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.
Human Security Report 2005- "Surprising Evidence of Major Declines in Armed Conflicts, Genocides, Human Rights Abuse, Military Coups and International Crises, Worldwide."
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
H10 Christian Science Monitor China's secretive military In his first official Beijing visit Rumsfeld will press for more transparency from the Chinese military.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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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