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...Abdel Fatah is one of more than 300 opposition activists - at least six of them bloggers - who have been detained and beaten over the last few weeks during an ongoing government crackdown on peaceful protests. Like many of his fellow prisoners, Abdel Fatah is being held under Egypt's repressive, 25-year-old Emergency Laws, which allow initial detentions of 15 days that can be renewed indefinitely. The blogger and other activists stand accused of blocking traffic, assembling illegally in public, and insulting President Hosni Mubarak, 78, who was reelected in September on a platform of political and economic reform...
...While blogging has put some young activists in danger, it also has provided a venue for friends and family to agitate for their release and advertise their plight. When 23-year-old Ahmed El Droubi was beaten and arrested at a peaceful sit-in a month ago, his friends and fellow bloggers leapt into action. "They created a Web site called "Free Droubi" that posted information about protests and updates on El Droubi's condition in jail, including posts featuring messages from the prisoner himself. A month later, El Droubi was released, but he and his friends continue...
...When he visited Al Sharqawi in prison after his beating, El Droubi was shocked how savagely he had appeared to be beaten. But while some of the other detainees seemed demoralized, El Droubi said the battered Al Sharqawi "was smiling and ready to go out and protest tomorrow, if he could. He can?t wait." And as long as computer-savvy activists like Al Sharqawi, El Droubi and Abdel Fatah refuse to be intimidated, it will be hard for the Mubarak regime to pull the plug on the political opposition in Egypt...
...Among the 20-odd boys Time spoke to, none suggested they had feelings for the girls they were texting. Would a boy ever tell his mates he was crazy about a girl? "Only if he wanted to be beaten up," says Tank. Unsurprisingly, girls see things differently. "I don't think you can develop a meaningful relationship around texting," says Kathleen. She and her friends are more likely to find boyfriends at their school and have text relationships with boys from other schools. "Sometimes you want the affection of a relationship," says Nina. "But other times you just want...
...know if I will be able to go back to France. After a second time, they will kill me." CHRISTIAN VANNEQUE, French wine expert and panelist at a rematch of a famous 1976 face-off in which French wines were beaten by their Californian counterparts in a blind tasting. California wines took the top five places in last week's competition...