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Internet Filtering in the United Arab Emirates- What you see if you hit a forbidden site

Danny — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:00:52 +0000

The full list of prohibited content is here. Removal requests for the UAE firewall can be submitted here.

Technorati Tags: censorship, Internet, Media, uae

Why Israel will bomb Iran

Danny — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:07:13 +0000

It is nigh on inevitable. And both history and events suggest it is on the cards.

7 June 1981, Israel bombed the French-built Osiraq nuclear plant near Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.

6 September 2007, Israeli jets allegedly* targeted a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed [...]

Israel holds peace talks with Syria – On the politics of kiss and tell – and why they’re going to blow it

Danny — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:56:56 +0000

The announcement of peace talks between Israel and Syria gave me the shivers. Not because I don’t want the two to finally achieve peace. The problem isn’t the talks – it’s the announcement.

As I trawl through both Syrian and Israeli comments on media sites (for example user comments to articles in Syria News [...]

Page3 of The Sun – Breasts, Dubai Style

Danny — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:52:37 +0000

I just had to share this one: if you get The Sun newspaper in Dubai, you’ll find that all Page3 breasts are covered by what looks like a thick black marker.

Of course, this is done to guard the modesty of the model, and I’m sure Danni, 22, from Coventry would be delighted (she supports [...]