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    Vintage Ploughing.

    drove past it. loads of old tractors trying to plough as straight as possible. brilliant!
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    The Club Med war The passage of resolution 1973 has put the ball (of fire) in Gaddafi's court. Every civilian and military target in the Mediterranean is now fair game as he threatens to "get crazy", and with the colonel willing to fight to the death, it's fair to assume the Security Council...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    another aspect is that in these times of economic woe the arab nations in league with washington / the pentagon do spend a lot of money on weapons - propping up the industrial military complex.
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    The Arab counter-revolution is winning In the inextricable Saudi/Washington nexus, democracy may be acceptable for Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but it's a very bad idea for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other friendly Gulf dictatorships. The message of the Gulf kingdoms and sheikhdoms to Washington is...
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    Downloading stuff before it's aired in the UK

    yo tek! thankyou very muchly for this. have been using torrents for a while but have always been :eversoslightlyworried: about being tracked. have always meant to get into what you've just layed out on a plate for us but never had the time / inclination to do the leg work. so...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Libya and Bahrain sheikh, rattle and roll In both Libya and Bahrain, the great 2011 Arab revolt seems to have reached the red line. Regime change stops here - with the House of Saud at the top of the Arab dictatorial pyramid, followed by its Gulf minions. And as Muammar Gaddafi rolls out his...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    House of Saud 'liberates' Bahrain The House of Saud has rolled into Bahrain with armored carriers, tanks and troops to repress protests that have revealed the United States client state and its corrupt 200-year-old dynasty as the Gulf's weakest link. Media-fueled illusions of Iran as the...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Not much. Was quashed before it started - more police than people in Riyadh. Kicked off in Bahrain - the home of the US Navy's 5th fleet, the police of the uber strategic Strait of Hormuz. Another couple of articles: Mummies and models in the new Middle East Egypt, previously a moribund land...
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    National Census

    Done on-line. Tremendous fun. Waste of paper - why not give the option before sending all the 'litter tray liner' out. (joshua ;) )
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    The birth of Islamic modernity Although the symptoms are the same - unemployment, poverty, corruption, absence of freedom - the Arab revolt is actually diverse revolutions fought with diverse strategies. The crucial unifying theme is that Arab peoples are starting to build their own modernity...
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    The fall of the house of saud and destabilation of the region

    Good luck for the ‘Day of Rage’ in Saudi Arabia today. Let’s hope the House of Saud isn’t too harsh on its people.
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Generational rage in the House Whatever response they plan to the "day of rage" demonstrations in Saudi Arabia, the elders of the ruling House of Saud will have to take into account that generational conflict will resonate with politics and intrigues within the large royal family. Calls for...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Arab revolt reworks the world order Brazil, India and South Africa, all serving as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, took a clear-cut position against Western orchestrations for a "no-fly zone" over Libya. By favoring Arab nationalism, the three underscored growing...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Libys puts China in world stage spotlight The parallel with the Iraq War of Western proposals for intervention in Libya is striking, with the crucial difference that things are in fast-forward mode as Russia and China clear the diplomatic path. Whether this is a one-off or China's defining...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    And The (Arab) Oscars Go To....... In the (real) Arab world, this is what Oscar night - somewhere over the rainbow - would probably be like. Among the many winners, "Social Networks Smash Kings' Speeches" would be the best movie, while the best ensemble cast would go to the mother of the great...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Dispatches From America: Washington's Echo Chamber One has to strain to fit this Middle Eastern moment into any previous paradigm, even as - from Wisconsin to China - it threatens to spread like a fever across the planet. In the face of such an undefined but world-shaking phenomenon, one might...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Iran Embarks On New Voyage Of Discovery The sight of Iranian warships sailing through the Suez Canal for the first time in more than 30 years has raised many alarm bells, particularly in Israel. The sea voyage certainly marks Iran's newfound ties with Egypt, and amply illustrates how the...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Brother Gaddafi, You're Going Down The beginning of the end for Muammar Gaddafi was classic Arab dictator stuff as he left his "modernizing" son Saif to threaten and infuriate the masses by saying they risked igniting a civil war in which Libya's oil wealth "will be burned". There will be more...
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    The 2011 Uprisings

    Next Stop: The House of Saud The great 2011 Arab revolt will only fulfill its historic mission when it shakes the foundations of the House of Saud. While their extraordinary oil wealth and a vast repression apparatus make it wishful thinking its rulers will ever reform themselves, protests in...
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    for sale - cannock chase - offers invited

    Cameron 'to abandon plans to change forest ownership' yessss!
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