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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

01/12/2026 By Richard Drake

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Inside the Mosul of the 'Islamic State': Manhunts, Salafi Coercion and Fired Christians

Inside the Mosul of the ‘Islamic State’: Manhunts, Salafi Coercion and Fired Christians

Niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | It has been several weeks since Sunni Muslim extremists took over the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Locals […]

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Algeria
Algerian Soccer/ Football and the Black Box  of French History

Algerian Soccer/ Football and the Black Box of French History

By Francis Ghilès Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB When Algeria qualified for the knockout stage of the World Cup by winning against Russia, the Algerian press […]

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Barack Obama
If you read Boing Boing, the NSA considers you a target for deep surveillance

If you read Boing Boing, the NSA considers you a target for deep surveillance

By Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing In a shocking story on the German site Tagesschau (Google translate), Lena Kampf, Jacob Appelbaum and John Goetz report […]

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Apartheid
Americans need to Answer:  When Will Palestinians get their Fourth of July?

Americans need to Answer: When Will Palestinians get their Fourth of July?

By Juan Cole Americans are commemorating the Fourth of July today, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The grievances that the four million inhabitants […]

Juan Cole

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Can Meditation Slow Ageing?  One Nobelist thinks So

Can Meditation Slow Ageing? One Nobelist thinks So

By Jo Marchant It’s seven in the morning on the beach in Santa Monica, California. The low sun glints off the waves and the clouds […]

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Apartheid
As Israeli Vigilantes pursue revenge killing of Palestinian Children, Troops Go on Unlawful Rampage

As Israeli Vigilantes pursue revenge killing of Palestinian Children, Troops Go on Unlawful Rampage

Via Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel’s military operations in the West Bank following the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers have amounted to […]

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Environment
Rumi on the Environment:  Behind the Beauty of the Moon is the Moon-Maker

Rumi on the Environment: Behind the Beauty of the Moon is the Moon-Maker

[For more of Rumi see 53 Secrets from the Tavern of Love: Poems from the Rubiayat of Mevlana Rumi -ed. ] By Aisha Abdelhamid Rumi: […]

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Barack Obama
As Hundreds of US Troops are Sent to Iraq, Fears of Mission Creep

As Hundreds of US Troops are Sent to Iraq, Fears of Mission Creep

By Lauren McCauley Lawmakers and anti-war groups raise flags about additional troop deployments and calls for executive "flexibility" As the number of American troops sent […]

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censorship
Can Tony Blair Mess up Egypt even Worse?

Can Tony Blair Mess up Egypt even Worse?

By Juan Cole Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to advise the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Blair maintains that he […]

Juan Cole

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