With Germany at the helm and regional tensions mounting, the diplomatic window may be closing Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment, […]
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New Year in Dubai
New Year in Dubai
8 Baghdad Bombings Target Christians
Al-Safir reports that 2 were killed and 14 wounded in a series of bombings extending over a two-hour period in Baghdad in the late afternoon […]
A Little More Appeal for Support
Readers will have noted that the site is being upgraded. I have hopes to extend it as a more user-friendly repository of information about US […]
Seven Billion Human Beings: National Geographic
The National Geographic on the implications of 7 billion human beings in the world:
Racist Letters Roil Israel
CNN reports on racist letters emanating from ultra-orthodox rabbis or their wives in Israel. Thirty wives of rabbis called on Jewish-Israeli women not to marry […]
Map: Provinces of Jordan
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Map of Jordan
Al-Maliki: US Troops Out!
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made news this week with his interview in the Wall Street Journal, in the course of which he insisted that […]
Turkey, 1920
Click image for large map. Turkey, 1920 (Shows Allied occupation of Istanbul, plans to give territory to Greece, Italy, in post-Ottoman Turkish-speaking territories plus Eastern […]
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