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Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later
Bahrain national dialogue talks began again on Sunday as two small parties came back to the table after a token protest against what they called […]
A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)
Meh Heyd did a mash-up of iPhone video he just took on a trip to Iran and set it to music. In the US we […]
Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat’s death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests
Arafat Jaradat was detained by Israeli authorities near Hebron last Monday at a protest of illegal Israeli squatting on Palestinian land. On Saturday the 30=year-old […]
Today’s top Green Energy Good News
Russia is funding research into powering its airplanes with solar energy. The airline industry is being hurt by high fuel prices, and solar-powered planes would […]
Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections? Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)
Kim Barker writes at ProPublica A former Illinois congressional candidate and a government watchdog organization have teamed up to sue the Internal Revenue Service, claiming […]
Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says that it wants to develop Agra as a solar city in part so as to save the Taj […]
Greening of Saudi Arabia: NASA Photos Show Kingdom Tapping non-renewable Aquifers for Farming
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration last year published a series of photos over past decades showing expansion of farming in Saudi Arabia’s Syrian […]
Israel-Palestine at the Oscars: Amy Goodman’s interviews on 5 Broken Cameras and the Gatekeepers
Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! has been interviewing the makers and subjects of Oscar nominees for best documentary, including the Palestinian film “5 Broken Cameras” and […]
Taming Capitalism Gone Wild (Bill Moyers Interviews)
Bill Moyers and his guests look at how Wall Street has captured the government regulators that are supposed to be its watchdogs, how restaurant workers […]
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