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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 4-Sep-2011
4-Sep-11 World View -- Tel Aviv has largest protest rally in Israel's history

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4-Sep-11 World View -- Tel Aviv has largest protest rally in Israel's history

Feds warn of small airplane terror threats

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

* Tel Aviv has largest protest rally in Israel's history
* Feds warn of small airplane terror threats
* Cuba withdraws ambassador from Libya
* U.S. disaster aid arrives in North Korea after floods
* Protests in Syria continue to grow despite government massacres

Tel Aviv has largest protest rally in Israel's history

Protest rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday (Reuters)

Protest rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday (Reuters)

An estimated 500,000 people took to the streets of coastal Tel Aviv on Saturday night, the largest protest rally in Israel's history. At least 50,000 people rallied in Jerusalem and 40,000 in the norther cit of Haifa. The protests began two months ago, and have been growing in size. The first protests were against Israel's high housing prices, but lately they've complained about the privatization of Israel's once heavily state-run economy, and about official corruption. Some of the protesters chanted slogans about the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, but the vast majority of protesters avoided that issue. Al-Jazeera

Feds warn of small airplane terror threats

The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a warning about small airplane terror threats by al-Qaeda, just days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The bulletin is considered a routine warning, sent to law enforcement officials around the country. AP

Cuba withdraws ambassador from Libya

Cuba has announced the withdrawal of its ambassador and diplomatic mission in Libya and reiterated that it does not recognize the rebels' transitional government. It also has denounced the NATO military intervention, saying the bombing killed "thousands" of civilians. Fidel Castro was a long time ally of Gaddafi, and was outspoken in his criticism of the uprising against Gaddafi. AP

U.S. disaster aid arrives in North Korea after floods

A U.S. aid shipment arrived in North korea on Saturday, with about 90 tonnes of emergency supplies, including food, medical aid, soap, blankets and cooking kits. The U.S. has suspended food aid to North Korea because many people believe that the North Koreans divert all food aid to the army, but this is emergency aid for more that 15,000 people left homeless by floods, which also inundated 48,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of farmland. 350 factories and public buildings also collapsed. The funding for the aid includes $900,000 from the U.S. government and $1.2 million from Samaritan's Purse, a relief agency headed by Franklin Graham. AP

Protests in Syria continue to grow despite government massacres

Syrian protests on Friday (Day Press)

Syrian protests on Friday (Day Press)

The protests across Syria have continued to grow despite bloody massacres and torture by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Rallies occur almost daily, but the biggest rallies occur on Fridays, as people flood out of the mosques after midday prayers. When the protests began five months ago, protesters were calling for reforms, but now protesters are calling for the death of Assad, and chanting, "Death rather than humiliation!" Protesters used to say that they didn't want Western intervention, but now they're carrying signs saying, "We don't have oil like Iraq or Libya, don't we deserve to live?" Day Press (Syria)

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