UPDATE: 2 February – Cairo The CNN crew including Anderson Cooper were attacked. The fled to their hotel. Anderson Cooper explains: It’s like sending Prince William to Afghanistan on a state visit during a surge against the Taliban. CNN has sent the “Silver Fox,” Anderson Cooper, to Cairo. The US military has sent Special… [Read more…]
January 31, 2011
Announcers analyze and pronounce that social media have helped engineer the toppling of governments in the Near and Middle East. But has the genie been let out of the bottle? Journalism has fallen into the hands of the people. Anyone with a computer of any kind can get word out there in text or video… [Read more…]
January 31, 2011
It seems impossible that Google could not be able to track anyone anywhere but in all seriousness, one of its CEOs is missing: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Google executive Wael Ghonim is missing in Egypt amid widespread protests. A friend said Monday that Ghonim hasn’t made contact with anyone since Friday morning. Habib Haddad, a… [Read more…]
January 31, 2011
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Obama spoke to Chinese President Hu in sharp terms about the sorry state of human rights in China. But he has been singularly soft-spoken when it comes to Mubarak of Egypt. According to on-air comments by Dr. Fouad Ajami [Middle East expert; professor Johns Hopkins; Fellow Hoover Institute] on CNN 1/30/20011, we can look to… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
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SamHenry’s Great Grandfather and his family traveled to Egypt in 1895 aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He kept a diary to pass the time on-board and continued throughout his stay in Egypt. A Cook’s tour book of the time recommended that their patrons read Amelia Edward’s travel classic 1,000 Miles up the Nile. It is… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
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Since Mubarak killed the internet last week, talk of what rights people have to information from and communication on the internet have been all over the web. A dear blogger friend, ArleneArmy has pointed out that to shut down our access to pay our bills on time is not right either. So it is clear… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
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Troops have replaced police and citizens in protecting the Cairo Antiquities Museum. It is not out of danger yet. Other sites across Egypt being secured remain in danger as well. The troops should have been deployed earlier for this but perhaps sending in a small unit may have been impossible. Regardless, they are on duty… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
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From English Aljazeera 30 January 2011: The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network’s licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said. “The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered … suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
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Import of the Middle East to the story of mankind Scientists find stone tools are between 100,000 and 125,000 years old in the United Arab Emirates Early ancestors of modern humans may have left Africa far earlier than was previously thought. A haul of stone tools unearthed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suggests that… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
In China, the true cost of Britain’s clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale By SIMON PARRY in China and ED DOUGLAS in Scotland Last updated at 10:01 PM on 29th January 2011 This toxic lake poisons Chinese farmers, their children and their land. It is what’s left behind after making the… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011
Friday, Jan 28, 2011 20:26 ET Egypt’s military secures famed antiquities museum To prevent looters from getting inside, citizens form a human chain around the home of King Tut’s gold mask By DIAA HADID and MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press AP A fire at the ruling party headquarters next door threatened to engulf the Egyptian Museum,… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011
This is worth noting for those who not only know English history but who know Robin Hood lived in one of the famous woods of England, Sherwood Forest. National Trust ready to ‘step in’ and save English woodlands Biggest change in land ownership for more than 80 years described as ‘watershed moment in the history… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011
The Chinese government long interested in control of the internet in country has limited information from that source about the uprising in Egypt. It has removed “Egypt” as a search term in at a website similar to Twitter and has made information about the turmoil unsearchable. [CBS News] In published articles, only scant bits of… [Read more…]
January 28, 2011
This afternoon, Wolf Blitzer almost lifted off the ground with excitement at events unfolding in Egypt and Jordan. He kept repeating how serious it was in a tone that suggested that the winds of war were so strong, he might just get his kite out of the closet and fly it. This evening, there was… [Read more…]
January 28, 2011
In reviewing the blogs and photos for Egypt’s “Day of Anger” in Algazeera, January 27, one photo of a police officer struck me with its strong echoes of Egypt’s past. He could have been found in a tomb painting. Egypt is the oldest established Arab government. The world knows more about this country than perhaps… [Read more…]
January 31, 2011
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