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World was Hot Again in 2013; Australia, others, Hottest on Record
NEW YORK, New York, January 21, 2014 (ENS) – The year 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since recordkeeping began in 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures, NASA scientists said today. NASA’s Goddard…
Egyptian Professor Defends Himself from Coup Gov’t’s McCarthyite “Grand Espionage” Charges
(By Emad Shahin) Statement to my Students, Family and Friends January 23, 2014 It was with severe shock that I received news that I have […]
Perennial US Rush to War: Syrian Chem issue was too Foggy to Justify Bombing
(By William R. Polk) Nearly five months have passed since the United States nearly went to war with Syria. The issue has cooled down but […]
Iran Breakthrough a Triumph For Pragmatists and a Defeat For the Warmongers (Cole @ Truthdig)
My esssay, “Iran Breakthrough a Triumph For Pragmatists and a Defeat For the Warmongers” is out in Truthdig today. Excerpt: “By 2011, the U.S. Congress […]
Syria Conference Roiled by Shouting Matches, Insults
(By Juan Cole) The Geneva II negotiations at Montreux, Switerland, opened on a sour note on Wednesday. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem droned on interminably […]
Can Syria lecture Turkey on terrorism?
In the opening session of the Geneva II talks the Syrian foreign minister stormed the conference, bitterly accusing ‘foreign powers’ of their responsibility over the […]
EU envoy: Israel will pay price for settlements
A senior European official on Wednesday painted an alarming picture for Israel if Mideast peace efforts fail, saying the country could face deepening economic isolation […]
Pro-choice, pro-mixed marriage film rooted in Jewish values
‘Obvious Child’ is a good-natured, foulmouthed romantic comedy — complete with Birthright jokes — centered around an abortion
Human Rights Abuses grow in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Jerusalem) – Human rights abuses by Israel and by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank grew during 2013, Human Rights […]
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