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HUFFINGTON
03.16-23.14
NO ANSWERS
Officials still haven’t solved the mystery of a Malaysian
airliner that vanished last week en route to Beijing. Malaysia
Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens
at about 1:30 a.m. on March 8. It sent no distress signals
before its disappearance, and officials have been unable to
locate any debris or signs of the missing plane. Officials have
widened the search area, and more than a dozen countries have participated in the effort to
help find the airliner. Some reports have said evidence indicates the plane may have turned
west and stayed in the air for several more hours after it lost contact with the ground.
CRIMEAN CROSSROADS
In Crimea news this week, all signs pointed
toward the Black Sea peninsula being
annexed by Russia. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s
interim prime minister visited Washington,
D.C., to request help for Ukraine’s fragile
government, which was installed after proMoscow President Viktor F. Yanukovych
fled Kiev last month. Crimea is set to vote
on March 16 on whether it wants to join Russia... and the ballot reportedly only contains
“yes” options. Western powers have called the referendum illegal. The White House issued
a statement Wednesday saying President Barack Obama and Ukraine’s prime minister will
discuss finding a “peaceful resolution to Russia’s ongoing military intervention in Crimea.”
#BANBOSSY
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s
organization, LeanIn.org, partnered with the Girl Scouts
of the USA to launch a new campaign encouraging people
to stop describing girls and women as “bossy.” A video for
the project features female and male leaders including
Diane von Furstenberg, Condoleezza Rice and Beyonce,
who says, “I’m not bossy. I’m the boss.” The project’s site,
banbossy.com, says: “When a little boy asserts himself,
he’s called a ‘leader.’ Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded
‘bossy.’ Words like bossy send a message: don’t raise your hand or speak up.”