Archive du mois : février 2018

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South Africans, media held hostage by Zuma indecision

Durban, South Africa – Even by South African standards, it has been an extraordinary 48 hours of politics. A volley of emergency meetings, postponements, allegations, counter-allegations and fake news have dominated the South Africans news-scape as pressure continues to rise on President Jacob Zuma to stand down. South Africans are a little anxious; no one knows who…

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Saudi grants airspace acclaim for flights to Israel

Saudi Arabia has granted for the first time permission for Air India flights headed to Israel to use its airspace, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The decision, which will be implemented in March, means that the flights from New Delhi to Tel Aviv would be shortened by two and a half hours. The new route,…

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James Bulger killer Venables pleads guilty to possessing little one abuse photography

One of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger has admitted possessing child abuse images and a « paedophile manual » at a secret trial. Jon Venables was caught with 1,170 indecent photos of children on his laptop, the Old Bailey was told today. After reporting restrictions were lifted, MirrorOnline can also report that Venables had a document…

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‘This Is Us’ recap: Making an try to switch on

It was always going to be tough to follow the episode that’d been hyped for very nearly This Is Us’ entire run. “The Car” carries the rather solemn responsibility of guiding the show’s characters — not to mention its audience — through the beginning stages of grief. There’s no present timeline in this episode, only a…

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Egypt curbs opponents of presidential election

Egypt’s prosecutor-general has ordered an official investigation into a number of opposition politicians who are boycotting next month’s presidential election, as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks set to extend his term. Nabil Sadeq, Egypt’s prosecutor general, said in a statement on Monday that 13 individuals may be summoned to the Giza office for « incitement against the state »…

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Designing Windows ninety five’s Individual Interface

Three years ago I came across an interesting paper written up by a Microsoft employee, Kent Sullivan, on the process and findings of designing the new user interface for Windows 95. The web page has since been taken down – one reason why I’m a bit of a digital hoarder. It specified some of the…

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Islamismus: Polizei ließ ausreisepflichtigen Gefährder wieder frei

Ein Jahr nach dem Anschlag auf den Berliner Breitscheidplatz hat die Berliner Polizei einem Medienbericht zufolge einen ausreisepflichtigen Gefährder nach dessen Festnahme wieder laufen lassen. Der als Islamist bekannte Tunesier sei Mitte Dezember 2017 wegen Drogenhandels festgenommen worden, berichtete der Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). Der Fall erinnert an den Berlin-Attentäter Anis Amri. Der Mann soll dem…

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North Korea chief’s sister to focus on with South

Image copyright KCNA Image caption Kim Yo-jong in a 2015 picture of her brother touring a military unit The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, which are being held in the South, ministers in Seoul say. Kim Yo-jong is the youngest daughter…

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French racism, awe and indulge in for postcolonialism

At this year’s Paris edition of Nuit des idees (the Night of Ideas), Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie made two remarks that caused a stir. The more widely publicised one was her gentle rebuke of interviewer Caroline Broue’s question as to whether there are bookstores in Nigeria. Adichie replied, « I think it reflects very poorly…