Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]
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Elon Musk’s Battery for Solar Homes may Change Electric Utilities forever
TomoNews | – “Tesla is developing a battery that can power homes with stored solar energy so that users do not need to draw power […]
Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists
By Erin Evers | (Human Rights Watch) In Latifiyya, a small town 20 miles south of Baghdad, fighting has been raging since long before the […]
2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat’l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals
CCTV Africa | – “Footage from Benghazi showed troops, equipped with tanks, gun-mounted trucks and automatic weapons, advancing through farmland.” CCTV Africa: “Libya’s Army Makes […]
Avenging its Christians, Egypt Bombs Libya in first formal Campaign since 1991
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The murder by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) thugs in Sirte, Libya, of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians this weekend […]
Israel’s Obsession for Monopoly on Middle East Nuclear Power
By Thalif Deen | — UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – As the Iranian nuclear talks hurtle towards a Mar. 24 deadline, there is renewed debate among […]
iSolar! Apple putting nearly $1 Bn into Solar Farm to Power Corporate Campus
Bloomberg Business | — “Apple is embracing renewable energy with an $848 million commitment to obtain electricity from a solar farm that’s big enough to […]
Netanyahu urges Europe’s Jews to move to Israel
Euronews | – “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to this weekend’s deadly synagogue shooting in Copenhagen by urging European Jews to emigrate to Israel. […]
Afghanistan Wakes Up To Daesh/ ISIL Threat
By Qadir Habib and Michael Scollon | (RFE/RL) – After consistently rejecting the idea, Kabul could no longer ignore what self-declared recruiters and fighters had […]
al-Qaeda’s Feud with Denmark
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Denmark is a relatively small country, with a population of 5.7 million. But it is relatively wealthy, being […]