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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

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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Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner

Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out on Wednesday in support of pardoning Elor Azarya, as […]

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Islam-hatred
Why American TV needs a Muslim Modern Family - Reza Aslan

Why American TV needs a Muslim Modern Family – Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan / Vox | (Video Report) | – – “Writer Reza Aslan thinks a Muslim Will and Grace could truly change American perceptions of […]

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Bush
Top 4 Ways Bush even more Outrageously Dissed the Intelligence Community

Top 4 Ways Bush even more Outrageously Dissed the Intelligence Community

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency counter-terrorist center and FBI National Security […]

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Islam
Muslim Shockwaves as New Congress' Bill seeks all Jerusalem for Israeli Colonization

Muslim Shockwaves as New Congress’ Bill seeks all Jerusalem for Israeli Colonization

TeleSur | – – Three U.S. senators introduced a bill calling for U.S. embassy to be relocated to Jerusalem and recognizing city as Israeli capital. […]

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Turkey
Could Erdoğan be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey?

Could Erdoğan be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey?

By Alpaslan Ozerdem and Bahar Baser | (The Conversation) | – – Turkey’s New Year was marred by a terrorist attack, claimed by the so-called […]

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Iran
Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME

Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME

By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – The Islamic republic of Iran starts 2017 in a strong regional position, much to the annoyance […]

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Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands

Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the thirty-nine victims of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) shooting at the Reina nightclub in […]

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Climate Change
Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?

Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?

By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | – – LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) – Earl Hatley, a descendant of […]

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Authoritarianism
Some Animals are Better:  An American Version of the One-Party State

Some Animals are Better: An American Version of the One-Party State

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Know thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory […]

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