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Türkiye to host Climate Meet COP31: Can it Rise to Green Energy Leadership Challenge?
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Türkiye to host Climate Meet COP31: Can it Rise to Green Energy Leadership Challenge?

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Türkiye has achievements in low-carbon renewable energy. It is the site of the largest solar power installation in a European country

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Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East

Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East

11/20/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Trump’s Assault on Green Energy could Kill 1.3 million in Climate Disasters

Trump’s Assault on Green Energy could Kill 1.3 million in Climate Disasters

11/20/2025 By ProPublica

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Syria
Syrian Revolution Darkens Further, with Damascus Bombings and Hizbullah Involvement

Syrian Revolution Darkens Further, with Damascus Bombings and Hizbullah Involvement

The Syrian regime bombed its own people again on Thursday, this time sending fighter jets to bombard the old district of Deraa in the south. […]

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US politics
Hagel with a Smear or, the Senate Republicans as HS Mean Girls (Jon Stewart’s Daily Show)

Hagel with a Smear or, the Senate Republicans as HS Mean Girls (Jon Stewart’s Daily Show)

Jon Stewart at the Daily Show skewers Senate Republicans, especially Lindsey Graham and John McCain for holding up the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary […]

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US politics
What Future for the Women’s Movement?  (Rosen)

What Future for the Women’s Movement? (Rosen)

Ruth Rosen writes at Tomdispatch.com: In 1968, the Phillip Morris Company launched a memorable campaign to sell Virginia Slims, a new brand of cigarettes targeting women, […]

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Tunisia
Tunisian Democracy Challenged as Prime Minister Resigns

Tunisian Democracy Challenged as Prime Minister Resigns

The resignation of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali in Tunisia has created a political crisis that the elected government will have to deal with. Jebali is […]

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Iran
WaPo says Gasoline Price Increase Mysterious, Ignores US blockade of Iran Oil!

WaPo says Gasoline Price Increase Mysterious, Ignores US blockade of Iran Oil!

The Washington Post is surprised by the ‘mysterious’ high cost of gasoline in the US but does not mention in this article that the US […]

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Iran
Surprise!  Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Surprise! Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour* writes at the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Room for optimism in Iran and the P5-plus-1 talks Iran and the P5-plus-1, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

An Israeli soldier posted on Instagram a picture of a Palestinian child in the crosshairs. The soldier said that he found the picture on the […]

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Uncategorized
Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

There is no place in the United States where a minimum wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment. […]

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al-Qaeda
Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Greg Grandin writes at Tomdispatch.com: The map tells the story.  To illustrate a damning new report, “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detentions and Extraordinary Rendition,” recently […]

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