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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 11:36 AM
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Interesting note on some current Egypt news, depending on your language.
I was perusing the Arabic-language Reuters just now, which is made immeasurably easier thanks to Google Translate. I wanted to share two screenshots of what appears to be the same story, presented first in the `http://ara.reuters.com/article/topNews/idARACAE7880K320110909">Arabic Language Edition (and translated by Google) and then in the http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/09/uk-egypt-protest-idUKTRE7882DC20110909">UK Edition.

If you run Google Chrome, it offers to translate for you. And here's what you get:




Over in the UK edition, quite a different lede:



Seems to me a little sanitized for the West. :shrug:

Anyhow. Food for thought.
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