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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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TeleSur | – – The “news” story portrayed a deliberate attack on a Dortmund church by a “mob” of Muslims. Far-right white nationalist website Breitbart […]

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Constitution
Reflections by a Middle Easterner on the Electoral College as a Remnant of Elite Tribalism

Reflections by a Middle Easterner on the Electoral College as a Remnant of Elite Tribalism

By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | – – The Founding Fathers wrote the electoral college in the United States Constitution. In late summer 2004, […]

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Those Times the NSA Hacked America's Allies

Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The hysteria about Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee servers […]

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Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen's Children

Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen’s Children

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 2017 (IPS) – Millions of Yemenis could soon face widespread famine […]

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Egypt
Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt

Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt

By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The root of state violence and torture is not poor police training, nor a political decision […]

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Bruited Trump pick for Nat'l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance

Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance

TeleSur | – – On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken […]

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Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack

Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over […]

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Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him

Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him

Kazu Haga | ( Waging Nonviolence ) What’s next? That is the big question facing this country after the election. And many people have been […]

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Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities

Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities

By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – The meaning and enforcement of the Illinois hate-crimes statute seems destined for intense scrutiny with the arrest […]

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