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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

Juan Cole

the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

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Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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Germany Accepts 200,000 Asylum seekers in 2014; Thousands of Bigots Protest 'Islamization'

Germany Accepts 200,000 Asylum seekers in 2014; Thousands of Bigots Protest ‘Islamization’

BBC News | — “A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest “anti-Islamisation” rally in the German city of Dresden, according to police estimates.” […]

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Human Rights
Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

DeutscheWelle English | — “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Two women who did just that have […]

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Apartheid
Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) — In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the […]

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African-Americans
GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)– North Korea lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, blaming him for the Sony film, “The Interview,” and […]

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Iraq
Senior Kurdish Politician:  Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Senior Kurdish Politician: Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Shalaw Mohammed | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician Mullah Bakhtiar discusses his party’s relationship with Iran and with Kurdish parties in Syria – […]

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Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Reuters | — “A judge orders the arrest of a senior Pakistan cleric accused of refusing to condemn the school massacre in Peshawar. Paul Chapman […]

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Dissent
Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Euronews | — “A Turkish teenager who was arrested at his school on Wednesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been released from […]

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Israel
Haniyeh: Hamas committed to ceasefire as long as Israel observes It Too

Haniyeh: Hamas committed to ceasefire as long as Israel observes It Too

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Deputy head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that the group is committed to the ceasefire with […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Baathist Riposte:  How the Regime Came back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014

Baathist Riposte: How the Regime Came back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In the course of 2014, two major trends, long since visible in the Syrian civil war, were strengthened. […]

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