Bank collapse in Austria brings debt in Eastern Europe center stage
In the links yesterday, I pointed to an FT article detailing the Austrian government’s nationalization of the insolvent bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA). The financial institution, which has 40 billion Euros in assets, is the country’s sixth largest...

Yossi Vadri is 1 of most crazy entertaining entrepreneurs I've ever heard! should b invited to the next big event in Jordan/ Mid-east #leweb

@Joi: Mid-east opportunity is like China a few years ago; young population, shared Arabic language across c300m people (via @deburca) #leweb

Asia-Pacific and Latin America to rebound the strongest this year for airlines, followed by Mid-East. US/EU way behind. #iata09

Israel's Gamble in a Prisoner Swap
What would a prisoner exchange with Hamas say about Israeli policies?

Brilliant animation showing 5000 years of mid east history in 90 seconds: http://ow.ly/Ds2c (LT @mobmag )

Amos Oz @BrandeisU mid-east situation calls 4 painful compromise..having been married for

Starting out on a 10 day trip that will include Asia, the Mid-East, the UK, and more Mid-East -- yowza!

RT @zannalyons RT @americaspeaks Clinton Announces Civil Society 2.0 to build capacity of grassroots orgs http://ow.ly/z9oQ #africa #mideast