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Archive for December, 2008

28
Dec

Breast-feeding photos ban sparks Facebook protests

Breastfeeding mothers protest Facebook

The virtual “nurse-in” to protest Facebook’s ban on breast-feeding photos has taken off, with hundreds hourly joining a group that crept toward 70000 members Saturday evening.

28
Dec

“Clash of Civilizations” author Samuel Huntington dies

Samuel Huntington, Harvard Political Scientist, Dies

Samuel Huntington, a Harvard University professor who argued that cultural and religious differences would replace ideology as a source of international conflict, died at the age of 81 after a long illness.

See my op-ed piece (in Bahasa Indonesia) in responding to his thesis on “Clash of Civilisation”, Mitos atau Realitas?

27
Dec

Benazir Bhutto Remembered

By Khaleeq Ahmed Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) – Assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto’s vision for democracy has faded in the 12 months since her killing as the government battles rising militancy and a weakening economy.

27
Dec

Arab world condemns Israeli attack on Gaza

AP CAIRO, Egypt: The Arab world reacted in shock to the attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday with scattered protests around the region and Egypt summoning the Israeli ambassador to express its condemnation of the air strikes.