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update, April1: 300 feared drowned in Med crossing bid

ABOUT 300 Africans including women and children, part of a new surge of illegal migration to Europe, are feared to have drowned after their boats capsized off Libya. LINK

"Look back four years from now, I think, hopefully, people will judge that body of work and say, 'This is a big oceanliner, it's not a speedboat. It doesn't turn around immediately, but we're in a better place' ... because of the decisions that we made."
Barack Obama, Link

President Obama is expected to travel early April to Istanbul, where he will attend a meeting of a United Nations "Alliance of Civilizations.", does he embark to a boat tour?

AOC ISTANBUL MEETING PROGRAMM Tuesday, 7 April
13:00-13:30 Closing remarks and announcements:
H.E. Mr. Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
H.E. Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
H.E. Mr. Jorge Sampaio, High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, former President of Portugal
13:30-14:30 Press Conference
14:00-15:30 Luncheon for participants attending the Forum
15:30-17:00 Boat tour
LINK

"The Middle East is littered with the rubble of missed opportunities. The tide of exasperation and exhaustion is at its highest. Therefore, like navigators do, it is time to sail against the tide and turn this endless and unacceptable intractable conflict into a politically negotiable dispute.
from: AOC Boss Sampaio, more on the Nautic Navigator here: LINK

AOC CO-founder Erdogan and the Mermaid boats:
http://freiberg.blogspot.com/2008/09/egypt-mermaid-sufi-dancing-bandirma.html
http://freiberg.blogspot.com/2008/09/yesterday-i-drew-connection-between.html

and don't forget: exactly one year before the AOC meeting Istanbul:
BEAST AHOY: "Travel with soul - A spiritual cruise in the Mediterranean":

http://freiberg.blogspot.com/2008/04/2-beast-ahoy-earthrise-and-spiritual.html

stay tuned!
farmer