Informed Comment - Part 1931

Climate Change is real, and Endangers East African Food Security

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network LONDON – The report, East African Agriculture and Climate Change, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), looks at threats to food supplies in 11 countries in East and Central…

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Gates worries Pakistan Violence blocks Polio Eradication, But is CIA Partly to Blame?

(By Juan Cole) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done an amazing job in targeting diseases for eradication, and the world is very close […]

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Draft to mandate TurkishPM’s consent for prosecution of top commanders

The draft makes necessary to receive the PM’s approval before trying senior army officers

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The Economist Pulls 'Anti-Semitic' Cartoon on Barack Obama and Iran

The Economist removed a cartoon from an article on its internet edition that has been characterized as anti-Semitic. Click here for the rest of the […]

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'Palestine' Soccer Team Agrees To Yank 1-State Map From Jersey

Chile’s top soccer league has penalized the Palestine Football Club with a fine after playing in three official matches wearing uniforms showing the entire map […]

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Syria accused of systematic torture and 11,000 executions: Report

Three former international prosecutors have accused Syria of large-scale killing and torture in a report based on evidence of a defector

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Human Rights

Israeli Policy Divides Palestinian Families

(By AFP) Israel policy splits Palestinian families (via AFP) Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian movement between Gaza and the West Bank is separating relatives and making […]

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Inequality

Unbalanced: 85 Super-Wealthy own as Much as Half the World’s Population

(By Andrea Germanos) The global elite have rigged the rules so that "economic growth looks more like a winner-take-all system" that undermines democracy and threatens […]

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Iraq