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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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Broken Promises: Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare

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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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The National Security State gets Real:  9 Ways the US is becoming Bizarro World

The National Security State gets Real: 9 Ways the US is becoming Bizarro World

By Tomd Engledhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – It’s commonplace to speak of “the fog of war,” of what can’t be known in the midst of […]

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African-Americans
Hip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female

Hip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female

AJ+ | – “Hip-hop is a male-dominated arena. In California, a hip-hop collective of Muslim women are challenging stereotypes about being Muslim, and women, through […]

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Vatican recognition of saints symbolic victory for Palestinians

Vatican recognition of saints symbolic victory for Palestinians

By: Charlie Hoyle BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The grounds of the Carmel Convent in Bethlehem, home to blue-shuttered stone buildings on a hilltop facing the Nativity […]

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Bush
2007:  Progress Continues in Ramadi, Mullen Notes During Visit

2007: Progress Continues in Ramadi, Mullen Notes During Visit

Just to show Iraq’s ups and downs, here is a celebratory article from the US Department of Defense about the apparent rollback in Ramadi of […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Why does the Iraqi Army Keep Running Away from ISIL?

Why does the Iraqi Army Keep Running Away from ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Commen) | — Baghdad was shaken by the news that the Iraq army and police in Ramadi ran away from […]

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Christians
Jeb Bush & Schiavo Affair:  Islamization of GOP?

Jeb Bush & Schiavo Affair: Islamization of GOP?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)| – Michael Schiavo is speaking out about Jeb Bush’s determined, sustained and energetic intervention, as Florida governor, in the […]

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Bill of Rights
Does Sen. Lindsey Graham want to Drone Americans for Thought Crimes?

Does Sen. Lindsey Graham want to Drone Americans for Thought Crimes?

John Iadarola & Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – “”Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is ready to join the crowded 2016 presidential race — […]

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Iraq
After fall of Ramadi to ISIL, does Iraq have a future?

After fall of Ramadi to ISIL, does Iraq have a future?

By Brian M Downing | (Informed Comment) | – Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, has fallen to forces of the Islamic State of Iraq […]

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Apartheid
Israel Pushes Negev Bedouin Palestinians into a Corner

Israel Pushes Negev Bedouin Palestinians into a Corner

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | –   Israel’s latest move to demolish a Bedouin village and replace it with homes for Jewish citizens […]

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