Iraq Attacks Fallujah – African Migrants Israel – Latvia Euro – Bangladesh Elections – Japan Tuna – After Haiyan – Dubai Taxi – 30C3 Podcast
This week we kick off 2014 by looking at a few nations that could be extra busy in a bad way this year. In Iraq the government prepares an assault on out-of-control Fallujah. In Israel thousands of African migrants take to the streets to protest a new law. Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh have ended despite violence, a boycott from all opposition parties and the international community. Meanwhile Latvia has become the 18th country to join the euro. And something strange is going on in Tokyo as Tuna prices plunge despite dwindling global stocks. Our NEWZ Source this week is a recently created organization finding ways to fund stories from post Haiyan Philippines. Finally today the plane is fueling up as the Dubai Project takes off in a matter of hours. For those who haven't heard it yet, Tim and Mitch are guests on the latest edition of CTRP recorded at 30C3.
Links:
- Iraq Prepares Attack on Fallujah
- Tens of Thousands of African Migrants Protest in Tel Aviv
- NEWZ Quote of the Week / Latvia Joins the Euro
- Bangladesh Election Marred by Violence and Boycott
- Price of Tuna Nosedives Despite Dwindling Stocks
- NEWZ Source: After Haiyan Working Title
- Dubai Taxi Project Begins This Week
- CTRP Podcast Featuring Tim and Mitch at 30C3
just a remark to the tuna price drop:
If I remember correctly, the price of the first tuna (that is way higher than the price for any other tuna) is only that high because this first auction of a year is a competion between the different sushi chefs who is most wealthy of them. So the drop in the tuna price might not be due to lower tuna prices but due to lower demand in being winner of the first auction