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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
Acidification of Oceans

Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

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the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

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Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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When 1% hog the Wealth, it hurts National Growth for Everyone

When 1% hog the Wealth, it hurts National Growth for Everyone

DW | — “OECD says inequality hits national growth and says education the key to fighting this. DW: “OECD finds growing inequality lowers growth | […]

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Barack Obama
The Nukes are Back, and Obama's Pentagon is the Cause

The Nukes are Back, and Obama’s Pentagon is the Cause

By James Carroll | (Tomdispatch.com) — Mark these days. A long-dreaded transformation from hope to doom is taking place as the United States of America […]

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Bill of Rights
The Trial of Richard Bruce Cheney

The Trial of Richard Bruce Cheney

By Juan Cole | — Satire alert : The hall at the International Criminal Court in the Hague was packed today as the trial began […]

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Climate Change
Small Rustbelt Ohio Town becomes Wind Powerhouse;  Goosebumps

Small Rustbelt Ohio Town becomes Wind Powerhouse; Goosebumps

Ohio Environmental Council | — “Learn how wind energy is transforming a small community in rural north western Ohio. 2:07 will give you goosebumps.” Ohio […]

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Israel
Not the Onion:  American alleged Terrorist Indicted by Israel for Planning Attacks on Muslims

Not the Onion: American alleged Terrorist Indicted by Israel for Planning Attacks on Muslims

TheLipTV | — “A U.S. citizen has been indicted by the state of Israel for planning terror attacks on Muslim holy sites. The man, 30-year-old […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
UN Condemns USA for undermining Torture Convention, Calls for Prosecutions

UN Condemns USA for undermining Torture Convention, Calls for Prosecutions

By Thalif Deen | — UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2014 (IPS) – The timing was inadvertently impeccable as two stinging reports on harsh interrogation techniques […]

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Apartheid
Ferguson on the Jordan: Israeli Soldier Beats Palestinian Cabinet Minister to Death at Tree Planting Ceremony

Ferguson on the Jordan: Israeli Soldier Beats Palestinian Cabinet Minister to Death at Tree Planting Ceremony

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died Wednesday after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a […]

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Egypt
Israel, Egypt Implicated in Torture: Middle East Reactions to Senate Report lament own Involvement

Israel, Egypt Implicated in Torture: Middle East Reactions to Senate Report lament own Involvement

By Juan Cole | — That the release in Washington of a dense 450 page report on CIA torture conducted a decade ago would provoke […]

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Displaced and Refugees
West Only has Money for Bombs?  60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive

West Only has Money for Bombs? 60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive

AMMAN | (IRIN) | – Jordan is straining under the weight of its over 600,000 Syrian refugees, with government officials and aid agencies warning of […]

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