Yet another Middle Eastern internet cable broken

As some of you might be aware, there have been some serious issues with Middle Eastern and Asian internet traffic the last few days, ever since two cables were damaged. It's expected to take up to two weeks to fix them.

Now, Paul Krugman points out that a third cable has been damaged.

That's pretty bad.

Arabian Business has more

I am currently working on a project using a team of Indian developers to do some of the development. We had some difficulties just from the first incident, and I expect that tomorrow will be worse.

Group of rare monkeys found in Vietnam

Via ScienceDaily, we get the good news that "[a] team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI) has discovered the world’s largest known population of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix cinerea)".

This is great news, since the grey-shanked doucs are among the most endangered primates, and the discovery of the group, adds a significant number of individuals to those already known.

Recent surveys in Que Phuoc Commune in Quang Nam Province recorded at least 116 animals (the number of individuals observed), with an estimated population of over 180 individuals. To date, only a small part of the area has been surveyed, meaning significantly more doucs may live in the adjacent forest.

Primates in Vietnam are generally endangered, so it's critical that preservation work is done, to ensure the survival of these. Hopefully it's not too late for the grey-shanked doucs, and the like.