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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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2014 Warmest Year on Record; So much for the "Pause":   NASA

2014 Warmest Year on Record; So much for the “Pause”: NASA

NASA | Goddard Center | — “The year 2014 now ranks as the warmest on record since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA scientists. […]

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Iraq
US Mission Creep in Iraq, Part Deux

US Mission Creep in Iraq, Part Deux

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) — The current American war in Iraq is a struggle in search of a goal. It began in August […]

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Belgium
Top 7 Things to know about Belgium anti-terror Op that left 2 Dead

Top 7 Things to know about Belgium anti-terror Op that left 2 Dead

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Belgian police launched a counter-terrorism operation on Thursday in the eastern city of Verviers (pop. 56,000) near the German […]

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Dissent

Learning from Paris: Are you Charlie Hebdo? (Juan on Radio w/ C. Lydon)

Christopher Lydon | Radio Open Source ” Learning from Paris The story of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo has gone everywhere in the past week: […]

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Islam

Muslim-Jewish Coexistence: Mark Cohen on its History and Relevance Today

by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE for ISLAMiCommentary Professor Mark R. Cohen delivering a lecture to a seminar room full of professors and graduate students at King […]

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Culture
'State of War' & Surveillance won't help Press Freedom after 'Charlie'

‘State of War’ & Surveillance won’t help Press Freedom after ‘Charlie’

By A. D. McKenzie | PARIS (IPS) – In the wake of last week’s attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people […]

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France
Fox 'News' Schooled By French 'Daily Show' On Muslim 'No-Go Zones'

Fox ‘News’ Schooled By French ‘Daily Show’ On Muslim ‘No-Go Zones’

AJ+ | — “The host of France’s “Le Petit Journal,” Yann Barthès, asked his audience to flood Fox News with claims about Parisian “no-go zones.” […]

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Climate Change
Sea Level Rising Faster in Threat to Coasts:  Study

Sea Level Rising Faster in Threat to Coasts: Study

The Times of India | — “A study said on Wednesday that sea level rise in the past two decades has accelerated faster than previously […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Will France intervene in Yemen after its al-Qaeda Claims Paris Attacks?

Will France intervene in Yemen after its al-Qaeda Claims Paris Attacks?

By Juan Cole | — Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is based in south Yemen, claimed on Wednesday to have been behind the attacks […]

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