{"id":3061,"date":"2009-04-16T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2009-04-16T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T10:00:01","slug":"2009-4-16-links-for-april-16th-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=3061","title":{"rendered":"Links for April 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for April 16th:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/daily\/news\/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13480609&amp;fsrc=nwl\">Egypt&#8217;s security services accuse Hizbullah of planning a terrorist attack | Accusing Hizbullah | The Economist<\/a> &#8211; EIU analysis.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.daralhayat.com\/opinion\/OPED\/04-2009\/Article-20090413-a064b3ec-c0a8-10ed-00fa-e78fc4622432\/story.html\">Dar Al Hayat | What is Left of Egypt&#8217;s Mediation between the Palestinians?<\/a> &#8211; Argues that new Israeli govt, Hamas and Fatah&#39;s unwillingness to budge, Egypt&#39;s security concerns over Hizbullah all make reconciliation process more distant.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1077906.html\">The IDF can&#8217;t be satisfied &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; 10% of Israel&#39;s budget goes to IDF.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2009\/04\/16\/en-mauritanie-le-chef-de-la-junte-demissionne_1181278_3212.html#xtor=RSS-3210\">En Mauritanie, le chef de la junte d&eacute;missionne &#8211; Afrique &#8211; Le Monde.fr<\/a> &#8211; Coup leader resigns to he can run for president.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/69015160-29d0-11de-9e56-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F69015160-29d0-11de-9e56-00144feabdc0.html&amp;_i_referer=\">FT.com \/ Middle East \/ Politics &amp; Society &#8211; Kuwait stymied by political infighting<\/a> &#8211; &quot;As Kuwait has drawn up plans to transform its economy it has sought out the services of some big guns &ndash; from the World Bank to McKinsey, the international consultants, to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, who has been hired as a government adviser.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2009\/03\/0082414\">Invisible hands: The secret world of the oil fixer&mdash;By Ken Silverstein (Harper&#8217;s Magazine)<\/a> &#8211; Good profile of a Lebanese oil middleman.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/csm\/20090415\/wl_csm\/owild\">In Lebanon&#8217;s wild east, Hezbollah finds itself on left foot<\/a> &#8211; Hizbullah and the druglords.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/asharq-e.com\/news.asp?section=2&amp;id=16410\">When the Brotherhood Supports Iran Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)<\/a> &#8211; Sharq al-Awsat comes out against the MB&#39;s early position on the Hizbullah-Egypt affair, signaling Saudi displeasure. But then yesterday the MB&#39;s parliamentary bloc sided with the NDP on calling Hizbullah&#39;s presence in Egypt unnaceptable.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1078514.html\">Egyptian FM: Lieberman not welcome in Egypt &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; &quot;His feet will not step on Egyptian soil as long as he maintains his positions,&quot; Aboul Gheit told Russia Today TV.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/552794-saudis-eye-tanzanian-farmland\">Saudis eye Tanzanian farmland &#8211; Politics &amp; Economics &#8211; ArabianBusiness.com<\/a> &#8211; More Saudi agro-biz ventures in Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for April 16th:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/daily\/news\/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13480609&amp;fsrc=nwl\">Egypt&#8217;s security services accuse Hizbullah of planning a terrorist attack | Accusing Hizbullah | The Economist<\/a> &#8211; EIU analysis.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.daralhayat.com\/opinion\/OPED\/04-2009\/Article-20090413-a064b3ec-c0a8-10ed-00fa-e78fc4622432\/story.html\">Dar Al Hayat | What is Left of Egypt&#8217;s Mediation between the Palestinians?<\/a> &#8211; Argues that new Israeli govt, Hamas and Fatah&#39;s unwillingness to budge, Egypt&#39;s security concerns over Hizbullah all make reconciliation process more distant.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1077906.html\">The IDF can&#8217;t be satisfied &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; 10% of Israel&#39;s budget goes to IDF.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2009\/04\/16\/en-mauritanie-le-chef-de-la-junte-demissionne_1181278_3212.html#xtor=RSS-3210\">En Mauritanie, le chef de la junte d&eacute;missionne &#8211; Afrique &#8211; Le Monde.fr<\/a> &#8211; Coup leader resigns to he can run for president.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/69015160-29d0-11de-9e56-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F69015160-29d0-11de-9e56-00144feabdc0.html&amp;_i_referer=\">FT.com \/ Middle East \/ Politics &amp; Society &#8211; Kuwait stymied by political infighting<\/a> &#8211; &quot;As Kuwait has drawn up plans to transform its economy it has sought out the services of some big guns &ndash; from the World Bank to McKinsey, the international consultants, to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, who has been hired as a government adviser.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2009\/03\/0082414\">Invisible hands: The secret world of the oil fixer&mdash;By Ken Silverstein (Harper&#8217;s Magazine)<\/a> &#8211; Good profile of a Lebanese oil middleman.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/csm\/20090415\/wl_csm\/owild\">In Lebanon&#8217;s wild east, Hezbollah finds itself on left foot<\/a> &#8211; Hizbullah and the druglords.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/asharq-e.com\/news.asp?section=2&amp;id=16410\">When the Brotherhood Supports Iran Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)<\/a> &#8211; Sharq al-Awsat comes out against the MB&#39;s early position on the Hizbullah-Egypt affair, signaling Saudi displeasure. But then yesterday the MB&#39;s parliamentary bloc sided with the NDP on calling Hizbullah&#39;s presence in Egypt unnaceptable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1078514.html\">Egyptian FM: Lieberman not welcome in Egypt &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; &quot;His feet will not step on Egyptian soil as long as he maintains his positions,&quot; Aboul Gheit told Russia Today TV.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/552794-saudis-eye-tanzanian-farmland\">Saudis eye Tanzanian farmland &#8211; Politics &amp; Economics &#8211; ArabianBusiness.com<\/a> &#8211; More Saudi agro-biz ventures in Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}