Egypt
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Meeting on Egypt and Tunisia: Middle East in revolt: WHAT NEXT FOR THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS?
Middle East in revolt: WHAT NEXT FOR THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 February, 2011: Egyptian Paper: “Mubarak In A Coma”
14 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel closes northern West Bank road; deny report that checkpoints will be dismantled IMEMC – Tuesday February 15, 2011 – 05:47, Over the weekend, Israeli troops erected new earth mounds blocking the Nablus-Beit Iba road, a road which had been closed by Israeli authorities… Continue reading
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Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 15 February, 2011: Saudi Military Entered Bahrain to Crackdown on Protesters
15 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Bahrain Protests Swell With Second Death, Tear Gas at Funeral BusinessWeek 15 (Bloomberg) — Protests against Bahrain’s government escalated today as a second demonstrator was reportedly killed and police used tear gas to break up … www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-15/bahrain-protests-swell-with-second-death-tear-gas-at-funeral.html Continue reading
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The Face(book)less Revolution: A Decade of Strikes by Millions of Egyptian Workers by Mary Lynn Cramer
Last night I attended a large gathering of activists who came together in Arlington Center, Massachusetts, to listen to MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky and Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis discuss how to reinvigorate and expand the Peace Movement. 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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 February, 2011: Tracking, Intimidating WikiLeaks' Donors
14 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House Is The Army Tightening Its Grip On Egypt? By Robert Fisk There is a growing concern among those who overthrew Mubarak that the fruits of their victory may be gobbled up by an army largely composed of generals who achieved their power and privilege under Mubarak himself. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27470.htm Continue reading
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Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 14 February, 2011: Official: US to expand Yemeni military training
14 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Violence Marks Fourth Day of Yemeni Protests Against President Bloomberg By Mohammed Hatem – Mon Feb 14 10:24:15 GMT 2011 Thousands of protesters gathered at Yemen’s Sanaa University for the fourth day, demanding President Ali … www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-14/violence-marks-fourth-day-of-yemeni-protests-against-president.html Continue reading
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Washington: How Best to Shape the Middle East Playing Field? By Eric Walberg
Quiet tourist backwater Tunisia under its only rulers since independence — Habib Bourghiba (1956-1987) and then Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali (1987-2011) — was a much appreciated ally of the United States. However, as bin Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last month, US leaders suddenly were hailing those who defied his US-trained police with their US-made… 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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 13 February, 2011: Once Upon a Time in the Evil Empire
13 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House Egypt’s Military to Warn Against “Chaos and Disorder”: By Reuters The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labour unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27465.htm Continue reading
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Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks 13 February, 2011
13 February, 2011 — creative-i.info New Era Dawns in Egypt and Across the Arab World New York Times By KAREEM FAHIM and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO — A new era dawned in Egypt on Saturday as this nation of 80 million — and hundreds of millions beyond its … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/world/middleeast/13egypt.html 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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The History of Military Dictatorship in Egypt
Gilbert Achcar: Military rule in Egypt began with Nasser’s overthrow of King Farouk and increasing independence from the US Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 February, 2011: Abbas and Netanyahu keep their mouths shut after Mubarak ousted
12 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two workers wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza IMEMC – Sunday February 13, 2011 – 06:11, On Saturday, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza-Israeli border fired live rounds at two workers who were collecting rubble to use as building material, in the northern part… Continue reading
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Egypt: Obama Reacts To Strategic Blow
12 February, 2011 Gilbert Achcar: More democracy in Egypt will mean more opposition to Israeli and US policy http://therealnews.com/scripts/player/player.swf Egypt: Obama Reacts To Strategic Blow Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Military in Power Has Not Been Good For Us
12 February, 2011 Ethar El-Katatney, a staff writer for Egypt Today, tells CNN: “We may be a little too optimistic about military; we must keep going forward” http://therealnews.com/scripts/player/player.swf Military in Power Has Not Been Good For Us Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Change Has Finally Come to Egypt
12 February, 2011 After 30 long years, Hosni Mubarak’s reign of terror is over, but the revolution is just beginning. A military-dominated provisional government now rules in Mubarak’s place. What happens next and what form of government Egypt ends up with will be determined by the struggle between the country’s political parties… Change Has Finally… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 February, 2011: What does the Egyptian Revolution mean for Palestine?
11 February, 2011 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Attacks Palestinian Protesters In East Jerusalem IMEMC – Saturday February 12, 2011 – 00:34, Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, after the residents conducted Friday prayers at the… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 5 – 11 February, 2011
12 February, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation Russia is right about Iran sanctions 11.02.2011 | 17:30 | BHADRAKUMAR Melkulangara (India) There is striking similarity in the predicament that India and Russia face with regard to the situation around Iran. For both, Iran has been and will always remain a key strategic partner… The heart of… Continue reading
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