| Iraqi Shiite party steps back from Iran The Supreme Council pledges loyalty to top cleric Sistani and renames itself, dropping the word 'revolution.' NYRB Iraq: The Question By Rory Stewart If America leaves Iraq McClatchy U.S. options in Iraq could soon narrow, ranging from unpleasant to unthinkable By Warren P. Strobel, Now that moderate Republicans have told President Bush that time is running out on his Iraq policy, he'll have to demonstrate real progress in a matter of months or face choices that range from the highly unpleasant to the nearly unthinkable. Washington Post NO MORE MR. PUNCHING BAG What We Got Right in Iraq By L. Paul Bremer 4 Myths About America-Bashing in Europe By William Drozdiak Russia to Control Gas Out of Central Asia New York Times Russia to Get Central Asian Pipeline Changes by Iraqi Shiite Party Signal Distancing From Iran NYT Magazine The Flight From Iraq By NIR ROSEN War has displaced millions in Iraq, creating the largest refugee problem in the Middle East since 1948. As they flee their country, are they taking the war with them? Raidar Visser SCIRI More Flexible on Federalism, but Fails to Resolve Khamenei Ambiguity Iraqi Papers Monday: 'SIIC' Announces Itself
Helena Cobban SCIRI's political changes; Iraqi nationalism surging; etc H12 RFE/RL New Pipeline Deal Struck A new pipeline deal is seen as a blow to U.S., European, and Chinese hopes of diverting Central Asian gas out of Russian hands
US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad's Interview with Al-Hayat Time Is freedom failing? From Russia to Bangladesh, democracy is under assault. Here's what the West must do to save itBy PETER BEINART Attack on Kurdish Officials in Iraq Kills 50 Newsweek Excerpt: The Meaning of Baptism, by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI Time What Europe's New Leaders Could Do The arrival of fresh faces in France and Britain could lead to closer ties between America's oldest European allies. That's also good news for the U.S. Independent US balancing act in dealing with Iran The Observer The private man I knew who drove the public revolution Will Hutton: Tony Blair, far from failing as a Prime Minister, has actually ushered in the most profound political change since Disraeli. Sunday Times Small Country, Big Test The hand of history is on Armenia’s shoulder NYT Observers say Armenia election meets international standards ORG - Iran's Nuclear Programme and Regional Security Guardian GuardianIt is not only God that will be Blair's judge over Iraq Avi Shlaim: His cravenly pro-US policy on the Middle East misunderstood Bush's real agenda and resulted in catastrophic failure. Leader Taming the dragon American politicians are getting increasingly assertive about the need for China to rebalance its economy in order to give US manufacturers some relief. Ha’aretz – Schiff What next in Gaza? / 96% of Israeli Jews won't give up Western Wall for peace Mossad chief: Talks with Syria won't break Hezbollah ties Dagan: 'Anyone who thinks that our talking with Syria would sever them from Hezbollah is mistaken.' The TimesShock as Sarkozy woos anti-US leftwinger Sarkozy has upset the US and his opponents by offering the job of Foreign Minister to a veteran, anti-American Socialist Financial Times EU tensions ahead of Russian summit Tensions within the European Union over how to deal with an increasingly assertive Russia have boiled over just days before a summit with President Vladimir Putin, as new EU member states step up their campaign for a tougher line. Tehran and US set for talks Iran and the US are to hold bilateral talks in Baghdad on the future of Iraq Editorial Lessons from Asia Ten years ago today the world's last major financial crisis began in Bangkok with speculative attacks on the Thai baht. Debate still rages about the causes of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 and about whether the right lessons have been learned. COMMENT: The problem with inflation indices A US judge once said he could not define pornography, but knew it when he saw it. You could say the same for inflation, writes Wolfgang Munchau. COMMENT: Why Bush should back Blair as World Bank chief Wolfowitz was not well-known for any strong interest in welfare of the world’s poor. Blair is, writes Edward Mortimer of the Salzburg Seminar. WORLD NEWS: Decisive week for World Bank chief EditorialRunning France SA Campaign rhetoric is rarely a reliable guide to post-election policies. Despite the many speeches and interviews Nicolas Sarkozy has given in recent weeks he looks set to continue corporate nationalism Merkel steps up effort to salvage EU treaty In the weeks running up to an EU summit in June, Ms Merkel wants to end the Union’s wrangle over its stalled constitutional treaty – emblematic of EU navel-gazing – and turn the club out towards the world CSM The case for a single state of Palestine-Israel The case of South Africa shows that a unity government can succeed. By Ali Abunimah | H2 FT Turks hold mass protest ahead of elections Around a million people demonstrated on the seafront of Turkey’s third largest city in a massive show of opposition strength that heralded a bitter general election campaign. Guardian Million Turks rally against Islamisation · Secularists pour into Izmir for third week of protests
· Presidential nomination sparked political crisis Le Monde Diplomatique Nationalists march as the army threatens: A look at Turkey torn between God and state. By Andrew Finkel Rubin Rice, Türkiye’nin ’T’sini bilmez Bryza: Ordu Anayasa'dan yetki alıyor AP Secularists stage mass protest in Turkey Choking the highways and crammed onto ferries, hundreds of thousands of Turks streamed into this port city Sunday to demonstrate opposition to the pro-Islamic governing party, increasing pressure on the government ahead of elections in July. Reuters One Million Turks Protest Ahead of Early Elections Mitinge dünyada büyük ilgi AB umutlarının suya düşmesi laik-İslamcı pazarlığını da bozdu
Jurgen Gottschlich - Türkiye doğru dengeyi bulacak Ramİ G. Hurİ Who’s afraid of a headscarf?by MOHAMMED AYOOB Turkey's war of nerves F Stephen Larrabee Relations between President Erdogan's government and the military are strained, but democracy could be the biggest loser. Vatan Türkiye’yi bağrımıza basmalıyız Robert Fisk AKP'nin siyasi söylemi laiklik karşıtı değil
SEYİD VELED ABAH PostGlobal Elected Islamists Can Be Tamed Although the Turkish AK is neither Hamas nor Algerian FIS, the EU-U.S support for it shows the Muslim world that the West sees things not only in black and white but in shades of gray as well. Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media Radikal Kuzey Irak'ta Talabani'den sonrası tufan mı? Kuzey Irak'ta değişen dengeler Iraklı Kürtlerin Hamas'ı Yekgirtu yükselişte Kuzey Irak'ta değişen dengeler Irak belirsizliği Türkiye için ciddi tehdit Yuvarlak masa toplantısı
Deniz Bölükbaşı Tezkere geçseydi PKK bitmişti Ardan Zentürk Seçimden önce savaşın sıcaklığı mı... Kerkük'te Kürt ve Arap ailelere tazminat formu DTP'den tehdit Bağımsızlara tuzak Tarhan Erdem KERKÜK’E KARŞI DÜŞMANLIK !
More Kurdish Spies Exposed Bingöl'de askerlik şubesine saldırı: 2 er yaralı! DTP'den seçimde 10 bin aday iddiası Holbrooke uyardı, İran PKK’lıları teslim etti Kuzey Irak'ta kanlı saldırı TARTIŞILACAK SÖZLER!..... Bomb shatters calm in Iraq Kurdistan capital PKK’lı teröriste ’etkin pişmanlık’ tahliyesi DTP grup kurma hazırlığında
Truck bomb kills 30 in north Iraq
Kurdish network behind Germany threat warning? Kurdish Disagreements or Disputes?
The Conservative Voice – Minorities in North Iraq Lose Out in Education Kurdish Disagreements within the Autonomous Region Barham Salih on CNN Progress Report Chilly winds continue to blow as concerns Barzani Independent Kurdistan: the End of EU and NATO Thousands rally in Strasbourg for Öcalan HAKAN ALBAYRAK Allah senden razı olsun Hüsnü Mahalli Divide the Muslim World Into Natural Nations Rizgari Kürdlerin seçimsizlik komedisi... Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Russian, C. Asian deals to undermine Turkey’s role as energy bridge Mirza Çetinkaya [MOSKOVA] Moskova ve Pekin mi Türkmenistan'ı Kuvveytleştirecek'? Semih İDİZ Sarkozy Türkiye üzerinden şantaja hazırlanıyor Rauf DENKTAŞ İyileştirilmiş çözüm planı mı? (1) Rauf DENKTAŞ İyileştirilmiş çözüm planı (2) Solana: Turkey may look for other partners if shunned by EU Ata Atun Greeks driving the Cyprus settlement off the rails Tenet: US averted Greek-Turkish war over Kardak Eski CIA Başkanı: Kardak krizinde savaş çıkmasını biz engelledik Solana Avrupa Türkiye'yi yanında tutmalı Almanya'da El-Türk alarmı Report: A German and a Turk sought in threat to US bases in Germany Focus'un 'El-Türk' haberine yalanlama [Yorum - Bejan Matur] Avrupa arzusu, Avrupa korkusu Deniz Ülke Arıboğan Enerji satrancı Merkel Sarko’yu uyaracak Türkiye’nin cumhurbaşkanı Kemalist olacak Bike Bomb Kills One in Turkish Port Putin vanayı kaptı... Ermeniler sandık başına gitti Koçaryan yanlıları zafere yakın Interview with Armenian Studies Professor Dickran Kouymjian TAYLAN BİLGİÇ Is mr sarkozy the new iron lady of france? by ANATOLE KALETSKY Mehmetçik, Kabil'den sonra Kosova'da da komutayı devralıyor Aselsan'daki esrarengiz intihar, yeniden soruşturulacak Hrant Dink cinayeti soruşturmasında emekli albayın telefonu da dinlenmiş Genelkurmay internet sitesini yeniliyor KÜRŞAT BUMİN 'Güzele bakmak sevaptır' tıklayın... Soner Yalçın Bir kırmızı karanfilin öyküsü Ertuğrul Özkök Hazreti Muhammed vejetaryen miydi Ahmet Hakan İkinci Papermoon çıkarması notları Mustafa Ünal Güldüren trajediler Terry Eagleton - ‘We are losing the power of language’ Bbc 14 Mayıs 2007 Basın Özeti Faik ÖZTRAK Bir defalık gelirlerin gizlediği bütçe gerçeği ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM
Bütçe bozulması yabancıyı da bozar mı? Asım Erdilek Turkey’s international competitiveness Güngör URAS Hazine'nin 263 milyar YTL borcu, 98 milyar YTL alacağı var Bindik bir alamete...
Uğur Civelek IMF'nin Türkiye raporunda yanlış politik adımlarla ilgili gerginlikler tetikleyici olabilir" denildi. Ercan Kumcu Dış yatırımcılar ve Türkiye Sorun enflasyonu indirememektir Asaf Savaş Akat Enflasyon ve döviz alımları Deniz Gökçe Balonculara duyuru! Selim Işıklar 'Türkiye bir muz cumhuriyeti değil' 'Tutunamayanların' seçimi
Uğur Gürses Fitch'in kötü notu 'siyaset dışı'na The Turkish economy, a success story: Is it a success or a story? Yaman TÖRÜNER
Yoksa, arz mı talebini yaratıyor? OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Maliye'de neler oluyor? Ekonomik gelişimin ilk şartı demokrasi
Deniz Gökçe Bütçenin durumu ne? 4 milyar doları cebine koydu gözünü Akfen ve Petkim'e dikti Yiğit Bulut 'İktidara geliyoruz' diyenlere sesleniyorum Türkiye'de döviz yukarı döner mi?
Yiğit Bulut | H3 Yasemin CONGAR ABD ve "AB-Türkiye modeli" Radikal Deniz mavi yer kırmızı ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Washington neden sessiz (1) Amerikalılar, AK Parti'ye iktidarının ilk yıllarında verdikleri güçlü desteğin, devlet mekanizması ve asker nezdinde Amerikan karşıtlığını güçlendirdiği yorumunu yapıyor SOLİ ÖZEL Aldatmaca Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Düşünce kuruluşları ve ideolojik düşünce Aydınlardan, Genelkurmay bildirisine karşı 'Yurttaş Bildirisi': Demokrasimiz yara aldı Ömer Taşpınar Another lost decade? Darbeden daha kötüsü olabilir Işık Üniversitesi Rektörü Ersin Kalaycıoğlu Kimlik sorunlarımız yine depreşiyor ÖMER TAŞPINAR Seçmenin üçte ikisi işçi, memur ve emekli Bugün seçim olsa Enis Berberoğlu Kripto: AKP 2 parça Tuğcu, Bakü’de konuştu Ankara’da tartışma başladı Hukukçular Tuğcu'ya şaştı Hukukçular Tuğcu'ya destek verdi: Köşk seçimi kolaylaşmalı Başkan'dan sürpriz çıkış Hasan CEMAL Muhtıra ve seçim! Ruşen Çakır Medyaya bakmayın MHP’yi ciddiye alın ALİ BULAÇ - Seçmen inadı Cengiz Çandar Tuğcu Paket ihtiyaçtı, referanduma gitmez Hukukçular Tuğcu’ya karşı Şamil Tayyar Meydanda külahlı, iktidarda silahlı İzmir'i de görünce artık rakamların anlamı kalmıyor Murat Yetkin Ahmet Hakan İzmir’e dair İsmail Küçükkaya Mitinglerin gölgesinde siyaset İhsan Dağı The untouchables: The state elite Muhtıraya ret İzmir tarih yazdı Bilal Çetin İttifak, birleşmenin mi ayrışmanın mı yolunu açacak? Yoksa siz irticacı mısınız? Hasan Celal Güzel EKREM DUMANLI - Medya siyasetin neresindedir? Demirel'den sağda ve solda birleşmeye destek Murat Yetkin Almanya'da El-Türk alarmı Fikret BİLA Siyasette önemli işaretler Serdar Turgut Gül ile Baykal’ın anlaştıkları nokta METEHAN DEMİR Bu hafta AK Parti'nin adaylarına dikkat Mumcu İdeoloji değişmesin diye karşı çıktım Zeyno Baran Demokrasi yara almadı Nasuhi Güngör Darbe Kahinesi Türkiye’de Hasan ÜNAL Son bir ay Az gittik, uz gittik derken baktık ki.... AVNİ ÖZGÜREL MUHARREM SARIKAYA Siyasetin rengi... Should the people elect the president? by Prof. ERGUN ÖZBUDUN* Bülent Keneş The ‘state’s power’ vs. political power? Today’s Zaman Alevis: we are not a minority; we have our martyrs in the war of independence Oktay Ekşi Asıl önemlisi sandıktır Bir araya bile gelmediler! Güngör URAS Amerikalılar seçimlerle bizden fazla ilgileniyor Taha AKYOL Milliyetçilik ve Sadri Maksudi Serpil YILMAZ ABD'den kritik ziyaret FATİH ÇEKİRGE'NİN ANALİZİ İÇİN TIKLAYIN Mehmet Aydın Dışişleri Bakanı gibi 'İç savaş' ortamının gerilimi Murat Belge Gülay Göktürk “Devleti ele geçirmek” 'Önemli olan demokrasiye inanmak, halktan kopmamak' Yuvarlak Masa Toplantısı Bakan Çelik: Genelkurmay Başkanı'na hesap vermedim Taha Kıvanç Kitaplar… Kitaplar… Fehmi Koru Rejimin adı NAZLI ILICAK Merkez sağda komedi Birleşirken bozuştular Serdar Turgut Birleşme başarısı
Erkan Bey'inki büyük fedekarlık İhsan Yılmaz Turkish neocons, war on ‘Islamism’ and AK Party Serdar Akinan Kelimeler mi güçlü sayılar mı?
OKUR TEMSİLCİSİ Sabah 'taraf' mıdır? Bayrak yarışı Mehmet Altan Neden demokrasi mitingi yapmıyoruz? ERDAL ŞAFAK Referandum olacak mı?
ERGUN BABAHAN Seçim, hukuk ve özgürlükler Us yarılması Perihan Mağden Erdal Sağlam Gerilim politikası devam ediyor Şükrü Küçükşahin Bir AKP’liyi cumhurbaşkanı seçtirmeyenler [HABER İZLENİM] Dadaşlar, Erdoğan'ı mahcup etmedi FİKRİ AKYÜZ Erzurum'daki bayrakları Soros mu diktirdi?! YASİN AKTAY Laik duyarlılık değil, düpedüz İslamofobia Fatih Çekirge Başkent te ’küresel’ sıkıyönetim 20 yıl önce ve bugün İsmet Berkan Pulse of the street beats two ways amid rising political tension Derya SAZAK İzmir rüzgârı İzmir mitingi de solu birleştiremedi Aslında içimde fırtınalar kopuyor UMUR TALU Bi şey diyeceğim! Dünyayı IPI'lama zamanı Haluk Şahin Cumhuriyet niçin önemli? Mahfi Eğilmez EMRE AKÖZ Sosyalistlerin savruluşu MAHMUT ÖVÜR Kimi seçiyoruz? Doğu Ergil Problems for nationalism Mümtazer Türköne Devlet iktidarını değiştirmek ŞELALE KADAK 'Türkiye hiçbir zaman şeriat ülkesi olamaz' Jak Kamhi UMUR TALU Büyük devlet velet millet KÜRŞAT BUMİN Artık bakan değil ama sorabiliriz yine de Ahlak sukut edince cingözlere gün doğar İsmet Berkan Blacklist disagreement in the ‘holy alliance' Emin Pazarcı Miting savaşları Mehmet Metiner “Millet egemenliği”ni parçalamak The ideological fault lines of Turkish politicsby İBRAHİM KALIN AKP reklamcısının kadına bakışı! 'İcazet'li olarak CHP'den aday Uzan: GP seçime tek başına girecek Can Ataklı Atatürkçü Tayyip Bey meydanda Engin Ardıç Ali, Veli, üç de ondan evveli, anan darbe mi gördü? Mitinge kaç kişi katıldı? Çömez: Aday olmayacağım şimdilik nadastayım Çömez: AKP’den aday olmayacağım DYP milletvekili CHP'den aday 'CHP-DSP-GP yüzde 40 oy alır' Diyanet'ten MEB'e 836 nakil Tufan Türenç Beşik sallayan kadın AKP’yi de sallar Mehmet Tezkan Madem öyle işte böyle, işine gelirse politikasına karşı çıkan darbecidir! Şehit cenazesinde ‘Türkiye laiktir laik kalacak’ » Sezer referanduma götüremez ERDAL ŞAFAK No pasaran! Ferai Tınç Habersiz dünya Turan Çömez'e MHP kapısı kapandı Şeytanı Baykal’a yeğleriz
‘AKP oyları arttı’
25 yaş, 22 Temmuz'da uygulanamaz Kanadoğlu Cumhurbaşkanlığı için halk oylaması tehlikeli Can Ataklı Veto değil gerekçesi önemli Yusuf KANLI Parties turning into sufi convents İktidar DP’nin isminden korkuyor |
| H4 New York Times Amid Friction, Plans for U.S.-Iran Talks on Iraq Russia to Get Central Asian Pipeline Changes by Iraqi Shiite Party Signal Distancing From Iran Editorial NYT Magazine The Flight From Iraq By NIR ROSEN War has displaced millions in Iraq, creating the largest refugee problem in the Middle East since 1948. As they flee their country, are they taking the war with them? PAUL KRUGMAN Divided Over Trade There is a dark side to globalization. The question, however, is what to do about it. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Only Halfway There You can’t be serious about getting out of Iraq if you’re not serious about getting off oil. Editorial A Winning Deal on Trade The White House and Congressional Democrats have reached a broad understanding on trade that should benefit American workers, American businesses and global economic growth. FRANK RICH Earth to G.O.P: The Gipper Is Dead The Iraq fiasco actually masks the magnitude of the destruction this presidency has visited both on the country in general and the Republican party in particular. MAUREEN DOWD Labor’s Love Lost Gordon Brown ended his decade-long run as a hefty Heathcliff to Tony Blair’s chatty Cathy. | H5 Washington Post U.S., Iran Plan Talks on Pacifying Iraq White House Says Meeting Will Focus on 'Productive Role' for Neighbor NO MORE MR. PUNCHING BAG What We Got Right in Iraq By L. Paul Bremer 4 Myths About America-Bashing in Europe By William Drozdiak Russia to Control Gas Out of Central Asia Editorial Warming Proposals The presidential candidates and climate change Two Leaders, Two Uses of Power By Jim Hoagland Tony Blair leaves office still a romantic, a leader who tried to do too much and failed because his ambitions were so high. Jacques Chirac's legacy is that of a political cynic who failed by trying to do too little. Ethiopia's Iraq By David Ignatius ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- "Get it done quickly and get out." That, says a senior U.S. diplomat here, was the goal of the little-noticed war that Ethiopia has been fighting, with American support, against Islamic extremists in Somalia. But … Endgame at the World Bank By Sebastian Mallaby If the World Bank were a company, its share price would have fallen 25 percent amid the current leadership scandal 5 Die in Ambush of U.S. Patrol in Iraq Massive Search Launched for 3 Missing After 'Coordinated' Attack Iraq Insurgents Boast of Ambush Search Continues for 3 Missing Troops Taliban Military Leader Is Killed Insurgent Was Behind Rise in Afghan Turmoil Pentagon Hopes to Expand Aid Program Legislation Would Help Fund Foreign Governments' Military, Security Forces Clashes in Pakistan Kill 28, Injure Scores As Unrest Escalates Violence Worst Since Judicial Crisis Began WASHINGTON AT WAR Fighting Over Factories Defense Skirts State in Reviving Iraqi Industry Bush's Relations With Capitol Hill Chilly Despite President's Efforts to Reach Out, Democrats and Republicans Are Wary U.S. Aims to Weaken G-8 Climate Change Statement Ethiopia's Interfaith Oasis at Risk Encroaching Islamic extremism threatens nation's cherished interweaving of Christians, Muslims. A Long Time Ago In D.C. By Robert D. Novak A Nod to Irresponsibility Accountability is in the air in Washington. | H6 GuardianIt is not only God that will be Blair's judge over Iraq Avi Shlaim: His cravenly pro-US policy on the Middle East misunderstood Bush's real agenda and resulted in catastrophic failure. Leader Taming the dragon American politicians are getting increasingly assertive about the need for China to rebalance its economy in order to give US manufacturers some relief. Al-Qaida captures three US soldiers · US and Iraqi troops look for missing men
· Suicide bombing kills 50 Iraqi civilians Climate change to force mass migration · 1bn likely to be displaced by 2050, says report
· Environmental factors will exacerbate existing crisis Blair's legacy: a fantasy island trying to live beyond its means at every level Behind the 'Zion curtain' Khaled Diab May 13 07, 01:00pm: Just as Arabs do not realise just how 'Middle Eastern' Israelis are, Israelis don't realise how 'western' millions of Arabs are. Conflicting termsConor Foley May 13 07, 02:00pm: Despite his other foreign policy achievements, history will not be kind to Tony Blair's doctrine of liberal interventionism. Naomi Wolf v Alan Wolfe, round two Take Two May 13 07, 09:30pm: Is America on the road to fascism? Taliban's top commander killed Mullah Dadullah killed in fighting in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Gordon Brown PM has still to provide visceral appeal Jackie Ashley: The chancellor must distance himself from the worst aspects of the Blair court while keeping the Blairites on board. To understand political violence, we must first recognise its potency
Gary Younge: The professed goals of terrorists may well be legitimate, but acting in isolation does nothing to advance their cause. The Observer The private man I knew who drove the public revolution
Will Hutton: Tony Blair, far from failing as a Prime Minister, has actually ushered in the most profound political change since Disraeli. Leader Mr Brown is off to a good start To become leader of an established democracy without facing a public vote is a funny sort of political achievement, but an achievement nonetheless. Brown unveils policy blitz
Poll surge as Chancellor sets out blueprint for a new Britain.
Brown to unveil eco-towns plan
Focus: Off the leash
Guide to making Gordon a winner Mr Brown and the loneliness of the long-distance runner Andrew Rawnsley: A remarkable double act will now become a solo performance. Gordon Brown is going to have all the power - and all the responsibility. Merkel's modest rise to summit
German Chancellor's pragmatism and gift for consensus has won her world acclaim and the chance to dominate next month's G8 agenda. 27 killed as Pakistan crisis erupts
Gun battles on Karachi streets as chief justice is trapped at airport. The lessons we can all learn from British Muslims
Tory leader David Cameron writes of the benefits of integration after staying in Birmingham. |
| H7 Raidar Visser SCIRI More Flexible on Federalism, but Fails to Resolve Khamenei Ambiguity Time Is freedom failing? From Russia to Bangladesh, democracy is under assault. Here's what the West must do to save itBy PETER BEINART Newsweek Excerpt: The Meaning of Baptism, by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI An excerpt from Iran: The Essential Guide to a Country on the Brink by Stephen Kinzer. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Cheney: We'll Talk With Iran, but Only About Iraq Iraqi Papers Monday: 'SIIC' Announces Itself
Helena Cobban SCIRI's political changes; Iraqi nationalism surging; etc
US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad's Interview with Al-Hayat Afghan Taleban commander killed The Taleban's military commander in Afghanistan, Mullah Dadullah, has been killed, security officials say. BBC Language of art
How the US and Iran are forging cultural ties despite tensions No schedule yet for next Iran-EU nuclear talks International Businesses Increasingly Shun Iran, U.S. Official Says Disappeared without a trace: more than 10,000 Iraqis Bernard Lewis Credits Bush on Iraq Iran Arrests Ten at Pakistan Border With 'Spy Cameras,' $500,000 in Cash | H9 Ha’aretz – Schiff What next in Gaza? / 96% of Israeli Jews won't give up Western Wall for peace Mossad chief: Talks with Syria won't break Hezbollah ties Dagan: 'Anyone who thinks that our talking with Syria would sever them from Hezbollah is mistaken.' Judge: Gov't shouldn't have pressured AIPAC to abandon Rosen, Weissman Report: Palestinians abandon more than 1,000 Hebron homes Security cabinet okays broader military action in the Gaza Strip Jerusalem Post Peretz: Israel should begin negotiations with Syria Defense minister says harsh action against Kassams will be 'decisive;' security cabinet meeting on rockets, Hamas ends without decision. The Region: America talks, Syria imprisons [ BARRY RUBIN, Rattling the Cage: Bush and his good intentions By LARRY DERFNER Until Bush got in, the US always tried to draw Israel and its enemies together, not keep them apart. Yedioth Decision on Gaza delayed Political-security cabinet meets Sunday to discuss Israeli military response to Qassam attacks from Gaza but fails to reach decision; IDF told to continue 'standard operations' against terror activity from Strip 30 years later Thirty years ago this week Likud rose to power, ended Labor's domination, Eitan Haber writes Don't count on Saudi plan Dore Gold Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel – CSM The case for a single state of Palestine-Israel The case of South Africa shows that a unity government can succeed. By Ali Abunimah Washington Times A battleground in Gaza Don't be surprised if you wake up one morning and learn that the Gaza Strip has become a lot like Lebanon was last summer. DEBKAfile Exclusive: Israel’s security cabinet decides not to decide on IDF plans to scotch Palestinian missile offensive and Hamas war buildup. Olmert heeds orders from Washington NYT Magazine Writing in the Dark By DAVID GROSSMAN An Israeli novelist reflects on what literature can accomplish in a time of permanent political emergency and personal loss. Israeli Riddle: Love Jerusalem, Hate Living There By GREG MYRE Israel is facing a challenge it never expected when it captured East Jerusalem and reunited the city in the 1967 war: each year, Jerusalem’s population is becoming more Arab and less Jewish. LRB ‘I merely belong to them’
Judith Butler: Hannah Arendt The Jewish Writings by Hannah Arendt ed. Jerome Kohn WP HISTORY: HOLOCAUST The War YearsA scholar who survived the Nazis completes his life's work. Reviewed by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 BBC Gaza 'truce' after factions clash An Egyptian-brokered truce is to go into effect between rival factions in Gaza after clashes kill five. |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Al Qaeda launches attacks on higher-impact targets An Al Qaeda-linked group ambushed American troops on Saturday, capturing three soldiers. Death of Taliban chief leaves void The killing of charismatic Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah on Sunday in a US-led operation may cripple the insurgent group. Street violence tests Pakistan's president Some 38 people were killed this weekend in street violence in Pakistan's major cities. ASIA CSM Web opens world for China's
'post-90' kids, but erodes respect Armed with outside ideas and information, teens are challenging their teachers. And some schools welcome it. THE MONITOR'S VIEW Filling China's spiritual vacuum China's changing view of its past WP Pacific Commander Stresses China Ties Admiral to Sustain Policy of Predecessor | H11 IHT Germany's coalition suffers significant loss Lost in din over Putin's Third Reich remarks, a call for calm EUROPE European press review Time What Europe's New Leaders Could Do The arrival of fresh faces in France and Britain could lead to closer ties between America's oldest European allies. That's also good news for the U.S. 'There Are Lessons That We've Got to Learn.' An exclusive interview with Gordon Brown, Britain's next Prime Minister NYRB The Stasi on Our Minds
By Timothy Garton Ash EU Study for Energy Security of Supply: Updates on the Crisis Capability Index and the Supply/Demand Index Clingendael A 101-page updated study developing a model for reviewing and assessing European energy supply security on the basis of pre-agreed criteria | H12 RFE/RL New Pipeline Deal Struck A new pipeline deal is seen as a blow to U.S., European, and Chinese hopes of diverting Central Asian gas out of Russian hands. Presidential Dress Rehearsal The outcome of parliamentary elections is likely to dictate the course of the presidential vote in 2008 Pro-Government Parties Win Armenian Vote Putin, Nazarbaev To Meet Today In Kazakhstan Google News Azerbaijan TLS Russia's six deadly sins
Philip Longworth The post-Soviet situation is hopeless but not serious Armenia's elections: Society is awaken, politicians dazzled |
| H13 The TimesShock as Sarkozy woos anti-US leftwinger Sarkozy has upset the US and his opponents by offering the job of Foreign Minister to a veteran, anti-American Socialist Taleban military chief is dead Tough at the Top But would a ‘department of the prime minister’ make political life easier? Sunday Times Sergeant Sarko prepares his first offensive Sarkozy will call a session of parliament in July to pass a law which will kill off the much maligned 35-hour week Al-Qaeda plan militant state in Iraq A plan to turn the Sunni heartland of Iraq into an Islamic state is causing alarm among US intelligence officials It's not the Brown we know that worries us, it's the one we don't He's seen as the cantankerous, essentially private Chancellor, but who is the real Gordon Brown? Simon Jenkins Brown faces a second division cabinet Brown will have vast opportunities to change his cabinet with the losses of Blair, Prescott and Reid Michael Portillo Britain fights US Afghan onslaughtConcern is mounting that the toll of civilians killed is setting back the coalition’s efforts to win Afghan "hearts and minds" Gordon’s starter for 10 Brown needs to tackle core issues for a better Britain Wall Street Journal Rudy and the Right Just what Republicans don't need: an abortion brawl. Everything Old Is New Again
The French presidential election gives us a glimpse into the future, says Peggy Noonan.
By PEGGY NOONAN Reform of the International Monetary Fund
CFR | H14 Financial Times EU tensions ahead of Russian summit Tensions within the European Union over how to deal with an increasingly assertive Russia have boiled over just days before a summit with President Vladimir Putin, as new EU member states step up their campaign for a tougher line. Tehran and US set for talks Iran and the US are to hold bilateral talks in Baghdad on the future of Iraq Editorial Lessons from Asia Ten years ago today the world's last major financial crisis began in Bangkok with speculative attacks on the Thai baht. Debate still rages about the causes of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 and about whether the right lessons have been learned. COMMENT: The problem with inflation indices A US judge once said he could not define pornography, but knew it when he saw it. You could say the same for inflation, writes Wolfgang Munchau. COMMENT: Why Bush should back Blair as World Bank chief Wolfowitz was not well-known for any strong interest in welfare of the world’s poor. Blair is, writes Edward Mortimer of the Salzburg Seminar. WORLD NEWS: Decisive week for World Bank chief EditorialRunning France SA Campaign rhetoric is rarely a reliable guide to post-election policies. Despite the many speeches and interviews Nicolas Sarkozy has given in recent weeks he looks set to continue corporate nationalism Merkel steps up effort to salvage EU treaty In the weeks running up to an EU summit in June, Ms Merkel wants to end the Union’s wrangle over its stalled constitutional treaty – emblematic of EU navel-gazing – and turn the club out towards the world White House trades on Democrats’ termsThe deal struck between President George W. Bush and Democrats last week to revive US trade policy shows the country is not turning towards protectionism, according to Susan Schwab, US trade representative. Oil states cash to dip, says IMF Gulf oil exporters’ current account surpluses are ex-pected to fall this year on rising domestic investment and softer oil prices, said the International Monetary Fund said. Martin Wolf COMMENT: How the bottom billion are trapped The trip came on the heels of US Vice-president Dick Cheney’s stop in Abu Dhabi, as both the US and Tehran lobby for Gulf support in the continuing disputes over Iran’s nuclear programme FT REPORT - FT FUND MANAGEMENT: Iraq's harsh realities and opportunities COMMENT: China's path to world-class capital markets Capital markets reform could be the basis for a deal between China and the US, writes Fang Xinghai of the Shanghai metropolitan government. WORLD NEWS: Ahmadi-Nejad woos expat investors | Iraqi Shiite party steps back from Iran The Supreme Council pledges loyalty to top cleric Sistani and renames itself, dropping the word 'revolution.' Jihad deja vu By William Dalrymple A bloody 19th century revolt against the British looks terribly familiar. Give bigger government a chance By Ezra Klein For too long, we've bought the idea that government has failed us. Editorial |
| H16 American Politics Newsweek Zakaria: The U.S. Democrats Are Sounding Parochial on Trade WP In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth Candidate's Firm Has Taken On Controversial Executives, Clients realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec NYRB How Democrats Should Talk By Michael Tomasky Washington liberals and Democrats have made many arguments about what they need to do as they try to recover from the low point of their support among the public during the Bush years in 2002 and 2003 and climb toward renewed dominance. Most of these arguments have centered on the big questions of ideology and vision— whether the times demand a calibrated centrism or a bolder liberalism of big plans and ideas. But other arguments, put forward in many a blog post, have ignored ideology and focused more on the question of tactics. | H17 Daily TelegraphActions will speak a lot louder than words Gordon Brown will face many new challenges in the months to come. He must show us that he has not just the strength, but also the ideas to deal with them. Three US troops 'kidnapped by al-Qa'eda' Thousands of US troops scoured Iraq's "triangle of death" for three comrades amid fears they had been taken by militants who planned to execute them on video. Sunday Telegraph Brown and public alone together at last Mr Brown is like a man chasing a girl who has finally got rid of his gooseberry guest: "I thought he'd never leave." For 13 years, he has been trying to muscle in on the relationship between Blair and the public, and now that relationship is at an end, writes Matthew d'Ancona. The first big choice: Iraq Mr Brown cares about British identity, and it would be bolstered if he exercised some British independence of thought. So, he can wait to follow America out Iraq, or lead. It is his first big choice, says Iain Martin. It's been a poor fist so far, Gordon The last obstacle preventing Gordon Brown from becoming Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has now named his departure date. What will the man who has waited a decade for the top job do when he finally moves from Number 11 to Number 10, Downing Street? Will New York become new Venice? Because history left Venice behind, architecturally if not in other ways, it is the ideal place to ponder the vast economic changes we are witnessing in our time. For what befell Venice roughly 500 years ago may well be the imminent fate of the city's North American counterpart: New York, says Niall Ferguson. Notorious Taliban general killed Mullah Dadullah's dead body put on display in Kandahar. The Blair decade: a special report Our commentators review the PM. Russia brews trouble in 'Europe's Cuba' The unrecognised state of Transdniester is being used as a pawn in Moscow's bid for influence on Europe's old Cold War frontier. | Al-Qaida-linked group says it is holding captured US soldiers Stephen King: How hot money has put central bankers worldwide in a sweat In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis? Taliban military leader killed by Nato forces The most senior Taliban military commander in Afghanistan, Mullah Dadullah, is reported to have been killed in fighting yesterday. Zealot who destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas Leading article: One butcher's death will not break the Taliban Johann Hari: Blair's legacy lies in the Baghdad morgue Independet on Sunday Bloodshed rises in Iraq as US demands 'victory' As Tony Blair, one of the architects of the Iraq war, prepares to leave office, it is clearer than ever that his ally's strategy of systematically crushing the Sunni insurgency is not working Geoffrey Wheatcroft: He did do God. And that, in the end, is what did for him US politicians can approach problems by asking: 'What would Jesus do?' Hamish McRae: If no one is thanking Brown now, what hope is there when things get tougher? Expert View: The enigma of Gordon, the man in the iron mask |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Legendary Force Updates Its Image Online Recruiting, Anti-Terrorist Activities Routine in Today's French Foreign Legion Boston Globe War without limits New scholarship on the origins of 'total war,' from the French Revolution to World War II, helps explain the war on terror. The Creation of an Al Qaedist - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online From Scientific American, new nukes are good nukes? What does it mean when the U.S. government announces plans to create the first new nuclear warhead in two decades? A review of Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror. Spencer Ackerman reviews At the Center of the Storm: My Years In the CIA by George Tenet. New Yorker Woodward vs. Tenet: Jeffrey Goldberg on the new intelligence war. An interview with Tara McKelvey, author of Monstering: Inside America’s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War. Tougher sell for recruiters: Dad The percentage of fathers who would support military service for their kids dropped from 77 percent in 2003 to 59 percent by last August. By Nat Hentoff We must not sink to the enemy's level | H20 Slate The World in Their Hands A historian examines a combative collaboration. Reviewed by Margaret MacMillan NIXON AND KISSINGER Partners in Power By Robert Dallek Does Economic Success Require Democracy? - Kevin Hassett, The American There Is No God but Politics - Theodore Dalrymple, New English Review Hysteria Rules on "Climate Change" - Alexander Cockburn, The Nation Why We Should Share the Wealth
Rockefeller did it. The Gateses are doing it. If every billionaire chipped in, it would transform the world Wretched of the Earth By Nicholas Kristof On Poor People Stoppard's Romance By Anthony Grafton On The Coast of Utopia, a trilogy by Tom Stoppard. | H21 True faith is greater than the ranters We cannot create life in the laboratory, but that does not mean that life does not exist William Rees-Mogg By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Reviewed by MICHAEL KINSLEY Christopher Hitchens is an old-fashioned (and very entertaining) village atheist, trying to pick arguments with the good citizens on their way to church. First Chapter Reading the mind of pre-war Vienna The Man Without Qualities is an unrepentantly philosophical novel, but its characters will be as unforgettable as Proust's, writes A.N. Wilson. Scientology v BBC: Reporter censured New twist to row over Panorama. The first intellectual property rights auction in Europe will be held in Munich Can CBS Put the Net Into Network? CBS plans to pursue a drastically revised online strategy that involves syndicating its entertainment, news and sports video to as much of the Web as possible. |
