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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

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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14 Us Troops Dead In 3 Days Civil War

14 Us Troops Dead In 3 Days Civil War

14 US Troops Dead in 3 Days Civil War in Telafar The Associated Press reports that a car bomb in Baghdad killed 3 US troops, […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Wounded News That Abu Musab Al

Zarqawi Wounded News That Abu Musab Al

Zarqawi Wounded? The news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been wounded, reported at a jihadi web site, dominated US television news on Tuesday. I’m […]

Juan Cole

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49 Killed 130 Wounded In Iraqs Day Of

49 Killed 130 Wounded In Iraqs Day Of

49 Killed, 130 Wounded in Iraq’s Day of Rage Car bombs and other attacks killed at least 49 Iraqis on Monday and left at least […]

Juan Cole

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Sadr Mediates Sunni Shiite Dispute Al

Sadr Mediates Sunni Shiite Dispute Al

Sadr Mediates Sunni-Shiite Dispute Al-Sharq al-Awsat/ DPA: Young Shiite nationalist leader Muqtada al-Sadr said Monday that the attempts of his aides to mediate between the […]

Juan Cole

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100 Million Mishandled In Iraq

100 Million Mishandled In Iraq

$100 Million “Mishandled” in Iraq An international audit has found that the Allawi government “mishandled” $100 million in petroleum funds that should have been used […]

Juan Cole

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8000 Antiquities Still Missing From

8000 Antiquities Still Missing From

8,000 Antiquities Still Missing from Iraq The Independent summarizes a paper given by John Curtis of the British Museum at an art crime conference in […]

Juan Cole

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14 Killed Sadr Tries To Mediate

14 Killed Sadr Tries To Mediate

14 Killed Sadr Tries to Mediate between Sunnis, Shiites At least 14 persons were killed in Iraq on Sunday in separate incidents. There was a […]

Juan Cole

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Is It Georges Fault Laura Bush Heckled

Is It Georges Fault Laura Bush Heckled

Is it George’s Fault? Laura Bush Heckled at Wailing Wall over Pollard Affair And at Temple Mount by Palestinians I was alarmed at the tenor […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Tries To Mediate Between

Muqtada Tries To Mediate Between

Muqtada Tries to Mediate Between Sunnis and Badr Three Sunni Arab organizations arranged a meeting of 1,000 Sunni notables on Saturday, in an attempt to […]

Juan Cole

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