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The end of the Tunisian story hasn't yet been written. We don't yet know whether the so-called Jasmine Revolution will produce fundamental change or a return to a cosmetically-modified status quo ante, democracy or a newly configured authoritarianism. But most of the policy community has long since moved on to ask whether the Tunisian protests will spread to other Arab countries -- Egypt, of course, but also Jordan, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, and almost every place else. Most experts on each individual country can offer powerful, well-reasoned explanations as to why their country won't be next. I'm skeptical too. But I found it unsatisfying to settle for such skepticism as I watched the massive demonstrations unfold in Egypt on my Twitter feed while moderating a panel discussion on Tunisia yesterday (I plead guilty).
Will the Arab revolutions spread? | Marc Lynch
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L'élevage, accusé de nuire à l'environnement, riposte - LeMonde.
Sometimes you have to wonder if irony, like satire, can actually survive another decade like the one now coming to an end. Last week, the chief of NATO asked the Russians to contribute helicopters as its part of the escalation to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. The image of Russian helicopters used in another fight against Afghan rebels has got to be one of the major propaganda coups of our time. A fitting end to the Zero Decade.
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Nuremberg dans le domaine public ?
Passionnante passe d’armes par billets de blogs interposés aux Etats-Unis pour savoir si cette pièce historique appartient ou non au domaine public et peut faire l’objet d’une réédition. La complexité du cas est impressionnante puisque se superposent la question du droit applicable, de la possiblité pour un récit oral (témoignages, débats) d’être couvert par des droits, du droit des transcripteurs, de leur statut d’agents de l’administration américaine, de l’accès aux décisions de justice, des droits d’auteur sur les éléments de preuves (photographies, films …), du droit des archives, du fair use … Et encore, j’en passe ! D’un point de vue technique, la question est très intéressante, mais on peut déplorer que cette accumulation de droits de toutes natures risque d’entraver la diffusion et la connaissance d’un tel Lieu de Mémoire …
Moon hole might be suitable for colony - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole. That's the message sent by an international team of scientists who say they've discovered a protected lunar "lava tube" -- a deep, giant hole -- that might be well suited for a moon colony or a lunar base. The vertical hole, in the volcanic Marius Hills region on the moon's near side, is 213 feet wide and is estimated to be more than 260 feet deep, according to findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. More important, the scientists say, the hole is protected from the moon's harsh temperatures and meteorite strikes by a thin sheet of lava. That makes the tube a good candidate for further exploration or possible inhabitation, the article says.
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