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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

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Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised for the 2010s: Your Fourth of July is invasions and wars. My Fourth of July is […]

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Green Transportation
The Future of Flying:  Purely Solar-Powered Plane lands in Hawaii after taking off from Japan

The Future of Flying: Purely Solar-Powered Plane lands in Hawaii after taking off from Japan

Euronews | (Video Report) | – – “A solar powered plane has successfully completed a record-breaking five-day nonstop solo flight across the Pacific Ocean. The […]

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Corruption
Iraq's Displaced People are Selling Body Parts For Food

Iraq’s Displaced People are Selling Body Parts For Food

Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – “Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan suspect that displaced people are selling their kidneys to feed their families. Problem is, they […]

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Apartheid
Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

By Mel Frykberg | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness, who says that unless someone steps in to alleviate the financial […]

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censorship
Egypt's Draconian new anti-Terrorism Law threatens freedom of speech, Democracy

Egypt’s Draconian new anti-Terrorism Law threatens freedom of speech, Democracy

Euronews | (Video Report) | – – “Egypt launched airstrikes on Islamist militant targets in the Sinai peninsula killing 23 fighters, the offensive comes a […]

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Economy
It's the Economy, Stupid!:  Tunisia's fight against Terrorism requires a jobs program for its Youth

It’s the Economy, Stupid!: Tunisia’s fight against Terrorism requires a jobs program for its Youth

By Alexander Martin | (The Conversation) | – – To anyone who has followed Tunisia’s journey since it became a democracy, the horrific events in […]

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Civil Rights
Donald Trump, Dumpee:  Forgetting to use the GOP racial dog-whistle is an Expensive Mistake

Donald Trump, Dumpee: Forgetting to use the GOP racial dog-whistle is an Expensive Mistake

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump is seeing short-term gains from the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, but […]

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Drone Warfare
The Ghost of Soviet Collapse haunts the West:  Military Hegemony isn't what it Used to Be

The Ghost of Soviet Collapse haunts the West: Military Hegemony isn’t what it Used to Be

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The rise and fall of great powers and their imperial domains has been a central fact of […]

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Egypt
50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion

50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion

Aljazeera International | Video Report | – – “At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera’s […]

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