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Arctic Summer Ice Cap will be gone in 20 Years: NOAA (Time-Lapse Video)
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now predict that the arctic will be iceless during summers in as little as ten to twenty […]
Egypt: As Mubarak retrial begins, Judge Recuses Self
Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was brought to a courtroom on Saturday for the beginning of his retrial on charges of ordering hundreds of peaceful […]
Amazing Green Energy News: World’s Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar
1. World’s Largest Wind Farm The London Array offshore wind farm has just gone live, generating 630 MW of electricity in the first phase. An […]
“Losing my Religion” in Tehran (Music Video)
Iranian mashup of R.E.M’s 1991 hit, “Losing my Religion”, set in Tehran. REM LOSING MY RELIGION at Tehran from Hamed Zarepoor on Vimeo. h/t reddit.com
Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp
Jordan has received about 600,000 Syrian refugees from the civil war raging in the latter country. It has now been constrained to open a second […]
Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)
Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The next crucial round of Iranian presidential elections will be held on 14 June 2013. […]
Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)
Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams A new report on Israel’s water grab in the occupied West Bank links the widespread deprivation of Palestinian water […]
CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis
It was only a matter of time before the US mainstream media struck back against Kim Jong Un’s diversion of Washington’s attention from Iran to […]
Earthquake Near Bushehr Nuclear Plants in Iran Kills 37
On Tuesday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Kaki, 80 km from Bushehr, the site of Iran’s nuclear power generators, which are due to go online […]