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Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau — Network's licences cancelled and accreditation of staff in Cairo withdrawn by order of information minister. — The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said.
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Muslim Brotherhood Deception: They Say Different Things in English and Arabic — Over the next few days, here are 2 websites to compare - the Muslim Brotherhood's English language and Arabic websites. First, the Muslim Brotherhood website in English - complete with the word “freedom” …
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ThinkProgress, Questions and Observations, Mondoweiss and The Gateway Pundit

Manipulation — Something very fishy is taking place — the Egyptian people are being manipulated and terrified by the withdrawal of the police yesterday, reports (some of them perhaps untrue) of widespread looting, and yesterday's (during the day) relatively low military presence in the city.
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Hullabaloo, The Daily Dish and Guardian

Who Is Omar Suleiman? — One of the “new” names being mentioned as a possible alternative to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is actually not so new to anyone who has followed the American policy of renditions for terror suspects. After dissolving his cabinet yesterday …
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov't without Mubarak
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Secretary Clinton Calls For ‘Real Democracy’ In Egypt
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BBC and The Political Carnival

Robert Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship
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Reuters, Sky Dancing, Guardian, Telegraph and Maggie's Farm

The Prize — Egypt has had essentially three regimes …
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Spectator and The Daily Dish

Working Group on Egypt Calls for Suspension of U.S. Aid
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Commentary, Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, National Review, Right Turn, The Reality-Based Community and CNN

Fighter jets swoop over Cairo in show of force
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Egypt opposition backs ElBaradei as negotiator - Brotherhood
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Live From the Egyptian Revolution by Sharif Abdel Kouddous
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Choice Likely to Please the Military, Not the Crowds
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Egyptian opposition figure criticizes Obama response: ‘Let go of a dictator’
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Live blog 30/1 - Egypt protests
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Egypt protests - live updates
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Jordan's opposition: Arabs will topple tyrants
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MTP Exclusive: Time has come for Mubarak to go, says Indyk
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Egypt riots are an intelligence chief's nightmare
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Obama Presses for Change but Not a New Face at the Top
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More Egyptian protesters demand that White House condemn Mubarak
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Comedy Gold! Chris Matthews, who derides Palin as stupid, says Panama Canal is in... EGYPT! — Chris Matthews is in de Nile. He has been deriding Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann as being a couple of bubble-headed idiots. A flashback not from years but from mere days ago:
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Chris Matthews's Obsession — Sometimes you get the feeling that liberal pundits are all going around the bend together, in a grand carnival of craziness. Take Chris Matthews, who began his report on the riots in Egypt with this rant: — Here is the transcript, for those who just can't stand to watch Matthews:
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Palin and Bachmann Nitpicker Chris Matthews Says Panama Canal Is In Egypt
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Fausta's Blog, Mediaite, Don Surber, Fox Nation and M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …

California man arrested with explosives outside Dearborn Islamic center — Dearborn - A California man, accused of being in possession of explosive materials outside the Islamic Center of America on Ford Road, has been charged with making a terrorist threat.
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Terrorist Threat At Local Mosque — MYFOXDETROIT.COM - On Monday, Dearborn Police arrested a California man on suspicion of attempting a terrorist act at the Islamic Center of America. 63 year old Roger Stockham was found in the Mosque's parking lot with explosive materials.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Raw Story and Fox Nation


A Chicken Chain's Corporate Ethos Is Questioned by Gay Rights Advocates — ATLANTA — The Chick-fil-A sandwich — a hand-breaded chicken breast and a couple of pickles squished into a steamy, white buttered bun — is a staple of some Southern diets and a must-have for people …
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Gawker and Liberty Pundits Blog


Tea Party Gets Early Start on G.O.P. Targets for 2012 — Leaders of more than 70 Tea Party groups in Indiana gathered last weekend to sign a proclamation saying they would all support one candidate — as yet undetermined — in a primary challenge to Senator Richard G. Lugar, the Republican who has represented the state since 1977.
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Obama taps aide to lead ‘reorganization’ of federal gov't — President Obama tapped an aide to lead a “reorganization” of the federal government, communications director Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday. — Obama named Jeffrey Zients, a former CEO of the Advisory Board Company who serves …
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Jeff Zients Will Lead Reorganization of Federal Government
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Boehner to Obama: Game on — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday he's also willing to hit the golf course with President Obama. — Amidst signs from Obama that he would be open to taking in 18 holes with the GOP Speaker, Boehner said he'd be willing to do the same.
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Israeli reports of ‘friendly atmosphere’ in Cairo — Tour guide Amos Abidov visits Egypt with 30 students, says no plan to come home early. ‘We go to restaurants, take taxis, sit in cafes’ — Ziv Reinstein — “We are in Cairo and have no plans to return to Israel sooner,” …
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The Atlantic Online

NY Sen. Schumer wants ban on drug-like bath salts — ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York says he wants the federal government to ban new designer drugs known as bath salts that pack as much punch as cocaine or methamphetamines. — The small, inexpensive packets of powder …
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International Liberty, AOL News and JammieWearingFool


Outrageous teachings by new GZ mosque big — The new imam at the Ground Zero mosque and cultural center believes people who are gay were probably abused as children and that people who leave Islam and preach a new religion should be jailed. — Abdallah Adhami's remarks on homosexuals …
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Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool