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14 January 2008
  January 14, 2008

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H1 Wall Street Journal In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed

The recent sea change in Washington's perception of Iran marks a reversal of a different sort behind the scenes: After years in which Bush appointees and White House staff won out on foreign-policy matters, career staffers in the intelligence world have scored a big victory.

NYT NEWS ANALYSIS; Ex-Baathists Get a Break. Or Do They?

Washington Post It's Not About Iran By Shibley Telhami

McCain Moves Into Lead; Obama Gains on Clinton Giuliani Falls to 4th in National Poll

Bush Nudges Mideast on Democracy Dissidents Skeptical, Saying U.S. Has Overlooked Abuses

Bush Urges United Action Against Iran Nuclear Agency Gets Pledge From Tehran to Explain Past Work

President Bush Discusses Importance of Freedom in the Middle East

Washington Post Iraq Passes Bill on Baathists Plan Would Ease Limits on Former Hussein Followers

Editorial A Middle East Commitment Seven years later, President Bush picks up where Bill Clinton left off

5 Myths About Breaking Our Addiction to Oil Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit By Robert Bryce The idea that the United States can be independent of the $5 trillion-per-year energy business is ludicrous on its face.

NYT Editorial Unfinished Debate on Iraq Iraq will be a central challenge for whoever succeeds President Bush and has to repair the profound damage he has wrought with a war that should never have been fought.

Experts: Iraq war puts nation at risk Would 'conventional threat' make stretched-out military resort to nukes?

Los Angeles Times U.S. presses Iraq for Sunnis' integration Transferring them to the control of the Shiite-dominated government takes on new urgency as troops withdraw.

Financial Times Balkan unrest remains a recipe for disaster Russia risks producing a war, says Anatol Lieven

This is not merely a subprime crisis If the credit default swap market hits problems – under a pessimistic scenario involving a nasty , long recession – it could produce global financial meltdown, writes Wolfgang Münchau

The Times Britain plot to overthrow Italian government

Letters reveal James Gallaghan's Government, the US and the Vatican feared a Communist election victory in 1976

Anatole Kaletsky Goodbye to all that: the worst is over for the global credit crunch

Sunday Times Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in secret talks

Ten Rules For the Next President - Madeleine Albright, Boston Globe

WSJ The Lessons of Iraq
By Erik Swabb We've gained valuable experience in how to fight irregular wars.

Daily Star Gulf Arabs know better than to follow Bush's path to confrontation with Iran

Minister: Iraq and US Want Permanent Pact by July

Helena Cobban Syria, Annapolis, and after

Tom Barnett The future of oil? America's not in the driver's seat Scripps Howard.

LA Times China's dark triumph By Ian Buruma The success of its economy poses a serious challenge to liberal democracy.

Independent on Sunday Economic View: China and India are heading for the top of the world but along the way the climb will become treacherous

NYT Two Giants Try to Learn to Share Asia

The Oil and Glory Pipeline politics became a modern day version of the 19th Century's Great Game, in which Britain and Russia had employed cunning and bluff to gain supremacy over the lands of the Caucasus and Central Asia. "The Oil and Glory" is the story of how, at the dawn of the 21st century, the game was played once more across the harsh environs of the Caspian Sea.

Drezner Does the 2008 election augment America's soft power?

Dirt Begins to Fly at Obama - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times

Excerpts from Upcoming SPIEGEL Interview with Pervez Musharraf: 'To Resign Would Be the Easiest Thing'

Newsweek 'Pakistanis Know I Can Be Tough’

Fareed Zakaria: Musharraf's Last Stand

NYT Mag The Moral Instinct By STEVEN PINKER Evolution has endowed us with ethical impulses. Do we know what to do with them?

The Lost Archive - WSJ.com

Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text

McClatchy Campaign exposes deep rifts in GOP coalition The house that Ronald Reagan built is in danger of collapsing. All the men running for the Republican party's presidential nomination invoke Reagan's name repeatedly. But all of them offend at least one wing of the party enough that they'd find it difficult, and perhaps impossible, to pull the disparate elements of the old coalition together

Jonah Goldberg / Washington Post: Cloudy Fortunes for Conservatism

Fear of a black president

For a black person seeking power, there is an uncomfortable dance of identity and compromise. And for black voters, it means giving up something important as well. (By Joseph Williams)

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 Source: United Nations Development Policy and Analysis Division Full Document (PDF; 3.1 MB)

Cap The First Leg of Bush’s Middle East Trip: Initial Steps in the Right Direction

USA prepares military action against Iran? Pravda

Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, January 11-13, 2008

H2 Washington Post Bush's Diplomatic Amends By Jackson Diehl Turkish President Abdullah Gul came and went last week without attracting much attention, which is not unusual for a friendly head of state visiting Washington. But...

2003 crisis over; Turkey, US looking to 2008 hopefulLY

Jamestown Turkey’s Other War on Terrorism

[MONDAY TALK] Strategic alliance brings Turkey and Britain closer

Barzani: PKK teröristtir, demek zorunda değiliz

Iraqi Kurdistan Leader, Italian Undersecretary Discuss Cooperation, Oil Deals

US Fine-tunes Ties With Sparring Allies Turkey, Iraqi Kurds

LA Times Shiites, Sunnis pressure Kurds about Kirkuk

Implications of New Kurdish-Sunni Alliance - Ramzy Mardini, Jamestown Foundation

Iraqi Newspaper: Shi'ite-Sunni Alliance vs. Sunni-Kurdish Agreement

US Official in Kurdistan Region Discusses PKK, Oil With Journalists

Iraq Kurd PUK Official Says Party Suffers From "Polarization"

AKP'nin ılımlı İslamcılığından ders almalıyız AİZ ELKARNİ

Turkmenistan Says Gas Supplies to Iran Suspended Due to Repair Work

Turkmenistan Wants to Raise Gas Export Prices to Iran - Radio

Bishop locked out of churches over Turkish priest

İsrail'in gözü Türkiye'de

Füze sistemi Türkiye'de denenecek

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Atatürk’ü örnek gösterip Kürtlere ‘özerklik’ istedi

Tuğluk: Ulus devlet modeli aşılmalı

'Diyarbakır kalemiz, kimseye vermeyiz'

DTP'de ilk resmi çatlak

Özay Şendir Amerika PKK'ya düşman, alt kolu PJAK'a dost

Serdar Akinan Öcalan ne diyor?

Mehmet Tezkan

İşte AKP’nin dikkat etmesi gereken ‘Güneydoğu gerçeği!’

Kirkuk remains priority for Turkey

Neither Kurdistan nor Kirkuk. Tukey and US plans.

Haşim Haşimi: DTP loses ground, AK Party gains, but no chance for a third party

KORAY DÜZGÖREN

Şanzıman dağılmadan

Identity and history (I)by DOĞU ERGİL

Mehmet Yılmaz Satrançta enerji hamlesi ve PKK'nın tasfiyesi

Herkes bilsin ki; terörle mücadelede kararlıyız

KÜRŞAT BUMİN 'Zor işi' kolaylaştırma önerileri (ikinci baskı)

Ferai Tınç Diyarbakır imajını istiyor

İnsanlar bizden çözüm bekliyor

Bülent Korucu Güneydoğu'ya 'sivil' çözüm

ERDAL ŞAFAK Diyarbakır Cezaevi

Baydemir: Diyarbakır saldırısı kabul edilemez

Füze Ermenilerden; Geçiş Yahudi Köyünden

Komşu şu duvara sen de el at

İstiklal Marşı'ndan rahatsız oldu

’Ulusal devlet’ bir çözüm olamaz

PKK kurbanının abisi dağda çıktı

Terör örgütü, sağlığı bozulan teröristi ölüme terk ediyor

CHP yeni 'Kürt Raporu' için hazırlıklara başladı

CHP’den Kürt atağı

Baykal’ın 6 yıl aradan sonra Diyarbakır’a gitmesinin ardından CHP “çağdaş Kürt raporu” hazırlamaya başladı

ABD ile aynı BBG evini izliyoruz

Dağlıca'da PKK'nın tacizi 3 gece sürmüş

DTP'li Ayna: Türkiye'de çatışma değil, savaş var

A Turan Alkan Uzman görüşü!

Iran Kurdish Opposition PJAK Confirms Suicide Mission

Kurds to Take Action If Demands Not Met By Iraqi Government

Betrayal? The US Policy Towards Kurds

Ayna: Kürd sorunu konusunda AKP ile CHP’nin birbirinden farkı yok

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

PKK'ye yöneltilen eleştiriler tümden haksız mıdır?

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Diyarbakır saldırısı ve düşünceler

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Apo'yla röportaja izin (!)

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

KCK’de “kafalar karışık” mı?

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Zebari: Irak’taki ABD varlığı sona ermeyecek

Iraqi Election Official Says Law on Disputed Areas Void

(Corrected)Iraqi Kurd Analyst Cynical About Kirkuk Status Law

Kurds negotiate with two Canadian firms to construct two oil ...

Kurdish studies department in Armenia

Unity pact targets Kurdish oil control

KC denies secret contacts with Turkmen over Kirkuk

Iraqi Kurdistan Leader, Italian Undersecretary Discuss Cooperation, Oil Deals

Iraqi Kurd Officials Divided Over Awakening Council Formation in Mosul

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 13 Jan 08

Paper Clarifies Confusion Over Iraq Kurd Islamic Figure, Extremist

Er Yüce'nin komutanından şok iddia

Er R.Y. arkadaşlarına 'teslim ol' çağrısı yaptı

Diyarbakır'da göbek atan ünlü gazeteciler kim?

‘Güneydoğu’nun İmajında Medyanın Rolü’ konulu bir panel için 150 gazeteci Diyarbakır’daydı

Annem Kürt olmasına rağmen ben o trenden indim Dün başladığımız Latif Tekin söyleşisi bugün de devam ediyor...

Doğulu işadamlarından batıya iade-i ziyaret

Dağlıca baskınında PKK'lıların konuşmalarını, 'vatana ihanet'le suçlanan er tercüme etmiş

'Türkiye farklı olsun biz destek veririz'

Bombacı ’hisli çocukmuş’

Arkadaşı dağdaki çatışmada ölmüş

Baskından önce PKK'lıları gördük

Bombacıyı ortada bıraktılar

İstanbul'u kana bulamak isteyen 5 PKK'lı tutuklandı

Termal kameralı tanklar sınırda

Komutan, Dağlıca’daki baskın gecesini anlattı

Genç Siviller'den, Kürt kültürünü tanıtma dersi

Irak'ta petrol için yeni ittifak kuruldu

Irak'ta petrol için yeni ittifak kuruldu

Turkey and US cooperate for Iraqi oil

Birliklerini sattılar

DTP Milletvekili Emine Ayna, PKK'yı kediye benzetti

Vedat Yenerer Barzaniciler gaza bastı !..

Mahir Kaynak Arka plan

Sedat Sertoğlu Söyledi mi söylemedi mi?

Mehmet Altan Er Yüce hain mi?

Diyarbakır imajını tartıştı

Şırnak'ta, 2 terörist yakalandı

Gül vows truthfulness on counterterrorism efforts

İran’dan doğalgaz gelemeyebilir

Türkmenistan ile İran arasında 'doğalgaz' krizi...

Gül yarın Mısır’a gidiyor

[HABER İZLENİM] 'Ene bihib Cul evy' Gül'ü çok seviyorum

Gül'ün Kahire gündeminde ''stratejik ortaklık'' da var

Gül’s visit to cement strategic ties with Egypt

Nasuhi Güngör Türkiye-Mısır İran’a karşı mı?

"Türkiye'nin terörist dediğini biz de ille öyle görmeyiz"

Turkey to unveil national plan for cultural dialogue

Fikret Ertan The estimate that changed the estimates

Richard Falk Amerika, Irak işgalinden ders almamış gözüküyor

İhsanoğlu: İKÖ için AB'deki işbirliğini örnek alıyoruz

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Kadri GÜRSEL Kıbrıs ya bu yıl çözülür, ya da...

Turkish telecoms, energy and transport sectors in light of EU harmonisation

AKP frene mi bastı

Doğu Ergil Questions about the Nabucco pipeline

Seks, yalanlar ve bir DVD

Rumlara KKTC fırçası

Alman başbakan Türkler'e meydan okudu

Bishop locked out of churches over Turkish priest

Immigrant crime row could harm German coalition

Incredible journey

Belçika DHKP-C üyeleri hakkındaki kararı yine erteledi

Boğaz’dan Moskova geçti

Yunan’ı şoke eden porno görüntüler

'Yayınevi cinayeti'nin 2. duruşması başladı

Yayınevi cinayetinde 'derin' bağlantılar gündeme gelecek

Violence in media feeds violence on streets

ECEVİT KILIÇ
Üç mühendis projeleri için öldürülmüş olamaz

Metin Münir Hayalet yıldızların ışığında

İkinci duruşma başladı

Yeşil'in sağ kolu Zakir S. yeniden yakalandı

Kadrolaşma iddiaları için Komisyon kurulacak

Yeşil'in sağ kolu yakalandı

4 gün izin aldı, İstinye Park’ta kahvaltı yaptı

Hrant Dink için kurşun geçirmez yelek aranmış

Emniyet, düşen helikopterin iadesi için üretici firmaya ihbarname çekti

Malatya’da ihbar mektubu skandalı

Geske: Polis, 2005 baskınını gizledi

301'in tek mağduru Dink mi?

Protokolde aynı görüntüler

İhale çetesine ceza yağdı

İhalelerde yolsuzluk operasyonu

Bakan Güler: Aldığımız tedbirler sayesinde bu kış halkımızı üşütmeyeceğiz

Dinç Bilgin röportajına şaşırtan yorumlar

Memurum işini bilir

Yağmurdereli kimdir?

Sivri dilli yazar Nihat Genç, Osman Yağmurdereli, Sibel Can, Adnan Şenses gibi isimlere ateş püskürdü

Meclis'teki tabur kalıyor

Yargıtay’da seçim yarın devam edecek

Bu bayrağı niçin yaptık

Serpil YILMAZ Sabah ihalesi oldu, yeni RTÜK yasası Meclis'e verildi

Sivil plakayla kaçtığım oluyor

Çaldıran tarih yalanı

Osmanlı camilerinin yerine otel

Nutuk’u okuyacaksınız

Yeşil’in sağ kolunu jandarma yakaladı

2010 yılı için İstanbul Okulu

Kadın belediye başkanı istiyorum

Soner Yalçın İran İslam Devrimi, kendi Fazıl Say’larına ne yaptı

24 saat ilaç ihalesi

Trabzon Emniyeti: Hedefi bildirdik

Başbakan: Eğitimsiz nüfus kâbus olur

Isparta'da 250 asker zehirlendi

'Derin albay'ın avukatı ulusalcı parti lideri

Abdera'da sigara yasağı Hasan Celal Güzel

Çürük raporu operasyonunda 10 tutuklama

'Eve teslim kitap' projesinden 1 yılda sadece 4 kişi yararlandı!

Sicili bozuk TV kanalına reklam yasağı geliyor

"Büyük ikramiyeyi haram diye almıyor"

Papermoon'da 7 bin YTL'lik Petrus'u kim içti?

14 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 Vatandaş yerelde de AK Parti’yi tercih ediyor

Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Bir kaşık suda diplomatik fırtına çıkaranlara...

Ömer Taşpınar Washington’s dilemma between Ankara and Arbil

Günlerce aç kalan teröristler kurbaga etiyle besleniyor

Medyaya yeni düzen

Cüneyt Ülsever Cumhurbaşkanı’nın ABD gezisi (II)

Enis Berberoğlu Gül’den iki söz

Cengiz Çandar Hrant’a derdim ki...

Cevdet Aşkın Çankaya'dan Kürt sorununda şok açıklamalar yolda

Gül: Birileri doğruyu söylemiyorsa benim pozisyonumdaki söylemeli

Sedat ERGİN Cumhurbaşkanı: Doğruları söylemekten kaçınmam

Kadri GÜRSEL Kıbrıs ya bu yıl çözülür, ya da...

Semih İDİZ Sarkozy ve Merkel ile zirve dönüm noktası olabilir

ABD'yle 20 yıldır enerji işbirliği var

Gerçek Eylem Planı yapılsın
Tarhan Erdem

Zor kararlar Erdoğan'a kaldı

8 askerin kaçırılmasından er Yüce sorumlu

Taha AKYOL 'Demokratik İslam devleti'

Yarım saat geciksek Yunanla çatışırdık

Soli Özel| İktidar ve ahlak

Yargı: İbadethane olarak cemevi açılamaz

8. Fethullah Gülen'e karşı düzenlenen bilinmeyen suikast girişimi

Mehveş Evin Yeni Türkler

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Siyasi çözüm...

Amberin Zeman Benim üzerimden Başbakan’a saldırdılar

İmam Hatipler kızlara kaldı

İhsan Dağı Do the Americans know who the boss is in Ankara?

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık - Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Taha Kıvanç

Fehmi Koru Abdullah Gül'ün özeli

A timely visit

TAMER KORKMAZ Bilgin İtirafnamesi

TAMER KORKMAZ Sincan-EMASYA Hattı!

Fatih Çekirge'ye manşeti generaller söylüyordu

Fatih Çekirge O bayrak nereye dayanacak!

Cengiz Aktar Gül’ün ABD ziyareti: Biraz tevazu lütfen

Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] Ama bütün teröristler Müslüman!

Ulusalcılar bu işe ne diyor?
İsmet Berkan

10 bin dolar o kadar uzak olmayabilir İsmet Berkan

Ahmet Hakan İki ’Hanımefendi’ arasındaki 8 fark

Government action plan sets aggressive targets

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti bilinç cumhuriyetidir

Erdoğan: Cemevi talebine uzak kalmayız

Alevi örgütlerinde yemek tartışması

Alevi hamlesi başarısız mı?
Murat Yetkin

Ömer Lütfi Mete Aleviciliğe karşı Alevilik

Mehmet Metiner "Dönek" ve "düşkün"

Acıyla arınma, gözyaşıyla kutsanma AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

Serdar Turgut AKP’nin Alevi açılımı

Alevilik niye hâlâ bir mesele ki?..
H. Gökhan Özgün

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

Aleviler ve yeni oluşumlar

Laiklikten uzaklaşılır

Alevi derneklerinden 'öğretmen tayini' tepkisi

Açıklandığı gün, dikkat çekici...

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Madımak 'yem' miydi?

Erdoğan: Alevi talebi ulaşmadı

Çapan'dan Alevilere akıl almaz tavsiye

HÜKÜMET ALEVİLERİN TALEPLERİNİ KARŞILAYABİLİR Mİ?

Mehmet Altan Alevi sorunu nasıl çözülür?

Bülent Kenes Alevism without Islam and Ali, and the boycotted iftar

İftar brings cracks among Alevis to surface

Erdoğan, Kocatepe imamı gibi konuştu

Mustafa Ünal Her şeye rağmen bir adım atıldı

'AKP, Alevilerin hiçbir sorununu çözmedi Prof. Dr. İzzettin Doğan, AKP'nin Alevi açılımını bu sözlerle eleştirdi

Mümtazer Türköne Yaşayan en büyük Alevî-Bektaşî

İsmail Küçükkaya
Alevi iftarının sonrası...

Mustafa Akyol Alevi usulü engizisyon

Ardan Zentürk Matemde kardeşlik...

Acıyı bal eyledik ya Yıldırım Türker

Deniz Baykal da Alevi dedelere mektup yazdı

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Alevi ezberleri

Başbakan 'dan 'Cemevi' sinyali

Hasan CEMAL Gerilimden medet ummak yerine, diyalog kapıları açalım!

Ertuğrul Özkök

Ahmet Hakan Ertuğrul Özkök kimi tercih eder

M Ali Birand

Oktay Ekşi İster inan, ister inanma!

İlnur Çevik Will changing 301 really do the trick?

Nuh Yılmaz Türkiye enerji kavşağı haline geliyor

Özdemir İnce Arap dünyası fotoğrafın arabı

Tufan Türenç Gül bu doğruları söyleyebilir mi?

Mehmet Barlas Çok bilen çok yanılırsa az bilen daha mı az yanılır?

Tarih ezberlenmesi gereken baş belası bir lise dersi midir?

Fikret BİLA Hastanedeki itiraz haklı mı?

'Vatandaşı rehin alacak olanın alnını karışlarım'

İhsan Yılmaz Gangs and urgent need for judicial reform

Yavuz Baydar ‘Headlines rolling’

The Turkish Blutfahne (blood flag)
Mustafa AKYOL

ALİ BULAÇ - Suşi ve oratoryo (2)

Nuran Yıldız Altaylı'ya özür borcu/Bush ve Gül: Fantastik başarı

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Siyasi çözüm...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Diyarbakır Cezaevi

Madrid çağrışımları

Türban maddesi Erdoğan'ı bekliyor

Ahmet Taşgetiren Sarkozy bir rol model mi?

ERGUN BABAHAN Gül: Halkla yakın olmayı özlüyorum 'Her ortamda mutlaka doğruyu söyleyeceğim'

EMRE AKÖZ Otomatik abdest makinesi

Ekrem Dumanlı Gazetecilik adına kritik bir muhasebe

Umur Talu Kanmadan kanamadan

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

Aleviler ve yeni oluşumlar

NAZLI ILICAK Üniversite hastaneleri can çekişiyor

MAHMUT ÖVÜR 'Alevi iftarı'yla bozulan ezber!

YAVUZ DONAT Zafer Hoca'dan "durum" raporu

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Türbülansın en kritik aşaması

Eylem yerine temenni planı açıklamamak neden önemli?
Fatih Özatay

Türkiye'ye sıcak para yağıyor

Ercan Kumcu Merkez Bankası’nın başkentte olması egemenliğin simgesi Gelişmiş ülkelerde politika alternatifleri

Hasan Ersel Enerji stoğu artırılmalı, yapay düşük fiyatın bedeli şoktur

Erdal Sağlam Faiz indirimleri artık kesin ama...

İki ödül, bir düşünce Mahfi Eğilmez

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Kredi krizi mi geliyor kimler zorda kalıyor Dövizin sunduğu fırsatlar

Merkez Bankası İstanbul'a taşınmalı mı? Gözlem ve kuşkular... Haluk Şahin

Merkez Bankası'nın İstanbul'a taşınması

TCMB, AKP'nin 'alamadığı' belde mi?
Uğur Gürses

[CAFE CAPITAL] Debate on moving finance institutions heats up

Güngör URAS Yok bina yap bina

'Temenni planı' güven verir mi?
Fatih Özatay

Eser Karakaş Merkez Bankası, Ankara-İstanbul hattı

Ergin Yıldızoğlu Dünya Ekonomik Forumu, Küresel Riskiler çok arttı diyor

Turning the page to the future for Turkish participation banks

Deniz Gökçe Dünyada neler oluyor?

'Petrol bağımlılığı'ndan kurtulabilmek mümkün mü?
CENK SİDAR

Enflasyon düşüyor ama takan yok

Hazine, 2008'de özelleştirmeden 12 milyar YTL gelir bekliyor

Borç hangi yiğidin kamçısı?

Ertuğ Yaşar AKP'nin ilk seçim yenilgisi

Deniz Gökçe Enflasyonu bile ithal ediyoruz!

Sosyal Güvenlik Yasa tasarısına karşı eylemler

Piyasada sıcak para 11 kat arttı

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Başbakan 'Bu iş bitsin' dedi Maliye'de kurullar birleşiyor

İbrahim Öztürk Hükümetin eylem planı ve Türkiye'nin sanayileşme stratejisi

H4 New York Times Iraq Eases Curb on Ex-Officials of Baath Party A measure to allow former officials from Saddam Hussein’s party to apply for government jobs came after months of U.S. pressure.

Bush Urges Unity Against Iran

NEWS ANALYSIS; Ex-Baathists Get a Break. Or Do They?

WILLIAM KRISTOL The Democrats’ Fairy Tale It’s apparently impermissible for leading Democrats to acknowledge — let alone celebrate — progress in Iraq

Afghans, Report for Duty By RONALD E. NEUMANNA draft in Afghanistan would make it possible to gather a much larger military force, and far more quickly, around the core professional force already in place

McCain Rises in Fluid G.O.P.; Obama Gains on Electability The latest nationwide New York Times/CBS News Poll underscores the volatility in the Republican race, and it shows economic worries topping the voters’ agenda.

Full Results (pdf) |

Bush Says He Could Halt Withdrawal, if Security Dictates

Vanishing Act By NOAH FELDMAN What we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about Iraq.

Some Fear Economic Stimulus Is Already Too Late The forces menacing the economy may be too entrenched to be swiftly dispatched by government intervention

Editorial The Candidates Discover the Economy The presidential candidates are only beginning to recognize that the economy is in trouble and unlikely to improve without some sensible government response.

Paul Krugman

Responding to Recession

Recent statements by the presidential candidates and their surrogates about the economy are quite revealing.

Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending The abrupt pullback in spending raises the possibility that the country may be experiencing a rare decline in personal consumption.

Editorial Unfinished Debate on Iraq Iraq will be a central challenge for whoever succeeds President Bush and has to repair the profound damage he has wrought with a war that should never have been fought.

Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles The Times found 121 cases in which veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan committed a killing in this country, or were charged with one, after their return from war

Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard Mike Huckabee’s candidacy threatens to divide the leaders of the conservative Christian movement and their base.

Attack Jolts Germany Into Fray on Immigrant Crime

An Iraqi House Was Rigged to Kill American Soldiers

Taiwan Election May Ease Tensions With China

Pakistan Expels Writer of Article on Taliban

Error by Allies and 2 Clashes Kill 15 in South of Afghanistan

CHECK POINT; In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record

Opposition Wins Taiwan Parliamentary Election

Lives of Poverty, Untouched by China’s Boom

Two Giants Try to Learn to Share Asia

Iran Urges Agency to Settle Atomic Case

Syria Rebuilds on Site Destroyed by Israeli Bombs

FRANK RICH Haven’t We Heard This Voice Before? If Hillary Clinton prompted many to give her candidacy a fresh look in the New Hampshire primary, her victory speech was a step back

A Terror Threat in the Courts By JOHN FARMERA closer look at the Jose Padilla case reveals that the reliance on our criminal justice system as the main domestic weapon in the struggle against terrorism fails.

H5 Washington Post It's Not About Iran By Shibley Telhami

McCain Moves Into Lead; Obama Gains on Clinton Giuliani Falls to 4th in National Poll

Bush Nudges Mideast on Democracy

Dissidents Skeptical, Saying U.S. Has Overlooked Abuses

Bush Urges United Action Against Iran

Nuclear Agency Gets Pledge From Tehran to Explain Past Work

Iraq Passes Bill on Baathists Plan Would Ease Limits on Former Hussein Followers

Editorial A Middle East Commitment

Seven years later, President Bush picks up where Bill Clinton left off

Bush's Diplomatic Amends

5 Myths About Breaking Our Addiction to Oil Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit By Robert Bryce The idea that the United States can be independent of the $5 trillion-per-year energy business is ludicrous on its face.

Bush Urges Allies to Join U.S. Efforts to Confront Iran: President Makes Appeal During Eight-Day Trip Through Middle East Region

Why Al-Qaeda Is Losing By Gary Anderson We need to use al-Qaeda's murder of Muslims as part of our propaganda war.

Riding the Change Horse By David Ignatius Americans instinctively embrace messages of change. But they want their change in gradual, digestible bites.

The GOP's Grim Numbers By George F. Will Democrats can look forward to a rollicking November. Republicans should look for shelter.

West Bank's Jewish 'Outposts' Dig In

Many Answer Bush's Demand For End to Illegal Settlements By Starting New Construction

Many Pakistanis See Leader As Having Reigned Too Long

Bush Meets With Petraeus In Kuwait, President Seems to Claim Vindication for 'Surge'

Hands-On General Is Next No. 2 in Iraq Austin Will Take Over Daily Operations

Intelligence Chief Couches Reference to Waterboarding as 'Torture'

White House Secrecy Starts to Give

As Congress Intensifies Efforts for Openness, Administration Accedes

Huckabee: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP

Will They Play the Race Card? By Marjorie Valbrun Hillary Clinton tries to give the impression that she 'gets' black people -- and covertly uses race to undermine her black rival.

Cloudy Fortunes For Conservatism By Jonah Goldberg

Avoiding Plane Crashes By Crunching Numbers Data Mining Helps Identify Subtle Flaws

Opposition in Taiwan Secures Major Win in Legislative Polling Results Seen as Renunciation of President's Independence Drive

Despite Victory, Taiwanese Party Urges Caution

Different Sentiments in Play For March Presidential Vote

Attack Seen as Setback For U.N. in Darfur U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force endures more than 10 minutes of hostile fire from Sudanese forces without responding with any shots.

Not-So-Straight Talk By Robert D. Novak,

Why won't John McCain tell America what he told me over breakfast a year ago?

A Nobel Laureate's Primary By Sebastian Mallaby The presidential primaries are terrific fun, but they are also absurd -- far more absurd than even most critics recognize. It is not just that atypical, early states have disproportionate influence, or that outcomes can be swayed by floods of rain or money. The basic problem is one that's common ...

H6 Guardian Bush urges allies to confront Iran President George Bush lambasts Middle East nation as 'the world's leading sponsor of state terror'

The beauty of gas David Cronin This year could see a thaw in relations between Brussels and Moscow. Despite Russia's human rights record, Europe needs its resources

EU emission limits may drive industries out of Europe European commission will set out new laws to impose swingeing limits on greenhouse gas emissions

Workers' paradise? Kenneth Rogoff Jan 13 08, 02:00pm: Labour unions are fighting fit once more, but is their resurgence good news for the global economy or a destabilising force?

A blind eye to barbarism Fariba Amini Jan 13 08, 04:00pm: For three decades, Iran has systematically violated its citizens' basic human rights. Now it must be held accountable

Relatives of victims of Beslan siege go on trial · Women had accused Putin of complicity in deaths
· Kremlin 'using extremism law to silence critics'

Bet your bottom dollar Salil Tripathi Jan 12 08, 03:00pm: Vanity, not catastrophe, led to the sale of the first $100 barrel of oil. But what is really causing price increases, and how bad will it get?

The sword is mightier Seth Freedman Jan 12 08, 04:00pm: An unarmed civilian observer mission can't offer balanced policing to Palestinians in Hebron, a city where the IDF runs the show

Made in China, recalled in Britain

Number of dangerous or faulty products recalled in Britain hits an-all time high, with imports blamed

Candidates prepare for lengthy fight
· Super Tuesday may not be decisive for either party · Clinton seeks $10m more for post-February 5 drive

For all that Republicans hate it, McCain may be their man
Michael Tomasky: The veteran Arizona senator's popularity with independent voters could be enough to make him unstoppable

Different Clinton, more painful bill

Barack Obama - I'm sure we've seen him somewhere before

Armando Iannucci: Why does Obama, billed by everyone as a cross between Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, but without the terrible looks of either, just leave me puzzled?

Intelligence chief speaks out on 'waterboarding' Chief says the practice 'would be torture' if the interrogated was forced to take water into lungs

The Observer Iraqis heal wounds inflicted by purge Bill restores rights of ex-Baath party members and ends a divisive legacy of bungled occupation

Blair kicks off campaign to become EU President

God and race divide parties in key battle for the soul of the South
Barack Obama has to win over both black and white Democrat voters to see off Hillary Clinton: the Republican hopefuls are more worried about religion

Official secrets row after failed bid
Pressure to scrap the present Official Secrets Act is growing amid new revelations
Secret email that freed the mole
Leader: Overhaul our unjust laws

France grows weary with the Sarkozy soap opera Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni make it clear that they care nothing for what anyone thinks, including Tony Blair

Once there was discretion at the Elysée, now there is farce
Catherine Bennett: President Sarkozy's passions have swiftly destroyed the civilised secrecy enjoyed by our closest neighbour

H7

Daily Star Gulf Arabs know better than to follow Bush's path to confrontation with Iran

Keep the US 'freedom agenda' alive By Ammar Abdulhamid

Time to acknowledge Bhutto's flawed track record By John L. Esposito

With Nuclear Rebirth Come New Worries

The Iranian challenge (By Harlan Ullman)

Candidates' Unconditional Support Does Israel No Favor John J. Mearsheimer

America’s Plan to Seize Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons : Huda al Husseini

Jan 11 IA# 416 - The Collapse of the Saudi Sunni Bloc against Iran's Aspirations for Regional Hegemony in the Gulf

PAPER: Soros secretely funded report which claimed 650,000 deaths in Iraq...

Neoconservatives: Fathers and Sons

Hotheads of Hormuz - Oliver North, Washington Times

Is US Planning To Hit Pak Tribal Areas?


Peace Promise -
We hope President Bush is not really as dewy-eyed as his words suggest National Review editorial

Bush's visit should be used to form a new alliance
Al-Arabiya

A War Report Discredited - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe

Militarism, War, Empire, Caskets, and Bankruptcy
by Jacob G. Hornberger

Gulf of Tonkin Will Be Tough to Repeat by Ray McGovern

Weekly Standard Living in a Dream WorldThe political fantasies of foreign service officers.
by Michael Rubin

USIP Event: Rethinking Democracy Promotion in the Middle East

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

Former Iraq Baathists Skeptical of Law

Bush Mideast speech draws cool response

[Fbis] OSC: Al-Jazirah: Iranian, Arab Analysts Discuss President Bush's Speech in Abu Dhabi

[Fbis] OSC: Hizballah Cleric Criticizes Bush's Visit, US Policy, Praises Iran's 'Resources'

Iraqi Opposition Alliance Threatens Govt

Juan Cole: New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists

U.S. forces finishing al Qaeda sweep in Diyala

Iran to answer to UN on nukes within four weeks

Bush May Halt Iraq Troop Cutbacks

Ahmadinejad in dark on Hormuz naval clash (By Gethin Chamberlain)

US: Iranian Bombs Rise in Iraq

Iraq Shiite and Sunni MPs sign new 'unity' pact

Navy: Radio Threat 'May Have Been Coincidence'

Iran Says US 'Lost Face' Over Ship Incident

Joint Chiefs Chairman: Close Guantánamo

Report: Saudi Arabia Won't Be Launchpad for Iran Attack

Rebuilding a Baghdad Neighborhood

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Will Iraq Return as a Campaign Issue?

Insurrection in Iranian Balochistan

Iraqis Authorize Big Jump in Forces

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 13 Jan 08

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 13 Jan 08 (Package B)

Fresh hopes
Iraq's entrepreneurs take advantage of lull in violent attacks

Not propaganda
US-Iran confrontation in the Gulf raises fears of unintended attacks

Bush to Push $20bn Saudi Weapons Deal

Bush Push for Mideast Peace a Lame Duck Move

Who Is Killing the Women of Basra?

DEBKAfile: Gulf rulers voice concern to Bush about StraitStrait ofof HormuzHormuz security after last Sunday’s Iranian-US naval encounter

Larijani to Stand in Iranian Vote

Lebanon 'will be lost' unless it heeds Arab plan - Mubarak

[Fbis] OSC: Iran: TV Analyzes Bush's Trip to Mideast; Concludes For 'Propaganda' Purposes

[Fbis] OSC: Iranian TV Broadcasts Discussion Program on Strait of Hormuz Incident

Iran: Authorities Target More Student Activists Ahead Of Elections

H9 Ha’aretz Palestinians sue for NIS 40 million for land taken by settlers

Barak reaches deal for evacuation of outposts

Rosner's Guest: The Jews are best prepared for a "flat world"

Poll: Who is the candidate that will have better policies for Israel?

Bar’el The Arabs should stop whining

Eldar Abbas should be safeguarded

Shin Bet head: More than 800 killed in Gaza in last two years

Yossi Sarid: Nice things in U.S., which would do Israel well

Gideon Levy: Time for PM to oust refusers of peace in government

Jerusalem Post Editorials

10 essential words The Arab demand for a "right of return" is utterly asymmetrical.

PLO to isolate Hamas with separate W. Bank parliamentOrganization's Central Council scheduled to call for early parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories.

Talks on core issues to begin

Israel and PA to discuss J'lem, settlements, refugees, borders, security, water resources.

Report: Israel planning to assassinate Haniyeh

· Navigating our flat Earth

How to get young people to be distinctively Jewish and globally human.

A response to Ronald Lauder

Who constitutes 'the Jewish people as a whole,' and what does Israeli sovereignty really mean?

Back to business as usual with Iran

[ MATTHIAS KUNTZEL

The Region: Here we go round the mulberry bush [ BARRY RUBIN

Self-inflicted wounds [ DAVID HOROVITZ ,

George in Jihadland CAROLINE GLICK

Poll: 'Overwhelming' support for Obama among Arab Americans

Palestinians: Three killed in IAF strike near Haniyeh's home

Analyze This: Olmert keeps a sporting chance

[ CALEV BEN-DAVID ,

Yedioth Ahronoth 'We won't stop J'lem building'

Housing minister speaks out against division of capital, insists on continuing construction

Should we retake Gaza?

Did Shin Bet Chief Count Slain Children as 'Terrorists Killed'?

Hiding the evidence/ BergmanReconstruction effort at bombed Syrian site likely aimed at covering up evidence

Daily Alert.orgMiddle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review Google News Israel - Palestine

BBC 'Core issues' on Mid-East agenda Israelis and Palestinians are to discuss core issues in the conflict on Monday, the Palestinian leader says.

Change on campus: Arabs study Israel

Olmert calls settlements a 'disgrace' (By Aron Heller)

Cossiga: US, Mossad behind 9/11 Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga says global intelligence agencies assert the 9/11 attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad

Gaza smugglers stay busy

Alleged weapons smuggling in tunnels underneath the Egypt-Gaza border has become a major sticking point amid President Bush's new push for peace in the Middle East.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

The storied Mediterranean faces climate change

In the first of a four-part series, the Monitor examines the impact of man-made pressures on the region.

Iraq offensive: Clear out militants - and stay

US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model

THE MONITOR'S VIEW

A perfect storm door against a U.S. recession? Cries of coming recession must not trigger a political split in Washington over a stimulus response.

General Honoré, Katrina and the Army behind him, retains civic aims

Retired Friday from the Army, he wants to help the public attain a 'culture of preparedness' like that of the cold-war era.

In Michigan, three in tight G.O.P. race

The state's economic woes are the central focus for Romney, McCain, and Huckabee before Tuesday's primary.

The real reason for Kenya's violence

Contrary to popular belief, it isn't simply 'tribal' or 'spontaneous.'

A bid for better military relations with China

High-level meetings are part of Admiral Keating's trip this week, following a flap over Hong Kong port visit by USS Kitty Hawk.

Opposition win may bring Taiwan closer to China

The resurgence of pro-China opposition party, Kuomintang, which took a majority in Saturday's legislative elections, boosts its chances for the presidential vote in March.

ASIA

LA Times China's dark triumph By Ian Buruma The success of its economy poses a serious challenge to liberal democracy.

Two Giants Try to Learn to Share Asia

Independent on Sunday Economic View: China and India are heading for the top of the world but along the way the climb will become treacherous

China's Soft Power - Richard Halloran, RealClearPolitics

America’s Asian Opportunity
Source: Asian Outlook (American Enterprise Institute)

FT LEADER: Taiwan's fresh start

Farmers Challenge Chinese Land Policy An uprising of soybean farmers appears to be the start of a growing backlash against China's system of collective land ownership

CAP Our Pakistan Problem: Turmoil Requires a Shift in US Policy

H11 IHT Europe can't agree on anti-dumping rulesAcknowledging differences of opinion in the EU, the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said plans to change rules had been shelved and warned that a lack of clarity in the current system was hurting business.

Proposed lyrics for Spain's national anthem face a tough sell

In France, ministers look for a 2nd jobNearly two-thirds of President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet members have already transformed themselves into part-time ministers, declaring that they deserve to be the next mayors and deputy mayors of France.

EUROPE European press review

Balkan Stability Zones and Problem Areas: The Greek View

Bubbling Balkan Crisis is Back

EU emission limits may drive industries out of Europe
European commission will set out new laws to impose swingeing limits on greenhouse gas emissions

Sarkozy to sign UAE nuclear deal
France's president begins a tour of the Gulf, where he will sign a nuclear deal with the United Arab Emirates.

Albanian President to Pay First-Ever Kosovo Visit

EU rethinks biofuels guidelines

Boardroom bliss
How Norway ensures women in business reach the top

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

BBC Rally against Georgia poll result

Thousands join a protest in Georgia against presidential poll winner Mikhail Saakashvili, amid claims of vote-rigging

H13 The Times Britain plot to overthrow Italian government

Letters reveal James Gallaghan's Government, the US and the Vatican feared a Communist election victory in 1976

Anatole Kaletsky Goodbye to all that: the worst is over for the global credit crunch

George Bush tries to rally Gulf allies against Iran

In keynote speech of Middle East tour, President Bush describes Iran as 'leading state sponsor of terrorism'

Taiwan turns on 'independence' leader

The Nationalist Party of the late Chiang Kai-shek triumphed in weekend elections, to the relief of the US and Beijing

Did ‘Filipino monkey’ nearly spark Gulf clash?

A mischief-maker may have been behind the "bomb warning" that nearly triggered a confrontation between the US and Iran

Iraq war has been terrible, admits minister

Lord Malloch-Brown, who has a reputation for making controversial remarks in public, said it had been a terrible episode

Ill wind of recession may blow Romney some good The Republican is desperate for a win in the state where he grew up, emphasising his "personal commitment" to Michigan

Giuliani's poll disaster

Sunday Times Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in secret talks

George Bush tries to rally Gulf allies against Iran In keynote speech of Middle East tour, President Bush describes Iran as 'leading state sponsor of terrorism'

Angry Pakistanis Turn Against Army

Scotland Yard believes Al-Qaeda assassinated Benazir Bhutto

Wall Street Journal In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed

The recent sea change in Washington's perception of Iran marks a reversal of a different sort behind the scenes: After years in which Bush appointees and White House staff won out on foreign-policy matters, career staffers in the intelligence world have scored a big victory.

The Lessons of Iraq
By Erik Swabb We've gained valuable experience in how to fight irregular wars.

Fed to Show New Openness on Outlook

Fed Chairman Bernanke has decided to speak more often and more clearly about the economic outlook, after the Fed was blasted for contradictory signals.

Markets and the Dollar
By David Malpass
The best stimulus policy is a sound currency. While some worry that central banks are losing their power due to the size and complexity of global markets, the more likely problem is too much power.

Japan Sails Again

Japan rejoins the terror fight thanks to Fukuda's mettle. Review & Outlook

World Bank Disgrace

The worst corruption so far, this time in lending to India. Review & Outlook

H14 Financial Times Balkan unrest remains a recipe for disaster Russia risks producing a war, says Anatol Lieven

FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Embracing change

Iraq eases restrictions on Ba’athists Iraq’s parliament passed a law that would allow purged members of the former ruling Ba’ath party to return to public life.

Iran to clarify nuclear questions, says UN Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN atomic agency, will pay a rare visit to Iran, seeking to persuade the Iranian authorities to provide critical information about past attempts to ‘weaponise’ nuclear material.

Democracy disappoints Bahrain In spite of praise from US president George W. Bush, sectarian tensions and human rights violations underscore flaws in the Gulf state’s democratic model

Prominent banker in call to repeg riyal Saudi Arabia's largest state bank has urged Riyadh to consider altering the riyal's peg to the US dollar and diversify its assets by setting up a sovereign fund to...

Kuwait set to invest as Merrill seeks $4bn Merrill Lynch is seeking about $4bn in a second capital raising, as the hole in the US investment bank’s balance sheet continues to grow

Kazakhs in Kashagan accord with consortium Up to $4.5bn compensation for late start

This is not merely a subprime crisis If the credit default swap market hits problems – under a pessimistic scenario involving a nasty , long recession – it could produce global financial meltdown, writes Wolfgang Münchau

US will push ahead with arms sale to Saudi Arabia The Bush administration will move ahead with a high-profile arms sale to Saudi Arabia, as part of a $20bn package of deals with the Gulf States

Bush plays down call for Gulf reforms

President George W. Bush toned down his rhetoric on democratic change, as he sought to persuade the Gulf states to reduce their ties with Iran

Living donors top US charity list

US philanthropists are increasingly giving during their lifetimes rather than after their deaths, with the 50 most generous Americans committing $7.3bn to charity in 2007, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Clinton accused of ‘rewriting history’ The war of words in the Democratic presidential campaign grew shriller, with Hillary Clinton accusing Barack Obama of misrepresenting his record of opposition to the Iraq war

WEEKEND FT: Of ordinariness and occupation

The Democrats try, but fail, to transcend race Edward Luce on simmering tensions

Why America needs a little less laissez-faire US tide turns on inequality, writes Barney Frank

UK must stop ducking action on green issues Tim Yeo on climate change

Fresh start for Taiwan politics Beijing will continue to apply pressure to force Taiwan’s absorption into China and to undermine the US will to intervene on Taiwan’s behalf

Willem Buiter’s Maverecon Why the US may well need a recession: I consider further policies to stimulate demand in the US economy undesirable. The US needs a fall in domestic absorption

Spain feels the credit squeeze pain After three tranforming decades Europe’s economic success story may be about to suffer the consequences of a credit-fuelled spending and property boom

Ex-minister warns on German economy The government and the Social Democratic party are conducting a’ lethal’ economic policy that could inflict substantial damage on the country, it has been claimed

Russia puts Beslan activists on trial Campaigners who lost relatives in the 2004 school seige are charged under a recently toughened extremism law for blaming Vladimir Putin’s regime for the massacre

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don't just look to the Fed - China must help to ease the credit crisis

Pound's fall may realign UK's ties to eurozone The sudden fall in sterling could force a realignment of Britain's economic relationship with the eurozone, resulting in potentially painful consequences for both it...

FT MAGAZINE - BOOK REVIEW: When the world went global

H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. presses Iraq for Sunnis' integration Transferring them to the control of the Shiite-dominated government takes on new urgency as troops withdraw.

Crucial state for GOP contenders Michigan could inject even more volatility into the '08 Republican presidential campaign when they go to the polls.

Bush slams Iran in pro-democracy speech

Bush: Iraq force reduction is on track

Khamenei seeks shift in U.N. oversight

Iraq votes to lift ban on ex-Baathists

Pursuing happiness behind veil

Editorial

Bush slams Iran in UAE speech The president calls the Islamic republic the 'world's leading state sponsor of terror.' Tehran rejects his remarks.

Change: the empty word By Timothy Noah If every Hillary, Mitt and Barack promises it, how can it mean anything?

Can the Dems cash in? By Robert Kuttner

Don't bet on it if past missteps leave them unable to pin the nation's economic problems on the Bush administration.

China's dark triumph By Ian Buruma The success of its economy poses a serious challenge to liberal democracy.

H16 American Politics

McClatchy Campaign exposes deep rifts in GOP coalition The house that Ronald Reagan built is in danger of collapsing. All the men running for the Republican party's presidential nomination invoke Reagan's name repeatedly. But all of them offend at least one wing of the party enough that they'd find it difficult, and perhaps impossible, to pull the disparate elements of the old coalition together

Jonah Goldberg / Washington Post: Cloudy Fortunes for Conservatism

Fear of a black president

For a black person seeking power, there is an uncomfortable dance of identity and compromise. And for black voters, it means giving up something important as well. (By Joseph Williams)

Adversaries Take Aim at McCain With Arizonan's quest for nomination on track, old foes mobilize to keep him out of White House.

Race and Gender Are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been thrust into a social and political debate that transcends their candidacies

NEW WASHPOSTABCNEWS POLL: LARGE SHIFT TO OBAMA...

PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL HEATS: WHO'S WEAKEST FOR GOP? (Michael Medved/Townhall.com)


NYTCBSNEWS: MCCAIN NOW 'MOST FAVORED'...

REALCLEAR POLITICS: Dem Nomination Charts...

Princeton University Reveals How the GOP Steals Election

Sen. Hillary Clinton / MSNBC:

‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Jan. 13, 2008

G.O.P. Voters, in Big Shift, Favor McCain Over His Rivals

Hillary Attacks Obama - Mike Allen and Ben Smith, The Politico

About Those Endorsements - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo

Front-Runners Shaking Things Up - J.C. Watts, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Tough Campaign Is Needed - David Ignatius, Washington Post

Campaigning To Bust the Budget - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

Hillary Rides a Wave of Sympathy - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Sen. McCain and illegal immigration

As we've have noted in these pages, there is indeed much to admire about Sen. John McCain, ranging from his courage as a POW to his extraordinary leadership in pushing for the troop "surge" in Iraq. But this has not been the case with his disingenuous blustering on illegal immigration.

Lawmakers, Bush Face Test Over Economy

Parties Agree on Need For Quick Fix, Little Else

H17 Daily Telegraph Iraqi opposition threatens government

A middling power's foreign interventions

Simon Heffer takes an historical look at the dangers and unpleasant consequences of interventions by government in the affairs of foreign countries.

Muslim loudspeaker plan re-ignites

The row over a proposal to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer through a megaphone across part of Oxford has intensified.

UK bins £8bn of food each year

Consumers waste a third of all food.

Rudy Giuliani may regret late show

Sunday Telegraph Bush: Iran is 'top terror sponsor' President speaks out on Middle East trip.

Muslims must do more
to integrate, says poll
A majority of Britons believe that Muslims need to do
more to integrate into society and want tighter restrictions on immigration

H18 Independent Johann Hari: President Bush's only achievement in the Middle East is to increase the power of Iran

Bush talks the talk on human rights. Now he must walk the walk President George Bush is under pressure to use his visit to Saudi Arabia to seek the release of jailed blogger blogger Fouad al-Farhan.

Iran accused of being leading terror sponsor

How Britain plotted coup d'état to topple Italy's Communists

Loss of Antarctic ice has soared by 75 per cent in just 10 years

Ministers have missed 122 of 346 Whitehall targets The Government has failed to hit more than 100 of the performance targets it set itself as part of its drive to improve public services.

Intelligence chief condemns 'waterboarding' as torture

American banks set for further big write-downs

Independent on Sunday Economic View: China and India are heading for the top of the world but along the way the climb will become treacherous

Bush: pace of withdrawal from Iraq may have to slow

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Why Al-Qaeda Is Losing - Gary Anderson, Washington Post

Experts: Iraq war puts nation at risk Would 'conventional threat' make stretched-out military resort to nukes?

Joint Chiefs chair: Close Gitmo
Detention camp is simply too much bad PR, says admiral.

BBC Water-boarding 'would be torture'

US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell says water-boarding "would be torture" if he was subjected to it.

Water-boarding: Torture or not?

Q&A: Water-boarding

Rendition: Tales of torture

RoboCop in IraqIn the next five years, according to DefenseLink, the Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion on robots, breaking the monopoly of human soldiers in an army

A Terror-able Ruling - New York Post editorial


Using Terrorists to Fight Terrorism - Joshua Kurlantzick, Baltimore Sun

Richard Elias / Scotsman:
Al-Qaeda's white army of terror

Philip Agee: Former CIA agent who accused his government of 'state terrorism'

INTERPOL president resigns

US military may widen presence in Pakistan

Pakistan's Terror Inc.

There is no way to keep track of thousands of passengers arriving in Pakistan from the United Kingdom every day. Nor can MI5 cope with up to 1,000 a day returning to their U.K. homes from trips to Pakistan.

Islamism and Challenges to Resources for US Strategic Planning Against Jihad

H20 Slate

Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica

Sheets Melting in an Area Once Thought to Be Unaffected by Global Warming

Big Weddings Bring Afghans Joy, and Debt In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay for their weddings, including money for the bride’s family.

Drug Approved. Is Disease Real? The first medicine to treat the disease fibromyalgia has been approved, but some doctors dispute the very existence of the condition.

Europe Takes Africa’s Fish, and Migrants Follow Industrial boats from Europe have caused fish populations to collapse along Africa’s ocean floor, crippling coastal economies, and creating a surge of illegal migrants.

Beyond Zero-Sum Politics: Frameworks for Delivering Global Climate and Energy Security Source: EastWest Institute Full Document (PDF; 919 KB)

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 Source: United Nations Development Policy and Analysis Division Full Document (PDF; 3.1 MB)

Think Again: The Uses of the Humanities, Part Two

H21 The Moral Instinct By STEVEN PINKER Evolution has endowed us with ethical impulses. Do we know what to do with them?

The Lost Archive - WSJ.com

Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam's holy text

Living donors top US charity list US philanthropists are increasingly giving during their lifetimes rather than after their deaths, with the 50 most generous Americans committing $7.3bn to charity in 2007, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade Would children do better if school started later?

The $100 laptop - at 50 per cent off! Tech Blog: The $100 laptop may still not be a reality, but a One Laptop Per Child spin-off is already talking about a $50 version

India's $2,500 Doomsday Machine

Don't just stand there, think

New research suggests that we think not just with our brains, but with our bodies.

Scientists create first artificial heart

Muhammad was a genius in the way he united the myriad of fissiparous, feuding Bedouin tribes of Arabia into a cohesive polity... more»

Proof that expensive wine tastes better Paying more for wine makes drinkers believe that it tastes better no matter what the quality of the vintage, a study shows

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ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
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"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
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Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
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Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
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