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US and EU to share private flier info

Posted in Europe, Human Rights, Politics, Terrorism, United States on Sunday, 29 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Apparently the US and EU have just signed a treaty, replacing temporary provisions, to force airlines to send a host of personal information about all passengers traveling to the States within 15 minutes of take-off. Apparently, “most of the treaty relies on the US to follow the rules and notify Europe later.” And, according to [...]

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China: paper basket

Posted in China, Environment on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Just read a report [pdf] issued by Forrest Trends, a sustainable forests non-profit. The report addresses the environmental implications of trends in China’s paper making industry. I was quite surprised to find that the report is actually mostly positive.
Over the decade since 1996 china has imported enormous amounts of wastepaper, particularly from the states that [...]

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Bedouin Ostriches?

Posted in Gulf + 1, History, Politics, Society on Thursday, 19 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Very nice article in bidoun by someone i’ve crossed paths with. I thought her intelligent and intriguing. This is engaging and enlightening. On the fates of the Al-Murrah bedouin warriors since the advent of modernity to the arabian peninsula. It doesnt hurt the writing that she happens to be one of them.
And, no, it’s [...]

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Systematic Chaos and the Hand of God

Posted in Cairo, Economy, Egypt, Environment, Poverty, Society on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The NYT has a piece about Cairo traffic by Michael Slackman. Some exerpts:
The traffic here, and the army of police officers who try to manage it, tell much about modern Egypt in ways big and small. The first seems to be that no matter how crowded, and it is beyond crowded, no matter how chaotic, [...]

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veil accolade

Posted in Egypt, Islam, Media, Society on Monday, 16 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

argh!
umm.. err.. uhhh.. umm.. sigh..
argh!
It’s a recent music video called: “You’ve taken on the veil; bravo!”
Do i have to elaborate? i’m sorry, am at a loss.

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Inherited Jihadism

Posted in Active Islam, Terrorism on Sunday, 8 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Just caught this article by ICG SE Asia director titled “Inherited Jihadism: Like Father Like Son”. She’s essentially saying that, in Indonesia at least (and i would say it’s more or less applicable across the board) there has already been at least one generation of islamists by inheritance and that mechanisms to draw them away [...]

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