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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int'l Criminal Court

Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int’l Criminal Court

By Alexandra Halaby – (IMEMC & Agencies) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the ICC announcement by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to initiate a […]

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Africa
Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

The Economist | — “Africans have been waiting for decades for the mains electricity which the rich world takes for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 910m people […]

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Cartoon
The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

Paul Jamiol | (Jamiol’s World) Via Jamiol’s World

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Economy
Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

BBC | — “Wealth amassed by the richest 1% will overtake the amount owned by the rest of the people in the world, according to […]

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African-Americans
Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In one of his last speeches, at Grosse Point, MI., the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., laid out […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

CCTV America | — “CCTV America’s Susan Roberts interviewed Yemen correspondent for The Times of London Iona Craig about how Yemen has played a role […]

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Apartheid
We must Support Palestinians' Decision to Join the Int'l Criminal Court

We must Support Palestinians’ Decision to Join the Int’l Criminal Court

By Kenneth Roth | (Human Rights Watch)– Published in: Los Angeles Times The Israel exception to Western governments’ human rights principles has been starkly on […]

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Apartheid
Gaza:  Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

Gaza: Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

By Khaled Alashqar | (IPS) — Samah Shaheen (right), one of Gaza’s many disabled young people, joined the Irada programme to acquire expertise, learn computerised […]

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Climate Change
Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

TheLipTV | — “Humans are leading us to unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them potentially putting us on the verge […]

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