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Lebanon the liberal paradise of the Middle East gets Censored

Published October 27th, 2011 - 11:39 GMT

Online censorship is waving its censor's pen threateningly as Lebanon gears up to control online media; The fat of the land: America's richest grow richer; and is Egypt's 'state' responsible for bombing churches rather than securing the homeland?
Diverse and free Lebanon, known for its melting pot of political opinion, might just be losing some of its freedoms online.
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Karl reMarks [2]
The Looming Threat of Online Censorship in Lebanon
I read this Daily Star story about Lebanon’s plan to ‘organise online media’ with a combination of alarm and amusement. I am alarmed by the censorship role that the National Audiovisual Council has been playing increasingly in recent years, but I am also amused by the incompetent authoritarianism of the Lebanese political class and its fumbling efforts to control the dynamic online scene....
Iraqi American Mojo [3]
Top 1% in America get much richer
LAT: "The rich have gotten richer over the last three decades -- and the very rich have gotten very richer -- far outpacing the middle class, according to a new government study." The news is all over the US media: income disparity grows exponentially. In America!
Egyptian Chronicles [4]
A policeman : The State security is behind the two saints church bombing
Al Ahram Arabic gate has published an extremly important video clip for a low ranking policeman from those currently on strike who claims that police generals and Habib El Adly are behind the two saints church....
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[3] http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2011/10/top-1-in-america-get-much-richer.html
[4] http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/10/policeman-state-security-is-behind-two.html