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Binu Mathew
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2/3 of Egypt’s oil is gone 20 years after its peak
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-07-11/2-3-...

My good friend, greetings from India :-)

Where are you from?

@Zurman1

My analysis is not based on just one video , as you say, of a few freaks. But based on hard facts.

Here are a few of them....

Egypt’s oil peaked in 1996, and the nation is now a net oil importer

The nation’s debt is around 89.5 per cent of GDP

Its population – 27.8 million in 1960 and currently estimated at 79.94 million – is set to double each 35 years

Self-sufficient in food in 1960, the nation is dependent of food imports, which are currently at a record high price

Today forty per cent of Egyptians live below the UN poverty line of less than £2 a day.

And the recent fuel shortages set the food prices soaring and the society on the brink of anarchy...

Here are a few news items

Angry motorist sets Kafr al-Sheikh gas station alight

Dated... On Fri, 28/06/2013 - 13
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/angry-motori...

"A driver set fire to a fuel station in Kafr al-Sheikh city Thursday, after waiting in a queue for diesel fuel that extended several kilometres. The driver was injured. Workers at the station were able to extinguish the fire. Fire engines and ambulance arrived on the scene after the blaze was extinguished"

Egypt fuel shortage re-ignites ‘second revolution’ ... June 29, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-fuel-...

2 killed, 5 injured in northern Egypt amid diesel crisis ...2013-03-03
http://english.sina.com/world/2013/0303/567417.ht...

Egypt, Short of Money, Sees Crisis on Food and Gas - NYTimes.com..March 30, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/world/middleeas...

Egypt govt struggles with ongoing diesel fuel shortages... Tuesday 12 Feb 2013
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/64625.aspx

As the dates show, the problem has been persistent over a long period.

And that set off this revolution....

And what do those 'freaks' see as the cause of the revolution? Fellow Muslims, Christians and all those who are opposed to Brotherhood! If that does not set off alarm bells, I don't know what will

Binu

Here is a rejoinder from Art of Living Bureau of Communication

Dear Editor,

In reference to Mr. John Dayal's article on countercurrents.org ( A Reminder To The Sage Of Bengaluru dated Mar 31,2012) we would like to say that:

It is unfortunate that such an ill-informed & ignorant article has been published on your website. It displays the author's lack of responsibility toward the public by presenting a biased view with wrong/partial data & reeks of prejudice against Hinduism & the so-called the 'Upper Class'.

Sri Sri is running 185 free schools across India with the very intention of ensuring that the premises of the Right to Education Act are covered. These schools reach out to over 24,000 children who would not have otherwise had access to education and who come from the most economically and socially backward sections of society. Out of these 185 schools, 50 are in the Naxal belts of India.

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Warm Regards
Karthik Krishna for Art of Living Bureau of Communication, The Art of Living International Centre,
21 Km Kanakapura Road, Udaypura, Bangalore - 560-082 Tel: 93425-82375 www.artofliving.org
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Of the four authors two is from Maharashtra, one is from Tamil Nadu and the other from Kerala. All are well versed in water conflicts and conflict resolution. They know what they are talking about

Here are more details about the authors

Suhas Paranjape, Society For Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, Maharashtra
http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/15...

S. Janakarajan, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
http://www.mids.ac.in/janak.htm
http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/15...

K. J. Joy, Society For Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, Maharashtra
http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/15...

Latha A. River Research Centre and Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithi, Thrissur, Kerala
http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/15...

Here is the ABC report http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/world/ap-so...

The killers themselves identify the dead body! We are demanding independent verification by independent bodies. Do they have to do it now that the body has been conveniently dispose of?

It simply means party

We didn't censor, David Kennedy's comments. Intense Debate, somehow, moved the comment to moderation que and we have approved it now