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Kurdish hunger strikers stage protests seeking support against Isis jihadis
Members of the Kurdish diaspora have been staging protests and hunger strikes around the world in support of calls by Kurdish leaders in Syria for weapons to help their forces fighting Islamic State (Isis) in the besieged border town of Kobani, where they fear a massacre if support does not arrive soon. While Kurds have taken to the streets of Europ…
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True tales of cold Arabian nights
The writings of scholars in 10-century Baghdad reveal periods of extremely chilly weather, and even snowfall, in the city - valuable information for climatologists today, Melanie Swan writes. The 10th century was the height of the Islamic Golden Age, but in Baghdad the winters were harsh. The Tigris froze, becoming a new path for horseback travel…
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