links for 2009-04-06

• Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | When push comes to shove
  (tags: arab egypt qatar politics geopolitics)
• Groups Develop Map Showing Possible Renewable Energy Sites
  (tags: alternative energy solar wind google united-states)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Net firms start storing user data
  (tags: privacy internet eu police BigBrother)
• Egypt strike fizzles amid heavy security presence at 3arabawy
  (tags: 6April egypt activism)
• AFP: Islamists arrested on Egypt day of protest
  (tags: 6April egypt protests activism)
• Petition on Tuition: Workers should be wailing
  (tags: auc labor activism humanrights egypt)
• Notes on the 6th of April, MBs… at 3arabawy
  (tags: egypt activism cairo 6April labor muslim-brotherhood)
• Democracy Now! | Marxist Geographer David Harvey on the G20, the Financial Crisis and Neoliberalism
  (tags: economics capitalism marxism economy g20 globalization audio finance neoliberal economic-crisis financial-crisis DavidHarvey)
• حفلة تعذيب لـ(نقاش) مجاملة لموظف كبير – بوابة الشروق
  police torture laborer on behalf of official for asking for an advance to buy materials
  (tags: torture egypt police privatization)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | Electing guidance
  more guessing games on next guide
  (tags: muslim-brotherhood egypt islamism)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Too old school to strike
  "Because the MB as a whole subscribes to conservative politics it has been dismissive of impromptu protests and puzzled at actions organised by social movements with limited agendas. If it isn't grand politics, done the old way, with slogans and leaders and all the rest, the MB is not interested"
  (tags: egypt muslim-brotherhood 6April politics activism)
• Oil-Rich Arab State Pushes Nuclear Bid With U.S. Help – WSJ.com
  (tags: abudhabi nuclear energy uae dubai)
• BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt 'wife swap' couple jailed
  sigh.. intolerance.
  (tags: egypt sex sexuality law)
• AFP: Egypt knew about Sudan convoy strike at the time: FM
  (tags: sudan egypt israel)
• Saudi Arabia's edgy royal succession | A rising but enigmatic prince | The Economist
  more on Naif's appointment
  (tags: saudi-arabia politics)
• Where is Egypt headed? | Spero News
  (tags: egypt united-states politics history economics CampDavid israel)
• Brothers gonna work it out? – The National Newspaper
  conjecture on what will happen post-Akef
  (tags: muslim-brotherhood egypt islamism elections politics)
• Seeds of Revival in Wind and Solar? – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states solar wind alternative energy finance policy green)
• BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
  (tags: global-warming antarctica environment bbc climate science climate-change)
• BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Darling 'was wrong' on recession
  (tags: uk economic-crisis financial-crisis)
• BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | What porn is really for
  (tags: porn politics uk)