[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• io9 describes the survival of Italian futurist architecture in Asmara, capital of the former Italian colony of Eritrea, and notes how The Hot Zone created unhelpful myths about Ebola.


• Al Jazeera notes complex problems surrounding Korean unification, notes the apparent normalization of Qatar's relationship with its Arab neighbours, looks at the plight of Syrian students trapped in Lebanon, and notes the hostility of many in upstate New York to fracking and underground gas storage.


• Bloomberg notes Russian criticism of Ukraine for cutting its financial links with its separatist eastern regions, notes the election of ethnic German Klaus Johannis to the Romanian presidency, notes issues of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel with mandatory military service, and notes a Swiss ballot to limit immigration driven by a desire to control urban sprawl.


• CBC looks at the very unsettled mental state of Luka Magnotta at the time of his murder of Chinese student Jun Lin, notes how the hermit thrush makes use of musical structures known to humans to make its songs, and argues a recent Ontario court ruling granting First Nations parents the right to exempt their children from proper medical treatment does not serve them well.


• MacLean's notes the complexity of historical memories surrounding war, and argues that Toronto-style political divides might become quite common across Canada.


• The National Post's Matt Gurney argues people should feel compassion for Franck Gervais, a man who pretended to be a Canadian soldier on television.


• Open Democracy notes Spain's desperation faced with growing Catalonian separatism, looks at growing support for various regional separatisms across Europe, and suggests that British opposition to the European Union is nonsensical since the country already has the powers it might want, by and large.


• Universe Today notes concerns over the European Space Agency's readiness to share data, or not, from its various probes, and argues that dark matter is much clumpier than ever thought.