Informed Comment - Part 1733

New York: Solar Panels demand increasing despite drop in natural gas prices

CCTV America | – “The demand for renewable power resources such as wind and solar is not only holding steady, but growing. CCTV America’s Jessica […]

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Human Rights

Men in miniskirts protest against female student death in Turkey

Latest News | – “I would walk around in Taksim wearing a skirt, if you can do that…” For many Turkish men, this is a […]

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Gulf

Report: Attacks on Iraqi Women are a War Tactic

By Leila Lemghalef UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Iraqi women continue to be subject to physical, emotional and sexual violence, according to a new report by […]

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Antisemitism

Muslims form ‘Ring of Peace’ around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack

Reuters | – “Norwegian Muslims form a human shield around a synagogue in Oslo, offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue in neighboring […]

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Democracy

Top 5 Reasons Palestinian-Israelis Could shape the Israeli Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Israel, despite the attempts of current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to cast it as a monochrome “Jewish state,” […]

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Israel

Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

By Silvia Boarini AL ARAQIB, Negev Desert, Israel (IPS) – Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against […]

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Corruption

Mother Jones Catches Bill O’Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola, and Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – “After NBC News suspended anchor Brian Williams for erroneously claiming […]

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Health

Post-Hostilities Gaza an ‘Increasingly Toxic Environment’ UN Warns

By IMEMC News & Agencies A top United Nations official warned, on Wednesday, of an ‘increasingly toxic environment’ in the besieged Gaza Strip and called […]

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African-Americans