Links July 7th to July 8th

Links from my del.icio.us account for July 7th through July 8th:

• FT.com / World - Gulf states urged to rethink dollar pegs - Sooner or later it will happen


• Egypt summons Iranian diplomat over Sadat film - Reuters.com - Note that this happens as the Egyptian press is full of anti-Shia conspiracy theories


• Family history | Mount Lebanon’s children | Economist.com
  - Review of Amin Maalouf's latest


• Communist jokes | Funny bones | Economist.com
  - A book about subversive Soviet humor - someone needs to do the same for the Arab world


• IkhwanWeb | MB MP: Blogging is an Outlet for Egypt’s Disaffected Youth - Egyptian government report says there are 160,000 Egyptian blogs, about 30% of Arab blogs


• L'OTAN des démocraties, le pire des paris, par Zaki Laïdi - Opinions - Le Monde.fr - An argument against a "league of democracies"


• Babies' deaths cast shadow on Egypt's health care
  Babies' deaths cast shadow on Egypt's health care
  | International
  | Reuters
  
  - Very nice long article on Egypt's failing health care