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Solving the Mideast Water and Energy Crises: Large-Scale Solar Desalinization in UAE
(Via CleanTechnica) 120 MW Solar Power Plant In The Works In The UAE (via Clean Technica) Utico Middle East, a solar developer currently working to […]
Obama as Unreliable Narrator on Climate Action: from SOTU to NSA spying at Copenhagen
(By Juan Cole) When President Obama looked us in the eye and said that the US is not engaged in electronic surveillance for economic reasons, […]
Circle Cafe serves up global tastes in a homely space
Stepping into Circle Cafe in Al Raha Gardens on a cold winter’s night is a relief. The space is warm and toasty, unlike most restaurants […]
Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?
A new poll finds 48% of Americans think God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success
Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage: 49 mn Americans Food Insecure
(Via PRNewswire) The State of Hunger in America: Feeding America Issues Annual Report (via PR Newswire) CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In connection with […]
Don’t Break up Syria: WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure
(By Christopher Dekki) Since the beginning of this terrible conflict in Syria, I have been closely listening to people’s reactions to the violence and devastation […]
US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines
(By John Feffer) In a future update of The Devil’s Dictionary, the famed Ambrose Bierce dissection of the linguistic hypocrisies of modern life, a single […]
U.S. Congress secretly approves weapons for ‘moderate’ rebels
Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to moderate Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and U.S. funding for months […]
Dovish SOTU: Obama will Veto AIPAC Iran Sanctions, Pledges Afghanistan Wind-Down
(By Juan Cole) President Obama’s State of the Union address addressed some key foreign policy issues–Afghanistan and Iran above all– though it was primarily aimed […]
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