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Literature

The Guardian has posted a list of “top five African authors”. One of the authors, Ondjaki, who is number 3 on the list, was published by Biblioasis, which is in Emeryville, just about 25 minutes away from my home.

Foreign Policy

This google map shows current Mulsim protests across the world.
Obama has gone on record claiming that Egypt is not an ally, even though the U.S. is giving over $1 billion per year and other assistance.
In the wake of the incident in Benghazi, it has been revealed that, even though it appeared that the Libya mission ended almost a year ago, the U.S. has kept its drones in Libya.
The U.S.and more than two dozen of their allies are going to be doing anti-mine exercises, the largest naval exercise ever performed in the Middle East, right near Iran.

Theology