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H1 Guardian Iran's secret plan to force US out of Iraq in summer Iran preparing for showdown with coalition forces intended to tip US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say. Washington PostAfter the Surge The Administration Floats Ideas for a New Approach in Iraq By David Ignatius, Guardian America's reputation is in tatters. But after Bush, recovery could be swift Max Hastings: The next US president will inherit a legacy of global mistrust. Restoration of its authority must begin with a painful exit from Iraq. UPI Analysis: The Middle East's next war The next major Middle East war could well be fought not over land, oil or religion -- the traditional causes of conflict to date -- but over water, a precious commodity becoming rarer by the day. Morgan Stanley Policy Pitfalls in an Asset-Dependent World What do these three developments have in common: Washington-led protectionism, China’s equity bubble, and a dollar-exposed Middle East? Al Hayat An Arab 'Coup de Grace'! Jamil Ziabi - The Arabs are in bad need of an awakening; a national revolution orchestrated by unity, principles of equality, and dependence on transparency, modern education, powerful economy, and common interests. IHT Analysis: Germans enter new phase in relations with RussiaGermany's relations with Russia were never likely to be as cozy under Chancellor Angela Merkel as under her predecessor. Asia Times Looking beyond the limits SPENGLER Those pesky puppies of war Persians are chess players, and recent geopolitical setbacks and internal rivalries do not imply that the Iranians have abandoned the game. Real conflict, however, is not a chessboard - the pawns have an unpleasant tendency to move on their own. Trivialities have started devastating wars before, and may well do so again. Hardliners, hard options The most ideologically antagonistic elements within the Iranian regime and the US administration perhaps see in the talks on Iraq a short-term opportunity to save their respective sinking ships and to buy time to prepare for a new game of "winner takes all". The main losers will be Iranian opposition groups. - Massoud Khodabandeh Al Hayat An Arab 'Coup de Grace'! Jamil Ziabi - The Arabs are in bad need of an awakening; a national revolution orchestrated by unity, principles of equality, and dependence on transparency, modern education, powerful economy, and common interests. Christian Science Monitor Azeris caught in US-Iran tussle A planned protest Tuesday highlights long-brewing frustrations of Iran's largest minority, which some say Washington is trying to exploit to undermine Tehran. Making Diplomatic and Military Strategy Work Together in Iraq Nuclear Parleys Run Parallel to Iraq Talks By: Kimia Sanati | Inter Press Service While the Iranian regime has been categorical that negotiations with the European Union over its controversial nuclear programme are isolated from planned talks with the United States over security in Iraq, the timing of the parleys are such that overlap may be hard to avoid. New York Times Editorial Iran’s Centrifuges Given the urgency and ambition of Iran’s nuclear program, what is needed is a more urgent and ambitious international response. Give Them a Break By MAX BOOT Stop complaining about the Iraqi Parliament’s recess. Supporters Urge Pakistan Leader to Alter Course Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is being advised to make a change of course or risk losing power. Putin Prompts Split in German Coalition Independent Robert Fisk: A front-row seat for this Lebanese tragedy Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Hamas has learned from the Second Lebanon War Shmuel Rosner: What is it that binds U.S. and Israel together? Financial Times COMMENT: It is no longer in the west's interests to back Musharraf An unpopular president will find it increasingly hard to deliver co-operation on Afghanistan, terrorism and domestic militancy, writes Gideon Rachman. UN Security Council should create a tribunal for Lebanon A special tribunal to try the killers of Lebanon’s former prime minister can send a powerful message that assassins will not go unpunished The Times Blair's battlefields are not the problem A new European Constitution will be a bigger problem for Brown than Iraq and Afghanistan Bronwen Maddox Hamas pledges to renew Israel suicide bombings Militant movement declares open war after Israel vows to kill Hamas politicians including Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya Asia Times The Xinjiang factor in the new Silk Road The conflict-oriented "Great Game" concept is no longer relevant for Central Asia. Today, the ancient Silk Road is the route to cultural, natural-resource and economic riches that could, if used wisely, benefit the world far beyond the region itself. The nexus of this dynamic 21st-century reality is Xinjiang, where Central Asia and China meet. - David Gosset Iraq Makes Plans for Quick US Pullout Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline Pentagon Studies Long-Term Commitment in Iraq Brown won't pull UK troops out of Iraq: US official International Energy Outlook 2007 Source: Energy Information Administration Wealth & Poverty In Global Cities - Keynote Time to Get Real on China-U.S. Trade - Bill Powell, Time CSIS Pakistan: Shrinking Control New Yorker Why the Six-Day War is still being fought. by David Remnick Dennis Ross Empty Benches Secretary of State Rice's plan to establish Israeli and Palestinian "benchmarks" has promise as an initiative to restart a peace process, but benchmarks without consequences offer measures only of what is not happening. Palestine's human insecurity: a Gaza report | Mient Jan Faber | Mary Kaldor The road not taken: the Iraq Study Group | Bob Burnett IHT Analysis: Germans enter new phase in relations with RussiaGermany's relations with Russia were never likely to be as cozy under Chancellor Angela Merkel as under her predecessor. Der Spiegel The New Ice Age: Talking With Russia -- or Not LA Times America -- The World's Arms Pusher By: Frida Berrigan | Los Angeles Times Foreign Policy The List: The World’s Most Powerful Crime Syndicates David Corn & Peter Bergen: Remember Afghanistan? Salon Why Bush hasn't been impeached Congress, the media and most of the American people have yet to turn decisively against Bush because to do so would be to turn against some part of themselves. The CIA's latest "ghost detainee"New details confirm a CIA prisoner disappeared in U.S. custody for months, renewing suspicions the agency could be violating the law and using torture. | H2 Jerusalem Post Turkey's identity crisis [ EFRAIM INBAR Daily Star Turkish anxiety on Kirkuk may mean new conflicts By Meliha Altunisik Yasemin Çongar "An astonishing irony" in Turkey! TPMCafe Hirsi Ali ne dediğini bilmiyor ERIK-JAN ZÜRCHER Demokraside ordu denetimi olmaz Avrupa Türkiye'yi kabul etmeli Peter Preston Kemalizm değişmek zorunda RÜSTEM MAHMUD Washington Times Election anxiety Turkey's AK Party Struggles to Hold Center Ground Ted Galen Carpenter Kürdistan’ı Türklerin istila ettiğinde Washington'un kendisini içinde bulacağı durumu bir düşünün Ruling AKP Most Powerful in Turkey Angus Reid Global Monitor Guardian Fury at Turkish ban on bikini ads How will the upcoming elections affect foreign policy? Today's Zaman Understanding Religious Expression in Turkey FOX News Critic of Turkish pro-jihad books at school receives threats Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media İBRAHİM KARAGÜL 'Bu mekanizma bitti' dedi, koltuğu bir günde gitti Mahir Kaynak Görev bitmiş Türk heyeti, Bağdat'a PKK notasını hatırlatacak Hükümet Edip Başer'i görevden aldı Başer: "İnsan bir haber verir." Gerekçe: Beyanları olumsuz etkiliyor Terörle mücadelede asker yerine diplomat Erdoğan, Başer'i görevden aldı Baba’nın özel kalemi Erdoğan’ın danışmanı 'Üçlü mekanizma artık bitti' diyen Başer, görevden alındı Gerginliğinin tırmandığı Kerkük'te şiddetin uzanamadığı bir yer Kuna site|Story page|Iraqi Kurds put best face forward to win US ... ABD Konsolosu'ndan Mahmur Kampı'na ziyaret DTP’de bağımsız adaylık yarışı Government dismisses anti-PKK coordinator after rift Kurd calls for adopting Kurdistan reconciliation experiment in Iraq Kurdish MP: Our Experiment a Model for Iraq Mete Çubukçu / 2 Filistin, 5 sorun Iraq's Kurdistan opens its arms to Gulf investors Federalizing Iraq makes sense for US and Iraq By KRG.org Decentralizing Iraqi Governance Is the Last Hope The Independent Institute Baydemir'e 'üçlü' soruşturma izni Tuncer Kılıç'tan Başer tepkisi Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Türkiye'ye AB desteği azalıyor Sami KOHEN "Akdeniz Kulübü" hayali Cengiz Aktar Sarkozy’yi ciddiye almak gerekiyor Doğrudan ticaret tüzüğü başka bahara 'Imponderabilias' of the Turkey-EU relations Sylvia Tiryaki A book that sheds light on the past and future of Cyprus Jean-Pierre Jouyet'den Sarkozy'ye Türkiye desteği Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Ankara’s Nabucco policy angers some Guardian uyardı: Mitinglerde AB için talep değil, ret var Bulgarlar sandığa gitmeyince Türk partisi sürpriz yaptı Turkish party in Bulgaria wins seats in European Parliament Yeni Fransız Bakan Türkiye’ye soğuk AB'nin OYAK takıntısı Yiğit Bulut Fikret Ertan Altıncı ve son temsilci Croatian Amb: We are not competitors, but partners Yüksel Söylemez What happened to the trade office of North Cyprus in Kuwait city? Kablosuz internet ortamında maruz kalınan radyasyon tehlikeli mi? Gülen Hocaefendi Kıbrıs'a mı yerleşecek? Sign the Kyoto protocol Doğan Yalçındağ The Great Red Comet: Water shortage knocks at Turkey's door Aselsan intiharlarındaki sır çözülüyor mu? ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Murat Yülek The IMF’s sixth review Ercan Kumcu İngiliz Merkez Bankası da mektup yazıyor Erdal Sağlam Bu tavizler IMF’yi çapa olmaktan çıkardı Güngör URAS Ucuz döviz yatırımı da, üretimi de artırmaz AKP ekonomide başarılı oldu mu? Eser Karakaş Mitingler bitti sıra ekonomide 1.5 milyar $'ı buldu Turkcell'de kontrolü Alfa'ya kaptırmadı 11 milyar dolarlık rafineri yatırımı için izin göründü İlhan Kesici CHP'den aday adayı olacak Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN | H3Radikal, L'Atalante gemisinden bildiriyor Marmara fayından kötü haber: Deprem 7.6 olur Başer'in dili başına dert oldu 5+5’ten vazgeçme planı gündemde ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Askeri kriz ve askerin krizi Sencer Ayata AB'yi asıl istemeyen AKP tabanı Ortalığı karıştıracak bir senaryo daha Murat Yetkin ABD, AKP ve darbe Nuray Mert Cüneyt Ülsever Bir AKP analizi (I) Günay'a göre AKP, CHP'den daha solcu Enis Berberoğlu Partiler TÜSİAD’da roadshow’a çıkıyor Ertuğrul Özkök Biz kime satıldık ABD SANDIKTAN 'TEK PARTİ İKTİDARI' BEKLİYOR... Güneri CIVAOĞLU 22.07.07 aritmetiği Cengiz Çandar Türkiye’nin yeni, hareketli orta sınıfları Cumhurbaşkanı seçimi krizine bir çözüm teklifi Hasan Celal Güzel İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Diyarbakır-Erbil-Tebriz üçgeni ve yalan rüzgarı ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Berat Özipek Baraj, DTP, oy pusulası ve adalet Serdar Turgut AKP’nin paranoyası mı? Asaf Savaş Akat Seçim sistemi reformu Mehmet Tezkan Türban yerine baş örtüsünü kullansalar sorun bitecek.. Marjinaller, Alevileri militanlaştırmak istiyor ‘Başbakan’ın ruhu’ aranıyor! Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı, Baykal ve Mumcu’nun Başbakan'a yakın bir işadamı, milletvekilimize rüşvet teklif etti” iddilarına soruşturma açtı Emin Çölaşan Medya softası ağlaşıyor! AKP'nin kapatılma dosyası hazır! 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 Fehmi Koru Ak Parti'ye karşı ortak cephe NAZLI ILICAK Darphane-i Amire'de 19 Mayıs Şahin Alpay Militarizm faşizme götürür Yanlış Anlayan Kadın Perihan Mağden Ertuğrul Özkök Biz kime satıldık AKP ikinci sandıktan vaz mı geçecek? 5+5’ten vazgeçme planı gündemde Yalçın Doğan CHP Genel Sekreteri, AKP yolunda [Yorum - Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu] Gerçekler göz ardı mı ediliyor? Andrew Finkel Learning from experience Gül için rüşvet iddiasına soruşturma HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Hasan CEMAL Bizde siyaset yalanda yaşamak mı? Suat Kınıklıoğlu What awaits us on July 23? Can Ataklı Sanki AKP’nin kadrolu Amerikalı gazetecisi Güler Kömürcü 2 yıl sonra yeni seçim beklentisi... METEHAN DEMİR Askeri kamplar seçim döneminde kapanacak Ali Bulaç Oldu mu şimdi? Kadına karşı parti görevleri Secularist demonstrations and democracy-coated militarism in Turkey Serdar KAYA Gülay Göktürk Popüler klişeler; çürük argümanlar Tuğçe Baran Kim gafil, kim cahil... Elif Şafak Şarkta muteber Ali Bulaç The model that will strengthen democracy in Turkey MUHARREM SARIKAYA Mehmet Y Yılmaz CHP, Genç Parti ile ittifak yapar mı? Murat Karayalçın'dan CHP'ye: Yazıklar olsun AP Sosyalist Grubu: CHP, askerin gölgesinden çıkmalı Demokrasi bir refleks midir? Turgut Tarhanlı DP'nin aday adaylarının hepsi birbirinden ünlü Mümtazer Türköne Erzurum'un bayrağı Rule without being elected is sweeter than honey by Prof. MUSTAFA ŞENTOP* Ekrem Dumanlı Bu ne derin öfkeymiş Derya SAZAK Bir kimlik peşinde [Yorum - Doç. Dr. Hasan Kösebalaban] Türkiye dünyadan kopuyor! Nuh Gönültaş Amerika'ya ya da Rusya'ya Şeriat gelirse Türkiye'ye de gelir! Şakir Süter Kesici CHP’de İlter Türkmen Sol ve çağdaşlık İlnur Çevik Will the crowds now vote for CHP-DSP? [NEWS ANALYSIS] Tamer Korkmaz "Odak"tan kapatamıyoruz: "Mayo"dan kapatalım! Hüsnü Mahalli Delik çorap! Osman TIĞRAKLI Çongar’ın hezeyanları Köşk oylaması için rüşvet soruşturması TÜSİAD, liderler dizisine Erdoğan'la başlıyor Ahmet Altan 'TÜRKİYE BİR İÇ SAVAŞA MI GİDİYOR?' Özdemir İnce Cumhuriyetçiler tam birleşmek zorunda! Aydınlar: Demokratik güçler artık birleşmeli EMRE AKÖZ Neden krizi yönetemiyorlar? MAHMUT ÖVÜR 23 Temmuz 'demokrasi bayramı' olur mu? Ümit ÖZDAĞ Mitingler; protestolar, duruşlar Beyaz Enerji’nin albayı CHP adayı Aleviler solda tam birlik istiyor Hadi Uluengin Sloganların arkası Vatanı sevenler Murat Belge Mustafa Mutlu AKP’yi ‘suskun çiftçi’ vuracak! |
H4 New York Times Editorial Iran’s Centrifuges Given the urgency and ambition of Iran’s nuclear program, what is needed is a more urgent and ambitious international response. Give Them a Break By MAX BOOT Stop complaining about the Iraqi Parliament’s recess. Supporters Urge Pakistan Leader to Alter Course Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is being advised to make a change of course or risk losing power. Iran Accuses American of Revolution Plot Putin Prompts Split in German Coalition War Proposal Still Stymied Despite Talks Gunmen Kill 5 in Ambush of Minibus in Diyala Province on Day of Scattered Violence in Iraq Israel and Palestinian Militants Carry Out Deadly Attacks Lebanese Army and Islamists Battle for 2nd Day Baghdad District Is a Model, but Only for Shiites In the Baghdad district of Kadhimiya, religious Shiite leaders and their militias have consolidated control. Critics in Senate Vowing to Alter Immigration Bill Lawmakers from both parties are seeking to alter a comprehensive immigration bill substantially | H5 Washington PostAfter the Surge The Administration Floats Ideas for a New Approach in Iraq By David Ignatius, For Estonia and NATO, A New Kind of War By Anne Applebaum, And now for a quick quiz: A European country -- a member in good standing of NATO and the European Union -- has recently suffered multiple attacks on its institutions. Can you (a) name the country, (b) describe the attacks and (c) explain what NATO is doing in response? PostGlobal US Mistakes Make Dictators Happy Storm-Watching in Jordan By Richard Cohen Splinter Groups Rise In Refugee Camps Decline of Palestinian Institutions Cited Lebanon Confronts A Fierce Adversary Shelling Targets Well-Armed Force In Refugee Camp American Scholar Is Charged in Iran Tehran Accuses Her Of Seeking to Topple Ruling Establishment Free To Be Al Gore By E. J. Dionne Jr., Al Gore's revenge is to have been right: right about the Internet and global warming, and right about Iraq. Evangelicals at a Crossroads As Falwell's Generation Fades Three New AmericansFirst Called to Duty, Then Citizenship Immigrants Fought for the United States Before It Was Truly Their Country Don't Fear The A-Word By Eugene Robinson When fantasists in the immigration debate yell "amnesty," realists should say that what's crazy is to fantasize about hunting down millions of men, women and children and forcing them to leave | H6 Guardian Iran's secret plan to force US out of Iraq in summer Iran preparing for showdown with coalition forces intended to tip US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say. America's reputation is in tatters. But after Bush, recovery could be swift Max Hastings: The next US president will inherit a legacy of global mistrust. Restoration of its authority must begin with a painful exit from Iraq. Leader Big countries, big worries Conor Foley: France's new foreign minister Bernard Kouchner is the founder of Blair's doctrine of liberal intervention. Let Bush go now, BlairAnthony Giddens May 21 07, 06:38pm: Even if you can accept the outgoing prime minister's closeness to America over the war in Iraq, why is he still hanging out with Dubya? Dealing with the worst Bruce Ackerman May 21 07, 10:00pm: Britain is losing Blair, but America is stuck with Bush - and that's because the British system is much better at getting rid of a discredited chief executive. Death toll rises in Lebanon conflict · Forces tighten grip as Red Cross waits to go in · Seven hurt in Beirut bomb, adding to instability It's thriving, but lethal Mark Curtis: Britain's decade of arms exports puts the lie to any notion of an ethical foreign policy under Blair. |
H7 Asia Times Looking beyond the limits SPENGLER Those pesky puppies of war Persians are chess players, and recent geopolitical setbacks and internal rivalries do not imply that the Iranians have abandoned the game. Real conflict, however, is not a chessboard - the pawns have an unpleasant tendency to move on their own. Trivialities have started devastating wars before, and may well do so again. Hardliners, hard options Al Hayat An Arab 'Coup de Grace'! Jamil Ziabi - The Arabs are in bad need of an awakening; a national revolution orchestrated by unity, principles of equality, and dependence on transparency, modern education, powerful economy, and common interests. Nuclear Parleys Run Parallel to Iraq Talks By: Kimia Sanati | Inter Press Service While the Iranian regime has been categorical that negotiations with the European Union over its controversial nuclear programme are isolated from planned talks with the United States over security in Iraq, the timing of the parleys are such that overlap may be hard to avoid. Morgan Stanley Policy Pitfalls in an Asset-Dependent World What do these three developments have in common: Washington-led protectionism, China’s equity bubble, and a dollar-exposed Middle East? Le Monde Il faut sauver la presse de qualité, par Jürgen Habermas Commentary: Islamic deja vu Washington Times What's the Big Idea? Foreign policy theoreticals PINR "Economic Brief: The Nationalization of Venezuelan Oil" Full text of report | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Iraq Makes Plans for Quick US Pullout Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline Baghdad bracing for U.S. pullout Iraq's military is drawing up plans on how to cope if U.S.-led forces leave the country quickly, the defense minister said yesterday. Pentagon Studies Long-Term Commitment in Iraq Brown won't pull UK troops out of Iraq: US official US Papers Tuesday: The Kadhimiya Model For Iraqis, gasoline remains expensive and in short supply Iraqi Shi'ite Leader In Iran For Cancer Treatment Commentary: Of moles and men Neo-Cons To Plot Iran Strategy Amid Caribbean Luxury Juan Cole The Incredible Vanishing Iraqi Political Leadership: Al-Hakim to ... Iraqi Refugee Crisis Grows - Lee Hamilton, Indianapolis Star BostonGlobe Editorial The specter haunting Lebanon THE WARFARE that erupted Sunday in northern Lebanon, in and around the city of Tripoli, illustrates the danger of another civil war in that beleaguered country. Daily Star Don't let a fringe group reignite tension among Lebanese and Palestinians Time for more imaginative solutions to Lebanon's political impasse Daawa's eventful past and vague future Tehran: The Great Mayoral Prelude By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch BBC Lebanon fighting enters third day Fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants continues into a third day, despite talk of a ceasefire. Al Qaeda's New Front in Lebanon “US Asks NSF to Elect New Leader for Credibility,” by Bette Dam “Lebanon Unrest Puts Hariri Tribunal In Peril” by Solomon Battle at refugee site rages on in Lebanon Iranian Sufi Leader's Arrest Roils Supporters In Iran, Proposed Bill Would Cut Short Ahmadinejad's Term of Office MEMRI May 22 SD# 1594 - Syrian Dissident Launches Campaign Against Presidential Referendum in Syria | H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Hamas has learned from the Second Lebanon War Lessons of war To put an end to Qassam rocket attacks, the IDF must take the battle to enemy territory. Hamas: We'll halt rockets in return for W. Bank truce Editorial: IDF is turning the West Bank into a settler state Haniyeh: We'll fight until 'victory or martyrdom' Shmuel Rosner: What is it that binds U.S. and Israel together? U.S. envoy: Unlikely convicted spy Pollard will ever be released .S. gives Israel green light for Syria dialogue U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israeli-Syrian talks For Syria, the 1967 border remains sacred Desperately Seeking Security -- and Getting Something Else By: Gila Svirsky | The Daily Star In Israel, the concept of "security" is a powerful one. It is used to justify all military activity, including the occupation of Palestinian territories and the vast budgets applied to it. New Yorker Why the Six-Day War is still being fought. by David Remnick Dennis Ross Empty Benches Secretary of State Rice's plan to establish Israeli and Palestinian "benchmarks" has promise as an initiative to restart a peace process, but benchmarks without consequences offer measures only of what is not happening. BBC Search for peace Jerusalem Post Critical Currents: War and peace don't go together The publication of the Winograd Committee interim report has accentuated Israel's militarism. Our World: Denial is not a strategy Theodor Herzl's vision betrayed The Weekly Portion: What to do in Gaza Boston Globe 'The darkest moment in Palestinian history' (By H.D.S. Greenway) Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Condi, Stay Home - Mortimer B. Zuckerman (U.S. News) U.S. Policy Turnabout May Enable Israeli-Syrian Talks By: Ze'ev Schiff | Haaretz Yedioth Ahronoth IDF suggests 'security zone' Army readies for possibility political echelons will give order to boost offensive in Gaza Israel bemoans absence of Palestinian partner, but we are partly to blame, Gershon Baskin says Focusing on the Arabs/ Somfalvi McClatchy High-tech border crossing serves as monument to Mideast gridlock Analysis: Spy still divides U.S., Israel From The Nation, if we are ever to solve the Israel/Palestinian conflict, learning each other's historical narratives is surely the place to begin. 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. An excerpt from Dark Hope Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine by David Shulman. Whose Israel question? A review of My Israel Question by Antony Loewenstein. The writing cure Living in a war zone, Israeli writer David Grossman turned away from recording the conflict in his work. But after his son was killed in the army, he found it was the only way to come to terms with his grief. |
H10 Christian Science Monitor Azeris caught in US-Iran tussle A planned protest Tuesday highlights long-brewing frustrations of Iran's largest minority, which some say Washington is trying to exploit to undermine Tehran. Israel weighs tactics toward Hamas Israeli airstrikes killed at least five militants in Gaza Monday as it stepped up attacks. Baghdad: lives under duress In different neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, a shopkeeper, a Christian, and an imam try to carry on amid daily dangers. Strife rips at Lebanon In the worst internal violence since the 1975-90 civil war, at least 71 people have been killed in a Lebanese Army battle with Islamic militants. From 2000 to 2004, global emissions grew at a rate of 3 percent a year – more than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports. Dante Chinni: Media's hand in the Iraq war In Darfur, some Arabs now fight alongside rebels Some Arabs fighters are growing so disenchanted with unfulfilled promises from Sudan's government that they're switching sides in the conflict. ASIA Asia Times The Xinjiang factor in the new Silk Road | H11 IHT Analysis: Germans enter new phase in relations with RussiaGermany's relations with Russia were never likely to be as cozy under Chancellor Angela Merkel as under her predecessor. Iran and Belarus forge 'strategic partnership' Politicus: Sarkozy's new grip on anti-Americanism Not Only the Poorest Need Aid By: Abdullah Il Ibn Al Hussein | International Herald Tribune EUROPE European press review McClatchy In Europe, visionaries make way for pragmatists NYT The Politics of Eurovision By DUNCAN J. WATTS The Eurovision Song Contest offers an unexpected glimpse of how ordinary Europeans perceive one another. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy clash over EU constitution and Airbus | H12 RFE/RL Georgian Opposition Figure Shot Dead Azerbaijan Closes Offices Of Two Opposition Newspapers EDM RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT BRINGS MORE MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISTRUST
Google News Azerbaijan NPQ Tatiana Tolstaya: DEMOCRACY HAS NEARLY DISAPPEARED IN RUSSIA Europe Scolds a Bristling Putin By: Anna Smolchenko | The Moscow Times UPI Walker's World: Defying Putin Poland Triumphant after Icy EU-Russia Summit By: Andrew Rettman | EU Observer Polish politicians and analysts are celebrating EU solidarity after Berlin and Brussels took Warsaw's line at the EU-Russia summit on Friday. But the meeting irked Russian president Vladimir Putin, damaging further the prospects of a new EU-Russia treaty Azeris plan long-term oil deal with Romania,eye refinery Washington Times U.S.-Russia ties EurasiaNet Armenian Opposition Pins Hopes on Partnership Part 1: Small Steps to Loosen Turkmenistan’s Personality Cult Fuel Big Hopes among Population Turkmenistan: Making a Bid for Cradle-of-Civilization Status |
H13 The Times Blair's battlefields are not the problem A new European Constitution will be a bigger problem for Brown than Iraq and Afghanistan Bronwen Maddox Hamas pledges to renew Israel suicide bombings Militant movement declares open war after Israel vows to kill Hamas politicians including Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya Leader Syrian Blackmail The Lebanese Army is in danger of falling into a trap America wary of the Chinese Converts America is in the grip of a rising case of Sino-fever, a dangerous condition that can lead to raised expectations Gerard Baker Militants' battle engulfs Lebanon refugee camp Q&A: explaining the violence in Lebanon Europe's supertrain arrives ten years late An advanced 320km/h train that will slice two hours off the journey from Frankfurt to Paris is due to start operating on June 10 Wall Street Journal The Left's Iraq Muddle The China Trade Battling al Qaeda in Iraq The Politics of Happiness Little Cold War | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: It is no longer in the west's interests to back Musharraf An unpopular president will find it increasingly hard to deliver co-operation on Afghanistan, terrorism and domestic militancy, writes Gideon Rachman. UN Security Council should create a tribunal for Lebanon A special tribunal to try the killers of Lebanon’s former prime minister can send a powerful message that assassins will not go unpunished WORLD NEWS: Corruption haunts new democracies of the EU COMMENT: Foes of free trade get afoot inthe door The agreement on labour standards in trade treaties enables unions to put the US under pressure to make concessions at home, writes Jagdish Bhagwati. Pipeline to tighten Russian grip on energy The Russian government has approved plans for an oil pipeline that could enable the country to bypass Belarus and tighten Moscow’s grip over much of Europe’s energy supplies Moscow warns TNK-BP over gas licence Could be revoked ‘within days’ Anxious times for Iranians with US links Since the arrest of an Iranian-American academic, intellectuals in Tehran with links to western universities and think-tanks have been checking daily to see if they are still “out”. Populists triumph in Bulgaria A new party scored a marginal victory in Bulgaria’s first European parliament elections in a blow to the Socialist-led government that is struggling to prevent corruption COMMENT: China and America can build an agenda for success A credible Chinese policy package at the strategic economic talks could spur the US into action, says Fred Hu, a managing director at Goldman Sachs. WORLD NEWS: US-China dialogue 'achieving results' ANALYSIS: Untamed Ahead of a top-level US-China meeting this week, Beijing is aware that the country is too reliant on exports and investment for growth, but policies aimed at addressing the problem are having little effect. Lebanese army pounds refugee camp WORLD NEWS: Textiles pair do their bit for Mideast peace and ethical prosperity COMMENT: The right passion, the wrong priority Education has attracted less money and political energy than health, but it is the area in which Brown cannot afford to fail, writes Philip Stephens. COMMENT: A safety compliance officer's guide to facial hair Business seeks certainty in regulation but resents detailed prescription – and fails to see that these demands are incompatible, writes John Kay. France assuages immigration fears One of the key ministers in Nicolas Sarkozy’s new administration denied that the government would adopt a bulldozer approach to policing immigration | H15 Los Angeles Times Democrats drop timeline from war spending bill The move is a significant concession to the president and his GOP allies by a closely divided Congress. Editorial America -- The World's Arms Pusher By: Frida Berrigan | Los Angeles Times Niall Ferguson: Modern global politics look headed for the bloody final act of a Bard tragedy. The pure Reagan emerges from diaries 'Reagan Diaries' reveals a president who's thoroughly comfortable with himself. |
H16 American Politics Ha’aretz New Guest: The 2008 candidates lack in foreign policy experience Ft Editorial Impatient primaries State affiliates of America's Democratic and Republican parties are in revolt over the timetable for next year's (and quite possibly this year's) primary elections... Brookings Climate Change and the realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas Swamp Sunrise Daybook Americans alarmed about dependence on oil imports, high gas prices, and terrorism funding (PDF; 198 KB) Source: Consumer Federation of America CRS CRS "Congressional Oversight Manual," updated May 1, 2007. | H17 Daily Telegraph | H18 Independent Robert Fisk: A front-row seat for this Lebanese tragedy |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Max Jacobson A Resurgent al-Qaeda and U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Outside View: Who can make ICBMs? DNI Urges Update of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Review of DOD-directed Investigation of Detainee Abuse (PDF; 4.12 MB) Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General | H20 Slate CRS "China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues," updated May 9, 2007. "Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense -- Background and Issues for Congress," updated April 27, 2007. "The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous DOD Rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice," updated January 26, 2007. | H21 What’s wrong with the modern literary novel? Why is it so worthy and dull? Why is it so anxious? Why is it so boring? Julian Gough asks... more» Tom Stoppard’s stunning The Coast of Utopia shows us complex characters doing their imperfect best to solve the hardest problems of existence... more» Cardinal Ratzinger’s message was that Jesus is a genius, and the lucidity of his exegesis should prompt Alleluias... more» Also: Did Hitler go to heaven? |
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