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NGO Eurasia Launches International Competition and Exhibition: “Art and Peace”

For those interested in a bit of culture, the non-profit organization Eurasia is known for projects that bring different countries together through culture, history, and (perhaps most importantly) education. Their newest initiative, the international art competition and exhibition called "Art and Peace: The Great Victory of Life," celebrates the values of peace and coming together. This event is part of their ongoing efforts to keep the memory of history alive, especially the stories from the Second World War.

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Belfast flag protest turns violent outside Alliance Party MP's office

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Tue, 12/11/2012 - 6:51pm

(NewsPoint) – A loyalist flag protest which took place on Monday evening descended into violence once again, with an Alliance Party office attacked, and a police vehicle 'petrol-bombed'.The incident took place on Newtownards Road, east Belfast, and is the latest in a series of protests following the decision that the union flag would not be displayed on Belfast City Hall every day of the year, and could only be displayed on special days such as the Queen's birthday.Police are treating the attack close to Alliance Party MP Naomi Long's east Belfast office as attempted murder. A gang of six...

Dublin braced for Budget Day protest

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Wed, 12/05/2012 - 1:26pm

NewsPoint) –Dublin is braced for protest as Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin are set to publicly announce the €3.5 billion of spending cuts and tax increases of Budget 2013 with the annual Autumn StatementAlthough today only marks the beginning of the process of negotiating budget measures for the forthcoming year, the speeches made by the ministers, and the expected announces of continued austerity measures.An anti-austerity protest is expected to take place outside the Dáil (lower chamber of the Irish parliament) at around 4pm.

Similar budget announcements across Europe have...

First ever music video entirely using Instagram pictures

The music video of “Invasión” by a Mexican band The Plastics Revolution is the first ever music video filmed entirely using Instagram pictures.

"This is the very first music video done entirely on Instagram without any third party alterations. Every single frame of this music video is an actual picture that we ran through Instagram. We never shot any video. We only shot still photography," the band says.

Speaking to Petapixel, Arturo Perez Jr, who realized the music video, explained that all the pictures were not taken with an iPhone but a camera. He says...

EU milk protest continues into second day

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Wed, 11/28/2012 - 6:04pm

(NewsPoint) –Hundreds of farmers remain in Brussels on Tuesday after a dramatic protest on Monday saw 15,000 litres of milk sprayed at the EU Parliament, and at riot police.

Dairy farmers from all over Europe gathered in the Belgian capital in protest of what they say are excessive milk quotas and prices below the cost of production. They want a price increase of 25% in order to cover their costs.

Protesters are continuing to demonstrate outside the European Parliament building, and tractors have caused severe delays by blocking roads in the city. Many EU officials have...

EU nations head into tough budget summit

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Wed, 11/21/2012 - 8:42am

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everyone's drawing lines in the sand, but the leaders are so far apart they might as well be on different beaches.

The European Union heads into a critical summit Thursday to hammer out a €1 trillion ($1.28 trillion) budget through 2020 — and it promises to be one of its most bitter fights in years.

Finding hard cash to prop up European unity has become a political quagmire for leaders facing angry, crisis-weary citizens at home. Complicating the task is that any one of the member states can veto a deal, giving each tremendous negotiating clout, with even...

UN Security Council debates the spread of piracy

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Mon, 11/19/2012 - 8:05am

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Centuries after piracy was recognized as the first international crime against humanity, its spread around the world has prompted the U.N. Security Council's first debate Monday on piracy's rise as a threat to world peace and security.

In the past, the council has focused on various regional outbreaks of the scourge. But piracy has been metastasizing worldwide with hotspots off Somalia, in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa and in Southeast Asia.

Monday's Security Council debate was called by the council's president, Indian Ambassador Hardeep Singh...

Europe gripped by mass strike action against austerity

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Wed, 11/14/2012 - 1:01pm

Anti-austerity protesters have taken to the streets in their thousands as part of Europe-wide strike action.

In Portugal and Spain workers are on strike to oppose continued austerity measures, and the acceptance of austerity-focused 2012 budgets. In Italy and Greece walkouts are also planned with airports, schools, hospitals and public transport shutting down.

Public buildings such as libraries and council offices are shut in many of the participating cities, and people on the ground have reported that the majority of streets are empty, with shops shut and very little...

Millions of Hindus start celebrating Diwali, the festival of light

Millions of Hindus around the world have begun celebrating Diwali, the festival of light. The festival sees the celebration of Good over Evil, light over dark, and is celebrated around the world.

The word Diwali means 'rows of lighted lamps'. Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small earthenware oil lamps called diyas.

Diwali celebrates the start of a new year, and business year so some Hindus pray to the goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, for a successful year.

Lamps...

Belize seeks McAfee software founder in slay case

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 11:07pm

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Belize are looking for the founder of the software company McAfee Inc. to question him about the death of another U.S. citizen, his neighbor in an island town on the Caribbean.

Spokesman Raphael Martinez says John McAfee was the neighbor of 52-year-old Gregory Viant Faull. Faull was found with a gunshot wound to his head inside his home north of San Pedro, a town on the island of Ambergris Caye.

Martinez says other neighbors have been questioned, but McAfee has not been home. McAffee could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press....

Greece passes 2013 austerity budget

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Mon, 11/12/2012 - 8:22am

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its international creditors to unblock a vital rescue loan installment without which the country will go bankrupt.

The budget passed by a 167-128 vote in the 300-member Parliament. It came days after a separate bill of deep spending cuts and tax hikes for the next two years squeaked through with a narrow majority following severe disagreements among the three parties in the governing coalition.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras...

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