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Bush Spares Libby 30-Month Jail Term President Bush said that he had used his power of clemency to commute the 30-month sentence for I. Lewis Libby Jr., who was convicted of perjury in the C.I.A. leak case.Text: President’s Statement

Washington Post Iran's Elite Force Is Said to Use Hezbollah as 'Proxy' in Iraq General Describes Aid To Shiite Militiamen

Too Much Mercy Editorial | Reducing Scooter Libby's sentence to no prison time at all is not defensible.

Daily Telegraph MI5 'knew of plot in advance'

Independent Terror plot hatched in British hospitals A suspected cell of foreign militants that used British hospitals as cover are being questioned over the attacks in London and Glasgow.

Key questions on the tactics of these terror attacks

Iraq invasion strengthened the militants Car bombs have almost as long a history as the car. What has changed since the invasion of Iraq is that bombers targeting civilian targets in the West now have a popular base and access to expertise in the Sunni community of Iraq.

Guardian The amateurishness of the attacks is scant consolation Jason Burke: Al-Qaida has lost many of its most senior militants, but in their place a new wave of radicalised young men has arrived.

No deal reached by Bush and Putin Leaders fail to reach any agreement on proposed US missile system, Iran or Kosovo.

UPI Analysis: International forces in Gaza?

Financial Times COMMENT: A less American face for mediation in Iraq Creating an international mediator could help, writes Chuck Hagel, US senator for Nebraska.

Putin, Bush see Nato role in missile defence Putin and Bush agreed that Nato should be involved in the proposed US missile defence shield but failed to narrow differences over Washington’s plans to locate part of the system in central Europe

Helena Cobban How likely is a dramatic Bush shift on Iran?

MERIA Comparing Three Muslim Brotherhoods: Syria, Jordan, Egypt - Barry Rubin

CEPS EU Policy in the South Caucasus: The Case of Azerbaijan

IHT A political program to exit Iraq
By HENRY A. KISSINGER / TMS What America and the world need is not unilateral withdrawal but a vision of a sustainable political end to the conflict. (repeat)

Daily Star Why secular parties are declining in the Middle East By Marina Ottaway

Accept reality when it comes to Hamas By Stacie L. Pettyjohn

Ha’aretz Jordanian role increasingly seen as crucial to peace process Support growing for Jordan-PA confederation; Abdullah calls idea a conspiracy against both peoples.

Rosner Israel-Palestine: The return of the Jordanian option

What Dennis Ross would do...
if he were Tony Blair.

Daniel W. Drezner / Here are ten policies that team Bush implemented that I would qualify as a) important; b) constructive; and c) not guaranteed to persist in their current form or at current funding levels past 2009

RFE/RLGeorgia: Is Armed Conflict Brewing?

South/Central Asia: Is Talk Of IMU Aimed At Courting Outsiders?

Russia: In Global Politics, Putin Content To Play 'Spoiler'

Christian Science Monitor American dream still burns bright - but results vary Men in their 30s earn about $5,000 less in real terms than their fathers' generation did, according to a new study.

The Times Russian President has one good pointPutin should be taken seriously on his complaint about the US’s approach to arms control Bronwen Maddox

Yale Global The Rising and Falling Power of Hydrocarbon States

Los Angeles Times Listen to Lugar Editorial: The senator, a staunch supporter of the Iraq war, wants a change in course -- now. Bush should take heed.

GOP should stay the surge

Max Boot Republicans are telling themselves that abandoning the surge is not only good politics, it's good policy.

Wall Street Journal Making Iran Feel the Pain Financial sanctions scare Tehran. Now's the time to give them bigger teeth. By MATTHEW LEVITT For graduated sanctions to be effective, each deadline that passes without a change in Iran's behavior must be followed by another, more severe round of sanctions.

Geopolitical Diary: Hamas' Break Point Stratfor

Daily Star 10 years after the Asian crisis, we're not out of the woods yet By Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Asian Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Retrospective on the Winds of Fortune
Wing Thye Woo, The Brookings Institution

Managing Future Financial Crises: The IMF's Role
Paul Blustein, The Brookings Institution

Washington Institute American-Style Universities in the Middle East: How Much Truth in Advertising?

Forget Fatah Robert Fulford.

Don't blink on Iran Michael Rubin.

Europe/Plan B – For a Carbon-Free Economy Independent of Arabic Oil, Russian Gas or Chinese Coal

Tony Karon The Peril of the West’s Hamas Error

Der Spiegel The World From Berlin: 'Show the Extremists How Futile their Blood Thirst Is'

Democracy Arsenal The Bush Boomergang Effect in Europe

Energy Security: What It Means and How to Achieve It

Salon Israel's Olmert rises from the rubble

H2 FT AKP picks economist as its poster boy The party hopes to widen its appeal ahead of the July 22 election by replacing its reactionary MPs from its list of candidates with bright, young professionals

Turkey's pace of growth quickens Turkey's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, presenting the outgoing government with a boost for its economic campaign ahead of a general election...

Daily Star Backing the wrong horse in Turkey By Howard Eissenstat Not for the first time, the United States has chosen to back anti-democratic forces against an elected and popular government. This time around, however, the choice seems at odds with both America's narrow strategic interests and its broader ideals.

NYT Trial in Editor’s Killing Opens, Testing Rule of Law in Turkey

Independent Alleged killers of ethnic Armenian journalist go on trial in Turkey

Enter Turkey CounterPunch -PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

Iraq & Syria Protest Turkish Dam Project

US missile sale to Turkey clears Congress

Backers of Armenian genocide bill reach majority in US Congress

Mystery of the 1974 intervention deepens

PKK sorununun çözümü diyalogda FARUK HACI MUSTAFA

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL O komutana ne oldu?

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Iraqi Kurdish Paper Interviews KDP-Iran Secretary-General

Hasan Ünal Her kötülüğün içinde Amerika var

ABD itirafçıyı yalanladı: PKK ile temasımız yok

Embassy calls US arms delivery to PKK claims ‘ridiculous’

ABD: İddialar saçma PKK ile temasımız yok

'Pusula engel oluşturmaz' Diyarbakır'da oyların çoğunu DTP'li 4 bağımsız alır ve Ankara'ya gider. Bunlardan Gültan Kışanak, 'Birleşik oy pusulası fazla bir engel oluşturmaz' diyor

Rizgari Kürd dili onurumuzdur

Büyükanıt'dan 127 yabancı general ve diplomata brifing

Devlet unuttu AİHM hatırlatacak Terör örgütü PKK’nın ilk baskınlarından olan Pınarcık katliamının üzerinden 20 yıl geçti. Ancak köylülerin acıları hâlâ o günkü gibi taze... Ayrıca köylüler zararlarının karşılanması için konuyu AİHM’ye taşımış durumda

Kurdish Oil Riches Lure Wildcatters Unswayed by Deaths in Iraq Bloomberg

Tunceli'de 18 PKK işbirlikçisi tutuklandı

Despite rivalry, a united front against democracy The controversial agreements of KDP and PUK demonstrate their rouge policies hampering the process of the democratization of Kurdistan.

Katliama gidiyordu MOBESE’ye yakalandı

Yusuf KANLI The US must talk on these claims

AKP'li ve DTP’liler yumruklaştı

Foreign companies digging oil wells in Kurdistan

International Crisis Group: is it a fair and objective organisation?

Orientalism, Kemalism and the Kurds

Askerde hava atan PKK'lı yakalandı

Promoting the Culture of Tolerance, Peace and Harmony in Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkish military build-up fuels Zebari's US pullout concerns

Bleak future for Nineweh minorities A number of communities say they face constant threats and political marginalisation.

Leadership of lawyers' association resigned due to interference by PUK and KDP

Talabani: CHP üyelikten atılacak

Baykal-Talabani yemek kavgasında

Öcalan'ın belediye başkanı yeğenine hapis cezası

PKK Defectors Claim US Assistance

Life in Kurdistan, Safer and More Normal, Despite Turkey's Threat ...

Kurdistan continues to connect to Global Economy while the rest of ...

President Massoud Barzani to visit France)

In The Shadows Of Iraq : Qubad Talabani (Part 3)

Hold AEI Accountable on Kurdish Issues by Scott Sullivan

Kürtler de Amerikalılar'a özenince

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Germany's Merkel Makes Clear She Continues to Support Turkish EU Talks

Barçın Yinanç Karadeniz'de nüfuz savaşları

Lizbon ile Berlin: Müzakereler sürecek

Hasan Ünal Talat'ın AKP destekli Rum politikaları

Şahin Alpay Tony Blair'in mirası

BEYİN YIKAMA FİNANSÖRLERİ..

Turkey's elections, EU membership and the Palestinian crisis
(Shoshana BEKERMAN )

Kadir Dikbaş Avrupa'nın gaz sorunu

Olli Rehn'e AP'de imamları sordular

Dead US diplomat in Cyprus 'stabbed himself'

Missing US diplomat found dead in Cyprus

ABD'li ataşenin sırrını Turkcell hattı mı çözecek?

Kayıp ABD ateşesi Rum kesi-minde ölü bulundu. Türkiye Kara Harp Akademisi mezunuydu, Turkcell hattı bulunuyordu

ABD’li askeri ataşe aşk mı kaçakçı kurbanı mı oldu?

Gümen Akçam’ın bulduğu 3. holdwater

İlter Türkmen En az gelişmiş ülkeler konferansı

Erkin Baba'dan MHP'ye destek

Yabancı gazetecilerin İstanbul’u - Kimine göre dünya başkenti, kimine göre ecdadının ayak bastığı mukaddes şehir, kimine göre ise binlerce kilometre uzaktaki evinin karşı kıyıdaki tezahürü. Ama hepsinin ortak kanaati: “İstanbul, dünyanın en güzel şehri”

Açıkistihbarat Nokta Perihan Mağden

Elif Şafak Yüz Yıllık Angst

Kardeşlik Madımak'ın küllerinden doğmalı

Sivas olaylarının sorumlusu dönemin hükümeti ve valisi

Mahkeme, Başbakan'ın danışmanı Cüneyd Zapsu'nun Yasin el Kadı operasyonlarıyla bağlantısını ortaya koyan haberlerle ilgili olarak Milliyet'e açtığı 10 bin YTL'lik tazminat davasını reddetti

İlnur Çevik Turkish judiciary put to test with Dink trial

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Herkesi sınavdan geçirecek bir dâvâ

12 saatte 4 tahliye Gazeteci Hrant Dink cinayeti davasının 12 saat süren ilk duruşmasında 12 tutuklu sanıktan 4’ü tahliye edildi. Mahkeme, ’Büyük Abi’ Erhan Tuncel’in telefon kayıtlarını İstihbarat Dairesi’nden istedi. Dink’i valilikte tehdit eden kişinin belirlenmesi, duruşmanın 1 Ekim’e ertelenmesi de kararlaştırıldı.

Albright Türkiye’de kadın cumhurbaşkanı olmalı

TMSF seizes controversial Uzan family’s $200 million in Switzerland

'Meclis'i boykot' karşılığında Ağar ve Mumcu'ya kuvvetli güvenceler verildi

Çingenistan ordusuyla mı aldık buraları? –

Kışlaya internet erişim merkezleri kurulacak

Andrew Finkel İstanbul 2010 -- European capital in search of culture

3 Temmuz 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Aksiyon 4 Temmuz’un üç generali neden emekliye sevk edildi? - Faruk Mercan - Ufuk Şanlı

Sedat Ergin Tezkerenin reddinde başrol oyuncusu Sezer’di

Fikret BİLA Seçim sonrasına ilişkin öngörüler

M. Ali BİRAND Dolmabahçe buluşmasının sırrı...

Asker rahatsız manşetinin perde arkası

İngiliz tanıktan 'ÇUVAL' anıları

'Şu Türklerin kafalarını keselim bakalım dolaşıyorlar mı?'

DP SEÇİM BEYANNAMESİ

'Irak bölünürse Kerkük'te hak isteriz' DP bildirgesinin Dış politikasında, “Musul ve Kerkük” çıkışı

Raportörün görüşü iptal yönünde Anayasa Mahkemesi, cumhurbaşkanının halk tarafından seçilmesine yönelik Anayasa değişikliği paketinin iptali istemini perşembe günü karara bağlayacak.

[Yorum - Doç. Dr. Mustafa Şentop] Anayasa Mahkemesi, meşruiyet krizinde!

DP yeni anayasa için kurultay toplayacak

Leyla İpekçi Ölçü hak olmalı, kimlik siyaseti değil...

İddia doğruysa ABD’den çok derin süphe duyarız

İşte Hrant Dink davasındaki ilk ifadeler

'Polisler tanığım'

Cengiz Çandar Hrant Dink davası: Türkiye’de rejimin tomografisi...

AKP yüzde 40 oy alabilir mi?

Ankara cool towards Palestine troops

Abbas, Gazze'ye Türk askeri istiyor, Hamas karşı

Gazze'ye Türk askeri tartışması

ERDAL ŞAFAK Gazze Şeridi'ne asker mi?

Yeni açılım yok AKP'nin 233 sayfalık seçim bildirgesinde terörle mücadele 7 paragraf. Diğerlerinin de "terörü yok etme"den ileri bir çözüm önerisi yok. CHP, MHP ...

Teröristler bubi tuzağı kullanıyor - TSK’nın frekans bozucu önlemleri sebebiyle terör örgütü PKK uzaktan kumandalı ve cep telefonu düzenekli bomba kullanmaktan vazgeçti. Subaylara yönelik güzergâh takibi yapan teröristler kablo bağlantılı bubi tuzağı kullanıyor

Güler Kömürcü İşte Barzanji şirketler...

Bakırköy bombacısının yeni hedefi Antalya'da sansasyonel bir eylemmiş

Mini etekli bombacı

AKİF EMRE 'Komplo teorisi' yerine bir 'araştırma'nın sonuçları

Tümgeneralden ağır sözler

"Erlerimiz ölüyor, subaylarımız nerede?" diyenler, siz neredesiniz? Kaleminize fiyat biçenlerle pazarlıkta mısınız?

Bilal Çetin Baykal mı yalan söylüyor hükümet mi?

Ahmet Taşgetiren MHP’nin sıkıntısı

BBP decides to support the AK Party to prevent a CHP- MHP coalition'

Nuh Gönültaş Seçim sonuçlarını açıklıyorum!

İsviçre'de gizli Uzan hesapları

1.5 Milyar $ İsviçre'de çıktı

Gül Atamalar etik değil

Cüneyd Zapsu açıklama yaptı

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 İlhan Bey ve dostlar?…

Fehmi Koru Dün, bugün ve yarın…

NAZLI ILICAK Bu ne biçim vatanseverlik

Ertuğrul Özkök Türbanın boyun kısmı çözülüyor mu

Taha AKYOL Öcalan'ı asmak

Cüneyt Ülsever Emre Aköz yanılıyor

Enis Berberoğlu Krediye gerek kalmadı

Genelkurmay'ın özel harekatçı talebi

Bırakınız şu ip maskaralığını!
Hasan Celal Güzel

Mahir Kaynak Adam asmaca

Can Dündar İpe sarılmayın!

MHP'nin önceliği idam değil F Tipi

Can Ataklı İdam konusunda büyük yalan

Halit Tunç Apo’nun asılmasını PKK da ister

Mümtazer Türköne Terörle dans etmek

Dink cinayeti davasında avukat provokasyonu

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Çuvalcılar, çuvalladı

Yalçın Doğan Erdoğan Çankaya’yı düşünmüyor TAYYİP Erdoğan’

MUHARREM SARIKAYA İdam sehpasından sandık olmaz...

Foreign policy of the political opposition: Strategies without depth by Dr. KUDRET BÜLBÜL*

Serdar Turgut Devlet geleneği

Erdoğan'a YAŞ öncesi brifing verildi

ERGUN BABAHAN İp kavgası

EMRE AKÖZ "Apo'yu asma" oyunu

Umur Talu

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN 'Laiklik tehlikede mi?'

Bekir Coşkun Bir şehit kaç dolar?..

Emin Çölaşan Anayasa, paspas ve kuduz üzerine

Mustafa Mutlu Cumhurbaşkanı MHP’nin mitingine katılsaydı!

Sezer: Laiklik değil, siyasetçi sorunu var

Ağar Üniversitede türban serbest

Suçlular ve güçlüler İsmet Berkan

Derya SAZAK Hrant adaleti

Hakaretle başladılar

Referandum ve seçim Murat Belge

Mitinglerin gizli dili

Tamer Korkmaz "Latife ile Hayrünisa"

Yazıcıoğlu: CHP-MHP koalisyonu için uğraşanlar var

Gila Benmayor Milli Eğitim Bakanı aynı zamanda Başbakan Yardımcısı olsun

Lale sarıibrahimoğlu Innovation versus military coups

Erbakan Orduya toz kondurtmam

Berat Özipek Benim bağımsızlarım

Mehmet Barlas Seçmen söyleneni değil, duymak istediğini duyar…

Hurşit GÜNEŞ Böylesi büyümeye can kurban

Güngör URAS İhracata dayalı büyüme gerçekleşti

Seçimden sonra tufan Mahfi Eğilmez

Murat Yülek External balance in 2007

Büyüme hız kesmedi
Türkiye ekonomisi ilk çeyrekte ihracatın da etkisiyle beklentileri aşıp yüzde 6.8 büyüdü

Asaf Savaş Akat İlk çeyrekte büyüme

Faiz freninin gücü özel sektöre yetti kamuya sökmedi

Seyfettin Gürsel Büyüme makas değiştirdi

Güven Sak Yabancı sermayenin payı İngiltere’de de artıyor

Altınok: Üretim ve istihdamı KOBİ'lerle çözeceğiz

Finansal korumacılığın ayak sesleri mi?
Korkmaz İlkorur

Deniz Gökçe Dolarizasyon nereye koşuyor?

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu İçi boş vaatler

Erdal Sağlam

Babacan: Elektrik ve gaza bu yıl zam yok

Turkey's dynamic economy grows for 21st consecutive quarter

Eser Karakaş Dünya ekonomisinde ilk ciddi sinyaller

Enflasyon beklentisi yüzde 0.04

Meral TAMER AKP iktidarda; yoksula yardımı neden kayıt altına almıyor?

Sıkıntılara rağmen tarımda gelir ikiye katlandı

Eşitlikçi bir sağlık sistemi istiyoruz TÜRKAN SAYLAN

DAVID BROOKS Ending the Farce President Bush’s decision in the case of I. Lewis Libby Jr. was exactly right.

H5 Washington Post Iran's Elite Force Is Said to Use Hezbollah as 'Proxy' in Iraq General Describes Aid To Shiite Militiamen

Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence

Too Much Mercy Editorial | Reducing Scooter Libby's sentence to no prison time at all is not defensible.

A Decision Made Largely Alone

Editorial

In Britain, Officials See Model for New Attacks in U.S. Next assault on U.S. could be similar in plan, scope to those in Britain, U.S. officials believe.

Bomb Plot Suspects Are Foreign Physicians U.K. Authorities Make Three More Arrests

Pakistan Eases Curbs on AQ Khan

McCain To Run A Leaner Campaign

Cash Shortage Forces Changes

H6 Guardian British-born terrorists conspired in bombs plot - security officials· Six suspects are doctors · Controlled explosions at hospital· London car came from Scotland

The amateurishness of the attacks is scant consolation Jason Burke: Al-Qaida has lost many of its most senior militants, but in their place a new wave of radicalised young men has arrived.

No deal reached by Bush and Putin Leaders fail to reach any agreement on proposed US missile system, Iran or Kosovo.

US accuses Iran of role in Iraq
US claims Iran played role in attack that killed five Americans.

The well-tempered premier

Shami Chakrabarti Jul 02 07, 07:30pm: So far, Gordon Brown and the new home secretary have refused to play politics with the terrorist plot. So far, so good.

Spared prison by Bush: the White House aide who lied to a grand jury· Rightwing pressure wins commutation for Scooter · Democrats say president has trampled on the law

Iran TV's channel challenges BBC Report of Glasgow attack says event staged by Britain to discredit Muslims.

H7 Sky News One Suspect 'Trained in Baghdad'...

Mobile phone calls failed to trigger London blasts - report

Police hunted Glasgow suspect BEFORE attack...

Analysis: Who's behind the London bombs?

New Yorker The Taliban’s Opium War by Jon Lee Anderson

Asia Times US to hunt the Taliban inside Pakistan With his back to the wall over domestic troubles, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will allow US-led coalition forces a free hand in going after the fast-growing Taliban bases and al-Qaeda presence inside Pakistan. The general is taking a big gamble. But so too is the US in risking an escalation in the "war on terror". - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Afghanistan is moving backward
Since the collapse of the Taliban in 2001 and even before, Afghanistan has been moving backward: the government is corrupt and riddled with nepotism, the middle class has fled and education is creaking. But the stakes are too high to let a dysfunctional Afghan government undermine NATO's efforts to stabilize the country. - Haroun Mir

Daily Star 10 years after the Asian crisis, we're not out of the woods yet By Joseph E. Stiglitz

CFR Tony Blair's Challenges as Middle East Envoy

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

US Papers Tue: Baghdad, Party (of God) Town?

Iraqi Papers Tues: Tribal Troubles

Daily Star Why secular parties are declining in the Middle East By Marina Ottaway

Accept reality when it comes to Hamas
By Stacie L. Pettyjohn

UPI Analysis: International forces in Gaza?

Yemen bomb kills Spanish tourists Nine people, including seven Spanish tourists, are killed in a suicide car bomb attack at a temple in Yemen.

Government Mismanagement Responsible for Iranian Fuel Rationing

Lieberman: Iran Has Declared War

DEBKAfile Exclusive: UN Spanish peacekeepers cut covert protection deal with Hizballah behind backs of UN secretary and UNIFIL commander

Status and Progress of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (2007)
Source: World Bank

Middle East and North Africa : Gender Overview (2007) (PDF; 1.16 MB)

+ The Status and Progress of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (2007) (PDF; 7.66 MB)

Al Awsat From Gaza to Gazastan : Diana Mukkaled

Transcript: Weltwoche Interview with Taliban Commander Mansoor Dadullah

H9 Ha’aretz - Bush, Putin say they find common ground on Iran At Maine summit, both leaders say they 'stand together' on Iran, give no details on their shared position.

Jordanian role increasingly seen as crucial to peace process Support growing for Jordan-PA confederation; Abdullah calls idea a conspiracy against both peoples.

Rosner Israel-Palestine: The return of the Jordanian option

How Leahy tried, and failed, to downgrade aid to Israel

Gaza still linked to IsraelAs opposed to the day-to-day security threats, the big, long-term risk must be considered: If the Iranian regime is not replaced, Tehran will be here.

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee: IDF appointment methods faulty

Senate: Stop Israel from buying cluster bombs with U.S. aid

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

Jerusalem Post Analysis: A year after the war: The more things change... By ANSHEL PFEFFER Little has been done since last summer to rebuild confidence in Israel's strategic capabilities.

Barak 'Restore IDF's deterrence'

Report slams terrorists, IDF

Human Rights Watch: Both Palestinian groups and IDF 'show insufficient regard for civilian life'

The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings Source: institute for the Study of Labor Full Paper (PDF; 497 KB)

Hamas arrests over BBC reporter
Hamas security forces detain members of the group which claims to be holding BBC reporter Alan Johnston.

Jul 03 SD# 1644 - Iranian, Syrian and Qatari Press: The Gaza Coup Is the Result of an American-Israeli Plot

H10 Christian Science Monitor American dream still burns bright - but results vary Men in their 30s earn about $5,000 less in real terms than their fathers' generation did, according to a new study.

THE MONITOR'S VIEW Blair in the background

Opinion: Two faces of the Arab street

Opinion: America's new political center '60s liberalism and '80s conservatism yield to synthesis.

Militias, bribes tip scales as Iraqis take final exams Graduation tests for middle and high schools end Tuesday.

A US military leader stresses ideas over firepower The head of US Southern Command uses a soft approach to combat anti-American fervor

Pakistan military's profits draw ire

As dissatisfaction with President Musharraf rises across Pakistan, the military's influence over the economy has become a focus of anger toward the government.

ASIAChina pact a mixed blessing for Pakistan
The recently implemented free trade agreement between Beijing and Islamabad is Pakistan's first comprehensive treaty with any country. It should strengthen transport and logistical ties between the two countries as well as drive down tariffs. But Pakistani manufacturers are wary of a country whose cheap imports are already flooding their markets. - Syed Fazl-e-Haider

China, Russia shake
economic status quo
Revived trade and political ties between China and Russia belie US analysts' predictions of growing friction between the two. A new global economic order is rising.

CRS "India-U.S. Relations," updated June 26, 2007.

"Pakistan-U.S. Relations," updated June 6, 2007.

Beijing's Rule of Law Retreat
China will not remain stable if it denies justice to its citizens.
By NICHOLAS BEQUELIN

Taiwan's choices
By PHILIP BOWRING Between now and Taiwan's elections, no progress in cross-strait relations can be expected.

H11 IHT Iran feels sanctions bite
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blatant domestic failures are becoming the best antidote to the threat from Tehran.

Putin expands proposal for missile-defense cooperation By JIM RUTENBERG AND BRIAN KNOWLTON Putin's remarks pointed to continued haggling over the system after a set of meetings that had been intended to smooth over differences.

Politicus: In German approach, a dilemma of distance By JOHN VINOCUR Some wonder whether Germany should try to keep 'the same proximity' to the United States and Russia.

Pressure mounts on Merkel to drop plans to close nuclear plants
By JUDY DEMPSEY
The effort comes one day before an energy summit meeting with the German governing coalition

EUROPE European press review

Trans-Atlantic Alliance More Vital than Ever

PINR "After the German Summit, Limits to E.U. Political Integration Appear Strong" Full text of report

Destination Europe
Maps and graphics exploring migration from Africa to Europe

Exploring Challenges for Managing Europe's Seas ELME

Out of Gas DGAP An 8-page German article examining the implications for Europe's energy policy of significant shortfalls in Russian gas supplies

H12 RFE/RLGeorgia: Is Armed Conflict Brewing?

South/Central Asia: Is Talk Of IMU Aimed At Courting Outsiders?

Russia: In Global Politics, Putin Content To Play 'Spoiler'

Afghanistan/Iraq: Expert Questions Election Validity In Conflict Areas

Armenia’s Radio Liberty Faces Uncertain Future

Karabakh Leaders: Seeking a Seat at the Negotiating Table
A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY HAROUTIUN KHACHATRIAN
With talks on a resolution for the 19-year Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the skids once again, the breakaway region’s de facto authorities are increasingly pushing for a new negotiating format, one that allows them to directly participate in the process.

CEPS EU Policy in the South Caucasus: The Case of Azerbaijan

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Inside a radar station at the heart of Russia's anti-missile defence

Asia TimesWhat they didn't say at Kennebunkport No doubt Vladimir Putin's visit at the Bush family compound in Maine was a cordial affair; a practical man like the Russian president would not waste words explaining the unexplainable to someone as uncomprehending as his American counterpart. But it is sobering to imagine how the conversation might go if Putin were to tell George W Bush the unvarnished truth.

Transatlantic Relations and Radical Novelties in the 21st Century DGAP, NDC, INSS
The 8-page report of a seminar held to discuss short-term political changes, long-term challenges and their impact on transatlantic relations and the NATO alliance

EDM GEORGIAN FLAG RAISED OVER AKHALKALAKI
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H13 The Times Russian President has one good pointPutin should be taken seriously on his complaint about the US’s approach to arms control Bronwen Maddox

Hezbollah is making trouble in Iraq, says US

US forces have, for the first time, accused Hezbollah of playing a direct role in the violence plaguing Iraq

Leader Cult of Contempt

The Left must condemn a fanaticism that is misogynist and homophobic

Bush commutes 'excessive' Libby sentence

‘Tsarkozy’ puts pressure on new PM

President Sarkozy's persistence in managing all departments from the Elys饠Palace has stolen François Fillon’s thunder

Wall Street Journal Making Iran Feel the Pain Financial sanctions scare Tehran. Now's the time to give them bigger teeth. By MATTHEW LEVITT For graduated sanctions to be effective, each deadline that passes without a change in Iran's behavior must be followed by another, more severe round of sanctions.

Bush and Libby
The commutation is a profile in non-courage.

The EU's Sticks
The shaming of Bulgaria and Romania.

Defense Lines: The Dow Jones editorial pact protects top editors.

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: A less American face for mediation in Iraq Creating an international mediator could help, writes Chuck Hagel, US senator for Nebraska.

Putin, Bush see Nato role in missile defence Putin and Bush agreed that Nato should be involved in the proposed US missile defence shield but failed to narrow differences over Washington’s plans to locate part of the system in central Europe

FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Uproar as Bush saves Libby from jail term

Outsourced to US The news that a Silicon Valley company is moving jobs from Bangalore to California may be a surprise to the increasingly paranoid protectionist movement in the US.

Police probe foreign doctor terror theory Police were investigating whether a network of foreign doctors was responsible for three failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.

COMMENT: Britons take it easy in the new age of terrorism The authorities must not overreact. It is impossible to protect every large crowd without gumming up ordinary life intolerably, writes Gideon Rachman.

US accuses Iran over deadly Iraq raid The US military said that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon’s Hizbollah had assisted Iraqi militants to abduct and murder five US soldiers in January, an unusually direct accusation of Iranian complicity in a specific attack in Iraq.

Merkel’s legacy The task of chairing the European Union has never been easy and Germany’s EU success gives Portugal a hard act to follow as they take over the rotating presidency

Iran starts TV channel for western audience Iran launched an English-language news channel designed to broadcast Tehran’s message to a western audience.

COMMENT: A future of public healthcare for all

European rail alliance to challenge airlines Nine high-speed operators will offer a common booking system, simplified ticketing and frequent traveller benefits to take on three airline groups on international routes

Lisbon unveils priorities for EU presidency Jose Socrates, Portugal’s prime minister, launched his country's presidency of the European Union and immediately flew to Africa, in a clear sign that he wants to boost political and economic ties between the two continents.

COMMENT: Protect workers from the private equiteers

COMMENT: Brown takes a lesson from Sarkozy Britain’s Conservatives show signs of losing their nerve, much as did the French Socialists in the presidential contest, writes Philip Stephens.

Paris will press for time to balance budget France will next week press its European partners for more ‘margin for manoeuvre’ in balancing its budget so that it can implement profound structural reforms.

The task ahead for Chancellor Darling In his first weekend in the Treasury 10 years ago, officials told Gordon Brown that the economy was in great shape, with strong growth, low inflation and improving...

COMMENT: The revival of price- fixing in the land of free enterprise US courts declined to entertain claims that the suppression of retail competition could benefit shoppers – until last week, writes John Kay.

H15 Los Angeles Times Listen to Lugar Editorial: The senator, a staunch supporter of the Iraq war, wants a change in course -- now. Bush should take heed.

GOP should stay the surge

Max Boot Republicans are telling themselves that abandoning the surge is not only good politics, it's good policy.

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H16 American Politics

BBC Bush spares Libby from jail term US President George W Bush intervenes to stop convicted White House aide Lewis Libby from going to prison.

Q&A: The CIA leak case

Profile: Lewis 'Scooter' Libby

(Scooter Libby) Grant Of Executive Clemency by The President Of The United States Of America

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

McCain Shakes Up Campaign — McCain, Trailing in Fundraising and Polls, Shakes Up 2008 Presidential Campaign

H17 Daily Telegraph MI5 'knew of plot in advance'

'Islamist' is the word for these terrorists Denis MacShane believes that the days of refusing to confront Islamist ideology are drawing to an end, and there is a new determination to spell out hard truths.

Ex-jihadist calls for 'Al-Qa'eda Anonymous'

Iranian unit killed troops in Iraq, says US

A covert force attached to Iran's Revolutionary Guard carried out a sophisticated attack which killed five American soldiers in Iraq, claims the US.

Bush and Putin agree to curb nuclear Iran

'Don't tell British about the EU treaty'

The new European Union treaty will mean "transfers of sovereignty" from Britain and Gordon Brown is right to hide the fact from the public, an EU leader has admitted.

H18 Independent Terror plot hatched in British hospitals A suspected cell of foreign militants that used British hospitals as cover are being questioned over the attacks in London and Glasgow.

Key questions on the tactics of these terror attacks

Leading article: Welcome signs of a thoughtful response

Pakistan eases house arrest on scientist who sold secrets

Berezovsky charged with plot to overthrow Russian regime

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

DEBKAfile Exclusive: US counter-terror authorities fear major campaign in Europe, possibly even 9/11-scale mega-attack in America presaged by failed London and Glasgow bombings

Generals: Army Focusing Too Much on Fighting Insurgents, Not ...

USA Today - Pentagon has decided to increase the supply of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles by 600 percent.

CLAIM: Saudis foil 180 'terror' attacks since 2003...

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Fighting terrorism - but at what cost?
Richard M Bennett questions whether Britain can afford the level of intelligence to guard against home-grown Islamic terrorism such as occurred this weekend in London and Glasgow, not to mention the Irish Republican Army and spies from Russia and China. At the same time, he questions whether people really want to pay the price - in treasure and liberties - to crush terrorism.

The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings
Source: institute for the Study of Labor Full Paper (PDF; 497 KB)

The Truth About Triple-A: U.S. Document Implicates Current, Former Colombian Army Commanders in Terror Operation
Source: National Security Archive

H20 Slate What's the Difference Between London and Baghdad?:

Vigilant traffic wardens, trusted police officers, and women who complain.

Anne Applebaum

McCain Drain:

Here's how his struggling campaign could recover.John Dickerson

Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy? Causal Relations between Political Preferences and Development
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa Source: World Bank Download in sections (PDFs) or as full report (PDF; 4.16 MB).

Technological Capability as a Determinant of FDI Flows: Evidence from Developing Asia and India

H21 BBC: Poll finds majority of public believes global warming fears 'over hyped'...

Dollar Drops to 26-Year Low Vs. Pound...

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Wolfowitz lands a new job at DC think tank Paul Wolfowitz has joined the conservative American Enterprise Institute.

Drug 'dampens' bad memories
New amnesia drug may be able to erase memories of traumatic events.

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