[NEWS] Some Monday links
Oct. 20th, 2014 10:22 pm- Al Jazeera notes the Iraqi desire for foreign intervention, the problems with sex-offender registries, and the plight of former nuclear workers at Hanford in the United States.
- Bloomberg observes Russian resistance to Western pressure and Ukrainian alliance-seeking, notes that Senegal was declared Ebola-free, looks at the terrible job market in Spain, observes competition in East Asia for wealthy Chinese immigrants, suggests that China's one-child policy will be relaxed, and examines Turkey's quiet border with the Islamic State.
- Bloomberg View compares Russia and Germany in not prioritizing economic growth, looks at how Brookyln is the only borough of New York City to see its housing market recover, notes Turkey's issues in the Arab world, and examines with problems of Petrobras with expensive deep-sea oil at a time of falling oli prices.
- The Inter Press Service notes the critical role of mangroves in mitigating disasters and protecting fisheries, looks at ethnic conflict in China, finds hope for civil society in Cuba, suggests that HIV/AIDS can be controlled worldwide, and fears for Iraq's minorities.
- National Geographic notes North America's threatened monarch butterfly migrations and examines Ebola as a zoonosis.
- Open Democracy notes issues of British Jews with Israeli policy and looks at Russian economic policy.