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What next for North Africa/Middle East?
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Unrest has also now spread to Djibouti. Djibouti is next to Somalia and is a base for western fleets patrolling for pirates.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE71I0EN20110219?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 (2 page article)Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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I'm totally bored with every news bulletin showing swarthy types running amok in some fly-blown hell-hole and ranting in foreign. It's all in far off places of which we know little. Enough already!0
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amcluesent wrote: »I'm totally bored with every news bulletin showing swarthy types running amok in some fly-blown hell-hole and ranting in foreign. It's all in far off places of which we know little. Enough already!
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amcluesent wrote: »I'm totally bored with every news bulletin showing swarthy types running amok in some fly-blown hell-hole and ranting in foreign. It's all in far off places of which we know little. Enough already!
Well that's challenging my perceptions. I always thought you were fascinated by "Mohammedans".Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Interesting comment piece by Tim Marshall on his blog. I didn't realise until I read this that Saudi Arabia also has a Shi-ite minority, nor that somewhat inconveniently they live in the part of Saudi where the oil is:
http://blogs.news.sky.com/foreignmatters/Post:b3e91f1a-492a-41e2-b68b-db192b00f452Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »Apparently Bernie has said this morning that he will check the situation in Bahrain next Wednesday. If there is still unrest then, that's the day he'll have to cancel.
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Yep. No word yet on whether it'll be rescheduled for later in the year.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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6.38pm: Despite others suggesting earlier that William Hague was off the mark in claiming that Muammar Gaddafi had fled to Venezuela, Libyan state television is now reporting that this is actually the case.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/feb/21/libya-uprising-middle-east-protests0 -
Libya verging on civil war, with fighter jets attacking military bases in Benghazi and insurgents in Tripoli.
Two fighter pilots defect to Malta with their planes.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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Hy all
Can someone explain what a "tribe" is? Heard this mentioned on the news just with regards to one tribe defecting from the Libyian government??
Also good phone in debate regarding Libya today on the radio basically saying England has blood on its hands as we provide lots of arms, crowd control arms and tear gas etc to Libya.? Thoughts?.0
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