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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Germany
Surprise! German anti-Muslim Leader Resigns after Posing as Hitler

Surprise! German anti-Muslim Leader Resigns after Posing as Hitler

Euronews | — “The leader of the anti-Islamisation PEGIDA organization in Germany has quit after a photo of him posing as Hitler was published in […]

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Climate Change
Solar-powered plane to set off from Abu Dhabi for global flight

Solar-powered plane to set off from Abu Dhabi for global flight

BBC News | — “The plans have been set for the solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, to take off from Abu Dhabi and then fly […]

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Education
Pakistan:  Fighting Extremism with Schools, Not Guns

Pakistan: Fighting Extremism with Schools, Not Guns

By Zofeen Ebrahim | — KARACHI (IPS) – As a wave of outrage, crossing Pakistan’s national borders, continues a month after the Dec. 16 attack […]

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Islamic Jihad
Israel: Palestinian man arrested after stabbing nine on Tel Aviv bus

Israel: Palestinian man arrested after stabbing nine on Tel Aviv bus

IMEMC | — By Celine Hagbard | (IMEMC & Agencies) — A Palestinian man from the West Bank city of Tulkarem was shot, then taken […]

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Barack Obama
Obama to GOP:  More Iran sanctions lead to War (& 7 other Foreign Policy points in SOTU)

Obama to GOP: More Iran sanctions lead to War (& 7 other Foreign Policy points in SOTU)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address slighted foreign policy in favor of touting domestic progress and […]

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Democracy
Yemenis living "hour to hour" as Houthis take Presidential Palace

Yemenis living “hour to hour” as Houthis take Presidential Palace

SANA’A (IRIN) – Muneer Asharby nearly didn’t go to work today. It wasn’t until after noon that he finally braved the walk. Even so, he […]

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Inequality
Bobby Jindal Gets Called Out for Muslim “No-Go Zones"

Bobby Jindal Gets Called Out for Muslim “No-Go Zones”

TheLipTV | — “Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal continues to spread the myth of “no-go zones” after Fox News issued an on-air apology and correction for […]

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Climate Change
Dual Use:   Solar Panels conserve Canal Water In India

Dual Use: Solar Panels conserve Canal Water In India

By Malini Shankar | (IPS) Sunlight pours over a break in canal-top solar panels recently installed over the Vadodara branch of the Sardar Sarovar canal […]

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Barack Obama
Obama wants new Mil. Authority, but Special Ops already on Missions in 105 Countries in 2015

Obama wants new Mil. Authority, but Special Ops already on Missions in 105 Countries in 2015

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) — In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.  Landing in a remote region of […]

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