Daily Archives: March 1, 2015
2015 Zero discrimination day | UNAIDS
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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 9 ( Feb 23 – Mar 1)
(Members of the special forces police stand guard in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo, March 1, 2015- via Reuters)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt shuts its Embassy in Yemen over bad security
- Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced to five years in prison
- 1,000 Egyptians evacuated from strife-hit Libya via Tunisia
- 14,806 Egyptians return from Libya: Salloum Port official
- Court postpones Al Jazeera trial to march 8
- Egypt dissolves 169 Muslim Brotherhood NGOs
- Farmers protestcalling on Al-Sisi to put local people over big profit
Tuesday
- Egypt’s Sisi signs law defining “terrorist entities”
- Egypt FM: A political deal in Libya won’t defeat ‘terrorism’
- Egyptian foreign ministry expresses “extreme discontent” at Amnesty report
- Dozens of detainees are expected to be released
- Al Jazeera airs alleged leaks of interior minister on dealing with protestors
- Egyptian rights groups slam Shura Council case’s verdict
- Egyptian court acquits Mubarak-era ministers of corruption…
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Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge
Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from your views in order to be open to receive other’s viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Sell, Sell, Sell! Maximus Share Prices Could Tumble After Welfare To Work Scandal Rocks Australia
A damning documentary exposing the shoddy behaviour of Maximus and the welfare-to-work sector in Australia could lead to a drop in the company’s share price according to one stockmarlet analyst.
The programme, produced by ABC (and still viewable here), tells a story which will be familiar to all those in the UK forced to attend outsourced schemes such as Iain Duncan Smith’s Work Programme. Claimants had their benefits stopped for no reason, signatures on paperwork were faked and the most marginalised claimants were parked – meaning abandoned completely by the companies who saw no profit in helping them. Maximus dominate the welfare-to-work sector in Australia, and have several contracts running similar schemes in the UK.
According to an analyst on finance website Seeking Alpha, Maximus earn 10% of their revenue in Australia and that could now be under threat due to a ‘short term negative news cycle’. …
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Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa | Inter Press Service
About 80 percent of Africa’s food is produced by smallholders, who seldom farm on more than five hectares of land and usually on much less. The majority of these farmers are women, who have scant access to finance or secure land tenure.
That they still manage to provide the lion’s share of the continents’ food, usually without formal seed, chemicals, mechanisation, irrigation or subsidies, is testament to their resilience and innovation.
African farmers have a lot to lose from the introduction of GMOs – the rich diversity of African agriculture, its robust resilience and the social cohesion engendered through cultures of sharing and collective effort could be replaced by a handful of monotonous commodity crops owned by foreign masters.
via Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa | Inter Press Service.
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