Five Links:
- VIDEO: The National at the House of Blues | June 2, 2010 http://bit.ly/aw689w #Music
- Sudan president Omar al-Bashir sworn in amid outcry.
- Brazil launches international TV station for Africa.
- Impure Opticality, or: When Urban Screens Were Architecture.
- Indian crime and proto-crime.
NEW DEHLI: A pigeon is being kept under armed guard by Indian police on charge of espionage for Pakistan.
The pigeon was found by a local resident in the Indian state of Punjab and was taken to a police station 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amritsar, media reported on Friday.
The pigeon had a ring around its foot, a phone number from Pakistan and an address stamped on its body in red ink.
Police officer Ramdas Jagjit Singh Chahal told the Press Trust of India (PTI) that they suspected the pigeon may have landed on Indian soil from Pakistan with a message, although no traces of a note were found.
Officials directed the police not to allow anyone to visit the pigeon, which the police say believe may be on a “special mission of spying.”
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Twitter, Two Days Of:
- I Come From There: New Plays from the Arab World at PEN World Voices Festival http://goo.gl/fb/slEBh
- Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts in our online collection. http://ow.ly/1DbDm #AskNYPL
- UCLA study: 4 million Californians have experienced intimate partner violence, of these, 1 million were raped. http://bit.ly/bK8zmO
- #Haiti: Miami Herald: In a broken land, the sorrow subsides with music in the air: http://tinyurl.com/268hv5r
- Animated map of China’s investments in foreign companies 2005-2009 http://is.gd/bQjiy
- New Zealand issues India travel warning http://ow.ly/17eLT7
- Just five minutes of exercise in a “green space” such as a park can boost mental health, say researchers. http://bit.ly/bf625s
- new evidence of “terminal decline” in honeybee populations http://bit.ly/9i9USw
- WATCH: Wendell Pierce walks us through the rich history of Congo Square and Frenchman St: http://bit.ly/9vIdi7 #Treme @nolanews #nola
- Chicago Sun-Times: Haitians needing rehab after quake find little help: http://tinyurl.com/2e9tp5c
We want links! We want links!
- Bob Dylan cancels Asia tour after China denies permits for concerts in Beijing and Shanghai, promoter says: http://bit.ly/9WtAPt
- Haiti to use quake rubble in capital’s rebuilding.
- Christopher Nolan previews his new film — think a futuristic James Bond protecting dreams.
- The blogosphere’s influence on literary style down under?
- Teaching twitter in Havana.
- Frontline: The Quake.
- Curico Province one month after the quake.
- Criminal Law Brain Teaser.
- India’s Red Hot Chili Grenade.
