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Diplomatic Memo: Europe Worries as Russia and U.S. Argue Over Missiles

Washington Post Editorial Mr. Obama's Worldview An encouraging start to talking policy

Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq Former CIA Director Says White House Focused on the Idea Long Before 9/11

CIA Held Al-Qaeda Suspect Secretly Officials Disclose That Use of Overseas Prisons Resumed

Saudis Say They Broke Up Suicide Plots 172 Arrested From Al-Qaeda Cells Reportedly Planning Strikes on Oil Industry, Royal Family

Daily Star Constructive currents flow below Middle Eastern civil society By Rami G. Khouri

IHT U.S. reaches out to a Europe that has yet to emerge Washington is expressing hunger for a strong and unified partner it can work with. But the EU may not be ready.

BBC US holds 'senior al-Qaeda figure' The US has arrested one of al-Qaeda's top operatives and is holding him at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon says.

Profile: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi

A failure in generalship Armed Forces Journal - For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency.

McClatchy Annual terrorism report will show 29% rise in attacks By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, A State Department report on terrorism due out next week will show a nearly 30 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide in 2006 to more than 14,000, almost all of the boost due to growing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A failure in generalship Armed Forces Journal - For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency.

Al Awsat Desperately Seeking Defeat in Iraq : Amir Taheri,,

Asia Times In the trenches of the new cold war As much as the US plays down the significance of its deployment of missile defense systems along Russian borders, Moscow expresses its concern. The issue goes far beyond a mere Russian-US spat, though. It impinges on the United States' trans-Atlantic leadership role in the post-Cold War era and on the unfolding Great Game in the Eurasian theater, notably Ukraine and Uzbekistan. And it raises profound issues of arms control, and even global security. - M K Bhadrakumar

Arnold Schwarzenegger: WE SHOULD TREAT POLLUTING COUNTRIES LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS

From Foreign Affairs, One World, Too Many Monies: Only a few monies make the world go around — the other national currencies aren't worth their risks;

The rift between U.S. military and civilian leaders did not start with George W. Bush, but his administration's meddling and disregard for military expertise have made it worse. Next time, listen to the professionals.

RFE/RL Caucasus: Is Putin's CFE Threat Aimed At The Region?

Strategic Implications of the Arrests in Saudi Arabia

Are We All Nation Builders Now? Stabilization and Reconstruction in US National Security Policy

Financial Times Lunch with the FT: James Lovelock Humanity has only 30 years to avert global catastrophe, says the environmentalist

Ha’aretz - Report: Winograd report won't recommend that Olmert resign The Committee's report will censure the PM for his handling of the war, but will not call for his resignation.

EU's Solana urges U.S. to begin direct communication with Iran

Israel must not wait until after a settlement with Syria before talking with the Palestinians. By Oded Eran

Dani Rodrik has now set up his own blog.

H2 FT Turkish army watching poll with ‘concern’ Turkey’s powerful military chiefs made a dramatic intervention into a rancorous debate about the country’s new president, hours after parliament failed to elect Abdullah Gul, foreign minister in the neo-Islamist government, to the post.

New York Times Turkish Military Issues Threat as Voting Is Derailed

The Times Military raises voice in struggle for Turkey An intense political debate has consumed Turkey over the election of the country’s first president with an Islamic past

Abramowitz: Major Political Clash in Turkey between ‘Secularists ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Washington Institute Upcoming Elections in Turkey: Implications for Ankara's Foreign Policy By Soner Cagaptay, Ian Lesser, and Zeyno Baran

BBC Army 'concerned' by Turkey vote Turkey's army warns it is willing to protect the country's secular system after a disputed presidential vote.

Turkey's Military Warns Government After Presidential Vote Bloomberg

Reuters Turkish Army Watching Presidential Poll with Concern

Erdogan’s Choice of President Means Continued Tensions DefenseNews.com

Military steps in presidential election debate

The Economist Başörtüsü için zaman gerek -

Turkey: The Coming Electoral Crapshoot Stratfor

PostGlobal Turks Flirt with Picking Russia over EU Soli Özel

IHT Secularists in Turkey boycott presidential vote in Parliament

Eurasianet Turkey Grapples with Constitutional Crisis Surrounding Presidential Vote

Independent Turkey's presidential vote challenged by opposition

Turkey's Gulen movement and global Islamic activism ISN, Switzerland

Semih İDİZ Irak, İran ve Rusya ekseninde dünya gündemi

Sami KOHEN Soğuk rüzgârlar

Türkiye'nin Batı'yla bağı kopmaz Morton Abramowitz

Zebari asks Ankara to convince Tehran

Abdülhamit Bilici Turkey as a deal maker

The New Republic look at why Turkey is Washington's purest test of realism v. idealism. by Christopher Beam

MWC News - A Site Without Borders - - Turkey's Next President

Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media

Kurdish MP slams international group's report on Kirkuk (Kurdish ...

Iraq seeks minister-level participation from Turkey

Checkpoints Now at Syrian, Turkish Borders IraqSlogger

Kurdish government signs 40M deal with Italian firm (27/04/07)

Mustapha: Iran’s Man in Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkey Destroys Evidence of Assyrian Genocide

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Marovich: Türkiye’nin ayağında dikeniz

AP Türkiye raportörü değişiyor

Turkey Should Confess Armenian and Bulgarian Genocides

Choosing Allies Over Principles
Jewish Exponent, Relations between Israel and Turkey

Beyrut'ta bir Türk kaçırılarak öldürüldü

Bayülken'i kaybettik

DİSK de Çağlayan'da

Küçükoğlu yeniden başkan

Yalçın Bayer Evet, beni Erdoğan’ın korumaları Merkel’in önünde dövdüler

Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN
Ekonomideki olumlu hava seçimden mi kaynaklanıyor?

MELİHA OKUR Piyasa 'Ankara dalgasını' fiyatlayacak!

Salih Neftçi Oyunu kurallarına göre oynamak zor...

Erdal Sağlam Siyaset kızışıyor enflasyon yükseliyor

Ege Cansen Yağmuru az dövizi bol bir yıl

Bankacılar Gül’e olumlu bakıyor

H3 Genel Kurmay Basın Açıklaması 8

Türkiye'de anayasaya uyulsun!Yasemin Çongar, Genelkurmay'ın sert tondaki açık-lamasından sonra Washington'un kulislerini aktarıyor...

HÜKÜMET ERKEN SEÇİM HAZIRLIĞINDA!

Türkiye erken seçim sürecine giriyor!

Siyasetçiler susacak mahkeme konuşacak

Mehmet Tezkan Söylenen şu: Abdullah Gül seçilirse Genelkurmay Başkanı Büyükanıt istifa edecekti

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Emniyet supabı

Barlas açıklamayı yorumladı

Oktay Ekşi Görünen köy...

Büyükanıt’ı aradı

İngiliz basını: Askerin açıklaması dramatik

AB: TSK demokrasiyi hükümete bırakmalı

Dünya basını bildiri için ne dedi?

Genelkurmay açıklamasına dünyadan bakış

Ruşen Çakır Herkes kaybetti, ama en çok Gül yıprandı

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Kime yaradı?

Enis Berberoğlu Kazanan ve kaybeden

Bilal Çetin Krizi aşmanın tek yolu seçim

Ertuğrul Özkök O sabah nasıl uyanacaksınız

[HABER ANALİZ - MUSTAFA ÜNAL] Ağar ve Mumcu CHP safında

Cengiz Çandar 367 merceğinden 'durum fotoğrafı'

Ekşi Sözlük 27 nisan 2007 genelkurmay basin aciklamasi

Taha AKYOL Bundan sonra?..

Hasan CEMAL Seçim mahkemede, erken seçim kapıda mı?

Cumhurbaşkanı seçimini mahkemelik etmeyi başardık
Murat Yetkin

Mustafa Akyol Laik devlet, ‘laiklerin devleti’ değildir

Hangisi daha büyük: 361 mi, 181 mi? İsmet Berkan

Kuşatılmışlık duygusu ve Gül
Haluk Şahin

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Merkez sağa "ağır" fatura

İlter Türkmen Cumhurbaşkanlığı tartışmaları

Teşbihte hata yok Gündüz Aktan

Gözler bu heyette

Kılıç: Şu gün biter diyemem

'Seçimi temmuz sonuna yetiştiririz'

Fikret BİLA İlk turda dramatik sahneler

EKREM DUMANLI - [HABER YORUM] Evet bu bir demokrasi sınavıdır...

Mumcu Kararını son ana kadar sakladı

DYP’de Katılmama kararına karşın 2 fire

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Kopuşun hikâyesi

İsmail Küçükkaya Ağar’ın şoka girdiği an

Yalçın Doğan Bu krizin sorumlusu AKP

Askeri kurtarmak M.Ali Kışlalı

Hukukî açıdan cumhurbaşkanlığı

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Yarı-başkanlık bize yaramaz

ALİ BULAÇ - Uzan, TMSF, Şirin

[Yorum - Dr. Murat Yılmaz] Anavatan-DYP kutuplaşmanın altında ezildiler

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Taha Kıvanç Bir sonraki tavşanı görelim

Fehmi Koru Böyle mi olmalıydı?

NAZLI ILICAK Haksızlığın daniskası: 367

M. Ali BİRAND Kendi kendimize sorun çıkarttık...

İdeolojik kavganın arkası Murat Belge

Abdullah ve Hayrünnisa Gül
Perihan Mağden

Eğer AKP dışındaki partiler güçbirliği yapmazlarsa...
Altan Öymen

Barçın Yinanç Çankaya için bir halef-selef mukayesesi

Köşk sürecinde stratejiler
Taner Berksoy

Mahkemede

Milli Görüş'e itiraz

Can Dündar Ne olacak şimdi?

Derya SAZAK 367 krizi

Tufan Türenç Kuşatmadan kurtulma umudu sandıkta

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. Necati Polat] Devletin ideolojik aygıtı mı?

Mehmet Kamış Tarafgir yargı!

367 zorlaması hukukçuları da isyan ettirdi

ERDAL ŞAFAK Ummadığın taş

Papatyam da mahkemelik oldu
Cemil Müneccim

Mahir Kaynak Ne olacak?

İLNUR Çevik A farce created by the main opposition CHP

ANAVATAN, DYP take CHP bait, fail the democracy test

Dünkü Meclis içimizi sızlattı
Hakkı Devrim

Rauf Tamer Dünkü Meclis

Eski YÖK Başkanı Gürüz'le yıldızı hiç barışmadı

İddialar havada uçuştu

Bahçeli: Köşk, AKP için son kale

HAKAN ALBAYRAK "Bunlar bizi zorla AKP'li yapacak!"

KORAY DÜZGÖREN
Türban değil, özgürlüğe yaklaşımı önemli

Mensur Akgün İlk turun ardından

Democracy Alla Turca Semih İdiz

The beginner's guide to '367'
Mustafa Akyol

President... (II) Burak Bekdil

Murat Çelik Baykal ile sözde değil özde sohbet

Meral TAMER Bir türban yazısı nasıl tepki alır?

Can Ataklı Karizmalar kökten çizildi

Bekir Coşkun Maskaralık...

Şakir Süter Şaşı Türkiye!

Gazeteci Alper Görmüş için 8 yıl hapis istendi

MAUREEN DOWD More Like an Air Ball Slam-Dunk, a k a George Tenet, shows us his tender side, a sniveling C.I.A. chief bullied by “remote” Condi.

ROBERT WRIGHT Planet of the Apes The technological sophistication that got us to the brink of global civilization could be our undoing.

H5 Washington Post Editorial Mr. Obama's Worldview An encouraging start to talking policy

Tenet Details Efforts to Justify Invading Iraq Former CIA Director Says White House Focused on the Idea Long Before 9/11

CIA Held Al-Qaeda Suspect Secretly Officials Disclose That Use of Overseas Prisons Resumed

Saudis Say They Broke Up Suicide Plots 172 Arrested From Al-Qaeda Cells Reportedly Planning Strikes on Oil Industry, Royal Family

Iran On Guard Over U.S. Funds Pro-Democracy Program Leads Tehran to Scrutinize Activists

Statue's Removal Sparks Violent Protests in Estonia Russia Angry Over Dismantling of Soviet WWII Memorial

Age Gap Found Among Voters In French Race

Economic and Social Issues Sharply Divide Young, Old

Killings Illustrate Crisis in Lebanon Sunni Man, Boy Had Been Abducted; Politicians Call for Calm

China Announces New Foreign Minister

Wolfowitz Panel Finds Ethics Breach, Officials Say World Bank Board Could Act on Monday

A Legacy in Peril at the World Bank By Colbert I. King, Under Paul Wolfowitz's presidency, the World Bank has been condensed into a tabloid in which the chief executive's girlfriend is Topic A.

U.S., Japan Reiterate Warning to N. Korea Also, Bush Says He Will Stand Firm on Democratic-Led War Funding Bill

Clinton Campaign Tries to Keep Heat on Obama Over Debate Response

Rice Deputy Quits After Query Over Escort Service Randall Tobias Oversaw U.S. Foreign Aid Programs

H6 Guardian Days that shook the world Are we in control of history or do we simply lurch from one random cataclysmic event to the next? Oliver Burkeman examines the black swan theory of chance.

Iraq militia: target Prince Harry
Shia commander claims insurgents have plan to capture royal officer.
Leader: Prince in search of a purpose
Top Al-Qaida man caught in Iraq

Why Ségo and Sarko have transfixed the British left Martin Kettle: The race for the Elysée is more of a dilemma for progressives on this side of the Channel than they might care to admit.

UN: we can stop global warming
Report obtained by the Guardian spells out climate change strategy.
Leader: Going green and meaning it Instead of cleaner technologies, the British are largely relying on market mechanisms that allow them to carry on as before.

Saudi claims 172 suspects ready for terror attacks Authorities claim suspects were preparing suicide attacks in the kingdom and abroad.

Dollar's record low against euro
'Stagflation' fear as US growth rate at its lowest in four years.

Inside Africa's Guantánamo
Salim Lone: The only way the US can prop up its client regime in Somalia is through lawlessness and slaughter.

H7 While international organizations such as the IMF, the World Bank and the UN may still seem remote to most Americans, those institutions symbolize the increasing integration of a planet that deeply needs capable, trusted and farsighted guidance

Arnold Schwarzenegger: WE SHOULD TREAT POLLUTING COUNTRIES LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS

From Foreign Affairs, One World, Too Many Monies: Only a few monies make the world go around — the other national currencies aren't worth their risks;

the rift between U.S. military and civilian leaders did not start with George W. Bush, but his administration's meddling and disregard for military expertise have made it worse. Next time, listen to the professionals.

Germany: The Implications of the Greater Middle East - Michael Sturmer
Germany has become increasingly involved in power politics throughout the greater Middle East. It is engaged in the Quartet and its "road map" through the EU, and has been in the forefront of negotiations aimed at preventing a nuclear Iran. While the Schroeder government explicitly ruled out military action to prevent the latter, Ms. Merkel has said it is an unacceptable outcome and all options remain on the table. (Henry Jackson Society)

The Democrats want to bring the US military home from Iraq. But a hurried withdrawal would surely make the situation in the country even more volatile than it already is. The Yankees should stay.

An interview with Mohammed el-Nawawy on Al-Jazeera International: "Non-American doesn't mean anti-American".

Al Hayat The Syrian Withdrawal and the 'Old Book' Walid Choucair - President Bashar al-Assad said to a Western envoy on February 13, 2005: 'You will see our tanks and machinery withdraw from Lebanon. but be reassured that we will remain there'.

Pakistan: The Taliban Takeover By: Ziauddin Sardar | New Statesman
Pakistan is reverberating with the call of jihad. Taliban-style militias are spreading rapidly out from provinces in the far north-west. The danger to the country and to the rest of the world is escalating.

Embattled Presidencies By: Xenia Dormandy | The Boston Globe
Despite the distinct differences between the United States and Pakistan, the pounding that both leaders are taking is not dissimilar. In the United States it is taking place at the political level and in-country. In Pakistan, the nature of the system has forced the dialogue outside.

Iraq Showdown Looms After Senate Vote By: Jim Lobe | Inter Press Service With Thursday's vote by the U.S. Senate to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in October, the stage has been set for a prolonged confrontation between the Democratic-led Congress and President George W. Bush over the future of the war.

H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq

US Papers Saturday: Low Expectations Press React to Tenet; Iraqi in Gitmo after Secret Detention

Daily Star Constructive currents flow below Middle Eastern civil society By Rami G. Khouri

David Halberstam, Iraq, and the shadow of Vietnam By Michael Young

The Iraq insurgents' surge | Paul Rogers

BBC A new great game
Three regional powers battle for influence in Lebanon

Solana urges US to talk to Iran The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, calls on the US to hold direct talks with Iran on a range of issues.

Saudis foil 'air attack plotters' Saudi Arabia says it has foiled a plot by militants to carry out suicide air attacks on oil plants and military bases.

US military detains 4 suspected bomb smugglers

Al Awsat Desperately Seeking Defeat in Iraq : Amir Taheri

Washington Prepares as Iran Warns the Gulf : Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

Washington Times Saudis foil plot to attack kingdom

Sunnis laud troop-pullout bid; Shi'ites ... (By Sameer N. Yacoub)

War in the Horn The Economist
Somalia's government says it has crushed Islamist insurgents in Mogadishu, the capital. The reality looks different.

DEBKAfile: Iran’s complicity in al Qaeda operations stands out in US statement on senior operative Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi’s capture

Washington Institute Through the Veil: The Role of Broadcasting in U.S. Public Diplomacy toward Iranians - Mehdi Khalaji

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force: Lessons Learned - Dan Diker (ICA/JCPA)

H9 Ha’aretz - Report: Winograd report won't recommend that Olmert resign The Committee's report will censure the PM for his handling of the war, but will not call for his resignation.

EU's Solana urges U.S. to begin direct communication with Iran

Israel must not wait until after a settlement with Syria before talking with the Palestinians. By Oded Eran

Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel –

Jerusalem Post Palestinian Affairs: Hamas's trigger By KHALED ABU TOAMEH The missile-and-threat campaign launched by Hamas this week was part of a stab at self-preservation.

Israeli, US intellectuals chart new rules of war

Abbas and Mashaal meet in Egypt
First meeting since creation of coalition gov't; discuss cease-fire with Israel.

Solana 'Direct US-Iran talks needed'

Column One: Bishara and the Old Guard CAROLINE GLICK,

The Real Jimmy Carter (Alan M. Dershowitz/Front Page Magazine)

Robert Wright & Gershom Gorenberg: Israeli Independence Day

A review of Hezbollah: A Short History (and more).

Anti-Semitic Themes in Muslim Apocalyptic and Jihadi Literature - David Cook

BOOK REVIEW Compromising ideologies Inside Hamas by Zaki Chehab
The election of Hamas last year was a turning point in Palestinian history with ramifications that will be felt for years. London-based Arab journalist Zaki Chehab provides a colorful first-hand account of the movement, both loved and hated, that must play a central role in any resolution of the Israeli-Arab conflict. - Simon Martelli

CFR The View From Palestine: A Conversation with Sari Nusseibeh (Audio)

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA Seeing Through Preconceptions: A Deeper Look at China and India Source: Issues in Science and Technology

Asia Times CHINA AND APPEASEMENT, Part 1
Beyond Munich: Geostrategy and betrayal US neo-cons have exploited the term "appeasement", made famous by the Munich Pact that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany, to disparage any diplomatic move they don't favor. But appeasement, today as much as in the 1930s, is a common foreign-policy tactic that sometimes succeeds, at least in the short term. Henry C K Liu examines appeasement with Chinese characteristics, and why it isn't working

Beijing spring: Democracy is in the air China's leaders have been dropping hints that maybe they are not diametrically opposed to some democracy. The first practical test may come in choosing deputies to the 17th Party Congress from expanded lists. The congress is expected to move younger leaders into positions of power, which was presaged by Friday's elevation of Yang Jiechi, 57, to replace Li Zhaoxing, 67, as foreign minister. - Kent Ewing

China's foreign minister out in early party purge China's government abruptly replaced its foreign minister yesterday, elevating former Ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi to the post in an early reshuffling of top positions ahead of key political meetings.

H11 IHT U.S. reaches out to a Europe that has yet to emerge Washington is expressing hunger for a strong and unified partner it can work with. But the EU may not be ready.

New Delhi's delicate balancing act By STANLEY A. WEISS The conflicting demands of a high-tech knowledge-based economy and low-tech farm-based impoverished masses constitute a perilous balancing act for the Indian government.

A costly and suspect offensive By FRANÇOIS-HENRI BRIARD
Which Europe does the European Commission serve: the Europe of marketplace competition or the Europe of bureaucracy and regulation?

When development and tradition clash
By JOAN MARTÍNEZ-ALIER AND LEAH TEMPER
In India, a large gulf exists between those arguing for the preservation of the environment and the purely monetary calculations of government officials.

Europeans put off by Russian threats But European officials seemed to fall back into the ambivalence that has characterized their position toward the U.S. antimissile defense proposal for months.

Estonia removes Soviet-era war memorial after a night of violence

Britain acknowledges U.S. diplomatic protest over bribery inquiry

EUROPE European press review

Euro Hits All-Time High Against Dollar...

Inbound and outbound tourism in Europe 8 pages; PDF.

A review of Testimony: France in the Twenty-first Century by Nicolas Sarkozy.

United Kingdom Divorce in the Pipeline? By: Iain Robertson | The Japan Times
The political marriage of the Scots and English parliaments was consummated 300 years ago in 1707. In less than a week the Scots may begin filing for divorce. The date of the Scottish parliamentary elections on May 3 could herald the end of three centuries of union. U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair may be opposed to separation, but history may paint him as one of its leading architects.

Vive la Similarité By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Too often, it is said that France is in a crisis. The French State certainly is, running a huge deficit and employing far too many in the public sector. But French society is finding its way out of the crisis while politicians run behind. After this presidential election, hopefully, the gap between the French people and their government will become more narrow, and the state more in tune with the times. The French people already are.

Finland Waits for New EU Treaty Before NATO Membership Review By: Andrew Rettman | EU Observer
Finland could change its official position on NATO membership after the new EU treaty clarifies if there will be any new EU-level defence deal, but in the meantime Helsinki's defence ministry is pushing to join NATO and its army is making technical preparations for membership.

H12 RFE/RL Caucasus: Is Putin's CFE Threat Aimed At The Region?

Azerbaijan: Former Presidential Adviser Discusses Regionalism In Politics

Central Asia: Strategist Wants U.S. To Make Fresh Start In Region

Boom Time: Russia’s Abundant Oil and Gas Reserves Are Powering up the Economy Source: Knowledge@Wharton

Google News Azerbaijan

BBC Fresh clashes over Estonia statue Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in new clashes over the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn.

History at the heart of row

In pictures: Estonia clashes

Country profile: Estonia

Washington Times Yeltsin and the Red horror house By Paul Kengor Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin was a tumultuous man at a tumultuous time -- tough, candid, colorful, to hell and back.

EurasiaNet Armenia: Opposition Parties Cry Foul Over Television Coverage

EDM RED ARMY MONUMENT REMOVED FROM TALLINN AMID MOSCOW-ENCOURAGED RIOTS

- U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT RAISES CONCERN IN BAKU AND YEREVAN

- MOSCOW MOVES TO RAISE PROFILE IN CENTRAL ASIA

H13 The TimesThe time is not ripe for Sarko

Ms Royal, still passionate for l’exception française, is the leader to take France all the wayMatthew Parris

Conventional Wisdom?A deeply disturbing ruling on terrorist suspects

Enough’s Enough

The world is losing the art of knowing when it’s time to stop

Russia cries blasphemy amid riots

Russia threatened to punish Estonia for the 'blasphemous' removal of a memorial to the Red Army as violent protests raged on

Olmert survives inquest into war in LebanonThe report said that Israeli PM exercised 'misguided and rash judgment' but stopped short of calling for his resignation

7/7 ‘mastermind’ is seized in Iraq An al-Qaeda leader thought to have been instrumental in the July 7 attacks in London was detained by US forces in Iraq

Sarkozy plans for revival abroad Nicolas Sarkozy said his admiration for the UK and US would not alter the independent-minded policies of President Chirac

Revenge of the shamed CIA boss

George Tenet has attacked the White House over Iraq, accusing the Bush Administration of railroading the country to war

Saudi police uncover new aircraft terror plot

Islamic militants 'were being trained as pilots to fly suicide attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields', say investigators

Wall Street Journal Who Would Jesus Pick?
The religious right's would-be kingmaker talks about the presidential candidates.
By NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY

Certified Madness
We'd never have won World War II fighting the Murtha way.
By BRUCE BERKOWITZ

H14 Financial Times Lunch with the FT: James Lovelock Humanity has only 30 years to avert global catastrophe, says the environmentalist

Balancing the Prophet Four books about the prophet Muhammad shed as much light on the authors – and their convictions – as they do on the man himself

As Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington, the possibility of a renewed cycle of Japan-bashing is high, writes says Christopher Caldwell.

Unimaginable horror

Black Swan develops a theme from an earlier work and argues that everyone underestimates the significance of extreme events in contemplating the future.

Ex-CIA chief accuses Cheney over Iraq

Saudis claim al-Qaeda attacks foiled Government says 170 suspects arrested

US economic growth loses momentum GDP hits four-year low

Royal tries to woo centrist vote Televised head-to-head with Bayrou

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial

9/11 was bad, but ... Rosa Brooks: The attacks were appalling, but they don't pose the threat politicians make them out to be.

U.S. media have lost the will to dig deep By Greg Palast A changed news culture has let several important investigative stories slip through the cracks.

Gen. Petraeus sees more violence if force shrinks

War funding feud has Iraqis uneasy

Hold the reforms — Castro is back Cuba's leader is reasserting some leadership roles and reining in the nation's would-be reformers.

H16 American Politics

CFR Iraq’s Battle of Washington

BBC Making a point
Who came out ahead in the first US Democratic debate?

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec

War of words By James Jay Carafano Victory in war requires, at a minimum, honesty about the type of war you're waging. So you really have to wonder if certain members of Congress understand what's at stake.

John Arquilla, author of The Reagan Imprint, on why Reagan's foreign policy ideas are still relevant.

H17 Daily Telegraph Tough on crime: now nip it in the bud

Crime is a not a generalised problem of society, but arises from a small number of dysfunctional families, says Tony Blair. To deal with this we need intervention at an early age.

Al-Qa'eda mastermind captured by CIA

America has arrested a senior figure in al-Qa'eda who may have planned attacks in Britain, the Pentagon said.

The Chinese prize the British education Richard Spencer wonders why a happy medium, of rigorous, Chinese-style inculcation of the basics at primary level, followed by western-style encouragement of self-motivated, critical thought at secondary, is so hard to achieve.

Iraq still needs us

The consequences of withdrawing immediately from Iraq - the declared aim of most of those agitating for an evacuation - would be to remove the only forces in the country that are not seen as sectarian.

Ten years of Blair: the People speak Craig Brown gauges the the views of the Blair era from people such as Sir Christopher Meyer, Tim Rice, Lord Archer, George Michael, and Edwina Curry.

H18 Independent Overheating Britain: April temperatures break all records Will this be the year when Britain reaches 40°C and the effects of climate change are brought home?

Robert Fisk: We are now in the firing line, sadly

Leading article: An inspiration to Russia and the world

Ex-head of CIA accuses Bush over rush to war

Saudis seize scores of militants 'primed for terrorist attacks'

Lebanese politicians in show of unity after sectarian murders

Leading article: The protests continue over Darfur, but still the vicious conflict drags on

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

A failure in generalship Armed Forces Journal - For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency.

The Counterinsurgency Fight: Think Globally, Lose Locally

Tenet's CIA memoir shifts 9/11 blame to FBI

Humanity is capable of many horrible things and a good many of them are totally insane and without any sensible reward. The unfortunate quality of terrorism, whatever its origins and results, is that it is very frequently effective.

Does Terror Threaten Human Rights? Evidence from Panel Data
CESifo A 43-page working paper presenting a political economy model linking terror and governments' respect for human rights

BBC US holds 'senior al-Qaeda figure' The US has arrested one of al-Qaeda's top operatives and is holding him at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon says.

Profile: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi

Who's who in al-Qaeda

Profile: Guantanamo Bay

Tenet: CIA Warned of 'Anarchy' in Iraq

FBI Director heckled, interrupted at Harvard speech...

Christopher Hitchens

A review of Robert Dallek's Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

a review of In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons From the Life of Muhammad by Tariq Ramadan.

H21 Warning on wi-fi health risk to children Children should not place computers on their laps while they are using wireless internet because of potential health risks, according to a leading Government adviser.

A WOMAN'S VEIL OF PROTECTION FROM WIFI, CELLPHONES: Sensitivity to electrical appliances, electromagnetic waves...

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