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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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Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven

Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven

By Jon Queally, staff writer | Commondreams.org | – – Leaked documents show Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State is director of subsidiary based in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land

Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land

Ma’a News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Residents of the illegal settlement outpost of Amona in the central occupied West Bank voted on […]

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Point by Point Response to Likud Party Propaganda

Point by Point Response to Likud Party Propaganda

By Jeffrey Rudolph | ( Detailed Political Quizzes ) | – – As Israel’s myriad human rights abuses and contraventions of international law have become […]

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Climate Change
Sorry, Trump, you can't bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much

Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: […]

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Climate Change
Low-Carbon 'Eat Local' Movement taking Spain by Storm

Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm

By Oscar Tomasi Pancorbo | EFEAgro | Euractiv Concepts like “100% local” and “zero kilometer” products are now on an upward trend in Spain and […]

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Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – With just over a month to go before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Muslim activists […]

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Iraq
Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

By Ibrahim Saleh | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | – – Although many Sunni politicians tried to block the passage of a November law that legitimized […]

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Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren't defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, when a ceasefire had unexpected […]

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Islam
Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?

Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?

By Neslihan Cevik | (Socialtrendsinstitute.org) | – – There is a new brand of Muslim religious orthodoxy on the rise in places like Turkey, which […]

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