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Climate Change
New Normal:  A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

New Normal: A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

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Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Jul 27 2016 (IPS) – Climate change and related extreme weather events have devastated the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of most vulnerable people worldwide– by far exceeding the total of […]

Israel/ Palestine
B'Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

B’Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

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By Ma’an News Agency | – – A Palestinian family stands amid the remains of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Masafer Jenbah in an undated photo. (AFP/Hazem Bader, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have demolished more Palestinian homes in the West Bank in the first six months of 2016 […]

Economy
Can Turkey's Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

Can Turkey’s Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

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By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has prompted a tsunami of responses by the government that is likely to have a lasting impact on all aspects of politics and society, including the economy. The initial arrest of military personnel who were involved or suspected of […]

Arab World
Arab World's biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

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By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or territories in terms of water resources, including Bahrain, Djibouti, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This shortage […]

Arms Sales
US does 1/2 of all World's Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

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By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect to hear about it.  Not so with the global arms trade.  It’s good for one or two stories a year in the mainstream media, usually when the annual statistics on […]

Authoritarianism
Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

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By Fatma Müge Göçek | (The Conversation) | – – After the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, one of the first actions of the Turkish state and government was to purge thousands of academics and deans from office. In a crackdown that rapidly spread across civil and military services, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]

Bernie Sanders
Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

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NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | – – “Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell the crowd to unite and support Hillary Clinton during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.” NJ.com: “Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue the United Kingdom over the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on Monday. Speaking on behalf of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Maliki delivered a speech Thursday at the Arab League’s annual summit, […]

Arab Americans
Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

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By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | – – PATERSON, New Jersey — The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has galvanized his community to raise its profile and reach out to non-Muslim neighbors. “We’re cautious that we don’t want people to know about […]

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