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Egypt has banned a book by a British journalist about Egyptian politics and society entitled "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution," the author said on Wednesday. "According to my publisher, The American University in Cairo bookstore ordered 50 copies of Inside Egypt a few days ago, only to cancel the order a few hours later after being informed by Egyptian government censors that the book is banned in Egypt," John R. Bradley said. The book's New York-based publishers Palgrave Macmillan confirmed the book had been banned in Egypt. The book "examines the junctions...

JEDDAH, 24 July 2004 — A former Managing Editor of Arab News is currently under investigation for pedophilia and the solicitation of male minors for sex. While these alleged crimes occurred during the editor’s tenure at the paper, he has since resigned and relocated to another country. Arab News is conducting its own internal inquiry, while a criminal investigation is being carried out by the proper authorities. Pedophilia is a crime in the Kingdom and violates the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child.

A former Managing Editor of Arab News is currently under investigation for pedophilia and the solicitation of male minors for sex. While these alleged crimes occurred during the editor's tenure at the paper, he has since resigned and relocated to another country.

The article I published last Friday in Arab News, "James Taranto’s private agenda on OpinionJournal.com" , revealed Taranto as a right-wing bigot and a dangerously unrestrained Arab-hater who has hijacked The Wall Street Journal’s "Best of the Web" website to promote a private, extreme anti-Arab agenda. Taranto makes his living by insulting on a daily basis the religion and culture of more than a billion of the world’s population — that is, when he is not openly excusing atrocious Israeli war crimes. When is The Wall Street Journal going to wake up to the fact that Taranto is single-handedly trying...

The following exchange is part of a much longer group of posts on the blog "Little Green Footballs." The blog-owners were able to get John R. Bradley, News Editor of the Arab News to answer a handful of questions posed to him, before he ran off in a huff, once regular users began to posit some questions to him. I've included three posts, first one where questions from Joe Katzman were directed to Bradley. The remaining posts are from Bradley. Note that in the final post, Bradley storms off in a huff, after referring to the users of LGF...