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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Juan Cole

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

01/20/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

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John McCain’s Oil Scam

John McCain’s Oil Scam

McCain is arguing for offshore drilling to lower US petroleum prices in the “short term.” It is all a big lie, and a dangerous one […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Massive Bomb Burns Market, Kills, Wounds 126; US Soldier Killed Near Hilla; Debaathification Law Never Implemented

Massive Bomb Burns Market, Kills, Wounds 126; US Soldier Killed Near Hilla; Debaathification Law Never Implemented

Guerrillas detonated a massive bomb in a Shiite market in north Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 51 and injuring 75. The bomb levelled a two-story building […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadr won’t Oppose US Crackdown on Militia; Al-Musawi Denies Mahdi Army Disbanded; Demands National Referendum on SOFA

Sadr won’t Oppose US Crackdown on Militia; Al-Musawi Denies Mahdi Army Disbanded; Demands National Referendum on SOFA

Two bombings near a university in Baghdad killed 2 and wounded 23 persons on Monday. 3 GIs were announced killed on Monday in separate incidents. […]

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McClatchy Guantanamo Guards Abused Known Innocents

McClatchy Guantanamo Guards Abused Known Innocents

John McCain’s attack on the Supreme Court for upholding the right of Habeas Corpus even for Guantanamo detainees was self-serving and hypocritical. But it was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadr Movement Will Back Independents;

Sadr Movement Will Back Independents;

Salah al-Ubaidi, a spokesman for the Sadr Movement, says that it will not boycott the fall provincial elections, exactly. The Movement will not run candidates […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Theatens Pursuit into Pakistan

Karzai Theatens Pursuit into Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send Afghan troops on hot pursuit of Taliban readicals right into Pakistani territory. That threat doesn’t strike […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
2 Killed, 45 Injured in Bombings Saturday; Sadr To Appoint Special Ops Commanders; Sadrists Withdraw from Provincial Elections

2 Killed, 45 Injured in Bombings Saturday; Sadr To Appoint Special Ops Commanders; Sadrists Withdraw from Provincial Elections

A female suicide bomber injured 34 soccer fans and police in the town of Qara Tappah in Diyala Province, 75 miles northeast of Baghdad. The […]

Juan Cole

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Massive Guerrilla attack in Afghanistan; 4 Marines Killed

Massive Guerrilla attack in Afghanistan; 4 Marines Killed

Breaking News: Guerrillas in western Afghanistan deployed a roadside bomb to kill 4 US Marines on Saturday. Pushtun guerrillas mounting an insurgency against the Karzai […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki: May ask US Troops to Leave; Al-Sadr Forms Special Groups to Fight Occupation

Al-Maliki: May ask US Troops to Leave; Al-Sadr Forms Special Groups to Fight Occupation

First, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that negotiations between Iraq and the Bush administration over a status of forces agreement were at an impasse. He […]

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