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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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Blogging Colbert (In honor of the Finale of the Colbert Report)

Blogging Colbert (In honor of the Finale of the Colbert Report)

Reprint: So I was on the Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert at Comedy Central, on Wednesday night, to promote my new book, Engaging the […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Top 7 Ways Assassination Fails USA as Policy

Top 7 Ways Assassination Fails USA as Policy

By Juan Cole Wikileaks has released a government assessment of drone strikes aimed at assassinating top leaders. The document urges such strikes, but is amazingly […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?

Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?

By Mustafa Gurbuz Gruesome ISIS beheadings, the Sydney siege, and now Taliban’s slaughter of children in Pakistan have haunted the media, along with the Senate’s […]

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Displaced and Refugees
The Yezidi Minority, Daesh/ISIL,  and Iraq's Human Rights Catastrophe

The Yezidi Minority, Daesh/ISIL, and Iraq’s Human Rights Catastrophe

by Patrick Ball Patrick Ball with Yezidi boys at an informal camp in Sharya, Iraq. Farhad (not his real name) got the call from ISIS […]

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Free Syrian Army
The Israeli Hospital Admitting Syrian Fighters: The War Next Door

The Israeli Hospital Admitting Syrian Fighters: The War Next Door

Vice News | — “In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
Torture, Assassination and the Other Shoe:  The Coming Great Senate Drone Report of 2019

Torture, Assassination and the Other Shoe: The Coming Great Senate Drone Report of 2019

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | — It was December 6, 2019, three years into a sagging Clinton presidency and a bitterly divided Congress. That […]

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Featured
Cuba:  Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations

Cuba: Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations

By Juan Cole | — The US sanctions on Cuba were justified by their supporters with reference to the Communist government’s human rights record. That […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Pope Francis Backs Obama's Cuba Opening

Pope Francis Backs Obama’s Cuba Opening

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 18 2014 (IPS) – In perhaps his boldest foreign-policy move during his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday announced that he intends […]

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Banking
If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street's Money?

If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street’s Money?

Bloomberg Business | — “Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle and John Heilemann talk cash and 2016 prospects. Bloomberg Politics leads Bloomberg’s political coverage across all platforms: Web, […]

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