? What I would like to get into, however, is what Erica Kennedy–our favorite Feminista—has to say about that lil rumor. Check it:
…now that she's got Bradley Cooper on the hook, she doesn't want to go down that road again. (And what the article doesn't say but I will go ahead and add –> especially since she's 40 now and childless.)
So you know what this means, if true? It means that Renee Zellweger, who gets $20 million a picture and probably has some stake in the gross of the Bridget Jones franchise so stands to make even more, is basically trying to decide between $20+ million (and 20 lbs) or… a man. Ain't that some shit (allegedly)? That's a real modern woman conundrum like I've never heard!
…At what other time would a woman be in the position to make $20 million? For a few months work? Or be in the position to turn it down?
…But at the same time, Renee can get the $$$ to do another movie where she doesn't have to gain weight and if I were her, I would be more worried about locking shit down on the home front at this point. If we're using celebrities as analogies here, I would think Heidi Klum or Jennifer Garner is what you would want, ideally. An involved husband, kids AND a career that you can do until you don't feel like doing it anymore. What you don't want to become is Jennifer Aniston (what goes on in HER head at night?) and end up living alone in a ginormous Zen-influenced palace that you design to feel like a big hug. Which is exactly where Renee looks like she's heading.
Whoa and whoa again. While I adore Ms. Kennedy for her delightful willingness to go there, her thoughts on the subject leave me wondering: What is this really all about? Somewhere deep down, do women believe that we really can't have it all? That we can't have the career, the guy, and–in Zellweger's case anyway–the bod, that everything must always be a choice, an either/or?
Or is it a classic case of grass-is-greener syndrome: That, no matter what we have going for us (ahem, $20M payday much?!), we can't help but focus on what we don't?
What is our problem? Are we just spoiled? Or is part of the human condition the absolute inability to focus on what's in our own backyard–so blinded are we by our Alice in Wonderland perceptions of our neighbors' oh-so green grass?
Consider: If Zellweger is in fact so consumed with her biological clock that even a cool $20 million won't assuage the fear of being left alone, that she can't see how amazingly, craptastically blessed she is to be in such a position, to have a $20 million offer on the table, that she's financially free enough to turn down, might her perspective be just an eensy bit skewed? Maybe her scary-knickers-sporting counterpart might have a lesson to offer here: I mean, it seems to me it's all a little bit like Ms. Jones' lamenting over her 'smug married' friends, who, while married, were nowhere near as smugly so as Bridget imagined… or her inability to realize that a Colin Firth in the hand might be worth two Hugh Grants in the (proverbial) bush?
I guess the main question I'm wondering here is this: Are we unable–or unwilling… or both–to imagine that the path we didn't choose might in fact be as imperfect as the one we did?
A wise person once said that it's not the cards we draw in life that's important, it's how we play the hand we're dealt. And maybe we'd enjoy the game a whole lot more if we were able to remember that.
And if not, maybe we'd do well to take a cue from Bridget, and have another glass of wine.


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States.
The initial download will be free but new subscribers will have to pay $14.99 a month if they want to try it for longer than seven days.
The service will allow users to queue up any of some 8 million songs, and create custom playlists that will stream to the device as long as the user is receiving a cellular signal or is in a WiFi hot spot.
The application is an improvement on Rhapsody To Go, which allows subscribers to load songs onto their Windows Media Player-enabled phones and MP3 players when connected to a computer for later playback.
Seattle-based RealNetworks is planning to allow subscribers to load songs over the air for later playback in a new version by the end of the year.
Current Rhapsody To Go subscribers will be able to use the new app right away without an extra charge.
"This breaks us out of the non-Apple MP3 player segment and now we can reach the iPod Touch and iPhone audience that was unavailable to us before," said Neil Smith, vice president of business management for Rhapsody America.
RealNetworks currently has some 750,000 subscribers of its unlimited song streaming service. Some pay $12.99 a month for computer-only access but others pay $14.99 for the ability to move those songs to mobile devices.
The songs will be streamed at 64 kilobits per second, which is lower quality than the 256 kbps for songs offered on iTunes, but will help prevent interruptions.
Rhapsody app users will also be offered the ability to buy songs from the iTunes store. RealNetworks will share in the revenue from such sales.
"We're giving you the ability to listen to any song you want. The ones you really like, you can plunk down the extra $1.29 and buy," Smith said.
AP Business Writer Ryan Nakashima contributed to this report.
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
No Tuesday With Dorie
This morning I threw out two brownies and a few cookies. My family had enough. They were dry and not so great looking. I am finding that in my weak moments I am thinking about the bags of chocolate in the cupboards, the whole milk and whipping cream in the fridge along with the pounds of butter. I have never purchased so many pounds of butter.
I love Dorie's cookbook. I have baked many many recipes from it and they have been wonderful. I have not baked a better pie than Dorie's Blueberry. I don't know that I want to bake another creation every week. I'll bake as I choose and what I choose. I have enjoyed the Tuesday with Dorie recipe each week..but I am finished.
Now, is there a Paleo Eating for Athletes Group out there? That is my next project..a resource for us.
7 comments:
- Karen G said...
Julie- I say quit before your boys and husb weigh 300 lbs each!!! It is a good thing you have boys too and not teenage girls.
- SteveQ said...
Tuesdays with Dorie and Paleo Diet? That's two different worlds!
- Julie B said...
You are right Karen. Enough of the baking of sweets every day. I have been eating Paleo for Athletes for quite some time. I'm suprised that I still can't really find that many blogs of Paleo eaters and hardly non of athletes eating Paleo for Athletes.
I stubbled on your blog and was intruged by the fact that you bake all those treats but eat so healthy. I couldn't do that every week. I would be too tempted and I wouldn't want my husband to chunk out!
There are actually lots of Paleo resources and blogs out there as well as books. If you follow strict Paleo as I have done on and off in the past, you must adjust your fruit intake to keep your energy levels up and you must include things such as sweet potatoes (right now I'm not following Paleo but rather the potato chip diet). I tried restricting to fresh salmon, chicken from local farms, fresh buffalo, eggs, walnuts, olive oil, coconut oil, avocado and fresh pork with little fruit and tons of greens. I found that I needed LOTS of fresh fruit such as berries and apples to keep up my energy. Play with the diet and find what works for you. Do it in the off season though. I follow it a few times per year. Why? I'm only human and love to indulge during the summer months and over the holidays. I still follow it to a degree through out the year because it makes me feel good. Also, I need my gels and energy drinks during ultras and will eat anything that appeals to me during ultras. STRICT Paleo diet (no potatoes or bananas, etc.)was not meant for endurance athletes. Many women don't follow it because many times a Paleo diet is high in fat but the good fat. I find the more good fats I eat, the more satisfied I feel. Good luck! Here are some links:
- Matthew Patten said...
Adam Harmer was playing around with the Paleo diet.
I have been reading up on adjusting my nutrition, and might make some changes. I have been following Stu Mittleman.
I have found that Paleo, Mediterranian, and Stu Milttleman's plans all have similar concepts.
I don't think I have the discipline to do it correctly for the long haul. I am also skeptical of a diet which eliminates ice cream and beer. :)
- Runner Susan said...
Hi Julie, the article is up on Complete Running today . . . check it out. I'll be interested to know if you get some hits from it.
When anything becomes a chore instead of "fun" it needs to be reevaluated as to how it fits into your life. As something evolves from a "want to" to a "have to" we end up serving it instead of it serving us.
That includes everything from training for an event to baking.
Kudos to you, Julie, for recognizing that fact and reminding us of that universal law.
I love to bake, too, and want to say that your pictures of your creations that you have posted are awesome. They should be on the cover of magazines they are so beautiful.
Congrats on your continued running success. You are an inspiration. Our future is limitless.


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Japan tourism: glimpses of beautiful Japan in Kurobe and Wakayama (Part One)
Sarah Deschamps and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
The mystery of Japan is best summed up by the stunning nature of this adorable nation which beckons tourists to "another world" where dreams and memories are made. The Shinto faith with its deep roots and unity with nature influenced the Buddhist faith which reached this nation and these fusions created "a huge well" for various Buddhist sects. Therefore, irrespective if a Shinto shrine is in the countryside or in the mega city of Tokyo, the backdrop always looks at one. This representation and reality is what makes Japan tick because irrespective if the theme is continuity or individual new ways, the old world and new world is still at peace.
In this article it is impossible to highlight all the places to visit because you have a plethora of tourist attractions throughout the entire nation. Also, each prefecture provides a unique angle and clearly all individuals will feel something special depending on individual interests and how the respective experience remains deep in the soul. Therefore, two special areas of Japan were selected in the first series about Japan tourism.
The two authors have different experiences for their special places which stay within the soul. For one author, the stunning nature and adorable Buddhist temples in Koyasan will always stay with this individual. Indeed, Koyasan and Wakayama prefecture will always stand out for one author because of the stunning nature of this prefecture and the richness of culture and religion.
If you view (http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/index.html)the website of Tanabe City Kumano Tourist Bureau then you will notice the many amazing places to visit in the stunning prefecture of Wakayama. This especially applies to Koyasan where the Buddhist preacher Kukai made his home; the amazing temples of Negoro-ji and the surrounding area which is blessed with great places to visit: the unbelievable Kumano Kodo pilgrimage (Kumano is in the Kii Peninsula and not all of this region is within Wakayama) whereby you have so many stunning walks and rich cultural places to enlighten the individual; Shirahama and stunning beaches whereby you can forget everything; the magnificent Wakayama Castle which is rich in history and is blessed with exquisite grounds; Kumano Nachi Taisha and the beautiful waterfall and stunning Shinto shrine; and so many other amazing places to visit.
Alternatively, the other author adores Kurobe in Toyama prefecture because the scenery just "blew her mind away." Toyama is equally blessed with stunning nature and approximately one million tourists visit the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The massive Kurobe Dam is also a very popular tourist destination and the panorama views are amazing. This equally applies to the Tateyama Mountain Range and North Alpine Area. Also, between June 26 and October 15 this period is very popular because individuals can witness the water discharge from the Kurobe Dam.
In a past article by Modern Tokyo Times about Kurobe it was stated that "Also, you can enjoy lovely boat trips on Kurobe Lake and walk around the lake and Kurobe Dam. In every direction you have stunning views and it is a real treat. The Kurobe Gorge is truly beautiful and thanks to the Kurobe Gorge Railway transportation system you can travel in style and get a birds-eye-view alongside ropeways and cable cars, which blend naturally into the magnificent scenery.
"Other stunning places to visit in this lovely prefecture apply to the Kurobe Valley; Gokayama Village which is a World Heritage site; the Unazuki-onsen which is a real gem and soothes the body and mind; the Zuiryu-ji Temple which is famous in Japan; the stunning Shogawa-kyo Valley region; and many other stunning places to visit."
Indeed, the local government has done great work in preserving the exquisite nature of this beautiful prefecture. Also, the close proximity to Nagano is a huge pulling power because many individuals often visit both prefectures on a twin holiday. Therefore, Kurobe is an ideal tourist destination and between the middle of April and the end of May you have adorable "Snow Walls." The changing seasons also creates a lovely dimension to the entire area.
The tourist options in Japan are unbelievable and it is well worth checking the many destinations to visit. Of course, cities like Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, and others, hog the limelight but the beauty of Japan is that each prefecture provides countless places to visit and explore this stunning country.
Therefore, if you have never been to Japan then you will be amazed by the amazing beauty of this country. Also, for individuals who reside in Japan you have so many "hidden treasures" and fantastic places to visit.
http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/onsen/index.html Tanabe City Kumano Tourist Bureau in English. Also, you have information in other languagesand this applies to Japanese, French, Chinese, and Korean.
http://tb-kumano-news.blogspot.com/ Kumano News Blog
Other websites about Wakayama
http://www.nk-kumano.com/ (Nachi Katsuura)
http://www.shukubo.jp/eng/ (Koyasan)
http://www.kumano-experience.com/01/en/ (Kumano Experience)
http://www.sekaiisan-wakayama.jp/english/index.html (Wakayama)
http://www.nanki-shirahama.com/eng/index.html (Shirahama)
http://farstrider.net/Japan/Castles/Wakayamajo.htm (Wakayama Castle)
http://moderntokyotimes.com/2012/03/08/japan-tourism-and-amazing-wakayama-tanabe-city-kumano-tourist-bureau/ Past article about Wakayama
http://www.alpen-route.com/english/map/index.html Alpine Route Map


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Initially, we designed the insulation system for optimal insulation of exterior walls and to enable the renovation of walls using bricks. But E-Board is more than that. You can use it for renovations and for new build.
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