This film tells the story of five days in January 2011 when the people of Egypt broke through a barrier of fear they had known for a generation and rose in revolt against their president. Anger had long been brewing in Egypt – strikes, unemployment and sectarian tension were on the rise. Small networks of activists had been agitating against Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic rule for years. But it was only when another Arab country, Tunisia, rose up against its tyrant that the Egyptian activists attracted mass support. People took to the streets across Egypt demanding political freedoms, an end to state corruption and a better quality of life for the impoverished population. Egypt Burning captures those critical moments as history unfolded through interviews with Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers now own the NBA’s single-season mark for consecutive losses and have matched the record for overall losses. Cleveland lost its 24th straight game, falling to Portland 111-105 Saturday. (Feb. 6)
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FaceTime has long been seen as the iPad’s main glaring omission, and now you can partially solve this with a hack courtesy of “Intell.” The several step process is noted to be risky, but the end result (video above) is very cool and seems to work as advertised. The hack installs the iPod touch 4 Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : 9 to 5 Mac Discovery Date : 06/02/2011 07:28 Number of articles : 5
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Demonstrators from Thailand’s People’s Alliance for Democracy movement staged a protest in Bangkok on Saturday night calling for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down. (Feb. 5)
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Heavy rains pounded parts of Sri Lanka Saturday, causing widespread flooding. Authorities say at least five people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes and taken refuge in camps.
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Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in Sri Lanka and at least one million people have been affected by the latest spate of flooding in this south Asian country. Thousands have been forced to flee their homes and shift to temporary shelters while the country’s disaster management centre is struggling to cope with the disaster.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s contribution to peace would “never be forgotten.” He credited Mubarak with “preventing war in the Middle East”. (Feb. 5)
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Eagles quarterback Michael Vick won the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year award Saturday. After missing two seasons serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, Vick was a backup in 2009 but led Philadelphia to the NFC East title last season. (Feb. 5)
Continue reading …When the uprising there began nearly two weeks ago, there was a near-total internet blackout. But exactly how was access cut off? An American advocacy group called Free Press says it’s uncovered a link to a California-based technology company which allegedly sold the Egyptian government equipment allowing it to track online activity. Rob Reynolds reports.
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The US threw its weight behind nascent reforms led by Egypt’s new vice president as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that international support was crucial to prevent extremists from hijacking the political transition. (Feb. 5)
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