June 2012
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Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
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May 2012
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Bahrain and Britain
Adam Curtis article - probably the best thing you’ll read this week
May 23rd
January 2012
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Jan 30th
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Dubai bonus
Football agent Peter Harrison has decided to go after Harry Redknapp and Fat Sam, including this not-at-all-surprising tweet: “Here is a teaser for tonight, which ex Bolton manager asked me to get prostitutes up to the room in Dubai” His Twitter feed is here.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 1st
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Fact of the day...
“When the Emir of Sharjah had started a casino, the Saudis had closed it down by paying the Emir as much money as he would have received every month from his casino, plus a handsome bonus.” Jonathan Raban, Arabia, 1979 (Penguin Press)
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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While over in Bahrain...
4 Dec: Bahrain sentence goalkeeper Ali Saeed to a year in prison for taking part in pro-democracy protests. An inquiry found detainees were “systematically abused” with “electric shocks and beatings”. 10 Dec: Bahrain state news agency quotes Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa celebrating International Human Rights Day. “Bahrain has always been – and will remain...
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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