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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

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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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Trump’s Great Retreat, from Asia Too

Trump’s Great Retreat, from Asia Too

John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Asia has been the future for more than a generation. When Americans try to glimpse what’s […]

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History
Why Thomas Jefferson's vision of American Islam matters today

Why Thomas Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

Denise A. Spellberg | (The Conversation) | – – An estimated 3.3 million American Muslims are celebrating the month of Ramadan. It was during this […]

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In Trump's DC, Noose Found in African American Museum

In Trump’s DC, Noose Found in African American Museum

TeleSur | – – It’s the second time this week a noose has been discovered on the grounds of a Smithsonian museum. A noose was […]

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China
Trump, Paris Accords and the End of the American Century

Trump, Paris Accords and the End of the American Century

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Trump seems likely to pull out of the Paris Climate accord, he will be creating […]

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Trump's 'Good Muslim, Bad Muslim' False Divide

Trump’s ‘Good Muslim, Bad Muslim’ False Divide

By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | – – The “war on terror” has killed millions of innocent people. You don’t have to be a “bad […]

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Afghanistan
Is US Winning its Longest War?  Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80

Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80

TeleSur | – – Health ministry spokesman Ismael Kawoosi said: “They are still bringing bodies, and wounded people to hospitals.” A powerful vehicle bomb has […]

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Donald Trump
Saudi-US War on Yemen:  No Victory, but Cholera, Famine, State Collapse

Saudi-US War on Yemen: No Victory, but Cholera, Famine, State Collapse

Sophia Dingli | (The Conversation) | – – Yemen and its people are engulfed by utter devastation. In the two-plus years of the conflict between […]

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Africa
Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?

Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – Water–everybody talks about it, warns against its growing scarcity, excessive waste, the […]

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Iran
The Mystery of Washington’s Iran Derangement Syndrome

The Mystery of Washington’s Iran Derangement Syndrome

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “Everywhere you look, if there is trouble in the region,” Secretary of Defense James Mattis told […]

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