Who works the most hours in Europe? Hungary is second on the most hours worked list, and also second on the least productive list. It’s not at all surprising knowing Hungarian work ethics (both on employers’ and employees’ sides). I think it’s specific of post socialist countries – during long decades of full employment economy people learned well how to pretend to be working. It explains why none of those states are on the most productive list. And in general, there seems to be an inverse connection between number of hours worked and productivity. But enough of late night sociological…
Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will President Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, reserving the final say on approving lethal action, say current and former aides.
Early Morning Rain: BBC News confuses United Nations and video game logos seriously?! 😐 early-morning-rain: The BBC has apologized to its viewers after mistakenly showing a graphic from the computer game Halo instead of the United Nations Security Council during one of its news broadcasts. The error occurred during a new segment last week on the continuing unrest in Syria.
Syrian diplomats expelled from countries around the world US, UK, France, Germany are among the countries that expel Syrian ambassadors after Houla massacre.
crisisgroup: As the U.S. and Others Toss Syria’s Envoys, Is Moscow Changing Its Mind About Assad? | TIME By Rania Abouzeid International envoy to Syria Kofi Annan met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, in a bid to salvage Anna’s battered plan for peace. “He conveyed in frank terms his view to President Assad that the six-point plan cannot succeed without bold steps to stop the violence and release detainees, and stressed the importance of full implementation of the plan,” Annan’s office said in a statement. For his part, Assad “affirmed to Annan that the success of his…
Statement to the press by Joint Special Envoy for Syria upon arrival in Damascus Is there any chance left that it might work?
Sudan bombs South on eve of peace talks Juba – South Sudan said on Monday Sudanese war planes and artillery had bombarded its territory on the eve of peace talks, as Southern officials set off to attend African Union-led negotiations in Ethiopia.
aljazeera: A Syrian woman in the town of Houla says she hid behind a door as gunmen shot dead children in the house. The government has blamed “terrorists” for the killings, which the opposition said were carried out by government forces and pro-Assad thugs.
The UN says at least 32 children under 10 were among the 92 people killed Friday in Houla.
