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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
Acidification of Oceans

Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

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the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

01/29/2026 By Foreign Policy in Focus

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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Public left Cold by GOP opposition to Health Care Reform

Public left Cold by GOP opposition to Health Care Reform

Daily Kos analyzes a Kaiser poll showing that a majority of Americans does not care one way or another that the Republican Party opposes heath […]

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Obama Addresses Iran Again on Persian New Year; Mousavi pledges to fight on; Call for Release of Derakhshan, 'Blogfather'

Obama Addresses Iran Again on Persian New Year; Mousavi pledges to fight on; Call for Release of Derakhshan, ‘Blogfather’

Today Iranians mark Now Ruz, their ancient New Year’s day, celebrated on the vernal equinox (which most often falls on March 21 but sometimes, as […]

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Cole on Aljazeera English re: Iraq

Cole on Aljazeera English re: Iraq

For the seventh anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War, Jasim al-Azzawi interviews Juergen Todenhoefer and myself: End/ (Not Continued)

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Jon Stewart on Weeping Beck

Jon Stewart on Weeping Beck

Jon Stewart uses satire to point to the real dangers of Glenn Beck’s demagoguery (brought to you by the world’s most evil billionaire, Rupert Murdoch) […]

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Jund Rocket Kills Thai Farm Worker in Israel; Israeli Jets Retaliate; Lady Ashton of EU calls for Resumption of Talks

Jund Rocket Kills Thai Farm Worker in Israel; Israeli Jets Retaliate; Lady Ashton of EU calls for Resumption of Talks

The visit to Gaza of Lady Ashton, the head of foreign policy in the European Union, was marred Thursday when a small fringe militant group […]

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Jeffrey Goldberg: The Movie

Jeffrey Goldberg: The Movie

Here is the video version of Jeffrey Goldberg’s punditry on the Middle East. End/ (Not Continued)

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Panetta: Al-Qaeda Effectively Disrupted; Yemeni Killed in Drone Strike; Nearly 6,000 Pakistanis Killed in Terrorist Incidents since 9/11

Panetta: Al-Qaeda Effectively Disrupted; Yemeni Killed in Drone Strike; Nearly 6,000 Pakistanis Killed in Terrorist Incidents since 9/11

CIA director Leon Panetta said Wednesday that US strikes against targets in northern Pakistan have left al-Qaeda in disarray and without the command and control […]

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French Television Demonstrates Cheney Effect

French Television Demonstrates Cheney Effect

AP reports on a French reality show where contestants proved willing to administer torture-level shocks to human beings, replicating the findings of the classic Milgram […]

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Lord Curzon on Palestine as a Class A Mandate: League of Nations said ‘Homeland for Jews’ not a Legal Claim on Territory

Lord Curzon on Palestine as a Class A Mandate: League of Nations said ‘Homeland for Jews’ not a Legal Claim on Territory

I posted Tuesday on the legal implications of the League of Nations’ recognition of Palestine as a “Class A” Mandate, i.e. a former Ottoman territory […]

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