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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza

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UNICEF said “1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days.”

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Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

11/12/2025 By The Conversation

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

11/12/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Domestic Surveillance
PATRIOT Act Drafters worried about Library Privacy, had No Idea everyone’s Phone Records would be Dragooned (Elliott)

PATRIOT Act Drafters worried about Library Privacy, had No Idea everyone’s Phone Records would be Dragooned (Elliott)

Justin Elliott writes at ProPublica In the months following the October 2001, passage of the Patriot Act, there was a heated public debate about the […]

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UAE
Dubai: Solar-Powered Teardrop Building to Suck Water from Air

Dubai: Solar-Powered Teardrop Building to Suck Water from Air

On the proposed sustainable ‘Water Building’ in Dubai See also the “most sustainable building in the world,” in Dubai: The Change Initiative on Sheikh Zayed […]

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Egypt
Egypt's Morsi Calls for No-Fly Zone over Syria: A step toward regional Sunni-Shiite War?

Egypt’s Morsi Calls for No-Fly Zone over Syria: A step toward regional Sunni-Shiite War?

Egypt’s President, Muhammad Morsi, called Saturday for a no-fly zone over Syria authorized by the UN Security Council. At the same time, he cut off […]

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Government surveillance
British Gov’t Spied on Diplomats at G20 (& on UN before Iraq War)

British Gov’t Spied on Diplomats at G20 (& on UN before Iraq War)

The Guardian is reporting that: “Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored […]

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US politics
Top 5 Temptations the Surveillance State Can’t Resist (Engelhardt)

Top 5 Temptations the Surveillance State Can’t Resist (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com The Making of a Global Security State As happens with so much news these days, the Edward Snowden revelations about […]

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History
A Brief History of Typography (Animated Video)

A Brief History of Typography (Animated Video)

A History of Typography, by Ben Barrett-Forrest:

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Syria
Obama Isolated at G8 on Arms for Syrian Rebels

Obama Isolated at G8 on Arms for Syrian Rebels

President Obama met with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday in advance of Monday’s G8 summit. The 8 leaders meeting in Northern Ireland, will […]

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Turkey
Erdogan Clears Gezi Park Protesters, sets Stage for Polarization

Erdogan Clears Gezi Park Protesters, sets Stage for Polarization

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday evening into Sunday morning had police deploy water cannon and tear gas (some say laced with pepper spray) to […]

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Iran
An Outbreak of Reasonableness in Tehran:  Top Ten Conclusions from Iran’s Early Election Returns

An Outbreak of Reasonableness in Tehran: Top Ten Conclusions from Iran’s Early Election Returns

Update: Centrist Hassan Rouhani is Iran’s new president, having won a massive victory in a field of 6 candidates. 13:19 ET, 6/15/13 Early election returns […]

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