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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Merry Christmas Some Iraq Christianity

Merry Christmas Some Iraq Christianity

Merry Christmas: Some Iraq Christianity Links In honor of Christmas, I include some links about Iraq’s Christians. For the history of Iraqi Christianity click here. […]

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Sunnis Gunned Down At Mosque Specter Of

Sunnis Gunned Down At Mosque Specter Of

Sunnis Gunned Down at Mosque: Specter of Sectarian Warfare Raised Al-Hayat: “Not even a week has passed since the Shiite and Sunni clerics issued a […]

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Two Students Injured In Ethnic Protests

Two Students Injured In Ethnic Protests

Two Students Injured in Ethnic Protests in Kirkuk al-Hayat, Tass: Student leaders in Kirkuk said that two Arab students were wounded Wednesday in confrontations with […]

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Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots between Kurds and Turkmen and Arabs in Kirkuk The 5 Kurdish members of the Interim Governing Council have called for Mosul and Diyala province […]

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3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 US Troops Killed, One Wounded; Judge, Police Killed in North Reuters reports Guerrillas near Samarra detonated a powerful roadside bomb at a passing US […]

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Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found in Home of al-Hakim On Monday, a bomb was found in the home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite cleric who is December’s […]

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Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson: We cannot Afford to Lose the Peace; Northern Ireland Analogy Fraser Nelson has written a long post mortem in The Scotsman on all the […]

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2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 US Troops Killed in Baghdad, 2 Wounded A roadside bomb killed two US troops in Baghdad, along with a civilian translator, and wounded two […]

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Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani on Elections In an interview with the Baghdad daily az-Zaman, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said that he expects his negotiations with […]

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