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"And the Oscar goes to.." Make your picks for tonight's 85th Academy Awards

Published February 24th, 2013 - 11:11 GMT

A Lebanese blogger says this year's Academy Awards are anyone's for the picking. He gives his favorites and challenges the reader to guess as well; KSA goes green-- kind of; civil marriage is still not seen as such in Lebanon; and Tripoli's hospital gets an armed guest.
Some of this year's Leading Male Actor nominees look like they're straight from the caves of Afghanistan. (image courtesy of www.hindustantimes.com )
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VIDEO: Armed Group Storms Hospital in Tripoli [2]
State of Mind [3]
2013 Oscar Predictions
Who are your picks for tonight's Oscars? See all the categories and make some predictions for yourself.
Informed Comment [4]
Greening of Saudi Arabia: NASA Photos Show Kingdom Tapping non-renewable Aquifers for Farming
Saudi is showing up green on NASA satellites but is this sustainable irrigation?
Global Voices Online [5]
A Couple's Civil Marriage Rejected in Lebanon
No so fast. Depsite many Lebanese wanting their religious identities kept personal and not printed on government IDs, the Beiruti Brass are showing that they're still hanging on to some religious clansmanship.
Blog Baladi [6]
VIDEO: Armed Group Storms Hospital in Tripoli
So they went in fully armed, took the guy out and then he handed himself back to the authorities.
Source URL: http://www.albawaba.com/blog_roundup/academy-awards-prediction-472765

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[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIiXhbHpE7w
[3] http://stateofmind13.com/2013/02/24/2013-oscar-predictions/
[4] http://www.juancole.com/2013/02/greening-renewable-aquifers.html
[5] http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/29/a-couples-civil-marriage-rejected-in-lebanon/
[6] http://blogbaladi.com/video-armed-group-storms-hospital-in-tripoli/