January 28, 2011
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Egypt Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Violent clashes erupt during protests in Egypt CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Police fired tear gas into crowds as violent clashes between authorities and anti-government protesters erupted … edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.protests/ Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Waves of Unrest Spread to Yemen, Shaking a Region New York Times Hani Mohammed/AP Protesters in Sana, Yemen, waved Yemen’s flag at a rally on Thursday. Many are calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, … www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/middleeast/28unrest.html Continue reading
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Revival of a Military Option: Israel's Covert War Against Iran Is On By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come in the form of a direct, conventional US and/or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, but rather in the guise of the warfare… Continue reading
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Revival of a Military Option: Israel’s Covert War Against Iran Is On By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come in the form of a direct, conventional US and/or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, but rather in the guise of the warfare… Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info The long shadow of Tunisia’s corrupt regime Globe and Mail At one time a senior bureaucrat in Tunisia’s post office and a member of the ruling party, Mr. Kammoun also had a family line that plied the Mediterranean … www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-long-shadow-of-tunisias-corrupt-regime/article1885883/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks: US warmed to Egypt under Obama msnbc.com CAIRO — Cables obtained by WikiLeaks reveal how the United States changed the way it dealt with Egypt after President Barack Obama came to power, … www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41308122/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/ Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Supporters Object To Treatment Of WikiLeaks Suspect NPR by Tom Gjelten Pfc. Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, the two men at the center of the WikiLeaks controversy, have achieved hero status among their allies … www.npr.org/2011/01/27/133280654/Supporters-Object-To-Treatment-Of-WikiLeaks-Suspect Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 27 January, 2011
27 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Report: NYT Pondering WikiLeaks-Esque Submission System PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Does the New York Times want to be the next WikiLeaks? Executive editor Bill Keller tells Yahoo’s Cutline that the paper is looking into … www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376723,00.asp Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 27 January, 2011
27 Jannuary, 2011 — creative-i.info In Tunisia, Women Play Equal Role In Revolution NPR In Tunisia, women played an integral part in the people’s revolution that upended dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. A woman holds a banner reading “Leave … www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=133248219&ps=cprs Continue reading
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Manifest Haiti: Monsanto's Destiny By Ryan Stock
“A fabulous Easter gift,” commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil. Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable seeds were donated to post-earthquake Haiti by Monsanto. In observance of World Environment Day, June 4, 2010, roughly 10,000 rural Haitian farmers gathered in Papaye to march seven kilometers to Hinche in… Continue reading
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In Haiti, Reliving Duvalier, Waiting for Aristide By Laura Flynn
The common wisdom, repeated endlessly in the international press since Duvalier’s return, is that Baby Doc’s regime was less repressive than his father’s. But my friend’s mother does not remember it that way. Continue reading
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Haiti aftermath: Self-government still a great fear By Mark Weisbrot
Foreign powers are trying to rob Haitians once again of their democratic rights. More than 200 years after Haiti liberated itself from slavery and from France, the rich countries still seem to have a great fear of Haitians governing themselves. Continue reading
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Cracking the Donor Discourse on Haiti By Kanya D'Almeida
Natural disasters anywhere have already proved to be enormously lucrative for superpowers with the capacity to step in and “rebuilt, recreate and reconstruct”. In Haiti, critics say “disaster capitalism” has taken on a whole new meaning. Continue reading
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STUDENTS OCCUPY PALESTINIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
We urge all Palestinians at this critical moment to join our call for representation, and to take up our historic responsibility in the struggle for liberation, only on the basis of popular sovereignty. Continue reading
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Tunisia’s Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer by Amy Aisen Kallander
The January 14 departure of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amidst popular protests was a long overdue demonstration of the possibility for genuine democratization in the Arab world. Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor whose self-immolation set off the protests, tapped a deep vein of anger in Tunisian society at police harassment and the… Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers reveal Britain’s sordid involvement in the ‘peace process’
Amongst the 1,600 internal negotiations documents released this week, the most recent give a shocking insight into Britain’s involvement. It has been reported that MI6 were involved in planning secret security operations as well as training personnel to carry out detention and torture of opponents of the PA. Continue reading
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