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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Palin on Hamas; Sort of

Palin on Hamas; Sort of

The Young Turks ask if Palin’s answer on democracy in the Middle East suggests that she supports Hamas: Asked by Couric about what to do […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Sarasota for Veterans & FCAN

Cole in Sarasota for Veterans & FCAN

Just to let my Floridian fans know that I’m speaking in Sarasota, Florida, on Saturday evening, Oct. 4, for Florida Veterans for Common Sense and […]

Juan Cole

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Eid Bombing in Baghdad; Iraq Government takes over 'Sons of Iraq.'

Eid Bombing in Baghdad; Iraq Government takes over ‘Sons of Iraq.’

“… on Tuesday, a U.S. soldier died after his unit came under small arms fire in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.” He was the […]

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Palin Cannot Name any Newspapers or Magazines She Reads

Palin Cannot Name any Newspapers or Magazines She Reads

Remember how Sarah Palin said that she explored foreign countries through books and how implausible that was? Now it turns out that she can’t even […]

Juan Cole

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Rice and Torture

Rice and Torture

Rice led Bush administration discussions of torture techniques, according to documents secured and released by Sen. Carl Levin as part of a congressional inquiry. I […]

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Troopergate and Palin

Troopergate and Palin

Witness flips in troopergate. A private contractor now admits under oath that she was pressured by Palin’s office over Palin’s attempt vindictively to fire her […]

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Al-Maliki: US Cannot Afford to Stay; Physicians to Carry Weapons

Al-Maliki: US Cannot Afford to Stay; Physicians to Carry Weapons

In an interview with the Associated Press, PM Nuri al-Maliki warned that the future is dark if Iraq and the US do not agree on […]

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Karzai: Civilian Gov't of Pakistan better against Terrorism; Pakistan Bajaur Campaign Leaves 15 Dead

Karzai: Civilian Gov’t of Pakistan better against Terrorism; Pakistan Bajaur Campaign Leaves 15 Dead

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai believes that the new civilian government will take more effective steps against the Pakistani Taliban on the Afghan border. This stance […]

Juan Cole

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Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on how the Reality Game, “Wall Street Bailout,” is played: See also Chalmers Johnson at Tomdispatch.com on the Pentagon Bailout Fraud.

Juan Cole

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