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Reason Trumped: How the Donald Phenom will Change our Lives
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The 2016 election campaign is certainly a billionaire’s playground when it comes to “establishment candidates” like […]
Is Putin Gambling it all on Syria?
By Scott Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – For those watching closely, the signal for Russia’s first airstrikes came in a statement early on […]
Union: 70 percent of Gaza workers live in poverty
Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — Around 70 percent of workers in Gaza live in poverty, the director of the Gaza General […]
Trump Supports Putin’s Russia Policy in Syria
Erin Burnett | (CNN news video) | – – “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with CNN’s Erin Burnett on foreign policy issues including Iran, […]
Afghanistan: The Taliban reign of Fear in Kunduz belies Charm Offensive
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/ RL) | – – An expected Afghan government counteroffensive to retake Kunduz from the Taliban appears to have largely […]
It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, renounced the Oslo Peace accords Wednesday, on the grounds that Israel […]
The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism
Sami Zubaida | (Open Democracy) | – – The presence of growing Muslim populations in Europe at the same time as the rise of political […]
Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll
By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/RL MOSCOW — More than two-thirds of Russians oppose sending troops to Syria to prop up President Bashar al-Assad’s government, […]
The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a […]