Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent. What if the Black Plague had killed off almost all Europeans?
Then the Reconquista never happens. Spain and Portugal don't kickstart Europe's colonization of other continents. And this is what Africa might have looked like. The map – upside down, to skew our traditional eurocentric point of view – shows an Africa dominated by Islamic states, and native kingdoms and federations. All have at least some basis in history, linguistics or ethnography. This map is the result of an entirely different course of history. To arrive at this map, Cyon constructed an alternative timeline. Allohistorical Africa, seen from our North-up perspective. Skip Silicon Valley: Why Smart Startups Start In Europe. GMO lose Europe – victory for environmental organisations. Monsanto will halt production of genetically modified corn in all of Europe, except Spain, Portugal and Czech republic.
The agribusiness multinational states not to spend any more money on trials, development, marketing, court cases or anything else to get GM corn accepted in Europe. Quiet decision last year ”In Europe Monsanto only sells GM corn in three countries. GM corn represents less than 1% of the EU’s corn cultivation by land area. Field trials are only in progress in three countries. The decision was taken quietly. Wikipedia on Genetically modified crops. Effect on worldwide GMO-battle “This is not surprising, knowing that BASF stopped its biotech research in Europe in 2012 and Syngenta moved its research years before. Sall has been studying the politics of the GMO industry for several years, and is now working as a strategic business adviser.
Europe Takes a Big Step on Debt, EU Integration. Washington — European leaders closed a pivotal week Friday with an agreement in principle to join a new treaty that would force all but one European Union nation into common budget discipline and would empower EU courts to enforce the new rules.
The 17 nations that use the euro as their currency agreed to support the new treaty, and nine of the 10 EU members that have their own currencies agreed. The treaty's rules would allow only small budget deficits, and they'd require EU nations to submit their budgets for review by the European Commission, a considerable erosion of their sovereignty. The commission could request that they revise their budgets; details on enforcement remain to be drawn. The EU leaders hope to have a draft treaty by March. Great Britain was the lone holdout, concerned that Europe-wide rules could harm its vital financial-services sector. What happens in Europe doesn't stay in Europe.
New York, New York - Some years back, the Comedy Channel featured a map illustrating how most Americans see the world.
The biggest part of it was pictured as "US"; the rest of the world was shown as "THEM". This may be true of public understanding - in part, because of the way our media works or doesn't work - but it's not true of the way our government operates as an often stealth force in global affairs. For many, the crisis in Europe resembles the saying "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas" - they see it as a clash of countries rather than currencies or interests, ignoring America's omnipresent financial presence and role in a number of Europe's problems that were undeniably made worse by irresponsible spending on every level.
In fact, it was American firms and banks that shovelled many of the loans into European countries that they are struggling to pay back. Russian election protests – follow live updates. 5.12pm: We are wrapping up the blog now, at the end of an historic, but peaceful day of mass protests across Russia.
The protests come three months before Putin, who was president in 2000-2008 and effectively remained the country's leader while prime minister, is to seek a third term in office. Here's a summary of the events of the day: • Russia saw the largest political event of its kind in nearly 20 years with tens of thousands of furious protestors rallying across the country against alleged electoral fraud. • An estimated 50,000 people gathered in Moscow and 10,000 in St Petersburg. There were around 1,000 arrests on a day that passed off largely peacefully • Protestors pledge to take to the streets again on December 24.
Nationwide protests under way in Russia - Europe. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Russia against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule amid signs of swelling anger over a poll won by his ruling United Russia party.
The protesters on Saturday demanded an end to Putin's rule and a rerun of the parliamentary election in the biggest popular protests since those that led to the fall of the Soviet Union. Protesters waved banners, such as "The rats should go! " and "Swindlers and thieves - give us our elections back! ", in cities from the Pacific port of Vladivostok, Perm in Siberia, Arkhangelsk in the Arctic north, in Kaliningrad and St Petersburg in the west, and Karelia in the northwest. "Nationwide there have been protests in dozens of towns and cities, all across Russia's nine time zones," Al Jazeera's Neave Barker, reported from Moscow.
"They're calling not for revolution, but for political evolution," he said. 'End of aquiescence' "What we're seeing here is a game changer," he said. Allegations.