links for 2009-05-12

• From the field: Do you want to guess if diplomatic pressure works?
  on Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a half brother of Abu Dhabi’s ruler and the United Arab Emirates’ president, severely beating the Afghan and driving over his body.
  (tags: abudhabi torture law humanrights)
• Abu Dhabi's ambitious eco-city | Masdar plan | The Economist
  On Masdar
  (tags: economist environment sustainability technology green abudhabi)
• حبس رائد شرطة وأمين شياخة الوطنى بـالسبتية لاتهامها بإشعال النار فى مواطن داخل النقطة – بوابة الشروق
  one year sentence for setting a man on fire INSIDE a police station. Unfuckingbelievable.
  (tags: police torture corruption law)
• Wind Energy: Bird kills on the radar | CleanTechies Blog – CleanTechies.com
  radar tech to regulate windfarms by reacting to flocks and weather
  (tags: energy windows)
• BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt MP addresses national dress
  Mustapha al-Gindy wants the simple galabeyya, until now more associated with men in rural areas or manual labourers, to be promoted as the national costume of Egypt .
  (tags: egypt)