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No US troops Killed in Combat last Month for first time since 2003
NewsyWorld: “No U.S. Troops Died In Afghanistan In March” For the first time since 2007, no US troops were killed in Afghanistan in March, and […]
Can Egypt’s Women ever find a Personal Space of their Own?
(By Zainab Magdy) Last month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles that control our lives seem […]
Obamacare Enrolls 7.1 Million: But Will the haters ever stop hating?
LAST week, while watching videos on YouTube, I was repeatedly served with an advertisement in which a mournful woman informed me that unfortunately, Obamacare “just doesn’t work.” This left me bemused, since I live in a country where a variety of Obamacare…
High as a Kite on Carbon Dioxide: Fracking Delirium in the American 1%
(By Michael Klare) Of all the preposterous, irresponsible headlines that have appeared on the front page of the New York Times in recent years, few have exceeded […]
The Promise and Existential Risks of Nanotechnology (Plus Free book)
Video by Dr. Kim Solez on Existential Risks [of Nanotechnology] prepared for the Lifeboat Foundation. The Bill Joy video excerpt from the year 2000 in […]
Palestine’s Abbas finally says will Go to UN over Israeli Squatters
(By Juan Cole) Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday signed a some 15 international treaties and UN legal instruments, including the Geneva Conventions, in preparation […]
Egypt’s new Cult of Personality: The Beatification of Saint Gen. al-Sisi
(By Charles Kurzman via IslamiCommentary) Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the military ruler of Egypt for the past nine months, is no ordinary candidate for president. He […]
Drones Gone Wild: on the unreliability of killer robots
(By Alice Ross and Jack Serle) UK Parliamentarians have called for greater transparency in the UK use of drones, citing the Bureau’s research. The call […]
Muslim victim of Boston Marathon bombing sues Glenn Beck for defamation and slander
A Muslim victim of the Boston Marathon bombing has sued Glenn Beck for defamation and slander after the talk show host accused him of funding the attacks. Race spectator Abdulrahman Alharbi filed a federal lawsuit against Beck and his companies, The…
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