*[[Detroit]], a city in which [[Neighbourhood|neighborhoods]] are disappearing, [[bank]]s aren’t lending, and [[Real estate appraisal|property values]] are among the lowest in the nation, is looking to [[Decline of Detroit#Problems|reverse]] these trends. The Detroit Land Bank Authority is moving aggressively to [[Demolition|demolish]] structures that are beyond repair and [[auction]] (bids start at $1,000) ones that are salvageable. Some community banks are helping new buyers. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/detroit-tries-unconventional-approach-to-restoring-its-housing-market/2015/11/26/a98db95a-7670-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines (Washington Post)]
*[[Detroit]], a city in which [[Real estate appraisal|property values]] are among the lowest in the nation, is looking to [[Decline of Detroit#Problems|reverse]] this. The Detroit Land Bank Authority is [[Demolition|demolishing]] structures that are beyond repair and [[auction]] (bids start at $1,000) ones that are salvageable. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/detroit-tries-unconventional-approach-to-restoring-its-housing-market/2015/11/26/a98db95a-7670-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines (Washington Post)]
*[[China|Chinese]] President [[Xi Jinping]] announced a major overhaul of China’s military to make the world’s largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country’s borders. Under the reorganization, all branches of the armed forces would come under a joint military command, Xi told a meeting of military officials in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Bloomberg in September reported details of the plan, which may also seek to consolidate the country’s seven military regions to as few as four. The Chinese president said the reform aimed to "build an elite combat force" and called on the officials to make "breakthroughs" on establishing the joint command by 2020, Xinhua said. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-26/china-announces-military-overhaul-to-make-army-more-combat-ready (Bloomberg)]
*[[China|Chinese]] President [[Xi Jinping]] announced a major overhaul of China’s military to make the world’s largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country’s borders. Under the reorganization, all branches of the armed forces would come under a joint military command. The Chinese president said the reform aimed to "build an elite combat force" and called on the officials to make "breakthroughs" on establishing the joint command by 2020, [[Xinhua]] said. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-26/china-announces-military-overhaul-to-make-army-more-combat-ready (Bloomberg)]
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Revision as of 22:17, 28 November 2015
Current events of November 27, 2015 (2015-11-27) (Friday)
Malianforces arrest two men in their early 30s linked to a cell phone found at the scene of last week's deadly hotel attack. No details are provided on what their exact role was. (CNN)
Two Palestinian drivers drive their vehicles into groups of Israeli soldiers in two separate attacks in the occupied West bank. Both drivers are shot dead. In this current wave of violence that began in October, 19 Israelis, one U.S. citizen, and 93 Palestinians have died. (Reuters)
Pirates attack a Polish-owned cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping its captain and four crew. Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said the as yet unidentified kidnappers have made no demands so far and Poland was currently liaising with Nigerian authorities. (Reuters)
A new study shows Greece's six-year austerity program is even affecting prostitution. Gregory Laxos, a sociology professor at the Panteion University in Athens, told the Times of London the going rate for sex with a prostitute was 50 euros ($53) when the economic crisis began. Now, it’s fallen to as low as two euros ($2.12) for a 30-minute session, or to a cheese pie, a sandwich because they are hungry. (Washington Post)
At least 87 homes have been lost in the fires that started in Pinery, South Australia which also claimed two lives and hospitalised 90 with five people in a critical condition. (ABC News Australia)
The appellate prosecutors office in the Polish city of Krakow decides not to appeal a decision against extraditing filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States to face prosecution for historic child sex offences. (Reuters)
Detroit, a city in which property values are among the lowest in the nation, is looking to reverse this. The Detroit Land Bank Authority is demolishing structures that are beyond repair and auction (bids start at $1,000) ones that are salvageable. (Washington Post)
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China’s military to make the world’s largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country’s borders. Under the reorganization, all branches of the armed forces would come under a joint military command. The Chinese president said the reform aimed to "build an elite combat force" and called on the officials to make "breakthroughs" on establishing the joint command by 2020, Xinhua said. (Bloomberg)
Scientific studies confirm more than 90 percent of the world’s glaciers are retreating, and many of the smaller ones — like the alpineice sheets of Glacier National Park in the U.S. — are rapidly disappearing. On the other side of world, at Khumbu Glacier near Mount Everest in the Himalayas, expanding ponds are merging and forming larger bodies of water. This could threaten settlements downstream if they overflow. Thawing glaciers account for about 20 percent of the sea-level rise recorded in the past century, adding to the meltwater coming from polar ice caps and ice sheets. (Washington Post)(BBC)
