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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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Will the fight against ISIL Bankrupt the Iraqi Gov't?  Is it hemorrhaging hundreds of billions?

Will the fight against ISIL Bankrupt the Iraqi Gov’t? Is it hemorrhaging hundreds of billions?

By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) It’s hard to get an accurate figure on how much Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State group has […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemen:  Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children

Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children

RT | (Video report) — “Saudi-led coalition warplanes are continuing to pound Houthi targets in Yemen despite the rebels agreeing to UN-backed peace talks. The […]

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Will Turkey's Election end hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement?

Will Turkey’s Election end hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement?

By Mustafa Gurbuz | (Informed Comment) | – – Whatever the election outcome on Sunday, prospects for Kurdish Peace Process are grim. Yet, regardless whether […]

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Apartheid
The Wrath of Netanyahu:  What does Orange Telecom's departure from Israel really Mean for BDS?

The Wrath of Netanyahu: What does Orange Telecom’s departure from Israel really Mean for BDS?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stephane Richard, the CEO of the French telecommunnications company Orange embroiled himself in an international incident […]

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The True Cost of America's Ongoing Wars:  Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al.

The True Cost of America’s Ongoing Wars: Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al.

Michael Moynihan, “The Business of Life” | VICE News Video | — “The AUMF (The “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”) was a bill […]

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The "Bomb Iran!" Lobby Gears Up for 2016

The “Bomb Iran!” Lobby Gears Up for 2016

By Sina Toossi | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – “A tight-knit group of neocon dead-enders is pushing Iran to the forefront of the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Caught in ISIL crossfire, 8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

Caught in ISIL crossfire, 8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

By Kanya D’Almeida | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As fighting drags on between Iraqi armed forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and the […]

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Acidification of Oceans
It's Getting hot in Here:  There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists

It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists

By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | – National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes […]

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On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign

On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Turkey, left of center and Kurdish women took to Twitter on Wednesday to post pictures […]

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