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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Guterres: “Seeking Food Must Not Be A Death Sentence”

Guterres: “Seeking Food Must Not Be A Death Sentence”

06/29/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Earth is Trapping much more Heat than Climate Models Forecast – and the Rate has Doubled in 20 Years

Earth is Trapping much more Heat than Climate Models Forecast – and the Rate has Doubled in 20 Years

06/29/2025 By Juan Cole

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Berlin Pirate Party Leader Arrested for Erdogan Insult

Berlin Pirate Party Leader Arrested for Erdogan Insult

TeleSur | – – Bruno Kramm was arrested while protesting against a German law allowing the prosecution of citizens for insulting foreign leaders. The head […]

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Israel/ Palestine
NYU grad student union votes to boycott, divest from Israel

NYU grad student union votes to boycott, divest from Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A graduate student union at New York University on Friday voted in favor of joining the […]

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After Paris COP21:  Top 6 Green Energy good News Stories Today

After Paris COP21: Top 6 Green Energy good News Stories Today

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – World leaders signed the COP21 Paris climate accord on Friday, Earth Day. Whether it will be […]

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US confused over Russia’s real intentions in Syria

US confused over Russia’s real intentions in Syria

By EurActiv.com | – – Russia’s latest military moves in Syria have sharpened divisions within the US administration over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin genuinely […]

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Islam
Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries

Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries

Laura Ling | (TestTube Video Report) | – – “Face veils are often viewed as a symbol of modesty in Islam, but many governments have […]

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Books
Love and Wine  (Poem of the Day:  Abu Nuwas of Baghdad)

Love and Wine (Poem of the Day: Abu Nuwas of Baghdad)

Abū Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hanī al-Hakamī (756–814) | Love and Wine | – – Ho! a cup, and fill it up, and tell me it […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert

Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert

By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | – – UMM AL-HERAN, Southern Israel, Apr 22 2016 (IPS) – Despite ostensibly freezing the Prawer Plan […]

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Barack Obama
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | – – The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five […]

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Prince’s Islamophilia as a Problem:  “It’s fun to be in Islamic Countries”

Prince’s Islamophilia as a Problem: “It’s fun to be in Islamic Countries”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – in a 2011 interview in The Guardian, the late musician Prince said something that surprised his […]

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