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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

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Turkey's Ruling Party enacts "Orwellian" Web Censorship

Turkey’s Ruling Party enacts “Orwellian” Web Censorship

(Via AFP) Turkey lawmakers adopt ‘Orwellian’ Internet curbs (via AFP) Turkish MPs late Wednesday adopted new Internet legislation roundly criticised as a fresh assault by […]

Juan Cole

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"In the Seam": Israel Strangles Palestinian Town

“In the Seam”: Israel Strangles Palestinian Town

(By Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch) (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military is severely harming livelihoods in a Palestinian village in the West Bank that […]

Juan Cole

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Congress to CIA:  Provide US Drone Victim Count

Congress to CIA: Provide US Drone Victim Count

(By Alice K. Ross) The CIA director and other intelligence chiefs were urged to increase transparency over covert drone operations by members of the House […]

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Camel Bones and Jerusalem:  Archeology Shows Bible written Late, Full of Errors

Camel Bones and Jerusalem: Archeology Shows Bible written Late, Full of Errors

(By Juan Cole) A new paper by Israeli archeologists Lidar Sapir-Hen and Erez Ben-Yosef, [pdf] posted at the University of Tel Aviv web site , […]

Juan Cole

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Iceland: Major Green Energy Breakthrough using Magma for Geothermal

Iceland: Major Green Energy Breakthrough using Magma for Geothermal

(Via CleanTechnica) First Magma-Enhanced Geothermal System In The World Developed In Iceland (via Clean Technica) The first “magma-enhanced” geothermal system in the world — the […]

Juan Cole

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Bush ordered NSA to spy on Germany's  Schroeder over Iraq War Opposition

Bush ordered NSA to spy on Germany’s Schroeder over Iraq War Opposition

(By Juan Cole) The Guardian reports that the George W. Bush administration put German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s personal telephone under surveillance in 2002. Schroeder was […]

Juan Cole

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The Death of God in Iraq:  32% of Iraqis not Sure God Exists, 11% think Not

The Death of God in Iraq: 32% of Iraqis not Sure God Exists, 11% think Not

(By Mariwan Salihi) Despite its dangers and taboos in the conflict-ridden nation, some Iraqi youth are turning towards atheism. Mariwan Salihi met a few of […]

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Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform

Broken Democracy: Republicans poised to take Senate, Americans Reject their Platform

(By Juan Cole) A lot of political analysts think it is entirely possible that the Republicans will take the senate next November. This development won’t […]

Juan Cole

Hamas political leaders nix rocket fire on Israel

Hamas political leaders nix rocket fire on Israel

Group’s military wing planned to hit back after recent IDF strikes on Gaza

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