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Learn Sony Vegas - Basic Text - English
Sony Vegas is an Audio/Video editing software. In this tutorial you will learn about the simple overlay of text on the video in Sony Vegas.
Sony Vegas is an Audio/Video editing software. In this tutorial you will learn about the simple overlay of text on the video in Sony Vegas.
Protest in Grand Rapids US against israel after Flotilla Massacre - June 2010 - English
Community members in Grand Rapids, MI USA gathered to protest against the crimes of israel and the blind support by United States government. israeli commandos attacked the humanitarian aid ship,...
Community members in Grand Rapids, MI USA gathered to protest against the crimes of israel and the blind support by United States government. israeli commandos attacked the humanitarian aid ship, Flotilla, going to Gaza, Palestine to help the oppressed innocents striving for basic necessities of life. Several innocents were brutally killed, over 700 peaceful activists were detained.
israel MUST lift the seige NOW. The US MUST stop supporting israel.
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Community members in Grand Rapids, MI USA gathered to protest against the crimes of israel and the blind support by United States government. israeli commandos attacked the humanitarian aid ship, Flotilla, going to Gaza, Palestine to help the oppressed innocents striving for basic necessities of life. Several innocents were brutally killed, over 700 peaceful activists were detained.
israel MUST lift the seige NOW. The US MUST stop supporting israel.
Islamic Laws Session 01 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar [English]
This is the 1st session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 1st session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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This is the 1st session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
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Islamic Laws Session 02 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar [English]
This is the 2nd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 2nd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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This is the 2nd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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Exploring a Sharks Intelligence - English
Why sharks are one of the most successful predators on the planet. Watch this interesting short video on the basic elements of a shark and why sharks are more intelligent than most other fish.
Why sharks are one of the most successful predators on the planet. Watch this interesting short video on the basic elements of a shark and why sharks are more intelligent than most other fish.
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Islamic Laws Session 03 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar - English
This is the 3rd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 3rd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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This is the 3rd session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
Islamic Laws Session 04 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar - English
This is the 4th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 4th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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This is the 4th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
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Islamic Laws Session 05 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar - English
This is the 5th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 5th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
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This is the 5th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
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Islamic Laws Session 06 - Sh. Hamza Sodagar - English
This is the 6th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every...
This is the 6th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
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This is the 6th session with Sheikh Hamza Sodagar covering the practical Islamic Laws based on the rulings of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei.
These sessions are a must watch for every Muslim because they address the Islamic rulings on many commonly asked questions that may come up in day to day activities and clarify a number of misconceptions regarding basic Islamic laws. In fact, these sessions with Sh. Hamza present many Islamic rulings people are unaware of, but curious about. Please share this video.
Production: The Awaited One Foundation | http://www.awaitedone.org
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IOM: Over 80% Of Pakistanis Left Homeless Still Without Shelter - 17 SEP 2010 - English
'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still left...
'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still left without shelter.
The IOM says it only has enough funding to provide 17 percent of the victims with shelter.
"We have probably reached something like 2.1 million people, that is only about 17 percent or less than a fifth of the families that actually need emergency shelter," said a senior official from the organization
The organization is taking part in the UN led relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan.
The United Nations is to launch a fresh appeal for funding later this week to help the victims of the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history.
The floods have affected more than 21 million people and left 10 million without shelter.
More than eight-million people rely on aid handouts for their survival.
The developments come as Pakistani authorities continue efforts to protect several towns in Dadu district near the Indus river in Sindh Province.
A Press TV correspondent says more lives are at risk from waterborne diseases in flood-hit areas.
The correspondent adds that millions of Pakistan flood victims are leading miserable lives in the southern city of Thatta and several other districts in Sindh Province.
They have taken refuge in graveyards or under trees to protect their families from scorching heat in the outskirts of the city.
Survivors have been left without food, water, shelter and other basic necessities in Pakistan as a result of last month's flooding.
More than 1,750 people have lost their lives due to the weeks-long floods, which have engulfed an area the size of England.
Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142880.html
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'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still left without shelter.
The IOM says it only has enough funding to provide 17 percent of the victims with shelter.
"We have probably reached something like 2.1 million people, that is only about 17 percent or less than a fifth of the families that actually need emergency shelter," said a senior official from the organization
The organization is taking part in the UN led relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan.
The United Nations is to launch a fresh appeal for funding later this week to help the victims of the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history.
The floods have affected more than 21 million people and left 10 million without shelter.
More than eight-million people rely on aid handouts for their survival.
The developments come as Pakistani authorities continue efforts to protect several towns in Dadu district near the Indus river in Sindh Province.
A Press TV correspondent says more lives are at risk from waterborne diseases in flood-hit areas.
The correspondent adds that millions of Pakistan flood victims are leading miserable lives in the southern city of Thatta and several other districts in Sindh Province.
They have taken refuge in graveyards or under trees to protect their families from scorching heat in the outskirts of the city.
Survivors have been left without food, water, shelter and other basic necessities in Pakistan as a result of last month's flooding.
More than 1,750 people have lost their lives due to the weeks-long floods, which have engulfed an area the size of England.
Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142880.html
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Pakistan Flood Misery Continues As Parts of Sindh Stay Underwater - 19 SEP 2010 - English
'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still...
'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still left without shelter.
The IOM says it only has enough funding to provide 17 percent of the victims with shelter.
"We have probably reached something like 2.1 million people, that is only about 17 percent or less than a fifth of the families that actually need emergency shelter," said a senior official from the organization
The organization is taking part in the UN led relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan.
The United Nations is to launch a fresh appeal for funding later this week to help the victims of the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history.
The floods have affected more than 21 million people and left 10 million without shelter.
More than eight-million people rely on aid handouts for their survival.
The developments come as Pakistani authorities continue efforts to protect several towns in Dadu district near the Indus river in Sindh Province.
A Press TV correspondent says more lives are at risk from waterborne diseases in flood-hit areas.
The correspondent adds that millions of Pakistan flood victims are leading miserable lives in the southern city of Thatta and several other districts in Sindh Province.
They have taken refuge in graveyards or under trees to protect their families from scorching heat in the outskirts of the city.
Survivors have been left without food, water, shelter and other basic necessities in Pakistan as a result of last month's flooding.
More than 1,750 people have lost their lives due to the weeks-long floods, which have engulfed an area the size of England.
Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142880.html
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'No shelter for Pakistan flood victims'
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 80 percent of Pakistanis, who were rendered homeless by floods, are still left without shelter.
The IOM says it only has enough funding to provide 17 percent of the victims with shelter.
"We have probably reached something like 2.1 million people, that is only about 17 percent or less than a fifth of the families that actually need emergency shelter," said a senior official from the organization
The organization is taking part in the UN led relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan.
The United Nations is to launch a fresh appeal for funding later this week to help the victims of the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history.
The floods have affected more than 21 million people and left 10 million without shelter.
More than eight-million people rely on aid handouts for their survival.
The developments come as Pakistani authorities continue efforts to protect several towns in Dadu district near the Indus river in Sindh Province.
A Press TV correspondent says more lives are at risk from waterborne diseases in flood-hit areas.
The correspondent adds that millions of Pakistan flood victims are leading miserable lives in the southern city of Thatta and several other districts in Sindh Province.
They have taken refuge in graveyards or under trees to protect their families from scorching heat in the outskirts of the city.
Survivors have been left without food, water, shelter and other basic necessities in Pakistan as a result of last month's flooding.
More than 1,750 people have lost their lives due to the weeks-long floods, which have engulfed an area the size of England.
Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142880.html
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Gaza still suffering under Israeli blockade - 20Feb2011 - English
As the world Day of Social Justice is celebrated worldwide on February 20th, Palestinians in Gaza are deprived of the basic elements of social justice due to years of Israeli siege.
As the world Day of Social Justice is celebrated worldwide on February 20th, Palestinians in Gaza are deprived of the basic elements of social justice due to years of Israeli siege.
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Syria President offers more freedoms after forces kill 37 - 24Mar2011 - English
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110324.
President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians Thursday as...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110324.
President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a list of decrees, which included a possible end to 48 years of emergency rule, a human rights group said a leading pro-democracy activist, Mazen Darwish, had been arrested.
In the southern city of Deraa, a hospital official said at least 37 people had been killed there Wednesday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators inspired by uprisings across the Arab world that have shaken authoritarian leaders.
Announcing the sort of concessions that would have seemed almost unimaginable three months ago in Syria, Assad adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told a news conference the president had not himself ordered his forces to fire on protesters:
"I was a witness to the instructions of His Excellency that live ammunition should not be fired -- even if the police, security forces or officers of the status were being killed."
Assad, she said, would draft laws to provide for media freedoms and allow political movements other than the Baath party, which has ruled for half a century.
Assad, who succeed his late father Hafez al-Assed in 2000, had, Shaaban said, decreed the drafting of a law for political parties "to be presented for public debate" and would strive above all to raise living standards across the country.
She said another decree would look at "ending with great urgency the emergency law, along with issuing legislation that assures the security of the nation and its citizens."
DERAA KILLINGS
Security forces opened fire on hundreds of youths on the outskirts of Deraa Wednesday, witnesses said, after nearly a week of protests in which seven civilians had already died.
The main hospital in Deraa, in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, had received the bodies of at least 37 protesters killed Wednesday, a hospital official said.
Around 20,000 people marched Thursday in the funerals for nine of those killed, chanting freedom slogans and denying official accounts that infiltrators and "armed gangs" were behind the killings and violence in Deraa.
"Traitors do not kill their own people," they chanted. "God, Syria, Freedom. The blood of martyrs is not spilled in vain!"
As Syrian soldiers armed with automatic rifles roamed the streets of the southern city, residents emptied shops of basic goods and said they feared Assad's government was intent on crushing the revolt by force.
Assad, a close ally of Iran, key player in neighboring Lebanon and supporter of militant groups opposed to Israel, had earlier dismissed demands for reform in Syria, a country of 20 million people run by the Baath Party since a 1963 coup. Assad's father took personal in 1970.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110324.
President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a list of decrees, which included a possible end to 48 years of emergency rule, a human rights group said a leading pro-democracy activist, Mazen Darwish, had been arrested.
In the southern city of Deraa, a hospital official said at least 37 people had been killed there Wednesday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators inspired by uprisings across the Arab world that have shaken authoritarian leaders.
Announcing the sort of concessions that would have seemed almost unimaginable three months ago in Syria, Assad adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told a news conference the president had not himself ordered his forces to fire on protesters:
"I was a witness to the instructions of His Excellency that live ammunition should not be fired -- even if the police, security forces or officers of the status were being killed."
Assad, she said, would draft laws to provide for media freedoms and allow political movements other than the Baath party, which has ruled for half a century.
Assad, who succeed his late father Hafez al-Assed in 2000, had, Shaaban said, decreed the drafting of a law for political parties "to be presented for public debate" and would strive above all to raise living standards across the country.
She said another decree would look at "ending with great urgency the emergency law, along with issuing legislation that assures the security of the nation and its citizens."
DERAA KILLINGS
Security forces opened fire on hundreds of youths on the outskirts of Deraa Wednesday, witnesses said, after nearly a week of protests in which seven civilians had already died.
The main hospital in Deraa, in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, had received the bodies of at least 37 protesters killed Wednesday, a hospital official said.
Around 20,000 people marched Thursday in the funerals for nine of those killed, chanting freedom slogans and denying official accounts that infiltrators and "armed gangs" were behind the killings and violence in Deraa.
"Traitors do not kill their own people," they chanted. "God, Syria, Freedom. The blood of martyrs is not spilled in vain!"
As Syrian soldiers armed with automatic rifles roamed the streets of the southern city, residents emptied shops of basic goods and said they feared Assad's government was intent on crushing the revolt by force.
Assad, a close ally of Iran, key player in neighboring Lebanon and supporter of militant groups opposed to Israel, had earlier dismissed demands for reform in Syria, a country of 20 million people run by the Baath Party since a 1963 coup. Assad's father took personal in 1970.
Anger over Pakistani support-English
Pakistan has agreed to support the king against the protestors
ONE Middle Eastern intervention makes the headlines every day. The other barely rates a mention. The first is ostensibly aimed at...
Pakistan has agreed to support the king against the protestors
ONE Middle Eastern intervention makes the headlines every day. The other barely rates a mention. The first is ostensibly aimed at protecting civilians and at facilitating change, the second at safeguarding the status quo.
Libya’s Muammar Qadhafi has been told he must go. Bahrain’s ruling Al Khalifa family, on the other hand, must stay. Some Arabs, one could be forgiven for assuming, are worthier of democracy and civil rights than others.
Yet the degree of hypocrisy may not be as great as it seems. After all, while the future of Tunisia and Egypt remains unwritten, there can be little reason to doubt that the US and its allies would prefer to preserve the basic structures of the Ben Ali and Mubarak regimes, albeit with new figureheads and, if possible, less visible signs of oppression and the odd concession to pluralism.
From their point of view, the ideal outcome in Bahrain would be similar: a few nods in the direction of cosmetic reform to placate the restive segments of society, but not much more than that — and certainly nothing that could jeopardise Bahrain’s crucial strategic relationship with the US, especially its status as a home for the Fifth Fleet. The trouble, of course, is the impossibility of rearrangements that could be passed off as regime change.
At best the prime minister, in situ for four decades, could be replaced. But he is the king’s uncle, and even if he could be persuaded, without occasioning a family split, to step aside, his successor would inevitably be another Al Khalifa.
That US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton felt obliged earlier this month to mildly berate the regime in Manama for its transgressions against mostly peaceful protesters was obviously in large part a consequence of not wishing the contrast with western actions in Libya to seem too stark. It is highly unlikely that the decision by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to send in troops was taken without Washington’s imprimatur, given that both are effectively American satrapies in geo-strategic terms.
The foreign troops, which are officially supposed to guard strategic installations, rather than assist in ‘crowd control’, were evidently despatched under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement dating back to Saddam Hussein’s neighbour-threatening rhetoric in 1990, which preceded the invasion of Kuwait. (His stance was thoroughly embarrassing at the time for oil-rich states that had during the previous decade supported Iraq in its war against Iran.)
That was, however, a joint defence pact among the Gulf potentates, to the effect that the violation of any GCC state’s sovereignty would be construed as aggression against all. Internal unrest did not figure in their calculations. Bahrain does not face any external threat, although there can be little doubt its emissaries have, in private discussions, conjured up the bogey of a threat from Iran.
Tehran’s domestic and foreign policies are often indefensible, but cables from Bahrain-based US diplomats over recent years, released by WikiLeaks, suggest it hasn’t lately been going out of its way to interfere in Bahrain. The Gulf state’s majority Shia population resents the almost exclusively Sunni regime because of irrefutable instances of discrimination rather than because of imprecations from Iran.
Given that at least 70 per cent of Bahrainis are Shias, it is hardly surprising that the majority of those who are economically disadvantaged fall in the same category. But their exclusion from privilege is not just a matter of demographics.
For instance, in order to keep out Bahraini Shias from the security forces, the government regularly recruits troops from abroad — notably from Yemen and Pakistan. And whereas the value of public representation can be judged by the fact that a royally nominated senate can overrule the elected lower house, even so the constitutional arrangements sanctioning the latter preclude the possibility of a Shia majority.
It inevitably follows that the monarchy’s supporters are mostly Sunni and its opponents mostly Shia, and even though the protests launched last month weren’t, on the face of it, sectarian in nature, casting them in that light tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Bahrain does not differ from its Gulf neighbours only in a demographic sense: it’s also relatively less well endowed with natural resources, and therefore poorer in per capita terms. And it has been rocked by popular unrest more frequently.
Referring to an uprising in the mid-1950s, Prof Fred Halliday noted in Arabia Without Sultans: “The British realised that Bahrain had a more advanced and therefore dangerous political character than any other Gulf country. Because the oil revenue and level of production was so much lower than in Kuwait, they had been unable to turn the indigenous population into a parasitic class with an enslaved migrant proletariat underneath. Their response was intensified repression, and a tightening of control by the Al Khalifa family.”
Notwithstanding the differences, however, Bahrain’s neighbours realise that if the Al Khalifas are toppled the Al Sauds, Al Nahyans and Al Jabers could follow. The marriage of tribal feudalism and modern capitalism cannot forever endure, but efforts will no doubt be made to preserve it for as long as petroleum remains crucial to meeting western energy needs.
In terms of totalitarian tactics, the Al Sauds in particular are more than a match for Qadhafi and his sons. But don’t expect any push for democracy in Saudi Arabia. Pressure for often intangible and invariably more or less meaningless reforms is at far as it will go.
Bahrain falls in the same basket, essentially. Were the situation to become too fraught, the US would probably begin disentangling itself from its intricate defence links with the troubled kingdom. In the interests of advancing potentially democratic interests, it would make much more sense to do so right away. But don’t hold your breath.
The Yemeni regime, meanwhile, will also continue, for as long as it is feasible, to enjoy the benefit of the doubt. Syria, on the other hand, is a much more likely candidate for the Libyan treatment.
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Pakistan has agreed to support the king against the protestors
ONE Middle Eastern intervention makes the headlines every day. The other barely rates a mention. The first is ostensibly aimed at protecting civilians and at facilitating change, the second at safeguarding the status quo.
Libya’s Muammar Qadhafi has been told he must go. Bahrain’s ruling Al Khalifa family, on the other hand, must stay. Some Arabs, one could be forgiven for assuming, are worthier of democracy and civil rights than others.
Yet the degree of hypocrisy may not be as great as it seems. After all, while the future of Tunisia and Egypt remains unwritten, there can be little reason to doubt that the US and its allies would prefer to preserve the basic structures of the Ben Ali and Mubarak regimes, albeit with new figureheads and, if possible, less visible signs of oppression and the odd concession to pluralism.
From their point of view, the ideal outcome in Bahrain would be similar: a few nods in the direction of cosmetic reform to placate the restive segments of society, but not much more than that — and certainly nothing that could jeopardise Bahrain’s crucial strategic relationship with the US, especially its status as a home for the Fifth Fleet. The trouble, of course, is the impossibility of rearrangements that could be passed off as regime change.
At best the prime minister, in situ for four decades, could be replaced. But he is the king’s uncle, and even if he could be persuaded, without occasioning a family split, to step aside, his successor would inevitably be another Al Khalifa.
That US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton felt obliged earlier this month to mildly berate the regime in Manama for its transgressions against mostly peaceful protesters was obviously in large part a consequence of not wishing the contrast with western actions in Libya to seem too stark. It is highly unlikely that the decision by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to send in troops was taken without Washington’s imprimatur, given that both are effectively American satrapies in geo-strategic terms.
The foreign troops, which are officially supposed to guard strategic installations, rather than assist in ‘crowd control’, were evidently despatched under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement dating back to Saddam Hussein’s neighbour-threatening rhetoric in 1990, which preceded the invasion of Kuwait. (His stance was thoroughly embarrassing at the time for oil-rich states that had during the previous decade supported Iraq in its war against Iran.)
That was, however, a joint defence pact among the Gulf potentates, to the effect that the violation of any GCC state’s sovereignty would be construed as aggression against all. Internal unrest did not figure in their calculations. Bahrain does not face any external threat, although there can be little doubt its emissaries have, in private discussions, conjured up the bogey of a threat from Iran.
Tehran’s domestic and foreign policies are often indefensible, but cables from Bahrain-based US diplomats over recent years, released by WikiLeaks, suggest it hasn’t lately been going out of its way to interfere in Bahrain. The Gulf state’s majority Shia population resents the almost exclusively Sunni regime because of irrefutable instances of discrimination rather than because of imprecations from Iran.
Given that at least 70 per cent of Bahrainis are Shias, it is hardly surprising that the majority of those who are economically disadvantaged fall in the same category. But their exclusion from privilege is not just a matter of demographics.
For instance, in order to keep out Bahraini Shias from the security forces, the government regularly recruits troops from abroad — notably from Yemen and Pakistan. And whereas the value of public representation can be judged by the fact that a royally nominated senate can overrule the elected lower house, even so the constitutional arrangements sanctioning the latter preclude the possibility of a Shia majority.
It inevitably follows that the monarchy’s supporters are mostly Sunni and its opponents mostly Shia, and even though the protests launched last month weren’t, on the face of it, sectarian in nature, casting them in that light tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Bahrain does not differ from its Gulf neighbours only in a demographic sense: it’s also relatively less well endowed with natural resources, and therefore poorer in per capita terms. And it has been rocked by popular unrest more frequently.
Referring to an uprising in the mid-1950s, Prof Fred Halliday noted in Arabia Without Sultans: “The British realised that Bahrain had a more advanced and therefore dangerous political character than any other Gulf country. Because the oil revenue and level of production was so much lower than in Kuwait, they had been unable to turn the indigenous population into a parasitic class with an enslaved migrant proletariat underneath. Their response was intensified repression, and a tightening of control by the Al Khalifa family.”
Notwithstanding the differences, however, Bahrain’s neighbours realise that if the Al Khalifas are toppled the Al Sauds, Al Nahyans and Al Jabers could follow. The marriage of tribal feudalism and modern capitalism cannot forever endure, but efforts will no doubt be made to preserve it for as long as petroleum remains crucial to meeting western energy needs.
In terms of totalitarian tactics, the Al Sauds in particular are more than a match for Qadhafi and his sons. But don’t expect any push for democracy in Saudi Arabia. Pressure for often intangible and invariably more or less meaningless reforms is at far as it will go.
Bahrain falls in the same basket, essentially. Were the situation to become too fraught, the US would probably begin disentangling itself from its intricate defence links with the troubled kingdom. In the interests of advancing potentially democratic interests, it would make much more sense to do so right away. But don’t hold your breath.
The Yemeni regime, meanwhile, will also continue, for as long as it is feasible, to enjoy the benefit of the doubt. Syria, on the other hand, is a much more likely candidate for the Libyan treatment.
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CrossTalk on Burying Bahrain - English
On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: how long will Bahrain remain in blackout? Why does the West appear so powerful in Libya and not in Bahrain, where people crave for basic freedoms? And...
On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: how long will Bahrain remain in blackout? Why does the West appear so powerful in Libya and not in Bahrain, where people crave for basic freedoms? And how does Bahrain match with the so-called US support of the Arab revolutions? CrossTalking with Stephen Zunes, Husain Abdulla and Matthew Shaffer.
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On this edition of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk: how long will Bahrain remain in blackout? Why does the West appear so powerful in Libya and not in Bahrain, where people crave for basic freedoms? And how does Bahrain match with the so-called US support of the Arab revolutions? CrossTalking with Stephen Zunes, Husain Abdulla and Matthew Shaffer.
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Flash ActionScript 3.0 and XML Basics - AS3 XML Tutorial - English
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In this lesson i go way in depth with explaining and giving free working example source file about how programming external xml files into Flash CS3...
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In this lesson i go way in depth with explaining and giving free working example source file about how programming external xml files into Flash CS3 or CS4. AS3 programming tutorial by FlashBuilding.
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In this lesson i go way in depth with explaining and giving free working example source file about how programming external xml files into Flash CS3 or CS4. AS3 programming tutorial by FlashBuilding.
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe - Rahbar Syed Ali Khamenei 4May11 - Farsi
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe - Rahbar Syed Ali Khamenei May4-2011- Farsi
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe (2011/05/04 - 17:21)
Leader of...
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe - Rahbar Syed Ali Khamenei May4-2011- Farsi
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe (2011/05/04 - 17:21)
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the vigilance movements now underway in west of Asia and northern Africa are a continuation of the grand movement of the Iranian nation.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Wednesday morning while receiving thousands of teachers from all over the country who were meeting with him on the occasion of the national Teachers Week.
Islamic Revolution Leader stressed that such movements would undoubtedly continue to the very heart of Europe to awaken and inspire the European nations against their politicians and statesmen who are utterly in service of US and Zionist cultural and economic schemes.
Emphasizing that such an awakening in Europe was nothing to avoid, Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted that continuation of vigilance movements of this kind in due speed and strength demanded that resisting, faithful, insightful and knowledgeable people are raised and educated.
Ayatollah Khamenei further pointed to the very basic mission of teachers in the Islamic system which is to educate and bring up human beings in accordance with the ideals and values of the Islamic Republic and said that fulfilling such a task called for adopting an independent and advanced Iranian-Islamic paradigm.
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Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe - Rahbar Syed Ali Khamenei May4-2011- Farsi
Vigilance movements to continue to very heart of Europe (2011/05/04 - 17:21)
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the vigilance movements now underway in west of Asia and northern Africa are a continuation of the grand movement of the Iranian nation.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Wednesday morning while receiving thousands of teachers from all over the country who were meeting with him on the occasion of the national Teachers Week.
Islamic Revolution Leader stressed that such movements would undoubtedly continue to the very heart of Europe to awaken and inspire the European nations against their politicians and statesmen who are utterly in service of US and Zionist cultural and economic schemes.
Emphasizing that such an awakening in Europe was nothing to avoid, Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted that continuation of vigilance movements of this kind in due speed and strength demanded that resisting, faithful, insightful and knowledgeable people are raised and educated.
Ayatollah Khamenei further pointed to the very basic mission of teachers in the Islamic system which is to educate and bring up human beings in accordance with the ideals and values of the Islamic Republic and said that fulfilling such a task called for adopting an independent and advanced Iranian-Islamic paradigm.
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Part 5 How to Build PHP and MySQL CMS Website Software - English
Source Files - http://www.developphp.com/view.php?tid=322
Series Playlist - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
In part 5 we create the administrator directory and set a...
Source Files - http://www.developphp.com/view.php?tid=322
Series Playlist - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
In part 5 we create the administrator directory and set a link to the CMS administrator back end from the bottom of the home page. The back end admin directory will have its own index page to be the central home of the control panel.
Learn how to build custom content management systems using PHP and MySQL. Cool dynamic basic sites that anyone can edit
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Source Files - http://www.developphp.com/view.php?tid=322
Series Playlist - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
In part 5 we create the administrator directory and set a link to the CMS administrator back end from the bottom of the home page. The back end admin directory will have its own index page to be the central home of the control panel.
Learn how to build custom content management systems using PHP and MySQL. Cool dynamic basic sites that anyone can edit
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Part 9 How to Build PHP and MySQL CMS Website Software - English
Playlist for series - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
Source Files - http://www.developphp.com/view.php?tid=322
Learn how to build custom content management systems...
Playlist for series - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
Source Files - http://www.developphp.com/view.php?tid=322
Learn how to build custom content management systems using PHP and MySQL. Cool dynamic basic sites that anyone you appoint can edit.
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Playlist for series - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11D6E5B9CA126A57
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Learn how to build custom content management systems using PHP and MySQL. Cool dynamic basic sites that anyone you appoint can edit.
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How to Create a Website the Right Way For Beginners Part 6 - English
Learn how to create a website the right way using any tools you like and simple CSS to lay the groundwork. I am using Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4 to assemble my awesome power site. I can add...
Learn how to create a website the right way using any tools you like and simple CSS to lay the groundwork. I am using Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4 to assemble my awesome power site. I can add Flash, graphics, or any other elements I choose to after I get the design shell made.
Brought to you by Adam @ http://www.developphp.com
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Learn how to create a website the right way using any tools you like and simple CSS to lay the groundwork. I am using Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4 to assemble my awesome power site. I can add Flash, graphics, or any other elements I choose to after I get the design shell made.
Brought to you by Adam @ http://www.developphp.com
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Swift 3D v6 Tutorial : Program Interface and Toolbar Docking - English
Learn the basics of the Swift 3D 6 Interface and Toolbars manipulation for maximizing workspace.
Lesson By Adam Khoury at http://www.flashbuilding.com
Learn the basics of the Swift 3D 6 Interface and Toolbars manipulation for maximizing workspace.
Lesson By Adam Khoury at http://www.flashbuilding.com
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Flash 3D Engine Interaction Tutorial Papervision3D and Swift 3D Mouse Interaction - English
Learn the basics of how to use Swift 3D and Papervision to create user interactive 3D scenes for Flash. Tutorial by Adam at http://www.developphp.com
Link to source files:...
Learn the basics of how to use Swift 3D and Papervision to create user interactive 3D scenes for Flash. Tutorial by Adam at http://www.developphp.com
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Learn the basics of how to use Swift 3D and Papervision to create user interactive 3D scenes for Flash. Tutorial by Adam at http://www.developphp.com
Link to source files:
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