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H1 New York Times White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan The plan falls far short of the drawdown demanded by Congressional opponents of the war, officials said. Fearing Slide in Economy, Fed Cuts Its Discount Rate The rare move was seen as an admission by the Fed that its outlook on the credit crisis was flawed, and analysts suggested further cuts are likely. Recalling Cold War, Russia Resumes Long-Range Sorties Asia Times US marches closer to war with Iran From Bosnia to Afghanistan to Iraq, the US military and intelligence have cooperated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, which Washington now wants to declare a terrorist outfit. This collaboration will end, leaving the US "unfettered" for a strike on Iran. And despite what some may think, a "war of attrition" with low-intensity clashes is not possible. It can only be all-out war. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi Conversation With Gen. Colin Powell Washington Post My Plan for Iraq By Ayad Allawi Without change at the top of the Iraqi government, no American military strategy or orderly withdrawal will succeed, and Iraq and the region will be left in chaos. Fed Lowers Bank Rate, Shifts View On Economy Market Turmoil Supplants Inflation as Top Priority FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - LUNCH WITH THE FT: Edmund Phelps - US and them Jerusalem Post Syria reportedly gets Russian anti-aircraft systems 50 SA-22 E to arrive in Syria before deployment in Russian army; deal prohibits transfer to 3rd country but Iran already promised 10. Ha’aretz - Riyadh: Syria trying to spread chaos, destabilize Middle East States in war of words over role in Arab world; Syria: Saudi Arabia paralyzed, can't forge Hamas-Fatah truce. Yedioth Ahronoth The Hamastan dilemma Israel has four options for dealing with Hamas, but they are all bad, says Ron Ben Yishai Guardian The debate America needs Michael Boyle: The idea of global leadership has been assumed by US policymakers. Because of Iraq, and other US policy failures, that can no longer be taken for granted. Conflict crazy Soumaya Ghannoushi The only conclusion to be drawn from the declaration that Iran's Republican Guards are a terrorist organisation is that the US is creating a climate of war. Putin revives bomber patrols Washington Institute The Smarter Way to Target Iran Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, Inc. Financial Times Fed brings relief to the markets The US Federal Reserve took radical steps to combat financial market contagion, making direct loans available to cash-strapped banks on more favourable terms Analysis: Fed moves to restore balance COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A real-world theoretician The Federal Reserve chairman is well-equipped to balance the concerns of Wall Street and Main Street Tripartite Iraq? Bipartite? Or still unified, with new boundaries? Ibn Warraq vs. Edward Said Wall Street Journal The New Nuclear Threat Talking to Iran Every U.S. administration since the Islamic revolution has approached Tehran. It's pretty obvious why they've never gotten very far. Washington Note Michael Ledeen's Dangerous Iran Obsession Cheney, Lieberman and Asia Times Maliki seeks a lifeline in Syria As a refugee from Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was a guest of Syria, which he visits next week. He is expected to deliver some diplomatic payback by starting to work with, rather than against, Damascus. And he could well receive an invaluable lesson in how to resist occupation. - Sami Moubayed | H2 Turkey and Europe: The Way Ahead - International Crisis Group 'Seçim zaferi fırsat' Jane's Ruffling feathers - will Turkey invade northern Iraq? 'Referandum Zamanında Yapılamaz' ABD'nin Bağdat Büyükelçisi Ryan Crocker, Kerkük referandumunun zamanında yapılamayacağını söyledi US warns against unconstitutional moves in Turkey Ordu Gül'ü eninde sonunda kabullenecek
Asia Times Turkey revives presidential row Fears of a return to an Islamic state and/or a military coup fuel the controversy over Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's return as a presidential candidate The Economist: Ordu bağrına taş basacak Benefit of the doubt, not a blank check for the AKP Semih İDİZ Inshallah... Burak BEKDİL Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Iraq's Kirkuk running out of time for poll - US US says Kirkuk vote unlikely to go ahead ‘Hassas’ İmralı girişimi ekimde Piyade taburuna PKK ateşi: 3 asker yaralı Fatih Böhürler DTP düzen partisi mi olacak? 'PKK'nın yolu kesilir' diye Ilısu Barajı'nı istemiyor Concern for Ilısu political, experts say Kirkuk governor discusses Kirkuk Fırat: Kürd sorunu AB'nin de, ABD'nin de bir sorunudur Çadırcı, Bu anlaşma, her iki tarafa da yarar getirmeyecek Demirtaş, Kürd sorunun çözümü için “Yeni bir Özal lazım” Kurdish State Must Precede Palestinian Guardian Among a people in mourning Michael Howard travels to Yezidi territory in northern Iraq - the first British newspaper journalist to do so since some 350 people were killed in bomb attacks on Tuesday. Iranian Forces Bombard Iraqi Kurdistan Villages - TV Kurdish Identity, Language Disregarded in Turkey - Pro-Kurdish Party Leader Turkish Weekly Opinion - Ataturk’s Turkey: A Model For the Greater Middle East? 'Türkiyeli Yezidiler artık dışlanmıyor' Azeri-Iranian Consultations Open in Baku DTP, oyunun rengini pazarlık konusu yapıyor Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber FT Avrupa Türkiye'nin elinden tutmalı Mensur Akgün Türkiye artık küresel sorunlara küresel çözümler üreten bir ülke oldu Rum basını: ''İhale Türkiye'nin çabalarına yanıt'' Beril Dedeoğlu The pretext of Mediterranean oil Turkey slams Marcoullis over remarks against army Paşa uyardı Dışişleri açıkladı "Türk askeri Kıbrıs'ta istikrar unsuru değil" Semih İDİZ Şanghay hayranlarının Türkiye'si Göreve gelir gelmez TSK’ya işgalci demişti Reuters AlertNet - Turkey and Europe: The Way Ahead Seçimler, Türkiye'nin tam üyelik sürecinin canlanması için bir fırsat KKTC'den İslam ülkelerine çağrı Turkey choosing between hijab and Europe RIA Novosti Ukraine considers Iraq, Turkey pipeline 'More needs to be done for minorities' - Turkish Daily News Aug 17, 2007 Pasok'la fark iki puana inince sandık gözüktü Cyprus ready for oil bids, Turkey irked World Politics Review | Islam in Europe: An Interview With Arzu Toker on the Cologne Mosque Boston Globe Editorial No synonyms for genocide ONE SHOULDN'T play geopolitics with genocide. The executive committee of the Anti-Defamation League for New England showed sound moral judgment this week when it acknowledged that, just like the destruction of the Jews in Europe and the Tutsis in Rwanda, the slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was a horrific crime against humanity. Ermeniler, atalarının köylerini ziyaret etti Ermeni yazara diaspora tepkisi Şemdinli davasında dosya inceleme kararı 'Vatansever'ler Kıvrıkoğlu'na suikast planlamış Işıkara: "Afet yönetimini orduya bırakın" Depremde helikopterlere el konulacak Tesettürlü bir kadının plaj güncesi Engin Ardıç Makbule Atatürk Çankaya için türban formülleri Ahmet Taşgetiren Emin Çölaşan vak'ası neyin nesidir? Serdar Turgut Bu iş ayıp oldu Çiller bile gönül aldı Ekşi aramadı! İstanbul'da 19-28 Ağustos arasında kesinti Yılmaz Özdil Hayat hep sinüs kosinüs değil, tanjant kotanjant da lazım... Kuraklık paniği ve su kaynakları NÜKET BARLAS ABD, Türkiye’nin kalbini Youtube’la kazanacak | Köşk adayı Gül, samimiyet mesajları verdi: Ruşen ÇakırYeni kabine için beş kritik soru Üç lider arasında en düşük puan Baykal’ın Cengiz Çandar 'Yenilenen Türkiye'nin 'ileri'ye yolculuğu Havada korsan paniği: Lefkoşa-İstanbul seferini yapan uçak kaçırıldı Taha Kıvanç İflâh olmaz şu gazeteciler… Fehmi Koru Sen, ben, bizimoğlan düzeni İlter Türkmen Şimdilik fena gitmiyor 28 Şubat dersleri Murat Yetkin Fikret BİLA Çankaya Köşkü'ndeki hava 'Vatansever'ler Kıvrıkoğlu'na suikast planlamış CHP ehveni şermiş! Taha AKYOL İki türlü modernleşme Meslektaşla askeri konuşma M.Ali Kışlalı Köşk seçimi ile ısınan 'sıcak' MGK Disappointed military fails with last shot Turkey’s army chief refuses to discuss Gül’s candidacy for president ERDAL ŞAFAKBir fotoğrafın düşündürdükleri ERGUN BABAHAN Cumhurbaşkanı sadece fren mi? NAZLI ILICAK Rest mi, jest mi? Can Dündar Yeni başlayanlar için izahlı darbeler tarihi 60th government's agenda laden with problematic issues AKP'li Sözen: Kurumlar arasında iletişim eksik Erdoğan’ın gözde valisi müsteşar mı İlnur Çevik General Buyukanit is doing the right thing Şahin Alpay Eğitimle artan dogmatizm Serdar Turgut Diyalektik ve AKP Can Paker AKP’yi orta sınıf yükseltti Abdullah Gül and secular politicsby MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE Ertuğrul Özkök Yahudi asıllı demek gerekir miydi M Ali Birand Sezer, giderayak doğrusunu yaptı … Enis Berberoğlu Yemin töreni hemen Oktay Ekşi Bunun adı resttir... [HABER ANALİZ] AK Parti'den çağrı: Birinci turda seçelim ülke zaman kazansın İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Abdülhamit Bilici Bu kez Andrew Finkel haklı çıktı Bekir Coşkun Dükkán... Tufan Türenç Bu vahim yanlışı Başbakan bile yaptı Özdemir İnce Havva anamız nasıl giyiniyordu? Mehmet Yılmaz ’Kişisel tercih’ deyip geçemeyiz Meral TAMER "CHP'nin asıl sahibi sol değil, Kemalistlerdir" Ali Bulaç CHP vak'ası Meslektaşla askeri konuşma İsmail Küçükkaya YAVUZ DONAT [Yorum - Alev Alatlı] Dur bir pırtık! Mehmet Kamış Abdullah Gül neyi değiştirecek? Tansu Çiller siyasete geri mi dönüyor? Eynep Göğüş Başörtüsü ve ileri toplum Rauf Tamer Avantaj Mehmet Barlas Çankaya’da rest mi yoksa jest mi yenildi Hadi bana eyvallah Cemil Müneccim Hadi Özışık Sezer’in tavrını nasıl okumalıyız? MHP nominates own candidate for president TÜSİAD: Gül bu görevi layıkıyla yapar Güven:Cumhurbaşkanını TBMM'nin seçmesi halinde hukuk karmaşası yaşanır ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yağmur iyiydi ama fazlası sel oldu, boğulduk OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Yeni dünya böyle bir dünya Güngör URAS Hükümet boşluğunda dalgayla boğuşuyoruz Mahir Kaynak Dalgalanma Ege Cansen Hokus pokus (II) Şimşek: Dalga ciddi, temellerimiz sağlam Deniz Gökçe Dış dalga ve durumumuz! Salih Neftçi Kredi krizi, sonuçları ve basının performansı Dalgalanmaya karşı Türkiye'nin panzehiri var, yatırımcı rahat olsun Turkey 14th in global hydro power capacity Turkey world’s third largest gold market Internationalization of small firms: A case study of Turkish small- and medium-sized enterprises Turkish Elections And Weakening Lira Examined For Next Week By Danske Bank Fisher hipotezi ve ekonomik program Güven Sak Krizin suçlusu bebek patlaması kuşağıdır Gayrimenkul devleri mahalle emlakçısını kapma savaşına girdi |
H4 New York Times White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan The plan falls far short of the drawdown demanded by Congressional opponents of the war, officials said. Fearing Slide in Economy, Fed Cuts Its Discount Rate The rare move was seen as an admission by the Fed that its outlook on the credit crisis was flawed, and analysts suggested further cuts are likely. Padilla Case Offers a New Model of Terror Trial The Justice Department’s use of a seldom-tested conspiracy law in the Jose Padilla case cemented a new prosecutorial paradigm Editorial Chinese Entrepreneurs in Africa Flourish Where Others Faltered As economic ties between China and Africa deepen, hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrants are discovering the continent. | H5 Washington Post My Plan for Iraq By Ayad Allawi Without change at the top of the Iraqi government, no American military strategy or orderly withdrawal will succeed, and Iraq and the region will be left in chaos. Fed Lowers Bank Rate, Shifts View On Economy Market Turmoil Supplants Inflation as Top Priority Editorial Whose Report Is it Anyway? By: Dan Froomkin | The Washington Post William Arkin The Man Who Won't Be (But Should Be) King Their Baghdad Scrapbook By Jonathan Finer, Ceremonial visits to Iraq, by politicians or partisans, are never very enlightening. Russia Resumes Its Long-Range Air Patrols Putin Announces Regular Tours On Faith: Irshad Manji: Islam and Reason | H6 Guardian The debate America needs Michael Boyle: The idea of global leadership has been assumed by US policymakers. Because of Iraq, and other US policy failures, that can no longer be taken for granted. Conflict crazy Soumaya Ghannoushi The only conclusion to be drawn from the declaration that Iran's Republican Guards are a terrorist organisation is that the US is creating a climate of war. Putin revives bomber patrols Rory McCarthy Russia forces World Service off air · BBC partner station told to halt broadcasts Leader Tea leaves in turmoil From turbulence to calamity |
H7 Asia Times Maliki seeks a lifeline in Syria As a refugee from Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was a guest of Syria, which he visits next week. He is expected to deliver some diplomatic payback by starting to work with, rather than against, Damascus. And he could well receive an invaluable lesson in how to resist occupation. - Sami Moubayed Saudis nip extremism in the bud A new energy UPI Analysis: Middle East faces choices on energy Time Is Iran Aiding Iraq's Militias? McClatchy US Allies Fear Latest Moves Against Iran Risk War Saudis at the Negociating Table By: Nader Habibi | The Boston Globe Boston Globe Editorial Musharraf's choices PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf faces daunting obstacles in his quest for another five-year term. Because the Bush administration has backed Musharraf as a pragmatic partner in a dangerous region, the United States has a stake in the choices Musharraf will make and may be tempted to weigh in on his side. But the United States would best serve its own ... Democracy or Dictatorship? Emerging Political Crisis in Pakistan | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor US Papers Sat: WH to Offer Troop Cuts, Sorta Iraqi Papers Sat: Front of the "Moderates" New Iraqi Political Alliance Will Isolate Sunnis, Boost Extremists - Editorial Iraq: Killings In Shi'ite Holy City Expose Growing Splits Iraqi Vice-President Outlines Reasons for Not Joining New Political Alliance Iraqi Sunnis Slam PM's New Shi'ite, Kurdish Alliance Lack of Sunnis Undermines Power Bloc Al-Alam TV "Under the Spotlight" Programme on New Iraqi Political Front Iraqi President Says Other Parties Welcome to Join New Alliance U.S. general: Iraq 'surge' likely to end in spring General: Quick Strikes Planned in Iraq Iranian Analyst on US Threat to Designate Revolutionary Guard As Terrorist West Has to Accept Iran's Influence, Rights in Mideast - Defence Minister Iraqi PM Tells Sunni Tribes: 'We Must Unite' Russia Rejects Fears That Air-Defense Systems Sold to Syria Can End Up in Iran Fierce Bidding for Iraq's Cell Phone Licenses Ends in $3.7 Billion-Dollar Deal Iraq: Ordinary Iraqis Find Little Happiness In Daily Life Iranian Court Sentences Kurdistan Province Labor Activists To Prison Iraq bomb death toll reaches 344 Sharaa Statement of Syria’s Foreign Policy Daily Star Tallying up Lebanon's war a year later If you pay, we'll be sure to look the other way | H9 Ha’aretz - Riyadh: Syria trying to spread chaos, destabilize Middle East States in war of words over role in Arab world; Syria: Saudi Arabia paralyzed, can't forge Hamas-Fatah truce. Shmuel Rosner: Israel cannot be weaned from the American teat The 10 year temporary aid package Yedioth Ahronoth The Hamastan dilemma Israel has four options for dealing with Hamas, but they are all bad, says Ron Ben Yishai Electricity cut in Gaza Jerusalem Post Syria reportedly gets Russian anti-aircraft systems Column One: Salaam Fayad, Hero of Israel [ CAROLINE GLICK, BBC Monitoring Quotes From Israel's Hebrew Press 17 Aug 07 Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine New signs of Hezbollah gathering strength Creating a Corridor to Peace By: Uri Dromi | Miami Herald This Wednesday, Jericho came to life. Motorcades of diplomatic cars raced through the city, heading toward the Intercontinental Hotel, which had been built in the good old days of the Oslo process. The visitors were delegates from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Japan. They met to launch ''The Corridor for Peace and Prosperity,'' a project initiated by the Japanese government to promote regional cooperation. Daily Star What comes next in Palestine? The view from Hamas By Ahmed Yousef |
H10 Christian Science Monitor ASIA Heritage U.S. Nuclear Agreement with India: An Acceptable Deal for Major Strategic Gain by Lisa Curtis and Baker Spring Tom Barnett In the New Core, India will define how slow you can go and still grow fast enough The Times Islam’s crusade in nation divided Malaysian leaders are branded 'Taleban lite' as US pop star falls victim to crackdown Stoking Protectionism The Economist All news must be good news, says Chinese government Beijing 2008 Is Building Up for a Big Letdown By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News How Realistic is a Nuclear-Armed Japan? JIIA Reenergizing Japan's ASEAN Policy JIIA Abdul-Rehman Malik After the Raj: Among Pakistan's aspirational middle class, India is no longer the devil next door. Asia Times Afghanistan's ball back in Pakistan's courtThe United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization might not admit it outright, but the recent peace jirga in Afghanistan makes it clear that there is no military solution to the Afghanistan problem. But to make the peace process work, the US will have to depend on the military leadership in Pakistan - and President General Pervez Musharraf in particular. - M K Bhadrakumar IHT The wrong reasons to talk Roh's Trip to Pyongyang Puts Three Scenarios in Play By: Michael J. Green | The Japan Times | H11 IHT Get the Saudis involved Saudi Arabia's participation in Iraq security talks is in the interests of both Iran and the United States and would help reassure other Sunni Arab governments in the region. A debt culture gone awry A return to fiscal responsibility would make the U.S. far stronger. Let us hope it heeds the latest market warnings. The pitfalls of 'voluntary' censorship EUROPE European press review 'Basque land not for sale' - bombers hit holiday homes Reforming Europe: The EU Moves On IISS Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans Can Democratic Elections Solve a Civil War? The Case of Serbia and Kosovo Has the EU Got its Iran Strategy Right? FRIDE | H12 RFE/RL SCO States Hold Joint Military Exercises Russian Envoy Says 'Nothing Impossible' In Kosovo Talks Russia: Is Coercive Psychology Staging A Comeback? BBC Bomber patrols RUSSIA/CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA: Security dominates SCO aims Google News Azerbaijan
Georgia Aims Missile at UN By: Alexander Gabuev and Vladimir Novikov | Kommersant Another Explosive August By: Yevgeny Kiselyov | The Moscow Times BBC Nazarbayev cult Chinese Growth Plans Stoke Fears of Central Asian Ecological Catastrophe |
H13 The Times Discover your inner Eurofederalist Personal acquisitive Eurofederalism is a wonderful new way of looking at Europe England’s success may be in our genes Medieval England was more pro-market than Thatcherite England Wall Street Journal The New Nuclear Threat Terrorism makes atomic cooperation even more imperative. By DICK LUGAR and SAM NUNN Talking to Iran Every U.S. administration since the Islamic revolution has approached Tehran. It's pretty obvious why they've never gotten very far. A Surgical Strike by the Fed Chairman - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard
| H14 Financial Times Fed brings relief to the markets The US Federal Reserve took radical steps to combat financial market contagion, making direct loans available to cash-strapped banks on more favourable terms Analysis: Fed moves to restore balance COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A real-world theoretician The Federal Reserve chairman is well-equipped to balance the concerns of Wall Street and Main Street MARKET NEWS AND COMMENT: Bernanke sticks to his guns to resist 'Greenspan put' Last year’s Nobel Prize winner sees capitalist reality as a system of disorder and believes ‘corporatism’ dooms Europe to lag behind America COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Unsafe product of global trade Internationalising the US product-safety regime would be more difficult than Americans imagine, writes Christopher Caldwell COMMENT: The rough guide for politicians choosing a vacation In one respect at least, George W. Bush will improve on the record of Ronald Reagan, writes Edward Luce | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Iran Builds a Presence in Lebanon By: Raed Rafei and Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times Tehran has taken a key role helping reconstruct war-hit areas, in contrast to what Lebanese see as Beirut's indifference. Shiites, Kurds Form Legislative Bloc By: Carol J. Williams | Los Angeles Times By Stephen I. Vladeck What should've gone on trial were the administration's tactics in detaining the one-time "dirty bomber" suspect. |
H16 American Politics Brooks and Meyerson Discuss Rove Exit, Federal Reserve Action Giuliani-McCain: That's the Ticket? Rudy's Comprehensive Foreign-Policy Vision - Max Boot, Contentions Washington Times Surge progress deniers beware The debate over the war in Iraq is shifting, though more slowly than is the war in Iraq, thanks to a well-funded and determined antiwar movement and too many in the media for whom good news is no news. realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Road to ruin? Colin Powell once said of Iraq, “If you break it, you own it.” That might serve as an epitaph for Condoleezza Rice’s career... more» YouWho? By Ronald Brownstein Don't let internet excitement fool you: Uninformed voters still run things in this country. McClatchy Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy | H17 Daily Telegraph Leader Russia resurgent Russia is back and the West needs to play catch up with a coherent response to the sabre-rattling. Soldier, politician, editor - and reporter Lord Deedes was a Cabinet minister, a humanitarian and a holder of the Military Cross for his bravery during the Second World War; but, above all, he was one of the most extraordinary English journalists of the 20th century. Russia resurgent Russia is back and the West needs to play catch up with a coherent response to the sabre-rattling. Tributes pour in for 'giant of journalism' Former Daily Telegraph editor and Tory cabinet minister Bill Deedes, a "giant among men", has died at the age of 94. Comment, Roy Hattersley: A genteel hero Obituary: Bill Deedes 1913-2007 | H18 Independent Medical crisis in Iraq as doctors and nurses flee |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism An Introduction to Theater Strategy and Regional Security by Lieutenant Colonel Clarence J. Bouchat Strategic Studies Institute The Kinetic Energy Interceptor: Missile Without a Cause By: Sam Black | Center for Defense Information Hatred Begins at Home Robot wars are a reality Noel Sharkey: Armies want to give the power of life and death to machines without reason or conscience. Pentagon's $1m bill for washers Commentary: US military interrogators pose as Gitmo 'lawyers' to get inmate information | H20 Slate | H21 Cosmology is in big trouble. While there is in sight no alternative to the Big Bang, that is also no reason to accept it... more» Wikipedia and the art of censorship Google's latest effort highlights the difference between what it does and what newspapers and magazines do. One Bridge Doesn’t Fit All By DAVID P. BILLINGTON The goal of good bridge design is to integrate efficiency, economy and elegance in a single design. Few bridges built over the last century have achieved this. |
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