the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Περισσότεροι από 3 εκατομμύρια (3.178.399) είναι σήμερα οι πρόσφυγες από τη Συρία, δηλαδή ένας στους οκτώ Σύρους έχει καταφύγει εκτός συνόρων. Επιπλέον, 6.5 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι έχουν εκτοπιστεί στο εσωτερικό της Συρίας. Πάνω από το ήμισυ των ξεριζωμένων είναι παιδιά. Η συντριπτική πλειοψηφία παραμένει στις γειτονικές χώρες της Συρίας. Λίβανος: 1.151.057 Τουρκία: 1.029.500 Ιορδανία: 619.163 Ιράκ: 215.382 Αίγυπτος: 139.929 Λιγότερο από το 4% των Σύρων προσφύγων έχουν αναζητήσει καταφύγιο στην Ευρώπη. Το πρόγραμμα παροχής βοήθειας για τη Συρία είναι το μεγαλύτερο στα 64 χρόνια της ιστορίας της Ύπατης Αρμοστείας. «Η Συρία έχει καταστεί η μεγαλύτερη ανθρωπιστική κρίση έκτακτης ανάγκης της εποχής μας» Αντόνιο Γκουτέρες, Ύπατος Αρμοστής ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες http://www.unhcr.gr/no_cache/ypati-armosteia-toy-oie-gia-toys-prosfyges/synenteyxi-typoy

globinfo freexchange A closer look on the chart of the US debt held by the Federal Reserve, could allow one to derive even more interesting conclusions. Using chartIV , the one where the US debt held by the Fed is expressed as percentage of GDP, it would be safer to compare different time periods. Therefore, for example, the US debt held by the Fed in the fourth quarter of 1971 was 5.88% of GDP, while the corresponding figure drops continuously (with only negligible rises between) at its lowest point after 10 years, 3.79% of GDP in the second quarter of 1981. The decline over this 10-year period is 35.5%. From this point until 2007 the line goes quite smooth with ups and downs. In the first quarter of 2007, just before the burst of the big financial crisis, the US debt held by the Fed was 5.48% of GDP. Only one year later and in the midst of the crisis storm, in the third quarter of 2008, this figure drops dramatically to 3,21% of GDP. The decline over just o

by Paul Craig Roberts According to news reports, Washington has decided to arm Ukraine for renewed military assault on Russian ethnics in Donetsk and Luhansk. A Russian foreign ministry official condemned Washington’s reckless decision to supply weapons to Kiev as a violation of agreements that would make a political resolution of the conflict less likely. This statement is perplexing. It implies that the Russian government has not yet figured out that Washington has no interest in resolving the conflict. Washington’s purpose is to use the hapless Ukrainians against Russia. The worse the conflict becomes, the happier Washington is. The Russian government made a bet that Europe would come to its senses and the conflict would be peacefully resolved. The Russian government has lost that bet and must immediately move to preempt a worsening crisis by uniting the separatists provinces with Russia or by reading the riot act to Europe. It would be a costly hu

“ 2000 British extremists have joined the rnaks of ISIL militants in Syria and Iraq so far, that’s according to a UK Muslim MP. The estimate by Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood questions the official British government reports which have put the number at around 500. Mahmood has also revealed that there are radical groups in the UK being paid to invite young people to join the insurgent group.” “ London-based political analyst Issa Chaer says 'it’s of the interest of the British government to release as low figures as they could because if they release the realistic number of the 2000, which I think they are about that figure, it undermines the British foreign policy, undermines their ability to control the borders and to allow the Jihadists to enter Syria and Iraq and leave the borders undetected. Currently this number of foreign Jihadists is increasing more and more,' Chaer added in his interview with Press TV.” “ The Muslim Council of Britai

Kostas Vaxevanis, Greek investigative journalist, HOT DOC, and 2013 Index award winner: Impunity generates corruption and its enemy is the one thing that exposes and threatens it: the freedom of the press. The HOT DOC is currently facing 40 lawsuits mainly from ministers and politicians in an attempt to shut us down as journalists. We reveal scandals like one with the minister of justice, a former judge who committed an “error” that granted amnesty to officials who had abused public funds, and instead of answering in public as required as politicians, we are being sued. We pester the courts and despite winning lawsuits, we need more than 80,000 euro per year for court expenses. http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/11/impunity-attacks-free-expression/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostas_Vaxevanis http://hotdoc.gr/article/3271/to-elliniko-kratos-sistimatikos-pelatis-tou-maestrou-tis-foroapofigis/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/11/gree