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18 October 2005
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H1 Washington Post Cheney's Office Is Focus In Leak Investigation Prosecutor has assembled evidence that shows vice president's feud with the CIA contributed to the unmasking of operative Valerie Plame.
Editorial A Referendum's Message IRAQIS HAVE given the world another inspiring demonstration of their willingness to risk their lives to vote on the future of their country.
New York Times Voting 'Yes' to Chaos By Hatem Mukhlis
The Iraqi constitution, which early returns indicate is likely to be approved by voters, is nothing more or less than a time bomb.
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% Election officials are investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, calling the results into question.
Guardian The carve-up of Iraq will spawn a redivision of the Middle East David Hirst: The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region.
International commentary on Avian Flu: Global ‘Antidote’ Is ‘Be Prepared’
From the Archive In Search of An American Grand Strategy For the Middle East A Report of theAspen Strategy Group.
Human Security Report 2005- "Surprising Evidence of Major Declines in Armed Conflicts, Genocides, Human Rights Abuse, Military Coups and International Crises, Worldwide."
CSM A welcome surprise: war waning globally The study found 25 civil conflicts last year - the lowest number since 1976.
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: Department of Defense Report full text [PDF 44pp]
SPIEGEL Interview with Chancellor-in-Waiting Angela Merkel: "I Am Immune to the Seduction of Power"
H2 CSIS - Turkey Update: EU Negotiations And Domestic Politics
FT Treason charge damaging, says Turkish minister A charge of treason against Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist, was almost certain to be dismissed by the courts when his...
SlateToday's Papers / Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec - antiwar.com / Wikipedia / technorati
EurasiaNet Azerbaijan: Still Waiting for Rasul Guliyev
Opposition-Government Battle Over Response to Guliyev
EDM RUSSIA, ARMENIA IN JOINT BID TO STAVE OFF ANOTHER EX-SOVIET REVOLUTION
Slate Tribal Ignorance : What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. Christopher Hitchens
What Will They Do Without Karl? John Dickerson
The Former Iraqi Government on Trial: Human Rights Watch briefing paper Paper full text
The trial of Saddam Hussein: Chatham House briefing paper Report full text [PDF 8pp]
How Washington Should Handle China - Jeffrey Garten, Newsweek International
Future of American IntelligenceHoover Institution A 185-page collection of essays examining the obstacles to making U.S. intelligence more effective and offering proposals for reform
IHT Philip Bowring: East Asian imbalances go beyond China Persuading East Asian countries to act responsibly in the broader global interest will be tough unless they are given the power in international decision-making that they deserve.
National Interest Finding the Lost Peace Dennis Ross Fall 2005
RFE/RL Russia: Who Carried Out The Nalchik Raids And Why?
H3 Turkey and Europe
Turkey and the U.S.
Greek press on Cyprus and Turkey
Turkey and the Middle East
Turkey, Russia, Caucasus and C. Asia
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Iran: PMOI gassed the Kurds
Constitution looks like winner
Trial of Saddam will be "emotional time for Iraqis"
Syrian opposition groups unite
Syrian authorities arrest Kurdish writer
Kurdish group says it bombed Istanbul-Turkey filling station
Referendum low-key in South Kurdistan
Kurds vote with dreams of independence
Iraq: Two main Kurdish parties disagree on unified government BBC Monitoring Service
Washington Times Novelist scores with victory-over-EU plot (Andrew Borowiec)
Financial Times COMMENT: The fragility that threatens the world's industrial systems We now live in a world where an isolated political or natural disaster can disrupt systems on which we all depend, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation
Russian Realities - Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
H4 New York Times Voting 'Yes' to Chaos By Hatem Mukhlis
The Iraqi constitution, which early returns indicate is likely to be approved by voters, is nothing more or less than a time bomb.
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% Election officials are investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, calling the results into question.
After Vote, Iraqi Sunnis at Crossroads
U.S. Strikes Kill Scores in Insurgent Stronghold
Hussein Goes on Trial Tomorrow, and Iraqis See a First Accounting What should be a moment of triumph for Saddam Hussein's victims is instead stirring concern about the fairness and competence of the court itself.
Hariri Probe Raises Stakes for Syria' s Assad, Lebanon
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90%
Hussein Goes on Trial Tomorrow, and Iraqis See a First Accounting
Fearing Ukrainian-Style Uprising, Belarus Cracks Down
Merkel Appoints 6 Conservatives to Join a Shaky German Cabinet
Scores Are Killed by American Airstrikes in Sunni Insurgent Stronghold West of Baghdad
As Alarm Over Flu Grows, Agency Tries to Quiet Fears
WHO: Expect More Bird Flu in Other Nations
China Builds Its Dreams, and Some Fear a Bubble China's real estate market is hot, with Shanghai and other cities making up for the decades of lost time under Communism.
Fearing Ukrainian-Style Uprising, Belarus Cracks Down
Merkel Appoints 6 Conservatives to Join a Shaky German Cabinet
Chaos Grows in Darfur Conflict as Militias Turn on Government Janjaweed militias have grown emboldened enough to turn their guns on the same government that trained and armed them.
Editorial Pointless Provocation in Tokyo Koizumi has made a point of publicly embracing the worst traditions of Japanese militarism.
Tierney A Very Special Scandal
The outing of Valerie Wilson was done by officials who didn't think it was illegal. Hardball politics isn't pretty, but it's not criminal, either.
Kristof Starved by Red Tape
Many African countries are in effect killing their own citizens by making it staggeringly difficult for entrepreneurs to open shop.
H5 Washington Post Cheney's Office Is Focus In Leak Investigation Prosecutor has assembled evidence that shows vice president's feud with the CIA contributed to the unmasking of operative Valerie Plame.
U.S. Air, Ground Strikes Near Ramadi Kill 70 U.S. military said the attack was against suspected insurgents, but health workers and residents count 39 civilians among the dead, including children.
Editorial A Referendum's Message IRAQIS HAVE given the world another inspiring demonstration of their willingness to risk their lives to vote on the future of their country.
'Standing Up' A Constitution By George F. Will, The question remains whether the constitution will support Iraq's growth or enable its partitioning -- perhaps by the serrated blade of civil war.
Iraq's Premier Urges a Speedy Trial for Hussein
Trial of Milosevic Holds Lessons War crimes case of former Yugoslav president shows pitfalls of trying ex-leaders in court.
I Believe President Bush: It's Time to Withdraw by William M. Arkin
'Rule of Law'? That's So '90s By E. J. Dionne Jr., We are on the verge of an extraordinary moment in American politics. The people running our government are about to face their day -- or days -- in court.
Conservative Machine's Unexpected Turn The GOP apparatus constructed largely by Bush strategist Karl Rove and deployed effectively on behalf of recently confirmed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has splintered over Miers and broken free from its commander.
H6 Guardian The carve-up of Iraq will spawn a redivision of the Middle East David Hirst: The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region.
Trial of the century? Not for IraqisRory Carroll in Baghdad: Saddam Hussein's trial starts tomorrow, trailing words such as momentous and historic, a courtroom drama with a gallows in the wings.
The road from Damascus With a little help from the UN, Beirut may be casting off its Syrian shackles at last, writes Rory McCarthy.
Orange revolution tests its leader's grey matter Simon Tisdall: When revolutionary change fails to materialise, disillusion sets in. That is the case to some extent in former Soviet Georgia.
Greece confirms bird flu First EU case confirmed but minister says there is no direct threat to people in Britain.
Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza.
Diversion foils comeback by opposition leader Exiled Azerbaijani opposition politician en route home from London by jet arrested on touchdown in Ukraine.
Leader Unending disaster A proper UN fund would ensure disasters were treated according to their needs, not on the basis of political preferences or media visibility.
Keep up or be swept awayMatt Carter: The crisis of confidence in politics is global. Unless we open up to the public, the right will do it for us.
H7 How Washington Should Handle China - Jeffrey Garten, Newsweek International
National Security Contract With America DemocracyArsenal.org
Frontline - The Torture Question
Book Review The Struggle for Europe By Patrick J. Buchanan The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley
Washington Times Venezuela seeks nuclear technology
Weekly Standard Free Trade Free-Fall President Bush tries to open up markets without much help from Europe. by Irwin M. Stelzer
H8 Iraq in the balance by Massoud A. Derhally
BBC Iraq result delay over fraud fear Iraq's constitution vote result will be delayed while voting anomalies are checked, say officials.
Washington Times Making progress in Iraq By Walid Phares - Referendum is a victory over jihadists and Ba'athists
Knight-Ridder Agency charged with spending oversight in Iraq left country in '04 The chief Pentagon agency in charge of investigating and reporting fraud and waste in Defense Department spending in Iraq quietly pulled out of the war zone a year ago - leaving what experts say are gaps in the oversight of how more than $140 billion is being spent.
Iraqi election officials to investigate possible voting irregularities
H9 Ha’aretz – Gains shrink while explosions echo in BaghdadThe fact that the war on Iraq was not carried out properly is not sufficient reason to cast doubt on the motivations that justify insistence on its successful conclusion.
Hariri Probe Raises Stakes for Syria's Assad, Lebanon
National Interest Finding the Lost Peace Dennis Ross Fall 2005
H10 Christian Science Monitor China's secretive military In his first official Beijing visit Rumsfeld will press for more transparency from the Chinese military.
Iraq's Kurds get moment of closure on eve of Hussein trial
A burial lays to rest 512 of the 8,000 men taken away by Iraqi forces in 1983.
9/11 was good for the Muslim world By Mona Eltahawy
A welcome surprise: war waning globally The study found 25 civil conflicts last year - the lowest number since 1976.
The spoiling of war
West Bank: the new militant focus? Israel suspended talks with Palestinians after three young Israelis were killed in the West Bank.
The latest investor in green energy - the CIA Within hours, solar and wind energy units can be up and running in war or disaster zones.
A call for end to US 'blockade' of Cuba Use of the word 'blockade' instead of 'embargo' at Ibero-American Summit draws US objection
H11 IHT Philip Bowring: East Asian imbalances go beyond China Persuading East Asian countries to act responsibly in the broader global interest will be tough unless they are given the power in international decision-making that they deserve.
Rumsfeld ventures into the Middle Kingdom DAVID SHAMBAUGH Rumsfeld's visit to Beijing may help to breach some of the growing perceptual chasms in U.S.-China strategic relations.
In egalitarian Europe, a not-so-hidden world of squalor
BBC WHO warns against bird flu panic The World Health Organization urges people not to panic-buy a drug they hope will protect against bird flu.
Q&A: Avian flu
H12 RFE/RL Russia: Who Carried Out The Nalchik Raids And Why?
Russia/Iran: Moscow Takes Tougher Stance On Iran Nuclear Issue
Iraq: Sunni Arabs Lose Bid To Vote Down Constitution
Iran/U.K.: Bombing Accusations Highlight 'Differences And Disagreements'
Azerbaijan: Opposition Leader Returning From Exile
Russian Realities - Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Experts: US Needs Strong Military Presence in Asia
EurasiaNet Azerbaijan: Still Waiting for Rasul Guliyev
Opposition-Government Battle Over Response to Guliyev
EDM WAS IT MOSTLY IRAN THAT RICE DISCUSSED WITH LAVROV AND PUTIN IN MOSCOW?
- SEPTEMBER CRISIS OVER, BUT STRATEGIC PROBLEMS REMAIN FOR YUSHCHENKO
- RUSSIA, ARMENIA IN JOINT BID TO STAVE OFF ANOTHER EX-SOVIET REVOLUTION
H13 The Times Take avian flu scare stories with a pinch of saltThe flu pandemic requires nothing of us other than to be scared and demand vaccine
Saddam trial judges were secretly trained in Britain The International Bar Association confirmed that it had helped to train the 20 Iraqi judges
Oil price surges as tropical storms reach record level
Infected swans and turkeys found as bird flu spreads further west
Big spender Bush runs out of credit with conservative allies
WSJ With Freedom Comes Politics Iraqis are much more optimistic about their country than American opinion makers. By MICHAEL RUBIN
U.S. Soldiers Are the Real Heroes in Iraq America's hypocritical critics stay silent about the brutality inflicted by Sunni Muslims upon their fellow Muslims. By JOSE RAMOS-HORTA
e-Meddling The U.N. has a plan to run the Internet. Uh-oh.
Reasons to Be Fearful We are ill-prepared for a flu pandemic. By HENRY I. MILLER
America's Friendship With Asia Our friendship with the people of Asia is stronger than at any time in our nation's history. By DONALD H. RUMSFELD
The Sinister Mediocrity of Harold Pinter Awarding Harold Pinter the Nobel in literature shows a straight and philistine preference for the grotesque. By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Reform Assassination Those who dare to question the current European social model are subject to ugly and destructive labels. By ANN METTLER
Will China's Banking Reform Succeed? Many foreign analysts continue to greet China's banking reform with skepticism. By WEIJIAN SHAN
H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The fragility that threatens the world's industrial systems We now live in a world where an isolated political or natural disaster can disrupt systems on which we all depend, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation.
Leader - Merkel's choice It seems that Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor-designate, really wants to make life difficult for herself. Not only will she have to preside over the tense...
COMMENT: South-east Asia need not be in thrall to fanaticism While moderates were too sanguine about the prospects for Asian Islam in the 1990s, they now err on the side of pessimism. But Asia’s struggle against fanaticism is not a lost cause
US likely to increase funds for Asia's bird flu battle
Syrian opposition groups unite to demand reform Syria's fractious opposition groups are taking advantage of international pressure on the Ba'athist regime and joining forces to demand domestic political reform
Azeris turn away exiled opposition leader
Bird flu virus detected on Greek island
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Different this time? Media groups' interest in AOL signals a second internet boom After the bloodbath of the first dotcom boom in the late 1990s, in which global media companies lost billions of dollars in bad investments, a second internet boom is under way
COMMENT: How Europe's regulations hold it back For Europe to preserve its way of life, it must embrace change and reform, write Martin Baily and Diana Farrell of McKinsey Global Institute
Merkel forced to appoint rivals to her cabinet Angela Merkel's authority as head of a government of national unity was thrown into doubt as Germany's chancellor in waiting was forced to appoint prominent rivals in her party to the cabinet.
Prosecutor widening CIA leak probe Evidence is building that the probe conducted by Patrick Fitzgerald, special prosecutor, has extended beyond the leaking of a covert CIA agent's name to include questioning about the Bush administration's handling of pre-Iraq war intelli
H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. Workers in Retreat as Globalization Advances At a time when economic risks increasingly are shifted onto workers, an auto parts maker asks employees to take a two-thirds pay cut.
Editorial Suspect in Syria
Approval of Iraq Charter Seems Likely
Fallouja Recovers Its Sense of Everyday Life
FT Iraq braced for Saddam trial as his legal team seeks delay
EU and US must boost transatlantic relationship to help bring about a successful global trade round
Russia output boosts GDP forecasts Russian industrial output rose 1.4 per cent during September, and was up 5.2 per cent on a year earlier.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Services will be Europe's main export and should be its top priority in the Doha Round
H16 CIA Leak Error May Lead to Source
Karl Rove's Consigliere - Michael Isikoff, Newsweek
LYNNE CHENEY: HUSBAND WON’T BE 2008 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE...
16,137 MURDERS, 94,635 RAPES A YEAR IN USA
BLOOMBERG: Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation...
Can Democrats Seize the Moment? - George Packer, The New Yorker
New Republic Why only Gore can beat Hillary by Ryan Lizza
Pro-War Votes May Haunt Democrats
Big Cuts in Defense Programs Seen Looming
H17 Daily Telegraph Sometimes it is worth going to war Sixteen out of Iraq's 18 provinces voted for the most liberal constitution in the Middle East, notes Mark Steyn.
Ukraine set to join West The Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko, has set out an ambitious timetable for integration with the West, saying he expects to open membership talks with Nato by May.
Bird flu 'enters EU' A quarantine has been imposed on a string of Greek islands off the Turkish coast after preliminary tests indicated an outbreak of bird flu.
US denies shooting Iraqis American fighter jets and combat helicopters have killed about 70 people around the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, as violence in Iraq resumed two days after a successful referendum on a new constitution.
H18 Independent Bird flu enters EU as Greece finds disease on island farm
Experts say threat from virus is unprecedented
Leading article: The real implications of a bird flu pandemic
Are British troops at breaking point in Iraq? Fears that British forces in Iraq are reaching "breaking point" grew last night as the first hard evidence of a crisis in morale began to emerge.
H19 U.S. Military: Fighters, Not First Responders - Mackubin T. Owens, Weekly Standard
H20 Slate Tribal Ignorance : What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. Christopher Hitchens
Leggo My Ego: GooglePrint and the other culture war. Tim Wu
H21 Clockwork laptop plannedThe British inventor whose clockwork radios brought the poorest and most remote parts of the world into the broadcasting age has been asked to help bring them computers
Chomsky is voted world's top public intellectual
Ext links Blogs - memeorandum - Slate's Today's Blogs - Blogometer - Juan Cole - Political Animal - Belgravia Dispatch - Thomas P.M. Barnett - CounterterrorismBlog
Joshua Marshall - Daniel Drezner - war and piece - the washington note - Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - Matt Yglesias - Chicagoboyz - Oxblog - - Brad DeLong - Eric Alterman - abuaardvark
winds of change - OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - Kausfiles - andrewsullivan.com - Becker Posner-- armscontrolwonk - Registan
FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW (FPR) - ‘Relevant news, views, comments and analysis from all around the world’ Compiled by Şanlı Bahadır Koç / e-mail : sbahadir@bilkent.edu.tr - Subscribe to FPR
Ext. links Britain/ Turkey/ Magazines/ US / Think-tanks / Blogs / Misc /Books / Quickread / Numbers / Reports
H1 Washington Post Cheney's Office Is Focus In Leak Investigation Prosecutor has assembled evidence that shows vice president's feud with the CIA contributed to the unmasking of operative Valerie Plame.
Editorial A Referendum's Message IRAQIS HAVE given the world another inspiring demonstration of their willingness to risk their lives to vote on the future of their country.
New York Times Voting 'Yes' to Chaos By Hatem Mukhlis
The Iraqi constitution, which early returns indicate is likely to be approved by voters, is nothing more or less than a time bomb.
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% Election officials are investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, calling the results into question.
Guardian The carve-up of Iraq will spawn a redivision of the Middle East David Hirst: The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region.
International commentary on Avian Flu: Global ‘Antidote’ Is ‘Be Prepared’
From the Archive In Search of An American Grand Strategy For the Middle East A Report of theAspen Strategy Group.
Human Security Report 2005- "Surprising Evidence of Major Declines in Armed Conflicts, Genocides, Human Rights Abuse, Military Coups and International Crises, Worldwide."
CSM A welcome surprise: war waning globally The study found 25 civil conflicts last year - the lowest number since 1976.
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: Department of Defense Report full text [PDF 44pp]
SPIEGEL Interview with Chancellor-in-Waiting Angela Merkel: "I Am Immune to the Seduction of Power"
H2 CSIS - Turkey Update: EU Negotiations And Domestic Politics
FT Treason charge damaging, says Turkish minister A charge of treason against Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist, was almost certain to be dismissed by the courts when his...
SlateToday's Papers / Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec - antiwar.com / Wikipedia / technorati
EurasiaNet Azerbaijan: Still Waiting for Rasul Guliyev
Opposition-Government Battle Over Response to Guliyev
EDM RUSSIA, ARMENIA IN JOINT BID TO STAVE OFF ANOTHER EX-SOVIET REVOLUTION
Slate Tribal Ignorance : What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. Christopher Hitchens
What Will They Do Without Karl? John Dickerson
The Former Iraqi Government on Trial: Human Rights Watch briefing paper Paper full text
The trial of Saddam Hussein: Chatham House briefing paper Report full text [PDF 8pp]
How Washington Should Handle China - Jeffrey Garten, Newsweek International
Future of American IntelligenceHoover Institution A 185-page collection of essays examining the obstacles to making U.S. intelligence more effective and offering proposals for reform
IHT Philip Bowring: East Asian imbalances go beyond China Persuading East Asian countries to act responsibly in the broader global interest will be tough unless they are given the power in international decision-making that they deserve.
National Interest Finding the Lost Peace Dennis Ross Fall 2005
RFE/RL Russia: Who Carried Out The Nalchik Raids And Why?
H3 Turkey and Europe
Turkey and the U.S.
Greek press on Cyprus and Turkey
Turkey and the Middle East
Turkey, Russia, Caucasus and C. Asia
Ext links-Google News Turkey –Turquie- Türkei - Dış Basında Türkiye - İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası - Kurdish Media - FPR Archive - Quickread - Google News - Iraq -Iran - Syria – Kurdish - Greece - Cyprus - Israel -TurcoPundit - Mideastwire.com -
Iraqi&Regional MediaMonitoring - - BBC Turkish 0700
Iran: PMOI gassed the Kurds
Constitution looks like winner
Trial of Saddam will be "emotional time for Iraqis"
Syrian opposition groups unite
Syrian authorities arrest Kurdish writer
Kurdish group says it bombed Istanbul-Turkey filling station
Referendum low-key in South Kurdistan
Kurds vote with dreams of independence
Iraq: Two main Kurdish parties disagree on unified government BBC Monitoring Service
Washington Times Novelist scores with victory-over-EU plot (Andrew Borowiec)
Financial Times COMMENT: The fragility that threatens the world's industrial systems We now live in a world where an isolated political or natural disaster can disrupt systems on which we all depend, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation
Russian Realities - Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
H4 New York Times Voting 'Yes' to Chaos By Hatem Mukhlis
The Iraqi constitution, which early returns indicate is likely to be approved by voters, is nothing more or less than a time bomb.
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% Election officials are investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, calling the results into question.
After Vote, Iraqi Sunnis at Crossroads
U.S. Strikes Kill Scores in Insurgent Stronghold
Hussein Goes on Trial Tomorrow, and Iraqis See a First Accounting What should be a moment of triumph for Saddam Hussein's victims is instead stirring concern about the fairness and competence of the court itself.
Hariri Probe Raises Stakes for Syria' s Assad, Lebanon
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90%
Hussein Goes on Trial Tomorrow, and Iraqis See a First Accounting
Fearing Ukrainian-Style Uprising, Belarus Cracks Down
Merkel Appoints 6 Conservatives to Join a Shaky German Cabinet
Scores Are Killed by American Airstrikes in Sunni Insurgent Stronghold West of Baghdad
As Alarm Over Flu Grows, Agency Tries to Quiet Fears
WHO: Expect More Bird Flu in Other Nations
China Builds Its Dreams, and Some Fear a Bubble China's real estate market is hot, with Shanghai and other cities making up for the decades of lost time under Communism.
Fearing Ukrainian-Style Uprising, Belarus Cracks Down
Merkel Appoints 6 Conservatives to Join a Shaky German Cabinet
Chaos Grows in Darfur Conflict as Militias Turn on Government Janjaweed militias have grown emboldened enough to turn their guns on the same government that trained and armed them.
Editorial Pointless Provocation in Tokyo Koizumi has made a point of publicly embracing the worst traditions of Japanese militarism.
Tierney A Very Special Scandal
The outing of Valerie Wilson was done by officials who didn't think it was illegal. Hardball politics isn't pretty, but it's not criminal, either.
Kristof Starved by Red Tape
Many African countries are in effect killing their own citizens by making it staggeringly difficult for entrepreneurs to open shop.
H5 Washington Post Cheney's Office Is Focus In Leak Investigation Prosecutor has assembled evidence that shows vice president's feud with the CIA contributed to the unmasking of operative Valerie Plame.
U.S. Air, Ground Strikes Near Ramadi Kill 70 U.S. military said the attack was against suspected insurgents, but health workers and residents count 39 civilians among the dead, including children.
Editorial A Referendum's Message IRAQIS HAVE given the world another inspiring demonstration of their willingness to risk their lives to vote on the future of their country.
'Standing Up' A Constitution By George F. Will, The question remains whether the constitution will support Iraq's growth or enable its partitioning -- perhaps by the serrated blade of civil war.
Iraq's Premier Urges a Speedy Trial for Hussein
Trial of Milosevic Holds Lessons War crimes case of former Yugoslav president shows pitfalls of trying ex-leaders in court.
I Believe President Bush: It's Time to Withdraw by William M. Arkin
'Rule of Law'? That's So '90s By E. J. Dionne Jr., We are on the verge of an extraordinary moment in American politics. The people running our government are about to face their day -- or days -- in court.
Conservative Machine's Unexpected Turn The GOP apparatus constructed largely by Bush strategist Karl Rove and deployed effectively on behalf of recently confirmed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has splintered over Miers and broken free from its commander.
H6 Guardian The carve-up of Iraq will spawn a redivision of the Middle East David Hirst: The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region.
Trial of the century? Not for IraqisRory Carroll in Baghdad: Saddam Hussein's trial starts tomorrow, trailing words such as momentous and historic, a courtroom drama with a gallows in the wings.
The road from Damascus With a little help from the UN, Beirut may be casting off its Syrian shackles at last, writes Rory McCarthy.
Orange revolution tests its leader's grey matter Simon Tisdall: When revolutionary change fails to materialise, disillusion sets in. That is the case to some extent in former Soviet Georgia.
Greece confirms bird flu First EU case confirmed but minister says there is no direct threat to people in Britain.
Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza.
Diversion foils comeback by opposition leader Exiled Azerbaijani opposition politician en route home from London by jet arrested on touchdown in Ukraine.
Leader Unending disaster A proper UN fund would ensure disasters were treated according to their needs, not on the basis of political preferences or media visibility.
Keep up or be swept awayMatt Carter: The crisis of confidence in politics is global. Unless we open up to the public, the right will do it for us.
H7 How Washington Should Handle China - Jeffrey Garten, Newsweek International
National Security Contract With America DemocracyArsenal.org
Frontline - The Torture Question
Book Review The Struggle for Europe By Patrick J. Buchanan The West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley
Washington Times Venezuela seeks nuclear technology
Weekly Standard Free Trade Free-Fall President Bush tries to open up markets without much help from Europe. by Irwin M. Stelzer
H8 Iraq in the balance by Massoud A. Derhally
BBC Iraq result delay over fraud fear Iraq's constitution vote result will be delayed while voting anomalies are checked, say officials.
Washington Times Making progress in Iraq By Walid Phares - Referendum is a victory over jihadists and Ba'athists
Knight-Ridder Agency charged with spending oversight in Iraq left country in '04 The chief Pentagon agency in charge of investigating and reporting fraud and waste in Defense Department spending in Iraq quietly pulled out of the war zone a year ago - leaving what experts say are gaps in the oversight of how more than $140 billion is being spent.
Iraqi election officials to investigate possible voting irregularities
H9 Ha’aretz – Gains shrink while explosions echo in BaghdadThe fact that the war on Iraq was not carried out properly is not sufficient reason to cast doubt on the motivations that justify insistence on its successful conclusion.
Hariri Probe Raises Stakes for Syria's Assad, Lebanon
National Interest Finding the Lost Peace Dennis Ross Fall 2005
H10 Christian Science Monitor China's secretive military In his first official Beijing visit Rumsfeld will press for more transparency from the Chinese military.
Iraq's Kurds get moment of closure on eve of Hussein trial
A burial lays to rest 512 of the 8,000 men taken away by Iraqi forces in 1983.
9/11 was good for the Muslim world By Mona Eltahawy
A welcome surprise: war waning globally The study found 25 civil conflicts last year - the lowest number since 1976.
The spoiling of war
West Bank: the new militant focus? Israel suspended talks with Palestinians after three young Israelis were killed in the West Bank.
The latest investor in green energy - the CIA Within hours, solar and wind energy units can be up and running in war or disaster zones.
A call for end to US 'blockade' of Cuba Use of the word 'blockade' instead of 'embargo' at Ibero-American Summit draws US objection
H11 IHT Philip Bowring: East Asian imbalances go beyond China Persuading East Asian countries to act responsibly in the broader global interest will be tough unless they are given the power in international decision-making that they deserve.
Rumsfeld ventures into the Middle Kingdom DAVID SHAMBAUGH Rumsfeld's visit to Beijing may help to breach some of the growing perceptual chasms in U.S.-China strategic relations.
In egalitarian Europe, a not-so-hidden world of squalor
BBC WHO warns against bird flu panic The World Health Organization urges people not to panic-buy a drug they hope will protect against bird flu.
Q&A: Avian flu
H12 RFE/RL Russia: Who Carried Out The Nalchik Raids And Why?
Russia/Iran: Moscow Takes Tougher Stance On Iran Nuclear Issue
Iraq: Sunni Arabs Lose Bid To Vote Down Constitution
Iran/U.K.: Bombing Accusations Highlight 'Differences And Disagreements'
Azerbaijan: Opposition Leader Returning From Exile
Russian Realities - Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Experts: US Needs Strong Military Presence in Asia
EurasiaNet Azerbaijan: Still Waiting for Rasul Guliyev
Opposition-Government Battle Over Response to Guliyev
EDM WAS IT MOSTLY IRAN THAT RICE DISCUSSED WITH LAVROV AND PUTIN IN MOSCOW?
- SEPTEMBER CRISIS OVER, BUT STRATEGIC PROBLEMS REMAIN FOR YUSHCHENKO
- RUSSIA, ARMENIA IN JOINT BID TO STAVE OFF ANOTHER EX-SOVIET REVOLUTION
H13 The Times Take avian flu scare stories with a pinch of saltThe flu pandemic requires nothing of us other than to be scared and demand vaccine
Saddam trial judges were secretly trained in Britain The International Bar Association confirmed that it had helped to train the 20 Iraqi judges
Oil price surges as tropical storms reach record level
Infected swans and turkeys found as bird flu spreads further west
Big spender Bush runs out of credit with conservative allies
WSJ With Freedom Comes Politics Iraqis are much more optimistic about their country than American opinion makers. By MICHAEL RUBIN
U.S. Soldiers Are the Real Heroes in Iraq America's hypocritical critics stay silent about the brutality inflicted by Sunni Muslims upon their fellow Muslims. By JOSE RAMOS-HORTA
e-Meddling The U.N. has a plan to run the Internet. Uh-oh.
Reasons to Be Fearful We are ill-prepared for a flu pandemic. By HENRY I. MILLER
America's Friendship With Asia Our friendship with the people of Asia is stronger than at any time in our nation's history. By DONALD H. RUMSFELD
The Sinister Mediocrity of Harold Pinter Awarding Harold Pinter the Nobel in literature shows a straight and philistine preference for the grotesque. By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Reform Assassination Those who dare to question the current European social model are subject to ugly and destructive labels. By ANN METTLER
Will China's Banking Reform Succeed? Many foreign analysts continue to greet China's banking reform with skepticism. By WEIJIAN SHAN
H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The fragility that threatens the world's industrial systems We now live in a world where an isolated political or natural disaster can disrupt systems on which we all depend, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation.
Leader - Merkel's choice It seems that Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor-designate, really wants to make life difficult for herself. Not only will she have to preside over the tense...
COMMENT: South-east Asia need not be in thrall to fanaticism While moderates were too sanguine about the prospects for Asian Islam in the 1990s, they now err on the side of pessimism. But Asia’s struggle against fanaticism is not a lost cause
US likely to increase funds for Asia's bird flu battle
Syrian opposition groups unite to demand reform Syria's fractious opposition groups are taking advantage of international pressure on the Ba'athist regime and joining forces to demand domestic political reform
Azeris turn away exiled opposition leader
Bird flu virus detected on Greek island
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Different this time? Media groups' interest in AOL signals a second internet boom After the bloodbath of the first dotcom boom in the late 1990s, in which global media companies lost billions of dollars in bad investments, a second internet boom is under way
COMMENT: How Europe's regulations hold it back For Europe to preserve its way of life, it must embrace change and reform, write Martin Baily and Diana Farrell of McKinsey Global Institute
Merkel forced to appoint rivals to her cabinet Angela Merkel's authority as head of a government of national unity was thrown into doubt as Germany's chancellor in waiting was forced to appoint prominent rivals in her party to the cabinet.
Prosecutor widening CIA leak probe Evidence is building that the probe conducted by Patrick Fitzgerald, special prosecutor, has extended beyond the leaking of a covert CIA agent's name to include questioning about the Bush administration's handling of pre-Iraq war intelli
H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. Workers in Retreat as Globalization Advances At a time when economic risks increasingly are shifted onto workers, an auto parts maker asks employees to take a two-thirds pay cut.
Editorial Suspect in Syria
Approval of Iraq Charter Seems Likely
Fallouja Recovers Its Sense of Everyday Life
FT Iraq braced for Saddam trial as his legal team seeks delay
EU and US must boost transatlantic relationship to help bring about a successful global trade round
Russia output boosts GDP forecasts Russian industrial output rose 1.4 per cent during September, and was up 5.2 per cent on a year earlier.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Services will be Europe's main export and should be its top priority in the Doha Round
H16 CIA Leak Error May Lead to Source
Karl Rove's Consigliere - Michael Isikoff, Newsweek
LYNNE CHENEY: HUSBAND WON’T BE 2008 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE...
16,137 MURDERS, 94,635 RAPES A YEAR IN USA
BLOOMBERG: Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation...
Can Democrats Seize the Moment? - George Packer, The New Yorker
New Republic Why only Gore can beat Hillary by Ryan Lizza
Pro-War Votes May Haunt Democrats
Big Cuts in Defense Programs Seen Looming
H17 Daily Telegraph Sometimes it is worth going to war Sixteen out of Iraq's 18 provinces voted for the most liberal constitution in the Middle East, notes Mark Steyn.
Ukraine set to join West The Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko, has set out an ambitious timetable for integration with the West, saying he expects to open membership talks with Nato by May.
Bird flu 'enters EU' A quarantine has been imposed on a string of Greek islands off the Turkish coast after preliminary tests indicated an outbreak of bird flu.
US denies shooting Iraqis American fighter jets and combat helicopters have killed about 70 people around the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, as violence in Iraq resumed two days after a successful referendum on a new constitution.
H18 Independent Bird flu enters EU as Greece finds disease on island farm
Experts say threat from virus is unprecedented
Leading article: The real implications of a bird flu pandemic
Are British troops at breaking point in Iraq? Fears that British forces in Iraq are reaching "breaking point" grew last night as the first hard evidence of a crisis in morale began to emerge.
H19 U.S. Military: Fighters, Not First Responders - Mackubin T. Owens, Weekly Standard
H20 Slate Tribal Ignorance : What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. Christopher Hitchens
Leggo My Ego: GooglePrint and the other culture war. Tim Wu
H21 Clockwork laptop plannedThe British inventor whose clockwork radios brought the poorest and most remote parts of the world into the broadcasting age has been asked to help bring them computers
Chomsky is voted world's top public intellectual
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Joshua Marshall - Daniel Drezner - war and piece - the washington note - Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - Matt Yglesias - Chicagoboyz - Oxblog - - Brad DeLong - Eric Alterman - abuaardvark
winds of change - OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - Kausfiles - andrewsullivan.com - Becker Posner-- armscontrolwonk - Registan
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Angela Merkel was finally put in after France and Italy had the anti Plame hair dryer problems and it lookd like she'll probably go bad like the other Directors at MI5, using the public to pay off running Al Quaeda bills. So, France and Italy don't seem to have colllapsed like Germany, maybe thats because Vanity Fair in the old days was just a way to keep those Time travelling Langley folks freinedly in the future. Why not Paris or Rome. Germany was probably kind of messy, but the OSS did have its origins in WWII England.
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