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New Jellyfish Species Tells a Tale of Global Warming
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The new species, marivagia stellata, previously not known to science, doesn’t sting but is symptomatic of the environmental woes facing the Mediterranean Sea A new species of jellyfish found off Israel’s coast the summer poses no threat to bathers but…
Natural Gas "War" Between Israel and Lebanon Could Lead to a "Drill Race"
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Hezbollah’s stake in the “cleaner” natural gas wells at sea expose “government inefficiency, incompetence and corruption and the lack of adequate services in transportation, water, education, health.” Israel’s northern neighbor is scrambling to set up a legal basis to challenge…
Are Iran Oil Sanctions Finally Kicking In?
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As major oil companies pull out of Iran, analysts differ over the import of new economic sanctions. By all objective standards, this week Iran is facing some version of a moment of truth. Responding to the impending imposition of beefed-up…
Mecca Becomes Mecca for Drugs
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Some drugs like pot, gat and hash are natural. But antidepressant drug abuse in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is causing social problems. Mecca province, home to the holiest site in Islam, has the highest rate of drug-related crime in Saudi Arabia,…
Saudi Arabia Has the Highest Road Accident Death Toll in the World
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Time to turn Saudi youth onto bicycling: video of dangerous stunts on the rise in young Saudi males who purposefully “drift” cars. An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country’s roads each day, a report by the…
