Tag: egypt
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Corbett Report: Episode227 – The Regulation Trap
Listen to @CorbettReport on @RBNlive Weeknights at Midnight from corbett report: Every time there’s a problem in the world, there are those who will cry for more government regulations to make it better. Time and again, these interventions make things worse, and yet the same people inevitably cry for the same false solutions. Could it…
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Coptic Pope’s Death Adds to Fears in Egypt’s Time of Transition
from nytimes.com: A tearful crowd of thousands that included members of Egypt’s emerging political class attended a funeral service Tuesday for Pope Shenouda III, who spent four decades as the popular and charismatic leader of the country’s Coptic Orthodox Church. During a two-hour morning ceremony, with prayers read in Arabic and Coptic, the pope, dressed…
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egypt awaits election results
video: hardline islamist surge in egypt polls* from cnn: Initial results of Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak are due as early as Thursday. Both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Al Noor Salafi Muslim Party have claimed a lead in ballot counting, but election officials have been tight-lipped. Voting took…
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corbett report: episode210 – hunting the octopus
listen to corbett report on @RBNlive weeknights at midnight from corbett report: In Episode 209 we looked at the mysterious death of Danny Casolaro, the journalist who was about to crack the political conspiracy of the century, a plot that he called “the octopus.” This week we go in search of the octopus that Casolaro…
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geopolitiks: ‘world pressure mounts’ as cairo clashes continue
from cbs/ap: International criticism of Egypt’s military rulers mounted Wednesday as police clashed for a fifth day with protesters demanding the generals relinquish power immediately. A rights group raised the death toll for the wave of violence to at least 38. At least 2,000 protesters have been wounded, mostly from gas inhalation or injuries caused…
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author claims ‘curse of tutankhamun’ murders done by aleister crowley
from telegraph: Six mysterious London deaths famously attributed to the ‘Curse of Tutankhamun’ were actually murders by notorious Satanist Aleister Crowley, a historian claims in a new book. Incredible parallels between Crowley and Jack the Ripper have also been discovered during research by historian Mark Beynon. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, London was gripped by…
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10/20 defcon: ops, apps & agony
top egypt ‘facebook revolutionary’ advising #OWS* ‘anti-cheating boyfriend’ app forced to change* video: theater review of ‘the agony & the ecstasy of steve jobs’: the moral issues behind iphone & its makers* was 1883 astro-mystery a near-miss billion ton comet?* does future hold ‘avatar’-like bodies for us?* russians wants to build colony on the moon;…
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Corbett Report: Episode202 – How To Overthrow a Dictator
From Romania to Egypt, even our recent history is replete with examples of how the people can stand up en masse and take down a dictator… but what if overthrowing the dictator is the easy part? This week on The Corbett Report we ask the question behind the question of how to overthrow a dictator:…
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US Aides ‘Believe’ China ‘Probably’ Examined Stealth Copter In Pakistan
In the days after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan’s intelligence service probably allowed Chinese military engineers to examine the wreckage of a stealth American helicopter that crashed during the operation, according to American officials and others familiar with the classified intelligence assessments…
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Egypt to Officially Request Germany to Return Nefertiti Bust
Minister of Antiquites Zahi Hawass said he would send the German government an official request next week to return the Nefertiti bust that is displayed in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.
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Giant Statue Of Amenhotep III Unearthed In Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered a giant statue of Egypt’s famous pharaoh Amenhotep III at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities authority said on Tuesday.
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4/21 Pop Occulture: Royally Cursed Rapture
Tabloid astrology prediction spells doom for royals // Terrorist threat possible at royal wedding // UK man gets 70 days for burning Quran // Bachmann: US ‘cursed if we reject Israel’ // Pregnant Kate Hudson dabbles in light-witchcraft to predict baby’s sex
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Obama Declares National State of Emergency Over Libya
Is Obama about to order the military to invade Libya?
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gaddafi flees libya, gives 15-second ‘speech’ amid uprising
from raw replay: As his government increasingly fell out beneath him, 41-year Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi struggled to keep projecting an image of power. After a day of rumors about whether he was still in the country, he was said to be planning a major speech Monday, but then appeared on state television for approximately…
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2/17 defcon: cyber-coup, backdoor & track more
cyber-attack hits canadian government computers* report: egypt shut down net with big switch, not phone calls* voice of america uses social media to aid foreign dissent* surveillance footage & code clues indicate stuxnet hit iran* cia head panetta warns of possible cyber-pearl harbor* lynn urges partnership against cyber threat* dod talks up plans to deploy…