Links 9 January 2011

• Les politiques français, en toutes amitiés - Libération
  The French political class and Tunisia's Ben Ali: a love story.
• My Father Died for Pakistan - NYTimes.com
  Couragerous op-ed by son of murdered Pakistani secularist Saman Taseer.
• YouTube - رايس لبلاد ... اغنية راب تونسية
  Video by Tunisian rapper El General. #sidibouzid
• TelQuel : Le Maroc tel qu'il est
  Ahmed Benchemsi quits Tel Quel (I'd missed this earlier).
• Aqmi, un business à désert ouvert - Libération
  AQIM and the business of ransom. [French]
• Egypt's show of tolerance
  WaPo op-ed on Egypt links political reform and religious tolerance.
• Toppling the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq : The New Yorker
  Revisiting the toppling of Saddam's statue and the US media.
• Sudan Referendum: birth of a failed state? - Telegraph
  South Sudan's $10bn Dubai-like plan to shape its cities into fruits and animails.
• UPDATE 1-Egypt probes report of Islamist's torture death | News by Country | Reuters
  Church bombing investigation claims its first torture victim.
• Algeria cuts food costs amid unrest - Africa - Al Jazeera English
  Algeria caves in on food prices, but will it be enough?