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Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims
Archaeology

Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of the […]

WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

05/25/2025 By Middle East Monitor

For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

05/25/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran says it starts implementing nuclear deal

Iran says it starts implementing nuclear deal

TEHRAN: Iran’s state TV says the country has halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work as part of a landmark deal struck with world powers. […]

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Israel
Netanyahu Tells Kerry he will Grab 13% of Palestinian West Bank

Netanyahu Tells Kerry he will Grab 13% of Palestinian West Bank

(By AFP) Israel wants to annex fourth settlement bloc: radio (via AFP) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US Secretary of State John Kerry […]

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Dissent
NSA Surveillance is about Control & Leverage, not Security

NSA Surveillance is about Control & Leverage, not Security

By Alfred McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For more than six months, Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency (NSA) have been pouring […]

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Barack Obama
After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed

After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed

(By Juan Cole) Barack Obama has a weed problem. Not just that he’s admitted using it. He said clearly when campaigning for president in 2008 […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Gov't used Surveillance of MLK in Bid to Destroy Him: Now they want us to just Trust Them

Gov’t used Surveillance of MLK in Bid to Destroy Him: Now they want us to just Trust Them

(By Juan Cole) Among the ironies of Barack Obama trying to sell us the gargantuan NSA domestic spying program is that such techniques of telephone […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

(By AFP) Turkey widens purge after graft probe (via AFP) The Turkish government’s mass purge of police and prosecutors has extended to the banking and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

(By Martin Gascoigne) Syria, like many countries in the region, is a demographically young country. With a population of 23 million. Slightly over a third […]

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Dissent
US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say "trust us with your data"

US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say “trust us with your data”

(By Mike Masnick) The Fact That The US Intelligence Community So Readily Admits To Fantasies Of Killing Ed Snowden Shows Why They Can’t Be Trusted […]

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Egypt
The Shame and the Danger of Egypt's 98% Vote

The Shame and the Danger of Egypt’s 98% Vote

(By Juan Cole) The announcement on Saturday by the Egyptian government that there was a 38% turnout for the referendum on the new constitution was […]

Juan Cole

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