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This is the summary of news headlines from the United States and around the world as reported by Democracy Now! on February 8, 2011.
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Three weeks ago today, 26-year-old Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz posted a video online urging people to protest the “corrupt government” of Hosni Mubarak by rallying in Tahrir Square on January 25. Her moving call ultimately helped inspire Egypt’s uprising.
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On June 4, 2009, a couple of hours after President Obama delivered his much-anticipated speech in Cairo regarding America’s relationship with the Muslim world, Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon sent an email to Fox staff pointing out that Obama did not use “the words ‘terror,’ ‘terrorist’ or ‘terrorism.’ ”

Read the full item at Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102080014
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“The negotiations really are just a form of propaganda to the international community to give the regime some sort of cover for their desire to hold on to power,” says Philip Rizk of talks between Mubarak and so-called opposition forces. He notes that scaremongering continues over the Muslim Brotherhood’s role in the talks, but that the protesters that continue to occupy Tahrir Square are opposed to talks and mostly do not support the Brotherhood.
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The pro-democracy protests in Egypt have entered their third week as demonstrators are holding another massive protest in Tahrir Square. While Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is refusing to resign, the German magazine Der Spiegel is reporting that preparations are underway for him to possibly leave Egypt and visit Germany for an “extended medical check-up.” Human Rights Watch is reporting 297 people have died over the past two weeks of protests, an estimate far higher than the Egyptian g
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Glenn Beck goes too far for even William Kristol, then lashes out at the fellow Fox News regular.
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President Reagan broke unions and intervened in the market when big business required it
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Thousands continue to protest across Egypt and remain determined
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Eugene Jarecki, director of a new documentary on Ronald Reagan, discusses the former president’s motives for some of his biggest mistakes. Watch the full interview http://www.grittv.org.
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Egyptians discuss their expectations on “Day of Departure”
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Wilkerson and Parry on Reagan centenary: Many of today’s catastrophes traced to Reagan’s Presidency
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Khaled Fahmy: Repressive apparatus including the military determined to defend regime
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William K. Black: Reagan obstructed prosecutions against a wave of fraud
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Arin Dube: Study shows majority of employers support mandate in city health insurance plan
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