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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise
Archaeology

Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going […]

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

06/01/2025 By Juan Cole

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

06/01/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Armenia
Controversy as the "Forgotten Genocide" of the Armenians turns 100

Controversy as the “Forgotten Genocide” of the Armenians turns 100

AJ+ | – “April 24 marks the 100th anniversary of what’s been called “The Forgotten Genocide” and the “Armenian massacres,” when hundreds of thousands – […]

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Egypt
Ousted Egyptian President Morsi Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

Ousted Egyptian President Morsi Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) – Morsi was convicted of ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during the clashes that erupted in […]

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Central Asia
Pakistan as Hong Kong West:  China's New Silk Road & US Failure

Pakistan as Hong Kong West: China’s New Silk Road & US Failure

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Chinese President Xi Jinping made a state visit, full of pomp and circumstance, to Pakistan on Monday, but […]

Juan Cole

Ethiopia
ISIL's Libya Affiliate Murders 30 Ethiopian Christians

ISIL’s Libya Affiliate Murders 30 Ethiopian Christians

By EurActiv | – A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday (19 April) appeared to show militants […]

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Apartheid
Gaza:  Shortage of Medicines as Israeli Blockade Grinds On

Gaza: Shortage of Medicines as Israeli Blockade Grinds On

By IMEMC News The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced that the crisis of shortage in medicines and medical disposables has been critically aggravated because […]

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Acidification of Oceans
If Climate Change ends Capitalism, what good are Climate Economists?

If Climate Change ends Capitalism, what good are Climate Economists?

By David Ray Griffin | (Informed Comment) – Since the 1970s, when he essentially founded the economics of climate change, William Nordhaus had been considered […]

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Climate Change
China’s Big Clean-Up:  Asia’s Hope

China’s Big Clean-Up: Asia’s Hope

By Mark L. Clifford | (Author of The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency) – Asia sometimes feels like one […]

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Khamenei:  US invented nuclear Myth; Iran will Never Invade another Country

Khamenei: US invented nuclear Myth; Iran will Never Invade another Country

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The clerical leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, gave a speech on Sunday in which he urged that Iran […]

Juan Cole

European Union
700 Dead:  Is Europe's Neglect of Mediterranean Migrants a form of Genocide?

700 Dead: Is Europe’s Neglect of Mediterranean Migrants a form of Genocide?

By Heaven Crawley The latest refugee deaths in the Mediterranean – up to 700 people drowned when the overcrowded fishing vessel in which they were […]

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