This Is The Arab World's Berlin Moment

In five days of unprecedented protests that have rocked the Arab world, more than 100 people have been killed, investors and tourists have taken fright, Mubarak has offered a first glimpse of a plan to step down and 80 million long-suffering Egyptians are caught between hope for democratic reform and fear of chaos.

As in Tunis, Egypt’s exploding young population, most of then underemployed and frustrated by oppression at the hands of a corrupt and rapacious elite, were demanding a full clear-out of the old guard, not just a reshuffle of the governing class.

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Egyptian+rebellion+This+Arab+world+Berlin+moment/4190878/story.html

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Songs Of Hope From Egypt

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http://tunis-detente.blogspot.com/2009/05/emel-mathlouthi.html

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The Present Is Just A Pleasant Interruption To The Past

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Iran Hangs Iranian-Dutch Woman Sahra Bahrami

A Dutch-Iranian woman, arrested after taking part in anti-government protests in Iran, has been hanged for drug smuggling, Iranian officials have said.
Sahra Bahrami, 46, was jailed for a year after being arrested after joining a protest in 2009, while visiting relatives.
Dutch officials had said they were extremely concerned about her case.
Her execution brings the total number hanged in the country so far this year to 66, according to media reports.

Link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12314886

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Jesus And Mo A Twice Weekly Comic Strip

What is Jesus and Mo?
It’s a twice-weekly comic strip, dealing in religious satire.

http://www.jesusandmo.net/

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Free Speech on Trial in Europe

The hate speech trial of Lars Hedegaard, the president of the Danish Free Press Society and the International Free Press Society, began in a courthouse near Copenhagen on January 24. Hedegaard, who has been charged with racism for critical comments he made about Islam, faces up to two years in prison.
Hedegaard's trial, which is similar to recent or current ones in Austria, Finland, France, Italy and the Netherlands, represents a landmark case that will establish the limits of free speech in a country where the politically correct elite routinely seek to silence public discussion about the growing problem of Muslim immigration. The trial also exemplifies the increasing use of lawfare: the malicious use of European courts to silence criticism of Islam.

Link :http://www.hudson-ny.org/1829/free-speech-on-trial-in-europe

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Iran Censors Ashton's Plunging Neckline

The outfit worn by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to the nuclear talks in Istanbul appeared too revealing for the sensibilities of Iranian media - who sought to correct the faux pas by censoring her neckline in front page photographs.
Ashton made an effort to steer clear of any physical contact with Iranian chief negotiator Saeed Jalili during the talks in order to avoid offending the Muslim world. What she did not know was that her seemingly conservative top was enough to appear immodest, prompting the Iranian censors to give her a higher neckline.

Link : http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4019611,00.html

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