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In the age of Arab revolutions, will Saudis dare to honor Facebook calls for anti-government demonstrations on March 11? Will they protest at one of Jeddah's main roundabouts? Or will they start in Qatif, the eastern region where a substantial Shiite majority has had more experience in real protest? Will Riyadh remain cocooned... 

我观察了一阵子主流媒体对选情报道，发现他们对执政党和反对党实行差别待遇： 他们用台湾流行的政治语言来形容反对党人，什么“拜票”、“插旗”、“划分势力”、“三角战”等。最离谱是肯尼斯访问拉丁马士区，标题还特地打出：“居民：热情不表示支持”，那执政党高官访问选区，他们有这样多事吗？ . 对于执政党候选人则给予最正面的介绍，打出他们的高职和新近得到的基层职衔，这些人之所以得到所有公平、公正的报道，乃是他们投靠的是一个“对”的政党。 . 利用报道来制造心理差异，高下、良莠、贵贱、“乔不定”之分。 . 李显涛  Read More →

Canadian media reported Panama mining law change hit Inmet shares. Temasek Holding is reported to have agreed to a US$500 million placement offered by Inmet Mining in April 2010. Subsequent to that, Inmet Mining signed a merger Agreement in January 2011 with another Canadian mining house, Lundin Mining.   http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=118397&sn=Detail&pid=92730 Inmet...