Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Syrian Artists Denied Visas, And A Voice In The U.S. : NPR
Note the Ambassador's comments toward the end. Are we getting enough reporting about the people of Syria and other Mediterranean countries so that we can approach the point of having empathy with them? Is that not a duty of news organizations to go well beyond the rip and read reports from press conferences and official sources and briefings?
Friday, August 29, 2014
Plus de 3 millions de personnes ont fui la Syrie, dit l'ONU | Conflit syrien : onde de choc au Moyen-Orient | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca
Impossible to fully appreciate this.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Beheadings in Syria Now Routine, U.N. Panel Says - NYTimes.com
So hard to accept that people are capable of doing this.
Veolia ne remettra "pas un euro" dans la SNCM
How about some more research on all of the ferries of the Mediterranean?
Pernod-Ricard supprime 900 postes dans le monde
A big Mediterranean concern for a big Mediterranean staple.
In Israel’s South, Families Worry About the Future of Life Near Gaza - NYTimes.com
There is a potential solution.
France Suggests Europe Could Help as Gaza Monitor - NYTimes.com
Calling for a kind of Mediterranean response.
PA to tell UN: Force Israel out of W. Bank, or we'll seek war crimes charges in The Hague | JPost | Israel News
Seems like the right message.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Coups de poing à l'atterrissage d'un vol Marrakech-Nice | Nice | Nice-Matin
Aggression comes far too easily in situations like this.
Nice-Matin. Bernard Tapie va-t-il voler au secours du journal ?
Next big day for Nice Matin is 8 Sep.
New Palestinian Town in West Bank Awaits Israel’s Approval for Water - NYTimes.com
How do people live like this?
Twenty Four Migrants Drown After Boat Sinks in Mediterranean - NYTimes.com
So sad every time this happens.
Monday, August 25, 2014
"Le Transporteur 4" en tournage devant le Negresco à Nice | Nice | Nice-Matin
A good thing for Nice?
Plages privées d'espace à Nice: le 1er ministre tranchera | Nice | Nice-Matin
Big deal in Nice; elsewhere in the Mediterranean?
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Le bateau-bus de Monaco surfe toujours sur la vague du succès | Monaco | Nice-Matin
How many more of these around the Mediterranean?
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Blackouts in Egypt Prompt Accusations - NYTimes.com
What is the state of electricity reliability all around the Mediterranean?
Friday, August 22, 2014
Femme voilée à la plage: la photo de Morano qui attise le débat | Nice | Nice-Matin
What is wrong with this? I see nothing.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Delivers - NYTimes.com
Positive news is always good!
Deborah E. Lipstadt on the Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe - NYTimes.com
Israel is at the heart of all this.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Israeli Strike in Gaza Hits Family of Hamas Military Commander - NYTimes.com
I don't understand why others are not as outraged as I over Israel executing a 2 year old. If they did not know the child was inside, they need to scrap their intelligence service, and fire some generals.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Conference Crashers Make Contacts, but Don’t Register - NYTimes.com
I bet this drives organizers crazy!
"Airstrikes Over Tripoli Kill Six; Source of Bombing Is Unknown" - NYTimes.com
A place of more unknowns than knowns.
Turkey Expresses Outrage at Reports of Routine Spying by Germany, a NATO Ally - NYTimes.com
What else in the Mediterranean?
Monday, August 18, 2014
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Europe’s Recurring Malaise - NYTimes.com
How does all of this look from a Mediterranean perspective?
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Resisting Nazis, He Saw Need for Israel. Now He Is Its Critic. - NYTimes.com
All of those dead and injured Palestinians remains simple collateral damage to Israel. Why was it again that the world thought Israel worth creating?
Friday, August 15, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Plenty of Challenges for Conte With Italy - NYTimes.com
Not trying to follow any Mediterranean sports of which there is a HUGE amount!
Nice-Matin: trois investisseurs intéressés par le projet de reprise des salariés
This looks like Rube GOLDBERG hard at work. Where is the plan to make the newspaper more successful, not merely protective of employees?
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Turkey: Aid Flotilla Is Planned for Gaza - NYTimes.com
We need to be reminded off of all that Mediterranean coast.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Hamas reportedly executing tunnel diggers to keep locations secret | Fox News
The world has far too many awful people.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Chute des ventes de "Libération" : Nicolas Demorand a-t-il tué le quotidien ? - le Plus
What has happened since?
Turkey’s Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of Presidential Election - NYTimes.com
We all need to pay more attention.
In Gaza, Grief, Anger — and No Small Measure of Pride - NYTimes.com
Do we have any real understanding?
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Saturday, August 09, 2014
La justice égyptienne dissout la branche politique des Frères musulmans
Not likely to advance the ball very much.
Friday, August 08, 2014
Jewish settlers establish a new West Bank outpost in the name of the murdered Israeli teens | Public Radio International
It is impossible to support Israel in the wake of stories like this.
Nice: la manif pour Gaza limitée à la place Masséna, les identitaires annulent | Nice | Nice-Matin
Freedom of expression quickly becomes super complicated when governments try to regulate it.
Identitaires et pro-palestiniens dans la rue à Nice ce samedi? | Nice | Nice-Matin
Free expression challenge.
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Italy Falls Back Into Recession, Raising Concern for Eurozone Economy - NYTimes.com
The signs are not good.
At Gallipoli, a Campaign That Laid Ground for National Identities - NYTimes.com
Such an important part of history.
70e du Débarquement en Provence: toutes les cérémonies dans le Var | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin
Pretty important commemoration.
Poulets Loué: les gendarmes azuréens tentent de dérider Estrosi | Nice | Nice-Matin
The right response! Not the idiocy of ESTROSI.
Conflict Leaves Industry in Ashes and Gaza Reeling From Economic Toll - NYTimes.com
It's all so inexcusable.
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Egypt Has Ambitious Plan for Suez Canal Expansion - NYTimes.com
List of all of the canals in the Mediterranean and how they are doing, or did?
Egypt Has Ambitious Plan for Suez Canal Expansion - NYTimes.com
List of all of the canals in the Mediterranean and how they are doing, or did?
Egypt Has Ambitious Plan for Suez Canal Expansion - NYTimes.com
List of all of the canals in the Mediterranean and how they are doing, or did?
Pour racheter Nice-Matin, ses salariés lancent un appel aux dons sur Ulule
Where is the plan to make the newspaper profitable?
Catalan Vote Seen as Test for Separatists in Europe - NYTimes.com
The Mediterranean challenge of breaking up.
Catalan Vote Seen as Test for Separatists in Europe - NYTimes.com
The Mediterranean challenge of breaking up.
As Israel and Hamas claim victory, Gaza residents ask what was gained - LA Times
This did not have to happen.
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Exclusive Google 'Camp' Draws Elite to Sicilian Resort - NYTimes.com
Nice to see this happening there.
Tunisia, in Political Transition, Fears Attacks by Citizens Radicalized Abroad - NYTimes.com
More disconcerting news.
Muslim Minister Quits British Government to Protest Gaza Policies - NYTimes.com
The whole world needs to rethink its view of Israel.
Monday, August 04, 2014
Is There Any Empathy Left In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? : NPR
This sure goes to the heart of the issue.
Sunday, August 03, 2014
Upstart French Telecom Iliad Bids $15 Billion for a Majority Stake in T-Mobile US - NYTimes.com
Fascinating. One of the owners of Le Monde.
‘Indonesia Etc.,’ by Elizabeth Pisani - NYTimes.com
I would love to do this sort of trip around the Mediterranean.
Israeli forces begin regrouping near Gaza border after Netanyahu issues new warning to Hamas | Fox News
The whole scheme simply is not sustainable.
Saturday, August 02, 2014
Israel’s Operation in Gaza to Last as Long as Necessary, Netanyahu Says - NYTimes.com
It's all so sickening.
Dégradations dans un lieu de culte israélite à Nice | Nice | Nice-Matin
Just as offensive as restrictions on Palestinian protests.
This Time, a Different Kind of War Between Israel and Hamas - NYTimes.com
Thank goodness for history.
Friday, August 01, 2014
Hamas's Shift to Tunnel Warfare Catches Israel by Surprise - NYTimes.com
Why don't we see this story told from Hamas' point of view?
"Dénigrement" des forces de l'ordre: Estrosi demande le retrait d'une pub... pour le poulet | Nice | Nice-Matin
My tweet on the subject....
@cestrosi Notre maire est trop stresse avec tous les voyages en Israel et toutes les attaques contre les palestiniens. Calmez-vous!
@cestrosi Notre maire est trop stresse avec tous les voyages en Israel et toutes les attaques contre les palestiniens. Calmez-vous!
Nice : Jardin Albert 1er : Rassemblement de soutien aux chrétiens d'Orient - France 3 Côte d’Azur
The Mayor seldom meets a camera he does not love.
School Shelters Offer Limited Safety, and Even Less Comfort - NYTimes.com
It's virtually impossible for the rest of us to imagine this.
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