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Sat - Dec 11 -

GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE -

Some links for this weekend's conference:

:: Global Voices Online ::

:: Globalvoices del.icio.us (Link Log) ::

:: Global Voices Aggregator ::

:: Berkman Center ::


+ Jeff Jarvis from BuzzMachine is attending,
-- see link on sidebar.

+ Hope to be back later.

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Thu/Fri - Dec 10 -

BIRDS ONBOARD -

LEGAL EAGLE -

*Famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams will help Columbia University probe mounting charges that top professors have intimidated or bullied Jewish students in their classrooms."

:: Columbia taps lawyer ::

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THE PARROT THAT LIVED
UNDER THE STAIRS, TOO?

Faiza Jarrar has moved from the house that was dangerously near the Airport Road to a relatively safer location in Baghdad, but she can still hear the sounds of combat in her new home.

I wonder if she brought the parrot that used to live under the staircase with her.

Hey, what's happening... ?

:: From A FAMILY IN BAGHDAD ::

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Thurs - Dec 9 -

LOOSE MEDIA LINKS: Middle East Style -

After a year of taking her film, Control Room, around the US and the West, director Jehane Noujaim finally brought the film to the Middle East with showings in Dubai and Cairo...

* ...the response of Arab viewers to the film, which has yet to be distributed in any Arab country, was one of anger and unease at the Dubai International Film Festival... *

+ I don't think Aljazeera is taking enough responsibility for the effect it is having on people. Is this the kind of effect they want to have? I think they need to reexamine this issue.

:: Aljazeera TV Net - Film about Aljazeera ::

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In other ME Media News... Miriam at the Bloghead blog reports that Israel's largest news website has announced it is will be presenting an English-language version "soon."

*I am the Managing Director of Ynetnews.com, and I promise no yellow journalism and no sleaze, no registration and no fees for anyone, anywhere.*

The above is a quote from someone named Alan on the comment thread for this item found at the Bloghead blog. But Miriam warns that it is, at the very least, very tabloid-ish. So, don't get your hopes up for anything Lofty.

:: Bloghead Blog ::

:: Ynetnews Online ::

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Mon - Dec 6 -

J-AUTONOMY EXCORIATED BY AL-JAZ:

*A civil rights group has accused the Israeli interior ministry of grossly and systematically violating the rights of non-Jews in Israel in order to maintain the state's ethnic purity [sic] ...

"Nothing like this happens anywhere in the world, and the reason is racism, sheer racism," said ["Arab Knesset member"] Muhammad Baraka in a recent interview with Aljazeera.net.*


+ Hmmm, I thought this was why Pakistan was carved out of India... Baraka is not a Jewish Arab, by any chance, is he? Just wondering...

O.K., Al-Jaz did not "get it right" this time. Should we keep a scorecard?

Better yet, maybe Al-Jaz should report their complaint to the Jewish member of the Saudi parliament so he can do something about it ;-)

:: AL-JAZ - Israel biased ::

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Mon - Dec 6 -

US CONSULATE IN JEDDAH UNDER ATTACK -

*Attackers struck the U.S. consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Monday, setting the building on fire and exchanging fire with security forces.*

May be Breaking News ...

Check for Updates.

:: Yahoo! News ::

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Mon - Dec 6 -

BIN LADIN DOPE KINGPIN ACCUSED -

*'We know of individuals in Afghanistan who continue to fund al Qaeda with drug proceeds.'

Bin Laden's major supplier, U.S. authorities say, is Haji Bashir Noorzai, a former Taliban financier who smuggles heroin from the Kandahar area to al Qaeda in Pakistan.

The Pentagon adviser said Noorzai helped finance al Qaeda when it operated with the Taliban. The alliance continues to this day ... *

:: Rowan Scarborough - WashTimes ::

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Mon - Dec 6 -

ANOTHER WINDOW ON IRAQ -

Photographs by seven photographers which I haven't had time to look through yet, but hereby duly noted.

I'm usually surfing at only half-speed these days and currently I'm on an especially slow connection.

Found at :: Sabbah's Blog ::

:: Entry Link ::

:: 'IRAQ UNCENSORED' PHOTOS ::

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