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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

01/30/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Sistani Counsels Shiites Against

Sistani Counsels Shiites Against

Sistani Counsels Shiites Against Wasted Votes Sunni Arabs Plead for Talks Knight Ridder reports on dirty campaign tricks and over-heated rhetoric in the Iraq political […]

Juan Cole

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4 Us Troops Killed Election Violence

4 Us Troops Killed Election Violence

4 US Troops Killed Election Violence in Najaf, Mosul Guerrillas killed four GIs in separate incidents, some with small arms fire. A suicide bomber targeted […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Round Up For Saturday Eric Blacks

Iraq Round Up For Saturday Eric Blacks

Iraq Round-Up for Saturday Eric Black’s interview with me about the upcoming Iraq elections is at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Clerics are using the mosque […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Achcar On Sadr

Guest Editorial Achcar On Sadr

Guest Editorial: Achcar on Sadr Initiative “A PAN-IRAQI PACT ON MUQTADA AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE Gilbert Achcar December 9, 2005 As part of his effort to influence […]

Juan Cole

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43 Killed 70 Wounded By Bus Bomber And

43 Killed 70 Wounded By Bus Bomber And

43 Killed, 70 Wounded by Bus Bomber And Rumsfeld’s False Analogy A suicide bomber jumped on a bus in Baghdad just as it was about […]

Juan Cole

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Talabani To Meet With Resistance

Talabani To Meet With Resistance

Talabani to Meet with Resistance Leaders; Shiite Coalition in Friction Al-Hayat: President Jalal Talabani [Ar. ULR] is preparing a meeting in Sulaimaniyah to be attended […]

Juan Cole

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Cole And Franken Al Franken Is In Ann

Cole And Franken Al Franken Is In Ann

Cole and Franken Al Franken is in Ann Arbor and I’ll be on with him today, in the studio at 1-2 pm EST. It should […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Praises Mosul Najaf Unrest In

Bush Praises Mosul Najaf Unrest In

Bush praises Mosul, Najaf Unrest in Kurdistan President Bush in his speech on Thursday maintained that it was a good thing that about half of […]

Juan Cole

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Election Violence In Egypt Kills 8

Election Violence In Egypt Kills 8

Election Violence in Egypt Kills 8 Afghanistan Bombing kills 2 Election violence claimed at least 8 lives in Egypt on Wednesday, and wounded dozens. The […]

Juan Cole

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