[NEWS] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Globe and Mail notes that the Ukrainian revolution isn't so popular in Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, largely Russophone and Rusasophile.


• Al Jazeera profiles the first generation of children born into the large ex-Yugoslav community in the American city of St. Louis and examines the ongoing persecution of Sikhs in Afghanistan.


• CBC observes uproar on Prince Edward Island about changes in employment insurance requiring people in the more prosperous area of Charlottetown to work more to qualify, and reports on a worrying polls suggesting half of Québec's non-Francophones are considering leaving the province.


• National Geographic chronicles the stress on water reserves in Jordan placed by the huge influx of Syrian refugees.


• The New York Times features an op-ed suggesting that the European Union should signal to Ukraine that membership is possible.


• Open Democracy notes worries in Tajikistan that the withdrawal of foreign troops in Afghanistan will leave it exposed to instability there.


• New Europe observes that, in fact, hordes of Romanians and Bulgarians haven't overwhelmed the United Kingdom.