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Iranian Energy Minister Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity this Year
China

Iranian Energy Minister Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity this Year

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage?  His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage? His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

The US government charged Edward Snowden with theft of government property and espionage on Friday. Snowden hasn’t to our knowledge committed treason in any ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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Snowden was Right, they’re Reading your Mail:  How British Intelligence and the NSA are Tag-Teaming US

Snowden was Right, they’re Reading your Mail: How British Intelligence and the NSA are Tag-Teaming US

When President Barack Obama said ‘no one is listening to your phone calls,’ he was either misinformed or was being disingenuous. The British are at […]

Juan Cole

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Jon Stewart with Bassem Youssef in Cairo: "If your regime can't handle a joke, you don't have a regime."

Jon Stewart with Bassem Youssef in Cairo: “If your regime can’t handle a joke, you don’t have a regime.”

Almost all of the segment is in English except the first half-minute. Jon Stewart makes an appearance in Cairo on Bassem Youssef’s comedy show. He […]

Juan Cole

UAE
Climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - World's Tallest Building (Video)

Climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – World’s Tallest Building (Video)

Joe McNally videos the climbers climbing the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building:

Juan Cole

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India-Pakistan Daily Border-Closing Ceremony, courtesy the Ministry of Silly Walks

India-Pakistan Daily Border-Closing Ceremony, courtesy the Ministry of Silly Walks

Sanjeev Bhaskar and the Ministry of Silly Walks bring you the daily India-Pakistan border closing ceremony: Here is the video:

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Morsi Provokes Anger, Astonishment with appointment of Governor from former Terrorist Group

Egypt’s Morsi Provokes Anger, Astonishment with appointment of Governor from former Terrorist Group

As Egyptians demonstrated against him again on Friday, in preparation for big rallies on June 30, President Muhammad Morsi has shot himself in the foot […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Asia will Drown, Africa will Starve  in 30 years:  World Bank Report on Global Warming

Asia will Drown, Africa will Starve in 30 years: World Bank Report on Global Warming

The World Bank report, “Turn Down the Heat,” (available in pdf form here warns of severe climate effects even if we manage to limit global […]

Juan Cole

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Stephen Colbert’s Touching Farewell to his Mother

Stephen Colbert’s Touching Farewell to his Mother

As a one-time guest of the Colbert Report, let me express my condolences to Stephen Colbert on his mother’s death. Here is his poignant eulogy:

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Why the 9/11 Argument for NSA Spying Fails: They Tracked, Lost their Suspect (Elliott)

Why the 9/11 Argument for NSA Spying Fails: They Tracked, Lost their Suspect (Elliott)

Justin Elliott writes at ProPublica In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it […]

Juan Cole

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