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Meet A Generation That Has Grown Up Free From Mass Shootings - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ntrol_561bb80ce4b0e66ad4c86fa0

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  • anishakaul on 04 Dec 15
     
    Not for my final project but a very interesting article related to several of our recent discussions regarding random shootings and their prevalence in the world today.
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Overview of Education in China - China Education Center - 0 views

www.chinaeducenter.com/...cedu.php

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  • anishakaul on 04 Dec 15
     
    This article briefly overviews the Chinese education system. It specifies on some more recent changes that have been implemented and the corresponding consequences.
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WEP-Brazil - 1 views

www.wes.org/...bredov.htm

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Predatory Islamic State Wrings Money From Those It Rules - The New York Times - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...money-from-those-it-rules.html

shared by anishakaul on 30 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • the Islamic State is extracting as much as $800 or $900 million, possibly more, from residents or businessmen inside the territory it controls.
  • That is on top of revenues from oil smuggling
  • an additional $500 million
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  • also earns tens of millions of dollars more from other revenue sources, such as kidnapping
  • American and European officials are struggling to cut the group’s revenues.
  • anishakaul on 30 Nov 15
     
    This is related to our conversation about how the Islamic State if funded. It's amazing to read how much it really just operates as a legitimate government.
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Few in Venezuela Want Bolívars, but No One Can Spare a Dime - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • Venezuelans have lost faith in their economy and in the ability of their government to find a way out of the mess
  • domestic confidence in the economy has crashed
  • the government has refused for months to release basic economic data like the inflation rate or the gross domestic product
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  • A movie ticket costs about 380 bolívars. Calculated at the government rate, that is $60. At the black-market rate, it is just $0.54. Want a large popcorn and soda with that? Depending on how you calculate it, that is either $1.15 or $128.The minimum wage is 7,421 bolívars a month. That is either a decent $1,178 a month or a miserable $10.60.
    • anishakaul
      anishakaul on 18 Oct 15
       
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  • country’s income has shrunk
  • the black market for dollars has soared
  • strict controls on prices and foreign exchange for imports
  • “It’s crazy,” he said. “We’re living a nightmare. There’s nothing to buy, and the money isn’t worth anything.”
  • “Necessity has a dog’s face,”
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EU offers olive branch to easterners on migrant crisis | Reuters - Firstpost - 3 views

www.firstpost.com/...nt-crisis-reuters-2436626.html

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  • we can redistribute asylum seekers from other countries
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Refugee crisis: EU officials hold emergency session - CNN.com - 5 views

www.cnn.com/...europe-migrant-crisis

shared by anishakaul on 17 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • refugee quotas
  • willingness to move toward an agreement on relocating another 120,000 refugees
  • relocation
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Bangkok Bomb Explosion Kills 12, Leaves Dozens More Injured - 1 views

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  • anishakaul on 11 Sep 15
     
    A deadly explosion near a Hindu shrine rocked central Bangkok on Monday, leaving scores of people injured and at least 12 people dead, the Associated Press reports. Local media reported 27 people may have been killed in the blast, according to the . This is from almost a month ago, but I never heard any press about it until happening upon this article.
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