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• Tweeps blame Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood for ‘curse of locusts’

  "As swarms of locust devour Egypt’s crops, many of the country’s residents have taken to the social networking site Twitter to voice their wonderment on whether the past week’s event was the “Muslim Brotherhood curse.” “Is this ‘the good’ the Muslim Brotherhood promised to bring us?” Tweeps asked, many saying they were frustrated with the government’s performance to deal with the situation."

  tags: egypt muslimbrotherhood locusts plague middleeast

• Rage, Smelly Socks and Stolen Wine in China’s Skies - Bloomberg

  "February 2013 might have been the worst month ever to be an employee of an airline flying in or out of China. Blame, however, can’t be laid at the feet (or landing gears) of the airlines that seek to exploit one of the world’s fastest growing air-travel markets. This state of affairs must be pinned on an ornery cast of Chinese passengers."

  tags: china transportation airtravel airlines

• Exhibit shows how colonial trade routes influenced art in Spain, Portugal — NewsWorks

  "If you want to talk global economy, trade expansion, outsourcing and growing new markets, don't look at the present or even the future.  It all started as far back as the 16th century, when Spain and Portugal ruled most of the world.   "

  tags: art portugal spain colonialism imperialism iberia

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