Jim Franklin (galstan)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I'm a Middle East Studies major at Dickinson currently in my sophomore year.

I am interested in Politics,the Middle East,Arabic,History,Espionage.. My favorite music are Tool. TV: The Wire.

Member since Feb 13, 2009, follows 8 people, 2 public groups, 1188 public bookmarks (1197 total).

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Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Jordanian king disbands parliament about 10 hours ago
- King Abdullah of Jordan has dissolved parliament and ordered a general election to be held two years ahead of schedule.
- Within 30 minutes of the dissolution being announced, websites were awash with postings applauding the decision.
BBC News - Nobel Peace Prize medal 'confiscated' by Iran on 2009-11-27
- The 2003 medal and the accompanying diploma were taken from a bank box in Tehran about three weeks ago, she said.
- In Norway, where a committee chooses the annual recipient, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said: "Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief."
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- - Iran has not made any official comment on the issue.
Al Jazeera English - Africa - Gaddafi to mediate in football row on 2009-11-26
- Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their football World Cup play-off matches
Do the HAJJ in Second Life - CNN iReport on 2009-11-25
Arab football politics: the match that said it all | Al Jazeera Blogs on 2009-11-24
- Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultation in protest over alleged attacks by Algerian fans on Egyptian fans in Khartoum.
- Khartoum is furious in response and believes Egyptian authorities have exaggerated a minor incident in which only two people were slightly wounded in order to alleviate the bitterness of their defeat in the game.
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- - The tension has even spread to the business sphere. Algerian tax authorities have decided to reassess taxes on Egyptian telecommunications company Orascom Algeria, demanding $ 596.6 million.
  - I was thinking that if Arabs are divided as leaders they're at least united as people. I hope I'm still right in this assumption though I'm beginning to have doubts. I've never thought that we could see those political circuses between Arab leaders at their annual summits being reproduced on a macro scale among an Arab population that has for thousands of years shared the same fate and the same dreams.
  - The Algerian and Egyptian leaderships have played politics through their football teams. They have realized very well that football is one of the shortest cuts to their peoples' hearts and minds.
  - their people who are made to think their aspirations are being taken care of are in fact falling victim to political manipulation.
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Egypt: Israel must stop settlement on 2009-11-24
- Egypt and other Arabs have blamed the US administration for not doing enough to press Israel to stop building on occupied territory.
- "Unfortunately, it's a marginal issue, it is some building of houses that became a central issue for the wrong reasons. My answer is even this issue can be settled by negotiations and agreement.
Middle East News | Iran to hold military drills to protect nuke sites on 2009-11-21
- Iran will stage large-scale air defense war games next week to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said Saturday,
- suggested Iran could itself produce an advanced missile defense system which Russia has so far failed to deliver to the Islamic Republic and which Washington and Israel do not want Tehran to have.
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- - Iran believes Russia's delay in supplying high-grade S-300 missiles was due pressure by Israel, not technical problems as cited by Moscow, Mighani said.
  - "I believe both Mousavi and all those who propagated this big lie must face trial in a court of law," said Mohammad Nabi Habibi, secretary-general of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party, the official IRNA news agency reported.
BBC News - Yemen troops 'kill Houthi rebel leader' on 2009-11-20
- Ali al-Qatwani was killed when troops took control of the al-Mahaleet area of Saada province.
- Riyadh launched an offensive against the Houthis this month after they occupied villages inside Saudi territory and killed a border guard.
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- - On their website, the rebels said their fighters had destroyed three Yemeni army vehicles and disabled two tanks near Harf Sufian.
  - The Houthis, named after the family of their leader, say they are trying to reverse the political, economic and religious marginalisation of the Zaydi Shia community.
Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Football protests continue in Egypt on 2009-11-20
- The protest on Friday follows Cairo's decision to recall its ambassador to Algeria, accusing Algerian fans of thuggery during the match in Sudan on Wednesday - which Algeria won 1-0 to qualify for next year's World Cup.
- The interior mnistry warned Egyptians against further protests after 11 police officers and 24 demonstrators were injured in riots near the embassy at dawn on Friday.
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- - Such demonstrations are almost rare in Cairo.
  - About 150 demonstrators gathered on Friday in the Zamalek neighbourhood, where many embassies are located.
Al Jazeera English - Africa - Egypt-Algeria in football spat on 2009-11-20
- Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria after World Cup qualifying football matches between the two countries resulted in a number of outbreaks of violence.
- Egypt says a number of its fans who travelled to Sudan for a match on Wednesday to decide which of the sides would go to next year's World Cup finals in South Africa were assaulted by Algerians.
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- - About 15,000 police officers had been deployed for the match and supporters had been kept apart before kick-off.
  - The earlier match played last Saturday between the two sides in Cairo had also triggered violence, with the Algerian team complaining that their team bus was attacked by Egyptian fans.

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International Politics of the Middle East

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Resources for teaching and learning about international politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Media in Middle East & North Africa

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A group started for participants in Dickinson College's POSC290 - Mass Media, Communication, and Political Identity in MENA. Now open to all who are interested in the intersections of media and politics in the region, particularly new and emerging digital media.