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(Friday Protestors demanding the return of Military rule. Photo, the Daily News Egypt)
Main Headlines:
Monday
- Morsi uses TV interview to burnish image.
- Salafist Nour Party to run in parliamentary elections.
- Beltagy:Opposition makes farcical demands to postpone elections
- Qandil tells opposition to stop providing cover for “vandals.”
- Stock market drops for a second day as protests continue
- Federation Of Chambers (FCC) “boycotts” Ministry of Supply.
- Three Salafists resign from Islamic umbrella group.
Tuesday
- Opposition NSF to boycott the elections.
- Shura Council to deliberate tax reform draft law within 48 hours.
- Court rules Gaza tunnels threaten national security
- Celebrities, public figures call for elections boycott.
- Five hundred Egyptian factories close as a result of increased Mazut prices.
- Egyptian prosecution opens investigation into air balloon accident.
- Revised economic plan hikes cigarette, iron, cement, alcohol taxes.
- FJP investigate its leader Ali Abdel Fatah after he
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Take Back Parliament (TBP)’s expatriate section has released a video detailing the figures behind Lebanon’s infamous flight of civilians.
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via NEMMA (Autonomy of Art in Hungary!)
The arts community in Hungary is suffering under conditions reminiscent of the Soviet era, with the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA), a private institution that has since become the official state arts apparatus, taking almost entire control of the cultural sector. Orban’s party, Fidesz, was triumphant in the 2010 elections and has since begun restructuring Hungarian society, and has implemented a new constitution. The ultra-conservative MMA, headed by 80-year-old György Fekete, recently took over Budapest’s premier contemporary art venue Mucsarnok, which is a public institution.
via Beyond Eastern European Art
The announcement that Ludwig Museum Budapest director Barnabás Bencsik’s contract was allowed to run out today rather than, as was expected, temporarily extended – leaving the institution without professional leadership while a belated competition for this key post is…
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Putin’s ongoing war on the left
February 25, 2013
Last May, before the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for yet another term as Russia’s president, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Moscow in protest against the fraudulent election that gave Putin another victory two months before. Police descended on the peaceful demonstration and attacked protests, arresting 400 people.
Since then, Putin’s dictatorial regime has used the May 6 demonstration as a bogeyman to accuse various left-wing leaders of wanting to foment violence — when those truly bent on violence were his own security forces. In this statement, left-wing organizations in Russia — the Russian Socialist Movement, the Left Front and the Russian Anarchists — appeal for international solidarity against the government’s violence and repression.

Demonstrators in the streets of Moscow on May 6 (Sergey Kukota)
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TWO MONTHS ago, we, representatives of the Russian left, asked for your…
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Study Links Sugar Consumption, Not Obesity, to Type 2 Diabetes: LAist
The research team from Stanford University and UC San Francisco who conducted the study found that increases in sugar intake account for a third of new cases of diabetes in the United States and a quarter of cases worldwide, according to calculations published Wednesday. In the 175 countries studied, a 150-calorie daily increase in the availability of sugar — about the equivalent of a can of Coke or Pepsi — raises the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by 1.1%.
via Study Links Sugar Consumption, Not Obesity, to Type 2 Diabetes: LAist.
Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.
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For up-to-date information on recalls and product withdrawals associated with the horse meat investigation, please consult the Horse Meat Synopsis and Recalls page.
For up-to-date information on recalls and product withdrawals associated with the Kasel pet treat recalls and investigation, please consult the Kasel Dog Treat Recalls: 2012-2013 page.
United States
- Allergy Alert:Giant Eagle recalls Giant Eagle Lotsa Chocolate Chip Cookies (Tub; UPC 3003407516; All lot numbers and date codes), because the back label is incorrectly labeled as Ginger Snaps and does not declare the…
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