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Libya independent newslinks for 21-22 February, 2011
22 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Libya: What Zionist Say About Colonel Qaddafi Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Libya UN Security Council to discuss Libya Military Resistance 9B20 22 January, 2011: Troops Joining Libyan Revolution Oil prices soar due to unrest in Libya Massacre in Libya + Khaled Mattawa: Libya is Forever Changed IHH,… Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 21 February, 2011
21 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Crude oil jumps 6% as Libya protests spread USA Today By Pablo Gorondi, AP Crude oil prices jumped 6% Monday as violent protests spread in Libya, raising the possibility that oil supplies from that OPEC nation could be disrupted. By Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images An oilfield near central Los Angeles… Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks for 21 February, 2011
A collection of news, analysis and opinion from the independent media on events sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. Continue reading
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Egypt Independent Media Newslinks 20-21 February, 2011
21 February, 2011 — creative-i.info A selection of news, analysis and opinion on Egypt from the independent media (unless otherwise noted) 21 February, 2011 From the Gulf to the Ocean – The Middle East is Changing Union solidarity with Egypt Egypt’s cauldron of revolt Middle East Protests, Violence and Strikes Continue THE FIRE SPREADS IN… Continue reading
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Gaddafi cruelly resists, but this Arab democratic revolution is far from over By David Hirst
It is definitely, all-encompassingly Arab. The moment one Arab country, Tunisia, lit the spark, it ignited a fire, a contagion, which all Arabs instantly hoped – and its initially mysterious begetters seem to have envisaged or even planned – would spread to the whole “Arab nation”. Continue reading
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Middle East Media Links for 19 February 2011
20 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Bradley Manning Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Wikileaks Newslinks for 19 February, 2011 Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 19 February, 2011
19 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian grants general amnesty Washington Post By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA AP TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s transitional government approved a general amnesty of the country’s political prisoners Friday, the prime minister said, in a move likely to free those convicted under tough anti-terrorism laws. … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/18/AR2011021804682.html Continue reading
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Tunisia mostly mainstream Newslinks for 17 February, 2011
17 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia. Egypt. Bahrain? New York Times Husain (I’m omitting some last names to protect those involved) said that Tunisia and Egypt awakened a sense of possibility inside him — and that his resolve only grew when Bahrain’s riot police first attacked completely peaceful protesters. … feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c7ee2028165bd0f0f1060d856090d583 Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 16 February, 2011
16 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian migrants head for Europe’s shores ABC Online It’s also struggling to deal with a surge of migrants from Tunisia. Up to 5000 Tunisians arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in last week. Many of them say that despite the Tunisian uprising and the ousting of the president,… Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 15 February, 2011
15 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Upheaval Opens the Exits in Tunisia New York Times By THOMAS FULLER SEDOUIKECH, Tunisia — A dozen young men left this village of olive groves and whitewashed houses near the Mediterranean coast last week, … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/africa/15tunisia.html Continue reading
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Tunisia mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 14 February, 2011
14 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Italy Seeks to Use Forces to Halt Illegal Immigrants From Tunisia New York Times Would-be immigrants from Tunisia were detained after arriving by boat on Lampedusa, a small Italian island closer to Tunisia than the Italian mainland. … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/europe/14boats.html?src=twrhp Continue reading
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Politicians and Freebies by Charles Glass
The foreign minister and her consort, Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Relations Patrick Ollier, were flown around Tunisia with their children courtesy of a millionaire friend of Ben Ali’s about the time a young man’s self-immolation set the former French colony alight. On her return to Paris at the end of her complimentary winter vacation, Alliot-Marie… Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 13 February, 2011
13 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Italy Declares Emergency as Tunisian Immigrants Arrive Voice of America Photo: AP Italy’s government has declared a humanitarian emergency after thousands of immigrants fleeing unrest in Tunisia landed on a small Sicilian Island … www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Italy-Declares-Emergency-as-Tunisian-Immigrants-Arrive-116083749.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 12 February, 2011
12 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Egyptian uprising inspired by Tunisia’s upheaval Sify Cairo, Feb 12 (IANS) The month-long revolution in Tunisia, which led to the change of a 23-year military regime, was the inspiration for the uprising by … www.sify.com/news/egyptian-uprising-inspired-by-tunisia-s-upheaval-news-international-lcmcObehdea.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisian leader asks restive people to be patient Reuters Africa TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s caretaker president on Wednesday appealed to people demanding better living conditions after the toppling of their previous … af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE71903Q20110210 Continue reading
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Tunisia: Interview with Fahem Boukadous, member of the Workers Communist Party of Tunisia
Fahem Boukadous is content. He is a happy man. Released on January 19, five days after the flight of the dictator, he hit the streets in a Tunisia turned upside down by the revolution. He was in prison for six months, and it was not the first time he suffered the rigors of the dictatorship. Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 7 February, 2011
7 February, 2011 — creative-i.info French minister in Tunisia gaffe BBC News French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has admitted she was wrong to fly on a Tunisian businessman’s plane during the country’s uprising. … www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-12380163 Continue reading
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An Interview with Noha Atef – Egyptian Journalist, Blogger and Dissident – on the Historic Events Underway in Her Country
When events in Egypt shook the world this week, Noha found herself in Europe, where she is studying. Airlines have stopped flights to her country, the Egyptian government shut down its citizens’ access to the Internet, cell phones and other communications systems, and she has had to watch the history unfold like the rest of… Continue reading
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Live From the Egyptian Revolution by Sharif Abdel Kouddous
I grew up in Egypt. I spent half my life here. But Saturday, when my plane from JFK airport touched down in Cairo, I arrived in a different country than the one I had known all my life. This is not Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt anymore and, regardless of what happens, it will never be again. Continue reading
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Egypt: Egyptian Military Succession Plans Told to US Embassy
A senior Egyptian politician told an American diplomat in July 2009 [09CAIRO1468] that the military would safeguard a “constitutional transition of power” and implied the armed forces would support Gamal Mubarak, the son of current president Hosni Mubarak. Continue reading