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links for 2010-05-31

Monday, May 31, 2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell

MT @Misha44_: Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it http://bit.ly/a1RGg7 // some much-needed context [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15084846174]

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http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/05/30/damnit-spock-you-still-arent-emo-enough/

Damnit Spock, You Still Aren’t Emo Enough http://bit.ly/cAyqsJ // this is full of WIN, be sure to read the comments too [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15066420585]

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links for 2010-05-30

Sunday, May 30, 2010

http://friendfeed.com/google-news-top-stories/9363310e/season-first-tropical-storm-kills-12-in

and Guatemala is also suffering from a volcanic eruption, unlucky country re: http://ff.im/l9dwr [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15011224591]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10125768.stm

Sugar supplies in the bag as panic ends http://bit.ly/cwUeq7 #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15002107683]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10191339.stm

Israel rejects Middle East nuclear talks plan http://bit.ly/cktjI7 #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15002084835]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10180591.stm

Czech Republic voters move to right in general election http://bit.ly/ajf10x #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15002055585]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10179211.stm

Japan PM in deal to keep US base on Okinawa http://bit.ly/bi1OJ4 #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15002031066]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10189054.stm

Thousands flee volcanos in Ecuador and Guatemala http://bit.ly/aTuEZc #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15002005948]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8711089.stm#

'Some things were better under apartheid' http://bit.ly/9VeH8H //continuing probs faced by South Africa #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/15001987072]

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links for 2010-05-29

Saturday, May 29, 2010

http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2FAR2010052804319.html&usg=AFQjCNHy_bOx_6OJt672MhxXeIWiTA1uUg

Liked "Supreme Court asked to review Ariz. immigrant-employment law - Washington Post" http://ff.im/-l69on [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14949797024]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10181380.stm

Pakistan mosque attacks in Lahore kill scores http://bit.ly/95VUPt #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14939371259]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10181437.stm

West Bank road partially opened to Palestinian traffic http://bit.ly/c6KXsi has been closed since 2002 #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14939343938]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10181527.stm

China 'will not protect' Korea ship attackers http://bit.ly/bVumpw #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14939297427]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10186112.stm

Hundreds flee Guatemala volcano http://bit.ly/bKqSwO #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14939269634]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10187580.stm

Rwanda arrests US lawyer Erlinder for genocide denial http://bit.ly/9m7W2X #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14939246723]

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links for 2010-05-28

Friday, May 28, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2818368820100528?type=marketsNews

Jobless aid set to expire as US House votes on bill http://bit.ly/bTvExy //don't know why Congress can't get act together on this [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14918857355]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10169258.stm

Blast kills six outside theatre in Stavropol, Russia http://bit.ly/aymYsD #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14864972210]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10171589.stm

Singapore oil slick closes beach after ship collision http://bit.ly/cUBXdm #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14864936245]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10177346.stm

Indigenous group lynches four policemen in Bolivia http://bit.ly/9toYPX #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14864911016]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10175593.stm

Can DR Congo cope without UN force? http://bit.ly/boGoqw #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14864878909]

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http://www.komonews.com/news/95053894.html

Seattleites ask mayor for legal pot, nude beach http://bit.ly/bXJMd0 // personally, I'd like to have more light rail [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14859228992]

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links for 2010-05-27

Thursday, May 27, 2010

http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a186e74-6927-11df-aa7e-00144feab49a.html?o=/home/uk

Treasury nets $1.3bn from Citi stake sale http://bit.ly/9dyuzg // #TARP paying off for the American taxpayer [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14819735308]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/26/AR2010052604234.html?hpid=topnews

RT @Cirincione: Obama's national security strategy "a clear break" from failed Bush strategy that made America weaker. http://bit.ly/bIfwNm [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14803434556]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10165563.stm

Tamil Tiger child rebels go home http://bit.ly/aeSTwC #elsewhereintheworld // today's link about kids in terrible situations [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799641822]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10160892.stm

Israel bombs Gaza in night raid wounding two seriously http://bit.ly/diz9JU #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799594915]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10161713.stm

West Bank rabbi bans women from local election http://bit.ly/bpz4SC #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799574420]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10159631.stm

Europe seeks new levy on banks to create crisis funds http://bit.ly/bCeShB #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799534315]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10151722.stm

Oil leaks from tanker collision off Singapore http://bit.ly/bCH6pC #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799505555]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10164623.stm

Jamaica shoot-out death toll 'rises to 44' http://bit.ly/9SR9oo #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799477958]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10167800.stm

ICC refers Sudan war crimes cases to UN http://bit.ly/a64trm #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14799446737]

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http://commonsensedictates.com/wordpress/?p=509#

Liberals Decide Eating Their Own Will Fix Oil Catastrophe http://bit.ly/9ZL8sS [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14770848506]

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links for 2010-05-26

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10153376.stm

Baghdad thieves kill 14 in jewellery shop raids http://bit.ly/bf9leq #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14727067394]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10146284.stm

Young, Kurdish, and jailed in Turkey http://bit.ly/cc405J #elsewhereintheworld sad how many of these stories involve kids in bad situations [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14727020937]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10156834.stm

North Korea 'severs all ties' with Seoul http://bit.ly/9jx9xL #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14726950458]

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2010/05/how_football_helped_to_heal_ho.html#211031

How football helped to heal Honduras http://bit.ly/dpnBdg (i.e. soccer) #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14726926859]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10159089.stm

UN force to leave Chad and Central African Republic http://bit.ly/bOjhe7 #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14726858022]

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links for 2010-05-25

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8700905.stm

The harsh lives of Kabul's street children http://bit.ly/cZx2ye #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14662371999]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10151507.stm

Iran "ready for new chapter of co-operation" - UN envoy http://bit.ly/bIGYXY #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14662338015]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10150379.stm

US to conduct naval exercises with S Korea after attack http://bit.ly/b38ydK #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14662300740]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10146882.stm

Two American tourists kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen http://bit.ly/bY4wME #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14662268739]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10140805.stm

Somaliland-Ethiopia border clash 'kills 13' http://bit.ly/bB7wiS #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14662219186]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/cuts-george-osborne-young-elderly?CMP=twt_gu

These cuts won't hurt a bit. Unless you're young or poor http://bit.ly/9sKLjY // good summary of UK cuts #ConDemNation #toryfail [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14657224807]

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http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3961/sixteen-months-later-obama-finally-getting-his-media-honeymoon

Sixteen Months Later, Is Obama Finally Getting His Media Honeymoon? http://bit.ly/bxt9hL // terrific post! More about blogs than media [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14648784932]

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http://almuhajabah.posterous.com/the-gulf-spill-and-the-small-government-conun

The Gulf Spill and the Small Government Conundrum http://post.ly/hDKx [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14643296755]

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http://friendfeed.com/google-news-top-stories/7f2e7f43/obama-seeks-way-to-trim-costs-from-spending

this turns out to be an update of the line-item veto, something I did not get at all from the headline re: http://ff.im/kPNlm [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14629031376]

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links for 2010-05-24

Monday, May 24, 2010

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com

@brontyman just about to read it! Follow @oil_spill_2010 and visit http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com for more info. Great resource! [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14597948627]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/24krugman.html?src=twr

MT @KristiIA Wall St, for example, is in “a state of bitter, seething, hysterical fury” toward the president http://tinyurl.com/2wwdjgm #win [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14597639505]

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http://www.twitlonger.com/show/1evndc

I keep being reminded of this quote: "We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department is (cont) http://tl.gd/1evndc [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14597022423]

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/mission_impossible_obama_taps_crack_team_of_scient.php

@Stephm717 You may want to read http://bit.ly/99YdRm about the brains the govt has on the job [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14597133824]

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http://www.energy.gov/news/9001.htm

@brontyman http://www.energy.gov/news/9001.htm [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14595697839]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10133159.stm

From rubbish dump to school room in Mumbai http://bit.ly/d3SsJ0 // kids who live in a garbage dump :( [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594718576]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10143791.stm

UN camp for Gaza children torched http://bit.ly/d57J7k #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594638421]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10143745.stm

US-China summit opens in Beijing http://bit.ly/aMjYFS #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594603667]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8699834.stm

Jamaica police declare emergency http://bit.ly/bVTfyV #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594578176]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10142318.stm

Ethiopia votes in election clouded by fraud fears http://bit.ly/aIGYWR #elsewhereintheworld [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594550372]

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-05-24-oiltech21_CV_N.htm

Despite previous spills, oil cleanup research falls short http://bit.ly/bbCmPL // a thorough, balanced article, highly recommended reading [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14594077739]

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http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSN2319779420100523&usg=AFQjCNEBMSiDSYb1fDYnWWxaYzHSAcdj8Q

Liked "US will "push" out BP if spill response falls short - Reuters" http://ff.im/-kO1MK [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14577305088]

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links for 2010-05-23

Sunday, May 23, 2010

http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSN2319779420100523&usg=AFQjCNEBMSiDSYb1fDYnWWxaYzHSAcdj8Q

Liked "US will "push" out BP if spill response falls short - Reuters" http://ff.im/-kO1MK [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14577305088]

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http://www.twitlonger.com/show/1ei32m

@MN_Love definitely we should get as many ppl helping as we can, w/ wide range of expertise. However, this isn't (cont) http://tl.gd/1ei32m [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14545689558]

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https://twitter.com/muhajabah/status/14528247960

https://twitter.com/muhajabah/status/14528247960 if I'm counting correctly this was my 2000th tweet. A pretty good one too IMO ;) [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14529717358]

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links for 2010-05-22

Saturday, May 22, 2010

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/64027-obama-urges-gop-to-get-a-mop-and-clean-up-mess

@VickyMD the quote comes from http://bit.ly/9EYKsV - we definitely all need to work together, not fall into infighting [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14477019941]

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http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/543771/

RT @Oil_Spill_2010: Ongoing #oilspill response timeline http://bit.ly/8Y49FV <-great acct to follow for updates [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14466520593]

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http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/

Deepwater Horizon Response http://bit.ly/bNmLvv // since apparently some liberals need to see this. Full accounting of what govt is doing [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14465734729]

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-21/illinois-may-not-get-guantanamo-inmates-after-house-panel-vote.html

I am tired of ppl blaming Obama for not closing Gitmo when Congress keeps blocking his attempts http://bit.ly/bvBJJo [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14460191174]

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http://friendfeed.com/google-news-top-stories/376a6452/palin-borrows-outfit-for-rally-after-luggage

This was worth an entire news story? It takes media fawning over Palin to ridiculous lengths. re: http://ff.im/kI2ok [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/14445869633]

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