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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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What's Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist

What’s Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Once it became clear that Andreas Lubitz, 28, deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, a reporter immediately asked “what […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan

Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan

CBSnews.com | (Web extras) “On the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the president slams Republican critics for their unfulfilled predictions of doom and […]

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Cleanest Country in the World?  Costa Rica goes 100% Renewable Energy

Cleanest Country in the World? Costa Rica goes 100% Renewable Energy

ITN | – (On Demand News) “Costa Rica manages to achieve a clean energy milestone by using only renewable energy for the first 75 days […]

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Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

RT | – “Nuclear talks have resumed in Switzerland with the US and Iran struggling to clinch a crucial deal ahead of the March deadline. […]

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Arab Americans
Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

By Alex Shams | BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Commuters in cities across the United States were surprised this month to find their daily trips to work […]

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Washington's 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

Washington’s 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The United States is now involved in two air wars in the Middle East, not to mention more […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama-Netanyahu Tiff worsens: US won't rule out using UN to create Palestine

Obama-Netanyahu Tiff worsens: US won’t rule out using UN to create Palestine

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Obama put some further hints out there on Tuesday about how he might proceed on Israeli-Paletinian relations […]

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Traitor Senators used Israeli Spies against their own Country

Traitor Senators used Israeli Spies against their own Country

By Cenk Uygur and John Iadaola | (The Young Turks) | – “Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discuss […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
As Yemen crumbles, civilians brace for the worst

As Yemen crumbles, civilians brace for the worst

By Almigdad Mojalli | – SANA’A (IRIN) – Abdu Hasan Dabwan is not willing to let it happen again. Twice before, the 54 year-old says, […]

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