Links July 27th to August 6th

Links from my del.icio.us account for July 27th through August 6th:

• Mauritania army stages coup; junta takes charge - Yahoo! News - A new coup!


• Inside the Pakistan-Taliban Relationship: Six Questions for Ahmed Rashid, Author of Descent Into Chaos—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) - Great stuff on India-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Taliban rivalries


• The Daily Star - Editorial - The US is colluding in the trampling of democracy in Egypt - "Disappointed" doesn't cut it for the Daily Star


• YouTube - Egypt's Facebook Face Off - Egypt - Completely over-the-top reporting on Egypt, but has some good stuff


• "This Time, It's Different: Global Pressures Have Converged to Forge a New Oil Reality" By Steven Mufson - Long story on rising third world demand and dwindling supply of oil