The article that, according to the indictment, triggered the "chain of events"
LA Times Our 27 months of hell By Joseph C. Wilson IV AFTER THE two-year smear campaign orchestrated by senior officials in the Bush White House against my wife and me, it is tempting to feel vindicated by Friday's indictment of the vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Asia Times Iran, Israel: The good,the bad and the ugly Calculated or not (to protect Syria?), Iran is undermining itself in the battle for world public opinion with respect to its right to nuclear technology, by making official statements that kindle the images of another Holocaust. But this is only one side of the complex cultural orientation of Iran's foreign policy: there is still room to maneuver. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Financial Times Leader What globalisation? If you had a whole day to discuss the impact of globalisation on the European economy, you would probably talk about trade liberalisation, flexibility of markets and...
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A false angle on Saxon success The collapse of the European Union constitution and deepening economic problems in parts of the continent have polarised debate into a Manichean division between a more protectionist social model and the market-friendly “Anglo-Saxon” one preferred by Britain and the US, writes Charles Pretzlik
Guardian As others see us Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk faces trial next month for referring to his country's massacre of Armenians. He argues that the great European writers have revealed a continent in constant flux, in which modern Turkey has earned its place
Tierney What Fitzgerald Didn't Say The biggest losers so far in the C.I.A. leak case - aside, of course, from Scooter Libby - are journalists.
H5 Washington Post Editorial Mr. Libby's Indictment The charges filed against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby are serious, but don't suggest a broad-based conspiracy that requires endless further investigation by Congress or others.
Moment of Truth for a White House in Crisis With the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Bush administration becomes a textbook example of what can go wrong in a second term.
Aide Helped Shape Iraq Policy Libby, Cheney were early advocates of removing Saddam Hussein and highly effective in thwarting any opposition from the State Department
H6 Guardian Speeches to the converted Mark Lawson: Fiery Iranian anti-Israeli rhetoric might have been meant for Tehran only. But what about Blair's response?
OpenDemocracy Iran vs Israel As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be wiped off the map, Trita Parsi explains how the Islamic Republic and the Jewish state were not always enemies
PINR "Concern Over Delays in the E.U.'s Defense Integration Process" Full text of report H11 IHT Where have all the revolutions gone? By ANATOL LIEVEN / So-called ''people power'' revolutions in all too many cases turn sour.
When ballots bring on bullets By EDWARD D. MANSFIELD AND JACK SNYDER The results of recent elections in the Middle East are dismaying.
Europe's final offer By PETER MANDELSON The EU has tabled a new offer on agricultural market access that goes much further than Europe has previously been willing to go.
The demagogue in Iran Vicious blather against Israel is still prevalent, alas, across much of the Islamic world.
BBC Divided Europe Mixed messages emerge about the outcome of EU summit
EU offers to cut farming tariffs Europe offers to cut farm tariffs by up to 60%, in an attempt to break the deadlock in world trade talks.
H12 RFE/RL AfghanistanReport Urges Reforms In International Civil-Military Teams A respected U.S. policy institute says in a new study that international civil-military teams in Afghanistan need to be better organized and coordinate more closely with Kabul. Russian Space Official Charged With Spying for China CFR IS RUSSIA RUNNING OUT OF ENERGY? Next year Russia assumes control of the Group of Eight. The world’s second-largest exporter of oil has posted 7 percent growth over the past seven years, but investors are unsure of whether Russia’s energy markets—outlined in a U.S. Department of Energy brief—can keep up this pace (BusinessWeek). Many suspect Russia’s success is due to high oil prices rather than sound macroeconomic policy, and high inflation rates (Kommersant) are dissuading foreign investors. Despite a recent U.S. tour by Russian business leaders to shore up confidence (UPI), our CFR Background brief looks at questions about Russia’s oil market that may justify investors’ concerns. Despite these worries, Russia still matters, writes Council President Richard Haass in JoongAng Daily; vast oil reserves combined with new pipelines (Economist) could make the nation an even bigger player in the global oil market; and Carnegie’s Dmitri Trenin lauds Russia’s burgeoning middle class in this policy brief.
Why is the World Bank Still Lending? The Bank's effort to retain influence with middle-income countries siphons off scarce funds from the poorest. By ADAM LERRICK
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A bad sense of community Ethnic groups clustered in one spot develop interests and goals. As such, they are inevitably political pressure groups. They lay claim to scarce resources. Simply rebaptising these groups “communities” will not conjure away the realities of politics By Christopher Caldwell
H14 Financial Times COMMENT & ANALYSIS: The new untouchable What has marked Patrick Fitzgerald out as special prosecutor is that charges of partisanship do not stick. There have been no leaks from his office, in contrast to the selective leaks that discredited the prosecution of President Bill Clinton by Ken Starr.
Leader President Bush and the Hall of Shame Like many of his predecessors, President George W. Bush has fallen victim to scandal and cover-up in his second term.
Leader Under the UN tableThe lengthy inquiry led by Paul Volcker into the United Nations' oil-for-food (OFP) programme for pre-war Iraq has already revealed corruption on the part of some UN...
Leader What globalisation? If you had a whole day to discuss the impact of globalisation on the European economy, you would probably talk about trade liberalisation, flexibility of markets and...
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A false angle on Saxon success The collapse of the European Union constitution and deepening economic problems in parts of the continent have polarised debate into a Manichean division between a more protectionist social model and the market-friendly “Anglo-Saxon” one preferred by Britain and the US, writes Charles Pretzlik
Breaking the second-term curse By Kenneth M. Duberstein EVERY PRESIDENT in his second term deserves one do-over, a presidential mulligan. And the nation should insist that he take it. Since World War II, every presidency has stumbled after reelection.
Since Katrina, it has been downhill for Bush By any measure, President George W Bush has had a terrible few weeks since Hurricane Katrina. But that freak natural disaster aside, the recent problems of the Bush Administration have been largely man-made.EU schizophrenia There are, in truth, two EUs. The official EU - the EU of commission press statements and council communiqués and the real EU, passing laws to do with circuses and eels. This cannot go on for much longer.
'Missiles smuggled into Europe'An Islamic terror cell has smuggled two surface-to-air missiles into Europe in a plot to shoot down planes at one of France's main airports.
H21 Big idea - the wisdom of crowds James Harkin: Last week the do-it-yourself online encyclopaedia Wikipedia came face to face with its own Ratner moment.
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