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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

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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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Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck

We thought the days of book-burning ended with the defeat of Hitler, but with Trump they might be back

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Corporate Surveillance
Rice Vindicated: She did Unmask Trump, Bannon-- but they were meeting UAE

Rice Vindicated: She did Unmask Trump, Bannon– but they were meeting UAE

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Arab Emirates crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan slipped into the United States […]

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Climate Change
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

One text at a time, America’s largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change.

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Buddhism
Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It's too Late

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner will finally address issue of persecution of Rohingya

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Israel/ Palestine
UN to name Companies linked to W. Bank Settlements

UN to name Companies linked to W. Bank Settlements

Move comes despite severe Israeli, US Pressure

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Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here's How

Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here’s How

They have to stop intervening, fighting wars and fomenting radicalism; an image touch-up won’t help

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Asian-Americans
Chinese Americans came at Same Time as Bannon's Irish

Chinese Americans came at Same Time as Bannon’s Irish

Why does Steve Bannon at Breitbart think he’s more American than Asians who built the trans-Continental Railroad?

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Climate Change
Antarctica Ice Melt will trigger Abrupt Global Heating

Antarctica Ice Melt will trigger Abrupt Global Heating

Collapsing Ice Sheets may be a Tipping Point

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Donald Trump
If she had said, "Back off, you Creep!"

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

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