(By Juan Cole) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done an amazing job in targeting diseases for eradication, and the world is very close to getting rid of polio altogether, in part because the Gates in recent years have given their support to the effort, which began in 1988. Cases have fallen 99% since […]
Archives for January 2014
Draft to mandate TurkishPM’s consent for prosecution of top commanders
The draft makes necessary to receive the PM’s approval before trying senior army officers
The Economist Pulls 'Anti-Semitic' Cartoon on Barack Obama and Iran
The Economist removed a cartoon from an article on its internet edition that has been characterized as anti-Semitic. Click here for the rest of the article…
'Palestine' Soccer Team Agrees To Yank 1-State Map From Jersey
Chile’s top soccer league has penalized the Palestine Football Club with a fine after playing in three official matches wearing uniforms showing the entire map of Israel as Palestine. Click here for the rest of the article…
Syria accused of systematic torture and 11,000 executions: Report
Three former international prosecutors have accused Syria of large-scale killing and torture in a report based on evidence of a defector
Israeli Policy Divides Palestinian Families
(By AFP) Israel policy splits Palestinian families (via AFP) Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian movement between Gaza and the West Bank is separating relatives and making family life impossible for tens of thousands of people, an Israeli human rights report said Monday. Jointly published by rights watchdogs… ——– Related Video: RT reports on “Between the […]
Unbalanced: 85 Super-Wealthy own as Much as Half the World’s Population
(By Andrea Germanos) The global elite have rigged the rules so that "economic growth looks more like a winner-take-all system" that undermines democracy and threatens future generations with a "cascade of privilege and disadvantage," a new report from Oxfam states. The report, Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality, states that just 85 […]
Healing Iraq’s Rift requires less Black and White Thinking
(By Nelson Lowhim) The news from Iraq has grown dire lately. Al Qaeda has taken over certain cities (hotbeds of insurgency in earlier times) and has pushed the Iraqi government into a similar position as was the American military less than a decade ago. It is only the fact that the bogeyman—Al Qaeda—has pushed into […]
Many Thanks for Warm Support, Successful Fundraiser
(By Juan Cole) I just wanted to thank from the bottom of my heart everyone who donated to our annual fundraiser, which was enormously successful and came very close to meeting a very ambitious goal. I really am amazed and humbled by this outpouring of support from loyal readers. This support will enable us to […]
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