February 2011
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NewsFlick: Special Coverage of Egypt: WIDER... →
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WIDER MIDDLE-EAST SITUATION UPDATE:
Jordan’s powerful Islamic party said on Monday they have started a dialogue with the state, saying that unlike the situation in Egypt, the opposition in the kingdom does not seek regime change.
Yemen’s opposition turned its focus to the country’s…
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You would be pretty scared if a beetle called a... →
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dxfcvgbhknjkm asked: Do u fanci me xoxox
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NewsFlick: Special Coverage of Egypt: An Open... →
newsflick:
An Open Letter to President Barack Obama
(from: leading American academics)
Dear President Obama:
As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond…
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“y What the Gulf War was to CNN, the people’s revolutions of the Middle East are...”
– Media blogger Jeff Jarvis writes that US cable companies should begin carrying Al Jazeera English (via newsflick)
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“You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back…We have...”
– ElBaradei is addressing the protesters with bold remarks (via newsflick)
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Soup: Closure of Al Jazeera Bureau in Cairo →
darling80m:
From the Al Jazeera English website:
1:35 pm: For more on the closure of the bureau in Cairo, Al Jazeera’s producer in the Egyptian capital reports:
Just spoke with staffer at the Cairo bureau. While our correspondent and other staff were out, security forces (not army)…
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The Domino effect: Pan-Arab unrest (photo... →
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Palestinian prisoner escapes Egyptian jail
“GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian held in an Egyptian prison has returned to the Gaza Strip, his family said Sunday.
Relatives of Hassan Washah said he returned to the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the fate of dozens of other Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian custody is still unclear. Egyptian state security recently arrested seven Palestinians...
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“Reporters Without Borders condemns information minister Anas el-Fekki’s decision...”
– Reporters Without Borders (via newsflick)
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Death toll in Egypt's protests tops 100 →
Crazy how fast it went from less than 10 last night to 100 today.
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Jewish-Palestinian couples in Israel face... →
Interesting perspective.
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Egyptian Samurais →
epicleicaness:
Youths stand guarding Egyptian neighbourhoods in Cairo using Samurai blades and baseball bats as weapons against looters and thugs.
Look, all you that think you have democracy and protests and think that you are better than the rest of the world (and I know you’re a lot that think the Egyptians are a bunch of violent nomad bedouins that don’t deserve what they have) can suck a...
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12 Die in Sniper Fire in Cairo
“12 people have been killed after snipers opened fire on demonstrators from atop the Interior Ministry building in Cairo. According to Al Jazeera, reporting from the Egyptian capital, protesters came under sniper fire when they tried to force their way into the Interior Ministry.
Meanwhile, hundreds of prisoners escaped from jail in El Fayum province south of Cairo. Egypt is gripped by...
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"I received calls from hospitals in Egypt by...
streamsofwikileaks:
http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi/status/31337367352639488
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newsflick asked: hey,
check out the aljazeera english live blog. it has updated the shooting coming from the interior ministry.
check out the aljazeera english live blog. it has updated the shooting coming from the interior ministry.
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“This is the Arab world’s Berlin moment. The authoritarian wall has fallen – and...”
– Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics. (via newsflick)
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