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Aerial Photo Of The March 13 Demos?

Help me figure out if this picture is authentic or not (source). I’m inclined to say no because I can’t see the stage (with the red walls) anywhere. Any clues?

Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 15, 2011

A New Saudi Assertiveness?

Yesterday, the outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, standing next to a giant portrait of the Saudi king declared to hundreds of thousands of Lebanese a war on the weapons of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 14, 2011

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The Game Of Time

In the ongoing negotiations over the cabinet formation, the ones who care least about time are the ones who wil have the most leverage. In other words, the more you’re in a hurry for the government to be formed, the more likely you are to concede.

Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 14, 2011

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Gaddafi Might Emerge Victorious After All

This is Sad. I always felt that what’s happening in Libya is not the same as what happened in Egypt and Tunisia, where hundreds of thousands of unarmed people peacefully clamored for the toppling of the universally-hated dictator. The Libyan “rebels” and their trigger-happy armed-to-the-teeth fighters are made up of an entirely different cloth..

Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 14, 2011

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Japan, Before and After

This interactive feature at the New York Times shows nature’s unparalleled capacity to destroy.. Just slide the bars and see how things got obliterated.

Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 13, 2011

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