Links 14 December 2010

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• Tony Blair's company 'to make £27m advising Kuwait on how to govern itself' | Mail Online
  Blair from electioneering to warmongering to profiteering, rakes in the cash as Kuwait consultant.
• Ahram Online - Marks & Spencer in Egypt: Excites shoppers, provokes activists
  About the anti-Marks & Spencer campaign in Egypt.
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky and new Russian justice : The New Yorker
  I simply don't get why people get all tear-eyed about Khodorkovsky, who is a thief and a thug.
• Geopolitical Actors in the Maghreb-Sahel « The Moor Next Door
  Geopolitics of the Maghreb and Sahel: attack of the big arrows.
• UPDATE 1-Egypt gas deal overshadows Israel Tamar project | Energy & Oil | Reuters
  Is this a new deal to sell Egyptian gas to Israel?
• The Elders: We need peace in the Middle East, not just process. | The Elders
  The Elders release an excellent blueprint for peace in Israel/Palestine.