Italian energy giant Eni SpA says it has discovered the “largest ever” natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt. According to the company, the find could meet Egypt’s natural gas needs for decades to come.
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Trump’s mass deportation idea was tried in the 1930s
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for mass deportation of millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, as well as their American-born children, bears similarities to a large-scale removal that many Mexican-American families faced 85 years ago….
Source: Trump’s mass deportation idea was tried in the 1930s
Women register to run for election in a first for Saudi Arabia
Saudi women registered to run in municipal elections for the first time in the country’s history on Sunday, just one week after voter registration was opened to women in another first for the ultraconservative kingdom.Original enclosures:
Source: Women register to run for election in a first for Saudi Arabia
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Watch: Donald Trump threw a Mexican-American journalist out of his press conference in Iowa
I hate Donald trump so much.
Despite six years of peace, life is still hard in areas where Sri Lanka’s war was at its worst, especially for internally displaced people (IDPs). Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service posted a photo:
Will New Sri Lankan Government Prioritize Resettlement of the War-Displaced?
By Amantha Perera
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, August 27, 2015 (IPS)—
The new Sri Lankan government that was voted in on Aug. 17 certainly didn’t inherit as much baggage as its predecessors did during the nearly 30 years of conflict that gripped this South Asian island nation.
Humans of New York
“I was twenty-two during World War II. First the English invaded us from the south, then the Russians invaded us from the north. They had a lot more men than us and the city completely ran out of food. I saw many horrible scenes. My job was to distribute bread from the bakery. Crowds would gather and wait for the handouts. One winter night I found a mother sitting against the bakery wall, nursing her child. I went to give her a loaf of bread, but only the child was alive.”
Source: Humans of New York
How much insect stings and bites hurt – scientific measurements
Justin Schmidt rated them for you so you’ll know how much sympathy you can beg for –
1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine WC Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
2.x Honey bee and European hornet.
3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of Hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath (if you get stung by one you might as well lie down and scream).
4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail in your heel.
Presidential hopeful Scott Walker says Chinese leaders should be taken to the woodshed, not White House
Your move, Trump.
Ricky Martin Slams “Racist” Donald Trump: Campaign Is “Lowest Level You Can Sink To”
The singer said Trump’s recent flap with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos anchor “went too far.”
When Beirut Was At Its Most Beautiful In Years
A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
Beirut is its most beautiful when it’s alive. Over the past few years, it hasn’t been that way. No, parties at Skybar (RIP) don’t count.
Beirut is not beautiful when it’s a strange land to its people. It’s not beautiful when its center is always empty, when its heart is devoid of its people, when it’s forcibly maimed beyond recognition. No, Beirut is not beautiful when it doesn’t have us, when it’s full of flags that are not of the country which it represents.
On August 29th, 2015, Beirut not only had us, but it had enough of us to make it the most beautiful it’s been in years. Yesterday evening, Beirut was gorgeous. It was our own city finding its voice again, finding its calling again, finding its own identity again.
Beirut is nothing without its streets that should be filled with people. Yesterday, we filled its…
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