Syrian War, Economic Hardship Drive Religious Minorities From Turkish Border City Posted: 03/13/2014 ANTAKYA, Turkey — Azur Havre stands over a lunch of steaming meatballs in a courtyard owned by Sister Barbara Kallash, a quirky German nun who runs a guesthouse in this city roughly 10 miles from Syria’s border. He puts on a white yarmulke…
Colorado collects $2m in recreational marijuana taxes AP | Mar 11, 2014 Colorado legalized pot in 2012, but the commercial sale of marijuana didn’t begin until January. Washington state sales begin in coming months. DENVER: Colorado made roughly $2 million inmarijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world’s first accounting of the recreational…
A knowledgeable correspondent submitted these observations: RE: Russian Army. Effective draft evasion is running 80%. Morale is low, training is very poor and poorly funded. The Russian army has also gone through 22 years of near continuous contraction. And this standing army has heavy commitments in the Caucasus and Far East Siberia. Moreover,…