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janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Jan says that is fake news, no wonder you can't verify. It's Russian "news":) Sorry to say that even many US "news" have the same view of our "ghettos":( |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
Found on Google. I can't verify. This isn't exactly 'new' news. And here is another source, that you can't taint by association with the Russki site 'sputnik', http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/world/a-swedish-dilemma-the-immigrant-ghetto.html But, the word 'ghetto' can be misleading to those people that are primarily familiar with poor minority slums in big USA cities. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghetto
There is a reason why meaning '1' is rather specific. The etymology of Italian ghetto was formerly the subject of much speculation, but today there is little doubt that the word comes from the Italian dialect form ghèto, meaning “foundry.†A foundry for cannons was once located on an island that forms part of Venice, where in 1516 the Venetians restricted Jewish residence. The word ghèto became the name for the area and was borrowed into standard Italian as ghetto, with the meaning of “section of a city where Jews are forced to live.†From there it passed into most other European languages. Since the late 19th century, the meaning of ghetto has been extended to crowded urban districts where other ethnic or racial groups have been confined by poverty or prejudice. All this said, I am not a fan of the use of the word 'ghetto' for a minority neighborhood in a large city. In my experience, the crime level in an area has more to do with poverty than with race/ethnicity, and the word 'ghetto' (as it is used in the USA) has connotations involving crime rate that are not necessarily justified. Not all minority neighborhoods are high-crime, and not all high-crime neighborhoods are minority. https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE #Texit Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016. Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for the fun read. LOL:) No Bjorns, Alfs or Stefans appear on the Rinkeby community bulletin board. Of course not. They're not Swedish names:) Rinkeby Kontidori. Hehe. Wrong spelling! Should be Rinkeby Konditori that is a coffee shop. Or should I say Covfefe shop like Trump does:):):) And Rinkeby Square is now called Mogadishu Square. Lots of Kats there! Ill-spoken Swedish is known throughout the country as ''Rinkeby Swedish,'' used by urban toughs and middle-class youths eager for a little street credibility. A short glossary:) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinkeby_Swedish We call the subway to Rinkeby, Tensta and Hjulsta The Orient Express:) It takes only 20 minutes from Stockholm center to get to the Orient. In my experience, the crime level in an area has more to do with poverty than with race/ethnicity, and the word 'ghetto' (as it is used in the USA) has connotations involving crime rate that are not necessarily justified. Not all minority neighborhoods are high-crime, and not all high-crime neighborhoods are minority. That's very true Major Kong. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
A Swedish brewery has paid tribute to the man who fought the London Bridge attackers by naming a new beer in his honour. Frequency Beer Works, just north of Stockholm, has created a five per cent English bitter in honour of Roy Larner. It’s called ‘F*** you I’m Millwall’ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/swedish-brewery-beer-name-you-im-millwall-stockholm-frequency-works-london-bridge-hero-attackers-a7794676.html All the profits from sales of the beer will go towards Larner’s Just Giving page. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jayne-jacob Many cheers:) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-security-idUSKBN1990TY?il=0 At least two people were killed in an attack by gunmen on Sunday at a luxury resort outside Mali's capital Bamako popular with Western expatriates, the Security Ministry said. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/06/18/Colombian-mall-explosion-kills-3-in-possible-terrorist-attack/8801497797160/?utm_source=fp&utm_campaign=mp&utm_medium=1 June 18 (UPI) -- Three women died in an explosion at a mall in Bogota, Colombia, that authorities described as a terrorist attack. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
During the night, Iraq's government army went on to attack the old town of Mosul, still held by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS), on Sunday. The forces are now estimated to have taken the narrow city center. In the district, up to 150,000 civilians are held as human shields. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/iraqi-forces-launch-assault-mosul-city-170618070211051.html |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Another terrorist attack. :-( This carnage has to stop. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/18/europe/finsbury-park-london-car-crash/index.html London van hits pedestrians in Finsbury Park: Live updates (CNN)One person was killed, and several injured, when a van drove into pedestrians near Finsbury Park Mosque, north London, in the early hours of Monday morning. Follow live updates here. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Just in case our faith in humanity is waning... In the chaotic aftermath of the violence, Imam Mohammed Mahmoud reportedly leapt into action, urging the injured and angry worshipers to remain calm and shielding the alleged attacker from the furious crowd until police could detain the man. It also appears at this point that the person who died was having a medical emergency before the incident, possibly a heart attack or similar, so the death may not have been caused by the attack. Of course the chaos that ensued may have delayed prompt treatment... |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
United against all terror! |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Paris https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/police-vehicle-rammed-on-champs-elysees-in-possible-terrorist-attack/2017/06/19/fde74cae-54ff-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html?utm_term=.443af5322888 Driver dies after ramming car into police vehicle on Champs-Elysees in probable terrorist attack |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Finsbury Park. As always. "He was such a nice guy". Weird... As police search a property in the Cardiff area - believed to be the home of Darren Osborne, who the BBC understands was arrested after the attack - neighbours have been reacting to the news. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Belgian troops kill 'terrorist' bomber in Brussels train station Belgian troops shot dead a suspected suicide bomber in Brussels' central train station on Tuesday but there were no other casualties, in what authorities were treating as the latest terrorist incident in Europe. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
On Wednesday morning, Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon said that there was another, significantly larger, explosive charge on the site that never exploded. "The big explosion never occurred," he said according to the AP without giving further details. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
A suicide bomber who planned an attack on the Great Mosque in Mecca blasted himself when security forces surrounded the house he was hiding, declares the Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia. According to the Ministry's statement, which was read in Saudi television channel al-Arabiya, five other suspects have been arrested, among them a woman. Eleven people were injured, of which five police officers, when the three-storey building collapsed when the man blasted himself. According to the Interior Ministry, the terrorist attack was planned against the Great Mosque in Mecca, where hundreds of thousands of Muslims from all over the world have gathered before the end of the Ramadan month of fasting. Mecka, Islam's "cradle", is a sacred place for both Sunni and Shia Muslims. https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/saudi-today/2017/06/23/%D8%A5%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A.html |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
A suicide bomber who planned an attack on the Great Mosque in Mecca blasted himself when security forces surrounded the house he was hiding, declares the Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia. for those that don't read Arabic http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN19E2BL |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40920338 Seventeen people have been killed and eight wounded in a "terrorist attack" in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says. https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/17-dead-burkina-faso-restaurant-terrorist-attack Witnesses said three gunmen arrived at a Turkish restaurant in a pickup truck on Sunday evening and opened fire on customers seated outside. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
DEVELOPING: The terrorists alleged to have plowed a van into a crowd of pedestrians in a popular tourist area -- resulting in confirmed deaths -- were holed up in a Barcelona restaurant Thursday as images of the carnage, showing bodies lying crumpled and bleeding in the street, flooded forth from the Spanish city. Barcelona terror attack: Bodies seen lying in the street as officials confirm deaths Sad. :-( |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
The attack in Barcelona is the eighth terror deed in Europe so far this year. At least 13 people have lost their lives and about 100 are injured. There are 24 different nationalities among those injured and killed in the terrorist attack at La Rambla in Barcelona. The night to Friday, the Spanish police averted a new terrorist attack in the city of Cambrils, south of Barcelona. The perpetrators should also have tried to drive a car into a crowd. Four of the suspected terrorists were shot dead on site, one fifth died later in the night of their injuries. The police believe both deeds are interconnected. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40964242 |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
As if Barcelona was not enough... Two people have died and several people have been injured when they were stabbed in two different places in central Turku, Finland and a large police force is taking place. The suspect was shot in connection with the arrest. The police still can not rule out that several offenders could be involved, but nothing suggests it at this time. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/flera-personer-knivhuggna-i-abo http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/18/europe/finland-stabbing/index.html |
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