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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

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1 Us Soldier Killed 4 Wounded Us

1 US soldier Killed, 4 wounded A US helicopter was shot down on Friday, killing one US soldier and wounding another. There are confusing reports […]

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Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There Was

Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There Was

Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There was a large (1000 to 1500 strong) demonstration in the Yarmouk quarter of Baghdad against a US raid on two […]

Juan Cole

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More Ethnic Violence In Kirkuk Ap

More Ethnic Violence In Kirkuk Ap

More Ethnic Violence in Kirkuk AP reported that in the northern, mainly Arab city of Mosul, on Wednesday assailants kidnapped and killed Adel Jabar Abid […]

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30 Bulgarians Refuse To Serve Afp

30 Bulgarians Refuse To Serve Afp

30 Bulgarians Refuse to Serve AFP reports that 30 Bulgarian soldiers in a 500-man battalion scheduled to go to Iraq have refused to serve there. […]

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6 Us Troops Wounded Weds

6 Us Troops Wounded Weds

6 US troops wounded Weds.; Bomb blast in Baghdad Kills 8 Iraqis AP reported that on Wednesday, a bomb hidden in foliage outside a Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 Tasks Remaining In 2004 In War On

Top 5 Tasks Remaining In 2004 In War On

Top 5 Tasks Remaining in 2004 in the War on Terror US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld worried in a memo last fall that the […]

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Bremer And Cpa Extremely Offended At

Bremer And Cpa Extremely Offended At

Bremer and CPA “Extremely Offended” at Call for UN Role A member of the Interim Governing Council, Mahmoud Osman, told al-Hayat newspaper that the Coalition […]

Juan Cole

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Ethnic Violence In Kurdistan Boils Over

Ethnic Violence In Kurdistan Boils Over

Ethnic Violence in Kurdistan Boils Over; 3 Dead on Thursday, 5 Dead on Wednesday On Thursday, Kirkuk Police Chief Turhan Yusuf said, “Unknown attackers stabbed […]

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Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor In

Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor In

Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor in Plame Identity-Disclosure Scandal Attorney-General John Ashcroft recused himself Wednesday in the investigation of the Valerie Plame case, saying he will […]

Juan Cole

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