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translated rare solidarity op-ed – New Profile | Google Groups

"translation of a rare expression of solidarity by rami heuberger, a well-known israeli stage, tv and film actor and artist, protesting the indefinitely extended housearrest of arab palestinian artist and activist samieh jabbarin." "Front Page, Yedioth Aharonoth May 7 2009."

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Oil Prices Reach a Symbolic Mark – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com# -

Excellent graphical history & audio, charting oil's ascent to 100$ a barrel in February 2008.

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BBC – BBC World Service Programmes – Assignment, Algeria looks to the Future

"Nearly 200,000 people were killed in clashes between Islamist extremists and the state during the devastating civil war of the 1990s. Both sides committed terrible human rights abuses. Now Algeria’s newly elected government says the country is booming."

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[from martinstabe] Independent: British press split in two by Wapping’s great gamble

Great summary of the state of the paywall debate among UK national newspapers by Ian Burrell. Emily Bell of the Guardian: "This is not about newspaper publishing, this is about news, content and analysis on the internet and as long as you keep making the category error that says newspaper publishers are different you won’t make any progress."

[from martinstabe] FT.com: Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

"[The] Financial Times has learnt that Microsoft has also approached other big online publishers [besides News Corp] to persuade them to remove their sites from Google’s search engine."

[from jrhyen] 7 Common (Newbie) Google Analytics Mistakes: The ROI Revolution Blog

[from righthand] Northern Ireland: Eyewitness accounts of 1972 "Bloody Sunday" massacre indict British army. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry has begun to take statements from eyewitnesses involved in the events in Derry on January 30, 1972

On that day, British army paratroopers fired upon a peaceful civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of the city, killing 13 people. What became known as the “Bloody Sunday” massacre was part of an escalation of Britain's military occupation of Northern Ireland at a time of mounting social tensions. An estimated 50,000 people attended the Derry m […]

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[from righthand] *****US immigrant builds bridges with the 'Facebook of peace'. At some point, every member of the networking website Facebook is invited to join noble campaigns such as "Save Darfur!," promote causes such as gay rights, support Obama's presidential bid...

Virtual activism is on the rise thanks to Facebook and other social networks, but in many cases it is not more than another bland item on the profile page. The founder of Mepeace.org, a Web site that connects Israelis, Palestinians and people from other parts of the planet, believes that independent social networks are still relevant. A former yeshiva studen […]

[from elizrael] Number of IDF recruits seeking combat service jumps by 6% | Haaretz, Nov 22, 2009

According to IDF data, 73.7 percent of all the recruits with the necessary level of fitness requested to serve in combat units. At the same time last year, only 67.2 percent of the conscripts asked to do so. ... The IDF explains the rise in motivation to serve in combat units as stemming from Israel's winter offensive against Hamas in Gaza, code-named O […]