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‘What time is it?’ That’s the first thing that crosses my mind when I awake from an unintentional early slumber. It’s still dark outside which doesn’t bode well for ...
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Its all kicking off in Egypt, innit? And since my FB, twitter and T.V. is filling up with people throwing about their views on what’s hip and happening in Egypt, ...
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Talkin’ about news & Stuff….& possibly things. Egypt Referendum & Newton Shooting...
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With news circulating that Iran has pulled the film ‘A Cube of Sugar’ from consideration at the Oscars over the anti-Islam film I can’t help but let out a large ...
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Today an Israeli newspaper reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjimin Netenyahu and his Defense minister would like to attack Iran’s nuclear sites before the November U.S elections. Despite their strident ...
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Yesterday Iftikar and Farzana Ahmed were sentenced to life imprisonment for being found guilty of killing their 17 year old daughter Shafilea in an act of ‘honor killing’ in 2003. ...
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One of the things that had continually dogged the Mubarak trial had been the health status of Hosni Mubarak. With the ending of the trial on Saturday, which convicted Mubarak ...
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On Sunday Ahmed Shafiq, one of the two remaining candidates still in the running for the Egyptian presidency, gave a press conference in a luxurious hotel in Cairo. In it ...
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So yesterday Obama announced that he had signed an executive order targeting people and entities who use technology to help authoritarian governments crack-down on dissidents. Obama stated in his speech ...
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So yesterday Obama announced that he had signed an executive order targeting people and entities who use technology to help authoritarian governments crack-down on dissidents. Obama stated in his speech ...
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Bernie Ecclestone yesterday finally put rumors to rest and declared that the F1 race would definitely take place in Bahrain this year. He also claimed in his statement that everything is peaceful ...
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On April 4th 2012 the Pentagon finally approved the charges brought forth against 5 Guantanamo bay prisoners accused of playing a part in the terrorist attacks that rocked America on ...
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As the barrage of emails from Assad and his wife keep coming new gems are being unearthed in these personal correspondences. Not one for unequal relations between the sexes *raise ...
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So over this past week there have been a barrage of Assad’s personal emails leaked to the press and it has given an interesting insight into the personal and private ...
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So if the name Kony means nothing to you I suggest you firstly: A) relocate yourself from under that quaint little rock u’v been living under and B) watch the ...
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Israel has carried out a de facto annexation of the Palestinian land northeast of the Jordan Valley and has given it to the Kibbutz (Israeli collective community) Merav. The route of the ...
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Now I know this news story is a bit late in the posting, especially considering the events that have transpired recently in Egypt, but I feel so strongly about this that ...
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The Palestinian Authority has supposedly offered the United States and Israel a deal in which it would freeze all its current plans to achieve full membership for Palestine in various ...
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At least five people have been killed in a violent assault by the Egyptian army and police to evict protesters from Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Hundreds of soldiers and police, backed ...
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In a surprising turn of events, Kuwait has seen itself embroiled in the midst of growing political crisis after dozens of anti-government protesters managed to storm their way into Kuwait’s parliament during a debate ...
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. In a recent interview Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Salah vowed he will leave office ‘within 90 days’ of an agreement with the regional Gulf Cooperation Council. Yemen, like ...
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b Turkeys Prime Minister Erdogan recently stated that his country no longer has confidence in Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria. This new statement adds to the mounting pressure on ...
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Despite speculation that it would heed international calls to end the freeze it imposed on Palestine two weeks ago, Israel has decided to continue to refuse to pay the Palestinians the £100 million in duties ...
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King Abdullah of Jordan has added to the growing pressure on Syrian president Bashar Al Assad to resign from his post over the continuing violent and brutal crackdown on civilians ...
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China and Pakistan have just announced plans to stage a joint military exercise to showcase their growing relationship in the mountains of the Punjab province. This comes at a time when Washington ...
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When you call the people who revolt against you rats yet as the ‘King of Kings’ you spend the last remaining moments of your life hiding in a drainage pipe. ...
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I know I haven’t written a new blog post in a while but I have unfortunately succumb to the laziness of the summer holidays. Plus I have been doing a ...
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Have you ever asked yourself what would happen if you lived elsewhere or were born into a different life or fate? Would you be the same person you are now ...
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Before I get into the post, I’d just like to explain that I haven’t been able to update this blog as regularly as before due to end of year university ...
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Ok so unless you have been living under an isolated rock of sorts you will probably already know the hoopla surrounding whether Osama Bin Laden is dead or not. There ...
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Never heard of it? I wouldn’t be surprised, not many people have. Though I have a feeling that if I was to show you a picture of our Queen it might help ...
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This is topic on Libya is a controversial one which has elicited passionate responses. But I think that the question asked in the title is a potent question which is on everyone’s ...
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Saudi..Saudi.. Saudi….aghh…What a little old conundrum you are. Where do you even begin when there are so many contradictions to pick from. I personally think many of the problems in ...
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So the inspiration for this post comes from David Cameron’s recent lil treck round the Middle East *I know I know.. I am so early with these posts you’re questioning ...
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I meant to post this a while back but then the events in Libya started to unfold so never really got the chance to finish this up. So sorry about ...
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So I came across something that I think best sums up Gaddafi’s mental state pre-revolution… And what’s amazing is it’s all in his own words. It was in arabic so ...
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I am so proud of what the Egyptians & Tunisians have achieved with their people’s revolutions…but i am ashamed at the people who have so swiftly abandoned the revolutions of ...
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Before you read any further i do warn you all that this is a light-hearted post so to speak so don’t take it literally and to heart. Ok, so i ...
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‘People tend to be frightened of what they don’t understand’ It’s a simple quote, but a quote which I think resonates perfectly with the times we find ourselves living in ...
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Right off the bat I want to congratulate all the fearless Egyptians who have come out throughout these protests to voice their rights and unequivocally demand that they be recognized ...
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I NEVER thought I’d have to cover his speeches as far as i have but what can i say…this guy has some NERVE….if the sequel was a flop you ...
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As we all know sequels usually flop…and this speech is no exception to that rule. So here we go again with another off-the-tracks speech orchestrated by Mubarak to answer the calls and ...
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So after hearing the speech of Hosni Mubarak i was left in shock and awe…..for all the WRONG reasons….This guy makes Tom Cruise look grounded in reality…It’s only a guy ...
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So the story that everyone has been hooked on in the news is of course the goings on in Egypt….well…i say everyone…seems the USA has gone a bit quiet on ...
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So the news story I found this week I think really puts the O in OH-HELL-NO. The story involves Tunisia’s former ‘president’ Ben Ali’s wife, Leila Ben Ali who ...