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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

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Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Israeli Policies could make Gaza uninhabitable in 5 years:  UN

Israeli Policies could make Gaza uninhabitable in 5 years: UN

UNCTAD Press Release | UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2015/026 | (Geneva, Switzerland) | – – Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years in wake of 2014 conflict […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders's Surge in Iowa from Attractiveness of His Ideas: Poll

Bernie Sanders’s Surge in Iowa from Attractiveness of His Ideas: Poll

Phil Mattingly | Bloomberg Business | (Video News Report) | – – “Hillary Clinton saw her support in Iowa dwindle as voters boosted Bernie Sanders […]

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Remember how Congress said we Should Support Iran Reformists?  Well they want the Nuclear Deal

Remember how Congress said we Should Support Iran Reformists? Well they want the Nuclear Deal

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL Parvin Fahimi, who lost her son to repression by the Iranian state, hopes the agreement global powers reached […]

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Health
War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor

War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor

By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Enter the Bear:  Does Russia plan air strikes on Daesh/ISIL in Syria?

Enter the Bear: Does Russia plan air strikes on Daesh/ISIL in Syria?

By Juan Cole| (Informed Comment) | – – The Israeli press is reporting that Iran has made a firmer military alliance with the Russian Federation […]

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Alawites
Can a Loose Federal system save Syria and Iraq?

Can a Loose Federal system save Syria and Iraq?

By Jerome Joffe | (Informed Comment) | – – In recent months, prospects for applying the principles of federation and constitutional protection for minorities as […]

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Climate Change
Islamic Declaration on Climate Change Turns Up Heat Ahead of Paris Talks

Islamic Declaration on Climate Change Turns Up Heat Ahead of Paris Talks

By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – Following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who has taken a […]

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Iraq
'We Must Face Reality. Iraq Can No Longer Be Ruled In A Centralised Way' - Former VP Salih

‘We Must Face Reality. Iraq Can No Longer Be Ruled In A Centralised Way’ – Former VP Salih

Zhyar Mohammed | Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician Barham Salih doesn’t pull his punches: The Iraqi army is over, as […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Christians Clash with Israeli Soldiers after Sunday Mass over Bethlehem Confiscations

Palestinian Christians Clash with Israeli Soldiers after Sunday Mass over Bethlehem Confiscations

by IMEMC News | – – Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli forces, following mass on Sunday, when priests and demonstrators marched to protest renewed work […]

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