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Mubarak and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Posted on Sunday 3 June 2012 by Rob Godfrey

It was interesting to see Hosni Mubarak being given a life sentence yesterday (see here). Last year I made a lot of posts about the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. This year I haven’t made many posts … Continue reading →

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