[NEWS] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• National Geographic notes the cultural and political revival of the Nubians, an ethnic minority originally from far southern Egypt displaced by the flooding caused by the Nasser Dam.


• thenews.pl claims that a half-million Poles emigrated last year, most to the United Kingdom and Germany.


• The Havana Times wonders why, after the reforms of recent years, so many Cubans want to leave. (I think that the wonder is tongue-in-cheek.)


• thejournal.ie notes that, for all its woes, Ireland is a desirable destination for young Venezuelans.


• NASA's press release on the Ganymede survey is great.


• Al-Jazeera notes that many male Syrian refugees in Lebanon are turning to prostitution to make ends meet.


• The BBC notes that dredging won't necessarily do anything to stop severe flooding in the United Kingdom.


• The Global Post provides background into Nigeria's impending ascent to largest economy in Africa, based on everything from better measurement in Nigeria to South African stagnation.


• The Wall Street Journal's Emerging Europe blog traces much Ukrainian anger to its underperformance economically since 1991, relative to Poland and Russia and the Baltic States.


• The South China Morning Post contrasts and compares income in Singapore and Hong Kong, arguing Singaporean figures are inflated by foreign investment.