The western US is facing the prospect of worse and worse severe wildfires over the next century, according to a study summarized by The Scientific American: ” Their findings suggest that, in the decades to come, fire prevalence will decrease in tropical regions — but will increase, possibly severely, at more northerly latitudes, and particularly […]
Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)
RT has video:
Egypt’s Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal
The Egyptian military’s ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Morsi and his left, liberal & centrist political opposition to find a compromise by 4 pm Wednesday Egyptian time was disregarded by both sides, but most spectacularly by Morsi himself. The country was plunged into crisis when some 3 million demonstrators against Morsi came out […]
Snowden Fall-out: European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America
As Bolivian President Evo Morales was returning from Moscow in a private jet after consultations on energy, his pilot was suddenly informed that France and Portugal had revoked overflight permissions, along with Spain and Italy. Spain ultimately relented, and Morales’s plane refueled there, before heading to Vienna to overnight. The Bolivian government is furious at […]
Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)
courtesy Paul Jamiol
Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)
miriam cooke writes for ISLAMiCommentary * *REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVES: NAWAL EL SAADAWI AND SAMAER YAZBEK ISLAMiCommentary Editor’s Note: This paper was written by miriam cooke and presented at the international forum—“Mediterranean Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings” — on June 21, 2013 in Fez, Morocco, and shared with ISLAMiCommentary and TIRN. Note, that […]
Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him
Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s support in his own government began crumbling on Monday. Ten independent members of the Egyptian upper house or senate (Majlis al-Shura) resigned, ahead of 6 cabinet members in the Morsi government (including the minister of foreign affairs, who announced his resignation on Monday). The resignations come in the wake of Sunday’s […]
Snowden: US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon
Edward Snowden released a statement from Moscow on Monday, slamming Barack Obama for revoking his passport and rendering him stateless and unable to seek asylum even though Snowden has not been found guilty of any crime. (The US denies that revoking a passport is the same as deprivation of citizenship, but in this case it […]
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)
At the Baikonur Space Station in Kazakhstan, an unmanned Russian Proton M rocket booster went sideways and crashed this morning. Here’s the video from Russian t.v.:
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