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50 Eerie, Disturbing Photos Of A Syrian City Reduced To Rubble
Culture Buzz The city of Homs has been relentlessly pounded with bombs and tanks by the Assad regime in an attempt to crush the rebellion in Syria, leaving much of the city a shattered wasteland. These photos were taken over the past three months in Homs and illustrate why the international community has condemned Assad, with Hillary Clinton ratcheting up the pressure in recent days.
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Image: Christians Protecting Muslims At Prayer During Egypt Protest
Another inspiring photo of Christians protecting Muslim protesters during the turmoil in Egypt earlier this week.
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22 Photos That Make The Occupy Movement Look Tame
Politics Buzz As you look at these photos from the clashes between Egyptian police and protesters, it's important to remember that Egyptian State TV cites the police response to #Occupy as an inspiration for this weekend's crackdown. That said, our protests don't look like this.
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Egyptian State TV Uses The Police Response To #Occupy To Justify Their Own Brutality
Culture Buzz Their protests were an inspiration for ours, so why shouldn't our police's violent response be an inspiration for theirs? (via think-progress.tumblr.com)
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“Nude Photo Revolutionary” Causes Outrage In Egypt [NSFW]
Culture Buzz Aliaa Maghda El-Mahdy is a 20-year-old political activist from Cairo who has gained infamy in Egypt for posting the following nude photos as a feminist statement against radical Islamic oppression. Pot, consider yourself stirred.
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Sharia Law Is Coming To Libya
Politics Buzz Is it Sharia or Shariah? Shari'ah? Whatever, just wait until the Republican candidates hear about this. (via english.aljazeera.net)
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Image: The Best Anti-Gaddafi Chant
Shouted by revelers in Green Square as Tripoli falls to the rebels, this is apparently a popular nickname among the Libyan people for the soon to be ousted dictator. Ya got burnt, Moammar!
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Hosni Mubarak Wheeled Into Courtroom On A Gurney
Culture Buzz The ousted Egyptian president, at 83-years-old and in ill health, was rolled into a Cairo courtroom on a hospital bed. Mubarak is on trial for killing hundreds of protesters during the popular uprising that removed him from his decades-long rule. He unsurprisingly plead “not guilty.”
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New Bin Laden Message
Culture Buzz WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly before his death, Osama bin Laden recorded a message praising the Middle East protest movements and predicting that revolutions would spread across the region. “I think that the winds of change will blow over the entire Muslim world, with permission from Allah,” bin Laden said in the 12-minute message released online Wednesday.
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Hipster Libyan Rebel
Culture Buzz He was into rising up against Gadaffi before it was sanctioned by the U.N. The Arab Spring look was all the rage at South By.
