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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio
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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

Joseph Richard Preville

A Review of Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile by Hooman Majd. Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everybody needs a home. […]

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

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Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

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Obama makes fun of GOP Candidates: "That's Crazy!"

Obama makes fun of GOP Candidates: “That’s Crazy!”

Barack Obama | (Associated Press Video) | – – “Obama roasts Republican presidential candidates while speaking at a Democractic National Committee fundraiser in New York […]

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Shimon Peres doubts Israel can win Permanent war or Survive Annexation of West Bank

Shimon Peres doubts Israel can win Permanent war or Survive Annexation of West Bank

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Former Israeli president Shimon Peres, 92, gave an interview with the Associated Press Monday in which […]

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Fearing Obama Veto, TransCanada Suspends Keystone Pipeline Review, Hoping for GOP Win

Fearing Obama Veto, TransCanada Suspends Keystone Pipeline Review, Hoping for GOP Win

Wochit News | (Video Report) | – – TransCanada Seeks to Suspend Keystone Pipeline Review Appendix Last winter at The Conversation Peter Erickson and Michael […]

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Jabhat al-Nusra
Syria: al-Qaeda, Army of Islam Cage Hostages in Street as Human Shields

Syria: al-Qaeda, Army of Islam Cage Hostages in Street as Human Shields

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Syrian armed groups are endangering civilians, including women, and detaining soldiers by placing them in metal […]

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Iraq War
An American Citizen Apologizes to the Iraqi People

An American Citizen Apologizes to the Iraqi People

By Jeffrey Ruoff | (Huffington Post) | – – "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark […]

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Islam-hatred
Which Presidential Candidates Have ‘Shown Backbone’ Against Islamophobia?

Which Presidential Candidates Have ‘Shown Backbone’ Against Islamophobia?

Robert McCaw | (ISLAMICommentary) | – – Robert McCaw Last Friday, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley denounced the socially-corrosive evils of “Islamophobia and xenophobia” at […]

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Al-Zawahiri Calls for al-Qaeda- ISIL Axis against Russia & US

Al-Zawahiri Calls for al-Qaeda- ISIL Axis against Russia & US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Hayat [Life] reports that on Sunday, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, called for unity between al-Qaeda and […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Who are the ISIL Fighters in Egypt's Sinai, claiming to down Plane?

Who are the ISIL Fighters in Egypt’s Sinai, claiming to down Plane?

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/RL ) | – – A [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has claimed that it […]

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Climate Change
Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon's Historic Climate Crime

Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon’s Historic Climate Crime

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – A broad coalition of community groups along with prominent leaders from the nation’s top civil […]

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