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H1 DEBKAfile Exclusive: New Al Qaeda threat of radioactive truck attacks naming New York, Los Angeles, Miami

Washington Post Dan Fromkin Cheney's Secret Escalation Plan on Iran?

CNN US Assessing Pakistan Nukes if Musharraf Falls by Barbara Starr

McClatchy Bush, Congress could collide on Iran Two knowledgeable U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because intelligence on Iran is highly classified, said that the administration so far doesn't have "smoking-gun" evidence that could be used publicly to justify an air attack.

Bush war adviser says draft worth a look

Yedioth Ahronoth Israeli website shakes up NY Unverified report by Jerusalem-based website of al-Qaeda plot to plant dirty bombs in New York City leads to increased deployment of radiological sensors on vehicles, boats, helicopters, checkpoints throughout the city
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Jerusalem Post Israeli web site sparks heightened terror alert in NYC Authorities taking extra counterterrorism precautions in response to what they say is an unsubstantiated radiological threat to city.

Der Spiegel Hope and Despair in Divided Iraq When describing Iraq, the word "peace" is seldom used. Truth be told, the Americans have restored order to many parts of the county. But Iraq remains fractured, and where new schools are built today, bombs could explode tomorrow

WSJ Factory City Terry Gou's Hon Hai churns out iPhones and Wiis, and provides a window into China's sometimes-secretive world of outsourcing and manufacturing. Video | Photos In an era when manufacturing has been defined by outsourcing, no one has done more to shift global electronics production to China than Hon Hai's founder Terry Gou. And his company's massive Shenzhen plant provides a window into the sometimes-secretive world of manufacturing in China.

Security Council Approves a Broader U.N. Mandate in Iraq to Seek Reconciliation

Editorial High-Maintenance Musharraf After eight years of authoritarianism and broken promises, Gen. Pervez Musharraf has forfeited the support he once enjoyed among Pakistanis.

Salute and Disobey? By: Richard B. Myers, Richard H. Kohn et. al. | Foreign Affairs Did the Bush administration disregard military expertise before the Iraq war? Should amilitary leaders have done more to protest in response?

Morgan Stanley Currencies
The USD and Oil Prices: Some Conceptual Issues

With over a billion Muslims living in lands rich in resources, why is the Islamic world so distant from science and discovery? Pervez Hoodbhoy wonders... more»

Why Pakistan Needs Musharraf By: Amir Taheri | New York Post
Faced with a growing Islamist challenge, the last thing Pakistan needs is a military coup or another dramatic regime change. Any institutional crisis at the summit of the state would only undermine its legitimacy and thus encourage elements that wish to replace the republic with a Taliban-style "Islamic emirate."

Rice Convinced Musharraf to Back Off Martial Law Plans

William Kristol / Time:

Inside Iraq — I spent a week in Iraq recently, and here's what impressed me most: the Americans

Weekly Standard The Audacity of Shallowness What would the Democrats do? by Reuel Marc Gerecht

Surging politics Victor Davis Hanson How do we know whether the surge is working — especially whether its apparent present tactical success will translate into long-term strategic advantage?

Good, bad, ugly in Iraq (Arnaud de Borchgrave)

Myths of Mideast Arms Sales
by William D. Hartung

LA Times Hillary: the right's choice? By Bruce Bartlett Clinton's free-trade economics and posturing on security could endear her to conservatives unimpressed by the GOP field.

Guardian Leader Squealing for help Financial markets: Market players cannot assume that the central banks and regulators are duty-bound to come to their aid, without in turn ceding some of their independence.

RFE/RLAzerbaijan: 'Alternative Islam' Takes Several Forms With the eclipse of the political opposition in Azerbaijan, Islam is increasingly poised to fill the ideological vacuum.

Ghosts Of 1999 Haunt Succession

Boris Yeltsin's handoff to Vladimir Putin established the rules of the game: outgoing presidents name their successors, and the Kremlin uses any means necessary to get its way

Wall Street Journal Reversal of Fortune Pakistan's once--and future?--prime minister on her imminent return home. By BRET STEPHENS

EurasiaNet Iranian Pipeline Means Gas, Not Geopolitics to Armenian Town BY JOSHUA KUCERA Deep in remote southern Armenia, the town of Meghri lies at the frontlines of one of the region’s most controversial geopolitical showdowns: the construction of a 140-kilometer-long gas pipeline from Iran that could reduce Armenian dependency on Russian gas while clearing the way for a greater role for the Islamic Republic in the South Caucasus.

PINR Peace Mission 2007 and the S.C.O. Summit By: Adam Wolfe | Power and Interest News Report On the eve of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (S.C.O.) summit, the members of the security alliance are hosting their largest joint military exercises in Russia and China. All six permanent members of the organization are participating in the exercises, which are scheduled to be held from August 9-16.

OpenDemocracy Gordon Brown’s foreign-policy challenges, David Held David Mepham

Georgia vs Russia, love astray, Donald Rayfield

H2 Al Awsat The Kurds and Barzani's Lessons : Amir Taheri Rather than emulate Gamal Abdul-Nasser and his misguided pan-Arabism, Massoud Barzani should do what Mullah Mostafa would have wanted him to do: put the Kurds at the vanguard of the struggle to unite the Iraqis in a common quest for a new life- a life of freedom and dignity. Such unity cannot be achieved through petty quarrels about the flag or opportunistic maneuvers disguised as a quest for federalism.

Cabinet, President, Referendum: Turkey's Complex Political Calendar Washington Institute for Near East Policy by H Akın Ünver

The insecurities of Turkey’s deep state Kathimerini

BBC Turkey lines up presidential poll

Turkey's Kurdish worries deepen
Asia Times

Türkiye uzlaşma örneği
RECAİ ENNAKKAŞ

EDM AK PARTY APPOINTS MODERATE AS SPEAKER AS TENSIONS INSIDE PARTY MOUNT OVER PRESIDENCY

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Ali Bulaç Kürt Sorunu veya Güneydoğu Meselesi

CIA'nin Kürdistan Raporları - 2 -

K. Irak yönetiminde PKK çatlağı

'MoU' between Ankara and Baghdad: Shortcut back to 'Square One'... Cengiz ÇANDAR

Bağdat, PKK'nın adını koydu, artık somut adım bekliyoruz

The guest from Baghdad Burak BEKDİL

Turkey moves ahead in further cooperation with Iran

DTP: We failed to become a ‘party of Turkey’

Türkiye'nin partisi mi, Kürt partisi mi?

PKK'nin izole edilmesi

Ankara awaits vigorous steps from Baghdad after PKK deal

Turkish and Kurdish nationalism By Mümtazer Türköne

Sadi Somuncuoğlu Şehit aileleri ya sabır... Üçüncü ziyarete... İnşallah!..

Mutafyan kimi şaşırttı?

İki ayrı mayın patlamasında 8 yaralı

DTP Siirt İl Başkanı Abdurrahman Taşçı tutuklandı

Contra-Guerillas and Kirkuk

PKK Warns Maliki Against Joint Attack IraqSlogger

DTP, seçim değerlendirmesini Kürd yapılanmalarıyla değil, Türk örgütleriyle yapacak!

Çelikkol: Bağdat yönetimi, PKK’ nın terör örgütü olduğunu Şam'da da teyit etti

Murat Çelik Barzani hakkındaki davayı biliyor muydunuz?

Council of Europe fact-finding mission is accomplished

"PKK'yı terörist örgüt olarak nitelendirme hakkımız yok"

America-Kurdistan Friendship League Launched On Capitol Hill FrontPage

Iraqi, Turkey Agree To Work Together On PKK Issue
DefenseNews.com

Kürt yönetimi: PKK'ya terörist diyemeyiz

How the Turkish AK Party gathered in their Kurdish vote

Barzani’s Hard Choice: Turkey or the PKK Journal of Turkish Weekly

Suspected Kurdish rebels set off roadside bomb in Turkey; 6 injured

‘Turkey’s nuclear energy stance unclear’

The Kurdish issue is Turkey's problem number one

Turkey-Iran: Technical delegation for energy

DTP, Baskın Oran konusunda özeleştiri yaptı

Ortadoğu'da ABD'nin desteğini alan, seçim hezimeti yaşıyor

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Gallup Turks on US & EU Watch the Video

Zeynep Göğüş AB işi ne olacak?

Metin MÜNİR Türk tarafı, Rum tarafı

Rauf Denktaş Felâket getirecek antlaşma

Simerini: Avrupalıların Türkiye'nin AB üyeliğine karşı çıkma sebebleri

Cyprus plays EU card after oil threats by Turkey

Sorry ambassador, it's the nature of the game Semih İDİZ

Paris-Ankara diyalog kanalları yeniden açılıyor

Papadopulos görüşme için Talat'dan yanıt bekliyor

N. Cyprus FM Avcı travels to Syria:

Rum Bakanı: “Kıbrıs petrolü ile 6-7 büyük şirket ingileniyor”

..:: ABHABER.COM ::.. Moratinos: Turkey doesn`t want “CLUB MED”

Forward ARMENIAN ANGER: Armenians in Watertown, Mass., are outraged at the Anti Defamation League. They’re angry about remarks by ADL chief Abraham Foxman, in which he seemed to oppose a congressional resolution that would recognize the Armenian genocide, Boston’s Jewish Advocate reports.

Turkey Election Armenian Weekly

Turkey Set to Build Nuclear Plant (10/08/2007)

Yerevan Mellows about Genocide Claim
Nouvelles de Turquie,

BTC pipeline hits 1M barrels per day

MSN'le toplantı yapıp 3.3 milyon dolarlık internet ismi sattılar

Worshippers pray for rain in Turkey's drought-stricken capital

Lured into criminal Istanbul - Telegraph

Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü suç rakamlarını gizliyor mu?

MİT Müsteşarlığı 30 yeni Bond arıyor

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Ölen kim?

Engin Ardıç Ne alakası var yaa?

Serdar Turgut İnsanlığın penis problemi

Doğan ile Karamehmet fena kapıştı

Ali Saydam Keşke ‘Lobicilik’ bizde de adam gibi yapılsa

ŞELALE KADAK Hükümetin ilk gündem maddesi 'su' olmalı

Gökçek masummuş!
Gökçek su kesintisinde hiçbir sorumluluğu olmadığını ileri sürdü

Derya SAZAK Gökçek bidonları

Vatanseverler'in savcısına gözdağı mı?

'We don't have deep state, only gangs'

Finansal güvenlik ve duygusal güvenlik / -Kadınlar hangisini tercih eder?-

H3 Birden fazla aday ima etti

Ruşen Çakır Yüzde yüz Gül

'Arkadaşlar' olabilir

Erdoğan 'çoğul' konuştu

Erdoğan’dan alternatif adaylar sürprizi

Birden fazla aday sinyali

Cengiz Çandar Tayyip Erdoğan'ı tanımak, tanıyamamak...

Endişelerin kaynağı CHP olmasın
İsmet Berkan

İsmail Küçükkaya Erdoğan’ın 2014 planı

30 Ağustos sınavı Murat Yetkin

Kışkırtma ve akıl yolu M.Ali Kışlalı

Fikret BİLA Erdoğan'ın Çankaya sorununu yönetme tarzı

İlk tur 20 Ağustos'ta

"Yorumlar Erdoğan'ı bağlamaz"

Ege Cansen Demirel’in hakkını yemeyelim

Barçın Yinanç Ermeni tasarısına karşı Erivan hamlesi

Will AKP change Iraq policy?
Barçın YİNANÇ

MAHMUT ÖVÜR 'AK Parti aklı' ne yapacak?

Taha AKYOL Soğukkanlı birkaç ay...

Güneri CIVAOĞLU ABD gözüyle Çankaya

Fehmi Koru Gül'ün seçimi ulusal bir sorun

HAKAN ALBAYRAK "Uzlaşmacı" AK Parti'liler oylamaya katılacak mı?

YAVUZ DONAT Çankaya... Bugün, yarın

Ferhat Boratav N'olur bi' takiye yapın!

İlter Türkmen İyi gidiş tersine dönmesin

Ertuğrul Özkök Atıl Kutoğlu'na gelen mesaj

M Ali Birand Uzlaşının güzelliği

Baykal, Başesgioğlu ismini işaret etti

Başesgioğlu kulisi heyecan yarattı

Gül son günü beklemeyecek

'Yakın çevre' haberleri gerçeği yansıtmıyor

Countdown begins, AK Party denies rift over Gül

Abdülhamit Bilici Mutafyan kimi şaşırttı?

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ

[Yorum - Yar.Doc.Adnan Küçük] Uzlaşma dayatması!

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 Bir cinayet öyküsü

Semih İDİZ Köksal Toptan seçimi doğru yolu gösteriyor

Enis Berberoğlu 2 başlı İstanbul modeli tutmadı

Oktay Ekşi Saydamlıktan neden korkuyoruz?

Tufan Türenç Bıçak sırtında dans

Nabi Yağcı Romantik milliyetçiliğin sonu nasyonel sosyalizme ...

Hasan CEMAL Yine Baykal'ın CHP'si üzerine!

Mahir Kaynak Sorun ne?

Mehmet Altan Siyasal sistemi kim dönüştürecek?

Görünüşü kurtarmak mümkün mü?
Haluk Şahin

Yusuf KANLI The Toptan example

'Bir hayalet dolaşıyor' Murat Belge

ERDAL ŞAFAK Dün Sevr bugün Lozan

ERGUN BABAHAN Fedakârlık

NAZLI ILICAK Demirel, AP ve Celâl Bayar

ŞELALE KADAK Muz cumhuriyeti imiş gibi olmayalım

Nuh Gönültaş Türkiye artık bu katakülleleri yutmayacak kadar büyüktür!

Bülent Korucu Erdoğan ile Gül tehlikenin farkında mı?

30 Ağustos'ta Çankaya'da yeni isim

Mine G. Kırıkkanat İlerici sol

Hadi Özışık: "Bu yazıyı saklayın"

Boyner: Gül adaylıkta ısrar etmemeli

Harbingers of upheaval in main opposition party

Durmuş Hocaoğlu MHP, Milliyetçilik'in ağır yükünü taşıyamıyor (2)

CHP'de kırmızı plaka istifası

TBMM’yi CHP’li ve MHP’li kadınlar yönetecek

Baykal: Başbakan gel-git yaşıyor

Necati Doğru Abdullah Gül’e ucu ampullü baston çok yakışır!

Can Ataklı

“Ekonomi çok iyi” diyorlardı

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

Kriz yolda mı?

Dünyanın ekonomik krizin eşiğinde olup olmadığı tartışılıyor

Deniz Gökçe
Yılyarısı cari denge...

Güven Sak Japon ev hanımları hadisesini unutmayın

Salih Neftçi Teknik ama önemli bir analiz

Yaman TÖRÜNER Yabancıların mülk edinimi

THY workers vote in favor of strike, now it’s union’s turn

The legend returns: TPAO to re-enter sector with 40 stations

Dövizle borçlanmayın

Security Council Approves a Broader U.N. Mandate in Iraq to Seek Reconciliation

Russians Didn’t Pass Guam, U.S. Says

U.S. Promotes Free Elections, Only to See Allies Lose - Hassan M. Fattah

H5 Washington Post Dan Fromkin Cheney's Secret Escalation Plan on Iran?

Editorial Bubble and Bust As the subprime mortgage market tanks, policymakers must keep their nerve.

U.N. to Take Bigger Role In Seeking Iraq Peace

Banks Add More Funds To Stabilize Markets Wall Street Steadies After 3 Fed Infusions

Post columnist Steven Pearlstein discusses the ongoing credit crunch in domestic and world markets. Transcript

Car Bomb Hits Kirkuk Market: Attack Kills at Least 11 in Kurdish Area of Northern Iraqi City

Globally: E.U. Central Bank Injects More Cash as Markets Tumble

Bush's Muse Stands Accused Speeches Weren't His, Colleague Says He has been hailed as the best White House speechwriter since Kennedy's Theodore Sorensen, the muse behind President Bush's most famous phrases, the moral conscience of the West Wing. But now Michael J. Gerson is accused by a former colleague of taking credit for words he did not write.

Beijing To Test Plan to Cut Cars Measure Intended For '08 Olympics

William Arkin The Government's FAQ on WMD and NBC Terrorism

H6 Guardian Leader Squealing for help Financial markets: Market players cannot assume that the central banks and regulators are duty-bound to come to their aid, without in turn ceding some of their independence.

What's in it for us? Josh Freedman Berthoud: Those who still have faith in the workability of a two-state solution need to do more to convince the Israeli public they're right.

A Texan standoff in the Middle East Richard Silverstein Israel and its neighbours need a lot of things, but more US weaponry is not one of them

Bring the Basra garrison back home Andrew Murray Brown is walking a tightrope over Iraq. He should remember that, down below, British soldiers are still dying.

Verge of a meltdown Gavyn Davies: We've been here before. The financial crisis is spreading and central banks must act to halt it.

Slide goes on for global markets

More heavy losses on financial markets despite central banks stepping in with huge cash injections

Would you credit it?

Deborah Hargreaves: The growing complexity of financial markets means a lot more people are exposed to a downturn. And we could see the result in our pension funds.

Face to faith Religion is not a delusion but a quest for 'home'. Let's locate this here on earth, says Peter Thompson.

Historical anniversaries obliterate the kingdom of individuals
Ian Jack: In India in 1947 or in Britain after Diana's death, the truth is there was no united response.

The eco-guilt trip Leo Hickman: Despite what some would have you believe, rarely are the rewards of tourism reaped by locals.

H7 With over a billion Muslims living in lands rich in resources, why is the Islamic world so distant from science and discovery? Pervez Hoodbhoy wonders... more»

Why Pakistan Needs Musharraf By: Amir Taheri | New York Post
Faced with a growing Islamist challenge, the last thing Pakistan needs is a military coup or another dramatic regime change. Any institutional crisis at the summit of the state would only undermine its legitimacy and thus encourage elements that wish to replace the republic with a Taliban-style "Islamic emirate."

Rice Convinced Musharraf to Back Off Martial Law Plans

William Kristol / Time:

Inside Iraq — I spent a week in Iraq recently, and here's what impressed me most: the Americans

Weekly Standard The Audacity of Shallowness What would the Democrats do? by Reuel Marc Gerecht

Surging politics Victor Davis Hanson

How do we know whether the surge is working — especially whether its apparent present tactical success will translate into long-term strategic advantage?

Good, bad, ugly in Iraq (Arnaud de Borchgrave)

Myths of Mideast Arms Sales
by William D. Hartung

Nuclear Science in Middle East?

The Major Diplomatic and Strategic Evolution in Iraq George Friedman Stratfor

Al Hayat Syria's Asking Price For a Vacuum in Lebanon Walid Choucair - The presidential vacuum has become the prime Syrian tool for the prevention of another government led by Siniora – who represents and has stuck by the essential principles of the current Lebanese majority – should all its other demands be rejected

The Terror America Wrought by Robert Scheer

Diplomacy 101: A review of Statecraft: And How to Restore America’s Standing in the World by Dennis Ross.

Report and Retort: A Response to John Hulsman
The National Interest

Glenn Greenwald on Samantha Power and the foreign policy community.

A review of Making War to Keep Peace by Jeane J Kirkpatrick.

A review of Henry Kissinger and the American Century by Jeremi Suri.

An interview with Rowan Scarborough, author of Sabotage: America's Enemies Within the CIA.

The Uncertain Cost of the Global War on Terror
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Full Paper (PDF; 439 KB)

Darfur: Of Hybrid Operations, Climate Change and Mia Farrow By: Kurt Pelda | World Politics Review
Although the U.N. Security Council recently decided to send a peacekeeping force to Darfur, whether this decision in fact brings us closer to a peaceful resolution of the conflict is an open question. A peaceful solution can only be a political solution. Neither the government militias and the army, nor the ever fractious rebel groups can win the war by military means.

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

US Backs Maliki, Avoids Talk of Govt Collapse

Inside Iraq. (Time.com)

BBC UN approves expanded Iraq mission The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution calling for a greater UN mandate in Iraq.

Mission possible?
What impact can a bigger UN presence have in Iraq?

US Papers Sat: Making Art Amid War in Iraq

Blast hits market in north Iraq
A car bomb kills at least seven people and injures many others at a busy market in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Shahristani: devil in Iraq oil law details

General says Iraqi forces need leaders

Taliban a Step Ahead of US Assault

Iraq Will Stay in OPEC, Oil Minister Says

Iran Ex-President Disappointed at US Talks on Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr Believed Back in Iran: US Military

Not A Good Time To Be Sunni And Arab In Iraq Strategy Page

Time Hizbullah's Christian Soldiers? - Andrew Lee Butters

Tehran Cracks Down On Dress Code In Summer Heat

The recent, hot summer days in Iran have seen one of the strictest crackdowns against "lax dressing" in years.

H9 Ha’aretz - 20 hurt in Gaza clashes as senior Fatah men arrested In largest sweep since Gaza takeover, Hamas arrests some 20 Fatah men in Beit Hanun, Khan Yunis

Jerusalem Post Column One: Coalitions, real and imaginary [ CAROLINE GLICK,

Interesting Times: End the balancing act [ SAUL SINGER

Syrian-Israeli war?
Punditry, Al Jazeera English.

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

Syria Must Show It's Serious About Progress Before Negotiations Can Be Held - Malcolm Hoenlein

Syrian Rockets Aimed at Tel Aviv - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News)

Anti-Israeli Bias in France - Interview with Nidra Poller (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

The Israeli government is forming a crisis center for wartime.

Israel must end the “occupation” by act of Knesset

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA

WSJ Factory City Terry Gou's Hon Hai churns out iPhones and Wiis, and provides a window into China's sometimes-secretive world of outsourcing and manufacturing. Video | Photos In an era when manufacturing has been defined by outsourcing, no one has done more to shift global electronics production to China than Hon Hai's founder Terry Gou. And his company's massive Shenzhen plant provides a window into the sometimes-secretive world of manufacturing in China.

WORLD NEWS: Chinese exports continue to accelerate

Japan Plays it Safe By: Philip Bowring | International Herald Tribune
Shinzo Abe may be near the end of a short and inglorious stay as prime minister of Japan, reform may have stalled, consumers may be still hyper-cautious, the birth rate may still be abysmal - and the next big earthquake may be close. Yet Japan now looks about the safest major country for your money in a world gorged with monetary excess.

Der Spiegel 'Musharraf's Days Are Numbered'

With the political opposition calling for his resignation, and Islamic radicals after his head, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has been toying with the idea of declaring a state of emergency to quell rising unrest. German editorialists wonder how that will help cure the country's ills.

Cold Wars in the Arctic: Canada Takes on Russia in Race for North Pole

China: Beijing's Growth Challenge
Stratfor

China’s "Nuclear Option" Is Real

China a Partner, Not a Foe By: John L. Manzella | The Miami Herald
Tainted Chinese imports have become a serious problem. The Chinese government realizes this and has taken swift action, including shutting down 180 food-processing plants since December and executing the former director of its drug and safety agency for corruption.

What to make of the apparent disparity between the image of a vibrant “cool Japan”—and a domestic youth culture that is shrinking in size, hope and ambition?

China Attacks GE Turbine Standards By: Richard McGregor | Financial Times
China charged on Thursday that imported gas turbines made by General Electric, the US industrial institution known for its exacting manufacturing standards, had “big safety and quality problems”.

How the United States Makes Pakistan More Radical By: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam | The Daily Star
It is the perception of Musharraf as a subservient enforcer of American interests in the region that is eroding his legitimacy, not only among Pakistan's neo-fundamentalist right, but also among leading civil society figures.

Jakarta Casts Its Vote By: Sadanand Dhume | The Wall Street Journal
Indonesians ought to raise a toast to the defeat of the hardline Islamist Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) in their capital city's first ever direct gubernatorial election on August 8. According to preliminary results, the incumbent deputy governor, Fauzi Bowo, has trounced the PKS's nominee, retired police general Adang Daradjatun, by a 60-40 margin.

Congressional Research Service

Recent/Updated CRS Reports: Asia

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress

+ China/Taiwan: Evolution of the ‘One China’ Policy — Key Statements from Washington, Beijing, and Taipei

+ China-U.S. Trade Issues

+ China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy

+ U.S. Clothing and Textile Trade with China and the World: Trends Since the End of Quotas

H11 IHT

EUROPE European press review

Last Round Talks on Kosovo Question By: Renata Goldirova | EU Observer
Belgrade and Pristina are entering a final round of diplomacy on the fate of Serbia's breakaway province today, but prospects of a breakthrough are bleak, as Serbia has ruled out "Kosovo's independence in any form".

Danes set for North Pole mission Denmark is sending a team to survey the Arctic seabed after Russia stakes a claim there.

Portugal Faces Bold and Ambitious Agenda at the Start of its EU Presidency
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies

American Chronicle: Integration of Muslims means Disintegration of Europe

France’s Sarkozy May Help Turn Page on Franco-American Relations

Der Spiegel Is Anti- Semitism in Europe on the Rise? A sober show in Berlin offers an introductory treatment -- if not a thorough examination -- of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East since September 11.

H12 RFE/RLAzerbaijan: 'Alternative Islam' Takes Several Forms With the eclipse of the political opposition in Azerbaijan, Islam is increasingly poised to fill the ideological vacuum.

Ghosts Of 1999 Haunt Succession

Boris Yeltsin's handoff to Vladimir Putin established the rules of the game: outgoing presidents name their successors, and the Kremlin uses any means necessary to get its way

EurasiaNet Iranian Pipeline Means Gas, Not Geopolitics to Armenian Town BY JOSHUA KUCERA
Deep in remote southern Armenia, the town of Meghri lies at the frontlines of one of the region’s most controversial geopolitical showdowns: the construction of a 140-kilometer-long gas pipeline from Iran that could reduce Armenian dependency on Russian gas while clearing the way for a greater role for the Islamic Republic in the South Caucasus.

Google News Azerbaijan

McClatchy Russia, China and allies play war game

New Russia, New Ally: A Bilateral Security Agenda Beyond 2008
EWI This 21-page policy paper presents a new agenda for nuclear arms control and military confidence-building

Russia: Bright Present, Dark Future?

PINR Peace Mission 2007 and the S.C.O. Summit By: Adam Wolfe | Power and Interest News Report On the eve of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (S.C.O.) summit, the members of the security alliance are hosting their largest joint military exercises in Russia and China. All six permanent members of the organization are participating in the exercises, which are scheduled to be held from August 9-16.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Primed and Ready to Fire: Toward ...
Japan Focus

On the algebra of revolution: Why do some "colour revolutions" succeed and others fail? A mathematical model provides the basis of an answer

Saakashvili Will Meet Putin To Reduce Tensions

Russia to Write Off Iraq’s Debt Without Bargaining Kommersant
The negotiations of Russia’s government with Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani ended by obvious failure yesterday. With no guaranteed access to the oil wealth of Iraq, Russia confirmed that it would write off $8 billion of $10 billion that this country owes to it.

Russia: A Potential Mediterranean Move Stratfor

Georgia vs Russia, love astray, Donald Rayfield

Say what you will about his drunken antics, Boris Yeltsin’s Russia had independent TV and no political prisoners. He did not send goons to crush peaceful protests... more»

CRS Russia’s Arrest of “Oligarch” Mikhail Khodorkovskiy: Background and Implications for U.S. Interests

Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

EDM AK PARTY APPOINTS MODERATE AS SPEAKER AS TENSIONS INSIDE PARTY MOUNT OVER PRESIDENCY

- RUSSIA TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER SAKHALIN-1 OUTPUT

- NEW STATE IDEOLOGY BOUND TO FAIL IN KYRGYZSTAN

- LUKOIL SEEKING RETURN TO IRAQ WITH RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

H13 The Times Leader Panic? Or Picnic?

Financial market uncertainty is best met with steady stoicism

World markets reel under strain of credit crisis The US Federal Reserve Bank feels the pressure as global stock markets plunge on fears of a worldwide credit crunch

In retrospect the crisis was inevitable

Military bases plan sees leap in Arctic tensions

Canada said it will build two new military bases in the wilderness in the battle to claim the vast resources of the Arctic

A harsh fate awaits all collaborators

Will the British Army’s Iraqi interpreters be left to swing when we withdraw from Basra? Graham Stewart

‘How were we taken in?’ From beyond the grave, Tony Blair continues to direct British politics, but perhaps not as he hoped

Matthew Parris

My Week: Steven Spielberg

Ages ago, I agreed to help with the opening ceremony for the Chinese Olympics in 2008. Seemed a good idea at the time

Wall Street Journal Reversal of Fortune Pakistan's once--and future?--prime minister on her imminent return home. By BRET STEPHENS

The Bernanke Call -- II
Wall Street wants the Fed to ease the pain of its lending mistakes.

The Dangers of 'Peace'-Making
The most recent U.S. efforts to solve the Arab-Israeli dispute merely entrenched al Qaeda in the Gaza Strip. By DORE GOLD

'Get It Done' Gen. Petraeus is a man of "straightforward decisiveness" who values "action with results," writes Peggy Noonan.
By PEGGY NOONAN

Global Growth Gives Stock Investors More Time By: Michael R. Sesit | Bloomberg
Can vibrant global economic growth keep world equity markets buoyant now that the liquidity machine that fed the mergers-and-acquisitions boom seems to be fading?

Weekly Standard Bagehot's Playbook for Bernanke
The Fed chief faces his first real test. by Irwin M. Stelzer

Analysis: United States: Recession risk?

H14 Financial Times WORLD NEWS: UN takes political route to solve Iraqi problems

Fresh turmoil in equity markets Fresh turmoil gripped financial markets with shares in London, Europe and Japan suffering one their worst one day falls for more than four years as the US Federal Reserve and other central banks scrambled to avert a liquidity crunch

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The plumber must stem the panic as the water rises This is without question the scariest market incident since stocks began recovering, writes John Authers

Sarkozy’s trip to seal US entente Meeting to deepen leaders’ relations

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Diversity is not black and white Diversity involves identifying, discrediting and then breaking up close-knit communities, writes Christopher Caldwell

LEADER: Olympian efforts China should use the Olympic Games as a spur to better housekeeping, beyond the one-off display of lavish entertainment

Musharraf recognises he needs US support. But the real test is whether he realises he needs allies at home. His choices are simple

THE AMERICAS: Republicans 'in a bind' over Bush The unpopularity of George W. Bush – even among diehard churchgoing Republicans of the Midwest – is more than just a background irritant for Republicans vying to succeed him in 2009.

FT MONEY: An investor revolution may save the planet

WORLD NEWS: Chinese exports continue to accelerate

FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - MATTHEW ENGEL: High society

US niggle became global problem

What started as a niggle in an arcane corner of the US mortgage market has escalated into what looks ever more like a global liquidity and credit crunch

Central bank chief urges change to EU treaty

Jean-Claude Trichet urges EU leaders to protect the bank’s special status, raising concerns that the union’s new legal framework will undermine the institution’s independence

Battle for Arctic oil hinges on UN panel

The international tussle for Arctic territory may look like a Wild West brawl but the fight for supremacy is more likely to involve legal arguments and seismic data

The Financial Times can now offer an exclusive preview to its readers of the stories that will grab next week’s headlines

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Talking Musharraf down from the ledge A late-night phone call from Condoleezza Rice may have prevented Pakistan's president from declaring a state of emergency and postponing elections.

U.N. unanimously approves expansion of role in Iraq

Maliki, Bush may differ on Iran's role

The graying lady Rosa Brooks

Cuts in newspapers' foreign reporting will leave the world worse off.

H16 American Politics

Hillary: the right's choice?

By Bruce Bartlett Clinton's free-trade economics and posturing on security could endear her to conservatives unimpressed by the GOP field.

Clift: Is Newt Gingrich Poised for a Comeback?

Shields and Brooks Discuss Primary Calendar, Market Volatility

Don’t Go There: Here are the top 20 taboo topics for presidential candidates.

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

From The Village Voice, Rudy Giuliani's Five Big Lies About 9/11: On the stump, Rudy can't help spreading smoke and ashes about his lousy record.

From LRB, a review of A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Hillary Clinton: Her Way: The Biography

H17 Daily Telegraph City hit by biggest crisis for a decade

Britain's golden economic era is facing its final days with financial markets suffering worst crisis in a decade, analysts warn.

British Defense Ministry 'Hides' Numbers of Wounded

Spin is the last refuge for the MoD You get the constant impression that the Rt Hon Des Browne is embarrassed about the two "hot" wars he's running, and he doesn't much like the military, notes Vicki Woods.

France 'seeks control' of EU central bank The head of Europe's central bank warns that the new EU Treaty will erode his institution's independence.

H18 Independent Leading Article: Low inflation, cheap money and endless growth never added up

The Continental guide to urban living: how European ways could transform our cities

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Bush's New War Adviser Talks Up Draft

Salute and Disobey? By: Richard B. Myers, Richard H. Kohn et. al. | Foreign Affairs
Did the Bush administration disregard military expertise before the Iraq war? Should amilitary leaders have done more to protest in response?

PROTECT! Building a Global Network to Combat Terrorists
EWI
The 17-page interpretive report of an international security conference

Promoting Jihad, Targeting Free Speech By: Diana West | The Washington Times
It is not the Bush administration's efforts to protect us from "terror" (more maturely known as jihad) that compromise our freedoms, it is jihad itself. And the basic freedom to discuss, analyze, debate, imagine, and, therefore, resist jihad is now under unprecedented assault.

Spy chief's spokesman quits after 3 months

William Arkin The Government's FAQ on WMD and NBC Terrorism

Training the Iraqi Air Force: Lessons from a U.S. C-130 Advisory Mission

This Washington Institute Policy Focus offers an on-the-ground look at the obstacles to successful training and a step-by-step guide to improving both U.S. advisory efforts and the capabilities of Iraqi Air Force personnel.

H20 Slate

Internet News Audience Highly Critical of News Organizations
Source: The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Always online? Beware of Internet addiction disorder
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Addicts tend to lose their self-esteem and social skills, Israeli researchers say.

Transference of the beautiful game

Tim Eleanor The unfolding drama of the summer transfer market is often as entertaining and exciting as the Premier League games themselves.

Ministers want more British players Clubs are coming under pressure from ministers to increase the number of home-grown players, amid fears that the English national side is suffering from the dominance of foreigners in domestic teams.

So should the government put a limit on foreign players?

Leading Article: A comical own goal

Football frenzy
Has the foreign purchase of UK clubs changed the game?

Reuters image of Russian sub claiming North Pole was scene from film 'Titanic'

Baaa! Baaa! We behave like sheep

People are incapable of doing anything for themselves. There's proof in the package holiday Carol Midgley

Is the Out of Africa theory out? An examination of over 5,000 teeth from early human ancestors shows that many of the first Europeans probably came from Asia.

No other socio-demographic group is subject to such ridicule, contempt or sarcastic admonishment than middle-aged men, writes Peter Aspden. He shares a handy guide on how to negotiate this existential thicket: tips for a vigorous and dignified mid-life that balance the values of youth and the unfamiliar ways of a new order

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With board game, New Yorker magazine targets wider market The New Yorker's caption-writing cartoon board game makes the leap from bookstores to the Target discount chain

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