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Oil Price Fall: Saudi Arabia targets US Shale Oil, Iran, Iraq, Russia
By Juan Cole It is clear that among the major losers in the fall in the price of Brent crude petroleum from $115 a barrel […]
Crescent Dunes NV solar Plant Works Day & Night w/ Molten Salt Storage
Solar Reserve | — “Take an exclusive look at this revolutionary solar energy plant that works day and night.This is the world’s first 110 MW […]
100K Homeless in Gaza face severe Flooding, Cold as UN Declares State of Emergency
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The UN’s Palestine refugee agency UNRWA on Thursday evening declared a state of emergency in Gaza City amid massive rains that have […]
Christians of Syria’s Aleppo Hold out Despite Extremist Daesh/ISIL Threat
AFP | — “Tens of thousands of Christians have fled homes in Syria’s war-wracked second city of Aleppo but many others are determined to hold […]
Rudy Giuliani Wants To Prosecute Ferguson Witnesses
The Young Turks | — “Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the Ferguson grand jury decision Tuesday night and said that if […]
Iran Leader Khamenei: We are not Opposed to Nuclear Talks, Will Accept Just Deal
By Juan Cole | — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the clerical Leader of Iran, told an assemblage of volunteer paramilitary (Basij) forces on Thursday that he […]
Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza
PressTV | — “President Obama pardoned two turkeys at the White House today, a tradition meant to illustrate the generosity and compassion of the Thanksgiving […]
Can the Police Phone-Track you without a Warrant?
Hanni Fakhoury and Jennifer Lynch (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Once again, a federal court will decide whether police can track your movements over an extended period […]
Iraq Famine Threat? IS Daesh/ ISIL Stealing Wheat, Preventing Farmers from Providing Food?
JURF-AL-SAKHAR/DUBAI (IRIN) | — November is usually a busy month for farmers in the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar as they sow their seeds ahead […]