President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.
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Libyan crisis escalates
Britain, France and the United States launch UN-backed offensive on Libya with missiles fired from both air and sea
Unrest In The Middle-East
It started in Tunisia and spreading like wildfire. Egypt & Yemen both experiencing days of protests and its no coincidence that in all the three countries, their leaders or former leader in the case of Tunisia have all been in power for decades and the people have had enough of been ignored.
It would be interesting to see what the outcome would be in Egypt because the situation in Egypt is different from that of Tunisia, the regime of the current president Hosni Mubarak is an authoritarian and repressive one and it’s been like that since he took power in 1981. I don’t really see him compromising his position and the whole Muslim world is waiting to see what steps he might take.
The US was quick to seek solidarity with the people of Tunisia after the ousting of their president but they are taking a cautious line in the case of Egypt by urging all sides to exercise restraint, they can’t afford to have Egypt turned into an unstable country at a time when the middle-east is still grappling with the ongoing conflict in Iraq & Afghanistan, uncertainty in Lebanon, Iranian nuclear issue and the never ending Israeli-Palestinian saga.
Outrageous
A Gentle Reminder
North Carolina, USA, 1950, A man takes a drink during the era of segregated water fountains Photograph: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum
Image source from the Guardian
America has come a long way from the dark ages of segregation, and even more amazing is that segregation was still happening less than 60 years ago.
To think that there are millions of people that went through the 1950s hoping for a day like this. Though race relations in the US is still far from perfect, its the slow but steady progression towards a more stable union that matters.