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H1 Guardian The right revolution for France Dominique Moisi France now has a unique opportunity to re-adjust itself, but Sarkozy must move quickly. Financial Times West open to more flexibility with Iran The gesture comes ahead of an expected meeting this week between Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, and Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, in an attempt to restart the diplomatic process. Editorial A bully's behaviour The return of cold war attitudes and rhetoric to poison many aspects of Russia's relations with its former rivals in the west is both alarming and depressing. Los Angeles Times On Iraq, Gates may go his own way The Pentagon chief's recent comments seem to run counter to the message from the White House. Republican leader calls for a fall deadline for Iraq plan Rep. John Boehner of Ohio embraces setting benchmarks for the Iraqi government and requiring Bush to provide assessments. Beating an orderly retreat By Francis Fukuyama It is no longer a question of if or when the U.S. leaves Iraq, but how. Editorial Bring them home Iraqis need political reconciliation, not occupation; and U.S. troops shouldn't referee a civil war. Ha’aretz – Livni and aides prepping for possibility of renewed Syria talks FM steps up efforts in light of Syrian peace overtures, intelligence Damascus may be preparing for war. Christian Science Monitor Iraq's neighbors weigh next steps Participating countries - including Syria and Iran - now face the test of fulfilling promises of security and economic aid. US benchmarks on Iraq may be hazy While Congress presses for clarity, the White House and Pentagon opt for ambiguity. Iraq's oil production falls short of goals Despite years of rebuilding, production is still short of targets, due to insurgents' vandalism, poor field management, and corruption. Opinion: A better plan for Kosovo Independence sets a bad precedent. Partition is better. By Hurst Hannum NYT Editorial The Soft Bigotry of Iraq Each time Baghdad fails a test, President Bush engages in the kind of destructive denial he called, in another context, the soft bigotry of low expectations. Plan B? Let’s Give Plan A Some Time First By FREDERICK W. KAGAN This is not the time to be rehashing strategies developed six months ago under very different conditions, or to be planning for the collapse of a strategy that has just begun. Sunday Times Republicans defect to the Obama camp Disillusioned supporters of President Bush are defecting to Barack Obama as the candidate to unite the nation ABCNews New Tape: Al Qaeda No. 2 Wants 200,000-300,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq WP Washington Post Sarkozy's Dangerous Strengths By Jim Hoagland, Nicolas Sarkozy built his victory on strengths that could become crippling weaknesses in office if he cannot temper them. A War The Public Will End By David S. Broder The gap between public opinion and Washington reality has rarely been wider than on the issue of the Iraq war. Guardian McCain's Solution: A Nuclear War With Iran Bush's Iraq policy confronted by big questions, little time BBC Brief encounters Washington Times Editorial Diplomacy with the rogues Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's dialogue with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem on Friday was at least in part a response to the pounding that the administration has taken for its supposed refusal to talk to rogue states like Syria. Time Iran: 'We are Ready to Talk' LA Times In Ramadi, a solution with results Adapting to changing conditions, the U.S. trains a police unit that is helping turn the tide of violence Independent Leading article: M. Sarkozy - a divisive force whose task is to unite NYT The (Not So) Eagerly Modern Saudi The leaders of the long-quiet desert kingdom are caught between a desire to compete globally and a demand that they guard tradition Yedioth Ahronoth 'US pressured Israel into war' FT COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The Wolfowitz affair and its consequences The World Bank president and his team do not seem to understand that heading the institution is a privilege, not an entitlement, writes Joseph Stiglitz Newsweek: "May 5, 2007 - It’s hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging every ’08 Republican presidential candidate down with him. But According to the new NEWSWEEK Poll, the public’s approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low for this president in our poll, and a point lower than Gallup recorded for his father at Bush Sr.’s nadir. The last president to be this unpopular was Jimmy Carter who also scored a 28 percent approval in 1979. This remarkably low rating seems to be casting a dark shadow over the GOP’s chances for victory in ’08. The NEWSWEEK Poll finds each of the leading Democratic contenders beating the Republican frontrunners in head-to-head matchups." Sunday Telegraph Will we know the landscape without him? To Blair's critics, he was Bush's poodle. A better description was that he had become his barrister, says Niall Ferguson. | H2 Newsweek Zakaria: Worries About Turkey Are 'Fact-Free Paranoia' Newsweek: Türkiye giderek daha fazla liberal demokrasi ülkesi haline geldi Washington Post In Turkey, a Looming Battle Over Islam By Claire Berlinski - Don't make the mistake of thinking that 'secular' in Turkey means 'liberal, democratic and friendly to the West.' NYT Turkish Candidate Withdraws, as Voting Stalls Turkish Party Sees Victory in Grass Roots WP A Journey to Defend Turkey's Secular Ideals Protesters Converge to Warn Against Growth of Islamic Influence in Government The Observer Behind the billboard lies the true struggle for Turkey Sunday Times Headscarf war divides Turkey Dr Ayse Maden cannot work in her home country of Turkey as the paediatrician she has trained to be because she wears a headscarf CSM Islam on the ballot: Turkey's test By John K. Cooley Independent Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Turkey's battle for secularism is ours too Washington Times Kemalism on the line b Turkey's Islamist government led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. Former Islamist abandons bid for Turkish presidency BBC New Turkey president poll fails Guardian Gul abandons presidential bid in face of second boycott FT Turkey’s Gul withdraws candidacy The Times Turkish presidency deadlock broken DT Turkish MPs halt plans for presidency Ex-Islamist quits Turkey presidential race WSJ Türk siyaseti sivillerin yönetiminde kalmalı – Boston Globe Ordunun derdi derin devlet kontrolünü kaybetmemek - Türkiye'de değişim zamanı AHMED AMRABİ Türk ordusu vatandaşların bireysel tercihlerini saymıyor AKP ısrar ederse ordu göz yummaz Con Coughlin New Yorker My First Passport. What does it mean to belong to a country? by Orhan Pamuk (abstract) Stern secularists and the story of a modernizing Islam (I) by JOOST LAGENDIJK Reuters Turks hit streets again amid political crisis AP Turks Protest for Secular Preservation US plans to sell arms to Iraq, Turkey Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media Sadak: Kürtler, ‘Ne mutlu Türküm diyene’ sözüne zorlanamaz DTP koalisyon için kilit olabilir mi? Water - not oil - tops priorities for Kirkuk's rural majority Kurds Could Sink Erdogan Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan share views on expansion of ties: interior ... İlnur Çevik Iraqi Kurds can also help Turkish stability OECD: PKK'nın geliri uyuşturucudan American attempt to divide Iraq by TANVERR JAFRI DTP’liler seçim için toplanıyor Kirkuk Police Academy Takes Training to a New Level US Department of Defense Barzani: US pullout from Iraq would lead to disaster DTP'li Mahmut Alınak'a 10 ay hapis cezası Kumru Başer'in izlenimleriyle Kuzey Irak ekonomisi ve Türkiye Şırnak'ta PKK terörü: İki er şehit oldu Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber [BRÜKSEL] AK Parti de mini etek giymeseydi! Semih İDİZ Sarkozy'nin asıl korkusu gelişen Türkiye'dir Ferai Tınç Dünyayla kavgalı adam aslında çok duygusaldı [ANALİZ] Türkiye'ye karşı değişecek mi? Avrupa'nın İslami kimliği yadsınamaz Sümeyye GanuŞİ ‘Europe without Cappadocia unimaginable’ Soyer: EU decision to lift isolations should be implemented during Germany's term Ata Atun İs the time bomb ticking under Cyprus? Türk gözlemcilere Erivan’dan veto Yüksel Söylemez 'Nabucco' in danger of staying a gas pipedream Deniz Ülke Arıboğan Serdar Turgut Dolmabahçe fantezisi Miting tertipçisi Necla Arat'ın eşi 'cuntacı' olduğu için ordudan atılmış Hasan Ersel AKP'nin ekonomideki başarı karnesi zayıflarla dolu Kayıt dışı ekonomi ve denetim İbrahim Öztürk Seçime doğru ekonominin risk haritası Ercan Kumcu Enflasyon şaşırtmaya devam ediyor Enflasyondaki gidiş konusunda şüpheci olmakta yarar var Fatih Özatay Asaf Savaş Akat Enflasyon ve gıda fiyatları Türkiye'den Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Projesi Büyük bir kayıp Uğur Gürses Yeni hükümetler... Yiğit Bulut Sözde kalan finansal istikrar! Faik ÖZTRAK Küresel ekonomi coştu Yaman TÖRÜNER Kayıtdışı ekonomi Güngör URAS Ayşe Hanım Teyzem panik yapma ŞELALE KADAK | H3 Yasemin CONGAR ABD'nin dönüşü Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Muhtıra dersem çık, darbe dersem çıkma METEHAN DEMİR İşte, 22 Temmuz sonrası Şûra'da oluşacak TSK komuta kademesi ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ 'Kime oy vereceğiz?' Paket ne olacak? Sezer'in vetosu, aday listelerine giremeyecek AKP milletvekilleri arasındaki olası çözülme ve uyum yasasının çıkarılması zorunluluğu, Anayasa değişikliklerinin hemen yaşama geçmesini engelleyecek Gül adaylıktan çekildi, şimdi ne olacak? Neşe Düzel röportaj - AK Parti darbeye izin vermeyecek Fehmi Koru Fatih Çekirge Dolmabahçe yorumu Baykal'la görüşseydi Murat Yetkin Erdoğan Baykal'la uzlaşma arasaydı, daha sonra Büyükanıt'la görüşmesine gerek kalmayabilirdi Batı'nın Türkiye konusunda kafası karışık Ömer Taşpınar The end of the Turkish model? Ruşen Çakır “Ilımlı İslam 2.0” Ahmet Hakan Memleket bölünürken Gül'e hasar tesbit raporu Yiğit Bulut Piyasalar için en iyi senaryo hangi koalisyon Şener Halka göre süreci iyi idare ettik Ergun Özbudun [CUMHURBAŞKANINI HALK SEÇSİN Mİ? ] Yarı-başkanlık sistemi gerekli mi? Enis Berberoğlu Davul zurnayla geliyoruz Ali Bulaç 27 Nisan projesi Ekrem Dumanlı Dikkat, tarihe geçiyorsunuz Serdar Akinan ‘Yolsuz hocalar ve cemaati’ Osman ULAGAY 'Kökten piyasacı' AKP'ye verilen dış desteğin nedeni Osman ULAGAY 'Tam bağımsız Türkiye' hedefi gerçekçi mi? Hasan Ersel AKP'nin ekonomideki başarı karnesi zayıflarla dolu Kocabıyık Eğer AKP’nin desteği yüzde 50’yi bulduysa memleket kayboldu demektir Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] AK Parti de mini etek giymeseydi! Sağda birleşmeye yazarlar ne diyor Ömer Laçiner Gül'ün adaylığı neden gürültü çıkardı? Genelkurmay uyarısı arşive kaldırıldı E-muhtıra internete geri döndü AK Parti karar kavşağında Keşke 12 yıl geç kalmasalardı Serdar Turgut Dolmabahçe’de neler konuşuldu? MUHARREM SARIKAYA Mustafa Ünal Sandık korkusuna karşı birleşme manevraları Mğmtazer Türköne DYP-Anavatan ittifakı Leven Köker [CUMHURBAŞKANINI HALK SEÇSİN Mİ? ] En temel çözüm: Halka gitmek... 367 şartı Meclis'i kilitledi Gül Köşk adaylığından çekildi Engin Ardıç 400 kişiyle gelirlerse ne halt edeceksiniz? Müdahale sonrası yapılan ilk anket Semih İDİZ Sarkozy'nin asıl korkusu gelişen Türkiye'dir DSP-CHP seçim ittifakı gündemde İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Taha Kıvanç Teşbihte hata olmaz Fehmi Koru Ne sihirdir ne keramet ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Mehmet Tezkan KÜRŞAT BUMİN Demokrat Parti AKP'den oy çeker mi? Avni Özgürel'e sorduk Ağar Şehir eşkıyasını 15 gün içinde bitiririm Fikret BİLA Mitinglerin anlamı Seçime ilişkin üç varsayımı sorguluyorum Haluk Şahin Milletten kaçıp mahkemeye sığınmak Mumcu, Hükümet'e sert yüklendi: Demokrasinin başına iki bela sardılar Rahmi Turan Zeyno’dan özür dileyecekler mi? ERGUN BABAHAN İttifaklar ve siyasi tablo MAHMUT ÖVÜR Siyasette ikinci 'Demir Kırat' dönemi İsmail Küçükkaya Politicians discuss pros and cons of simultaneous elections [KALEIDOSCOPE] Unreal monsters: unsecular democracy or undemocratic Secularism Güneri CIVAOĞLU Sandık kurulmuş bile EMRE AKÖZ 'Oyumu kime vereyim?' Büyük mitinglere yabancı değiliz AVNİ ÖZGÜREL Temsilde adaletsizlik Tarhan Erdem Bilal Çetin Solda birleşme zor görünüyor... [CAFE CAPITAL]‘Wind’ strategy for elections Bülent Keneş Uniting to be divided Ahmet Hakan Aydın Menderes’in yazılmamış dramı Şükrü Küçükşahin DP’de bütünleşmeye nasıl gelindi Mehmet Y Yılmaz Kırat’a yepyeni bir süvari gerek! Cüneyt Ülsever Siyasette özlenen yüzler OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Ferai Tınç Sol ve sağda birleşme yeter mi? Şahin Alpay Socialist İnternational must expel the CHP Erdal sağlam Siyasi çatışma artık bu hafta bitmeli Şakir Süter Demokrat Parti İhsan dağı People are asked: Is secularism in danger? Mehmet Tezkan Sağdaki birleşme demokrasinin nefes borusudur Zapsu: Kendimizi ifade edemedik Engin Ardıç Türk basınına acıyorum Çifte sandık için ince hesap İkinci sandığı 22 Temmuz'a yetiştirmek isteyen AKP'liler Anayasa değişikliği paketine yeni düzenlemeler ekledi. Referandum kararı verilirse 120 değil 40 beklenecek. Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim takvimi de 20 gün kısaltılacak Can Ataklı Güçbirliği için öneriler Can Ataklı AKP’ye 60 genç kurşun asker Mumcu AKP tıpış tıpış ayağımıza geldi Şirin DP projesinin içinde yokuz MHP'nin adaylarını Bahçeli belirleyecek Can Dündar "Bülent'in vasiyeti yerine geliyor" Tufan Türenç Kafamı kurcalayan soruyu sizlere de soruyorum Türkan Saylan’la röportaja devam Eser Karakaş DYP-Anavatan birleşmesi | |
H4 New York Times Sarkozy, Elected in France, Vows Break With Past Nicolas Sarkozy earned a decisive victory today over Ségolène Royal, keeping the right in power for another five years. Turnout was 84 percent of France’s registered voters. Editorial The Soft Bigotry of Iraq Each time Baghdad fails a test, President Bush engages in the kind of destructive denial he called, in another context, the soft bigotry of low expectations. Plan B? Let’s Give Plan A Some Time First By FREDERICK W. KAGAN This is not the time to be rehashing strategies developed six months ago under very different conditions, or to be planning for the collapse of a strategy that has just begun. In Iraq, the Play Was the Thing By HUSSAIN ABDUL-HUSSAIN A childhood memory helps explain today’s Sunni-Shiite hatred. Editorial Denial and Democracy in Egypt With so many other things to worry about in the Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush also seem to have lost their earlier fervor for Egyptian democracy. The (Not So) Eagerly Modern Saudi The leaders of the long-quiet desert kingdom are caught between a desire to compete globally and a demand that they guard tradition Effort to Repair Nuclear Treaty Gets Snagged Over Agenda Bulgaria Invites Guests for a Day of Intense Democracy Afghan Media Face Threat of Controls Beware the Siren Lebanon For a quarter-century, Lebanon has been the graveyard of Israeli politicians reckless enough to venture there. FRANK RICH Is Condi Hiding the Smoking Gun? As long as American troops are dying in Iraq, the secretary of state has an obligation to answer questions about how they got there and why they stay. With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Democrats A sometimes tense coalition of antiwar groups has quietly nudged the Iraq withdrawal debate forward. Forget Who’ll Win in France. Change Is a Loser. Why are the French stuck in their ways? The Enlightenment? The wine with lunch? Ukraine’s Quarreling Leaders Agree on Early Elections Blair, Whose Tenure Began in a Blaze of Glory, Prepares for a More Subdued Exit Propaganda Fear Cited in Account of Iraqi Killings Documents suggest that senior U.S. officers saw the civilian deaths in Haditha as a problem requiring a misleading response. Playing ‘Survivor’ in Washington Paul Wolfowitz, Alberto Gonzales and the White House’s tepid embrace. Rupert Murdoch, Once the Outsider Instead of competing against Dow Jones, Mr. Murdoch is offering a lofty price to take it over. Why? NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF All in the Families Maybe we can’t make America as egalitarian and fluid as we would like, but we can at least push back against the concentration of power. MAUREEN DOWD La Campagne, C’est moi The trouble with Ségolène Royal’s campaign is not her gender. The trouble is that her only vision for France is herself. | H5 Washington Post Sarkozy's Dangerous Strengths By Jim Hoagland, Nicolas Sarkozy built his victory on strengths that could become crippling weaknesses in office if he cannot temper them. Sarkozy Wins, Vows to Restore Pride in France Bush Aide to Leave No. 2 National Security Post At Georgetown, It's Feith vs. Tenet and Policy vs. Intelligence America the Fertile By Nicholas Eberstadt, If U.S. power declines in the coming decades, demographics is not likely to be the culprit. War Costs Money. Why Can't Politicians Say So? By Robert D. Hormats The Rise of Low-Tech Terrorism By Daniel L. Byman 8 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq Bomb Attacks A War The Public Will End By David S. Broder The gap between public opinion and Washington reality has rarely been wider than on the issue of the Iraq war. A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set By Fred Hiatt, How far Russia has regressed became shockingly evident last week when Vladimir Putin's Russia unleashed a barrage against neighboring Estonia. Free Trade's Great, but Offshoring Rattles Me By Alan S. Blinder, I'm a free trader down to my toes. Always have been. Yet lately, I'm being treated as a heretic by many of my fellow economists. Editorial Fixing FISA The rules for domestic electronic surveillance need a careful updating By Jim Ottaway Jr., Page A19 The sale of Dow Jones to News Corp. would diminish the news quality and integrity of the Wall Street Journal and the independence of a leading national editorial voice. | H6 Guardian The right revolution for France Dominique Moisi France now has a unique opportunity to re-adjust itself, but Sarkozy must move quickly. Jonathan Fenby Now it's up to Sarkozy to show he can be truly presidential. The Socialists, in turn, must patch up their differences for the next battle. Crowds hail Sarkozy's triumph Let's just suppose Peter Preston: How different would things have been if Blair's Britain had steered well clear of the Iraq war? Leader A sharp right turn There never was any doubt that Nicolas Sarkozy would become France's next president. Palestinians 'routinely tortured' in Israeli jails New report published by Israeli human rights groups reveals abuse that contravenes international law. Fouad Abu Hamed May 06 07, 03:00pm: As a Palestinian, I sometimes think Israelis care more for animal rights than they do for human rights. Still, I am optimistic about peace. Marriage revives dynastic fears The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it Binge-flying culture is just beginning. The only way to stop it is a severe tax Max Hastings: Almost all of us are hypocrites on climate change. We will not quit our aviation habit until it really hurts our pockets. The New Atheists loathe religion far too much to plausibly challenge it Madeleine Bunting: Anti-faith proselytising is a growth industry. But its increasingly hysterical flag-bearers are heading for a spectacular failure The Observer This is not a springboard for Labour. It's a ducking stool Hope for Royal slips away | |
H7 Bush's Iraq policy confronted by big questions, little time BBC Brief encounters Washington Times Editorial Diplomacy with the rogues Rice's dialogue with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem on Friday was at least in part a response to the pounding that the administration has taken for its supposed refusal to talk to rogue states like Syria. Time Iran: 'We are Ready to Talk' Weekly Standard The Iraq Report IV The battle for Diyala.
Robert D. Kaplan on Munich versus Vietnam: At the moment, the Vietnam analogy has the upper-hand. But don't count Munich out. The key similarity between Vietnam and Iraq how they profoundly eroded the American people's trust in their government and leaders
Oil Nationalism Endangers Economic Growth No Diplomatic Tango for Rice at Iraq Conference DEBKAfile: The leading participants at the Sharm el Sheikh conference are quietly invested in Iraq’s break-up into three autonomous entities Iraq in the Balance: Fouad Ajami on why we should make our peace with Iraq's history From The Economist, about 0.1% of world GDP would tackle climate change, a bargain, and more on how the costs of stabilising global warming are negligible. From New English Review, Theodore Dalrymple on how There Is No God but Politics | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Regional Conference Unlikely to End Violence, Say Analysts US Papers Monday: Everybody Loves Benchmarks Iraqi Papers Monday: Breakdown U.S. casualties will rise in next 90 days, commander says Daily Star Why do many Muslims mistrust secularism? Why not adopt Norwegian pragmatism? Is Ahmedinejad’s star fading? Leading figures in Iran are openly criticizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about his handling of the economy and the country's nuclear program. | H9 Ha’aretz – Livni and aides prepping for possibility of renewed Syria talks FM steps up efforts in light of Syrian peace overtures, intelligence Damascus may be preparing for war. Peres: I'm willing to be PM, won't lend hand to coup Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel – Bradley Burston: Who killed the Israeli left? Bar’el 'The right of return will destroy us all' Benn The meeting / Uncomfortable alliance Rosner Too much Israel: Small, vulnerable and endangered Editorial Saying 'no' to OlmertDefense Minister Amir Peretz has actually resigned, even if he has not taken the legal steps required to do so officially. Yedioth Ahronoth 'US pressured Israel into war' Israel rubbing US Democrats and Republicans the wrong way, Zalman Shoval writes Olmert, Bush and the bubble/ Plocker Jerusalem Post Nasrallah: US pushed Israel into Second Lebanon War Analysis: More balance from France? The cost of dysfunctional ties in the corridors of power The Region: Bipartisan betrayal [ BARRY RUBIN Israel's Exercise in Escapism Israel's Political Storm U.S. News & World Report - By Larry Derfner | |
H10 Christian Science Monitor Iraq's neighbors weigh next steps Participating countries - including Syria and Iran - now face the test of fulfilling promises of security and economic aid. US benchmarks on Iraq may be hazy While Congress presses for clarity, the White House and Pentagon opt for ambiguity. Iraq's oil production falls short of goals Despite years of rebuilding, production is still short of targets, due to insurgents' vandalism, poor field management, and corruption. Conservative, controversial Sarkozy wins French election The tough-talking former interior minister beat Socialist Ségolène Royal to take the presidency. On Israel's political battlefield, a female contender rises ASIA China orders resettlement of thousands of TibetansIn a massive campaign that recalls the socialist engineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has relocated some 250,000 Tibetans - nearly one-tenth of the population - from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages," ordering them to build new housing largely at their own expense and without their consent. Daily Star The vexing paradoxes of China's evolving economy Washington Times Iraq and the rise of conservative Islam No one doubts the United States has played a major role in helping Indonesia consolidate its democracy. China launches plan to lure back brains | H11 IHT Sarkozy pledges strong break with the past Sarkozy's voters cited economy as reason for their choice It's time to save lives The European Union must pressure Uzbekistan to release imprisoned human rights defenders. EUROPE European press review BBC Sarkozy takes French presidency French conservative Nicolas Sarkozy wins an intensely fought presidential election that saw an 85% turnout. For president-elect, no shades of gray Newsweek Germany's Merkel is the New Tony Blair Le Monde Quand l'Etat retrouve sa légitimité, par Jean-Louis Andreani How the Influence of Religion Makes the Foreign Policy of the Bush Administration Revolutionary, and How This Has Affected Our Relations with European Allies Source: CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania The Miscalculation of NATO's Death | H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin has thrived on luck, not on real reform By Anders Aslund EurasiaNet Armenia: Opinion Polls a Fresh Field for Political Battle South Asia: Did Ankara Declaration Mark A Genuine Breakthrough? | |
H13 The Times Voters need to show thirst for change Any chance of reform in France depends on voters' choices at next month's parliamentary elections Bronwen Maddox Leader Vote for Change Sarkozy must move fast after a triumphant victory Is Britain becoming ungovernable? Unless Mr Brown can reanimate his party, Labour will have little hope of winning the next election William Rees-Mogg Bon courage, Sarko. You'll need it I love France. I even like the French – which is an unusual combination for the British Tim Hames Not so much an election as a national humiliation The conclusion is unavoidable: the ballot forms were simply too much for Scotland's least favoured citizens A new, hands-on presidency — and some pain Nicolas Sarkozy’s first job will be to appoint a prime minister, then he intends to set about putting France back to work SUNDAY Times The Terminator says go green With only 5% of the world population, America is responsible for 45% of automotive carbon emissions As Olmert totters, Bibi the hardman plans comeback The former Israeli prime minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Ehud Olmert Briefing: Can Sarkozy transform France? Nicolas Sarkozy is the next French president, but Bronwen Maddox asks whether it will make any difference Scots and Welsh democracy missed by England Westminster should now have the courage of Blair’s original convictions Simon Jenkins Leader The unknown PM As the Blair era grinds towards an end, the Brown era is already shaping up to be a fraught affair The Post-Blair Era One political age is almost over; its successor is unclear Wall Street Journal When Activists Are Terrorists By JUDITH MILLER Inside the Inside Story - Douglas Feith, Wall Street Journal George Tenet's new book omits crucial facts and includes blatant fictions. The New Europeans Can an election change France? Standing Up Condi Once again, Iran snubs the U.S. | H14 Financial Times West open to more flexibility with Iran The gesture comes ahead of an expected meeting this week between Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, and Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, in an attempt to restart the diplomatic process. Editorial A bully's behaviour The return of cold war attitudes and rhetoric to poison many aspects of Russia's relations with its former rivals in the west is both alarming and depressing. Spectre of Vietnam behind Democrats' Iraq move US Palestinian plan rejected A US plan to improve the mobility of Palestinians in the occupied territories and bolster Israeli security has been rejected by the Hamas party as well as by elements in the Israeli establishment. Editorial Sarkozy’s mandate for change Editorial Stern goes global Sir Nicholas Stern stirred up much excitement last October when his review on the economics of climate change concluded that the costs of doing nothing are higher than... COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The Wolfowitz affair and its consequences The World Bank president and his team do not seem to understand that heading the institution is a privilege, not an entitlement, writes Joseph Stiglitz COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The Wolfowitz affair and its consequences [part two] The real scandal is the ethics panel’s arbitrariness. Animus against the World Bank head may be a reflection of political agendas and opportunism, writes Kenneth Anderson. Sarkozy's sure-footed pursuit of success Election victories - like murders - require three elements: means, motives, and opportunities. Sarkozy sweeps to power in France Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly-elected president of France, declared his country was ‘back in Europe’ after voters gave him a thumping mandate to pursue reform. Royal pays price of party's failure to modernise US and EU warn Russia on Kosovo The US and the European Union are seeking to push through a United Nations resolution on Kosovo this month, warning Russia that if it vetoes any such measure it will be responsible for any resulting violence or instability in the province. BUSINESS LIFE: The road to realpolitik: how resource nationalism limits options FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - DEFINING MOMENT: Russia with Fries: McDonald's and the decline of communism LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Israel's ability for self-examination COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: An unsatisfactory explanation for war COMMENT: Growth conundrum After a few years of fretting about the "jobless recovery" in the US, we can turn our attention to a new headache: COMMENT: Asian monetary integration poses many questions It is already apparent that the ‘noodle-bowl’ effect of overlapping trade agreements in the region is far from optimal, writes Wolfgang Münchau. COMMENT: Why Murdoch is good news for Dow Jones Newspaper-owning families used to be able to sit and count the cash while feeling happy about their place in society. That train has left the station, writes John Gapper. | H15 Los Angeles Times On Iraq, Gates may go his own way The Pentagon chief's recent comments seem to run counter to the message from the White House. Republican leader calls for a fall deadline for Iraq plan Rep. John Boehner of Ohio embraces setting benchmarks for the Iraqi government and requiring Bush to provide assessments. Beating an orderly retreat By Francis Fukuyama It is no longer a question of if or when the U.S. leaves Iraq, but how. Editorial Bring them home Iraqis need political reconciliation, not occupation; and U.S. troops shouldn't referee a civil war. In Ramadi, a solution with results Adapting to changing conditions, the U.S. trains a police unit that is helping turn the tide of violence By David Wise A fundamental change in the agency means more intelligence officers are spilling the beans, but the CIA still gets the last word. | |
H16 American Politics Newsweek: "May 5, 2007 - It’s hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging every ’08 Republican presidential candidate down with him. But According to the new NEWSWEEK Poll, the public’s approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low for this president in our poll, and a point lower than Gallup recorded for his father at Bush Sr.’s nadir. The last president to be this unpopular was Jimmy Carter who also scored a 28 percent approval in 1979. This remarkably low rating seems to be casting a dark shadow over the GOP’s chances for victory in ’08. The NEWSWEEK Poll finds each of the leading Democratic contenders beating the Republican frontrunners in head-to-head matchups." Newsweek Beschloss: A President's Ultimate Test Do Any '08 Candidates Have What It Takes? realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Boston Globe Bush winning the political war PRESIDENT BUSH doesn't know how to win the ground war in Iraq. But he does know how to win the political war at home over Iraq. PBS Analysts Discuss GOP Debate, War Funding Bill VetoPolitical analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the GOP presidential candidates' first debate, as well as President Bush's veto of an Iraq war funding bill that included a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops Krauthammer’s definition of ‘neocon’ From The Weekly Standard, an article on The Mystery of Michael Bloomberg: Why does a popular but mediocre mayor think he should run for president? The Shadow Candidates: John Fund on the art of not running for president. Marvin Kalb on Nine Ways to Elect a President: After 9/11, with America’s role in the world more uncertain than ever, would it not make more sense to provide the voters with regular, predictable, serious access to their next president? Hudson Institute American Conservatism Meets Globalization | H17 Daily Telegraph Leader Victory for Sarkozy is victory for France Nicolas Sarkozy represents France's last and best chance to settle their accounts and join the 21st century. Iraq messes with US soldiers' minds Sam Leith crunches the numbers to find out just what the war in Iraq is doing to the minds of American soldiers. Candidates banned for Eta links Spain's Supreme court bans hundreds of candidates in local elections because of Eta links. Sunday Telegraph Will we know the landscape without him? To Blair's critics, he was Bush's poodle. A better description was that he had become his barrister, says Niall Ferguson. Leader Intercepting terror People want miracles from MI5: unsurprisingly, it fails to provide them. But last week's convictions were MI5's triumph. Ten years at the top is too much Blair is desperately trying to find a legacy to be proud of amidst the rubble of his reign, claims Patience Wheatcroft. | H18 Independent The two faces of Sarkozy He made his name as a minister who was accused of dividing France with his hardline rhetoric. But last night Nicolas Sarkozy won the race to succeed Chirac and vowed to be 'a president of all the French' Foreign priority will be to improve relations with US Leading article: M. Sarkozy - a divisive force whose task is to unite Suspended judge attacks Musharraf's 'dictatorship' Israel 'routinely tortures prisoners' John Lichfield: Sarkozy has a mandate for unity but a capacity to divide Johann Hari: We have much to learn from the French Andreas Whittam Smith: The real sins of Wolfowitz at the World Bank Putin urged to restore peace in Chechnya Basque candidates banned from elections Independent on Sunday MPs pour scorn on Blair's new mission to act as 'faith healer' Tony Blair is preparing a mission to build bridges between the major world religions when he leaves office, and plans to act as an ambassador for multi-faith dialogue The Great Wall of Baghdad may be going up, but there's still carnage on the streets John Rentoul: Iraq is a tragedy, but Blair's global goals will live on - and he will be vindicated The world according to President Sarko Correlli Barnett: After Kosovo, his stupendous moral vanity blinded him to Britain's interests | |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism ABCNews New Tape: Al Qaeda No. 2 Wants 200,000-300,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq — WP The Rise of Low-Tech Terrorism By Daniel L. Byman U.S. to Use Interpol Passport Database for Screening The Miscalculation of NATO's Death The US/India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: The Question of Safeguards A review of India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad A $1.5 trillion mistake On Oct. 4, 2003, a German cargo ship, the BBC China, was inspected in the southern Italian port of Taranto as part of an ongoing program to check on ships that might be transporting equipment to assist nuclear proliferation. Ex-Analyst Tells a Tale of Twisted Iraq Intelligence News of the World: News
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