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CAP and Dr. Ashraf Ghani on Pakistan’s post-attack strategy

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 5 December 2011 tagged Afghanistan, Bonn, Bonn 2, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, France, Germany, Hamid Karzai, loya jirga, Mohmand, NATO, pakistan with no comments

Days after Pakistan blocked NATO access to supply routes into Afghanistan, Chairman of the Afghan Transition Commission, Dr. Ashraf Ghani addressed the Pakistani reaction to a cross-border NATO attack that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead. Speaking at a November 29 press conference in Kabul, Dr. Ghani called all involved to allow a proper investigation into [...]

Steve Jobs the iHoms?

In fame, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter on 7 October 2011 tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Apple, Arab, Bashar al Assad, Bob Dylan, Homs, Homsi, Hosni Mubarak, iHoms, John Lennon, Muammar Gaddafi, Muammar Qaddafi, New York Times, Steve Jobs, Syria, The Lede with no comments

Some commenters on this Lede post about Steve Jobs’ Arab heritage are asking why the media should be concentrating on his Homsi background to the alleged exclusion of his European background? One commenter called the focus on Jobs’ Syrian background “so patriarchal,” while another sees the referencing of his Syrian background as “suck[ing] up to [...]

Who SHOULD Win 2011 VMAs

In Hip Hop, Music, News, R&B, TV on 27 August 2011 tagged 30 Seconds to Mars, Adam Yauch, All of the Lights, Beastie Boys, Beyoncé, Brian Freedman, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Cage the Elephant, Cee Lo Green, Drake, E.T., eminem, Foster The People, Frank Gatson, Hokuto Konishi, Hurricane, Judas, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kreayshawn, Lady GaGa, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), Laurieann Gibson, Lil Wayne, LMFAO, Look At Me Now, Mozambique, Mumford & Sons, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, rihanna, Sam Brown, Six Foot Seven Foot, Tha Carter IV, The Black Keys, the Quest Crew, Till the World Ends, Tyler the Creator, Wiz Khalifa with no comments

Tomorrow night MTV will once again takeover Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre to hand out the Moonmen for their Video Music Awards, now in its 27th year. Rather than wondering how Katy Perry managed to earn herself NINE nominations in a year that saw BNW favorites Adele, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Lupe Fiasco score nominations, [...]

Tread a Troubled Track : Amy Joins ’27 Club’

In fame, Music, News, TV on 23 July 2011 tagged 27 club, Aaliyah, Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, famine, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Neil Young, Norway, Oslo, Somalia, Tears Dry on Their Own, Toure, You Know I'm No Good with no comments

In a week that saw 92 people killed in an Oslo bombing and shooting, the further creeping possibility of a US debt default, and famine in Somalia, the death of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse has quickly proven to be a divisive headline. For some, the talk of a pop star’s death amid all of the [...]

From Reza Aslan to Janelle Monae, Twitterverse on Death of Amy Winehouse

In fame, History, Internet, Music, News, Twitter on 23 July 2011 tagged @AndersonCooper, @BootsyCollins, @BusBoysandPoets, @CarsonJDaly, @DangerRoom, @Definitely_Nah, @GRITLaura, @JanelleMonae, @Jeffantebi, @KellyClarkson, @LupeFiasco, @PigsandPlans, @pitchforkmedia, @Remroum, @RezaAslan, @RichardRoeper, @RuthOwen, @SaraBareilles, @ToureX, Amy Winehouse, Anderson Cooper, Arjan Writes, arjanwrites, Bootsy Collins, Brian Jones, Busboys and Poets, Carson Daly, D Boon, Danger Room, Janelle Monae, Janis Joplin, Jeff Antebi, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kelly Clarkson, Kurt Cobain, Laura Flanders, Lupe Fiasco, MTV, Nah Right, Pigeons and Planes, Pigpen, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Media, Reza Aslan, Richard Roeper, Robert Johnson, Ruth Owen, Sara Bareilles, Tears Dry on Their Own, Toure, Twitter, Wired with no comments

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