[NEWS] Some Wednesday links

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• Bloomberg notes an unexpected housing shortage in the Midwest, and considers the impact of the Panama scandal on the British Virgin Islands' economic model.


• Bloomberg View calls for better regulation of the high seas, suggests (from the example of Yugoslav refugees in Denmark) that low-skilled immigrants can be good for working classes, and notes the failed states and potential for conflict in the former Soviet Union.


• The Inter Press Service notes the fight against religious misogyny in India.


• The Toronto Star's Chantal Hébert notes how voters in Ontario and Québec have been let down by the failure to enact ethics reforms in politics.


• Spiegel looks at the spread of radical Islam in Bosnia.


• Vice notes a photo project by a Swiss photographer who has been tracking couples for decades.


• Wired</> looks at the US-European trade in highly-enriched uranium.