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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

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Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Fossil Fuels have to Stay in the Ground: But Renewables are anyway Cheaper

Fossil Fuels have to Stay in the Ground: But Renewables are anyway Cheaper

By Will Steffen and Martin Rice | (The Conversation) Ninety per cent of Australia’s current coal reserves will need to be left in the ground […]

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Houthi
How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in Yemen

How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in Yemen

CNN | – “CNN’s Tom Foreman uses virtual reality to show how the U.S. intends to monitor Iranian ships off the coast of Yemen.” CNN: […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Top Ten ways to prove you Love the Earth on Earth Day

Top Ten ways to prove you Love the Earth on Earth Day

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – I was a junior in high school on April 22, 1970, on the first Earth Day, called for […]

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Iraq
Iraq's Future in the Balance:  Will Sunni Arab Tribes join or fight ISIL?

Iraq’s Future in the Balance: Will Sunni Arab Tribes join or fight ISIL?

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – The key to long lasting victory in northern Iraq is the loyalty of it’s Sunni Muslim […]

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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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