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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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58 Murders by firearms a year in Britain, 8,775 in US (Oak Creek Reprint Edn.)

58 Murders by firearms a year in Britain, 8,775 in US (Oak Creek Reprint Edn.)

Updated Number of Murders, United States, 2010: 12,996 Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2010: 8,775 Number of Murders, Britain, 2011*: 638 (Since Britain’s population […]

Juan Cole

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Romney: You know things aren’t going well when…

Romney: You know things aren’t going well when…

As for the Romney campaign, you know things aren’t going well when Rachel Maddow finds old footage of you demanding that Ted Kennedy release his […]

Juan Cole

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US Drone Strikes Undermining Pakistan Democracy (Woods)

US Drone Strikes Undermining Pakistan Democracy (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: One of Islamabad’s most senior diplomats has told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that ongoing CIA […]

Juan Cole

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Revolutionaries in Syria Claim 60% of Aleppo as UN Condemns al-Assad

Revolutionaries in Syria Claim 60% of Aleppo as UN Condemns al-Assad

Since the Free Syrian Army is a guerrilla group, whether it can hold the northern metropolis of Aleppo is not absolutely central to its survival. […]

Juan Cole

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Big Brother just Got Bigger (Fitzgibbon)

Big Brother just Got Bigger (Fitzgibbon)

William Fitzgibbon writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism When the government told the people of London that the eyes of the world would be […]

Juan Cole

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Romney and the ‘Missing Evidence” Instruction (Sullivan)

Romney and the ‘Missing Evidence” Instruction (Sullivan)

John Sullivan writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: A Cabinet nominee or a Supreme Court nominee produces decades of tax returns to the […]

Juan Cole

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Romney, Reid, Taxes and the Un-Macho

Romney, Reid, Taxes and the Un-Macho

Mitt Romney told notorious media bully and propagandist for the American Far Right, Sean Hannity, that it is time for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]

Juan Cole

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Poisoning the Seas to get out Oil that Poisons the Atmosphere (Banerjee)

Poisoning the Seas to get out Oil that Poisons the Atmosphere (Banerjee)

Subhankar Banerjee writes at Tomdispatch.com: Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans When you […]

Juan Cole

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Obama signed finding to help Syria Uprising

Obama signed finding to help Syria Uprising

The Syrian opposition continued to hang on in the northern commercial center of Aleppo on Thursday, and even launched a daring new raid. Rebels used […]

Juan Cole

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