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H1 Washington Post New Strategy for War Stresses Iraqi Politics U.S. Aims to Oust Sectarians From Key Roles

Guardian Bush turn to UN for Iraq solution US is developing plans to 'internationalise' crisis, including an expanded role for the UN as a way of reducing responsibility for Iraq's future.

Slate In Search of Plan B:

Future Iraq strategy, same as the old Iraq strategies. Fred Kaplan

Kevin Drum A Second Surge?

Independent Opium: Iraq's deadly new export Amid the anarchy, farmers have begun to grow opium poppies, raising fears that the country could become a major heroin supplier

ABCNews The Blotter Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran.

Bush to Double GIs in Iraq by Year-End

Independent Robert Fisk: The road to Jerusalem (via Lebanon)

New York Times Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill The decision was a wrenching reversal for leading Democrats, who saw their election triumph as a call to end the war.

Guardian The six-day war is not over. Today, it brings the spectre of al-Qaida in Gaza Jonathan Freedland: Victory in 1967 was as much curse as blessing. It paved the way for 40 years of mortal, political and moral disaster.

Dealing with the dragon Jonathan Fenby: Economic growth has made China confident. It will engage with the rest of the world, but on its own terms.

Briefing encounter Dilip Hiro We should view reports suggesting that Iran has secret plans to force US troops out of Iraq with scepticism.

IHT Prodi hints at 2-tier EU if charter talks fail

Al Hayat An Appointment in Baghdad Ghassan Charbel - How will the Iranian ambassador to the Iraqi capital feel, sitting face to face with the US ambassador to discuss Iraq's security. An appointment in Baghdad. An American-Iranian appointment on Arab land to discuss the future of a major Arab country. An appointment in which the Arabs are not present

Daily Star Looking back, the Iraq Study Group report is even worse than we thought By Anthony H. Cordesman

Regional conflicts join together to destabilize Lebanon By Rami G. Khouri

Lebanon is on the brink Gulf News By Amir Taheri

NYT News Analysis: Israelis Don’t Want Gaza to Be Their Next Lebanon

Asia Times Lebanon battles a new demon Militants from the recently formed Fatah al-Islam have emerged with guns blazing; they are now in their third day of fighting against the Lebanese Army. The al-Qaeda-inspired group has dramatically raised the stakes in Lebanon's parlous political landscape, threatening a complete breakdown of the country. And the Lebanese government's blaming Syria will not help matters. - Sami Moubayed

Ha’aretz – U.S., allies to file complaint over ElBaradei's comments on Iran Official: UN envoys to protest IAEA chief's suggestion Iran be allowed to keep some nuclear activities

Wall Street Journal Changing the Global Architecture
Our post-WW2 institutions are badly outdated.
By STUART E. EIZENSTAT and GRANT D. ALDONAS

FROM THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: Alternatives to Musharraf (By Craig Cohen and Rick Barton

NYT Propping Up the General The United States belongs on the side of Pakistani democracy.

How to Win the Energy War By FRANK G. ZARB The basic elements of a responsible energy policy are not complicated, but the politics are horrendous.

Financial Times COMMENT: The lessons Asians learnt from their financial crisis While accumulation of reserves seemed a justified form of insurance after the slump, today’s levels look excessive, says Martin Wolf.

COMMENT: Beijing flexes its global financial muscle

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Radical Islamist groups thrive among displaced

Editorial A price floor for oilA time of record high oil prices is not the obvious moment to call for a new tax on oil. Certainly, US presidential candidates seem to think so.

PEW Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream Full Report (PDF; 605 KB)

Slate Chinese Love Triangle:

Washington needs to embrace a new diplomatic geometry. Michael Fullilove

Jane's: Iran to Buy Russian Arms via Syria

Larijani's Resignation Rejected, Again

BBC Iran nuclear plan report awaited The UN nuclear watchdog is to issue a report on whether Iran has suspended uranium enrichment.

H2 ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT BRIEFING Taking stock in Turkey Can Islamists and secularists work together?

The Economist İstikrar için koalisyon

Stratfor Turkey: Possible Perpetrators Behind the Ankara Blast

Washington Institute Turkey's 'Smart' Islamist Challenge By Soner Cagaptay and Yuksel Sezgin Facing a stalled presidential election it had hoped to dominate and looming parliamentary elections, Turkey's ruling party is using populist constitutional reform as a wedge to polarize the electorate. As a short-term campaign ploy, it might just work

IHT Turkey at the boiling point By JAMES F. HOGE JR. / TMS At this critical juncture, the United States and Europe find their leverage on Turkey markedly diminished.

Al Hayat Kirkuk and the Kurds: A Difficult Choice Ahead Joost R. Hiltermann - If the Kurds accept a federal solution to their predicament, they will not only have to live with other Iraqis but make compromises with them, some very painful. In such a scenario, Kirkuk could only be shared, its power and administration fairly divided between its principal representatives.

America’s Neo-Turcophiles Barbara Lerner National Review

From the Archive Time Dec. 30, 1966 A Polite Distance When Premier Suleyman Demirel, 42, swept to power 14 months ago …

FT Six people killed in Ankara bomb blast Turkey is grappling with upsurge in violence

WORLD NEWS: Sacking of envoy hinders strategy on Kurd separatists

U.S. Embassy Statement on Bombing in Ankara, Ankara, May 22, 2007 | Türkçe

NYT Bombing Kills Six in Turkish Capital’s Shopping District

Steven Cook This Week: Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey

'TSK'ya yirmi yılda 15 milyar dolarlık modernizasyon harcaması yapıldı'

Turkey's Workers Feel Excluded From Economic Boom

The Role of the Army in Turkey

MIDDLE EAST AND WEST CONVERGE IN CONTRADICTORY TURKEY

The Times Kurdish rebels blamed for fatal blast in Turkey

Independent Kurds implicated in Ankara bomb attack

Daily Telegraph Kurds suspected in fatal Ankara bombing

Ulus'ta patlayan bomba dünyada flaş haber

American Chronicle: Islamic Extremist Propaganda by the Economist

Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media

Al Hayat Kirkuk and the Kurds: A Difficult Choice Ahead Joost R. Hiltermann

ITC İngiltere Temsilcisi Asıf Serttürkmen ile ropörtaj

Nuray Başaran Irak yeni Meclis ’i bekler mi

Friedman 'Irak dağılırsa Kürdistan’ı desteklerim'

Edip Başer’s eight months in a tough job

Hükümetten acil toplantı

Kim yaptı? Ne için yaptı?

Kerkük referandumunda erteleme umudu

Talabani, Kerkük'ün ''Kürt tapusunun'' elinde olduğunu savunuyor

Sınır ötesi operasyon için hudut geçildi

Türk ordusunun ne kadar söz dinleyeceği belli değil

Kerkük referandumu ertelenmemeli Nalİd Salİh

Obstacles for Peace, Democracy and Leyla Kurdish Aspect

Büyükanıt, ABD ve Avrupa’ya sert çıktı

Terörizmle mücadelenin şartı, çok boyutlu ortak yaklaşım

Başer's breach of government authority prompts his removal

Ba er’s removal ‘had Turkish military, US approval’

Karar çok doğal, şekline üzüldüm

Edip Başer: Görevden alınma şekli yanlış oldu

MGK’ya rapor sunulmuş

A4 Irak'tan mı geldi?

Büyükanıt korkuttu: Yeni saldırı olabilir

Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR TSK, K.Irak’a harekatı başlatırsa seçim olur mu?

Arslan BULUT İran desteği ve TSK, Irak’a girerse ne olur?

Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU “Ak” partinin “Kara”sı

Edip Başer şikayetlerini aktardı

EDİP BAŞER RAHATSIZ.....

İran, PKK kamplarını yeniden bombalıyor

KRG vows to block oil law

Kurdish media: Iran hunts PKK offshoot in northern Iraq

Kurdistan -- Democracy's Last Stand in Iraq

‘İran PJAK kamplarını vuruyor’

İran ordusu PKK'yı bombaladı

DTP 'baraja tavır' dedi ve çekildi

DTP, YSK’ya ’seçimde yokum’ dilekçesi verdi

ABD: İran, Türkiye’yi savaşa çekebilir

Osmanlı haritasını Kürt tapusu yaptı

'Avrupa'nın desteği K. Irak'tan vahim'

A Tale of Two Exiles: US Immigration Hypocrisy in Stark Relief

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL İsrail Beyrut'u bombalar mı?

Arap ülkelerinin Maliki’yi devirme planı yaptığı belirtildi

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Berlin: Doğrudan ticaret tüzüğünde gelişme yok

AB'ye Türkiye engeli

Rum'un ekonomi paketine jet tepki

Sami KOHEN Avrupa meclisinde Türk sesi

We better take Sarkozy seriously and formulate new policies
Cengiz Aktar

ERDAL ŞAFAK Sarkozy şimdilik tehlike değil

Yavuz Baydar Open letter to Bernard Kouchner

Will France be obliged to carry Turkey to the EU ? - Turquie Européenne - Tuesday 22 May 2007 - Actualités de la Turquie et traductions de la presse turque

'2008 critical year in Cyprus'
'Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said

Brüksel’de Türkiye’yi konuşacak

Merkel gibi o da yumuşar

KKTC Sağlık Bakanı ortalığı karıştırdı

Türkiye işkencesi

Turks on the rise in European Parliament

Amanda Alçakoca Standing up to the Russian bear

HÖH'ten seçilen 5 kişiden üçü Bulgar

Nokta dergisinin muhabiri için hapis istemi

Ece TEMELKURAN 'Nokta' ile virgül

Capital hosts defense world giants

Conference On "Offsets In Turkish Defense Procurements"

Dünya silah devleri Ankara’da

Silah devleri Ankara'da

IDEF açılışında Ermeni protestosu

Askerî personel, seçim haftası tatil yapamayacak

Dinçer Artık emekli

BBC 23 Mayıs 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Ulus’ta patlama: 6 ölü 100 yaralı

Patlayıcı, PKK'yı işaret ediyor

Suikast şüphesi

Cengiz Çandar Bir görevden alma öyküsü...

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Paşa'nın vedası

Gül mü etkili oldu?

Nasuhi Güngör Edip Başer’in gidişi

AK Parti'nin seçim bildirgesini Günay ve Üskül yazacak

Şamil Tayyar Biri Başbakanlık, diğeri Genelkurmay’da

AKP mi kapanır yoksa ordu Irak'a mı girer?

Erdoğan'ın karargâhından
Murat Yetkin

Erdoğan-Büyükanıt ne konuştu?
M.Ali Kışlalı

Büyükanıt refrains from comment on Başer dismissal

Nuray Başaran TSK, 22 Temmuz PKK ve ABD

Ruşen Çakır Göstere göstere

Emre Aköz Bomba ne anlama geliyor?

Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR TSK, K.Irak’a harekatı başlatırsa seçim olur mu?

Nuray Başaran Irak yeni Meclis ’i bekler mi

Son ankette 3 partili Meclis çıktı

Arslan BULUT İran desteği ve TSK, Irak’a girerse ne olur?

Ahmet Taşgetiren Bir gün sonra...

Ülkeyi yöneten ayrıntılar - Ali Bayramoğlu

Akgünay: A diplomat with insight into security affairs

Ertuğrul Özkök Devlet oraya gitmeli mi

Ahmet Hakan Birkaç iyi aday

M Ali Birand Artık karşımızda farklı bir TSK var

Cüneyt Ülsever Bir AKP analizi (II)

Enis Berberoğlu

EMRE AKÖZ 28 Şubat'tan daha kötü

Uzmanından ilk yorum

Basın kimden yana? Avni Özgürel Türk basını, şu anda tarihinin hiçbir döneminde görülmediği oranda iktidardan yana tavır belirlemiş durumda.

Turkish politics loses left-right distinction

Korkunç şüphe: Hedef Komutan mıydı?

Ben atamadım ki!

Telekulakta ortayı bulmalı
İsmet Berkan

Taha AKYOL Yine orta sınıf

Yeni vitrin haftaya

MUHARREM SARIKAYA
'Tek seçici Erdoğan...'

Kesici CHP'de

Can Ataklı İş dünyasında AKP endişesi

Bilal Çetin Vitrin mi önemli program mı?

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Ya biz yanlış rotadayız ya da sahil yampiri

Ege Cansen Ekonomi yol çatında

Güngör URAS Üretim artarsa enflasyon iner iş imkânı ve gelir artar

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

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

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

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

Taha Kıvanç Ne kadar övünseler az

Fehmi Koru Büyük buluşma şart

NAZLI ILICAK Bikini savaşları! İlhan Kesici ve Ertuğrul Günay

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Asker sivile fırça çekince…

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Siz kime satıldınız (bir başlıktan esinlenerek...)

Mehmet Tezkan Erdoğan 4.5 yılda AKP’yi merkeze çekemedi, artık hiç çekemez..

AK Parti, merkezi nasıl alacak?

İlnur Çevik Block AK Party, ban DTP and then what?

Mustafa Ünal İlhan Kesici neden CHP'de?

Düelloya hayır dedi

Fikret BİLA Baykal-Sezer Mersin mitingine gidebilir mi?

Hasan CEMAL Gerçek bölücülük!

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Vitrinler

Oktay Ekşi Yeminli Atatürk düşmanı

Serdar TURGUT Erdoğan ve Bill Clinton

[Yorum - Doç. Dr. Furkan Aydıner] - 'Dostlarımın arasına çıkamaz oldum!'

Yalçın Doğan Mitingler ve bir cümle ipleri kopardı

Özdemir İnce Nato kafa nato mermer

İsmail Küçükkaya
Başkent’in siyasi derbisi

Hadi Özışık İlhan Kesici mecbur kaldı!

Tamer Korkmaz Dolmalık Merak

MHP lideri: Türkiye geleceğini oylayacak

Sorgun olaylarıyla ilgili ilginç iddia

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Bağıran Bahçeli'nin düşündürdükleri

AKP’ye yeni makyaj

Aşağılanan ve hor görülen insanlar sandıkta gereken cevabı verecek

Mamak'ta iş yoğun
Mamak'ta CHP, MHP, Anavatan ve DYP faal; hepsinde yüzler gülüyor

Ece TEMELKUR AN 'Nokta' ile virgül

Nuh Gönültaş E-muhtıracılar... AK Parti size minnettardır!

Baykal’s A teams have short shelf lives

Ulusalcılık ancak bir savaş ideolojisi olabilir!

No turning back to Cold War era
BARÇIN YİNANÇ

Şakir Süter “Tuhaf” sözler

Mine G. Kırıkkanat Satılık gazeteci

Emin Çölaşan Hoop!.. Onları seçmeden nereye?

Vahap Munyar Türkiye’deki Cumhuriyet mitingleri beni şaşırttı

İlnur Çevik Public opinion polls not taken seriously

Emre Uslu A criticism toward liberal intellectuals

Aksiyon Kırmızı-Beyaz Mitingler görev tamam mı, devam mı? - Fatih Uğur

Gülay Göktürk Çoktan seçmeli test

Demirel’in ‘ailesi’ CHP’den yarışacak

İkinci Madımak’ın eşiğinden dönüldü

Parti kapatmak çare değildir
Haluk Şahin

Happy is the one who ‘could’ say ‘I am a Turk’ by Dr. FURKAN AYDINER*

Neo-con ulusalcılar süt liman kesilecek!

Metin MÜNİR Kararsızlıktan karanlığa doğru

Ege Cansen Ekonomi yol çatında

Güngör URAS Üretim artarsa enflasyon iner iş imkânı ve gelir artar

Salih Neftçi Para, siyaset ve seçimler

Ercan Kumcu Kriz fobisi

Erdal Sağlam

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM
Borsa yabancılaşmış ama manipülasyon durmamış

Dolar bir yılın en düşüğünde

Deniz Bayramoğlu IMF diyor ki…

Sermaye piyasalarında 'asimetri'
Metin Ercan

Varlık satarak döviz açığını kapatmanın bir sınırı var

Ekonomiye elektrikten 10 milyar dolar kaynak

Meral TAMER İş dünyası "çevre"ye el koyuyor

Merkez Bankası Başkanı Yılmaz: Faizleri indiremem

ATO: Kışın tarım çalışanı nasıl arttı?

H4 New York Times Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill The decision was a wrenching reversal for leading Democrats, who saw their election triumph as a call to end the war.

Propping Up the General The United States belongs on the side of Pakistani democracy.

How to Win the Energy War By FRANK G. ZARB The basic elements of a responsible energy policy are not complicated, but the politics are horrendous.

Iran Isolates Jailed U.S. Scholar Charged With Revolution Plot

Russian Is Accused of Poisoning Ex-K.G.B. Agent

Bombing Kills Six in Turkish Capital’s Shopping District

News Analysis: Israelis Don’t Want Gaza to Be Their Next Lebanon

Furious Street Battles Remind Lebanon of Its Past

Editorial

As Comrades Search, Fatal Bomb Wreaks Havoc American soldiers lost one of their own on Saturday in an effort to follow a creed: no soldier left behind.

H5 Washington Post New Strategy for War Stresses Iraqi Politics U.S. Aims to Oust Sectarians From Key Roles

Democrats Relent On Pullout Timetable

Britain Seeks Extradition of Ex-KGB Agent Moscow Rejects Request In Poisoning of Putin Critic

Survey: U.S. Muslims Assimilated, Opposed to Extremism

Editorial Charged With Murder

The man accused of killing a Russian dissident in London came from Moscow -- and the Kremlin is protecting him.

U.S. and China Trade Jabs as Talks Open: Americans Defend Economic Sanctions, Criticized as Political, as a Last Resort (

Bush Declassifies Alert on Al-Qaeda

Shelling Ceases in Lebanon

Palestinian Camp Residents Flee After 3 Days of Heavy Fighting

PostGlobal Double Standards for US Friends

Israel Threatens To Target Hamas Political Leaders

Confrontation at Islamabad Mosque Religious students stockpile weapons, ask permission from parents to sacrifice their lives and abduct police in Pakistani capital

Birth Control Crackdown Sparks Riots In China

Brutal drive constitutes the latest example of abusive enforcement of one-child policy that Beijing says is vital to maintaining its growth

Editorial The Storm Over Immigration

For too many, compromise is a dirty word.

H6 Guardian Bush turn to UN for Iraq solution US is developing plans to 'internationalise' crisis, including an expanded role for the UN as a way of reducing responsibility for Iraq's future.

The six-day war is not over. Today, it brings the spectre of al-Qaida in Gaza Jonathan Freedland: Victory in 1967 was as much curse as blessing. It paved the way for 40 years of mortal, political and moral disaster.

Dealing with the dragon Jonathan Fenby: Economic growth has made China confident. It will engage with the rest of the world, but on its own terms.

Briefing encounter Dilip Hiro We should view reports suggesting that Iran has secret plans to force US troops out of Iraq with scepticism.

Israel threatens Hamas Not even political leaders immune, warns minister.

Slipping into chaos Ramsay Short: Is the latest trouble in Lebanon the result of American or Syrian meddling? Either way, it's obvious who loses.

Refugees flee Lebanon violence
Thousands try to escape camp waving white flags as whole areas are destroyed by shells.
US warns Syria as fighting renews

US Muslims more assimilated than British Muslims in the US are much more assimilated into society than Muslims in Britain, according to a new poll.

Multiculturalism and nation building go hand in hand Tariq Modood: British identity should never be reduced to a list. A prescribed set of values is not in the spirit of an open, plural citizenship.

Putin refuses to extradite Litvinenko murder suspect Diplomatic standoff after Crown Prosecution Service decides that Moscow businessman should face charges.
Conspiracy theories point to president or dissident

The big chill Richard Norton-Taylor: With the UK seeking extradition of an ex-KGB officer for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, relations with Russia are bound to cool.

Leader Radioactive legacy
Litvinenko: At best, Britain and Russia are losing faith in each other's legal systems. That is damaging relations between the two countries at a wider level.

Iran accuses US academic of instigating 'soft revolution' A US academic arrested during a family visit to Iran has been accused of trying to overthrow the country's Islamic system.

Cave-in, or smart politics? Michael Tomasky They'll be criticised for doing so earlier today, but the Democrats were right to accept an Iraq-funding bill without a timeline for withdrawal.

H7 Al Hayat An Appointment in Baghdad Ghassan Charbel - How will the Iranian ambassador to the Iraqi capital feel, sitting face to face with the US ambassador to discuss Iraq's security. An appointment in Baghdad. An American-Iranian appointment on Arab land to discuss the future of a major Arab country. An appointment in which the Arabs are not present

Daily Star Looking back, the Iraq Study Group report is even worse than we thought By Anthony H. Cordesman

Regional conflicts join together to destabilize Lebanon By Rami G. Khouri

Asia Times Lebanon battles a new demon Militants from the recently formed Fatah al-Islam have emerged with guns blazing; they are now in their third day of fighting against the Lebanese Army. The al-Qaeda-inspired group has dramatically raised the stakes in Lebanon's parlous political landscape, threatening a complete breakdown of the country. And the Lebanese government's blaming Syria will not help matters. - Sami Moubayed

The Iran Puzzle By: Ray Takeyh | The American Prospect The Islamic Republic is the most troublesome Mideast state, but has signaled its desire to deal with us. How should America respond to Iran?

The End of Free Trade By: Irwin M. Stelzer | The Weekly Standard
So it does indeed end with a whimper rather than a bang. Free trade, I mean. Thanks to a president too weak politically to withstand the protectionist surge of a Democratic Congress, the era of ever-freer trade has come to an end.

Islamic deja vu By Arnaud de Borchgrave The present scenario is eerily reminiscent of how Congress ensured a U.S. defeat in Vietnam when lawmakers, in their infinite wisdom, decided to sever any further military assistance to our Vietnamese allies.

USIP Event: Multilateralism, Sovereignty, and the Political Consequences of Humanitarian Intervention

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

Hezbollah Backs Lebanon Army in Standoff

Jane's: Iran to Buy Russian Arms via Syria

Larijani's Resignation Rejected, Again

BBC Iran nuclear plan report awaited The UN nuclear watchdog is to issue a report on whether Iran has suspended uranium enrichment.

Thousands flee Lebanon violence Thousands of refugees flee heavy fighting between troops and militants at a refugee camp in Lebanon.

Democrats drop Iraq pull-out plan Democrat leaders abandon plans to tie support for $100bn in war funding to troop withdrawals from Iraq.

Hersh: Bush administration arranged support for militants ...

Nine US warships enter Gulf for training

Juan Cole interview of Ali Allawi in Chronicle My int...

Pakistan: Nuclear Power with Feet of Clay?

H9 Ha’aretz – U.S., allies to file complaint over ElBaradei's comments on Iran Official: UN envoys to protest IAEA chief's suggestion Iran be allowed to keep some nuclear activities

Hamas: We'll end Qassams for W. Bank quiet

Bullets With No Address By: Amir Oren | Haaretz The trouble is that the Palestinian Authority is not a state. It does not have a supreme leader whose authority is universally accepted, whether through desire or through coercion.

The nuclear option On the eve of the Six-Day War, Israel achieved a major nuclear breakthrough.

Shmuel Rosner: With friends like Jerry Falwell...

Rosner's Guest: Clinton and McCain currently ahead

U.S. envoy apologizes for remarks on convicted spy Pollard

DEBKAfile’s Military Sources: US and Israel interweave their missile programs for defense against Iranian ballistic missiles

Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

A Taste for Terror By: Ralph Peters | New York Post Terror in Tripoli. Havoc in Gaza. Palestinians assassinating the innocent and blaming it on their own victimization.

The Uncivil War in Gaza - Edward S. Walker Jr.

NY Daily News Condi's Dangerous Fantasy – Editorial

Israeli town empties amid rocket barrage

A Reporter's Fate By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
Dozens of hostages were released in Gaza over the weekend, in the wake of a truce called between the warring factions of Hamas and Fatah. The BBC's Alan Johnston, now in his 11th week of captivity, was not among them.

BBC Battle for Jerusalem
The faith and politics behind the pivot of the Middle East conflict

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Hamas wants Israel in Gaza'

Gillerman: Islamist group cynically targeting civilians in attempt to provoke Israeli response

Winograd as an alibi

Lebanon War report no excuse for failure to find solution to Gaza attacks, Amos Carmel writes

Ehud Barak's chicken coop/ Gilat

H10 Christian Science Monitor THE MONITOR'S VIEW Lebanon's lessons for Iraq

Fight with militants agitates Lebanon's troubled camps Poverty and hopelessness have helped foster the emergence of radical Islamist groups in Lebanon's 12 Palestinian refugee camps.

US losses spike from IED attacks

The improvised roadside bombs have proved a lethal tool for insurgents this spring.

Opinion: How terrorism finds root in the West Alienation and radical European politics are factors

Hughes: Merits of the bipartisan immigration deal

Litvinenko case poisons UK-Russian relations

Britain's move to charge a Russian businessman for last year's murder of a Kremlin critic may affect cooperation on a range of international issues.

Reports: Radical clerics set to free kidnapped police in Islamabad

Release would defuse potential violence between Islamic students and Pakistani forces.

ASIAStrengthen India-Japan Ties By: Geethanjali Nataraj | The Japan Times
Japan and India are two of the largest democracies in Asia, sharing a commitment to the rule of law and respect for human rights. Japan and India have continued to develop friendly relations founded on a long history of exchanges.

Asia Times A dialogue of the mute On the face of it, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi - the "Iron Lady" of Beijing - enters the second round of the Sino-US Strategic Economic Dialogue this week with a strong hand. But with support for the lame-duck Republican administration at a historically low ebb and beset by a vehemently anti-China Democratic Congress, Wu and her counterpart Henry Paulson are doomed to discuss the wrong issues at the wrong time. - Henry C K Liu

Mystery 'missings' haunt Pakistan The death of Saud Memon, one of the key suspects in the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl, highlights the plight of Pakistan's hundreds of "missing" people. Despite Memon being at the top of a wanted list, officials never acknowledged that he had been in detention. The firebrand leaders of an influential mosque are now forcing the government's hand over others who are "missing". - Syed Saleem Shahzad

H11 IHT Prodi hints at 2-tier EU if charter talks fail

Muslims assimilate better in U.S. than Europe, poll finds

US to test missile defense system at a decisive moment

A troubling flashback to Lebanon's civil war
For the sake of Lebanon's diverse communities, the current warfare must not turn that country once again into a proxy battleground for foreign powers.

EUROPE European press review

BBC Brainstorm
Lisa Jardine on the intellectual ties that bind US and Europe

EU 'Distancing Itself' from Latest Georgia Peace Plan By: Andrew Rettman | EU Observer
EU neighbour Georgia is angling for European support for a new solution to one of its "frozen conflicts." But Brussels is keeping quiet amid fears of adding yet another bone of contention to its already-difficult relations with Russia.

Srebrenica Seeks Remorse, Not More Rule, From Serbs By: Christine Spolar | The Chicago Tribune
In February, the International Court of Justice ruled that Bosnian Muslims suffered genocide at the hand of Bosnia's Serbs. Srebrenica's survivors believe they have a rational case for what their political leadership has long argued as obvious: Srebrenica should be governed by self-rule, answerable only to itself and the state of Bosnia.

Diplomatic Test of Wills on the Future of Kosovo By: Bantarto Bandoro | The Jakarta Post
Kosovo, as during the latter part of the 1990s, was again on the international media radar when the UN envoy for Kosovo, Marti Ahtisaari, presented his final formula to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Washington Realist NATO: Burden-Sharing or Burdensome?

Is He Listening? The Economist
Ex-communist politics is often explained as a tussle between the crooks, the spooks and the idiots. That may be a touch insulting. But it is a fair account of the wrangling that has led to Romania’s referendum this weekend on the impeachment of the president, Traian Basescu.

Le Monde Ethique et diplomatie, par Daniel Vernet

Multiculturalism and Integration for Second-Generation European Muslims

H12 RFE/RL

Communists win a poll in Russia, but analysts don't see a comeback

Washington Times Kazakh political challenge By Ariel Cohen This current period of calm, economic prosperity and growth will allow Kazakhstan to develop political institutions and allow potential successors to build up their support base.

EU 'Distancing Itself' from Latest Georgia Peace Plan By: Andrew Rettman | EU Observer
EU neighbour Georgia is angling for European support for a new solution to one of its "frozen conflicts." But Brussels is keeping quiet amid fears of adding yet another bone of contention to its already-difficult relations with Russia.

Google News Azerbaijan

Europe and Russia: the accountability test | Alejandro Litovsky

Ahmadinejad Finds a Friend in Minsk The Moscow Times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called President Alexander Lukashenko a close friend Monday, and Lukashenko returned the compliment by saying Belarus was "ready for cooperation in all directions."

Washington Times Russia's threatening ways (Helle Dale)

Europe's culture war (Paul Belien)

H13 The Times Here’s a vote loser: pull out of Iraq Opposing the original invasion of Iraq and withdrawing troops are two different policies Daniel Finkelstein

How to stop the lights going out

We must consider how nuclear power can help to underpin the security of our energy supply Tony Blair

Spy murder row poisons relations with Russia Britain’s relations with Russia at their lowest since the Cold War as Moscow refuses to extradite suspect in Litvinenko killing

Pushing Russia risks breaking bonds Nothing in the Litvinenko case is going to make relations between Britain and Russia warmer Bronwen Maddox

Leader Justice for Litvinenko The CPS is right to recommend prosecution, whatever the Russian reaction

Comment: Lugovoy charge will cause huge fallout Times Diplomatic Editor examines the decision to charge Andrei Lugovoy with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko

Militants target editor in ‘G8 rehearsal’

The private Mercedes of Kai Diekmann, the Editor of the mass-circulation Bild newspaper, has been set ablaze in Germany

Wall Street Journal Changing the Global Architecture
Our post-WW2 institutions are badly outdated.
By STUART E. EIZENSTAT and GRANT D. ALDONAS

Bush Regains Some Supporters on Iraq

The lion's share of Americans are still pessimistic about the war in Iraq. But President Bush's recent moves may have won back a sliver of support.

The U.S.-China Trade Deficit, Debunked
The trade imbalance could escalate into a trade war.
By LI JIN and SHAN LI

Yuan Worries By: Matthew J. Slaughter | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Misgivings about the dollar-yuan peg are misplaced. Economic theory and data are very clear here on two critical points. Controlling a nominal exchange rate is a form of sovereign monetary policy. And monetary policy, in turn, has no long-run effect on real economic outcomes such as output and trade flows.

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The lessons Asians learnt from their financial crisis While accumulation of reserves seemed a justified form of insurance after the slump, today’s levels look excessive, says Martin Wolf.

COMMENT: Beijing flexes its global financial muscle

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Radical Islamist groups thrive among displaced

Editorial A price floor for oilA time of record high oil prices is not the obvious moment to call for a new tax on oil. Certainly, US presidential candidates seem to think so.

US ‘impatient’ at pace of China talks Washington is growing impatient at the pace of progress in economic talks with China, Hank Paulson, US Treasury secretary, warned, as a ­second round of high-level bilateral meetings began.

Muslim Americans in line with US values Muslim Americans are far more assimilated and integrated into their adopted country than their counterparts in Europe, according to the first survey conducted of America’s 2.4m-strong Muslim community

WORLD NEWS: Congress pursues missing billions in Iraq

FT REPORT - ISLAMIC FINANCE: Putting a premium on a foothold in the market

Russia shields spy murder suspect Relations between Britain and Russia hit a post-cold war low after Moscow said it would not extradite the former KGB officer the UK wants to try for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian dissident

Editorial The UK has taken the right decision over Litvinenko There is no dodging the issue. Relations between Russia and the west are at a post-cold war low and face an extended stay in the deep freeze.

American-Iranian scientist detained in Iran Iranian authorities in Teh­ran have detained an American-Iranian social scientist as part of a wider investigation into allegations that the US is seeking a “soft revolution” in Iran

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: EU must normalise relations with PA

COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: Fatigue fears over China's exports

WORLD NEWS: Corruption haunts new democracies of the EU

WORLD NEWS: Smart card snag delays Iran petrol rationing

H15 Los Angeles Times Dems drop Iraq troop deadline The war-spending bill has benchmarks for Baghdad to meet, but omits a timetable

Redemption Jonah Goldberg: If history can rehabilitate the onetime conservative boogeyman, can it do the same for Bush?

Editorial

H16 American Politics CFR Lindsay: Bush Seeks to ‘Reach Out’ to Bolster Support on Iraq

Lindsay: Iraq Key Issue for 2008 Candidates

Will the GOP Destroy Itself Before It Destroys America? by Paul Craig Roberts

Foreign Policy Better Than Nothing From phantom security enhancements to a complicated points system that only a bureaucrat could love, the immigration compromise before the U.S. Senate is worse than nearly every realistic alternative except one: more of the same.

LA Times Immigration bill survives early, contentious test Heated exchanges in the Senate over the temporary worker program led to the amendment's defeat.

McClatchy Immigration plan's backers battle efforts to derail measure

Washington Times The immigration time-bomb

The amnesty bill promises an explosion in federal, state and local spending on public education, subsidized housing and entitlement programs, and extraordinary new fiscal pressure on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Immigration inconsistencies By Tony Blankley

The New Republic: Giuliani and Foreign Policy

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas Swamp Sunrise Daybook

Look in the mirror, Jimmy Carter

(By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist)

H17 Daily Telegraph Russia angered by UK extradition call

A major diplomatic row loomed after Tony Blair demanded the extradition from Russia of the man accused of murdering the former security service agent Alexander Litvinenko

Leader The bear is back

Whatever the affiliations of any of the figures in this murky drama, it is outrageous that Russian agents should be allowed to settle their internecine scores in Britain and remain beyond the reach of our due process.

Taliban 'stalled by lack of commanders'

The Taliban's much-vaunted spring offensive has stalled after dozens of middle-ranking commanders were killed by British troops in the past year.

Britain, England, Scotland: who needs a constitution? | Neal Ascherson

H18 Independent Opium: Iraq's deadly new export Amid the anarchy, farmers have begun to grow opium poppies, raising fears that the country could become a major heroin supplier

Commission seeks way out of Iraq for Brown

Robert Fisk: The road to Jerusalem (via Lebanon)

Abbas fights to restore ceasefire as airstrikes pound northern Gaza

David Howarth: These nonsensical arguments for nuclear power

Leading article: Whatever the diplomatic cost, murder is not acceptable

Russia refuses to extradite man accused of murdering Litvinenko Britain's relations with Russia were thrown into crisis yesterday as the Moscow authorities said they would refuse to hand over the man accused of murdering the former KGB officer, Alexander Litvinenko

Another front in Putin's war with the West

BBC Testing times
Russia-Britain relations set to cool over Litvinenko case

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Terror Prevention and Development Aid: What We Know and Don't Know
DIIS A 198-page Danish Report summarizing the extent of knowledge about the links between terrorism and its prevention, focusing on factors which might be addressed by development aid

US Missile Defense: A Strategic Challenge for Europe
CSS-ETH A 3-page Swiss analysis discussing the ramifications of the US intention to establish parts of its strategic missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic

Retired General: 'War Czar' position proves Cheney has been ...

Report: US Missile Data Leaked in Japan

The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars
Foreign Policy Association

H20 Slate In Search of Plan B:

Future Iraq strategy, same as the old Iraq strategies. Fred Kaplan

Chinese Love Triangle:

Washington needs to embrace a new diplomatic geometry. Michael Fullilove

Peanut Envy By: Christopher Hitchens | Slate
In the Carter years, the United States was an international laughingstock. It's hardly an exaggeration to say that every administration since has had to deal with the chaotic legacy of Carter's mind-boggling cowardice and incompetence.

Historian Discusses Book on President Nixon, Henry Kissinger PBS - USA
ROBERT DALLEK

Global Gaming Bulletin: 25th Anniversary Edition (PDF; 901 KB) Source: Ernst & Young

H21 Google’s goal to organise your daily lifeVows to improve personal data gathering Google’s ambition to maximise the personal information it holds on users is so great that the search engine envisages a day when it can tell people what jobs to take and how they might spend their days off.

COMMENT: Steps that can help women make it to the top

Tony Karon Why Liverpool Will Win

The Traveler’s Dilemma is a game of logic like the Prisoner’s Dilemma. It shows people are less logical – and more rational – than they realize... more»

Personal cleanliness can look like some kind of socially constructed fussiness. But in truth it answers to deep evolved needs... more»

Working wives enjoy lasting marriages, studies show The marriages of women who work outside the home are more likely to stay together than the marriages of those who don't, according to new studies that have converted at least one prominent social conservative

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