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Hashim Thaci is a former Kosovar Albanian leader
Hashim Thaci is a former Kosovar Albanian student leader who helped to found the underground movement that became the KLA. Nicknamed "Snake," he returned from Switzerland in 1998 to fight against the Serbs. At the Rambouillet peace conference, the 30-year-old Thaci garnered international attention as the KLA representative who stubbornly refused to compromise the rebel group's agenda. Since the war, Thaci has served as the prime minister of the KLA's self-styled provisional government.
Egypt-Algeria cooperation on W. Sahara angers Morocco
Egypt-Algeria cooperation on W. Sahara irks Morocco
An Egyptian delegation's visit to Algiers last week to attend an international conference in support of the Polisario Front has angered Rabat, a Moroccan diplomat says
World Bulletin/News Desk
Perceived coordination between Egypt and Algeria to support the Polisario Front – which has long fought Morocco over the Western Sahara region – along with recent attacks on Rabat by Egypt's media, appear to be behind Moroccan state TV's increasingly critical tone vis-à-vis Egypt's leadership.
"The visit to Algiers last week by an Egyptian delegation to attend an international conference in support of the Polisario Front has angered Rabat," a Moroccan diplomat, who declined to be named, told The Anadolu Agency.
"The Egyptian media's continuous attacks on Rabat and the Moroccan people," the diplomat said, was another reason for the Moroccan state media's recent change in tone regarding the Egyptian leadership.
The diplomat did not rule out the possibility that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry would soon visit Rabat to resolve their differences.
An Egyptian diplomat who requested anonymity told AA that Shoukry had "tasked Egypt's envoy in Rabat, Ahmed Ihab, to exert all necessary efforts to cooperate with Moroccan officials to nip the [diplomatic] crisis in the bud."
"If these efforts are not successful, the foreign minister will visit Rabat to accomplish the job," the Egyptian diplomat said.
On Thursday, two Moroccan state television channels described Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as a "coup leader." They also referred to former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi – ousted by the army in mid-2013 – as Egypt's "elected president."
It was the first time for Moroccan state media to describe the Egyptian army's ouster of Morsi as a "coup," according to an AA correspondent.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI had congratulated al-Sisi after the latter was declared president of Egypt last June.
In July, Egyptian TV anchor Amani al-Khayyat drew the ire of many Moroccans after criticizing Rabat's role in the perennial Palestine-Israel dispute.
Al-Khayyat had also asserted that prostitution was a "pillar of the Moroccan economy" and that Morocco was "among the top countries affected by HIV," suggesting that this state of affairs existed under "Islamist rule."
Moroccan activists, for their part, have urged the government – which is led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party – to demand an official apology from the Egyptian government.
Al-Khayyat later apologized for her remarks after Egypt's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the offensive comments had "only represented the person who said them."
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Wednesday's attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris cartoonist Cabu
The Deep Repercussions of the Charlie Hebdo Attack
"Can we laugh about anything? Will we be able to laugh about anything tomorrow? These questions are worth asking. No limits to humor that is in the service of freedom of speech, because when humor stops, it is very often to make place for censorship or self censorship."
Cabu (Jan. 13, 1938 to Jan. 7, 2015), -- cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo
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They knew what they were doing. The two masked men armed with Kalashnikovs ordered cartoonist Corinne Rey, who had just picked up her daughter from day care, to enter the door code.
They then made their way to the second floor where, every Wednesday, the day of publication, the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo gathered at noon to commence their weekly editorial meeting and discuss what they would put in the next issue.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
12 killed in shooting at French satirical magazine
- 2 gunmen shoot 10 dead in Paris office of magazine that in 2011 published toons caricaturing Prophet Muhammad. http://reut.rs/1DwWFLf
- Update: 12 dead in attack on Paris newspaper; France goes on highest terror alert as gunmen escape. http://strib.mn/1wU9zNF
- .@BBC on #CharlieHebdo's place in French journalism going back to the scandal sheets that denounced Marie-Antoinette http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15551998 …
- 2 gunmen attack office of satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris. 10 dead. via @BBCnews. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 …
- France steps up security at media organizations, big stores, places of worship after terror attack at magazine http://nbcnews.to/1xRd1MO
- "France is in a state of shock after this terrorist attack" on satirical magazine, says President Francois Hollande: http://bloom.bg/1HMbFHI
- UPDATE: 12 dead in attack on satirical newspaper in Paris; France goes on alert: http://dpo.st/1wUjJh6via @AP
- My thoughts and prayers for those killed in France today in what amounts to an attack on free speech. http://news.yahoo.com/paris-shooting-je-suis-charlie-hebdo-attack-live-coverage-151842914.html …#JeSuisCharlie
- A chilling day in Paris as 12 killed in 'terrorist' attack http://news.yahoo.com/ten-dead-paris-newspaper-shooting-prosecutors-112635032.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw …via @AFP
- At least 12 dead in attack on Paris newspaper #CharlieHebdo; France on high alert http://goo.gl/wdxl2T
- At least 12 people are dead, several injured, in attack on #CharlieHebdo magazine in Paris http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-france-terror-attack-newspaper-20150107-photogallery.html …
- Latest live updates as we learn new details about the Paris shooting at offices of satirical magazine - http://abcn.ws/1DknXqZ
- digital photo desk has published this photo gallery of images related to the #paris attack. http://nbcnews.to/141e6XN
- Paris is on the highest terrorist alert after 12 people were shot dead at the offices of a satirical weekly magazine. http://bloom.bg/1IpKCAp
- VIDEO Gunmen open fire at #CharlieHebdo office, killing at least 12 http://cbc.sh/O9nj8glhttp://cbc.ca/1.2892151
- #CharlieHebdo's staple is to be provocative - poking fun at popes, presidents as well as the Prophet Muhammad: http://yhoo.it/1xRl24s
- What is Charlie Hebdo, the provocative satirical magazine attacked by gunmen in Paris? http://wapo.st/1wUHGFc
- BREAKING: French president: 11 dead in "terrorist operation" on Paris-based satire magazine http://abcn.ws/1w0VZrM
- 12 killed at French magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad: http://on.msnbc.com/1As19ln(Antoniol/Getty)
- PHOTO: Forensic experts examine the car believed to have been used as the escape vehicle in the Charlie Hebdo attack: http://apne.ws/141qrez
- UPDATE: Gunmen at-large after attack on magazine that ran Muhammad cartoons http://nbcnews.to/1FmGxRf
- Officials say 3 gunmen carried out Charlie Hebdo shootings, France’s bloodiest terrorist attack in nearly 2 decades. http://wapo.st/141fABf
- Photos from the aftermath of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris http://nyti.ms/1wqgkrv
- Editor Stephane Charbonnier, 4 cartoonists reported killed in #CharlieHebdo attack (AP photo): http://usat.ly/1xF0ePh
- The magazine attacked in Paris has a history of bold satire http://bloom.bg/1ByZagK#CharlieHebdo #ParisShooting
- Latest on attack at French paper: http://cbsn.ws/14nPtVB• 12 killed; 2 reportedly cops • 3 gunmen involved, cops say
- The @NYDailyNews is censoring the Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Muhammad http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/1-killed-3-injured-shooting-french-satirical-paper-article-1.2068486 …
- So sorry to hear this > RT @FoxNews: France's top security official confirms that 3 gunmen carried out attack http://fxn.ws/1Fms4Vt”
- At least 12 people were killed in today's deadly attack on #CharlieHebdo, an official says. http://cnn.it/14uL5og
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