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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Government surveillance
Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Andrew Miller points out that European companies afraid of US industrial espionage just got far less likely to use American internet companies for communications and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines?  Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines? Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

Train cars carrying petroleum became unmoored and rolled seven miles before jacknifing and exploding, inflicting heavy damage on the town of Lac Megantic in Quebec. […]

Juan Cole

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Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns:  How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)

Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns: How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)

Philip J. Cunningham writes in a guest column for IC When the Roman empire fell into decline, the people were treated to bread and circuses. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM

Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM

Amid a general calming on Saturday in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula remained a hot spot, when a gas pipeline was bombed, probably by Muslim radicals […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Evo Morales of Bolivia joins in Offering Leaker Snowden Asylum

Evo Morales of Bolivia joins in Offering Leaker Snowden Asylum

Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, on Saturday said that he would offer Edward Snowden asylum if asked. He joins the presidents of Venezuela and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Egypt: Fundamentalists hurl Kids from Building, Beat Them (Caution: Explicit)

Egypt: Fundamentalists hurl Kids from Building, Beat Them (Caution: Explicit)

This video is circulating via YouTube showing two kids being hurled from what looks like a 20-feet-high parapet to the roof of an apartment building […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Brotherhood, Army risk Civil War: 30 Dead, Hundreds Wounded

Brotherhood, Army risk Civil War: 30 Dead, Hundreds Wounded

Egypt veered sharply toward the looming specter of civil war on Friday, as the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood continued to call for resistance to […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Venezuela’s Maduro: Unlike US Asylees, Snowden didn’t Blow anything Up, just said ‘This is not Right’

Venezuela’s Maduro: Unlike US Asylees, Snowden didn’t Blow anything Up, just said ‘This is not Right’

Globovision reports that President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Friday offered asylum to US leaker Edward Snowden, in order, he said, to protect him from […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Gil Scott-Heron Explains 'The Revolution will not be Televised'

Gil Scott-Heron Explains ‘The Revolution will not be Televised’

Gil Scott-Heron explains what he meant by the phrase “The Revolution will not be Televised”

Juan Cole

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