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H1 Washington Post Thousands of Iraqis Flee to Avoid Violence

Newsweek The Oval: Why Card Left and What’s Next

Washington Institute Quelling Iraq’s Sectarian Violence: What the United States Can Do There are seven steps the United States can take to reduce or contain intercommunal conflict in Iraq, but tensions between domestic and military imperatives might soon close the U.S. window of opportunity. By Michael Eisenstadt

Slate Memo to Iraq: Four strategies for averting civil war. Gary J. Bass

Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Do not believe everything you hear about global imbalances By MARTIN WOLF If the world is to avoid a serious recession, adjustment must start in the surplus countries. The fate of the global economy does not lie predominantly in American hands

Asia Times Iraq : Headless chickens run amok - An increasingly desperate US is talking to Iran's Shi'ite leadership as Iraq drifts into civil war. At the same time, the American military is alienating Shi'ite sympathizers within Iraq by taking the fight to Muqtada al-Sadr's militia. Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated interim government is now demanding that the US hand over control of the country's security. Meanwhile, the Kurds have fallen out with their Shi'ite allies and are courting Sunnis - to Tehran's concern; the Iraqi president and prime minister are at loggerheads; and there is still no sign of a real government. President Bush's "long haul" is getting longer.Talking to the enemy - Iason Athanasiadis
Fighting with friends - Ehsan Ahrari

KR U.S. appeals to Iraq's top cleric to help end political impasse
Centre for European Reform Democracy in Europe: How the EU can survive in an age of referendums by Mark Leonard


H2 Carnegie Endowment - The Saudi Labyrinth: Evaluating the Current Political Opening By Amr Hamzawy Full Text (PDF)
Jerusalem Post Analysis: The vindication of Sharon The expected results are a stinging rejection of Netanyahu - the politician and the ideology
The Times Result could spell end of US role in pushing for peace

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

Neocon "Cabal" Blocked 2003 Nuclear Talks with Iran

Christian Science Monitor Iran's plan to weaken the dollar will fail Tehran lacks the freedom and transparency needed for a successful oil exchange. By Milton Ezrati

Los Angeles Times Russia's Stance on Neighbors Irks U.S.

EurasiaNet Russia Tries To Scuttle Proposed Trans-Caspian Pipeline BY SERGEI BLAGOV

US-Russian Rift Widens BY IGOR TORBAKOV US-Russian relations are hitting the skids. Differences over Iraq, Belarus, Georgia and other issues are prompting the two countries to engage in caustic diplomatic exchanges.

EDM U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: GROWING RIFT OVER EURASIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION

Independent US Won't Accept Iraqi PM Jaafari 'At Any Price'

White House Denies Bush Opposes Iraq's Jaafari

Cryptome For Official Use Only Documents

Israel's Lessons for Fighting Terrorists and their Implications for the United StatesBrookings Institution

CFR While the “threat of a nuclear attack by terrorists has never been greater,” the U.S. government has yet to make prevention the highest priority, says a new CFR report.

Guardian Israelis have at last endorsed the gradual return of a stolen inheritance Jonathan Freedland: The planned unilateral borders cannot stand, but Olmert needs support - because some withdrawal is better than none
H3 IHT Dangerous frustration is creeping in SINAN ULGEN An anti-EU backlash in Turkey could halt vital political reforms.

FT Turkey faces clash over tax relief Turkey is heading for a collision with the International Monetary Fund over a proposal to extend tax relief to struggling industrial sectors in what appears to be a politically motivated loosening of fiscal policy.

CSM Can Turkey bridge the gap between Islam and the West?
By improving ties with Iran and Syria, Turkey aims to help mediate tensions.

Turkey's dream of EU meets with hesitancy Washington Times

UPI Turkey concerned with straits security

Burak Bekdil: Kurdish gambit

WTO chief Lamy calls Turkey textile plan "strange"

US Envoy Seeks Azerbaijan-Armenian Peace Settlement in 2006

Türkiye İncirlik'i yeniden pazarlıyor

Ankara, Kerkük için Sünnilerle temas halinde

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FT Coin clash The Brussels authorities are worried about the "confusion" caused by the similarity between Turkish coins and the euro:...

Citigroup Favored to Buy Turkish Bank: Sources

THE SKEPTIC: Gravy In Turkey

We Wish To Increase Turkey - USA Trade Volume To 30 Billion USD ...

Regnum Two approaches to problem of recognition of Armenian Genocide

Washington Times Romania backs alternate route for pipeline to West Russia's New Year's Day cutoff of natural gas to Europe has boosted Romania's strategic value as the route for a competing pipeline

Dozens Injured In Kurdish Riot In Turkey

Take a look at the German citizen test proposed by the state of Hesse.
H4 New York Times Voters in Israel Support Parties Vowing Pullout Israelis turned to the centrist Kadima party and Ehud Olmert, who will become prime minister, but his support proved tepid.

Bush Opposes Iraq's Premier, Shiites Report Shiite officials said they have been told that President Bush does not want Ibrahim al-Jaafari to remain the leader of Iraq.

The Basque Spring By BERNARDO ATXAGA With the Basques, a political nightmare began as a shared dream.

Democrats Opening Assault on Bush Security Policies
New U.N. Draft on Iran Softens Condemnation
Germans Say 6 Companies Sold Nuclear Parts to Iran Network
Influence in Iraq Emerges as Key Issue as Arab Conference Opens
Letter From Europe: A Quiz for Would-Be Citizens Tests Germans' Attitudes
Joshua Brewster Bolten: Longtime Ally, Now a Top Aide The incoming White House chief of staff appears to have the credentials and ability to soothe Congress that President Bush needs

Editorial Not Quite What We Had in Mind If replacing the White House chief of staff, Andrew Card Jr., with Joshua Bolten passes for a shake-up in this administration, the next two and a half years are going to be grim indeed.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Facts and Folly The radical Bush tax cuts make spending money to fix our schools and upgrade our communications infrastructure impossible.

H5 Washington Post Thousands of Iraqis Flee to Avoid Violence Sectarian attacks have displaced more than 25,000 people since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite Muslim shrine, U.N.-affiliated agency says. Shelters and tent cities are springing up to house thousands displaced by sectarian strife.
Olmert Claims Victory In Israel Elections Acting prime minister's centrist party wins the most seats in Tuesday's parliamentary elections, but fails to take majority as vote draws lowest turnout in country's history.
A Dangerous Deal With India By Jimmy Carter
The proposed nuclear deal with India is just one more step in opening a Pandora's box of nuclear proliferation.

OMB Head To Replace Card as Top Bush Aide
White House Indicates That More Changes To Staff Are Coming

Editorial Shuffling the Deck President Bush engineers a 'shake-up' that brings continuity, not change.

Card's Departure a Sign Bush Hears His Critics

A Party Waiting to Pounce By David Ignatius, The Democrats have a goal: taking back control of Congress in the midterms and the White House in 2008. Defining a clear agenda and leader are the first steps.

The GOP Walks A Border Tightrope By Ruth Marcus, The Republican push for an immigration bill will crackdown on illegal immigrants. With 71 percent of voters favoring tighter controls on immigration, the GOP may be able to afford a loss of Hispanic voters

Moussaoui Sought Pre-Trial Deal 9/11 figure offered to incriminate himself in exchange for better jail conditions, jurors told.


H6 Guardian Kadima wins Israel's election The ruling party wins as Likud is humiliated, exit polls show. Immigrants favour hardliners

Israelis have at last endorsed the gradual return of a stolen inheritance Jonathan Freedland: The planned unilateral borders cannot stand, but Olmert needs support - because some withdrawal is better than none.

Caspar Weinberger dies at the age of 88 Caspar Weinberger, a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died at the age of 88. Obituary: Caspar Weinberger

Chief of staff sacrificed as Bush shuffles Card out of pack President George Bush has bowed to demands for new blood from a restive Republican congress.

In the grip of declinology Agnès Poirier: Despite the action on the streets, the French left has yet to confront the ideas of the self-hating elite.

Smoke and mirrors A journalist's disappearance has exposed US attempts to kill Osama bin Laden's deputies, writes Declan Walsh

Climate change Hot air but no action Britain has at least acted more responsibly than most on climate change, not least at last year's Montreal talks.

Greenspan's successor to raise US interest rates · America faces housing boom and high debts · Higher borrowing cost than UK puts pressure on pound
H7 Congressional Research Service "Israel: Background and Relations with the United States,"
"Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: Overview of Internal and External Challenges,"
"Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution,"
"Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance,"
"Women in Iraq: Background and Issues for U.S. Policy,"
"Lebanon,"
"Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations,"
"Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy,"
CSIS The Global Oil Market: Risks and Uncertainties A new book from CSIS's Anthony Cordesman and Khalid Al-Rodhan provides a risk assessment of the global oil market by examining the six major oil-producing regions of the world: the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, North America, and South and Central America. Cordesman and Al-Rodhan review the production, resource, and geopolitical risks faced by these regions, and offer ways to manage them for the future. read more...

H8 KR U.S. appeals to Iraq's top cleric to help end political impasse
UPI Analysis: Agreeing to disagree on Iran Three weeks after the IAEA reported on Iran to the U.N. Security Council, the key five nations have still not agreed on a common approach.
West Softens UN Draft on Iran
Rice: Iran a Menace Beyond Nuclear Issue
US Commander: Iranian Agents Operating in Iraq
Arab leaders still cool toward new Iraqi government
POLITICS-US: "Cabal" Blocked 2003 Nuclear Talks with Iran Inter Press Service

NRO Iran Is at War with Us Why are we talking? By Michael Ledeen

BBC US envoy 'calls for new Iraqi PM' The US has told Iraq's Shia leaders that it does not want Ibrahim Jaafari to remain prime minister, Iraqi politicians say.

UN considers Iran nuclear draft UN Security Council members are studying a third version of a draft statement on Iran's nuclear programme.
Washington Times Arabs urged to enter nuke club Amr Moussa called on Arab leaders yesterday to move toward a goal of "entering the nuclear club" and making use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
Daily Star In Khartoum, the refrain of Arab failure By Rami G. Khouri
After revolutionary euphoria, make way for disillusion By Vaclav Havel

H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Old-timers' turn to make waves in Israeli elections In Olmert-Peretz government, the Labor chairman will wield leverage; if he wants Meretz, he'll get Meretz.
ANALYSIS: Olmert's options, Eitan's victory, Netanyahu's loss
ANALYSIS: Netanyahu bruised and let down by Lieberman
Amir Oren Of Iraq, Pokemon and Israel
Jerusalem Post After counting 99% of the votes, Kadima gets 28 seats Followed by Labor with 20, Shas 13, Israel Beitenu 12, Likud 11, NU/NRP 9, Pensioners 7, UTJ 6 and Meretz 4.
Analysis: The vindication of Sharon The expected results are a stinging rejection of Netanyahu - the politician and the ideology
BBC Israel victor sets out programme Ehud Olmert's Kadima wins the biggest share of votes in Israel's election, and the acting PM details his plans.
In quotes: Israel poll reaction
Daily Star Hamas joins the ranks of the world's unpopular leaders
Only targeted sanctions might moderate Hamas By Martin Kramer
AIPAC Case - A copy of the transcript of the March 24 hearing in U.S.A. v. Rosen and Weissman was obtained by Secrecy News.
Pipes: Iraqi Chaos 'Not Really Our Problem'
Noam Chomsky has a few thoughts on " The Israeli Lobby".
The first chapter from Growing Up Palestinian: Israeli Occupation and the Intifada Generation
H10 Christian Science Monitor Iran's plan to weaken the dollar will fail Tehran lacks the freedom and transparency needed for a successful oil exchange. By Milton Ezrati

With patience, the US can help democracy take root in Iraq

Iraq raid dispute threatens to draw US into sectarian conflict
Differing accounts of raid come after Pentagon announces investigation into other US attacks.

True or not, report of 'massacre' riles Iraqis Did US forces take on a terrorist cell - or innocent worshipers at a mosque?

Systematized revolt in France
A million people took to the streets Tuesday, but the leaders treated the 'crisis' as part of the political process.

UPI War of ideas about justice, not democracy

Analysis: U.N. reform progressing

Outside View: US-India nuke deal tensions

Strategies For a Global Counterinsurgency - Morgenstein & Vickland, Boston Globe

China + Russia = Trouble - Peter Brookes, Heritage Foundation

OpenDemocracy Morality failure Attorney-general Alberto Gonzales's flippant attitude towards torture exposes the US administration's wider moral blindness, says Fred Halliday
H11 IHT The failure of fraternité PEPPER D. CULPEPPER AND PETER A. HALL In France, political disarray is likely to continue until leaders can assemble a new vision of social justice for a market society.

Economists seeing light amid gloom of Europe Despite the gloomy tone in Europe, the European Central Bank - and much of the business world - appear overwhelmingly inclined to see the brighter side.

Der Spiegel Crunch Time for Merkel as Reform Talks Start
Merkel's first months in office have been dominated by diplomatic trips, photo opportunities and public shmoozing with her coalition allies. The party's over now though. Boosted by the outcome of regional elections last Sunday, she's pledged to tackle reforms that will make or break her government.

PINR "Intelligence Brief: Germany's State Elections" Full text of report

Debka The Moussaoui Testimony, the German BND chief, al Qaeda, Hamas and Israel
H12 RFE/RL Are Ingushetia, North Ossetia On Verge Of New Hostilities? It has been more than 13 years since Ingush and Ossetian informal militias, the latter backed by Russian security forces, engaged in a brief but brutal conflict in North Ossetia's Prigorodny Raion, to which both ethnic groups lay claim.

EurasiaNet Russia Tries To Scuttle Proposed Trans-Caspian Pipeline BY SERGEI BLAGOV In an attempt to preserve control over energy exports out of the Central Asia, Russia is taking a two-track approach to opposing the possible construction of trans-Caspian Sea pipelines. While Russian diplomats argue against an undersea pipeline on environmental grounds, Moscow is concurrently beefing up its military presence in the region.

EDM U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: GROWING RIFT OVER EURASIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION
- IVANOV TAKES CHARGE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE

Der Spiegel A Patchwork Orange in Ukraine Mixed results in Ukraine's parliamentary election this weekend have dimmed the euphoria from the Orange Revolution -- which doesn't mean the country will fall back into the arms of Russia (yet).
H13 The Times Voters turn their backs on Israeli hardliners Israel is heading for a centrist government committed to withdrawing settlers from the West Bank and imposing new borders on Palestinians

Result could spell end of US role in pushing for peace

Hamas threatens war over Israel's separation plan

De Villepin is defiant over youth job reform Almost a million people marched in protest at proposed labour reforms as De Villepin vowed he would never surrender to public revolt

White House chief pays the price for Bush's falling ratings President Bush accepted the resignation of Andrew Card, his Chief of Staff, after persistent calls for a White House shake-up from Republicans

WSJ Card Quits as Bush Chief of Staff Bush's chief of staff is leaving after five years. Andrew Card will be succeeded by budget adviser Joshua Bolten, another fierce presidential loyalist. There was no word on any further changes coming. Bolten bio Bush, Bolten, Card transcript Video

El Norte On immigration policy, the middle ground is the promised land. By JAGDISH BHAGWATI

Orange II What matters is not who wins but how.

Washington Times Rethink security strategy (Harlan Ullman)

NRO David Frum: Fukuyama and Garfinkle are positioning, not thinking.
H14 Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Do not believe everything you hear about global imbalances By MARTIN WOLF If the world is to avoid a serious recession, adjustment must start in the surplus countries. The fate of the global economy does not lie predominantly in American hands

COMMENT: Nuclear punditry can be a dangerous game The authors of an article on US nuclear capacity must shoulder the responsibilities that go with it, writes Yegor Gaidar, former prime minister of the Russian Federation

. Kadima claims victory in Israeli general election

Editorial A dose of cold reality on climate changeTony Blair and his government have made a very big public issue of the need to combat global warming.

Editorial Merkel's second phase

Far-flung deployment saps the morale of Iraqi soldiers

Straw issues warning on globalisation

Loyal Bush aide chosen as new chief of staff

Weinberger Hawk who led US military build-up

COMMENT: The rich are still cheating developing countries By Dipak Patel It appears the US and other rich countries will go to any lengths to renege on the promises made to the WTO’s most vulnerable members, writes Dipak Patel, Zambia’s minister of commerce, trade and industry.
H15 Los Angeles Times Russia's Stance on Neighbors Irks U.S.

Caspar Weinberger Is Dead at 88 Republican stalwart was a key figure in the cabinets of Nixon and Reagan.

Editorial Orange glow vs. icy Minsk Ukraine was where Belarus was just 16 months ago, but now it's squarely on the road toward democratic liberalism, even as Lukashenko cracks down.

Keep Moussaoui alive
Even if he intended to fly the fifth plane straight into the White House, killing the Frenchman is a bad idea.

Unfair, Unbalanced Channels The Bush administration has poured millions of dollars into creating Western-style news media in Iraq

FT German business confidence highest for 15 years

China forex reserves world’s biggest, report saysChina has surpassed Japan to become the world’s largest holder of foreign exchange reserves

Renminbi weakness tests US patience

Eurozone 'needs stronger representation' in IMF The IMF risks becoming a ‘mere secretariat’ for international policy makers, unless it gives the European Central Bank and eurozone stronger representation, an ECB executive board member has warned.


H16 Report: Fitzgerald Will Seek New White House Indictments

From Time, an interview with Newt Gingrich on the challenges the GOP faces in retaining control of Congress, but Charlie Cook says a race-by-race analysis signals that the GOP has a good chance of retaining control.

Memo: Colin Powell Opposed War Without Second UN Resolution

New Republic Without a Doubt by Damon Linker Father Richard John Neuhaus insists America is essentially a Christian country. A critical examination of a religious radical.

BBC Fatigue factor White House chief-of-staff quits after five years in the job

Cold War warrior The life of Caspar Weinberger - steely US defence secretary

Washington Times Caspar Weinberger
KR New White House chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, is a Harley-riding policy geek

Supreme Court hears challenge to military tribunals

Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec -



H17 Daily TelegraphUS admits attack target contained a mosqueIraqi and US special forces who attacked an insurgent headquarters in Baghdad were unaware that the target contained a mosque, according to America's most senior soldier.



Asia Times How the alliance will shape Asia The US has a host of security problems in East Asia, stemming from a rising China and North Korea's nuclear ambitions. The bottom line for stability in the region, though, is the US-Japan defense relationship, former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage explains
H18 Independent Americans' call for removal of Iraqi PM threatens rift with Shias

Your world. Your say: The great global warming debate
Yesterday we asked The Independent's readers to make their contribution to the all-party inquiry on climate change. Your response has been nothing short of extraordinary. Here we publish our first selection of your letters and emails
Emissions target is missed
Margaret Beckett: There is no magic solution

H19 BMD Watch: Alliant joins Israel BMD plan

DEMOCRATS' NATIONAL SECURITY PLANLEAKED; WANT TO UP SPECIAL FORCES...

H20 Slate Israelpolitik?: Readers debate the extent of Jewish influence on U.S. foreign policy. Adam Christian

Same As the Old Boss: Will Josh Bolten change anything in Bushworld?
John Dickerson


H21 BBC wants to make money from the web Technology: Corporation plans a new world website with ads · Rivals will fight scheme to charge for TV downloads

Searching BG, Before Google, And The Need To Search BetterSearch Engine Watch

Selfish Gene: commemorating 30 years of landmark genetics book
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winds of change - political theory/
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