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And so goes the world

Gaza families eat grass as Israel locks border – Times Online

«AS a convoy of blue-and-white United Nations trucks loaded with food waited
last night for Israeli permission to enter Gaza, Jindiya Abu Amra and her
12-year-old daughter went scrounging for the wild grass their family now
lives on.


“We had one meal today – khobbeizeh,” said Abu Amra, 43, showing the leaves of
a plant that grows along the streets of Gaza. “Every day, I wake up and
start looking for wood and plastic to burn for fuel and I beg. When I find
nothing, we eat this grass.”
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history

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It all started nine years before in a motel room. In that first embrace was all the fear for the unknown and the terror for B’s actions. But we also could feel a small hope, a sigh for security and affection.
Nine years after it all ended in a motel room. There was also an embrace, this time full of relief for B’s disappearance. Obviously there was much more at stake. They held their breath with the safety found in each other’s arms. In that moment they forgot all about the unknown ahead.
We never heard of them again. But we, who walked alongside for nine years, like to think that they lived happily ever after.

New energy

«A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim.»

Drugs

«GENEVA — The world’s most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana. The heroin program, started in 1994, is offered in 23 centers across Switzerland. It has helped eliminate scenes of large groups of drug users shooting up openly in parks that marred Swiss cities in the 1980s and 1990s and is credited with reducing crime and improving the health and daily lives of addicts.»