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Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau
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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.“The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered … suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff as of today,” a statement on the official Mena news agency said on Sunday.
In a statement, Al Jazeera said it strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The network received notification from the Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning.
“Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt,” the statement said.
An Al Jazeera spokesman said that the company would continue its strong coverage regardless.
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Egypt not trending in China
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China has blocked the word "Egypt” from the country’s wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media.
China’s ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest.
A search for "Egypt” on the Sina microblogging service brings up a message saying, "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown".
I’d say it was about time, but there’s still a long way to go. Progress is slow but inexorable.
Additionally, I’d like to provide this link to a photo series from last summer. I have downloaded this picture series onto all my mobile devices, so I can show it immediately to anybody who is against same-sex marriage:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/same-sex_marriage.html
This deeply moving picture series should proof beyond any doubt that marriage is all about love between two adults who want to go through life together. The natural gender of both partners is completely irrelevant to the ability to make this wonderful vow.