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H1 Guardian Troops home sooner than predicted All British troops could be out of southern Iraq by the end of next year, senior government officials say

Back from Basra Leader: Mr Brown's strategy of withdrawal is a realistic one, but it is hardly glorious and it is not accompanied by any explanation of a wider strategy for southern Iraq.

Muddling through Jason Burke Pakistan may look as if it's about to explode, but the country's deeply entrenched conflicts provide a sort of stability.

Daily Telegraph The Man Who Stands Between US and New WarRobert Gates, the US defence secretary, has taken charge of the forces in the American government opposed to a US military attack on Iran

A different strategy actual Iraqis support By REIDAR VISSER Offer a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops in return for a revision of the constitution that would include some kind of limits on federalism. Yes, limits.

Now Is the Worst Possible Time to Leave Basra Reidar Visser of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs criticizes the British for their intention to hand over Basra to the Iraqi army as early as November. Competing Shiite parties have a strong desire to control the oil-rich region, and the potential for internal violence once the British leave is high.

Daily Star Forget victory in Iraq, go for stability By Joschka Fischer

American Conservative Arsonists Posing as Firefighters by Paul W. Schroeder Only after America leaves Iraq can the conflagration we started be brought under control.

War Whisperers Kelley Beaucar Vlahos Americans will vote for a new president, but the same Beltway apparatchiks will be guiding our foreign policy. The 2008 hopefuls promised a change in foreign policy then hired the old guard.

Is Big Oil Losing The Race For Iraq?
Forbes

When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? IZA A 56-page discussion paper using evidence from 17 emerging market economies to test hypotheses about the impact of FDI on the efficiencey of domestic firms in the host countries

Ha’aretz - Report: Several North Korean scientists hurt in IAF strike in Syria

IHT France faces hard sell on Iran sanctions France will present its sanctions proposals to the EU next Monday, but businesses warn that Asian companies will pick up the slack, hurting European interests rather than Iran.

Financial Times COMMENT: Fear the deer, not the terrorists

Preparing for something far worse than the 9/11 attacks sounds sensible, but it carries a cost, writes Gideon Rachman

No let-up in Basra power struggles As British forces prepare to scale down their mission, there is no let-up in the power struggles between rival Shia Islamist political factions and militias that bedevilled them for more than three years

Weekly Standard Sy Hersh's
Overactive Imagination
War with Iran has now been imminent for at least 18 months.
by Thomas Joscelyn

New Republic The Only Way Rice's Peace Talks Will Accomplish Anything
by Dennis Ross

Jerusalem Post Let's not make a deal with Iran
[ BARRY RUBIN

Our World: Pakistani nightmare
[ CAROLINE GLICK

Interview Counterinsurgency Expert David Kilcullen

Levy on Mearsheimer and Walt

Blogs: Triangle Trade: China is the world's store, and the world's bank

H2 New York Review of Books Turkey at the Turning Point? By Christopher de Bellaigue It is now clear that Turkey, a country to which Western visitors have often applied adjectives such as "timeless" and "slothful," is changing profoundly, and with un-Oriental speed. To the many Turks who welcome this transformation, it holds out the promise of a free public culture, equally open to devout Muslims, secularists, and critics of Turkey's past politics—something the country has never known. A smaller but nonetheless considerable number see the changes as a Trojan horse for Islamism as severe as one finds in Iran or Saudi Arabia.

Guardian Turkish PM urged to invade Iraq Erdogan is under intense pressure to act after Kurdish attacks kill 15 soldiers.

Kurdistan's Dream of Independence

BBC Rising pressure Bloody PKK attack fuels Turkish calls to cross into Iraq

Turkey and the Kurds on the Brink
TIME

CSS Is Turkey heading for Strategic Reorientation?

The Daily Star - Editorial - Turkey can be a powerful force for the building of regional stability

MERIA THE REAL WINNERS AND LOSERS OF TURKEY’S JULY 2007 ELECTIONS Heymi Bahar September 2007

ABD'de oylanacak Ermeni tasarısı neler içeriyor?

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Armenian bill threatens Turkish-US military deals

Bill Clinton'dan Irak-Türkiye Değerlendirmesi

OxAn TURKEY: Constitution stirs deep-seated controversies

Turkey may cut support to U.S. over Armenia bill: MP

Ha’aretz WTR: Turkey's reaction to the Armenian genocide bill

Jerusalem Post 'Jewish, Armenian groups defaming us'
Turkish FM tells 'Post': There's an impression Jewish and Armenian groups joined forces against Turkey.

Swans Commentary: Going To Bed With An Elephant, by Peter Byrne - pbyrne50 William Hale's Turkey, the US and Iraq

Washington Times Presidential perils (By Tulin Daloglu)

Bloomberg Turkey Vows Crackdown on PKK After 15 Soldiers Die Near Iraq

Bush çaresiz ABD Temsilciler Meclisi komitesinde yarın ele alınacak Ermeni tasarısına karşı Bush Yönetimi sadece Ankara’dan taleplerde bulunuyor. 1- Ermenistan kapısını açın. 2- Ali Babacan Ermeni muhatabı Oskanyan ile buluşsun.

Turkey's brave move Tehran Times

Pipeline Politics: Turkey’s South Pars Project « The Van Der Galiën Gazette

ABD elçisinden tehdit gibi sözler

Gönül'den Gates'e uyarı: İlişkiler ipoteğe girer

"Türkiye'nin elinde önemli kozları var"

Gözler ABD’de

'Soykırım' tasarısı
Cem Sey: Tasarı Türkiye'nin çabalarına rağmen geçebilir

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Tamer Korkmaz "PKK silahlarının üzerinde U.S.A. yazıyor"

PKK saldırıyı üstlenip, örgütü direnişe çağırdı

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU 13 can ve DTP meselesi…

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Her cinayetin altından neden ABD silahı çıkar

The Agreement between Turkey and Iraq against the PKK

Irak sınırı bombalanıyor

ABD'den Irak'a PKK çağrısı: Sözünü tut

Bu fidanlara nasıl kıydınız

PKK hangi geçitleri kullanıyor?

Kirkuk's Destiny Sparks Controversy in Legislative, Executive Circles

Iraqi Kurdish Article Comments on US Senate Resolution on Partition

Iraq Kurd Writer Criticizes Kurds in Baghdad Over Stand on Federalism

Iran reopens border with Kurdistan as standoff with U.S. continues

Türkiye, kınalı kuzularına ağlıyor

'Önemli olan, bataklığın kurutulması'

Kuzey Irak’ta ‘Türkiye hareketliliği'

PKK sınır ötesi için 'kışkırtıyor'

Turkey poised to launch wide crackdown on PKK

Hainlerin liderleri belirlendi

Hak arama yöntemi olarak örgütün silah kullanmaması gerekiyor

Güler Kömürcü Ankara şehitlerine ağlamıyor

Hadi Uluengin Kürt aidiyeti ve biçimi

Mehmet Barlas Terörle mücadelede ‘siyaset’ ve ‘güvenlik’ uyum içinde olmalıdır…

DTP ilk kez ’şehit’ ve ’evlatlarımız’ dedi

Saldırıları kınamayan DTP: "El ele verelim"

DTP, ilk kez 'şehit' dedi; ama olayı kınamadı

PKK, K. Irak’ı zemin olarak kullanıyor

DTP: Artık yeter! Bize düşeni yapmaya hazırız

Mayınlar Portekiz’in

Mehmet Altan Neden ve nasıl bu kadar çok şehit?

Ahmet Kekeç İmralı’ya bakmaktan vazgeçin artık...

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Şehit istatistiği olmaz

Hasan CEMAL Terör ve tuzak!

Can Dündar Sabırlar taşarken...

Are the recent terrorist actions revenge for the elections? by MAZHAR BAĞLI*

Operasyonlar tam hız

‘Kürt devletinin peşinde değiliz’

DSP: "Sıcak takip hakkı gecikmeden kullanılmalı"

Editorial: Divisive Deal Arab News

Iraqi Kurdish Parties Discuss US Senate Decision, Ties With Iran

Kurdish Official: Iran Reopens Five Crossings on Border With Kurdish-Run Northern Iraq

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 8 October 2007

BBC Monitoring Quotes From the Turkish Press 08 Oct 07

Iraqi President in US Hospital for Check-Up

Turkey Moves to Seal Off Northern Iraqi Border

Bağış: Önemli kozlarımız var

Terörist neden Gabarı seçiyor?

U.S. condemns Kurdish rebel attacks in Turkey

ABD PKK saldırılarını kınadı

Future of the PKK terror
Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

Iraq's Kurdistan defends oil deals, says more soon

FEDERALISM IN IRAQ. :Sense of US Congress

Geceyarısı operasyonu Ümraniye'de terör örgütü yandaşlarına karşı geceyarısı operasyon düzenlendi: 20 gözaltı.

Anneden Kürtçe ağıt: 'Mihemedê min kuştin'

Lice’de Kanas’lı pusuya bir şehit

Abbas'tan Türkiye'ye kritik dönemde ziyaret

Gül, Esad, Peres ve Abbas'ı ağırlayacak

Hüsnü Mahalli Babacan Gül’ün yolunda

Turkey wants Syria to play role for peace

Ortadoğu zirvesi için Türkiye'ye davet

Türkmenleri kabul etti

Büyükanıt sessiz

MELİHA OKUR Şırnak'a yas değil iş lazım!

Arslan Bulut ABD, PKK'nın düğmesine niçin bastı?

Hain saldırıda şehit olan 13 askerden 7'si Doğulu

Tuğluk'un zor anları

DTP'li 5 belediye başkanı gözaltına alındı

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Olli Rehn: 301'i lütfen değiştirin, yoksa yardım edemeyeceğiz Funda Özkan

Eser Karakaş 301 kalırsa AKP kalmayabilir

Saadet Oruç Fransa İslam Konseyi neden bir Türk’e emanet edilmesin?

AİHM'den din dersi ölçütleri

Bildt Advanced reforms for EU could convince public opinion

Power of 'aiki' in Turkey-EU relations Sylvia TIRYAKI

Clinton touches upon Greek-Turkish disputes in Athens
Ariana FERENTINOU

İngiltere'ye 'Ermeni Soykırım' anıtı dikiliyor

Başbakan Erdoğan 23 Ekim'de İngiltere'ye gidiyor

'ABD Kongresi'ndeki Ermeni Tasarısı'nın yeri çöp tenekesidir'

Ermeni iddialarını çürüten kitap ABD'de

Cengiz Aktar AB’den masallar

AP’de aşırı sağ türban yasağını savunuyor

Özel-Genişlemenin AB'ye etkileri (orjinal tam metin)

Le Figaro:AB olmasa Türkiye ve Fransa çok iyi dost olurdu

The Istanbul Connection: Teenager Smuggled Bomb Plot Detonators to Germany - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Ermeni iddialarını kabul eden 19 ülke

Patrik vakıf arazileri ve Heybeli için Ankara’da

Bartholomeos Meclis'te Toptan'ı ziyaret etti

Gila Benmayor Kofi Annan bu kez siyasilere değil işadamlarına seslenecek

Ermeniler 10 bin Yahudi'yi katletmiş

Müslümanlara ayrımcılık konferansı

Paylaşılamayan yargıç Ergeç

Terör vurdu, TV’ler uyudu

Şahin Alpay "Gazetecilik ahlakı" diye bir şey yok mu?

Çifte vatandaşlık tartışma çıkardı

Dink hadisesinde birinci mühim Kemalist sembol Perihan Mağden

Dev-Yol operasyonu: 2 tutuklama

Serpil YILMAZ Sabah ve atv ihalesinin gerçekleşmesi zora giriyor

Clinton Çiller'in telefonuyla az daha gülecektim

Washington DC'de Türk Festivali

Ten minute increase in İstanbul commute costs YTL 6 million daily

9 Ekim 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Irak'a harekât dahil her ihtimal masada

Taha AKYOL Terörle mücadele

Milliyet HÜKÜMET ÖNCELİKLERİNİ GÖZDEN GEÇİRMELİ

Atılacak adımlar
Türkiye terörle mücadele amacıyla ne gibi adımlar atabilir?

Ankara'da gündem sınır ötesi oldu

CNN TÜRK TV ÖZEL: ABD'nin tavrı aynı

Teröre karşı kararlılık zirvesi

Türkiye'nin ABD'ye karşı yaptırım kozları

'Sınır ötesi' masada

Umur Talu Demeç kadar hesap da verilmeli!

Ankara zor kararın eşiğinde
Murat Yetkin

Fikret BİLA Güçlü tedbir ve somut işbirliği nedir?

Baykal: "Terörü kaynakta kurutmak lazım"

'Farklı şekilde' terörle mücadele ne demek? Hasan Celal Güzel

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu State authority and Turkish Hizbullah

Baykal İktidar kuşatma altında

Bilal Çetin AKP’nin referandum ısrarı niye?

Nuray Başaran Sınır ötesi harekâta doğru mu?

'Konunun önemi dünyaya gösterilmeli'

CHP: Sınır ötesi için yetki verme yetkisi sadece TBMM'nindir

Cengiz Çandar PKK’nın kurduğu asıl pusu

ERDAL ŞAFAK Sözün bittiği yer

Sınır ötesi operasyon yapılabilir

Sınır ötesi nedir, sıcak takip nedir? Sıcak takip, gücünü Birleşmiş Milletler Sözleşmesinin 51. maddesinden alıyor

Bush, İncirlik'in kapatılmasından endişe ediyor

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Yeni bir yol çizmenin zamanı

Üçlü zirveden kararlılık çıktı

Sözün bittiği yerdeyiz

Edip Başer: Sadece sınırötesi yetmez

Sami KOHEN Kritik günler...

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 Bu işte bir yanlılık var

Fehmi Koru Terörün arka-planı

Ekrem Dumanlı Terör kıskacında

Mahir Kaynak Terör ne sonuç doğuracak?

Serdar Turgut Terör ya bitecek ya bitecek

AKP'ye destek atışması

Ertuğrul Özkök Bir millet gazetesini yapıyor

Ahmet Hakan

M Ali Birand PKK, başaramadıkça daha da hıçınlaşıyor

Cüneyt Ülsever Referandumla oynamak için geç değil mi?

Enis Berberoğlu Tezkereye Ermeni ipoteği

Oktay Ekşi Şaşkınlığın kurbanları

Bekir Coşkun Utanmak...

Yılmaz Özdil Derin üzüntü...

Yalçın Bayer 13 şehidimizin arkasında PKK’nın kaçak petrolü var

Yalçın Doğan Anayasa’ya çok hoş ’vatandaş’ önerileri

Özdemir İnce Yanlış sorular yanlış cevaplar

[Yorum - M. Naci Bostancı] Anayasayı 'kim, nasıl yapıyor'un önemi

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. Atilla Yayla] Mutlu azınlığın ve Türkiye'nin rotası

The Islamic case for a secular state -III-
Mustafa AKYOL

Ekrem Dumanlı Panic at PKK

Hakan Aygün Neden bu kadar şehit?

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Referandum ve terör

ERGUN BABAHAN Demokrasi ve şiddet

EMRE AKÖZ Bilim ve inanç çelişirse

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN AKP ve koalisyon

NAZLI ILICAK Gözyaşları dinmiyor

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Emel Sayın'la bir AK Parti iftarı

YAVUZ DONAT Allah'ın adaleti... Hükümetin adaleti

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Dünya dolardan kaçıyor, Türkler dolara koşuyor

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam Ekonominin geleceği açısından kritik günler

Merkez Bankası faiz indirmeli mi?
Korkmaz İlkorur

Güngör URAS MB'nin hesabına göre dolar 1.71 YTL olmalı

Mali disiplin ve ekonomik anayasa CAN AKTAN –

Seyfettin Gürsel Enflasyon ve büyüme ikilemi

FT COMPANIES - INTERNATIONAL: Hilton in deal to expand in Turkey

FT Türkiye'ye yol haritası gerek

Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN
Bankacılıkta denetimin uluslararası yönü

Eyüp Can Bankacılarda Durmuş Yılmaz istifa eder mi korkusu

Kura kim müdahale eder?
Mahfi Eğilmez

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Yeni âdet: İhracatçı yemini

Yerel marketler birleşti Migros'ta biz de varız dedi

Asaf Savaş Akat

Enflasyon ve döviz kuru

Hurşit GÜNEŞ Borsada yeni hedefler

Yavuz Semerci Türk Hazinesi kime emanet?

Volkan Akı John W. Snow’dan alınacak iletişim dersleri

Yiğit Bulut Türkiye nereye gidiyor?

IMF heyeti görüşmelere Bakan Şimşek’le başladı

Piyasaların gözü terör toplantısında

Türk ekonomisi aile şirketleriyle uçuyor

H4 New York Times Editorial Gen. Musharraf’s Cynical Win

H5 Washington PostBritain to Cut Troops in Iraq to 2,500 by Spring, Brown Says

Editorial

White House Leak Cut Link to al-Qaeda SecretsSecurity breach that firm used to monitor terror groups is closed after exposure to the White House

Energy Security 101 By Elizabeth Ames Jones,

What America needs to do to retake control of its energy lifeblood from rogue dictators and banana republics.

Still Losing the AIDS Fight By Richard Holbrooke,

Here is my challenge to the international health community: Tell the truth on World AIDS Day. Admit that we are still losing.

A Culture War Treaty By E. J. Dionne Jr., You know the religious right is in trouble when some of its leaders threaten to bolt the Republican Party if it nominates a candidate who supports abortion rights.

H6 Guardian Troops home sooner than predicted All British troops could be out of southern Iraq by the end of next year, senior government officials say

Back from Basra Leader: Mr Brown's strategy of withdrawal is a realistic one, but it is hardly glorious and it is not accompanied by any explanation of a wider strategy for southern Iraq.

Still marching to Washington's drum Seumas Milne: Despite announcing a further withdrawal of troops, Gordon Brown has avoided a decisive break with the US over the disastrous occupation of Iraq.

Gifting al-Qaida Paul Rogers

Action in Afghanistan, Iraq and potentially Iran have actually bolstered the movement's presence and power.

Exerting influence

David Cesarani: The US Israel lobby is not successful because it is all-powerful; its power is a function of the system in which it operates.

Muddling through Jason Burke Pakistan may look as if it's about to explode, but the country's deeply entrenched conflicts provide a sort of stability.

Fewer troop attacks but violence goes on

Turkish PM urged to invade Iraq Erdogan is under intense pressure to act after Kurdish attacks kill 15 soldiers.

Jerusalem may be part of peace deal, says Israel
Israel may be willing to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a future peace agreement.

In this age of diamond saucepans, only a recession makes sense
George Monbiot: Economic growth is a political sedative, snuffing out protest as it drives inequality. It is time we gave it up

Clinton edges to the front in Iowa

Opinion polls place Hillary Clinton ahead of rivals in winning the Democratic presidential nomination

Kabul rejects US pleas to spray opium poppies

Opium for the people AC Grayling Trying to destroy the Afghan poppy crop is political madness. Instead, the US should buy it up.

Mafia accused over nuclear waste

Authorities in Italy are investigating a group accused of trafficking nuclear waste and trying to make plutonium.

Che: permanent revolutionary

Richard Gott: In the 40 years since Che Guevara's death the world has changed dramatically, yet he remains a significant political presence.

H7

A different strategy actual Iraqis support By REIDAR VISSER Offer a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops in return for a revision of the constitution that would include some kind of limits on federalism. Yes, limits.

Now Is the Worst Possible Time to Leave Basra Reidar Visser of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs criticizes the British for their intention to hand over Basra to the Iraqi army as early as November. Competing Shiite parties have a strong desire to control the oil-rich region, and the potential for internal violence once the British leave is high.

Daily Star Forget victory in Iraq, go for stability By Joschka Fischer

Stifle Al-Qaeda by empowering Hamas and Hizbullah By Waleed Sadi

WSJ WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ZOELLICK plans to use free trade to spur economic growth in Arab nations and re-energize efforts to rebuild impoverished nations. Interview: 'A Huge Risk of Corruption'

The Camel in the Tent By: Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen | The Washington Times
It is not "who" Dubai will smuggle into the stock exchange we should worry about. It's the arrival of the world's first Islamic stock exchange exerting unprecedented Islamic influence in the heart of the U.S. and Western economies that should raise our alarm.

Boston Globe A tortured stance on torture (By H.D.S. Greenway)

IN HALF a century of reporting around the world, I have found that there was usually a feeling that the United States stood for standards of liberty, human rights, and the dignity of mankind. The Bush administration has taken us off that gold standard and drained away much of that reservoir of respect. The horrors of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo ...

As NATO Eyes Cuts to Reaction Force, Doubts Grow About Mission

Weekly Standard The Gathering Greens
Endless meetings on global warming.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

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

Iran's Influence in Iraq Under Increased Scrutiny

Iran president faces rare protest

A rare anti-government protest is held in Iran during a speech at a university by President Ahmadinejad.

Iraq urges Blackwater prosecution Iraq calls for guards from US security firm Blackwater to be prosecuted for the shooting of 17 civilians last month.

UK warns Darfur rebels on boycott

The UK warns Darfur rebels they could be excluded from the Sudan peace process if they boycott talks in Libya.

Iraqi Authorities Seek Blackwater Ouster

Iran's Prez vs. Iran's Protesters

H9 Ha’aretz - Report: Several North Korean scientists hurt in IAF strike in Syria

Akiva Eldar: Time is not on Israel's side in the peace process

Let the people decide The Jewish people should help make decisions for the State of Israel that bear crucial significance for their future.

IDF orders seizure of Arab land near East Jerusalem Land confiscated by IDF from 4 Arab villages near Ma'aleh Adumin in order to free up space in controversial E-1 area for Jewish development.

Guest: Israel and American Jews never had better friends than Evangelicals

Heading to December Haim Ramon has been going around for some time with a proposal for power sharing in Jerusalem, and the sky has not fallen.

New Poll: A divided Jerusalem?

A Druze intifada?

Jerusalem Post Israeli, PA teams begin preparing joint declaration for Annapolis
"These meetings are not secret, but [teams] need to work intensely ... not under the constant eye of the media," says senior gov't official.

Let's not make a deal with Iran
[ BARRY RUBIN

Our World: Pakistani nightmare
[ CAROLINE GLICK

'Winograd won't recommend firing Olmert'

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran is our problem/ Barnea World is failing in effort to stop Iran; should Israel learn to live with the consequences?

Daily Star Sharing Jerusalem makes sense, but who will make it work?

Development is not the gist of the Palestinian problem
By Ghassan Khatib

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

Salon Israel's rising right wing Together, an enigmatic billionaire and a resurgent Bibi Netanyahu could put Israel on the war path. Dick Cheney, AIPAC and Iran are all watching closely

Poll: 37% of Israelis willing to cede sovereignty in Jerusalem's holy sites

BBC Olmert pledges quest for peace Olmert tells MPs he will devote next year to pursuing peace with the Palestinians.

Israelis 'could split Jerusalem'

In pictures
Israeli and Palestinian views on the future status of Jerusalem

H10 Christian Science Monitor As Mideast realigns, US leans Sunni The White House is reembracing Sunni authoritarian regimes to counter the rise of Shiite Iran.

New political deal angers Pakistanis

President Pervez Musharraf was reelected this weekend by Pakistan's lawmakers, but many are furious about his power-sharing deal with former leader Benazir Bhutto.

US tries rehab for religious extremists

Singapore has reduced its detainee ranks with Islamic reeducation.

ASIA

LA Times China: sweet or sour? Is China a threat that needs containment or even rollback, or an opportunity that needs engagement?

China Anxiously Faces a Future of Rising Prices
Hoover Institution

Multifaceted Diplomacy By: Dilip Hiro | The Guardian The push for multilateral diplomacy in Korea has proved a vital negotiating tool, though nothing substitutes for one-to-one bargaining.

Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb ...
Arms Control Today

Crackdown ahead of China's Party congress The Chinese government is hoping to prevent any dissenting voice from disrupting the meeting of China's most powerful men

Progress on EU-China partnership agreement

Getting Japan's Politics Wrong By: Gregory Clark | The Japan Times
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's promise to spend more in neglected areas of the economy looks set to reverse much of the Koizumi reforms.

26-year-old is China's richest person with £8.8bn fortune
· Tycoon's daughter inherited fortune in April
· Property boom sees dollar billionaires double in year

CFR China’s Motor Vehicle and Aerospace Industries

H11 IHT France faces hard sell on Iran sanctions France will present its sanctions proposals to the EU next Monday, but businesses warn that Asian companies will pick up the slack, hurting European interests rather than Iran.

Accountability on the battlefield
It is clear by now that the Blackwater guards operating in Iraq have been allowed to run amok with no concern about being held accountable under the law

An argument for intelligent belief
By JAMES MARTIN
Why should we believe that anything our reason cannot grasp does not exist?

The values test
By JAMES C. DOBSON
The selection of a president should begin with a recommitment to traditional moral values and beliefs.

EUROPE European press review

BBC EU treaty 'same as Constitution' The EU treaty is "substantially equivalent" to the discarded constitution and the UK's opt-outs must be clear, MPs say

Xenophobia Rising in Switzerland Across the nation, anti-foreigner attitudes are pervading streets and government institutions

Bosnia: Vienna Calling ISA
The arrest of two Bosnian men in Vienna for allegedly attempting to bomb the US embassy there may be a simple case of mental instability, but given growing links between Vienna and the Bosnian Wahhabi movement, it may instead further the theory that the Austrian capital is the financial and ideological seat of stepped up attempts to overpower Bosnia's moderate Muslims.

CEPS Kosovo merits special status as part of the EU

Beneath a Secular Surface, Tribal Fears About Conversion By: Halima Krausen | The Daily Star Some months ago, two news items caused excitement in Germany. One reported that 4,000 Germans converted to Islam last year, and the other was the news that a council of former Muslims had been established. In a secular society where the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion includes freedom to change one's religion or belief.

Alpine air of dissent

Ian Traynor: The leader of the Swiss People's party arouses strong emotions in a country that traditionally favours rationalism over rabble-rousing.

European Missile Defense
Arms Control Association

H12 RFE/RLMaking Sense Of The 'Democracy Paradox'

The collapse of a realistic liberal-democratic alternative and the strong public support for firm central rule are products of a profoundly undemocratic political environment. But observers must resist the Kremlin's effort to cast election victories as popular support for authoritarianism.

Prodi Visit Eases Strain Over Major Oil Venture An Italian-led oil consortium, heavily criticized by authorities in Kazakhstan, seems to have averted the threat of having its contract revoked.

Azerbaijan: Teachers, Doctors In Naxcivan Tend The Fields To Keep Their Jobs

Navy to help Kazakhstan with security A top U.S. Navy commander met with officials in Kazakhstan in an effort to help the country's fledgling naval and border-security operations.

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BBC Georgian ex-minister 'confesses' An ex-ally of Georgia's leader recants accusations against him but opposition leaders say he is acting under duress.

CSM In Ukraine, fiery Tymoshenko revives Orange hopes

After a stunning upset in last week's election, the former prime minister is poised to lead a fresh Orange coalition.

America’s Misplaced Hopes on Russia

Russia Can Have Any Leader it Wants, as Long as It's Putin By: Nina Khrushcheva | The Daily Star For those who still wondered who Vladimir Putin is, the mystery is over. His actions this week show that he is Russia's new autocrat. He is a czar pure and simple.

Confusing Control for Stability By: Richard Lourie | The Moscow Times
Russia has been flexing its muscles lately, and the adjective "resurgent" is now nearly always attached to its name. President Vladimir Putin has also been pulling off one political surprise after another.

Hasan Kanbolat US in search of cooperation with Turkey in Central Asia

H13 The Times Solving Iraq may not clear the air Even those countries most provoked by Iraq into 'ideological acrimony' are trying hard to repair the rift

Bronwen Maddox

Iranian students protest against Ahmadinejad In scenes rarely witnessed in Iran, scores of students chanted anti-Ahmadinejad slogans and were met with teargas

All British troops may leave Iraq next year Gordon Brown began trying to restore his battered authority after calling off an election by announcing troop withdrawals

US planned nuclear poison attacks

The US Army explored the idea of using radioactive poisons to assassinate 'important individuals', new documents disclose

Learn from the decisions of history

Mr Brown halted at the edge of the precipice. He chose the least worst option

Peter Riddell

Wall Street Journal Tortured Arguments Giving al Qaeda an interrogation-resistance manual.

Economic Pitch: Clinton proposes savings incentives, scholarships.

Al Qaeda's War of Villages By: Omar Fadhil | The Wall Street Journal
The latest chapter in al Qaeda's war manual in their war against the Iraqi people and the Coalition is this: raiding remote peaceful villages, burning down homes and slaughtering both man and beast. It's a campaign of self destruction

A Portrait of Cowardice
Gordon Brown looks like he may only be an appendix to the Blair years.
By RUPERT DARWALL

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Fear the deer, not the terrorists

Preparing for something far worse than the 9/11 attacks sounds sensible, but it carries a cost, writes Gideon Rachman

WORLD NEWS: Brown signals start of ending UK role in Iraq UK on ‘glide path’ out of Iraq

Gordon Brown announces plans to halve Britain’s troop presence in Iraq by next April, placing UK armed forces on what a senior government official called a ‘progressive glide path’ out of the country

No let-up in Basra power struggles As British forces prepare to scale down their mission, there is no let-up in the power struggles between rival Shia Islamist political factions and militias that bedevilled them for more than three years

The grab for a job: Democrats turn protectionist in a drift to the left Presidential candidates are backing trade unions but avoiding debate on deeper problems of the US economy

WORLD NEWS: Clinton pledge to revisit trade deals focuses on Nafta Hillary Clinton, frontrunner for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, said that all US trade agreements should be evaluated every five years and, if necessary, amended

COMMENT: The credit crisis: why it is still too early to relax Tensions in credit markets have eased but but all is far from normal, writes George Magnus

EUROPEAN VIEW - PAUL BETTS: EU disunity powers Russian protectionism Russians criticise a divided EU but they also dread the day when member states speak with a single voice

WORLD NEWS DIGEST: Iran president faces protest

WORLD NEWS: Indian government to open negotiations on US nuclear deal

Nazarbayev says no revision of Kashagan

Kazakhstan’s dispute with an Italian-led consortium over delays and cost overruns in developing the Kashagan oilfield can be resolved without rewriting the contract, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has told Italy’s visiting prime minister

WEALTH: Brics: coherent strategy or catchy name?

It is time to speak truth to US powerGeorge W. Bush has abused his power, and Congress has failed to hold him to account; it is time the Supreme Court did so

EU plans market reforms to avert crisis

European nations will draw up radical proposals to improve transparency in financial markets in an attempt to prevent any recurrence of the financial turmoil arising from the credit squeeze

COMMENT: Securitisation must lose the excesses of youth It is critical to address the issue of unregulated entities that originate loans and pass on risk, writes Christine Lagarde

ANALYSIS: Republicans aim to kick a recent spending habit

ANALYSIS: The grab for a job What we are seeing is a lot of rhetoric on globalisation but not much analysis or policy detail,"

Jailed Georgia minister granted bail

Georgia’s jailed former defence minister on Monday withdrew accusations against president Mikheil Saakashvili and was granted bail, but opposition leaders and his lawyer suggested his recantation might have been made under duress

Small stakes for Bush-Brown-Sarko Niall Ferguson As developing powers buy more European and U.S. debt, political leaders in the West see their influence wane.

Editorial

H16 American Politics

Iraq losing steam as Dem political issue?

Edwards makes light of Clinton's lead, says Dean looked like sure winner in '04...

STUDY: As many as *38 MILLION* illegal immigrants in the USA...

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Clinton, Obama sell economic visions on campaign trail

Perception that media is conservative grows 64%

Military sees big decline in black enlistees —

Modern American Political Campaigns

H17 Daily Telegraph All UK troops may leave Iraq next year British troops in Iraq are set to be withdrawn completely by the end of next year after Gordon Brown announced that more than half will have left the country by spring.

Iraq insurgency: Local's defy al-Qa'eda Damien McElroy travelled to the heart of war-ravaged Iraq to witness how peace and prosperity have returned to a town formerly riven by sectarian killings

Say goodbye to intolerant Muslims Andrew O'Hagan fears that the actions of a small group of Muslim medics are playing right into the hands of those who want to see Islam as a fundamentally life-hating, reality-hating theocracy.

Troop cuts in Basra are premature After a week in Basra, the most charitable conclusion Con Coughlin can reach is that Mr Brown has been surveying the situation through a pair of rose-tinted binoculars.

Leader Gordon Brown will face sterner tests The spat over election timing will look trivial should Mr Brown be confronted with an American request for support in the bombing of a nuclear-arming Iran.

Iranian students attack president

Vociferous protest against President Ahmadinejad.

Israeli leaders back division of Jerusalem

Two senior Israeli politicians - including the prime minister's closest ally - have backed the transfer of Arab neighbourhoods in Jerusalem to Palestinian control.

H18 Independent Troops may be out of Iraq by end of 2008, says Brown

Gordon Brown was embroiled in another row about "spin" after telling MPs he may pull all British troops out of Iraq before calling an election

Polls had nothing to do with election delay, says PM Gordon Brown has accepted full responsibility for the fiasco over his decision not to call an early election.

'We could have saved Che' from execution, says ex-CIA operative

I made up murder plot, says Georgian president's accuser

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Government says flying robots disguised as dragonflies do not exist yet, but they are being developed

U.S. Weighed Radioactive Poisons

Cold War Papers on Potential Assassination Methods Unveiled

Bill on Contractor Liability Raises Intel Agency Concerns

LA Times E-war rules of engagement By Duncan B. Hollis

International law needs to be updated to govern the growing tide of cyberwarfare.

American Prospect Defusing the "Ticking Time Bomb" Excuse

Iraq's Misfortune Is Blackwater's Good Fortune By: Carl Hiaasen | Miami Herald
Plenty of American companies are getting rich off the war in Iraq, but few have seen their fortunes multiply as dramatically as Blackwater USA, the private security firm whose operatives last month shot dead 17 civilians in a disastrous blunder in Baghdad.

Taking Flight Despite the Turbulence By: Leslie Wayne | The New York Times
The V-22 Osprey is about to be deployed in Iraq. But what will the Osprey do once it arrives? Far less than the military had hoped, despite the $20 billion spent to develop it.

If the Dutch government abandons Ayaan Hirsi Ali, America should welcome her.
Christopher Hitchens

Cultural Diversity, Economic Development and Societal Instability Within-nation linguistic diversity is associated with reduced economic performance, which, in turn, increases societal instability. Nations which differ linguistically from their neighbors are also less stable. However, religious diversity between neighboring nations has the opposite effect, decreasing societal instability

The Social and Political Views of American Professors (PDF; 778 KB)
Source: Neil Gross, Harvard University and Solon Simmons, George Mason University

Ethics 101
Academics have a lot to say about how other professionals conduct business. They seem strangely incurious about themselves.
By PETER BERKOWITZ

Global Patterns of City Size Distributions and Their Fundamental Drivers

Enter Philip Roth
America's most decorated novelist on aging, reading and cellphones.

H21 Britons share in Nobel Prize for medicine

The Nobel prize for medicine is being shared by Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies for their work on stem cells and genetic manipulation.

In praise of ... Sir Martin Evans
Leader: Sir Martin Evans's discovery of embryonic stem cells has given scientists the key to treating a range of genetic conditions. His research method may not be universally popular but winners should be hailed, and youngsters taught about the difference they make.

Of Mice and Men Excellence in stem-cell research cannot exist without transparency

Leading article: The mouse that roared

Obesity blamed for 'fuelling cancer timebomb'

The growing obesity epidemic gripping the nation is fuelling a cancer timebomb, cancer research experts warn.

Google's GPhone a 'hyped non-device'

Board the plane, turn off your phone ... and surf the Web American Airlines and Virgin America plan to offer wireless Internet next year, and other airlines will be watching the results closely.

Google’s shares top $600 mark

Market value up by $25bn in last month

Philip Hensher: Amis was neither a misogynist nor a homophobe

Kiarostami's quiet craft

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