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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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Mr. Trump: Government and War are too Serious to be entrusted to the Generals

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – America has always had a love affair with its generals. It started at the […]

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Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered:  Standing Rock was the Opposite

Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite

By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | – – We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come […]

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Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | – – In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the […]

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Why do they Hate Putin's Freedoms?   Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey

Why do they Hate Putin’s Freedoms? Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is not entirely clear why Mevlut Altintas, a young policeman in, ironically, a counter-terrorism unit […]

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Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel

Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel

By IMEMC | – – Jewish scholars and students have released statements urging the US House of Representatives and President Obama to reject the controversial […]

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Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?

Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?

By Robert Percival | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for […]

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Saudi Arabia Admits to Using Illegal UK Cluster Bombs in Yemen

Saudi Arabia Admits to Using Illegal UK Cluster Bombs in Yemen

TeleSur | – – “If Saudi forces are prepared to use cluster bombs, then why is the U.K. continuing to arm and support the regime?” […]

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Trump's Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism:  9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation

Trump’s Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism: 9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Incoming President Trump has repeatedly pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and he just […]

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SNL Cold Open: Trump as Manchurian Candidate

NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Satiric Video Clip) “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson […]

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