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| H1 New York Times Iran Chief Eclipses Power of Clerics Ahmadinejad's consolidation of power presents difficult diplomatic choices for the United States.
Iran's Drive to Nuclear Fuel Slows, Diplomats Say The slowdown could indicate technical problems, or an Iranian desire to temper its standoff with the West.
Washington Post U.S. May Use Financial Pressure Against Iran Bush administration wants Europe, Japan to back sanctions that would stifle Tehran's leadership if diplomatic efforts fail to resolve nuclear dispute.
The Case for Bargaining With Iran By Joschka Fischer
Time to Give Democrats a Shot? A Democrat Might Not Be as Different as You Would Think - By Robert Kagan, Could the United States be better off with a Democrat in the White House in 2009? Here are a couple of reasons the answer might be yes, even if you're not a Democrat.
Iraq, the Republic of Fear By Nir Rosen - Iraq is the republic of fear, once again. If the religious militias don't get you, the resistance will, or the terrorists will, or the criminal gangs will, or the Americans will.
Editorial Iraq's Uncertain Progress A constitutional, democratic government is in place, but the bloodshed only grows worse.
Date Floated for Baghdad Security Shift Iraqis Could Take Charge By January, U.S. Official Says
Borders Aren't About Maps It's Not About Maps By Moisés Naím In an era of mass migration, globalization and instant communication, don't confuse a country's borders with those familiar dotted lines drawn on some musty old map of nation-states
Time Let Your Enemies Crumble
Newsweek Fareed Zakaria What We Need To Get Right If the new prime minister fails, Moqtada al-Sadr will become the most powerful man in Iraq
Weekly Standard The Last Orientalist Bernard Lewis at 90.
Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Less exceptional: how globalisation is shifting France's political fault lines
EU Would a constitution by another name smell sweeter?
Editorial Blair's UN proposals
Guardian Punishment of Palestinians will create a crucible of trouble for the world David Hirst: George Bush's policies helped build Hamas; now a dangerous linkage with Iran and Iraq threatens a mega-crisis
PINR "N.A.T.O.-Russia Cooperation: Political Problems Versus Military Opportunities" Full text of report
| H2Newsweek Anti-Islamic Forces in Turkey The murder of a respected judge touches off a secular, anti-Islamist backlash—and throws Turkey's government into crisis
Bitter Lemons Turkish-Iranian relations
Russia Revives Turkish-Israeli Strategic Partnership Axis News
Ha’aretz Livni arrives in Turkey for first talks since Hamas leader's visit
Zaman Kürtler Musul’a da gözünü dikti
Why not an Independent Kurdish State? (KurdishMedia.com)
Selanik’teki ‘sözde Pontus soykırımı’ anıtına bir yenisi daha eklendi
NYT Ethnic Tensions Over Cartoon Set Off Riots in Northwest Iran
The Observer Terror alert as Caspian oil pipeline opens Guards in the Borjomi region of Georgia - trained by US army and SAS veterans - protect oil pipeline against terror attack
Time The Shame of Haditha Sparked by a TIME report, the military investigation of the deliberate killings of as many as 24 Iraqi civilians by a group of Marines may yield criminal charges, including murder. And new revelations suggest superiors may have helped in a coverup
The Times 'Massacre': a neighbour tells of aftermathGraphic accounts of the apparent slaughter of civilians have been obtained by The Times as Washington braces itself for fallout from the scandal
American Prospect Gareth Porter Burnt Offering — How a 2003 secret overture from Tehran might have led to a deal on Iran's nuclear capacity — if the Bush administration hadn't rebuffed it.
CNN Barham Salih, Tim Russert (Transcript) - Late Edition
Iran, Washington in contact via Greece
Los Angeles Times Editorial Secretary-General Bill Clinton The U.N. needs Bill more than the U.S. needs Hillary.
Editorial Iraq: Time to talk about disengagement Even without a deadline, Bush should start to think about leaving Iraq.
Neocons in the Democratic Party By Jacob Heilbrunn Like Kennedy and Truman, Democratic neocons want to beef up the military and won't run from a fight.
International appeal: "Save Hasankeyf"
Dr. Abbas: "Syria's Kurds must go with one voice"
Taking Everything in Iraq, Again and Again: Fear of Flowers
Regnum Armenia to obtain its own Saakashvili? Armenian press digest
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
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| H3 Metehan Demir/ Ve Fehmi Koru Bilderberg'de
Neşe Düzel - Mumcu, Apo'nun devletteki bağlantısını buldu Bülent Orakoğlu
'Erdoğan kendine sormalı'
Sabah MİT'te 73 bürokrat yakını var
Ruşen Çakır| İran ile ABD görüşür mü?
Wolfowitz'in 'Türkiye modeli' ÖMER TAŞPINAR
VOA 'Anadolu Güneşi' İran'ı mı Hedef Alıyor?
Erdal Şafak| Çam sakızı
Bush 'Türkiye'yi biz kurtardık' Semih İDİZ 'Müdahaleci' AB'ye niçin katılmak istiyoruz?
Osman ULAGAY AB Partisi olmadan Türkiye AB'ye girebilir mi?
Yasemin CONGAR 'ABD'nin Irak'taki en büyük hatası'
Ali H. Aslan [WASHINGTON] Amerikan eliti dindar Müslümanlara nasıl bakıyor?
Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] Ermeni meselesinde nereden başlamalı? (II)
ABD elçisi: Büyük Türkiye'nin terörle mücadelesini...
LİVNİ'Yİ HAMAS'LA DANS MI ANKARA'YA GETİRDİ?
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu BAKÜ-CEYHAN'I ANLAMAK VE DERS ÇIKARTMAK
Ardan ZENTÜRK Kürdistan ve yeniden Gülbenkyan...
Taha KIVANÇ Çete izleyicisi
Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimi Türk siyasetini karıştırıyor EMİR TAHERİ
Beating around the bush on Cyprus
Ercan Kumcu Türkiye diğer ülkelerden ayrışabilir
Hasan Celal Güzel - Hedefteki yeni tip: Türk-İslâm sentezcisi
Murat Belge - Komplolar ve 'teori'leri
İsmet Berkan - Baykal'ın yeni CHP'si
Murat Yetkin - Danıştay'a saldırı Babıâli baskını gibi
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş/ Çorap söküğü gibi gelmeyen soruşturma...
Soli Özel| Bir hamle iki taş
Erdal Şafak| Dönüm noktası
Vatan Türkiye'den İran'a nükleer 'ihracat' şüphesi
Zaman Türkiye bastırdı Kıbrıs müzakereleri Gambari’ye emanet
Rizgari Kerkük’teki 6 bin Arap Aile Irak´a geri dönmek istiyor
Kuzey Kürdistan´da yeni petrol yatakları keşfediliyor
Independent on Sunday Turkey hopes it's third strike lucky in bid to sell off state cigarette giant
Kerim Balcı Filistin iç diyaloğu ve çatışma potansiyelleri |
| H4 New York Times Iran Chief Eclipses Power of Clerics Ahmadinejad's consolidation of power presents difficult diplomatic choices for the United States.
Iran's Drive to Nuclear Fuel Slows, Diplomats Say The slowdown could indicate technical problems, or an Iranian desire to temper its standoff with the West.
Iran and Iraq to Join to Seal Border Against Insurgents
Editorial The Price of Iraq It's time for President Bush either to chart a course that can actually be followed in Iraq, or admit that there is none.
Pentagon Seeks Nonnuclear Tip for Sub Missiles By MICHAEL R. GORDON The new weapon would let the U.S. strike distant targets within an hour, but some fear it could increase the risks of a nuclear confrontation.
Iraqis' Accounts Link Marines to the Mass Killing of Civilians The military's investigation into the role of U.S. marines in the November killings may lead to charges including murder.
BOB HERBERT Consider the Living Before you head out to the barbecue this afternoon, look in a mirror and ask yourself if Iraq is something you would be willing to die for.
Editorial The Interest Must Be Paid Paying the interest on the foreign-owned portion of the United States' debt will be a burden on future Americans.
PAUL KRUGMAN Swift Boating the Planet Al Gore and others who hope to turn global warming into a real political issue are going to have to get tougher, because the other side doesn't play by any known rules.
The Troops Have Moved On By OWEN WEST The deterioration of American support for the mission in Iraq is indicative not so much of our military conduct there, but of chaotic leadership.
G. I. Bills By LAWRENCE J. KORB and PETER OGDEN The Army's payroll system has never been under so much strain. And just when the Army needs it most, it is failing.
Springtime for Killing in Afghanistan Afghanistan has been a war of great clarity, the opposite of the war in Iraq with all its troubles and cloudy origins. Or so Americans thought.
The Other Legacy of Enron The books have closed on Enron, but the company left behind a world where almost anything can be traded.
Editorial Observer: Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End By ADAM COHEN Telecommunications and cable companies want to impose a new system of fees that could create a hierarchy of Web sites.
Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss The battle over John Kerry's wartime service continues, out of the limelight but in some ways more heatedly. Kerry's Military Service Records (findlaw.com)
Editorial | H5 Washington Post U.S. May Use Financial Pressure Against Iran
Time to Give Democrats a Shot? A Democrat Might Not Be as Different as You Would Think - By Robert Kagan, Could the United States be better off with a Democrat in the White House in 2009? Here are a couple of reasons the answer might be yes, even if you're not a Democrat.
Iraq, the Republic of Fear By Nir Rosen - Iraq is the republic of fear, once again. If the religious militias don't get you, the resistance will, or the terrorists will, or the criminal gangs will, or the Americans will.
The Case for Bargaining With Iran By Joschka Fischer,
Blair Bowed to U.S. Pressure in Speech, Paper Says British Leader Said to Make 'Significant' Changes on Iran, Global Warming in Address at Georgetown
Editorial Iraq's Uncertain Progress A constitutional, democratic government is in place, but the bloodshed only grows worse.
Date Floated for Baghdad Security Shift Iraqis Could Take Charge By January, U.S. Official Says
Iraqi Lawmakers Stalled on Ministries, in Accord on Safer Cars
Borders Aren't About Maps It's Not About Maps By Moisés Naím In an era of mass migration, globalization and instant communication, don't confuse a country's borders with those familiar dotted lines drawn on some musty old map of nation-states
Ahmadinejad Again Denies Holocaust Helicopter Forces See Two Wars From the skies, U.S. troops have a clear view of the difference between Afghanistan, Iraq conflicts
Bush's Talk And Results On AIDS By Sebastian Mallaby, The Bush administration's critics should give credit where it's due. And when it comes to the global AIDS crisis, it is due -- big-time.
For McCain, a Surplus of IronyBy George F. Will, John McCain's undeclared but ubiquitous presidential campaign will produce a delicious moment when he announces, as he surely will, that he will not participate in the public funding system for presidential primaries.
A Chinese Dissident's Faith By Jim Hoagland,
A CONVERSATION WITH ALI JALALI Nation-Building on the Cheap
Public Life to Private Business
Immigration Deal a Risk for Some Republicans GOP House members involved in tough races oppose any deal providing path to citizenship, which dims the chance that Bush's plan will win.
| H6 Guardian Punishment of Palestinians will create a crucible of trouble for the world David Hirst: George Bush's policies helped build Hamas; now a dangerous linkage with Iran and Iraq threatens a mega-crisis.
Iran's president plays waiting game over invitation to Germany
Terror or error: is humanity on the eve of destruction? Head of Royal Society sees global defining moment
Java quake toll passes 4,300 Relief supplies and aid workers pour into devastated areas of Indonesia.
Pope bows down for the victims of Auschwitz
The Observer Terror alert as Caspian oil pipeline opens Guards in the Borjomi region of Georgia - trained by US army and SAS veterans - protect oil pipeline against terror attack
Fresh evidence of 'executions' by US marines in Iraq New photographs lend weight to allegations of revenge killings by US unit under attack in which 24 unarmed civilians died.
Back to the Whitehouse
The ideals worth rescuing from the deserts of Iraq Andrew Rawnsley: Despite the terrible mistakes made after the removal of Saddam, the case for liberal interventionism is still compelling
'After the Rushdie affair, Islam in Britain became fused with an agenda of murder' Our capital is now 'Londonistan', the hub of Islamist extremism, argues Melanie Phillips in her provocative new book. In this explosive extract she traces the impact of one disturbing episode. |
| H7 American Prospect Gareth Porter Burnt Offering — How a 2003 secret overture from Tehran might have led to a deal on Iran's nuclear capacity — if the Bush administration hadn't rebuffed it.
FPIF Decision on Libya Marks Shift in Bush Foreign Policy
VIEW: Iran: last exit for diplomacy —Joschka Fischer
Hagel: ‘Things Are Worse Off In The Middle East Today Than They Were Three Years Ago’
The Moment for Reconciliation - Tony Blair
Looking Back at Iraq: A War to Be Proud Of - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
From The Wilson Quarterly, a comment on "Humanitarianism Transformed" in Perspectives on Politics, and
a comment on "Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon" in Foreign Affairs.
A review of Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West.
More on Niall Ferguson's The War of the World.
| H8 Talks Fail Over Crucial Iraq Posts
KR Iraqis respond to Haditha killings with silence
Federal Trade Commission (via U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee) OPEC and the High Price of Oil (PDF; 398 KB)
Amir Taheri Eye of the Storm: Religious fanatic at a Persian bazaar
'Model' Iraqi Town Suggests Long Stay for US Troops
An article on Shirin Ebadi and her country's past and future
From In These Times, an article on why exiting Iraq won't be easy.
| H9 Ha’aretz – Be'er Sheva within range of new Hezbollah rocket Iran has supplied the Lebanese group with rockets bearing a reach of up to 200 kilometers
Akiva Eldar Between prisoners and captives Had the Palestinians not demanded that Israel recognize their right of return, Israel would have had to invent it.
Iran, Washington in contact via Greece
Jerusalem Post: Ahmadinejad threatens Europe
BBC Israel in Lebanon border 'truce' A ceasefire is agreed after clashes break out across the Israel-Lebanon border, UN peacekeepers say.
BBC Border reckoning Life under Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth IDF: Hizbullah fell into trap |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Asia Times A case for engagement Israel, North Korea, India and Pakistan - they each provide an example of the widely different ways in which the US deals with nuclear-armed nations. Iran has vast cultural and historical differences to these countries, and as such its nuclear program needs to be treated differently. As it is, the Bush administration rewards rather than punishes Iran's extremists. - Neda Bolourchi
Le Monde La nouvelle idylle Moscou-Pékin, par Marie Jego
| H11 IHT Philip Bowring: For Beijing, a little religion goes a long way Far from being the adversary of atheistic materialism, the Chinese leadership is recognizing that the religion can come in handy in helping sustain the party's hold on power.
BBC Europeans urged to act on climate A campaign to convince Europeans they can help stop climate change is being launched by the EU.
Generating debate
The introduction to Design for a New Europe. | H12 RFE/RL U.S. Forces Reportedly Fire On Kabul Demonstrators
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| H13 The Times 'Massacre': a neighbour tells of aftermathGraphic accounts of the apparent slaughter of civilians have been obtained by The Times as Washington braces itself for fallout from the scandal
Don't say it too loud just yet, but the Tories really do look like winners Cameron has successfully projected a liberalism that makes his Conservatism very attractive
George and Tony. For ever The political partnership of Bush and Blair is more than just a cynical marriage of convenience
Sunday Times SIMON JENKINS: Global warming might not be so bad
MICHAEL PORTILLO: The happiness principle could change politics
QUEEN RANIA A NEW KIND OF ARAB WOMAN To us, the veil is a sign of modesty and it’s up to women whether they wear it
RAGEH OMAR BEING BRITISH We, a new generation of British Muslims, have to learn to proclaim who we are
WSJ | H14 Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Less exceptional: how globalisation is shifting France's political fault lines As the left hardens in defence of the country’s social model, there are signs that traditionally paternalistic strains of Gaullism are starting to give way to an accommodation with economic liberalism. John Thornhill looks at political reforms in France one year on from the ‘Non’ vote on the EU constitution
EU Would a constitution by another name smell sweeter?
Editorial Blair's UN proposals It was refreshing to hear George W. Bush and Tony Blair express regret for mistakes in Iraq - even if the contrition was a long time coming. But it was hard to escape...
Iran 'needs $5bn subsidy' to avoid petrol rationing
China should help Japan win a Security Council seat If China truly fears a resurgence of Japanese militarism, it is important Japan should hold a position of influence in the UN, writes Kazuo Ogoura, president of the Japan Foundation.
Activist renews doubts on rights record in Egpyt The alleged torture and sexual assault by police of a young Egyptian pro-democracy activist has put the spotlight back on President Hosni Mubarak’s rights record as the US Congress prepares to debate a $1.7bn aid package to Egypt.
COMMENT: The right way to political renewal To thrive as leader, Gordon Brown will need to present himself as fresh, as a break with the past. It is a delicate balancing act that many have flunked, writes Geoff Mulgan, former head of policy in the UK prime minister’s office
COMMENT: Business must back a reforming Europe By Michael Rake and Martin SorrellThe target should be a treaty - not a constitution - containing the measures for reforming the structures and procedures of the EU, write Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Group, and Mike Rake, international chairman of KPMG
| H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Secretary-General Bill Clinton The U.N. needs Bill more than the U.S. needs Hillary.
Editorial Iraq: Time to talk about disengagement Even without a deadline, Bush should start to think about leaving Iraq.
Neocons in the Democratic Party By Jacob Heilbrunn Like Kennedy and Truman, Democratic neocons want to beef up the military and won't run from a fight.
GOP Heavy Hitters Pressuring White House to Talk With Iran Deaths in Iraq Haunt Marine at Home Member of a unit under investigation recalls a day in Iraq that claimed a buddy and civilians. You can't wall off immigrants By Wayne A. Cornelius Fortified borders won't withstand the forces of supply and demand.
Jonathan Chait: Hillary Clinton's character gap FIVE YEARS AGO, Al Gore was on his way to near-pariah status within the Democratic Party, scorned for losing the 2000 presidential election and then avoiding the public stage. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was the toast of the party. She won raves from both parties for her deft and humble Senate debut, and the only question surrounding her future was whether she would scoop up the presidential nomination in 2008 or jump in four years sooner.
FT Boost investment in US, senator urges The US needs to do more to recruit and provide incentives for global companies to set up operations within its borders, according to Senator Richard Lugar, who chairs the foreign relations committee.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Children need to be taught to assess internet 'facts'
‘Drastic’ EU plan to fight €60bn VAT fraud European finance ministers will be urged this week to take ‘drastic’ action to stamp out cross-border value added tax fraud, estimated to cost national treasuries at least €60bn a year.
Ennui over a burning issue could sway poll When Laurent Fabius, the former Socialist prime minister, and José Bové, the rebellious anti-globalisation sheep farmer,...
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| H16 Cheney adviser screens legislation Globe: VP chief of staff screens bills for provisions that might limit Bush power
Newsweek MAG: Will 2008 Bring the First Web President?
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph Spy claim is 'rubbish' The claims and counterclaims that have defined Northern Ireland's intelligence war have taken an unexpected twist after Sinn Fein dismissed allegations that Martin McGuinness spied for the British.
A German pope in Poland Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Auschwitz crowned the long process of reconciliation between his native Germany and its eastern neighbour.
West must take pre-emptive action for its own security In the West, we have learned how to eradicate mass starvation and gross inequality - through liberal democratic government and free market economics, writes Janet Daley. These are the things we should export if we are to have any hope of a peaceful future
Sunday Telegraph Exam time for Britain's dons - and they're failing
Believe me, George Bush is a genius It is unacceptable for a nation state to develop nuclear weapons and threaten to use them to destroy another country; that's America's job, says Alan B'Stard.
Leader Once again, Mr Blair puts America first Tony Blair's ideal of a selfless "international community", righting the world's wrongs, has proved to be largely a figment of his imagination: he is its only member.
No wonder Tony likes George, the last Blairite It is just possible, says Matthew d'Ancona, that George W Bush is the one true Blairite left, the last politician who will say publicly that he wishes the Prime Minister could go on, and on, and on. | H18 Independent Sixty attacks a month on British forces in Iraq British forces in Iraq have been attacked by insurgents nearly 60 times a month this year, up 26 per cent increase on 2005.
Israel strikes Hizbollah bases after attacks from Lebanon
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The Iraq war has ruined Mr Blair's own case for humanitarian interventionism
'Where was God? asks Pope on Auschwitz visit
Independent on Sunday The children of Guantanamo The 'IoS' reveals today that more than 60 of the detainees of the US camp were under 18 at the time of their capture, some as young as 14Malcolm Rifkind: A bloody mess. Our bloody mess
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| H19 President Delivers Commencement Address at the United States Military Academy at West Point
Pentagon pressing for new rapid-strike weapon...
CIA poker parties: Liquor and cigars Paper: Top lobbyists, CIA and members of Congress reveled at briber's parties.
| H20 Slate Today's Pictures: The Soviet Union in photographs.
Weekly Standard The Art of Thinking Gertrude Himmelfarb's lives of the mind. by David Gelernter
Boston Globe Spirit of the ageRichard Hofstadter's ''The American Political Tradition," originally published in 1948 when the author was 32, still sells 10,000 copies a year-an astonishing figure, especially for an essay collection lacking an overarching theme.
NYT Magazine The Perils of Soft Power By MATT BAI Message to the Netroots: All politics is corporeal.
QUESTIONS FOR HELEN THOMAS ,Corps Issues Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON The longtime White House correspondent talks about secretive presidents, Scott McClellan versus Tony Snow and why there's no such thing as a rude question.
Bringing it All Back Home By SCOTT ANDERSON When Chuck Norris joined the National Guard, he wasn't expecting to end up in one of the worst corners of the Sunni Triangle. Now he's home in Pennsylvania, with his fellow guardsmen and memories he just can't shake. Go to Article | H21 The Observer Turks look for pit stop in race for modernity
Newsweek Marriage by the Numbers
Independent The bottle that heralds a plastic revolution The first biodegradable bottle has gone on sale in Britain, raising hopes we may one day stop adding to the mountain of plastic packaging accumulating in landfill sites.
Porn UK Record numbers of men and women are downloading pornography from the internet, making Britain the fastest-growing market in the world for the booming £20bn adult website industry
Scientists want to have normal lives like the rest of us: to date, to get married, have a family. But marriage can sink scientific careers... more» |
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Bush administration wants Europe, Japan to back sanctions that would stifle Tehran's leadership if diplomatic efforts fail to resolve nuclear dispute.
