Tag: iraq
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#MorningMonarchy: June 27, 2016
Brexit boogie, looting art and policing protests + this day in history w/Blair resigns and our song of the day by DJ Shadow on your Morning Monarchy for June 27, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 20, 2016
Brexit to Texit, Omar updates and reality sElections + this day in history w/West Virginia Day and our song of the day by Peter Bjorn and John on your Morning Monarchy for June 20, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 13, 2016
Known wolves, encouraging terror and K-pop academy + this day in history w/Peasants’ Revolt and our song of the day by the Sun Days on your Morning Monarchy for June 13, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 6, 2016
Presidential sElections, neolib fail and war crime airlines + this day in history w/’Tetris’ and our song of the day by Sonny and the Sunsets on your Morning Monarchy for June 6, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 4, 2016
Portland pesticides, medical errors and unhealthy headlines + this day in history w/Haymarket affair and our song of the day by Japancakes on your Morning Monarchy for May 4, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 2, 2016
OBL tweaks, TTIP leaks and propaganda reeks + this day in history w/’The Scream’ and our song of the day by The Relatives on your Morning Monarchy for May 2, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 25, 2016
Boots on the ground, TPP reality and states of emergency + this day in history w/Obelisk of Axum and our song of the day by Tiga on your Morning Monarchy for April 25, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2016
More war, comedian row and a new map for America + this day in history w/San Francisco earthquake and our song of the day by The Posies on your Morning Monarchy for April 18, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 14, 2016
Mongolian mummy, more BBC abuse and the art of secret societies + this day in history w/Lincoln shot and our song of the day by Night Moves on your Morning Monarchy for April 14, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 28, 2016
ISIS Sunday, soccer bombs and nuclear threats + this day in history w/Three Mile Island and our song of the day by Bayonne on your Morning Monarchy for March 28, 2016.
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Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism
The small, ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is being revived in northern Iraq. Followers say locals should join because it’s a truly Kurdish belief. Others say the revival is a reaction to extremist Islam.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 3, 2016
Saving church, laying hands and good luck sacrifice + this day in history w/Saudi oil and our song of the day by Polica on your Morning Monarchy for March 3, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 11, 2016
El Chappo, China meltdown and the global goals + this day in history w/Aaron Swartz and our song of the day by the late, great David Bowie on your Morning Monarchy for January 11, 2016.
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The Hanging Gardens of … Nineveh?
from nationalgeographic.com: The legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon are exactly that: legendary. And they may not have been located in Babylon. The gardens, famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were, according to Stephanie Dalley, an Oxford University Assyriologist, located some 340 miles north of ancient Babylon in Nineveh, on the…
