[NEWS] Some Monday links

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• Al Jazeera notes the likely controversies surrounding a new Chinese cartoon spotlighting an Uighur concubine of a Chinese emperor, and looks at the deeper diversity of Martha's Vineyard.


• Bloomberg notes the risk of Israel slumping into recession, reports on Burger King's interest in acquiring Tim Hortons, notes that Côte d'Ivoire is still trying to sell public debt, comments on the role played by Dutch anger over the MH17 plane attacl in organizing the European Union sanctions against Russia, and describes the slim hope for upcoming Russian-Ukrainian talks.


• CBC Prince Edward Island reports on a shocking double homicide in eastern Prince Edward Island, a shooting of a father and his son.


• The Forward wonders who leaked an Israeli cabinet consideration of the reoccupation of Gaza.


• An older MacLean's report suggests that Tim Horton's depends on low-cost imported labour to sustain an ultimately unsustainable growth strategy. A much newer one reports on the defection of another Bloc Québécois MP.


• The Toronto Standard notes that Rob and Doug Ford were the only people on city council to vote against a new practice facility for the Toronto Raptors.


• Universe Today notes that the ESA has selected five landing sites for the Philae comet lander, and observes that NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe has just crossed the orbit of Neptune.


• In the realm of photography, Wired reports on Humans of New York's new global coverage and examines street photography in New York City.