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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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Gaza  - reduced to Rubble by Israel -  suffers cold, hungry winter:  'conditions catastrophic'

Gaza – reduced to Rubble by Israel – suffers cold, hungry winter: ‘conditions catastrophic’

RT | — “Many thousands of Gazans face a freezing winter living in tents pitched amid the rubble of their ruined homes – as the […]

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Culture
Civilization's Advance has depended on "Blasphemy" of Thinkers & Mystics

Civilization’s Advance has depended on “Blasphemy” of Thinkers & Mystics

By Farhang Jahanpour The Wednesday edition of Charlie Hebdo (a week after the barbaric attack by two deranged terrorists on its premises) carried a cartoon […]

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Africa
Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria

Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria

By Ngala Killian Chimtom MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 2015 (IPS) – “I’d quit my job before going to work in a place like […]

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penitentiaries
Were Guantanamo Murders Covered Up As Suicides?

Were Guantanamo Murders Covered Up As Suicides?

VICE News | — “According to the US government, three detainees — all imprisoned as part of the global war on terror — hung themselves […]

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In aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, German Chancellor Merkel says Islam Belongs to Germany

In aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, German Chancellor Merkel says Islam Belongs to Germany

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The thinly veiled hate group PEGIDA, which says it is against the “Islamization” of Germany (by which it means […]

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Guns
Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

WCPO | Cincinnati — “Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons […]

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Boko Haram
Do Nigerians Matter to World Press?  -  2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks

Do Nigerians Matter to World Press? – 2,000 feared dead in Boko Haram Attacks

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in Nigeria from what has been described as Boko Haram’s […]

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Apartheid
Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank

Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank

Vice News | — “In response to last year’s Gaza conflict, the Israeli government announced the construction of further settlements in the West Bank — […]

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Education
Fundamentalism for Dummies:  The Paris Terrorists' Ignorance and Poverty

Fundamentalism for Dummies: The Paris Terrorists’ Ignorance and Poverty

By Akil N. Awan | (The National Interest) The masked gunmen who assaulted the Charlie Hebdo offices in a hail of automatic gunfire, leaving twelve […]

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