links for 2009-04-09

• Omar Effendi workers continue sit-in for third day – Daily News Egypt – Full Article
  (tags: egypt labor privatization)
• The dark side of Dubai – Johann Hari, Commentators – The Independent
  Great article about all that's wrong with the Gulf model: Fakeness, slave labor, complete disregard for the environment, dictatorship. Pretty comprehensive.
  (tags: dubai globalization politics business economics development culture environment labor capitalism neoliberal)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Era of personalised medicine awaits
  (tags: medicine technology science genetics health)
• La revolucion energetica: Cuba's energy revolution | Links
  this is impressive. really impressive. and the thing about cuba is, they actually have equal or better HDI stats compared to US.
  (tags: cuba energy energy-policy development sustainability alternative)
• Things to remember about the Sudan air strike | The Arabist
  (tags: sudan israel egypt politics military gaza iran)
• Solidarity with Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahim تضامن مع إبرهيم حسن إبرهيم
  (tags: auc labor egypt education university)
• BBC NEWS | Business | Thales signs Saudi rail contract
  (tags: saudi-arabia development)
• BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Painting the protest red
  (tags: thailand activism politics protests)
• BBC NEWS | South Asia | US bounty scheme struggles in Pakistan
  (tags: pakistan taliban afghanistan islam capitalism culture religion terror society bbc)
• BBC NEWS | Americas | US court allows apartheid claims
  3o2bal israel
  (tags: southafrica apartheid racism law united-states)
• An Environmental Brain Drain to D.C. – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states green politics obama)
• In Areas Fueled by Coal, Climate Bill Sends Chill – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states coal environment energy energy-policy)