[lbo-talk] blocked in Saudi Arabia...

[Doug Henwood]

...but not in China, since my radio page often gets quite a lot of  
hits from there. A friend covering the OPEC Summit in Riyadh writes:


> Hey doug: I’m in riyadh covering opec summit. You’ll be pleased  
> to know that
> you are censored in Saudi Arabia.  I just clicked on the lbo link  
> and this
> is what I got ..
> Dear User,
> عفواً، الموقع المطلوب غير متاح.
> Sorry, the requested page is unavailable.
>
>
> إن كنت ترى أن هذه الصفحة ينبغي أن لا  
> تُحجب تفضل بالضغط هنا
> <http://www.internet.gov.sa/resources-ar/block-unblock-request-ar/ 
> view?set_l
> anguage=ar> .If you believe the requested page should not be  
> blocked please
> click here
> <http://www.internet.gov.sa/resources/block-unblock-request/view? 
> set_languag
> e=en> . لمزيد من المعلومات عن خدمة  
> الإنترنت في المملكة العربية السعودية،
> يمكنك زيارة الموقع التالي:
> /
> http://84.235.96.210/blocked.html? 
> basictype=block&epochseconds=1195273443&re
> questedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leftbusinessobserver.com%2FLBO116- 
> K10.pdf&catego
> rylist=149&categorydescriptionlist=Pornography&useripaddress=213.230.9 
> .19&us
> ername=&actiontaken=block&actionreason=by- 
> category&actionreasondata=149&repl
> ayhash=%2BpieNyriJ7oKD8%2Fsqiz8kQ%3D%3D