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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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Israeli Pundits Slam Kerry as Naive, Messianic for Arab League Concession

Israeli Pundits Slam Kerry as Naive, Messianic for Arab League Concession

Secretary of State John Kerry has wrung a concession from the Arab League, which now says that some minor changes in the 1967 border between […]

Juan Cole

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After unsafe Factory kills 400 in Bangladesh, on May Day workers Demand Rights (Democracy Now!)

After unsafe Factory kills 400 in Bangladesh, on May Day workers Demand Rights (Democracy Now!)

As deaths in the Bangladesh textile factory fire mount to over 400, on May Day workers demand they be afforded as many legal protections as […]

Juan Cole

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UNICEF: Facebook likes don't save lives, Contributions do

UNICEF: Facebook likes don’t save lives, Contributions do

UNICEF reminds us that Facebook ‘likes’ don’t save children’s lives– cash contributions do. Plus, it helps if the US Congress steps up. The Israel lobbies […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabian hunter stalks desert Gazelle with pet Cheetah

Saudi Arabian hunter stalks desert Gazelle with pet Cheetah

Saudi Arabian man keeps cheetah as pet to help with hunting gazelle in the desert.

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Problems in South Carolina Lindsey Graham should worry more about than Benghazi

Top Ten Problems in South Carolina Lindsey Graham should worry more about than Benghazi

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slammed President Obama for a deterioration in US security because, he said, of four Americans having been killed in Benghazi last […]

Juan Cole

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Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram (Video)

Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram (Video)

Warning: some may find this footage disturbing. A cargo plane crashed Monday at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, killing all 7 passengers aboard (Americans). . […]

Juan Cole

US politics
The Failure of Gun Legislation in the Senate Tells us we Need to fight for our Democracy (Graeber)

The Failure of Gun Legislation in the Senate Tells us we Need to fight for our Democracy (Graeber)

David Graeber, author of The Democracy Project, writes in a guest column for “Informed Comment” The recent defeat of gun buyers’ background check legislation in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Karzai admits taking CIA money; Galbraith: We're not getting what we pay for

Karzai admits taking CIA money; Galbraith: We’re not getting what we pay for

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday confirmed an NYT report that he has been receiving cash payments in a paper bag every month from the […]

Juan Cole

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How to Become an Expert in Iran's Nuclear Program (in less than four minutes) (Video)

How to Become an Expert in Iran’s Nuclear Program (in less than four minutes) (Video)

How to become an expert in Iran’s nuclear program (in less than four minutes): courtesy EA Worldview

Juan Cole

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