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January 26, 2011

Will the 'Day of Anger' in Lebanon fizzle out to allow new leaders the chance to inject the country with calm?
Onus on leaders to calm Lebanon
15:34 GMT
Political groups should work together to prevent sectarianism and foreign meddling
Until now most of the rage has stayed on the Internet.
Egypt's Day of Wrath: Protesters demand change
11:46 GMT
Internet rage has finally spewed out into the streets in yesterday's 'Day of Wrath'.
Walid Bey has ensured that Hariri's chances of a second round at the premiership have sunk.
Junblatt chooses survival over loyalty
07:45 GMT
As a member of a minority in Lebanon, Druze leader has a history of switching over to the side that best safeguards his interests.

January 25, 2011

Where time is measured in minutes, not days, months and years
Arab world needs Japan's work ethic
15:00 GMT
The culture of blabbering, ornamental language and empty promises is non-existent in Japan
The comeback of glasses, includes " 'fashion-only' " or " 'non-prescription' "
Windows to the soul
11:00 GMT
On eyes, lenses and the journey full-circle back to glasses
The Central Prison in Sana’a holds 2,500 prisoners.
Prisoners jailed for longer than required.
08:24 GMT
Fourteen percent of prisoners in Yemen, namely those short of cash, are imprisoned for longer than their sentence.

January 24, 2011

Soul Singer Macy Gray calls the way the Israeli state treats Palestinians 'disgusting'
U.S. singer consults fans over Israel trip
14:00 GMT
Macy Gray receives many pleas for BDS but decides to go to Tel Aviv anyway.
In Yemen, socializing, reputation and smoking shisha are all weirdly connected.
Yemeni girls and smoking
10:00 GMT
Although smoking is getting increasingly popular among Yemeni girls, it is still being associated with reputation.
An Afghani woman in a head scarf playing boxing.
Sports Talk: A problem wherever she goes
07:00 GMT
On wearing Hijab, playing sports and how that is rubbing people -in the east and west- the wrong way.

January 23, 2011

2 Yemeni women sharing a house
Becoming a second wife
15:00 GMT
The stories of 3 Yemeni women and why they became second wives.
Demonstrators in face masks of world politicians carrying their slogans.
On defining governments and political parties
11:00 GMT
Politicians have to avoid using theatrical hatred and xenophobic rhetoric to define their policies
A handwritten lyrics by the famous musician John Lennon.
Figuring out your code
08:00 GMT
A professor of psychology explains how she can read you through your handwriting.

January 22, 2011

Mobile gadgets made surfing the web easier.
Technology: the new enemy of dictators
08:00 GMT
Thanks to the internet, we now have citizen journalists everywhere.

January 20, 2011

A damaged wall in a refugee camp in Yemen
Glimpse of life in a Somali refugee camp
17:00 GMT
Kharaz Somali camp in Yemen and its struggle with education.
Protesters holding signs and banners. by Merel van Beeren
Tunisians also have a dream
10:41 GMT
Drawing on the history of their adopted homeland, Tunisian-Americans gathered near the UN on Martin Luther King Jr. day, a moment when their countrymen's own call for freedom is ringing out.