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NicoleB
2008-08-30

Free shipping on Zazzle

Just in case you are thinking of getting something over there ;)

I just did a few days back. I think, I ordered it 13 days ago and less than 10 days later it was here (in Europe).
It was also the first time they offered International free shipping.

This one seems to be international to, at least they didn’t write US only, like it’s usually the case.

So in case you need some clothes, it’s getting cool out there, here’s what I ordered - and let me tell you, I love all of it :)

These were for me:

And this one for hubby;

You can customize all my products after your own needs - or send me an email and I’ll do it for you

Use zazzle Promo code: LABORDAYSALE
Offer is valid until September 1st and at least one piece of apparel must be ordered to qualify.

Gimme Shelter: A Profile of Dubai’s Surrogate Mother

With more constructions cranes than any other city in the world, Dubai is undergoing a massive physical and economic transformation. Yet local laws offer few protections for the millions foreign workers fueling this growth. Now, one local woman has taken it upon herself to help abused female workers (full article) who have nowhere else to turn.

Excerpt from Hamsa

NicoleB
2008-02-23

Moroccan blogger in jail

A Moroccan computer engineer has been sentenced to three years in jail for setting up a Facebook profile in the name of a member of the royal family.

Fouad Mourtada was arrested on 5 February on suspicion of stealing the identity of Prince Moulay Rachid, younger brother of King Mohammed VI.

The Casablanca court also ordered Mr Mourtada, 26, to pay a $1,300 fine.

The prosecution had urged the court to impose a sentence which set an example for others.

Mr Mourtada was convicted of “villainous practices linked to the alleged theft of the [prince’s] identity".

In his defence, he said he admired the prince, and that the Facebook entry was just intended to be a bit of fun.

‘Beaten unconscious’

A website supporting him published a letter addressed to the prince apologising for the incident.

The letter, reportedly penned by Mr Mourtada’s family, requested clemency.

“Fouad Mourtada, like thousands of people who create fake profiles of well-known personalities or celebrities on Facebook, has in no way acted in a willingness to cause nuisance to Your Highness, for whom he has always shown the greatest of respect,” the letter on the Help Fouad website reads.

Earlier this week some Moroccan bloggers went “on strike", suspending their regular blog entries for 24 hours in protest at Mr Mourtada’s detention.

According to the website, he told family members who visited him in jail that he had been blindfolded and beaten unconscious at the time of his arrest.

BBC

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I gotta say that it has been a pretty stupid idea of this guy to use the name of royal family.
But giving him a three year jail sentence for it?
I hope he gets a clemency, but I doubt it.
Here’s the link to the help page his friends set up and a link to their petition.

This case reminds me that there is still one young man, blogger, in jail since December and things have been very quiet around this case in the last month.
No more outcries from the US that I have heard of, now that Bush is busy in Africa.

Nor have I heard any more news of the so called “witch” in Saudi which is sentenced to death.

It seems that all these people are only good for the headlines and be forgotten after that :(

(Btw. the typos in the article above are all BBCs not mine)

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