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The secret system Hamas uses to pay government salaries

After nearly two years of war, Hamas’s military capability is severely weakened and its political leadership under intense pressure. Yet, throughout the war Hamas has managed to continue to use a secret cash-based payment system to pay 30,000 civil servants’ salaries totalling $7m (£5.3m). https://bbc.com/news/articles/c1kz42j92jmo

SAAB going up as Ukraine is being exterminated

Russia continues to bomb Kiev. The company SAAB, which produces weapons exported to Ukraine, is hiring more staff. The United Nations wants peace. Vladimir Putin wants to restore the Soviet Union and does so by exterminating an entire people. SAAB’s business has never been better than it is now.

Amazing grace – the story

It was December 1772, in Olney England. At the age of 47, John Newton, began the writing of a hymn that would grow increasingly more popular over the next 349 years. In his song, “Amazing Grace,” Newton writes about a grace that is immense; he writes about amazing grace, one that saved him out ofFortsätt läsa ”Amazing grace – the story”

Tantalum – resource of conflict

Tantalum is considered a conflict resource. Coltan, the industrial name for a columbite-tantalite mineral from which niobium and tantalum are extracted, can also be found in Central Afrika, which is why tantalum is being linked to warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). According to an October 23, 2003 United Nations report,Fortsätt läsa ”Tantalum – resource of conflict”

Rise of Arab nationalism – The Ottoman Empire | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

As the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War in 1914 the loyalty of its Arab subjects could no longer be taken for granted. — Läs på nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire/rise-of-arab-nationalism Reference point for facebookrevolution set of the Tahrir square in Egypt