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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Dan Steinbock

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

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Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

11/15/2025 By Richard Drake

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

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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:

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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 […]

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Iran

Iran’s New President is on a Collision Course with the Supreme Leader (Kadivar)

Mohsen Kadivar writes at IslamiCommentary A key was the symbol of Hassan Rowhani’s presidential campaign, but what, if any, doors to real power will it […]

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Africa
Will Mali get back stolen Timbuktu Manuscripts?

Will Mali get back stolen Timbuktu Manuscripts?

A trove of three boxes of rare manuscripts from Timbuktu has turned up near the Algerian border and seems likely to be returned to its […]

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Energy
Obama in Berlin foreshadows Coming Epic Battle against Climate Change

Obama in Berlin foreshadows Coming Epic Battle against Climate Change

President Obama is readying a major policy change on combating climate change. He adverted to it in his Berlin speech yesterday. In my view, this […]

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Morocco
The Struggle over the Qur'an in Morocco (Video report)

The Struggle over the Qur’an in Morocco (Video report)

In Morocco, as in most Muslim countries, there is a lively contest over the meaning of the Qur’an and Islam. The official government-approved Qur’an contains […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Mueller:  FBI Drones on US Soil, used 'Minimally' (Young Turks)

Mueller: FBI Drones on US Soil, used ‘Minimally’ (Young Turks)

FBI director Robert Mueller admitted Wednesday that the FBI sometimes deploys drones over US territory. Cenk Uygur reports: Cenk points out that if the Bureau […]

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Afghanistan
On-Again, Off-Again US Talks with Taliban in Doha; Kabul Furious

On-Again, Off-Again US Talks with Taliban in Doha; Kabul Furious

The attempt of the US State Department to open negotiations with the Taliban, who now have an office in Doha, Qatar, foundered on a series […]

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Iran
Iran's Pres. Rouhani News Conference: Transparency on Nukes and Talks with US

Iran’s Pres. Rouhani News Conference: Transparency on Nukes and Talks with US

CNN profiles Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani and interviews Hillary Mann Leverett: The USG Open Source Center translated the first news conference held by newly […]

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