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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (5)

Omar Khayyam (5)

Get up and come here for the sake of my heart, and lend your beauty  to solving my problem. Bring an earthenware cup full of […]

Juan Cole

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Santorum Hypes Iran ‘Threat’

Santorum Hypes Iran ‘Threat’

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum warned North Dakota on Wednesday that it was in the cross-hairs of an Iranian attack. Among the news about Iran […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Speech on Nuclear Energy Advances (Full Text)

Ahmadinejad Speech on Nuclear Energy Advances (Full Text)

The USG Open Source Center translates the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the inauguration of three civilian nuclear projects Iran: Ahmadinezhad Inaugurates Nuclear […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Imperial Hegemony and Its Discontents

Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Imperial Hegemony and Its Discontents

In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere.  In the past decade, for the first time in 500 years, South America has taken successful steps to free itself from western dominati…

Juan Cole

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Active Nuclear Arsenals and Iran’s Absence

Active Nuclear Arsenals and Iran’s Absence

These are some of the countries that say they are afraid of Iran. Between them they have thousands of deadly atomic weapons. But note that […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (30)

Omar Khayyam (30)

Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Assault on Homs Heats up as Obama Scolds Chinese

Syrian Assault on Homs Heats up as Obama Scolds Chinese

Syrian forces renewed their heavy bombardment of the Baba Amru district of Homs on Tuesday morning, in the fiercest attack in days. The attack is […]

Juan Cole

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Greek Lessons for the Arab Spring:  Majid

Greek Lessons for the Arab Spring: Majid

Anouar Majid writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Greek Lessons for the Arab Spring As the Arab Spring enters its second year and […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (79)

Omar Khayyam (79)

79 Mix together wine, song and heavenly lover if you can, and sit on the bank  of a purling stream. Don’t look for anything better, […]

Juan Cole

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