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| H1 Washington Post Iranian Defiance Of U.N. Detailed Nuclear Enrichment Continues, Report Says May 23, 2007 IAEA report Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran available for download here New York Times U.S., Annoyed by U.N. Report on Iran and Uranium, Hopes to Use It to Widen Sanctions
News Analysis: On War Funds, Democrats Saw No Option but to Cede Ground to Bush
Tehran's Targets By: Amir Taheri | New York Post Strategists in Tehran appear convinced that an American retreat will take place within the next two years at most. They are also determined not to allow the United States to shape a regional alliance capable of protecting a new balance of power.
The Times Time is on Iran’s side The test of whether the world really wants to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons comes now Bronwen Maddox
FT Netanyahu calls for broadening of peace talks Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party and favourite to be Israel’s prime minister after the next elections, is arguing that “some kind of federation or confederation between Jordan and the Palestinians” would enhance the prospects for Middle East peace FT Interview: Benjamin Netanyahu
McClatchy U.S. seeks new ways to address renewed violence in Iraq
Months after troop surge, violence rises in IraqThree months into the U.S. buildup of troops in Iraq, violence appears to be rising, both against American troops and Iraqi civilians.
Tensions growing between U.S., IranAs the United States and Iran prepare to hold talks on stabilizing Iraq, tensions between Tehran and Washington are ratcheting up again. The U.S. Navy on Wednesday began its largest war games off the Iranian coast since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, with two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers leading a flotilla of nine ships, dozens of combat aircraft and more than 2,100 Marines.
The Economist The showdown goes on Will a display of force in the Persian Gulf change Iranian minds over the country's nuclear programme?
CNN U.S. may negotiate with Iraqi insurgents
Slate The Adviser Model: We have to stay in Iraq for a decade. Here's how to do it.
A step-by-step plan for withdrawing from Iraq.
Los Angeles Times Try jawboning Iran, not chest-thumping By Clifford Kupchan and Ray Takeyh Tough talk only empowers anti-U.S. factions; our last, best chance with Iran is threat-free diplomacy.
CBS U.S. Working To Sabotage Iran Nuke Program
Dan Drezner Context is everything
Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
IHT Defusing EU-Russia tension The present crisis in relations between the European Union and Russia is being exaggerated on both sides.
Guardian A drive for global domination has put us in greater danger Al Gore: Moral authority, which is our greatest source of strength, has been recklessly put at risk by this wilful president. Blowback in Lebanon Charles Harb: The Islamists at the centre of the fighting were built up by pro-government forces for sectarian reasons. The Entire Government Has Failed Us on Iraq by Keith Olbermann
Time Is al-Qaeda on the Run in Iraq?
Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama: Foreign Policy Prognostication Edition
Wall Street Journal Bush Loyalist States His Case to Neocons Republicans skeptics are challenging Bush's approach to foreign affairs. Timothy Adams, the former top international official at the Treasury, says the U.S. needs more humility and more involvement in multilateral institutions.
The Times Time is on Iran’s side The test of whether the world really wants to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons comes now Bronwen Maddox
The Difference – how the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools and societies
Asia Times Fighting overshadows Iraq's oil law The long-term damage done by the failure to reach a consensus on Iraq's national oil law will be a hardening of the sectarian fractures in the war-ravaged country's political landscape. By defining the debate as yet another zero-sum competition, Iraq's politicians have made it impossible to emerge from the negotiations without at least one group feeling like the losers.
From Wired, why famous counterfactual historian Niall Ferguson loves making history with games.
NYT Prisoner of Her Desires By REUEL MARC GERECHT Iran has failed to engage diplomatically with the United States and Europe, and the jailing of Haleh Esfandiari is a case in point.
A Mediterranean Membership Club By: Leon Hadar | National Interest
Geopolitical Diary: Iran Moves to Contain Ahmadinejad Ahead of ...
Demilitarizing Algeria - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace A 34-page US paper examining the power relationship between the civilian and military branches of the ruling elite in Algeria
Liberal Hawks, an Endangered Species By: Matthew Continetti | The Weekly Standard
The Decline of the Liberal Hawk? By: Jonathan Chait | The New Republic
Amnesty International Report 2007.
United Nations: World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World
UK: Energy White Paper: Meeting the Energy Challenge Direct to Full Text of Paper (pages; PDF)
The Politics of Intelligence - Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Newsweek
Is The Sky Falling on America? - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics
What's Next for Refocused Al-Qaida 3.0? - Robert Windrem, NBC News
CIA LAUNCHES 'PEACEFUL' PLOT TO TAKE DOWN IRAN'S MANIAC New York Post
Iran End Game Demands Regime Change Strategy Human Events
Ha’aretz – Editorial Unreasonable proposal Israel has difficulty deciding on a military response, because it lacks one single address on which to focus that response; an entity capable of making decisions and executing them. The same applies to a political response.
Eldar The end of Sharon's path It is hard to decide which is worse - that the gov't failed to take into account the possibility that disengagement without an agreement with the Palestinians would increase the threat against the communities in the southwestern Negev, or that they left the Gaza Strip knowing full well that it would fall like a ripe fruit into the hands of Hamas.
| H2 NYT Turkey Vows to Pursue Militant Kurds Into Iraq
FT Turkey blames Kurds for Ankara bomb Warning of more attacks
Washington Monthly "The Scion: Kurdistan's Man in Washington," a profile of Qubad Talabani. By Laurza Rozen
Le Monde Turquie, le retour des vieux démons, par Alain Bockel et Ariane Bonzon
FrontPage magazine.com :: Turkish Secularism on the Ropes by Robert Spencer
BBC Sarkozy rejects Turkish EU place
From the Archive The Generals Take Over Again TIME Magazine Sep 22, 1980
Guardian The bikini: a feminist issue Maureen Freely: Turkey's ban on posters showing women in two-pieces will not stop its emancipated women dressing however they please.
Many Turks wary even of 'mild' Islamists -- with reason
Asia Times All the nudes fit to print
Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media
Kurd Rebel Group Deny Carrying Out Ankara Attack
Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR
We need a much tougher stance against the PKK and the Iraqi Kurdish leadership Cem OĞUZ
Fatih Çekirge Bombalı saldırıda müthiş raslantı
Özel Temsilcilik'te neler yaşandı?
Saldırgan Kuzey Irak'ta eğitim almış
Oğuz Çelikkol, hafta sonu Irak'a gidiyor
Başbakanlık'ta terör toplantısı
U.S. says diplomatic anti-PKK process remains in place
Dismissal of Başer reveals power struggles in Ankara
Bombanın yarım bıraktığı hayatlar
PKK: Ankara'daki saldırıyla ilgimiz yok
Bombanın sesi dünyada yankılandı
Canlı bombanın kimliği parmaktan tespit edildi
Canlı bomba 11 kilo A-4 ile yakalandı
Ardında kim var?Uzman gazeteciler Ankara saldırısını BBC için değerlendirdi
Erdoğan: Talep gelirse silahlı kuvvetlere yasal destek sağlarız
No Hand-over of PKK Leaders to TurkeyKurdish Aspect –
Kürt Bölgeleri, İran ve Türk Bombardımanı Altında
Gerektiğinde K. Irak'a operasyon yaparız, askerimizle ayrı düşmeyiz
Şifreyi kamyondaki parmak çözdü
Başbakan'dan Askere Kuzey Irak için yeşil ışık
Irak’ı PKK için sözlü uyaracağız
Terörle ilgili beklenenler olmuyorsa gereken yapılır
Adana'da canlı bomba yakalandı
Altemur KILIÇ Provokasyon zamanı koordinasyonun iflası
Arslan BULUT Patlayıcılar Amerikan Ordusu’ndan
İsrafil KUMBASAR Sonucu baştan belli koordinatörlük oyunu ve çekilen kılıçlar
PM Barzani: Our future depends on education and training
Serpil YILMAZ
Sami KOHEN Lübnan'da "ateşkes"in ömrü...
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Sarkozy ve AKP Nuray Mert
Sarkozy: Türkiye'nin Avrupa'da yeri yok
'Türkiye'ye AB'de yer yok' diyen Sarkozy'ye Barroso'dan jet cevap: Müzakereler sürecek
Turkish Cypriots adopt new foreign policy
Karamanlis'ten Erdoğan'a destek
'AB Anayasası Türkiye'den Daha Önemli'
Sarkozy: Türkiye görüşlerim değişmedi
Fransa'ya 'soykırım yasası' eleştirisi
AB kararlılık için sınırlarını belirlemeli
Avrupa Konseyi Genel Sekreteri camiye saldıran PKK yandaşları ile görüştü
Rusya AKKA'nın Gözden Geçirilmesini İstiyor
Rusya, Said-i Nursi'yi yasakladı
Türkiye Yahudi cemaati de Hahambaş seçimlerine hazırlanıyor
Emniyette önemli atamalar Yeni
Af Örgütü'nden Türkiye ve Fransa'ya başörtüsü eleştirisi
Gülen 'Patlama ülkemizin huzurunu hedef almıştır, saldırıyı lanetliyorum'
İnternetin kontrolüne ''süper'' bürokrat!..
Yaman TÖRÜNER Cari açık bu yıl nasıl kapandı?
ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM
Dünya Bankası: Koalisyon ekonomiyi zorlar
Ercan Kumcu Seçimler öncesinde gündemde olmayacak konular
Erdal Sağlam Başbakan konuşuyor siyasi tansiyon yine yükseliyor
Kayıt dışılık ve işsizlik Mahfi Eğilmez
İbrahim Öztürk Faiz lobisi ne durumda?
Erdoğan'ın patronlarla ilgiç diyaloğu
Fırsatlar kaçmamalı Korkmaz İlkorur
Güngör URAS Çin'de işçi de işveren de değerli yuan istemiyor
A Turkey stuck between isolation and globalization by Dr. HASAN KÖSEBALABAN*
NASA'dan mektup var: Deprem için biraz da göğe bakalım
Document details ‘US’ plan to sink Hamas
Time for a new lexicon If you study the public discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you will discover a fascinating phenomenon: The concepts that were coined during the 1970s continue to define a reality that has since changed beyond recognition. The old concepts that comprise the dictionary of the conflict have turned into code words that make any argument or clarification superfluous.
FT COMMENT: America and Russia need a wider deal on missiles If countries such as Iran were to sign an expanded INF treaty, the rationale for new missiles in central Europe would disappear, writes Stephen Rademaker.
CFR Indyk: Israeli Troops Likely to Move into Gaza to Stop Attacks
OpenDemocracy Globalisation's broken promise | Roselynn Musa | H3 ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Bu aile ne yapacak?
Erdoğan'dan operasyona yeşil ışık
Erdoğan: Meclis operasyona destek verir
Ahmet Taşgetiren Bir gün sonra... (tekrar)
PKK terörüyle mücadele politikamız yanlış ve eksiktir Hasan Celal Güzel
Başkente bomba Gündüz Aktan
M. Ali BİRAND Amaç, seçimleri erteletmek mi?
Güler Kömürcü Seçimler-savaş hali ve Sezer’in yetkisi
Ardında kim var?Uzman gazeteciler Ankara saldırısını BBC için değerlendirdi
Ruşen Çakır PKK yapmamış olabilir mi?
İşte hain bombacıları eğiten Sason
LOGOGLU: The apologists are wrong, dead wrong about Turkey*
İsrail dostu ABD'li kuruluştan AK Parti karşıtlarına taktikler
Yeni senaryo, Türkiye'yi canlı bombalarla karıştırmak
Bilinenler bilinmeyenler Murat Yetkin
Erdoğan: ''Yeni Köşk sürecinde de adayım Gül''
Semih İDİZ Ermeni soykırımı tasarısına ne oldu?
F-35'lerin yazılımları Türkiye'den gizleniyor
Fikret BİLA Terörün yeni hedefi
Özel Temsilcilik'te neler yaşandı?
Hüseyin Gülerce Bombanın zamanlanması...
Ekrem Dumanlı Terörün hedefi ne?
Yalçın Bayer Ulusal sorunlarımızı koordinatörlerle mi çözeceğiz?..
Cengiz Çandar Terörist saldırı zincirine karşı duruş...
Şahin Alpay AKP'ye itirazlarım
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Could the Ulus bombing push the gov’t into cross-border operation?
Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR Katliam, TSK’ya “K. Irak’a girme” mesajı mı?
Mehmet Tezkan PKK ile mücadeleyi askere havale et, lanetliyorum demekle yetin!.
Can Ataklı PKK Barzani’nin lafını dinlemiyor Tayyip Erdoğan ecel terleri döküyor
MELİHA OKUR AK Parti'nin AK zenginleri! Başbakan'dan 'yargı' çıkışı: Ben de tarafsız bir yargı istiyorum
'Tarih yargılar' Erdoğan, "Tarih, 367 kararını alanları hep yargılayacaktır. Cumhurbaşkanı'nın 15 günlük hakkı var. Bir geciktirme, ne yazık ki art niyetli devam ediyor" dedi
EMRE AKÖZ Toz dumanda savrulanlar İç Basında Türk Dış PolitikasıDış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye BülteniDış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit
Fehmi Koru Terör oy kullanıyor
ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Kırk katır mı kırk satır mı?
İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Türkiye iç savaşa gider mi?
AKİF EMRE Cezayir/leşme demokrasisi
DAVUT DURSUN Koalisyonları kimler niçin istiyor?
NAZLI ILICAK Çok kan akacak mı?
Serdar Turgut Terörün sevdiği ortam
Asaf Savaş Akat
Ertuğrul Özkök Asker emprovize davranmaz
Ahmet Hakan Düelloya güzelleme
Cüneyt Ülsever Bir AKP analizi (III): Vitrin çekici olabilir ama yapı değişmez!
Mehmet Altan Fail çabuk bulundu, şüpheleniyorum...
Leviathan revisited-in 21st century Iraq Burak BEKDİL
Turkey needs much more qualified parliamentarians
MAHMUT ÖVÜR İlhan Kesici neden CHP'ye gitti?
Andrew Finkel The battle for Turkey’s soul (a continuing saga)
Sarkozy ve AKP Nuray Mert
Ardan Zentürk Sistemin yeni umudu: DTP ve Uzan!..
Bilal Çetin Erdoğan’ın kızgınlıkları ve kırgınlıkları
Teröre karşı olmanın dili Turgut Tarhanlı
HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
DP muhalefeti hedeflemeli Tarhan Erdem
Şükrü Küçükşahin DP’ye dindarlık kıskacı
Cumhur kime oy verecek? ANALİZ
Mehmet Y Yılmaz Korkmayın, uyanık olun!
ERGUN BABAHAN Teröre karşı ortak tavır
İhsan Dağı The cycle of terror and the illiberal state
The United States, the AKP and the coup
Güneri CIVAOĞLU 2 milyonun yürüyüşü
İsmail Küçükkaya
Deniz Ülke Arıboğan
[Yorum - Dr. Davut Şahiner] Cevabı zamanlamasında!
[Yorum-Dr. Kaan Kerem] 'Hasolar, Memolar' da çok oluyor yani!
[Yorum-Dr. İbrahim Kalın] Türk usülu demokrasi!
'İçinde bulunduğumuz BU özel koşullarda' Perihan Mağden
Emin Çölaşan Hedef belli imiş
Şakir Süter Çapraz siyaset
Can Dündar Rahat... Hazır ol...
YASİN DOĞAN Türkiye'ye asıl kim zarar veriyor?
Soldaki birlik tamamına erdirilmeli
Tatlıses, Şanlıurfa'dan bağımsız aday oluyor
AKP'de mülakat sorusu: Oyunuz ne kadar?
Mümtazer Türköne Farklı dindarlıklar
Hadi Uluengin Nasıl bir bağımsızlık?
Sorgun Ayaklanma 'geliyorum' demiş
Bahçeli'nin rakibi DP'den aday oldu
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| H4 New York Times U.S., Annoyed by U.N. Report on Iran and Uranium, Hopes to Use It to Widen Sanctions
Prisoner of Her Desires By REUEL MARC GERECHT Iran has failed to engage diplomatically with the United States and Europe, and the jailing of Haleh Esfandiari is a case in point.
News Analysis: On War Funds, Democrats Saw No Option but to Cede Ground to Bush
ATUL GAWANDE Rethinking Old Age We don’t much talk about getting more control over our lives in nursing homes. And that’s a problem.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Pirates and Sanctions China has thrived largely because of values we like to think of as American: ingenuity, diligence, entrepreneurship and respect for markets.
Editorial Killing the Russian Media Since the year 2000, when President Vladimir Putin was first elected, at least 14 journalists have been murdered because of their work. None of these murders have been solved.
Oil Industry Says Biofuel Push May Keep Gas Prices Up Some oil executives warn that current fuel shortages could become a long-term problem, leading to higher prices at the pump.
Memo From Cairo: In a Joyless Time, a City Still Savors Its Sweet Old Self
Refugees Pour Out of Camp in Lebanon
Fatah and Hamas Chiefs Meet on Cease-Fire
12 Serbs Guilty in Killing of Prime Minister
Russian Official Spurns U.S. Missile Stance
3rd Iranian-American Detained by Tehran, Which Hints at a Treason Plot
Sarkozy Visits Brussels, Signaling Import of European Union Revival
Body Found in Iraq May Be That of Missing G.I.
Bush Says Iraq Pullout Would Leave U.S. at Risk
Snubbed by U.S., China Finds New Space Partners Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor to countries whose natural resources it covets here on earth.
Hispanic Hopeful for ’08 Confronts Immigration Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, has weathered the crosscurrents of the immigration battle.
| H5 Washington Post Iranian Defiance Of U.N. Detailed Nuclear Enrichment Continues, Report Says
Sectarian Violence Rises in Baghdad While Bush administration claims violence decreased after new security plan, Iraq Health Ministry statistics show killings increased.
Editorial Convene the Court If the U.N. wants to check Middle East violence, it can start with Lebanon.
Bush Blames Iraq Violence on Al-Qaeda Critics Dismiss Speech as Effort To Build Support
9 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq; Abducted Soldier May Be Dead Violence Across Country Leaves Heavy Civilian Casualties
Fortress America Fortress Embassies Damage Diplomacy By Richard Feinberg, To many critics, U.S. embassies are like the U.S. itself: remote, foreboding and impenetrable.
Nations Use Fear to Distract From Rights Abuses, Group Says
Milosevic Militia Chief, 11 Others Guilty in '03 Killing of Serbian Premier
The GOP Goes Native By Robert D. Novak, The immigration issue could do more harm to the party than the president or the war.
Blair's Curious Legacy By: John O'Sullivan | The Washington Post | H6 Guardian A drive for global domination has put us in greater danger Al Gore: Moral authority, which is our greatest source of strength, has been recklessly put at risk by this wilful president. Poland has made a humiliating farce out of dealing with its red ghosts Blowback in Lebanon Charles Harb: The Islamists at the centre of the fighting were built up by pro-government forces for sectarian reasons. Fog over Lebanon Ramsay Short: Conspiracy theories abound as the violence continues. Kidnapped US soldier found dead Amnesty condemns Israeli strikes Ahmadinejad faces backlash over petrol rationing plans What the Democrats aren't saying Jo-Ann Mort May 23 07, 07:30pm: As Gaza descends into chaos, why aren't the Democrats taking after Bill Clinton and getting serious about peace between Israel and Palestine? Sarkozy calls for simplified treaty to end EU impasse Missing migrants Nikolai Chavdarov May 23 07, 07:00pm: Whatever happened to the 'tidal wave' of immigrants that some predicted when Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU? Lebanese army to enter refugee camp after The Lebanese army prepared to breach the camp, ordering everyone to leave or risk harm in the impending showdown. You need greater equality to achieve more social mobility Putin denounces US plan for missile shield · Bush endangering peace in central Europe, EU told |
| H7 Tehran's Targets By: Amir Taheri | New York Post Strategists in Tehran appear convinced that an American retreat will take place within the next two years at most. They are also determined not to allow the United States to shape a regional alliance capable of protecting a new balance of power.
From Vanity Fair, an excerpt from Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America.
Liberal Hawks, an Endangered Species By: Matthew Continetti | The Weekly Standard
The Decline of the Liberal Hawk? By: Jonathan Chait | The New Republic
Preoccupied With Democracy in Iraq By: Andrew C. McCarthy | National Review | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
US Papers Thursday: Harsh Revelations Missing GI's Body in Mahmudiya; Figures Show Increase in Baghdad Murders
Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
BBC US to push for new Iran sanctions The US says it will press for a new set of sanctions on Iran for defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium. UN reports ongoing Iran defiance 'Third way' on Iran's programme?
Water wars
France's Sarkozy calls to tighten sanctions on Teheran
Bloodshed in Lebanon The Economist
Daily Star Destruction and deceit in North Lebanon By Michael Young
A review of The Occupation to Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace by Ali A. Allawi.
Navy Stages Show of Force Off Iran Coast...
Demilitarizing Algeria - Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceA 34-page US paper examining the power relationship between the civilian and military branches of the ruling elite in Algeria
Al Hayat Ayoon Wa Azan ( Robbing Us The Argument Against Israel ) Jihad el-Khazen - I call on Saudi Arabia to convene an emergency Arab Summit to discuss one item: putting the occupied Palestinian territories under the mandate of Egypt and Jordan.
Al Awsat Solution and Complication : Hussein Shobokshi The multiplicity of Islamic parties, movements and currents, all of which assert ... more
INTERVIEW Resistance, not terror
| H9 Ha’aretz – Editorial Unreasonable proposal Israel has difficulty deciding on a military response, because it lacks one single address on which to focus that response; an entity capable of making decisions and executing them. The same applies to a political response.
Eldar The end of Sharon's path It is hard to decide which is worse - that the gov't failed to take into account the possibility that disengagement without an agreement with the Palestinians would increase the threat against the communities in the southwestern Negev, or that they left the Gaza Strip knowing full well that it would fall like a ripe fruit into the hands of Hamas.
Time for a new lexicon If you study the public discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you will discover a fascinating phenomenon: The concepts that were coined during the 1970s continue to define a reality that has since changed beyond recognition. The old concepts that comprise the dictionary of the conflict have turned into code words that make any argument or clarification superfluous.
Benn Three heretical thoughtsMore than any other Israeli politician, Barak is behaving like a stock market investor. He is looking forward, ignoring what he did and said in the past. Questions about decisions he made as prime minister tire him; he prefers to address the future.
Avineri Still clueless in Baghdad
Jerusalem Post Iran and Gaza
Israel: Iran not at 'industrial level'
Yedioth Ahronoth 'Hamas still in charge' IDF says military victory will take time, tactical decision making behind lull in Hamas attacks
Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
Forward Amid Rockets and Civil War in Gaza, Israelis Sour on Peace Prospects Israeli leaders are now scrambling for a strategy to deal with the potential civil war erupting in the Palestinian territories and Hamas rocket attacks on the southern town of Sderot. But even before the latest round of violence, Israeli public opinion was souring on the land-for-peace formula, with Israelis concluding that the Palestinians are not prepared to end the conflict, according to a newly released poll
From Jewcy, should we bomb Iran? Michael Freund and Justin Raimondo hash it out.
BBC Militants reject Gaza truce call Palestinian militants say there will be no ceasefire until Israel stops attacks in Gaza, as a minister is detained.
Battle for Jerusalem
Amnesty accuses Israel of serious rights abuses
Time Do Israel's Gaza Strikes Help Hamas?
Weekly Standard Six Days in June |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor US House leaders agree to fund
Is Lebanon facing a 'new breed' of Al Qaeda? Little is known about Fatah al-Islam, but experts say it is similar to other militant groups inspired by Osama bin Laden.
Rising censorship among oil powers Venezuela's move to shut down a major TV station parallels recent crackdowns in Iran and Russia
Iran detains two on accusations of 'revolution' plot
In US immigration bill, skills trump family ties Proposed Senate legislation could transform ethnic and social mix of the nation's workforce.
ASIA Heritage Transforming the US-Japanese Alliance
How Japan Fuels Financial Instability By: Thomas I. Palley | The Japan Times
U.S. concludes minor trade negotiations with ChinaThe United States and China concluded two days of "strategic" discussions here Wednesday, notching a number of minor advances to pry open the Chinese market for U.S. business but failing to win a commitment from China that it would revalue its currency.
Blocked by US, China finds it own way to space
The language of Chinese soft power
India takes a hit over Russian fighters
Blackstone + China = Bubble Marriage By: William Pesek | Bloomberg
BBC World conquest
China Tries to Head Off a 'Genocide Olympics' By: Frederick Kempe | Bloomberg
India Must Boost Sea Defenses to Fight Terrorism, Minister Says By: Paul Tighe and Anusha Ondaatjie | Bloomberg News
UN Body Attacks Japan’s Justice System By: David Turner | Financial Times
China Warning Over Darfur Sanctions Al Jazeera | H11 IHT Defusing EU-Russia tension
Sarkozy trip to Brussels gives a push to EU goals
Merkel party urges caution on Afghan mission Differences have emerged in Angela Merkel's coalition over German troops in Afghanistan, with her Social Democratic partners joining opposition parties in demanding an end to participation.
Europe's energy giants call for business as usual with Russia
Britain's next leader faces crucial energy challengesA British government energy policy document this week lays out guidelines for the future. But nobody knows for sure how Gordon Brown, the leader-in-waiting, will play his cards.
EUROPE European press review
A Mediterranean Membership Club By: Leon Hadar | National Interest
BBC Rising stars Time Will Russia Block Kosovo Independence?
Brussels to Wage War on Cyber Crime By: Renata Goldirova | EU Observer
BBC Twelve guilty of Djindjic murder Twelve men, including former members of the secret police, are found guilty of the murder of Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic. Analysis: Marathon Djindjic trial
Employment and working conditions of migrant workers Source: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Full Report (PDF; 252 KB)
Some useful lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process
Drezner Oh, I'm already feeling the love of Sarkozy's pro-American policies | H12 RFE/RLAmnesty International Report Criticizes Russia
US President Criticizes Vladimir Putin's Russia By: Sergei Strokan | Kommersant
Google News Azerbaijan
Russia on Trial By: David Satter | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Pushing Russia Too Far Risks Breaking Bonds By: Bronwen Maddox | The Times of London
CSM In Russia, 'space for journalism is narrow' Critics say Putin's regime stifles dissent in the press.
Washington Times Russian injustice When British prosecutors announced this week that they were ready to level charges in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko, the response from Russia was predictably obstructionist.
Azerbaijan Tops the Charts for Number of Imprisoned Journalists
EDM RECRUITING PROFESSIONAL SERGEANTS RUSSIAN-STYLE
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H13 The Times Time is on Iran’s side The test of whether the world really wants to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons comes now Bronwen Maddox
Iran's nuclear plans are advancing, says IAEANine months after being ordered to stop, Iran is closer than ever to industrial uranium enrichment, the IAEA concedes
Blow for Musharraf as coalition crumblesA key ally of President Pervez Musharraf threatens to quit as the divisions in the ruling coalition of Pakistan widen
Fight to the death with 20,000 refugees trappedLebanese troops are in a tense stand-off with Fatah al-Islam fighters inside the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp
Democrats surrender over funding Iraq troops The Democrats have abandoned their demand that a war funding Bill contain a withdrawal date for US troops from Iraq
Get the yobs out of the classroom How to deal with the educational underclass is the challenge that dare not speak its name Anatole Kaletsky
Inept handling at root of unnecessary shambles Senior judges are sensitive flowers. They are apt to shout 'judicial independence' whenever their equanimity is disturbed Peter Riddell
Wall Street Journal Bush Loyalist States His Case to Neocons Republicans skeptics are challenging Bush's approach to foreign affairs. Timothy Adams, the former top international official at the Treasury, says the U.S. needs more humility and more involvement in multilateral institutions.
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Russia on Trial | H14 Financial Times WORLD NEWS: Bush sets out detail of plots to hit US from IraqRussia still against missile shield plan despite US pressure Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, yesterday said the US had failed to change Moscow's opposition to plans for a missile defence shield in eastern Europe, a stand-off
COMMENT: America and Russia need a wider deal on missiles If countries such as Iran were to sign an expanded INF treaty, the rationale for new missiles in central Europe would disappear, writes Stephen Rademaker.
Netanyahu calls for broadening of peace talks Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party and favourite to be Israel’s prime minister after the next elections, is arguing that “some kind of federation or confederation between Jordan and the Palestinians” would enhance the prospects for Middle East peace FT Interview: Benjamin Netanyahu
Amnesty takes aim at 'greedy business' The United Nations must develop standards that hold big business accountable for its impact on human rights, Amnesty International said in its annual report published
COMMENT: Google's algorithm of life: rejoice and be wary Careers, mates, leisure, spiritual replenishment – these are all laid out trim and tidy. To think that people are complaining, says Thomas Hazlett from George Mason University.
COMMENT: Thirsty work Spot the odd one out. Asia has billions of cheap workers, so exports manufactures. Europe has millions of graduates, so
Sarkozy to champion Europe in trade talks Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, warned the world he expected Europe to take a much tougher stance in global trade talks and would not allow his country’s farmers to be sold ‘at the lowest possible price’.
Insight: Weak dollar the driving force behind liquidityA weak dollar, when resisted by interventionist non-US central banks, propels liquidity, writes Alan Ruskin.
Bomb blasts hit Beirut outskirts
COMMENT: Immigrant law held up at the border The most telling criticism of the Senate’s proposed compromise is easily stated – it won’t work, writes Clive Crook.
Lula’s big chance Brazil’s economy is undoubtedly on a firm footing, but there is plenty more to do if Brazil is to consolidate its progress, compete more effectively with rival emerging market giants and make the transition towards developed country status.
UK’s energy policy has too much micromanagement Britain purports to lead the world in its response to climate change. But its strategy is a bureaucratic muddle
Getting personal with Google Search engines have a great opportunity in personalised services. Exploiting it will depend on getting the rules right.
| H15 Los Angeles Times Try jawboning Iran, not chest-thumping By Clifford Kupchan and Ray Takeyh Tough talk only empowers anti-U.S. factions; our last, best chance with Iran is threat-free diplomacy.
Iran makes steep nuclear gains, U.N. says
Edwards disputes notion of 'war on terror'
Bush says intelligence shows bin Laden ordered attacks outside Iraq
Climate commitment Ronald Brownstein: Washington can improve vehicle efficiency and cut emissions -- if it wants to.
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Bush Wins War Money, Dems Win Pork
John Edwards Remarks As Prepared For Delivery At The Council on Foreign Relations
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LA Times Immigration bill's points plan isn't adding up By Times Staff Writers | 9:22 p.m. The same businesses and legislators the formula was designed to reconcile are determined to rewrite it or scrap it
| H17 Daily Telegraph It was murder, but nothing will change This isn't Moscow, says Boris Johnson. You can't bump people off in coffee lounges, just because they have been mildly disobliging about the regime.
Dave digs digital, but does Gordon? Alice Thomson picks the considerable brains of Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, for advice on politics in a web-based world.
Brown's Britain: taking the nuclear option The challenge that will face Prime Minister Brown will be to drive through the nuclear expansion in the teeth of opposition from the green lobby. He cannot afford to fail: the danger that the lights could go out in the decades ahead is all too real.
Unenlightened despots We don't think of Britain as a haven of cruelty and brutality - yet in Amnesty International's latest annual report the criticism of this country is more extensive than of either Zimbabwe or Burma.
Lebanon militants seek vengeance Civilians trapped between extremists and Lebanese army.
Chirac link to £30m bank account Allegations of secret Japanese account for former president.
| H18 Independent Google is watching you Google, the world's biggest search engine, is setting out to create the most comprehensive database of personal information ever assembled, one with the ability to tell people how to run their lives
Steve Connor: They want to watch, but you can avoid them
Robert Fisk: Innocent victims caught up in a war of endless revenge
Democrats blink first in battle to force US Iraq withdrawal
Adrian Hamilton: A mini-treaty won't solve Europe's problems
Bosnia strips citizenship from Muslim fighters
Blair commits to nuclear future as plans for five new power plants are revealed A blueprint for a new generation of power stations was revealed yesterday as Tony Blair committed Britain to a nuclear component in energy supply
Leading article: There is still time to avoid this nuclear folly |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism NCIS: The Most Popular Show You've Never Heard Of
The secret life of a Mossad agent brought to life onscreen.
'War on terror' dividing world, warns Amnesty Policy Expert Says 'War On Terror' Advances Human Rights Supporters of the U.S. foreign policy agenda have taken strong issue with criticism from Amnesty International, saying the group has a political agenda of its own. Jamestown Al-Qaeda's Media Doctrine: Evolution from Cheerleader to Opinion-Shaper Collateral Damage: U.S. hands out vast sums of money to combat terrorism while ignoring human rights records; lobbying key to funding flows
How Terrorism Finds Roots in the West By: Paul Lachine | The Christian Science Monitor
The professed goals of terrorists -- aspirations for equality or justice, for example -- may well be legitimate. However, the fact that terrorists act in isolation may actually set back their cause
BBC Mystery flights
Africa's Secret Prisons By: Christopher Thompson | New Statesman
The British spy who captured Hitler
Washington Times Reporting on Muslim pollingWe now count as neighbors hundreds of thousands of people who say that they sometimes approve of a means of warfare which normally involves deliberate attacks on innocent civilians, in the name of religion. That's news. McClatchy's DC Bureau Claims It's Barred From Defense Secretary Plane
| H20 Slate The Adviser Model: We have to stay in Iraq for a decade. Here's how to do it.
A step-by-step plan for withdrawing from Iraq.
How 9/11 dealt a fatal blow to DeLillo's vision of contemporary life.
GEO [Global Environmental Outlook] 2007 Year Book
From The New Yorker, Angels and Ages: Adam Gopnik on Lincoln’s language and its legacy; and O Lucky Man! Nicholas Lemann reviews The Reagan Diaries. A review of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss (and an excerpt). | H21 Harvard professor explains the pursuit of happiness
From Wired, why famous counterfactual historian Niall Ferguson loves making history with games.
Google Unveils "Universal Search"
Le Monde journalists oust chief in protest
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