The European migration crisis – have we lost the moral high ground?

Edit Open Democracy 01 Aug 2016
Europe simply can’t guarantee its money will stop human rights crises. At best, it will simply force migrants to trade one hell for another ... PAimages/Mosa'ab Elshamy ... Now most of those refugees are stuck in camps in Djibouti, where grinding poverty is the norm, human rights are a myth, and the only thing keeping the population from hanging government leaders from lampposts is the sensory-dulling effects of khat ... Rights.. CC by NC 4.0. ....

Remembering Rafi: Iconic singer Mohammed Rafi passed away on this date 36 years ago

Edit Indiatoday 31 Jul 2016
On legendary Indian singer Mohammed Rafi's 36th death anniversary, India Today looks back at the maestro's best work, from Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe to Kya Hua Tera Wada ... ....

Juliette Binoche: 'I’m not scared to be more and more ridiculous'

Edit The Independent 28 Jul 2016
Juliette Binoche is jumping from art house movie theatres and the stage to big budget blockbusters and blaming her children for the move. The actress has just completed shooting the big budget live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, alongside Scarlett Johansson ... They have got to the age where they are having a say over her career ... In 2008 she performed a solo dance show, choreographed by Akram Khat at the National Theatre....

Google Doodle pays homage to singer Mukesh on 93rd anniversary

Edit The Times of India 22 Jul 2016
Search engine Google remembered legendary playback singer Mukesh on his 93rd birth anniversary by creating a special doodle in his honour ... Born in Delhi, Mukesh initially worked briefly for the Department of Public Works ... The legend's other memorable songs include 'Kabhie kabhie', 'Kya khoob lagti ho', 'Chand si mehbooba ho meri', 'Phool tumhe bheja hai khat mein', 'Jo tumko ho pasand' and 'Ek din bik jayega' ... RELATED....

Why does Google Doodle's Mukesh sketch look like Chandler Bing?

Edit DNA India 22 Jul 2016
--> dna Web Team . Fri, 22 Jul 2016-07.31pm , dna webdesk. The internet couldn't understand why Google Doodle Mukesh cartoon looked like Chandler Bing ... CANNOT UNSEE ... The legend's other memorable songs include "Kabhie Kabhie", "Kya Khoob Lagti Ho", "Chand Si Mehbooba Ho Meri", "Phool Tumhe Bheja Hai Khat Mei", "Jo Tumko Ho Pasand" and "Ek Din Bik Jayega" ... dna Web Team. ....

Why Somaliland now needs international recognition

Edit IRINnews 19 Jul 2016
In mid-April a boat capsized crossing the Mediterranean killing up to 500 migrants, a large proportion of whom most international media reported as being Somali ... Its economy is fragile ... We have peace ... Crowds of men on the streets sipping sweet Somali tea and chewing the stimulant plant khat throughout the day testify to a chronic unemployment rate of about 75 percent, leading to another concern in a volatile part of the world ... Pressures....
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View looking across Lake Okeechobee from Florida

A toxic algae bloom is taking over Florida’s waters — here's why it's dangerous

Edit Business Insider 19 Jul 2016
Detail from a satellite photo of Lake Okeechobee’s algae bloom and the St. Lucie canal into which water was released ... Harms to many organisms ... Possible remedies ... In accordance with the U.S ... Khat and its changing politics in Kenya and Somalia after UK ban Reggae pioneer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry's lessons in good music as good magic Why career counselling is more valuable now than ever before Dragonflies as sentinels for freshwater conservation....

Rajesh Khanna death anniversary: 10 things we bet you didn’t know about Kaka

Edit Indian Express 18 Jul 2016
Rajesh Khanna appeared in more than 160 feature films and 17 short films. He was the highest paid Indian actor from 1970 to 1987. Rajesh passed away four years ago. (Source. Express Archive). Bollywood’s original superstar Rajesh Khanna introduced Bollywood to fan mania ... Film star Rajesh Khanna and Om Prakash. (Source ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Rajesh Khanna’s Aakhri Khat was India’s entry to Oscars but didn’t make it to final five ... ....

Aradhana: How Rajesh Khanna zoomed to superstardom!

Edit DNA India 18 Jul 2016
--> Akshay Manwani . Sun, 17 Jul 2016-03.00pm , dna webdesk. To know more about the many wonderful Hindi film songs from 1969, watch the next episode of The Golden Years. 1950-1975 with Javed Akhtar this Sunday at 8 pm ... Shakti Samanta’s Aradhana (1969) could be put in this category of films. Although Rajesh Khanna had done a few films like Aakhri Khat (1966) and Raaz (1967) before, it was Aradhana that gave him superstar status ... ....

From stage to stage

Edit Deccan Herald 16 Jul 2016
Tête-à-tête. She is known for her performance in Ondanondu Kaladalli, directed by Girish Karnad in the 1970s. She played the female lead in Geetha directed by Shankar Nag in the early 80s. She has also worked as assistant director, actor and dubbing director for Malgudi Days ... Rewind ... I acted in my first amateur theatre production directed by Shankar Nag as well as in IPTA’s Aakhri Sawaal directed by Ramesh Talwar ... Work matters ... ....

Feature: Innocent civilians continue to die in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen

Edit Topix 15 Jul 2016
One afternoon in January 2013, Ali Ali Al-Qawili, a 33-year teacher, left his workplace, the Khlaid Ibn Al-Waleed School, and went home to have lunch with his family. After lunch, he called his cousin, Saleem, a 22-year-old college student who had a pickup truck, to take him and several friends to buy khat from the market ... ....

Flashback Friday: When Vinod Khanna lost his control over Dimple Kapadia in a bedroom scene!

Edit Pinkvilla 15 Jul 2016
It’s often seen that right from the silent era our film magazines were filled with the gossip tales related to the blooming romance between the hero-heroine at the sets of their forthcoming films ... Vinod followed the scene by giving a few kisses to Dimple and later hugged her ... Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia worked in five films (‘Insaaf’, ‘Aakhri Adaalat’, ‘Batwara’, ‘Khoon Ka Karz’ and ‘Lekin’) before the release of ‘Maarg’ (1992) ... ....

CBSA spring 2016 enforcement highlights in Manitoba (Embassy of Canada in France)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jul 2016
(Source. Embassy of Canada in France). July 12, 2016 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Border Services Agency. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share a sample of enforcement highlights from its border crossings in southern Manitoba and Winnipeg operations from spring 2016 ... Winnipeg commercial officers also made four significant seizures of khat (Catha edulis) this spring, seizing over five kilograms in each shipment ... - 30 -....
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