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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Why Myanmar protesters see Aung San Suu Kyi as their greatest hope – video explainer

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting across Myanmar since the army overthrew the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and detained most senior leaders on 1 February.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to power prompted hope she could end years of ethnic strife in Myanmar, but she has been accused of standing by while genocide was committed against the Rohingya people. The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, explains why – despite her fall from grace internationally – Aung San Suu Kyi is seen by so many protesters as the only person who can still save them from military rule

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Israeli settler attack leaves Palestinian hiker killed, two others injured

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An Israeli settler Friday morning rammed his vehicle into a group of Palestinian hikers near Ein al-Beida village, east of Tubas city, killing one and injuring two others, according to an official.

Mu‘taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement activities in Tubas district, said that an Israeli settler rammed his car into a group of Palestinians who were hiking on a trail between Ein al-Beida and Bardala villages in the northern Jordan Valley, killing one hiker and injuring two others.

The slain Palestinian was identified as 52-year-old Bilal Bawatneh from al-Bireh city, and the injuries as residents of al-Bireh and Jerusalem cities.

Some hikers told WAFA that they were shocked to see the speeding vehicle veering off its course, and hitting the three hikers.

The Palestinian Red Crescent sources confirmed that their medics arrived at the scene and received Bawatneh’s body as Israeli medics evacuated the injuries to a hospital in the Israeli city of Afula.

 

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Day 5 of GED in 5 months, libraries, and La Convivencia! — The 4 Freedoms for ALL via Language & Adult Education, Writing, and PublicDomainInfrastructure

Libraries are one of the greatest legacies of the Convivencia (remember that cooperation, in Muslim Spain, of Jewish, Christian and Islamic scholars, that gave Europe books again?), and one of the key parts of Phase I of the Four Freedoms movement. Day 5 Lesson Plan Khan Academy Indefinite Pronouns Interactive Indefinite Pronouns Worksheet Online IndefPronouns […]

Day 5 of GED in 5 months, libraries, and La Convivencia! — The 4 Freedoms for ALL via Language & Adult Education, Writing, and PublicDomainInfrastructure

Solen den värmer och festisen den fryser, helg igen och en okänd fågel! — stefansphotos.se

Vintern den håller i sig i dag så sken solen som den har gjort mycket denna vecka och den värmer om kan kan parkera sig i en plats där det är lä, och lite varma känslor är bra för denna vecka har verkligen gått i kylans tecken, Minus 21 har varit rekord noteringen då jag […]

Solen den värmer och festisen den fryser, helg igen och en okänd fågel! — stefansphotos.se

F.D.A. Agrees Moderna Can Increase Vaccine Supply in Each Vial – The New York Times (specialized needle may be in short supply)

Regulators allowed Pfizer to relabel its vials as containing six doses instead of five, so Pfizer is now getting credit for delivering more doses than before, though the amount has not changed. Six doses can be extracted if health practitioners use specialized syringes, and federal and state officials say that equipment is now included in each shipment of Pfizer vaccine.

Some health practitioners say the same ambiguity exists with Moderna’s product. While the vials are labeled for 10 doses, they have sometimes been able to draw out an 11th dose using specialized syringes.

We Asked 175 Pediatric Disease Experts if It Was Safe Enough to Open School

Pediatric disease experts are not experts in how disease spreads during pandemic… why were they surveyed? And how are they expert in how schools are able to keep staff and students properly masked, distanced and washing hands?

In many places, the debates over reopening are fraught. But in a survey, experts broadly agreed that elementary schools didn’t need vaccines to open safely.