Informed Comment - Part 1714

In Egypt, the Law itself is an Enemy of Women’s Rights

By Rana Allam | – CAIRO, Feb 23 2015 (IPS) – In November 2013, a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked Egypt as the worst of […]

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Health

Israel denies Gaza govt floodwater allegations

NB AFP has withdrawn the original story. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel on Monday rejected allegations by the government in the Gaza Strip that authorities had […]

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African-Americans

In New Gilded Age, Social Protest dominates Academy Awards Ceremony

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – If social and economic inequality were a mine, and if America were deep in this mine with a […]

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Culture

Snowden Reacts as Documentary about his Leaks wins Oscar

By Rainey Reitman | (EFF) – CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras’ riveting documentary about Edward Snowden’s efforts to shed light on gross surveillance abuses by the United […]

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Climate Change

Ten-Fold Increase in Extreme Weather events since 1975 most Threatens Poorest Countries

Analysis by Manipadma Jena A woman watches helplessly as a flood submerges her thatched-roof home containing all her possessions on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city […]

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Uncategorized

Article withdrawn

NB: Israel has denied this allegation. Informed Comment is withdrawing this article, since apparently AFP is not standing behind it. IC is not on the […]

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Central Asia

Modern Silk Roads and China’s Brave New World

By Pepe Escobar | (Tomdispatch.com) – BEIJING — Seen from the Chinese capital as the Year of the Sheep starts, the malaise affecting the West […]

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Yemen: Saudi backs Sunni revolution against Shiite Houthi Rebels linked to Iran

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Yemen Voice reports that Wahhabi Saudi Arabia has launched an all out political offensive against the Shiite Houthi […]

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Climate Change