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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

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Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Here's the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Here’s the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Bernie Sanders | – – Bernie Sanders is speaking, but both CNN and MSNBC are ignoring him right now. pic.twitter.com/8jglLxxD4s — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Mystery:  Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports on the announcement Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

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Can Turkish Democracy survive Bombings, Ethnic Polarization?

Can Turkish Democracy survive Bombings, Ethnic Polarization?

By Cengiz Gunes | (The Conversation) | – – Hours after Ankara was rocked by the second bomb attack in less than three weeks, killing […]

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Islam-hatred
9/11: Clueless US Judge doesn't Know Shiites from al-Qaeda, finds against Iran for $10 Bn.

9/11: Clueless US Judge doesn’t Know Shiites from al-Qaeda, finds against Iran for $10 Bn.

TeleSur | – – A U.S. court last week ordered Tehran to pay US$7.5 billion to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the […]

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Education
And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation’s 2016 Global […]

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Islam-hatred
The American Muslims Trump doesn't Know About

The American Muslims Trump doesn’t Know About

Bridge Initiative Team | (Bridge) | – – In an interview with Donald Trump that aired on Wednesday on CNN, Anderson Cooper asked the Republican […]

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al-Qaeda
Syria:  More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

Syria: More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Levant, also known as the Support […]

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Terrorism
Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Euronews | (Video news Report) | “A car bomb has caused carnage in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara. The authorities now say at […]

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Hypocrisy: Israel’s BDS of Palestinian Companies

Hypocrisy: Israel’s BDS of Palestinian Companies

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli troops used tear gas to suppress a march held by five Palestinian food production companies […]

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