India’s booming construction industry is set to be worth hundreds of billions of pounds by 2025, according to a report by Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics.
However, this rapid growth has often come at the expense of safety standards. Building collapses are common in India, as massive demand for housing and lax regulations often encourage builders to cut corners by using substandard materials, or add unauthorised extra floors.
Da alle Tracks – bis auf das neue Stück – auf Soundcloud verfügbar sind, habe ich mal eine Playlist nach der Tracklist zusammengestellt.
New song „Cannibal“ by Silversun Pickups.
Seit 2011 haben von der NATO unterstützte bewaffnete Gruppen systematisch mehr als zwei Drittel von Syriens öffentlichen Krankenhäusern angegriffen, wobei sie über 300 medizinische Mitarbeiter ermordet, entführt oder verletzt haben.
Thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed as illegal job-seekers by Israel, protested on Sunday in a main Tel Aviv square against a new open-ended detention law.
Former Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab is running for the leadership of the Western-backed political opposition in a bid to make the fractious rebel movement more credible ahead of political peace talks.
The gift that just keeps on giving.
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits nations from claiming sovereignty of celestial objects, but is unclear on whether this ban extends to private companies. That makes the Google initiative more than harmless space fun. In law, there may be nothing to stop the competitors from claiming the moon, or at least part of it, for their own commercial exploitation.
There‘s no phrase for it, so let‘s call it „nightmarish return to reality Monday“. The first full week of work of 2014 is upon us, and it‘s a pain. On the plus side, this year‘s festive period has given us some cracking workplace conversation starters
Gefahrengebiet Politik
Ähnlich schlecht durchdacht wie die Errichtung des Gefahrengebiets heute, war im Oktober 2013 der Kurs, den der Hamburger Senat gegen die Gruppe der auf St. Pauli Kirchenasyl genießenden Lampedusa-Flüchlinge einschlug. Ausgerechnet in einem Monat, in dem im Mittelmeer Hunderte Menschen ertrunken waren, setzte die regierende SPD auf Härte.
Coney Island residents are in an uproar over a demolished community garden.
Residents say it was unfair for the city to bulldoze what they call their public plot by the boardwalk. They rallied at the site of the garden Monday morning and vowed to take legal action.
On Monday, December 30 at 11 a.m., a Press Conference will feature individuals whose long-standing community garden was bulldozed on 12/28/13 by iStar Development. At issue is whether the developer and the NYC government agencies that manage NYC parks have followed proper legal procedures for permitting this pre-dawn bulldozing to take place.
In our nation, finance has a hold on almost every single part of our lives – from the day we’re born, until we take our last breath. Capitalism and the quest for larger profits have taken hold of our healthcare, our education, our homes, our communication, and even our government. Today, most babies are born in for-profit hospitals, and their medical claims are paid by for-profit insurance. As children grow, many go to for-profit charter schools or private schools, and our public education system continues to crumble.
Diplomatie, nicht Wühlarbeit ist dringend nötig!
The conflict pits supporters of President Salva Kiir against rebels led by his sacked deputy Riek Machar.
Australian officials have asked an American icebreaker to help with the rescue of Chinese and Russian vessels that are surrounded by ice floes in Antarctica, according to an announcement on Sunday by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
More than 30 000 African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally protested in Tel Aviv on Sunday, according to police, in the biggest ever rally by migrants in the Jewish state.
„More than 30 000 demonstrators marched peacefully in Tel Aviv,“ police spokesperson Lubra Samri said.
I think it’s a good thing, and I don’t think people stopped seeing each other, I think people see each other more often, they keep up with old friends, they keep up with family. It brings us together as a more interconnected society. It allows us to know people all around the world as people, not just as a vision of something. You know, when I grew up in a small town in Alabama, our idea of Russians and what Russians like was so far from the truth, but today this wouldn’t happen to people, because they would say, “Oh yeah, I actually know some Russians online, we’re playing this game together,” or “We chat,” or so forth. It’s allowing the globe to come together and view each other as human beings in a new way. There’s almost no downside to that.
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Reportedly, some 15,000 people are protesting in Tel Aviv, carrying signs reading „Freedom.“
Eritrean and Sudanese citizens urged not to go to work on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Wenn die GEMA der Staat wäre, müssten alle Steuern zahlen, aber nur 5 % dürften wählen gehen, die fünf Prozent Reichsten.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Israelis and Palestinians were making some progress in peace talks, though there was still a chance no accord would be reached.
Die Statistik zeigt die Entwicklung der Einwohnerzahl von Deutschland in den Jahren von 2002 bis 2012* (Stand jeweils 31. Dezember).
Der Zustrom nach Deutschland ist so groß wie seit zwei Jahrzehnten nicht mehr. Laut einem Zeitungsbericht rechnen die zuständigen Experten damit, dass im Jahr 2013 rund 400.000 Menschen mehr ein- als abgewandert sind.
Die haben u.a. die Gehälter für unbesetzte Stellen abgerechnet, das haben sie sogar zugegeben inzwischen.
Interview mit Prof. Peter-Alexis Albrecht, Strafrechtler an der Uni Frankfurt, über die Wandlung des deutschen Rechtsstaats in einen Überwachungsstaat!
Seit Sonnabend hat die Polizei St. Pauli und die Sternschanze zum Gefahrengebiet erklärt. AnwohnerInnen und BersucherInnen sollen durch die Maßnahme nicht belästigt werden. Wer dennoch einmal das Gefühl verspüren möchte, Hamburgs Most Wanted zu sein, sollte bei seinem Sonntagsspaziergang unsere Tipps beherzigen.
On the last day of the year, the High Representative reiterates her concern at the fate of the human rights activist Razan Zeitouneh and her three associates – Wael Hamadeh, Nazem al-Hammadi, and Samira al-Khalil – who were abducted from the Damascus suburb of Douma by unknown gunmen three weeks ago.
She shares the increasing dismay of the Syrian people and the international community at what has happened to some of the most courageous and peaceful civil activists operating
inside Syria.
The High Representative is alarmed that there has been no progress in identifying the perpetrators and the whereabouts of the abducted activists. Each day that passes increases the risks to their well-being.
It is imperative that all those with access to the individuals responsible for ordering the abduction help bring about the release of the activists through all possible means.
A recent political coup. Drug trafficking. One of the world’s highest murder rates. With attributes like those, Honduras may not sound like an easy sell for international investment.
Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko took part in a friendly all-star ice hockey match at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi.
Pope Francis will make a papal visit to the Holy Land in May of this year. The Holy Father made the announcement after the recitation of the Sunday Angelus overlooking a rainy St Peter’s Square. Speaking to pilgrims who braved the elements to hear his words, the Pope said, “in the climate of joy, typical of this Christmas season , I wish to announce that from 24 to 26 May next, God willing, I will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land .“
The security of Israel is always paramount – in my mind, in our mind. For 29 years I had the privilege of serving in the United States Senate, and I am proud to say I had a 100 percent voting record with respect to those issues of concern to Israel, and I don’t intend to change that now. Israel’s security is critical, and the United States relationship is ironclad.
But so is our concern for the people of Palestine and for the Palestinians and their future. And I can guarantee all parties that President Obama and I are committed to putting forward ideas that are fair, that are balanced, and that improve the security of all of the people of this region.