Links for 22-10-2007

• BBCArabic: الشرق الأوسط | أكراد العراق يوقعون عقودا نفطية مع شركات أجنبية
  Iraqi Kurdish administration says it has signed an oil deal with four foreign oil companies. This is sure to be a very controversial step as the famed oil law hasn't been passed through the parliament yet.
• BBC Analysis: Syria-Israel tensions
  Lyse Doucet reflects on her interview with the Syrian president in which he revealed that Israel bombed an empty building.
• NYT: Use My Photo? Not Without Permission
  An interesting case on Flickr, the photo of a teenage girl on Flickr was used by add agency for a mobile services.
• Kenyan Pundit » How does this person get to be a travel writer?
  Ory is rightly pissed with this stupid writer, and here's a quote for you: "the Kenyan capital is crime-ridden, traffic-jammed, and without a decent hotel"