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well we all know the americans aren't so hot on geography, but you'd think the news channels would get it right...fox news might like to have a rethink of their map...

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MM, xx

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you sure that's not a spoof, MM? You would have thought they'd remember where Iraq was!

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Probably, but who knows... on CNN yesterday they had Cairo written as Ciaro for quite a while.

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I've since found a few links on different sites... what an epic fail!

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Not a spoof, but a stupid error - and an out-of-date one (the Gates-Barak meeting in the headline was last April).

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love this pic

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Check out this spoof twitter feed. It's hilarious...

http://twitter.com/#!/HosniMobarak

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HosniMobarak Hosni Mobarak



Hey @BarackObama, shut the hell up. Fix your own problems before trying to fix other people's problems! #Egypt

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Fox news did NOT get this wrong. I changed #Egypt's location. http://twitpic.com/3uz4eo

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They say that what goes up must come down. But then again, I've defied every law there is. #Egypt

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I survived 83 years, 6 assassination attempts, 2 major wars, and 2 major revolutions. What makes you think I won't survive this? #Egypt

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#wheniwaslittle I fell on my head. Then my mom started saying I was special. True story. #Egypt

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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...66_634x536.jpg

Gamal Mubarak and his wife,her favourite hangout: Selfridges (of all places)

Apparently they both hold British passports (according to Daily Heil)

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well it could all kick off today think i'll take the day off and watch a revolution instead.

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I don't have a good feeling about this.

I know Egypt quite well: lived in Cairo with my family for about 2 years, and prior to that visited many times on business. Although we were there during some violent attacks, generally it was a strife-free country, with Muslims and Christians getting along peacefully (at least in Cairo and Alex).

The estimates of Muslim:Christian mix range from about 80:20 to 90:10. Apart from sporadic (but quite bloody) outbursts, in my experience the country functions pretty much on a secular basis. I just hope that certain religious elements don't take all this as an opportunity to move away from that.

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Apparently the Saudi government is terrified at what's unfolding in Egypt as Egypt was supposedly the country where the army had the firmest control over the state.

If the army isn't preventing a revolt from happening, will it inspire the repressed citizens of Saudi to turn against the House of Saud? Some may scoff but a month ago no one expected Egypt to revolt and no one really knows what's going on inside Saudi.

Well....if you start seeing loads of Saudi cars in Dubai and Dubai property prices suddenly, unexplicably, jump, you know something bad is going to happen in Saudi.

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This protest took place few days ago in Jeddah, time will tell...