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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

12/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Rebels offer Qaddafi Libyan Retirement

Rebels offer Qaddafi Libyan Retirement

Free Libya leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Sunday that Muammar Qaddafi could remain in Libya in retirement if he gave up power. This offer is […]

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Syria
Syrians Protest in the Thousands, 24 Killed

Syrians Protest in the Thousands, 24 Killed

Protesters came out in rural towns such as Amouda and Deraa again on Friday, calling for the ouster of the Baath regime of Bashar al-Asad. […]

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Egypt
US Reaching out to Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

US Reaching out to Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

The Obama administration has decided to open direct contacts with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood long ago gave up violence and has been a […]

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Afghanistan
US Public Backs Obama, Wants out of Afghanistan

US Public Backs Obama, Wants out of Afghanistan

79% of Americans agree with President Obama’s plan to take a third of US troops out of Afghanistan over the next two years, and 59% […]

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Libya
Senate Committee Backs Obama on Libya as Rebels capture major Arms Depot

Senate Committee Backs Obama on Libya as Rebels capture major Arms Depot

Muammar Qaddafi’s increasingly beleagured security forces were hit with three demoralizing developments on Monday and Tuesday. First, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted […]

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Libya
Qaddafi, son, indicted by International Criminal Court

Qaddafi, son, indicted by International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court has issued indictments against Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and the head of the secret police. This move […]

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Rudolph: US Inequality Quiz

Rudolph: US Inequality Quiz

Can You Pass The US Inequality Quiz? The American mainstream media regularly laments the incontrovertible reality of rising inequality yet rarely provides historical perspective or […]

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Notar:  Syria and the Palestine Card

Notar: Syria and the Palestine Card

Paul Notar writes a guest column for Informed Comment: Palestine: Bashar Assad’s Ace in the Hole? by Paul Notar There has been much speculation in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Audacity of the Gaza Flotilla

The Audacity of the Gaza Flotilla

A new Gaza aid flotilla is set to take off from Greece on Sunday, including 600 persons representing 22 countries, on ten ships. Pulitzer-prize winning […]

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