H1 SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH AHMADINEJAD"We Are Determined" Ahmadinejad discusses the Holocaust, the future of the state of Israel, mistakes made by the United States in Iraq and Tehran's nuclear conflict with the West.

Al Hayat War didn't and doesn't bring democracy Wesley Clark - Anyone who has traveled regularly to the ME knows that the recent hopeful democratic moves in Lebanon, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories have causal roots that long predate our arrival in Iraq.

UPI Analysis: Is NATO up to the task? Is the expanded "super NATO" America's greatest strategic ally, or is it in reality a hollow shell, multiplying American strategic commitments without providing any significant resources to deal with them?

Christian Science Monitor Ethnic tensions could crack Iran's firm resolve against the world By Abbas William Samii

Daily Telegraph Afghanistan poses the real threat America, Britain and others have taken their eye off the ball and circumvented the truth of 9/11: the centre of global jihadism and the threat it poses the world still lies in Afghanistan, not in Iraq, says Ahmed Rashid.

Financial Times COMMENT: Globalisation must be saved from the radical global utopians Now is the time to grasp that the real question is not free trade versus protectionism, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation

Emerging markets hit at key time Volatility in emerging markets and fears of a flight of foreign capital have come at a “critical” time for developing countries’ financial markets, World Bank economists have warned.

US right questions wisdom of Bush's democracy policy By Guy Dinmore

Daily Star Don't declare a bogus victory to leave Iraq sooner By Ian Bremmer

Analysis: Interpreting the Iran-Iraq deal

Independent The Big Question: Can Hamas and Fatah ever agree on how to negotiate with Israel?

IHT Facing Iran's nuclear challenge together By JOHN W. WARNER With the world community facing a looming challenge in Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a big unanswered question remains: What role could NATO play in resolving this crisis?

H2 New York Times Editorial A Violent Detour in Turkey Turkey's foreign minister said last week that recent violence in Turkey did not presage a return to the "old days" of coups and military rule. We hope he's right.

Jerusalem Post Westward bound
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER A secular Muslim country looks to Israel as a bridge to Pax Americana.

NYT Wealth of Croesus, Returned by the Met, Stolen From Turkish Museum ...

For Whom the Bell Tolls Brussels Journal

Daily Star Iraq as an emerging Turkish-Iranian playing field By Safa A. Hussein

Ha'aretz FM Livni meets Turkish counterpart for first time since Hamas row

Iranian democracy conference to convene tomorrow at US Senate

US believes it did much against PKK

Eurofighter group proposes $5 bln work for Turkey's defense industry

Greece blocks US air force maneuvers over Aegean Sea

If Greece had agreed ...

Türkiye ile AB'nin İran'a bakışı aynı

EU to Open Accession Talks with Turkey on June 12

BBC Croesus riches replaced by fakes Two artefacts from treasure of ancient ruler King Croesus are stolen in Turkey and replaced with fakes.

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ArmsControlWonk Iran's March 2003 Offer [1]

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IHT For the crucial alliance, a day of decision By JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH The upcoming NATO ministers' meeting will help to establish what the alliance will do, with whom, where and how in the century to come

H3 Reuters - Turkey sleepwalking towards crisis with EU

İsrail'le stratejik işler Murat Yetkin

BUGÜN Yazarlar Cengiz Çandar TZİPİ LİVNİ ZİYARETİNİN "DEŞİFRE"Sİ...

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Ankara'dan İsrail'e itiraz Ankara, İsrail sınırlarını tek taraflı çizme planına destek isteyen Livni'ye olumsuz yanıt verdi. Gül, 'Filistin'le görüşüp çözüm bulunmalı. Yol Haritası ve BM belgeleri esas alınmalı' mesajı iletti

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Taha KIVANÇ Tetikçi dediğin...

Muharrem Sarıkaya/ Rusya ile ortaklık tazeleme

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş/ Danıştay'da tesadüfler ve komplo

Derya SAZAK İncirlik sorusu

Şahin Alpay Batı'daki büyük yanılgı

Üçüz açık Mahfi Eğilmez

Kim Cumhurbaşkanı olmalı?
Nuray Mert

Davranış bozuklukları Gündüz Aktan

Türkiye'nin ateşini düşürmek
Hasan Celal Güzel

Cüneyt Ülsever Erken/baskın seçimin tarihi: 5 Kasım 2006

Abdurrahman Yıldırım Yeni ekonomik paket ve seçim yanında 3. yol var mı?

Back Corridors: US visit Ayla Ganioglu

Fikret Ertan Livni’nin ve İsrail’in dönüşümü

ERTUĞ YAŞAR Düşsel İran senaryosu...

Halit KAKINÇ Tahran Mitingi’nde 200 Türk tutuklandı

Ertuğrul Özkök Bize değil Ankara'ya sorun

Türk casus iddiası!

H4 New York Times Editorial Energy Shortage President Bush would do the country a great favor by getting behind a bill in the Senate that aims to reduce oil dependency.

Anti-US Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead

US Is Sending Reserve Troops to Iraq's West The movement of a brigade to help quell attacks in the volatile Anbar Province comes as officials have raised doubts about possible troop reductions.

2 at CBS News Die in Baghdad on Bloody Day

On a Marine Base, Disbelief Over Charges

H5 Washington Post Editorial Still a Genocide There should be no ambiguity about Darfur.

Coalition Of the Erring By E. J. Dionne Jr., Imagine where British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be if he hadn't joined with President Bush in prosecuting the Iraq war.

U.S. Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq Car Bomb Kills 2 From CBS News

A Politician Not Easily Defined Senator's Platform Remains Unclear Hillary Rodham Clinton has fashioned a political persona that generates intense passions but defies easy characterization.

Accident Sparks Riot in Afghan Capital

Mobs Rampage After Fatal Crash Involving U.S. Military Truck; Curfew Imposed

H6 Guardian Kabul riots ruin illusion of calm Traffic accident sets off worst upheaval since 2001.

Congress balks at Pentagon 'war on terror' missile · Senators fear using rocket could spark nuclear war
· Risk that warhead could be mistaken for nuke

Niall Ferguson : Unforgiven, unrepentant

A failure of nerve David Cesarani: At Auschwitz, the Pope again made no mention of the part the church played in anti-semitism.

Four Britons killed in Iraq bombs
Troops hit by roadside bomb on patrol in Basra and TV crew caught up in attack on US convoy

H7 Der Spiegel Tehran's Secret Helper Joschka Fischer on the mistakes and shortcomings in Washington's Middle East policies.

VIEW: Should the troops come home now? —Ian Bremmer

The New Republic A Q&A with Peter Beinart on his new book, The Good Fight by Kevin Drum

American troops in Darfur? Is TNR mad? The case against troops for Darfur. by David Rieff

Washington Times Editorial China in the West In the Pentagon's 2006 report to Congress on China's military power, released last week, the Pentagon notes with concern -- in addition to the aggressive buildup, increasingly menacing posture toward Taiwan and a continued lack of transparency …

Engagement or confrontation? By Tod Lindberg Iranian situation mandates full vetting of both options

Roads to democracy (Tulin Daloglu)

H8 Daily Star Don't declare a bogus victory to leave Iraq sooner By Ian Bremmer

Analysis: Interpreting the Iran-Iraq deal

UPI Interview: Jordan's Prince Hassan bin Talal

Gareth Porter Khamenei in Control and Ready to 'Haggle'

Iran Set Up for Big Gains in Iraq

Murtha: Iraq killings may hurt war effort

SyriaComment The Democracy of Fear

75 Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike

TV crew killed in Baghdad attack

Iran Azeris protest over cartoon

H9 Ha’aretz – UN report: Unemployment and poverty in PA are worsening Number of poor people rises from 600,000 in 1999 to 1.6 million in 2005; unemployment reaches 23.5%.

Editorial Contacts with Hamas It turns out that the siege on the Hamas government is not weakening it - at least not for now.

Israel tightens NATO ties in shadow of Iran nuclear jitters

Iranian Foreign Minister: 'There is no such country' as Israel

Daily Star Benefits of Israel leaving Shebaa Farms outweigh costs of occupation

Here's why they call it the 'Jewish state' By Jonathan Cook

UPI Analysis: Palestine ripe for al-Qaida

H10 Christian Science Monitor Ethnic tensions could crack Iran's firm resolve against the world By Abbas William Samii

Riots breach 'island' of Kabul

Hundreds rampaged in the capital city Monday after a traffic accident involving a US military convoy killed at least 14.

US ending years of Gaza civic work Official US relations with every Palestinian ministry are now forbidden.

Consider responsible drilling on US soil

H11 IHT Facing Iran's nuclear challenge together By JOHN W. WARNER With the world community facing a looming challenge in Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a big unanswered question remains: What role could NATO play in resolving this crisis?

For the crucial alliance, a day of decision By JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH The upcoming NATO ministers' meeting will help to establish what the alliance will do, with whom, where and how in the century to come.

EU wants Montenegro, but won't offer shortcut

Boston Globe Europe's Muslim dilemma (By H.D.S. Greenway)

Daily Star Is reconciliation a means of integration, or of rejection? By Dominique Moisi

Walker's World: Europe at a dead end

French left ignores past errors

H12 RFE/RL Arab League Prepares National Accord Conference Arab League envoy to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani spoke to RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq in Baghdad and discussed plans for the upcoming league-sponsored Iraqi national accord conference in Baghdad.

Azerbaijan To Discuss Gas Deliveries To Europe

Iran: US Experts Discuss Russia and the Nuclear Issue

Balkans: Region Awaits Clear Signal From EU, NATO

EDM RUSSIA, EUROPE DRAW BATTLE LINES IN THEIR DISPUTE OVER ENERGY

- AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC OUTRAGED BY SLAUGHTER OF AZERIS IN IRAN

EurasiaNet Kyrgyzstan’s Leaders Face Pressure From Multiple Sources

H13 The Times MI5 at full stretch as 20 Islamist terror plots revealed

WSJ Echoes of Barbary A model for diplomacy with Iran? By RICHARD BROOKHISER

Jew-Bashing in Bucharest
'Is nationalism the only real ideology in today's Romania?'
By RADU IOANID

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Globalisation must be saved from the radical global utopians Now is the time to grasp that the real question is not free trade versus protectionism, writes Barry Lynn of the New America Foundation

Emerging markets hit at key time Volatility in emerging markets and fears of a flight of foreign capital have come at a “critical” time for developing countries’ financial markets, World Bank economists have warned.

US right questions wisdom of Bush's democracy policy By Guy Dinmore

Neo-cons question Bush's democratisation strategy

Editorial Putin's double vision

Gazprom rejects EU demands on pipeline

Isolated Palestinian businesses struggle to survive

Editorial LEADER: Birth of a military giant in modern China

COMMENT: The strike fighter tests transatlantic ties By Pierre Chao and Robin NiblettUS-UK defence technology sharing is a technical and relatively obscure, but periodically explosive, issue, write Robin Niblett and Pierre Chao of the Center for Strategic & International Studies

Sweet scent of roses evokes longing for 'disappearing Iran'

US role in Somalia scrutinised as warlords battle militias

Bolton changes tune on UN relations

H15 Los Angeles Times Bloody Scenes Haunt a Marine

Speak Out? Are You Crazy? In a throwback to Soviet era, Russian dissidents are being institutionalized in growing numbers, some say

The buck stops with Bush, not Rumsfeld By Rahm Emanuel Truman sacked MacArthur. Clinton fired Aspin. It's up to the White House and Congress to make heads roll over mistakes in Iraq.

Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Suharto's shadow: how Indonesia is still struggling with a painful legacy Just how to pay tribute to Suharto, who in 1998 stepped down and brought an end to 32 years of military-backed rule, has become a controversial topic in Indonesia

COMMENT: Direct links alone will not revive Taiwan's economy
By Guy de JonquieresA once vibrant manufacturing base has imploded as thousands of factories and managers have decamped to China, leaving Taiwan dependent on low-wage service industries

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: US acts on world's behalf in Russia WTO talks

Editorial Following Snow It is hard not to feel sympathy for John Snow

H16 The Republican Crossroads on Immigration

Have Americans Soured on Bush's Views or His Competence?

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

Weekly Standard The Hunt Is On For the neutral interest rate, and the Fed may go past 5 percent. by Irwin M. Stelzer

H17 Daily Telegraph Afghanistan poses the real threat America, Britain and others have taken their eye off the ball and circumvented the truth of 9/11: the centre of global jihadism and the threat it poses the world still lies in Afghanistan, not in Iraq, says Ahmed Rashid.

H18 Independent The Big Question: Can Hamas and Fatah ever agree on how to negotiate with Israel?

Israel tells Hamas leaders from East Jerusalem to quit party or leave city

Azerbaijan 'flattened' sacred Armenian site

Bush administration 'planted fake news' 'News' stories on local television were produced by State Department.

H19 Singapore 'Exceptionalism'? Authoritarian Rule and State Transformation
Asia Research Centre

H20 Slate

BBC Blocked sites
How some nations are stopping people from freely surfing the web

Internet ad spending poised to overtake national newspapers...

H21 TCS PowerPoint Politics It's hard to argue with a good PowerPoint. Jim Pinkerton on what's good and bad about politics by PowerPoint. James Pinkerton

SPIEGEL Interview with Franz Beckenbauer: "Football Has an Incredible Power Beyond Sport"

'Zizou! Zizou!' Film: Cannes relied for glamour on Da Vinci but it was Zidane who brought the festival to life, says Peter Bradshaw

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