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European Parliament’s members summer reading recommendations
huffingtonpost: Our UK editors are at the Olympics and sent us this peek of the opening ceremonies. One commenter says, “Looks like Hobbit Shire.”
Say NO – UNiTE | End Violence against Women
🙂 huffingtonpost: North Korean state television has announced that leader Kim Jong Un is married, the Associated Press reports. According to Voice of America’s Steve Herman, North Korea’s new first lady is named Ri Sol Ju. Intrigue built over several weeks as to the identity of a mystery woman who appeared next to the North Korean leader on a state television broadcast earlier this month. Rumors suggested she was either Kim’s sister or his wife. South Korean intelligence speculated the mystery woman was in fact singer Hyon Song Wol, with whom Kim allegedly had a previous relationship, only to have…
hemi-powereddrone: Probably one of the classiest intros on TV right now. Very old school class. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Könyv: Egy őrült őrgrófnő naplója (Pallavicini Zita) Érdekes (nem csak jó értelemben, sőt). Szerencsére nem túl hosszú…
Security Council fails to adopt Syria resolution Despite the appeals for united and concerted action to help end the escalating violence in Syria, the Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have threatened sanctions on Damascus, owing to the negative votes of some of the body’s permanent members. Eleven of the Council’s 15 members voted in favour of the resolution’s text, Russia and China – both permanent members – voted against, while two others, Pakistan and South Africa, abstained. A veto by any one of the Council’s five permanent members means a resolution cannot be adopted.
