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Jerusalem: where religion divides but lives are entwined
By Wendy Pullan, University of Cambridge (The Conversation) The latest violent episode between Palestinians and Israelis has prompted Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to assert […]
Snowden Docs.: UK Telecom Conspired to Turn over millions of our Emails to British Intelligence
Channel 4 News | — “An unprecedented grab of personal data: this programme reveals that a communications firm not only handed over its own information […]
Taiwan Animators wonder if anyone paid attention to Obama Immigration Speech
Tomo News: Tomo News: “Obama announces immigration reform, America forgets to watch”
Iraq: Daesh/ISIL executes 26 Sunni Tribesmen in Campaign to Take Ramadi
By Juan Cole: Daesh (the Arabic acronym for ISIS or ISIL) has mounted a major offensive in a bid to take Ramadi, the capital of […]
“Iran too big a fish for Israel to fry” – Former IAEA Head Hans Blix on Nuclear Talks
RT | — “The latest negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program are entering their final days – the deadline set for November 24. Officials say there […]
Israeli Occupation forces wound dozens of Palestinian Protesters across West Bank
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces opened fire and injured dozens of Palestinians across the West Bank on Friday, as hundreds marched in a number of […]
South Dakota Native Tribe: Keystone XL an “act of war”
RT | —- “The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota says that congressional approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline will be considered an act […]
Top 6 Green Energy Good News Stories, November 2014
By Juan Cole 1. There has been a lot of reporting and angst over the possibility that India will turn to coal to electrify the […]
Junta arrests Thai Protesters using ‘Hunger Games’ 3-finger Salute at Mockingjay Premiere
TomoNews & The Telegraph | — [Taiwan Animators (TomoNews)] “I’m sure you remember this touching scene from ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ where Katniss shows her […]
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