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

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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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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Has the US lost Iraq to Iran over Arms Deal?

Has the US lost Iraq to Iran over Arms Deal?

(By Mustafa Sadoun in Baghdad) Documents indicating that Iraq was going to buy almost US$200 million worth of armaments from neighbouring Iran have had foreign […]

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Climate Change
Clean Energy Created Nearly 80,000 Green Jobs In America During 2013 Alone

Clean Energy Created Nearly 80,000 Green Jobs In America During 2013 Alone

America’s clean energy economy created nearly 80,000 green jobs in 2013, benefitting virtually every state across the country even as looming market and policy uncertainty threaten to shrink green growth. Solar, energy efficiency, and public transportation…

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Bashar al-Assad
Four Reasons Syria Refugees are a Bigger Story than Malaysian Air MH 370

Four Reasons Syria Refugees are a Bigger Story than Malaysian Air MH 370

It is a tragedy that the 239 passengers on Malaysian Air MH 370 never made it to Beijing, and appear to have been the victims […]

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Arab Spring
Dear Arab Liberals:  The Enemies of your Enemies aren't Necessarily your Friends

Dear Arab Liberals: The Enemies of your Enemies aren’t Necessarily your Friends

(By Karim Emile Bitar) One of the principal reasons the revolutionary impulse unleashed in 2010 proved so inspiring was that it finally gave full voice […]

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Islam
Crimean Tatars fear Russian Rule

Crimean Tatars fear Russian Rule

Crimean Tatars fear a future under Russia (via GlobalPost) BAKHCHYSARAI, Ukraine — Crimean Tatars know a few things about oppression. In the past two or […]

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Free Syrian Army
Syria:  Kurdish Women Soldiers take on Extremist Jihadis

Syria: Kurdish Women Soldiers take on Extremist Jihadis

DW writes, “According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have died in the civil war in Syria so far. The real number of […]

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Politics&Culture
What Ukraine Means to the U.S. 1% and to the 99%  (Editorial Cartoon)

What Ukraine Means to the U.S. 1% and to the 99% (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World

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A Russo-Iranian Bloc against the United States?

A Russo-Iranian Bloc against the United States?

(By Juan Cole) Russian President Vladimir Putin called his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Thursday, according to PressTV. The Russian press added that “A Kremlin […]

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Climate Change
Climate Change Is Increasing Extreme Heat Globally

Climate Change Is Increasing Extreme Heat Globally

By Brian Kahn Follow @blkahn Despite reports of a global warming “hiatus,” a new study shows that the number of areas being affected by extreme heat are on the rise and that the hottest temperatures on the planet are also increasing. The idea of a …

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