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Bridges TV, News Online, Advertisment, Bridges Blog, Bridges Yahoo Group, Global Forum,... - 0 views

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  • This appears to be the most tragic of domestic violence incidents and, although statistics suggest that more than three fatal cases of domestic violence occur every day in the US, no one here could ever imagine that this may happen to our beloved colleague. Several times each day in America, a woman is abused or assaulted. Domestic violence is a behavior that knows no boundaries of religion, race, ethnicity, or social status, and occurs in every community.
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PressThink: The Pros Gonna Blog You Under the Table - 0 views

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  • Perhaps the hardest part is you actually have to be interested in what other people are saying
  • I say a majority of the blogging is going to continue to be done by the traditional underwear types who have the passion and irreverance the pros seem to lack.
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The Arab world's (uneven) progress - 0 views

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  • Five years ago, the United Nations published the Arab Human Development Report on Building a Knowledge Society. That widely read – and highly controversial – report found a "knowledge deficit" that threatens human development, economic growth, and the future potential of Arab societies. This week the Brookings Institution published a new study, in Arabic, that evaluates what has and has not changed since 2003.
  • Access to education has expanded markedly over the past five years
  • Arabs are embracing new technologies, such as the Internet and mobile phones.
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  • Other regions are progressing even faster, leaving the Arab world behind
  • intraregional trade increased, but it is still half the level of Asia
  • the quality of education does not meet global standards. Students perform poorly on international tests in math and science. Universities inadequately prepare graduates for jobs. Literacy rates are low: 83 percent in Syria, 59 percent in Yemen, and 56 percent in Morocco.
  • Arab economies still rely too much on natural resources, imported technology, and low-skill microenterprises
  • 35 percent of the population under the age of 15
  • thriving Arab societies bear the promise of less political instability, less anger and despair, and less animosity toward the West. Such societies would export fewer security threats in form of terrorism, economic disruption, and war.
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Identity Crisis Permeates Turkish Society : NPR - 0 views

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    Modern Turkey was founded as a secular, Western-oriented state. But these days, Turks say the country is expressing its Muslim identity more than its secular one. And the critical question of Islam versus secularism colors just about every debate in the country.
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Iran ready to build nuclear weapon, analysts say - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Michael Fisher on 20 Feb 09
     
    Iranian scientists have reached "nuclear weapons breakout capability," according to a new report based on findings of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. An ISIS report says Iran has enough uranium for a nuclear weapon but would need further refinement before turning into weapon. Iran says claims it intends to build nuclear bombs are "baseless."
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Jury acquits defendants in Politkovskaya murder - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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  • in the killing of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya.
  • Politkovskaya's probing reports on atrocities in Chechnya and abuses by Russian authorities angered the Kremlin but won her international acclaim
  • "We're glad," said defense lawyer Murad Musayev. "This is something that happens rarely in Russia. This is what I call justice."
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All aboard the Arab reconciliation train | Marc Lynch - 0 views

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  • Michael Fisher on 19 Feb 09
     
    Recent changes in the Arab-Israeli conflict have been notable. There are at least four major destinations that the various players in the Middle East are mooting about in public, to which the U.S. may soon need to respond.
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Khaleej Times Online - Pakistani journalists protest colleague's killing - 0 views

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  • The slain journalist was trying to get the details of the ongoing negotiations in Matta where the cleric Mohammad is trying to convince his son-in-law to join the peace deal he has signed with the regional government in NWFP to end the conflict in Swat.
  • A journalist in Swat who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Khankhel had repeatedly refused to “report what the army wanted him to report.”
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Catholics and Jews must stand together in the face of Islamism | Op-Ed Contributors | J... - 0 views

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  • Catholics and Jews must stand together against the threat of Islamism
  • Islamist dictator.
  • Before the Islamic revolution in 1979, there were some quarter-million Catholics living in Iran. Now there are fewer than 15,000
  • Manon Latil on 19 Feb 09
     
    Balance? What is the Muslims role in this article? Are they associated with Islamists?
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Geography professor claims to have found Osama bin Laden - Telegraph - 0 views

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  • "The idea of identifying three buildings in a city of half a million especially one in a country the authors have likely never visited is somewhat overconfident."
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      The beauty of understatement
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What Israeli identity crisis? - 0 views

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  • This is not to say that Israeli Arabs have been completely happy with their treatment by Israel. In this regard, The Times explores whether Israeli government aid for the Arab population has been as generous as for the Jewish population. However, the editorial fails to consider ways in which Israeli Arabs benefit to the exclusion of Israeli Jews
  • Jared Bernhardt on 19 Feb 09
     
    Israel assumed identity crisis?
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Is a Play About Gaza Anti-Semitic? Read the Script. - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Read the script and find out.
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Al Jazeera fights myths in North American push | U.S. | Reuters - 0 views

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  • Al Jazeera's English-language service is starting a website called IWantAJE.net, offering news the Qatar-based network produces and a list of "Hits and Myths" knocking down statements about the network that it says are untrue.
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Egypt's critics have a voice, but never the last word - International Herald Tribune - 1 views

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  • For some reason, as yet unexplained, blogging seems to cross the line from speaking to acting.
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      Ed Webb on 18 Feb 09
       
      Why should this be so? Discuss!
  • Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, a young blogger sentenced to four years in prison for criticizing President Hosni Mubarak and the state's religious institutions.
  • "For a second, after the judge said I should be freed, I thought there really were laws in this country,"
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  • security forces operate with impunity
    • Manon Latil
      Manon Latil on 18 Feb 09
       
      Unable to explain the unexplained, I just think that blogging, through writing, can be considered as an alternative means of criticising the government, as were pamphlets. It does not justify censorship, but since newspapers more or less use autocensorship (or is it selfcensorship?), because they are journalists, professionals, belonging to a specific group or sphere, that they have codes and ways of framing the world through their kownledge, blogs and bloggers are dangerous. They are hard to control because now the sphere of people expressing themselves has nothing to do with any writing ability (unlike people who went to a journalism school for example) or knowlegde. Through censorship, they deny the bloggers the right to be considered legitimate sources of information.
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Teddy bear from a childrens show vows to join Hamas military wing - 0 views

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    New Al-Aqsa TV Teddy Bear Vows to Join Military Wing of Hamas.
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Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » The Anonymity Project (Video Preview) - 0 views

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    Inspiration for any who might consider creating a video presentation for their case studies.
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Pakistan makes a Taliban truce, creating a haven - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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  • the government is handicapped because of its failure to offer good governance, guarantee livelihoods, and restore people's faith in the frayed judicial system
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 18 Feb 09
       
      Notice what are seen as the sources of effectiveness and/or legitimacy.
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Pakistan makes a Taliban truce, creating a haven - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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  • "The public will of the population of the Swat region is at the center of all efforts, and it should be taken into account while debating the merits of this agreement." In legislative elections a year ago, the people of Swat, a region that is about the size of Delaware and has 1.3 million residents, voted overwhelmingly for the secular Awami National Party. Since then, the Taliban have singled out elected politicians with suicide bomb attacks and chased virtually all of them from the valley. Several hundred thousand residents have also fled the fighting.
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 18 Feb 09
       
      Doesn't sound like the will of the people is being enforced...
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China mobilizes army for National Day parade_English_Xinhua - 0 views

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  • The instruction said that the parade, to be the highest level of its kind, will showcase the PLA's first-class organization, weapons systems, training results and "spiritual outlook."
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 18 Feb 09
       
      Parades and spectacles are also media.
  • demonstrate the integrity of China's armed forces
  • the parade will promote national pride and self-confidence amid economic hard times.
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