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Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai
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22.5.2013 |
NYT > World |
| Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai |
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Why we'll never have total religious freedom | Andrew Brown
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21.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| The state department report on religious freedom highlights much that is bad, but to dream of tolerant rationality is unrealistic
The US state department has just released its annual review of religious freedom around the world . Eight countries are marked out for particularly egregious violations: three are officially atheist, two are Sunni Muslim, one is Shia, one Buddhist, and one, Eritrea, is intolerantly multi-faith in that it recognises three streams of Christianity and one of Islam while persecuting all others.
I'll list them all at the end of the article. For the moment it's quite a good exercise to try and work out which they can be. It sets in proportion the idea that there is one religion that is uniquely wicked and intolerant.
There is always something a little arbitrary about such lists. There are countries that are more religiously intolerant than any of those on it. To be a member of a religious minority in the wrong part of Afghanistan, Nigeria, Iraq, or Syria right now is ... |
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From the Obama Ministry of Truth
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21.5.2013 |
American Spectator |
| Monday
Now, let’s see what we are supposed to believe today from the Obama Ministry of Truth….
First, that Hillary Rodham Clinton could possibly be taken seriously as a Presidential contender or a President. This is the woman who traveled one million miles with no positive accomplishments as Secretary of State. This is the woman who masterminded one of the great foreign policy catastrophes of all time… aiding the “Arab Spring” in which governments friendly to the west in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia were replaced with Islamists bent on destroying all human rights and the main repository of human rights on earth, The United States of America.
This is the woman who said, in what was supposedly total stone cold sobriety, “What does it matter how four Americans died in Benghazi? Whether they were killed by people walking down the street or by terrorists? They’re dead. So, what?” That’s a paraphrase.
Apparently, this future first female President does not realize that it matters because 1.) ... |
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Report Cites Countries’ Use of Laws to Repress Faith
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21.5.2013 |
NY Times: World |
| In an annual report, the State Department singled out nations that abused laws on blasphemy and apostasy to harass political opponents. |
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Egypt Sends Show of Force to Sinai After Kidnappings
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21.5.2013 |
NY Times: World |
| Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers entered the largely lawless area that borders Israel and the Gaza Strip after gunmen kidnapped seven security officers. |
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Syrian military pushes offensive on besieged rebel-held town near Lebanese border
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19.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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More and more Egyptians charged with blasphemy, especially Christians
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Maggie Michael The Associated Press
Published May 18, 2013 11:29AM MDT
Cairo • The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.” The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of her pupils claimed that their children, aged 10, complained their teacher showed disgust when she spoke of Islam in class. According to the p... ... |
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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
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18.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| CAIRO—The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. |
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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
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18.5.2013 |
AP Top News |
| CAIRO (AP) -- The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."... |
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Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dead at 87: Media
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17.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dead at 87: Media |
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[flenvcenter :: Criminal Justice System]
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Syrian rebels to address bombings
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13.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| George Sabra, acting president of Syrian National Coalition, will hold press conference to discuss twin car bombings in Turkey that killed 46 people
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Syrian rebels release 4 UN Filipino peacekeepers they abducted last week
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13.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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World Digest: May 10, 2013
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11.5.2013 |
Washington Post: World |
| Egypt’s prosecutor general ordered a prominent youth leader to be detained Friday for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security official said, in the latest case of a pro-democracy activist being held over such allegations. ... |
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Hezbollah Syria will arm militia
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10.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| BEIRUT x2013 Syria will supply x201cgame-changingx201d weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah. Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future... |
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A free internet: tech companies should promote democracy
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8.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Access to the internet is key to development, businesses should take responsibility for protecting users' privacy and promote an open web
In a world increasingly interconnected by the internet and technology, governments are progressively upping their efforts to control information, including its source and message.
China's great firewall and censors control the flow of information to more than a billion people. During the height of protests against President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt unplugged itself from the internet completely. Syria experienced its own "unexplained" internet blackout coinciding with rising protests, and the US sought to censor the Wikileaks cable releases.
But governments can't engage in monitoring, surveillance and censorship on their own. Western corporations are often complicit in these nefarious activities through the services and goods they provide.
Efforts are under way to address this challenge. For instance, the Ranking Digital Rights initiative is rating ... |
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The Lede: Egyptian Activist Defends Anti-Israel Tweets
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3.5.2013 |
NY Times: Middle East |
| The Lede: Egyptian Activist Defends Anti-Israel Tweets |
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Egyptian activist to be tried for insulting president, remains in custody
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2.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Obama's visit to Mexico: a chance to be a better neighbour | Stephen Kinzer
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2.5.2013 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| Rather than fund the disastrous war on drug cartels, US aid can atone for Mexico's human rights atrocities of the Calderón era
President Obama's visit to Mexico this week provides a wonderful chance to reverse American policies that have helped destabilize the vibrant country with which it shares a 2,000-mile border.
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation. With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.
Mexico is easy to take for granted. Its political system has long been based on deep hypocrisy. Mexican leaders often preach the doctrine of anti-imperialism, but this is largely for show. In fact, Mexico is a reliable partner for the "colossus of the north" .
One day, Mexico will ... |
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World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Critic of Morsi Is Jailed
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2.5.2013 |
NY Times: World |
| Egyptian authorities jailed an anti-Islamist activist late Tuesday on charges that included insulting President Mohamed Morsi, state news media said. |
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The New Libya Is Free, if You Don't Count the Jailed Journalists
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2.5.2013 |
Wired Top Stories |
| The New Libya Is Free, if You Don't Count the Jailed Journalists |
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[newstrust :: Trade]
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