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Ned’s Second Line Daily
Ned’s Second Line Daily. Today’s final
Dusk’s Dance #poetry #haiku #sea #photography
this road–
no one goes down it
autumn’s end
~Basho
And here I meet him – Dusk
eyes linger
on the last flames
burning off cities in the distance
he offers his hand
“will you dance?”
“yes, but I must rise soon.”
for a few stolen moments
we dance as the day fades to away

last of day’s splendor
blue sky merges with sea
moon yawns
Kristjaan at Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem prompts us to write about Dusk. I used my poetic license to create a haibun for such an occasion.
BBC News – Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men
BBC News – Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men.
Rumors that he is suffering from foot in mouth disease have not been denied.
Acid Attacks: The New Gender Terrorism.
Mumbai: “With her head bend down , staring at the floor, saliva running down her skin, a woman is unable to lift her head or close her mouth.
Acid has melted her skin, her life ahead. Acid attack or acid throwing is a fast spreading social issue in under – developed as well as developing countries. An estimated of 1,500 people are victim’s of such barbaric attacks. People throwing acids are like wild animal’s who need to be tamed before they go viral, as it happens in most cases. 80% of such attacks happen on women and about 40% of them being below 18 year’s of age. Though most of these attacks are becoming increasingly banal in countries such India, Cambodia, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos, Kenya, Pakistan amoung the many others, Bangladesh has till date reported the highest number of attacks in the world!
Seldom resulting in death, the horror of…
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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 47 ( Nov 17 – 23)
(Peter Greste’s parents appeal to Egypt’s Sisi, via BBC)
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
- HRW criticizes law allowing Egypt’s army to protect vital facilities
- Egyptian government is ready for tough response to Salafi Front’s ‘Islamic Uprising’
- Head of Egypt’s council for women3 slams detained female activists
- Egypt spent $3 billion on fuel subsidies in the first quarter of fiscal year
- Judge orders mobile providers to reveal Alaa’s whereabouts on protest day
- Pro-Morsi student dies inside Cairo police station
Tuesday
- Egypt’s political parties are divided over new electoral district law
- Three Egyptian parties pull back from Mubarak- era electoral alliance
- Foreign intelligence behind recent terror attacks: Egypt’s interior ministry
- Military court sentences 17 Morsi supporters to 5-10 years in jail
- Egypt’s police storm Al-Azhar campus after students torch dean’s car
- Brotherhood launches new “impartial” satellite channel
- Egyptian economy grows 1.1% in…
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People starving to death in the UK – on David Cameron’s doorstep
shame
(not satire – it’s the UK today!)
Austerity kills. It killed Mark Wood and it killed David Clapson. Both starved to death as a direct consequence of the coalition government’s austerity programme. Both were vulnerable adults who starved alone, bewildered at being punished by those they thought were helping them.
The two people closest to these victims will share a platform on 27 November in Witney, David Cameron’s constituency. Cathie Wood, the sister of Mark Wood, and Gill Thompson, the sister of David Clapson, will demand to know why their brothers died at the hands of the state. They are determined that other vulnerable people should not share their brothers’ fate, victims of an inhuman political ideology.
“We are sticking to the task. But that doesn’t just mean making difficult decisions on public spending. It also means something more profound. It means building a leaner, more efficient state. We need…
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