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With China’s Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History
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With China’s Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jeffrey Beyer and Stephen Gitonga of the UN Development Program present an overview of Saudi Arabia’s full court press to […]

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How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

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Shiite Militias announce "Here I am, O Husayn" Campaign for Sunni Ramadi

Shiite Militias announce “Here I am, O Husayn” Campaign for Sunni Ramadi

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Shiite militias in Iraq, joined by some Sunni tribal levies, on Tuesday reached a university campus just […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Why do Poor Nations care more about Climate Change than the Rich?

Why do Poor Nations care more about Climate Change than the Rich?

Alex Lo | (The Conversation) | – Alex Lo, University of Hong Kong Do rich countries care more about the environment that poorer ones? In […]

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censorship
Egypt:  Executing Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi for "Terrorism" will Fuel... Terrorism

Egypt: Executing Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi for “Terrorism” will Fuel… Terrorism

By Ebrahim Deen | (Informed Comment) | — ‘In contemporary Egypt, due process is often not granted, evidence is often not considered, and impartiality and […]

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Cold War
After the Cold War, did We all Get the worst of both Capitalist & Communist Worlds?

After the Cold War, did We all Get the worst of both Capitalist & Communist Worlds?

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Imagine an alternative universe in which the two major Cold War superpowers evolved into the United Soviet Socialist […]

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Foreign Policy
Iranian-Americans demand apology from Lindsey Graham for "Liar" Racism

Iranian-Americans demand apology from Lindsey Graham for “Liar” Racism

NIAC | — NIAC Condemns Senator Graham’s Racist Statement, Demands Apology Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council, the largest Iranian-American grassroots organization in […]

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Is it the US that isn’t stepping up to fight Daesh/ ISIL?

Is it the US that isn’t stepping up to fight Daesh/ ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s blunt remarks on Sunday about the Iraqi army not having the will to […]

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Climate Change
'Climate Change Deniers Are Like Alcoholics' | Ed Begley, Jr.

‘Climate Change Deniers Are Like Alcoholics’ | Ed Begley, Jr.

Dave Rubin | (Rubin Report Video) – “Ed Begley Jr sits down with Dave Rubin for an interview about everything from environmental activism and climate […]

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Food Security
Yemen conflict fans food insecurity

Yemen conflict fans food insecurity

By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) – AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) – The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country’s food insecurity, according […]

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Apartheid
Israel Confiscates 202 Acres of Palestinian land for Squatter Settlement Garbage Dump

Israel Confiscates 202 Acres of Palestinian land for Squatter Settlement Garbage Dump

By Saed Bannoura | (IMEMC) – The Israeli Authorities have decided to confiscate around 820 Dunams (202 acres) of privately owned Palestinian lands to establish […]

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