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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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How the Neocons' 'New American Century' Crashed and Burned

How the Neocons’ ‘New American Century’ Crashed and Burned

(Tomdispatch.com) – When you think about it, Earth is a relatively modest-sized planet — about 25,000 miles in circumference at the Equator, with a total […]

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crime
18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

By David Finkelhor and Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan | – Christine Blasey Ford’s account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they […]

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Trump’s Remarks on Kavanaugh ‘Con Job’ and Top 4 other Policy Lies that should be Disqualifying

I plowed through the disturbed ramblings of Trump’s ‘very big brain’ for all the myriads of falsehoods that came out of his mouth Wednesday. Trump […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Construction rates for Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank more than doubled in the second quarter of 2018. According to data published by […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
UK's Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will 'Recognize a Palestinian State When We Take Office'

UK’s Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will ‘Recognize a Palestinian State When We Take Office’

“In order to help make the two-state settlement a reality, we will recognize a Palestinian state as soon as we take office,” Corbyn said. Labour […]

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Syria
Syria:  Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

Syria: Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

Damascus (AFP) – A top Syrian official has said a new air defence system from ally Russia will force Israel to “think carefully” before carrying […]

AFP

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But He Doesn't *Look* Like a Rapist

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(Informed Comment) – The uproar over Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged attack of a 15-year-old has resulted in many irrational reactions, which even included a bizarre conspiracy […]

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Trump's Space Farce

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(Tomdispatch.com) – Like many in my generation, undoubtedly including Donald Trump, I went into space early (and I’m not even counting all those hours in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
World Bank warns Israeli Blockade has put Gaza’s Economy in ‘Free Fall’

World Bank warns Israeli Blockade has put Gaza’s Economy in ‘Free Fall’

Jerusalem (AFP) – The World Bank warned Tuesday that the Gaza Strip’s economy is in “free fall” as cuts to aid and salaries add to […]

AFP

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