Tuesday, May 09, 2017

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UN-HOLY DAYS

It took a century to create the weekend—and only a decade to undo it



 India’s worst engineers come from the city that sends the most STEM students to the US

China publishes more science research with fabricated peer-review than everyone else put together

China’s seniors are lining up to go back to college


Anti-protest bills would 'attack right to speak out' under Donald Trump
The ACLU says more than 30 bills have been introduced amid a huge swell of activism, prompting UN intervention over criminalization of peaceful protest
THEGUARDIAN.COM

Report: World Bank fuels land grabs in Africa | Pambazuka News
The World Bank Group has indirectly financed some of Africa’s most notorious land grabs, according to a report by a group of international development watchdogs.…
PAMBAZUKA.ORG

Canadian with house in Florida barred from US
TORONTO - A Canadian retiree says he's been left with no choice other than to sell his house in Florida after being banned from the United States for what he believes was a long-buried bureaucratic snafu. 
MSN.COM

Britain just sold the national grid to China and Qatar
National Grid has agreed to sell a majority stake in the UK’s gas pipe network to a team of investors, including the Chinese and Qatari states. The UK's power network operator confirmed it is offloading the 61 per cent shareholding to a consortium led…
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK

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