Archive for October, 2009
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Tanta Flax strike continues عمال طنطا للكتان يرفضون ضغوط وزارة القوى العاملة لفض اضرابهم
The Tanta Flax and Oils Company workers, whose strike has entered today its sixth month, denounce renewed pressures from the Ministry of Manpower to suspend their industrial action.
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3arabawy BookMarx 10/31/2009 (a.m.)
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At last, the web goes truly worldwide – News, Gadgets & Tech – The Independent
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BBC NEWS | Business | Shares slump on US spending data
The crisis is hardly over
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اليوم السابع | غدا..نظر تجديد حبس المتهمين فى قضية قرية “العتالين”
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The president appears committed to adding at least 10,000 to 15,000 troops to Afghanistan in an effort to bolster the training of Afghan Army and police officers in the country. Current plans call for the U.S. to double the size of the Army and police to about 400,000 in the hope that they can take over security responsibilities from the U.S.
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In contrast to Iraq, where there was significant dissension on whether or not to deploy an additional 30,000 troops in 2007, the top brass have been mostly united in the support of McChrystal’s call for more troops in Afghanistan.
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US and Colombia sign accord for US to access military bases | csmonitor.com
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The Commons welcomes the London School of Economics and Political Science! « Flickr Blog
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Daily News Egypt – Student detained for allegedly defaming ad mogul claims abuse
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Reporters Sans Frontières – Laid off for implicating Emirates Airlines
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As it turns out the head of Emirates Airlines is also the head of the aviation authority and an al-Maktoum, a member of the ruling family.
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The Associated Press: Powerful Islamic movement sees leadership struggle
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“The policies of repression and arrests make it very difficult” to move toward a more moderate Brotherhood because they strengthen conservatives in the group.
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“It is in the government’s advantage to keep the Brotherhood ultra-conservative,”
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Blog Ganzeer: The Pilgrim Fox (El-Hajj Tha3lab)
Gosh, I read this book as a child!
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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NDP Propaganda Watch
What a big pile of horseshit… Safwat el-Sherif, Upper House Speaker and National Democratic Party senior ghoul, says in the run up to the NDP conference that workers in the privatized companies will have their rights protected by the govt. Tell that to the Tanta Flax strikers or to the sacked Ghazl Shebeen textile workers..
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How to prevent sexual assault
Some really good tips…
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LSE on Flickr
The London School of Economics and Political Science has joined The Commons on Flickr. I had a great time browsing through LSE’s library collection of old pix and posters, and I invite you to check them out. I hope Egyptian universities and museums would launch a similar online initiative…
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ABOUT 3ARABAWY
Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist from Cairo
hossam [at] arabawy [dot] org
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