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Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)
RT has video:
Egypt’s Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal
The Egyptian military’s ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Morsi and his left, liberal & centrist political opposition to find a compromise by 4 […]
Snowden Fall-out: European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America
As Bolivian President Evo Morales was returning from Moscow in a private jet after consultations on energy, his pilot was suddenly informed that France and […]
Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)
courtesy Paul Jamiol
Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)
miriam cooke writes for ISLAMiCommentary * *REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVES: NAWAL EL SAADAWI AND SAMAER YAZBEK ISLAMiCommentary Editor’s Note: This paper was written by miriam cooke and […]
Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him
Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s support in his own government began crumbling on Monday. Ten independent members of the Egyptian upper house or senate (Majlis al-Shura) […]
Snowden: US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon
Edward Snowden released a statement from Moscow on Monday, slamming Barack Obama for revoking his passport and rendering him stateless and unable to seek asylum […]
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)
At the Baikonur Space Station in Kazakhstan, an unmanned Russian Proton M rocket booster went sideways and crashed this morning. Here’s the video from Russian […]
How Internet Censorship Really Works
The Berkman Center points out that the internet is not a public space. It is a private space that tolerates some public speech; but not […]