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H1 Washington Post Iranian Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist' U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances.

Los Angeles Times U.S. commanders weigh partial pullback of troops Intent on demonstrating progress in Iraq, Gen. Petraeus is expected to call for a withdrawal from several areas.

A balancing act of Iran's enemies Tehran seems to play neighbors and foes against one another

New York Times U.S. Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards The Bush administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a large branch of the military, is a foreign terrorist organization.

Washington Post Global Warming Simplicities By Robert J. Samuelson Global warming has clearly occurred; the hard question is what to do about it.

Gaddafi's Libya: An Ally for America? By Benjamin R. Barber Moammar Gaddafi's Libya may turn out to be a recipe for peace and partnership in the unlikeliest of places.

Guardian Bombers kill 175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq At least 175 people from minority sect killed and 200 injured as suicide bombers detonate fuel tankers, in one of the deadliest incidents since the US invasion in 2003.

Financial Times COMMENT: In a world of overconfidence, fear makes a welcome return The markets must regulate themselves. The only thing likely to persuade them to do so is the certainty that players will be allowed to go bust, writes Martin Wolf

COMMENT: How Rove won - and lost the party Bush’s strategist may have lost more than just an election in 2006. He has lost an entire generation for the Republicans, writes James Carville

Rudolph Giuliani / Foreign Affairs: Toward a Realistic Peace — Summary: The next U.S. president will face three key foreign policy challenges: setting a course for victory in the terrorists' war on global order, strengthening the international system the terrorists seek to destroy, and extending the system's benefits.

The Times Israel braced for new war with Hezbollah

Military analysts fear that the next conflict could be complicated by the emergence of Gaza on Israel’s southern flank

One Year Since the End of the Second Lebanon War (Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center)

Jerusalem Post A Window of Opportunity for Israel-Palestinian Peace? - Barry Rubin

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: No longer a large, exotic basket case

IHT Poland's status still "not equal," foreign minister says Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, in an interview, complained that "Poland's status is not equal to other EU and NATO member states."

The Candidates Four Detention Camps By: Jonathan Rauch | Reason If, as he so often points out, President Bush is a post-9/11 president, what the country sorely needs in 2009 is a post-post-9/11 president. That would be a chief executive who understands what Bush has not: The war on global jihadism is too important to be run as a permanent military emergency. It needs a sustainable, legislated legal architecture.

From The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead on Faith and Progress: The history of the world has been shaped decisively by the exploits of English-speaking people. Anglo-American freedoms, which are the very sources of worldly success, are rooted in religious faith.

Iran Plays the Central Asia Card By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran is a key regional player that can be counted on by the SCO member states, irrespective of China's recent misgivings about Iran's inclusion as a full member.

Slate Draft Numbers

If we want to take on the world's problems, we may need the draft. Still want to? Fred Kaplan

McClatchy Prices for key foods are rising sharply Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face higher prices for foods they can't do without. This little-known fact may go a long way to explaining why, despite healthy job statistics, Americans remain glum about the economy

SURROUNDED: Seeing the World From IRAN's Point of View

Military Review

Ha’aretz - Israel, Syria exchange messages over lack of desire to go to war Syrian VP Shara: We will always be ready to respond to Israeli aggression, but we won't initiate war

Barak has complicated Rice's efforts to establish a diplomatic horizon with the Palestinians.

Netanyahu wins Likud primary with 73% of vote

The looming American operation in Pakistan Suddenly, as the summer is drawing to an end, Pakistan has returned to the top of the list of concerns for the American administration.

LA Times Karl Rove: Bush's Napoleon Jonah Goldberg: Like the French emperor in Russia, Rove's villainy was caused mostly by his failure to quit after his high note in 2004.

The rise and fall of Turd Blossom

Sidney Blumenthal Karl Rove departs the White House as damaged goods, a divider and dirty-trickster who tried to distort US politics in his own image

Country Analysis Brief: Iraq Source: Energy Information Administration

Foreign Policy The New Myth About Climate Change

H2 FT LEADER: Turkish democracy Abdullah Gul would be a more than plausible president. As foreign minister he won international respect and carefully defended Turkey’s interests

FT Gul defies Turkish military by standing again for presidency

Gul confirms presidential bid

Guardian Turkey in turmoil as ex-Islamist runs for president · Gul renominated despite controversial past
· Prime minister capitalises on grassroots support

Back to the Brink in Turkey? TIME

Turkey Watch [Michael Rubin]
National Review Online

ABD'den güven mesajı

Avrupa'dan Gül'e destek, CHP'ye tepki

Matt Bryza: I love Abdullah

Dış basında çatışma vurgusu...

The Other 50 Years of Turkey's History Wall Street Journal

BBC Turkey's Gul vows secular agenda Gul says he will run again for president as a secularist, but critics fear an Islamist agenda.

Profile: Abdullah Gul

Turkish press hesitant over Gul

Your views: Should Gul run?

New stage in Turkey's transition By Roger Hardy

Independent Gul pledges to preserve secular state as president

Turkish candidate pledges secularism

Turkey's Gul Vows Will Be Impartial as President

Dünya basınında Gül'ün adaylığı

Yabancı basına konuştu: Orduyla sorun yok

Türkiye, ABD ve İsrail ortak tatbikat yapacak

RFERLTurkey: Ruling Party To Resubmit Gul's Name For President

Turkey's Presidential Elections American Chronicle

Turkey, Kurdistan & Water

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdoğan] Kürt sorunu ve siyaset

Middle East Quarterly Kamal Said Qadir, Iraqi Kurdistan's Downward Spiral
Kurdish leaders speak of democracy but emulate Saddam

Mehmet Barlas Irak’a Türk çözümü mü, Türkiye ye Irak çözümü mü?

Sadi Somuncuoğlu İyi niyet belgesinin anlamı

Sağcı Kürt siyasiler AK Parti’de, solcular DTP’de - Haşim Söylemez

Teröristler Diyarbakır'da taş ocağını bastı

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 14 August 2007

Kürt sorununun çözümü içeride Howard Eissenstat

Misket bombası iddiası

Nabi Yağcı 'Asker cenazelerine de katılmak istiyoruz'

PKK, pasaportlu inşaat işçisi peşinde

Turkey signs 1.2 bln eur loan deal for Tigris dam project

Ankara'dan Irak'taki Türkmenlere insanî yardım

Türkiye'den Irak'a insani yardım

"Petrol yasası geçmezse Irak'tan çıkarız"

PKK görünmez yağmurluk alıyor

PKK yandaşı, sahte kimlikle 6 yıl belediyede çalışmış

Hasankeyf için son imza atıldı

Metin MÜNİR Ilısu: Kararlılığın mükâfatı

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Cengiz Aktar Avrupa Birliği işleri yeniden?

Sami KOHEN Akdeniz'de Ege-vari kriz...

5 bin istihbaratçının kimliği ortaya çıktı! -

ANALYST SAYS GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WON’T AFFECT US-TURKEY RELATIONS

Yiğit Bulut Türkiye “Avrupa’nın itileni” olmaktan kurtulmalı...

EU membership and migration -- the Eastern European experience

American Analyst Says Armenia To Benefit From Turkey's EU Accession

ABD: "Bilgi için Türk hükümetine başvurun"

Future leaders of EU countries debate in Turkey

Kentlerimiz, AB’nin yaşam kalitesi anketinde sonlarda

AB anketine göre İstanbul güvensiz

Yargıtay Evi’nde esrarengiz ölüm

İlginç iddia: Almanya'daki uyuşturucu trafiğinde Muzaffer Tekin'in de rolü var

'Ağır ağabeyler' içeride volta atıyor

Büyük gazetede büyük deprem!

Eğitim ve Talim Terbiye Kurulu AHMET FİDAN –

TSK’ya motivasyon için din subayı önerisi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ücret artışlarına kur ve Çin engeli

Ercan Kumcu Küresel ücret farklılıkları

Erdal Sağlam

Gül'e tepki ılımlı piyasada yönü siyasi tansiyon belirleyecek

Ege Cansen Milli gelir ölçmesi

Tuncay Teksöz Şimdi sıra mikro reformlarda

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Boron should be a competitive advantage Turkey is the richest country when it comes to the mineral boron with 63 percent of world reserves.

Su ve elektrik kıtlığı Mustafa Aysan

Memurun zam pazarlığı başlıyor

S&P: Kredi notunda sorun yok

Piyasalar Gül'ü nasıl karşıladı?

Kredi krizi küçümsenmemeli
Uğur Gürses

FED'in açmazı Metin Ercan

Salih Neftçi YTL, carry trade ve Euro-Yen

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
'Grev oylaması yanlış oldu sendikanın eli güçlendi'

Güngör URAS Çılgınlar partisinin devam etmesine çalışılıyor

Süleyman Yaşar Yaşananlar borç mu yoksa likidite krizi mi

FDI in Turkey: Quantity is OK, what about the quality?

Oyakbank satışına onay, MİT'ten gelecek 'mayın' raporuna bağlı

Volkan Akı Yeni dünya düzeni nasıl şekilleniyor?

İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Kapitalizm kendi krizini yaratıyor

Hakan Aygün Merrill Lynch Mehmet!

H3 Ruşen Çakır Hep aynı soru: Kriz çıkar mı?

Gül seçilirse ne olur? M.Ali Kışlalı

Gül nasıl aday oldu?

Askerden resepsiyon sürprizi

Gül'ün taahhütleri

Halka verdiğim sözü tuttum kılavuzum Anayasa olacak

Laiklik için kaygı duymayın

Kılavuzum Anayasa

Türkiye, Köşk'te türbanlı first lady'ye hazır mı?
Demokrasinin türbanla imtihanı

Taha Kıvanç Dostlarım böyle diyor

Cengiz Çandar Türk demokrasisinin önemli virajı dönüldü

Taha AKYOL Gül'ün profili

Fikret BİLA Gül'den TSK'ya mesajlar

Ertuğrul Özkök Ordusuz başkomutan, başkomutansız ordu

Ahmet Taşgetiren Abdullah Gül'den korkmalı mı?

Seyfettin Gürsel Abdullah Gül neden doğru aday değil

Şamil Tayyar Gül nasıl bir cumhurbaşkanı olmaz?

M Ali Birand Gül, daha duyarlı bir cumhurbaşkanı olacaktır

Nuray Başaran Gül'süz dış politika ya da Çankaya’dan dış politika

Cengiz Aktar Avrupa Birliği işleri yeniden?

Sami KOHEN Akdeniz'de Ege-vari kriz...

Bilal Çetin Gül gerilimi nasıl yumuşatacak?

YAVUZ DONAT Abdullah Gül'ün yeni yol haritası

Demokrasi ve Gül için sınav Murat Yetkin

Normalleşmeye doğru İsmet Berkan

Yeni Gül, yeni Çankaya Avni Özgürel

Ahmet Taşgetiren Ak Parti için risk değerlendirmesi

Ali Bulaç Başka çıkar yol!

Gül'e tepki ılımlı piyasada yönü siyasi tansiyon belirleyecek

Sezer itiraz ederse kabine Gül'ü bekleyecek

Hasan CEMAL İhanet etmeyin!

İsmail Küçükkaya Şimdi çok iddialı kabine listesi geliyor

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Altı oy hesabı...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Felaket tellalları

ERGUN BABAHAN "Kendimi başkalarının yerine koyacağım"

EMRE AKÖZ Nasıl bir tarafsızlık?

Mehmet Barlas Irak’a Türk çözümü mü, Türkiye ye Irak çözümü mü?

Sadi Somuncuoğlu İyi niyet belgesinin anlamı

CHP oylamaya ve Köşk’e gitmeyecek

Hürriyet Emin Çölaşan’la yollarını ayırdı

16 bakan değişiyor

3. turda seçilir

Cindoruk: Köşk seçimi süreci durdurulabilir

İlginç iddia: Bu Meclis, seçemez

Bakanlar Kurulu'nda Gül tartışması çıktı

'Köşk'te Erdoğan'ı isterdim'

Gül STK'larla görüşecek

Aksiyon Yeni yol üçüncü sol! - İbrahim Doğan

Ferhat Boratav Meşguliyetle Tedavi

Yavuz Baydar Old candidate but a new phase

Bahçeli Baykal'a sordu: Meclis'e girmezsek bir sonraki hamle ne olacak?

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 Dostlarım böyle diyor

Fehmi Koru CHP'ye yakışan

Serdar Turgut Kişisel AKP tarihi

Serdar Turgut Tehlike sinyalleri

ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ - Moralini koru Türkiye

TAMER KORKMAZ - Devlet'le Millet'in barışması yolunda en önemli adım!

MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Gül Çankaya yolunda

Ahmet Hakan İç çamaşırı fetvacısı

Benim ordum darbe yapmaz! Cemil Müneccim

Oktay Ekşi Çankaya ve Gül...

Bekir Coşkun O benim ’cumhurbaşkanım’ olmayacak...

Tufan Türenç Bir manşet haberinin ortaya koyduğu gerçek

Mehmet Yılmaz En çabuk unutulan söz bu oldu

Özdemir İnce Rüzgár eken fırtına biçer

Yılmaz Özdil Yeni Osmanlılar!

Yalçın Bayer Köşk yoluna taşı kendisi koymuş!

Rauf Tamer Şık olan

Dikene katlanmalıyız! Türker Alkan

Olsa da, olmasa da Haluk Şahin

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Dünyayı bile bölmüşüz!

Gülay Göktürk Katlanacaksınız

Mensur Akgün Kendiyle barışık bir Türkiye'ye doğru

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Altı oy hesabı...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Felaket tellalları

ERGUN BABAHAN "Kendimi başkalarının yerine koyacağım"

EMRE AKÖZ Nasıl bir tarafsızlık?

Umur Talu Ariflere tarifler

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Uzlaşma efsanesi!

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

Burhan Ayeri Genelkurmay’a da uğramalı

İlnur Çevik Why are they opposing Gul?

[Yorum - Doç. Dr. Şaban Çalış] Cumhura iade-i itibar

Çetin ALTAN Oligarşinin urganlı sehpaları ve ezilmiş yığınların Gül'lü tepkisi

Can Ataklı CHP bu aymazlıkla bir yere varamaz

CHP'nin son raporu: Örgüt bunalımda

Mehmet Altan Asker düşmanlığı...

Eser Karakaş Medyada anlaşılması zor işler

Nasuhi Güngör Türkiye’den sorumlu bir sorumsuz adam

Meral TAMER Hükümet - toto oynamak için son 24 saat

CHP, MHP’yi de dışarı çağırıyor

Arsalan Bulut Gül'e yol açan Bahçeli, tarihe nasıl geçecek?

Bakan adayı çok

Bahçeli: Artık kriz istemiyoruz

Mehmet Tezkan ‘Dindar’ Cumhurbaşkanı adayının sırtındaki yük sadece eşinin türbanı mı?

From republican meetings to general electionsby Prof. Dr. ATİLLA YAYLA*

Yalçındağ: Devamı gelmeli
TÜSİAD'ın beklentisi

Gül nasıl aday oldu?

CHP’den muhtıra gibi sert çıkış

Doğu Ergil On presidential elections

Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği: Cumhuriyet artık tehlikede değil

MHP Grup Başkanvekili Şandır: Ülkücüleri sokağa çekmek istiyorlar

AKP'li vekillerin gözleri Başbakan Erdoğan'da

MYK'da referandum tedirginliği

White House Memo: With Rove’s Departure, a New Era

Memo From New Delhi: Politics Is the New Star of India’s Classrooms

H5 Washington Post Global Warming Simplicities By Robert J. Samuelson,

Global warming has clearly occurred; the hard question is what to do about it.

Gaddafi's Libya: An Ally for America? By Benjamin R. Barber Moammar Gaddafi's Libya may turn out to be a recipe for peace and partnership in the unlikeliest of places.

Iranian Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist' U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances.

Truck Bombs Kill 175 in Iraq's North

Religious Sect Targeted By 4 Coordinated Blasts

Editorial A Wayward Missile The U.N. should get the whole story on what happened in Georgia.

Obama Says He Can Unite U.S. 'More Effectively' Than Clinton

Sense on Secrecy A court weighs government's needs and Americans' rights.

William Arkin Partisan Warfare

'Surge' Has Led to More Detainees As Number in Iraq Soars, Debate on System's Fairness Continues

Terrorism Suspected In Russian Rail Blast: Security to Be Tightened Before Elections

H6 Guardian Bombers kill 175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq At least 175 people from minority sect killed and 200 injured as suicide bombers detonate fuel tankers, in one of the deadliest incidents since the US invasion in 2003.

The rise and fall of Turd Blossom

Sidney Blumenthal Karl Rove departs the White House as damaged goods, a divider and dirty-trickster who tried to distort US politics in his own image.

The march of devolution Iain Macwhirter Scotland's independence will come in small steps, not by a single bound.

Iran's leader makes first Afghan visit

Ahmadinejad signals determination to counter US global power by meeting Afghan counterpart.

US feels heat as Iranian leader visits Afghanistan

Indian identity is forged in diversity. Every one of us is in a minority

Shashi Tharoor: The nation born 60 years ago today is built on a bold idea of difference - and an agreement that it's healthy to disagree.

Leader The price of success India at 60: In a bid for success and superpower status, India has thrown away some noble ideals without yet finding a replacement.

In Jinnah's footsteps

Sarfraz Manzoor: After the Raj: Sixty years on from Pakistan's creation, the 'father of the nation' would be deeply disappointed that his vision has not been realised.

'What we do is really tough' Christiane Amanpour, reputedly the world's highest-paid reporter, on filing from war zones and why there's more to news than Paris Hilton.

Muslim hearts are hard to win after years of hypocrisy David Clark: Brown must understand that we won't win the fight against terrorism until we live up to our own high moral claims.

H7 National Security Archive Pakistan: "The Taliban's Godfather"? Documents Detail Years of Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists

Why Europe Has Leverage With Iran By: Roger Stern | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) European resistance to American triumphalism has its uses. But with respect to Iran, Europe's behavior is downright dangerous. Sarkozy could change this.

SURROUNDED: Seeing the World From IRAN's Point of View

Military Review

On the Brink By: Michael Ledeen | National Review Some might suspect that our military leaders are presenting the case against Iran because they want to expand the war, and march on Tehran, but nothing of the sort is taking place. They are simply performing the task that theoretically lies with the so-called intelligence community. Our leaders have to be told the truth, even if it makes them scream.

Iran Blacks Out Day of Protest By: Amir Taheri | New York Post For Iran's authorities, last Thursday brought bad news: demonstrations throughout the country in support of jailed union leaders and labor activists.

Where Does the U.S. Get Its Oil?The answer may surprise you. Check out our chart of of the top 15 source countries for U.S. oil imports.

The changing face of energy securityby JOSEPH S. NYE

Salon Bush's Tangled Arms Deal
by Gary Kamiya

Al Awsat King Abdullah: The Figure, the Leadership and the Policies : Fouad Siniora

Oil vs. Rice : Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

Daily Star Let the race to clean up Bush's presidential calamities begin

Facing up to an army of presidents By Michael Young

Jordan gets a mixed report card on domestic reform By Rami G. Khouri

CFR The Impact of the 110th Congress on US Foreign Policy

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

US Papers Wed: Truck bombs kill at least 175

Int'l oil firms ready, wait to enter Iraq

Iraqi Deputy Oil Minister Kidnapped

Iraq citizens cope without electricity

Oil majors to meet with the Iraq Government at the world's leading ...

London-Based Arabic Paper Writer Attacks Iraqi Sunni Leaders

Iraqi Citizens Pessimistic About Political Leaders' Meetings - TV

The Crazy World of Colonel Gadhafi - Youssef Ibrahim

Allawi Calls for New Iraqi Govt

New Coalition Launches 'Iraq Summer' Campaign

Iraq Moves to Send More Oil to Turkey, Iran

Gen Casey: US Can Sustain Surge until Spring

UN Troops May Head to Somalia

H9 Ha’aretz - Israel, Syria exchange messages over lack of desire to go to war Syrian VP Shara: We will always be ready to respond to Israeli aggression, but we won't initiate war

Barak has complicated Rice's efforts to establish a diplomatic horizon with the Palestinians.

Netanyahu wins Likud primary with 73% of vote

The looming American operation in Pakistan Suddenly, as the summer is drawing to an end, Pakistan has returned to the top of the list of concerns for the American administration.

Rosner's Guest: Don't call me a J.A.P

Arens: Israel, U.S. 'creating' Palestinian peace partner

UK police believe ex-Mossad agent murdered

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

'Big surprise awaiting Israel'

Nasrallah promises 'big surprise that will change face of the region' if Israel attacks again

BBC Hezbollah's leader warns Israel Hezbollah warns Israel against launching new attacks, on the anniversary of the end of the 2006 war with Israel.

Netanyahu wins Likud leadership

Oslo Revisited by Uri Avnery

Washington Times Two-state, two-track solution Paul Greenberg

Barak study finds weakened army

A focus on counterterrorism and guerrilla warfare in recent decades has weakened Israeli ground forces by creating a mind-set averse to accepting casualties, according to an initial assessment by Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

Hizbullah leader: 'If war erupts Israel will be faced with larger surprises'...

Liberalism, Democracy, and the Jewish State: A review of Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine by Joel Kovel; A Stranger in the Land: Jewish Identity Beyond Nationalism by Daniel Cil Brecher; Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse by Sylvain Cypel; and Will Israel Survive? by Mitchell G. Bard.

The Hamas Dilemma: With all eyes focused on Palestine, will the Islamic Resistance Movement choose violence and ideology or pragmatic rule?

How it Began by David Novak The Origins of Jewish-Christian Animosity.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Global credit turmoil hits some US mortgages Spotty credit records are out, bigger down payments are in.

THE MONITOR'S VIEW A verdict on Padilla - and the US

Opinion: Why conspiracy theories won't die

Opinion: A tipping point in Saudi Arabia

On 60th anniversary of independence, Pakistanis question their country's direction

President Musharraf promised political stability and a course that's driven by national, not American, interests.

Faith gives Iraqis solace, not just a reason to fight Evidence of deeper devotion can be seen in all parts of Iraq.

ASIA

IHT India's democratic path By SALIL TRIPATHI Pakistan made religion its centerpiece. India, despite its overt religiosity, officially swore by secularism.

US military sees looming China threat to satellites...

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: No longer a large, exotic basket case

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Ostentatious spending and extreme poverty

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Helping to re-invent a confident post-imperial outlook

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Back office for the world

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: In search of the right mix of influence

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: A confident new country

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Badly in need of a makeover

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: English: history's greatest gift

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: There's no place like home

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Tide may be turning

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Muddling along in the middle

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: A deep inconsistency

FT REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Investment spree follows explosion in entrepreneurship

Price of change
Mihir Bose reflects on how rising prosperity has altered India

China's New Revolutionaries: U.S. Consumers By: Nathan Gardels | Los Angeles Times
Who would have thought that tainted pet food and toys would threaten to unravel the authoritarian export model of Chinese growth that the brutal Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 was partly meant to secure?

A Border Mellowed by Necessity By: Kim Barker | The Chicago Tribune Relations between India and Pakistan, one-time bitter enemies, are friendlier than they have been in years. The threats of war and of nuclear attack have largely faded since more than a million troops lined the border five years ago.

Rumble Down Under By: Mary Kissel | The Wall Street Journal
Australia's John Howard, a major ally in the war on terror, faces an election this fall.

Bush and Karzai Show Signs of Divergence on Key Issues By: Carl Robichaud | World Politics Review
On important issues of policy, rifts are becoming evident between Afghanistan and the United States. Karzai and Bush part ways on several issues in particular.

Getting answers on Pakistan (By Mark Schneider)

Daily Star India at 60: a democratic birthday worth celebrating By Shashi Tharoor

Japan's opposition flexes its muscles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party's recent electoral defeat could spell the end for Japanese cooperation in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa is adamant that the Upper House he now controls will not allow continued participation in the US-led coalition. Ozawa may be a conservative, but he doesn't want Japan to be a handmaiden to the US.

H11 IHT Poland's status still "not equal," foreign minister says Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, in an interview, complained that "Poland's status is not equal to other EU and NATO member states."

EUROPE European press review

What's Next for Warsaw? Der Spiegel
Polish President Lech Kaczynski fired four ministers on Monday as snap autumn elections became ever more likely. But amid bitter infighting and corruption allegations, even that may not be enough to settle Warsaw's political landscape.

The Washington Realist Going out on a Limb on Kosovo

H12 RFE/RL Anniversary Of Start Of Abkhaz War Marked Fifteen years ago, Georgian forces were dispatched to restore government control over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. While the fighting has stopped, the conflict remains unresolved

Iran Plays the Central Asia Card By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran is a key regional player that can be counted on by the SCO member states, irrespective of China's recent misgivings about Iran's inclusion as a full member.

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Two books on the history of Russian philosophy and the treatment of its intellectuals provide chilling context for developments in the Vladimir Putin era, writes Carlin Romano.

From Japan Focus, an article on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Toward a regional and global realignment?

Ahmadinejad visits Turkmenistan

Russian Claims to Pole Foreshadow More Arctic Disputes to Come By: Adam Wolfe | World Politics Review
Whatever the scientific merits of the Russian exploration, the publicity stunt of planting a flag on the ocean floor of the North Pole brought attention to what could prove to be the most important territorial dispute of the 21st century.

EDM BALTIC STATES CLOSE RANKS WITH GEORGIA, JOIN U.S. TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE INCIDENT

- BELARUS PROPAGATES ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC SUCCESSES

- ASHGABAT MOVES TO IMPROVE TURKMENISTAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

- AKP OPTS FOR CONFRONTATION, NAMES GUL AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Asia Times Tajikistan mired in a great power game The World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have consistently preached transparency. But that was before they became embroiled in the very messy affairs of a leading Tajikistan cash cow, aluminum company Talco. Why are the two banks turning a blind eye to English court findings of corruption relating to Talco? Look no further than the West's campaign against Russia and the battle for influence in former Soviet states. - John Helmer

H13 The Times Israel braced for new war with Hezbollah

Military analysts fear that the next conflict could be complicated by the emergence of Gaza on Israel’s southern flank

Rebuff to US as Karzai forges local ties It is unnecessarily provocative to deny the real help Iran has given Afghanistan over drugs Bronwen Maddox

Leader After Midnight India must now assume the responsibilities that go with success

Pakistan and India mark split and independence

Independence Day celebrations have begun along the line where Britain divided up India and Pakistan 60 years ago

Four-pronged suicide attack kills 175 in Iraq town At least another 200 people were wounded in the bombings in one of the bloodiest atrocities since the fall of Saddam Hussein

Iran denies arming the Taleban

President Ahmadinejad, on a visit to Afghanistan, has dismissed claims his regime is undermining US and British efforts

Wall Street Journal The Cheney Imperative The surveillance and interrogation programs he helped implement have prevented further attacks.
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H14 Financial Times COMMENT: In a world of overconfidence, fear makes a welcome return The markets must regulate themselves. The only thing likely to persuade them to do so is the certainty that players will be allowed to go bust, writes Martin Wolf

COMMENT: How Rove won - and lost the party Bush’s strategist may have lost more than just an election in 2006. He has lost an entire generation for the Republicans, writes James Carville

Weak dollar propels US exports to high

Strong global growth is creating record demand for US exports and providing a critical support for the US economy at a time of heightened domestic risks, figures showed

Turmoil tests system that spreads risk The turmoil in financial markets is providing the first test of the new securities-based global financial system – and of claims that it is superior to the traditional bank-based systems

Suicide bombers strike in northern Iraq

WORLD NEWS: Iraqis hold talks after cabinet rifts

Iraqi politicians and leaders have been holding a series of meetings to try to find a way out of the latest political ­crisis, Iraqi officials said

COMMENT: Biofuels should benefit the poor, not the rich Helping poor people to switch to affordable, home-grown bio-power would mean a quantum leap in their development, writes Jacques Diouf

Russia adds muscle to central Asian summit

COMMENT: Superhot dragon Does the Chinese dragon need to take a cold bath? China’s growth has been, arguably, the biggest economic success story of all time. But the next chapters may contain a twist or two

A shake-out could help the markets

Record private equity buy-outs, record lows in volatility, unprecedentedly low interest rates on risky loans. Recent years have seen much speculation and excess, and a...

Eurozone growth falters

The eurozone’s economic upswing has faded markedly, according to significantly weaker-than-expected growth figures that raised fresh questions about the future path of interest rates

Terrorists blamed for Russia blast

Russian prosecutors have launched a terrorism investigation after an improvised bomb derailed an overnight express train, overturning carriages and injuring dozens of passengers

Editorial Salmond's leap Scotland can only decide whether its future lies in or out of the Union when it has the tools and competence to ensure its prosperity

COMMENT: Risk, like regulation, is a factof life in a democracy

Several ‘once in 100,000 years’ events last week cost billions and point to flaws in the design of quantitative trading strategies

Egypt's new energy pricing policy to cut subsidy costs

Egypt is introducing a new pricing policy to phase out gas and electricity subsidies for energy intensive industries as the government seeks to create pricing...

Livni urges west to shun Hamas

Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, said yesterday it would be a "big mistake" if the international community were to engage in dialogue with the militant group...

THE AMERICAS: Democrats vow pursuit of Rove over scandals

Editorial A Wayward Missile The U.N. should get the whole story on what happened in Georgia.

A balancing act of Iran's enemies Tehran seems to play neighbors and foes against one another

China's New Revolutionaries: U.S. Consumers By: Nathan Gardels | Los Angeles Times Beijing must yield to market forces demanding the rule of law and an end to corruption. Who would have thought that tainted pet food and toys would threaten to unravel the authoritarian export model of Chinese growth that the brutal Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 was partly meant to secure?

Let the Mighty Liberal Hawks Soar By: Tim Cavanaugh | Los Angeles Times
I think we may be nearing a new dawn of the liberal hawks. The species accipiter liberalis, sought by hunters for its eagle wings and pigeon liver, has for many years been close to extinction throughout the North American continent. Yet things are looking up this summer.

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LA Times Karl Rove: Bush's Napoleon Jonah Goldberg: Like the French emperor in Russia, Rove's villainy was caused mostly by his failure to quit after his high note in 2004.

Rove quits while he's behind

Bush's key electoral strategist is leaving, but will his divisive brandof politics linger?

Back to School for The GOP By Peter Beinart,

In the past few years, Democrats have gotten pretty good at mimicking Republicans. They've been training college activists, establishing think tanks and, more generally, trying to turn their party into a movement -- just what conservatives did during their years in the pre-Reagan wilderness.

Rove's Blind Spot By Harold Meyerson, Page A11

Decades from now, historians will have trouble fathoming why Karl Rove's contemporaries hailed him as a genius.

The Rove Legacy As he packs his desk just 15 steps from the Oval Office, Karl Rove says he will not join any 2008 presidential campaign. That's just as well because none of the Republican candidates presumably could afford the association even if they wanted his strategic smarts.

Who Will Be the Karl Rove Of the 2008 Campaign?

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Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

ROVE: Dems in danger of repeating mistakes of Vietnam...

ROVE: HILLARY WILL GET NOMINATION...

H17 Daily Telegraph Sarkozy, Bush's new best friend

Toby Harnden recalls how Bush greeted Sarko the First Buddy - a title, uncontested by Gordon Brown, that has been up for grabs since Tony Blair stepped down.

Independence vote for 'Scots only'

English voters will be given no say over proposals that could end the 300-year-old union with Scotland, says Alex Salmond.

Netanyahu makes a political comeback

The former Israeli prime minister, whose political career appeared over last year, is on course to rise to high office again after being reconfirmed leader of the Likud party.

Employers should bear cost of immigration

Employers - the winners from immigration - should be required to reimburse society - the losers - for the costs their decisions impose on it, argues Irwin Stelzer.

Pakistan celebrations fail to mask rising tension

Pakistan celebrates its 60th anniversary with military parades against a backdrop of Islamist tensions and a struggling president.

H18 Independent Suicide bombers kill 175 in northern Iraq

In a savage onslaught on the pre-Islamic Yazidi sect, four suicide bombers driving fuel tankers blew themselves up in northern Iraq killing 175 people and wounding 200 others, according to officials

Salmond's independence plan puts PM on defensive

Scottish independence was put back on the agenda yesterday by Alex Salmond, the First Minister for Scotland, in a White Paper paving the way for a referendum on the break-up of the Union

Lebanese Militants Vow to Take Battle Outside Camp By: Robert Fisk | The Independent
A symbol of just how serious the situation has become in Lebanon lies in the statistics. Of the 200 or so people who have died since the camp battle broke out in May, 136 were Lebanese soldiers. That's only 32 short of the entire British Army death toll in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.

Bush's lethal legacy: more executions

The US already kills more of its prisoners than almost any other country. Now the White House plans to cut the right of appeal of death row inmates...

Israel rejects calls to end isolation of Hamas

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Sacred Violence: Religion and Terrorism

WSJ A U.S. move to expand access to data from spy satellites is likely to reignite the privacy debate. The satellites, at first, will be used to enhance border security, protect critical infrastructure and help responses to natural disasters.

US military sees looming China threat to satellites...

Terrorists Beyond Criminals By: Jonah Goldberg | The Miami Herald
Bank robbers rarely use suicide bombers. Forgers don't declare war on capitalism, democracy and modernity. Kidnappers rarely behead their victims without asking for a ransom. And when they do ask for ransoms, only rarely do they demand infidels submit to the will of Allah instead of asking for unmarked bills.

H20 Slate Draft Numbers

If we want to take on the world's problems, we may need the draft. Still want to? Fred Kaplan

The Worst of Both Worlds

The false choice between treating terrorists as criminals or soldiers.
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Psychologists to CIA: We condemn torture

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006

Islam: A Truly American Religion?

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Portals: Wikipedia's discussion pages can be rewarding and addictive.

John Borland / Wired News:

See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign

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