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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

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Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Friday’s Sermon Fateful for Iran

Friday’s Sermon Fateful for Iran

Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran on Friday will be closely watched for the signals he sends about the future […]

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Hotel Bombings in Jakarta Kill at Least 9, Wound Dozens

Hotel Bombings in Jakarta Kill at Least 9, Wound Dozens

ITN reports on the bombings at hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday morning: Aljazeera English has a detailed interview with an eyewitness survivor: The difference […]

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After a Hiatus, a President at NAACP

After a Hiatus, a President at NAACP

AP provides video of a memorable moment in President Barack Obama’s address to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: What a difference […]

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Mullen: Fighting for two Years in Afghanistan; Clinton: Distinctions among Taliban

Mullen: Fighting for two Years in Afghanistan; Clinton: Distinctions among Taliban

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged in a major foreign policy speech on Wednesday that: ‘ “Today we and our Afghan allies stand ready to […]

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Zawahiri Calls on Pakistani Public to support Holy War vigilantes

Zawahiri Calls on Pakistani Public to support Holy War vigilantes

The USG Open Source Center transcribes the call by the number two man in al-Qaeda for the Pakistani public to support the Pakistani Taliban. (They […]

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Conservative Hypocrisy on Race & Sotomayor

Conservative Hypocrisy on Race & Sotomayor

The tactic of congressional conservatives, of portraying Sonia Sotomayor as a reverse racist for her ‘wise Latina’ comment, has so many holes in it that […]

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Israel in Trouble with Europe

Israel in Trouble with Europe

Signs are appearing in Europe that the Israeli hawks are finding it more difficult to operate with impunity. Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli military attack […]

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Rafsanjani to Lead Friday Prayers; Rezai Calls for Political Compromise; Montazeri Implies Ahmadinejad’s Presidency Illegitimate

Rafsanjani to Lead Friday Prayers; Rezai Calls for Political Compromise; Montazeri Implies Ahmadinejad’s Presidency Illegitimate

Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will deliver a Friday prayers address in Tehran this week. A behind the scenes backer of the opposition candidate for […]

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Truth Commission Needed to Examine Cheney, Assassination Squads, Cover-Ups

Truth Commission Needed to Examine Cheney, Assassination Squads, Cover-Ups

It turns out that the secret CIA program that Leon Panetta cancelled, and which former VP Richard Bruce Cheney ordered hidden from Congress, was in […]

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