links for 2009-06-18

• On the rebound
  on tourism in global econ crisis
  (tags: egypt economy economic-crisis)
• BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Fusion falters under soaring costs
  (tags: nuclear energy science)
• BBC World Service – News – Fusion reactor threatened by costs
  (tags: nuclear energy research science)
• Daily Kos: Ahmadinejad Rally Photoshopped to Appear Larger
  (tags: iran elections IranElections2009)
• Western Misconceptions Meet Iranian Reality | STRATFOR
  (tags: elections IranElections2009 geopolitics politics united-states iran)
• عمر سليمان | The Arabist
  (tags: egypt OmarSuleiman)
• Informed Comment: Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win
  (tags: iran elections IranElections2009)
• Mondoweiss: Mohammad of Vancouver: Tehran is burning, and who is fueling the fires?
  (tags: iran elections IranElections2009)
• Al Jazeera English – Americas – Cocaine discovered in frozen sharks
  (tags: mexico drugs united-states)
• Sveriges Radio International – English — Engelska
  pirate bay changed its name to persian bay in solidarity
  (tags: iran activism)
• Oil supply: A peak at oil reserves | The Economist
  BP says global oil reserves will last at least 4 decades. Not sure if or how they are counting a) diminishing returns and much higher costs in oil fields that have passed peak production; b) the fact that most oil-producers do not regularly revise their "proven reserves" figures to account for oil pumped out, often since as far back as the 80s; c) increasing demand; among other things
  (tags: oil energy)
• SudanTribune article : Egypt reshuffles Sudan policy group: report
  (tags: egypt politics sudan)
• BM News: Analysis: Brotherhood bloggers and America « Bikya Masr
  (tags: muslim-brotherhood egypt politics united-states)
• The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: On Iran
  iranian supporting AngryArab's rant against the picking of sides. Both are bad and these protests shouldn't be viewed through islamist vs reformist lens.
  "A friend who is in Iran right now confirms: "half the kids throwing rocks at the police didn't even vote." To me, that means that they are not fighting for a Mousavi presidency, but for more freedom, which they must hide under a green Mousavi banner in order to have legitimacy in the eyes of the state." "
  (tags: iran elections activism humanrights)