| H1 The Times World markets plunge on US recession fears Billionaire investor George Soros said the situation was 'much more serious than any financial crisis since the end of the war' New York Times World Markets Plunge on Fears of U.S. Slowdown Markets in Asia were down in early trading on Tuesday, a day after stock prices fell in exchanges from Mumbai to Frankfurt. Obama and Clinton Tangle at Debate In the most intense exchange of the campaign, Clinton and Obama challenged each other on issues of integrity. (video) FT Let us not lose faith in democracy The problem with George W. Bush’s freedom agenda is not the idea of supporting democrats around the world but that the policy is now applied so selectively it appears delusional and hypocritical, writes Gideon Rachman Guardian Nuclear strike an option, Nato told West must be ready to attack to halt 'imminent' spread of weapons, says manifesto by senior military Black Monday: recession fears spark share crash · FTSE suffers biggest fall since 2001 · Interest rate cuts predicted Humiliation for Ahmadinejad as veto is overruled Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sides with MPs by ordering him to supply cheap gas to villages suffering power cuts Gaza: no light, no heat, no bread
Besieged civilians pay price for Israel's hardline response to rockets Ha’aretz – Israel agrees to lift aid ban on Gaza Strip for one day Defense Ministry sources say move is one-time easing of blockade, not change in government's policy Washngton Times U.S. lobbies NATO to expand NATO is expected to issue membership invitations to as many as three Balkan countries this spring in yet another round of enlargement championed by the United States, alliance diplomats said yesterday. Strategies for Policy Reform CIPE This 100-page report describes programmes used to advance democratic policymaking and free market economics Al Qaeda: A Global Phenomenon Reaching Maturity By: Ioannis Michaletis | World Press
The fanatics of Islam have engineered a new way of conducting war through the Salafist jihad, and without restraints concerning civilian casualties. The new terror is composed of networks of individuals spread throughout the world that provide logistic support to the mercenaries and soldier of Islam that perform terrorist actions New Yorker The Choice George Packer Hillary’s idea of the Presidency vs. Obama’s. Foreign Policy The List: The World’s Top Spy Agencies Los Angeles Times Iranian rift prompts supreme leader's opinion In Anbar, Sunni rivalries surface In the Iraqi province, where militants have mostly been driven out, clan-based feuds and power struggles are leading to bloodshed Islam-West rift widens, poll says New energy behind nuclear powerWith many nations planning more plants as a way around coal, the learning curve spurs safety worries. BBC Asian markets see further losses Share prices in Asia continue to fall a day after global stocks tumbled amid fears of a global recession. IHT Don't look for democracy in the EU presidency By JOHN VINOCUR Tony Blair of Britain and Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg are among the names being mentioned for the new European presidency BBC Should India have UN security council seat? FT COMMENT: A crash is China's chance for financial reforms IHT China's middle class rising By JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM Shanghai has many reminders of the dangers of not listening. Walker's World: China or Russia? y MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Britain's Gordon Brown is wooing one autocratic state and rowing with another. What's the difference? Helena Cobban Gaza crisis: Where is the 'West'? Two to Tango, or what did Khamenehi really say? Der Spiegel Markets Crash across Europe: Experts Warn of Stock Market Hysteria
| H2 TURKEY: Fethullah Gulen profile Oxford Analytica Fethullah Gulen is a provincial Turkish preacher who has inspired a worldwide network of Muslims who feel at home in the modern world. It is not yet clear whether the Gulen movement will, like Opus Dei, outlive its founder. In any event, it is a unique and highly successful manifestation of flexible, modern Islam in a globalised setting, and it is likely to have a lasting impact on the modernisation of Islam and its opening to engagement with Western ideas. Obama pledges recognition of Armenian ‘genocide’ TURKEY: Restoration Plan Over Bumpy Road IPS - JURIST - Hotline: Lifting Turkey's headscarf ban: freedom of choice, or Islamist Trojan horse? [IN THE PAPERS OF...(1)]
‘Overdue reforms will once again put Turkey’s democracy to the test in 2008’ Soğuk Savaş'ta kalanlar yeni Türkiye'yi anlayamaz Analysis: U.S. puts Kurds on terror list (UPI) -- Barry Rubin Turkey And The Middle East: An Updated Assessment Iraqi Kurdish Paper Says Turkey Interfering in Kirkuk Issue EDM TURKISH MILITARY KEEPS ITS POWDER DRY AS HEADSCARF DEBATE CONTINUES TO RAGE Turkey's Population Reported Around 70.5 Million Erdoğan, Ross Wilson'la görüştü Sürpriz ziyaret BBC Monitoring Quotes From the Turkish Press 21 Jan 08 Washington Times Future of Iraq uncertain (By Tulin Daloglu) Türkiye ile İsrail arasında teröre karşı istihbarat paylaşımı artırılacak Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Kerkük uyarısı Nejdan YILDIZ Iraq draft oil law becoming irrelevant
United Press International – Disputes between Iraq’s national government and Kurdish region ...
By Iraq Oil Report KDP-YNK, değişimin dinamikleri ve çörümeye kapı aralayan yolsuzluklar! Türkler, şu anda ''sopayı ortadan tutuyor''
Mardinli köylüler 14 yıl önceki PKK katliamını unutmadı Büyükanıt discusses cooperation against PKK in talks in London Medical volunteers offering expertise to eastern Turkey growing in number Newspaper Says Kurds in Iraq's Kirkuk Not Satisfied With Parties' Conduct Güneri CIVAOĞLU Kürtlere 'tehcir' kafası Kurdistan's Minister Discusses Oil Contracts in Baghdad Hüsnü Mahalli Önce moral! Former minister calls for dialogue with Iraqi Kurds PKK'lılar kıskaç altında Diyarbakır saldırısında 3 tutuklama daha Diyarbakır izlenimleri Değişen Diyarbakır'a farklı bir açıdan bakış... BAGHDAD OBSERVER BLOG: Kurdish lawmaker expresses resentment toward US Erhan Çelik Devleti 'Kürtçe' zarara uğratmışlar Large Batch of Weapons Seized in Iran's West Azarbayjan [NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkey in the Egyptian industrial zone amid criticisms Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 21 Jan 08 Iraqi Arab, Kurdish Tribes West of Arbil Say Awakening Councils a Problem Efsane şair Dağlarca'dan Kürt itirafı Kürtçe harfler bu kez 'Çoban Ateşi' gazetesini toplattırdı
Turkey Asks UK to Pressure Iraqi Kurds on PKK, Vatan Reports ‘Öcalan Yunanistan’a dava açacak’ iddiası
Yunan Ethnos gazetesi ilginç bir iddiayı ortaya attı. Türkiye böyle bir girişime izin verir mi? Sudan, Turkey Sign Bilateral Cooperation Agreements Darfur'da insanlık dramı yaşanıyor Turkish President Says Relations With Sudan "Strategic" Sudan’s President Defends Accused Militia Leader Tartışılan konuk Çankaya Köşkü’nde Anıtkabir defterine kapüşonuyla yazdı Tartışmalı Sudan liderinin diplomatik nezaketsizliği Ömer Beşir: Darfur'da cinayetleri Avrupa'dan destek alanlar işliyor Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Sami KOHEN 49 yıl sonra... FACTBOX: Recent tension between Greece and Turkey Brüksel'de üçlü zirve tedirginliği Dost elini uzatarak geliyor STELYO BERBERAKİS
Yarım asırda 'soğuduk'
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Yunanistan'dan 'öç' alacak Revised accesion partnership for Turkey ready
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Ethnos: Öcalan, Atina'yı dava etmeye hazırlanıyor Slovenia under France's shadow? Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU French Envoy Expresses Support for Turkey's EU Bid Türmen'in yerine kadın yargıç Greek PM to Discuss Cyprus on Rare Visit to Turkey How to be European: ban smoking in public | spiked Anıtkabir’e resmi Patrikhane’ye ’özel’ ziyaret Tamer Gazioğlu: I’m proud yet sad to be KKTC’s sole ambassador PACE picks law professor as Turkey’s judge in European Court [IN THE PAPERS OF...(1)]
‘Overdue reforms will once again put Turkey’s democracy to the test in 2008’ Gila Benmayor Türklerin sadece yüzde 36’sı Medeniyetler İttifakı’na inanıyor Ahmet Taşgetiren Medeniyetler ittifakı Dünyanın sayılı İnsan Hakları alanındaki bilim adamı Ergeç’in AİHM’ye önerilmemesi kafaları karıştırdı İşte AİHM'deki Türk yargıç adayların özgeçmişleri (orjinal tam metin) British Penspen Group to Participate in Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project NABUCCO Projesi'nin mühendisliğini İngilizler yapacak Ermeni seçmene tanıma sözü verdi Obama’dan Ermeni savlarını tanıma sözü CSM Mediterranean nations pledge restraints on coastal development Signatories to the Barcelona Convention, an international agreement to protect the sea, agree to ban development within 100 meters of the coastline. Fikret Ertan Kosova'da son aşamaya girilirken... AİHM'e Türk yargıç seçiliyor ''Türk toplumu Hollanda'nın önemli bir parçası haline geldi''
Başbakanlık, frekans karıştırıcı ile korunacak Zonguldak'ta kuş gribi görüldü Dink'e neden koruma verilmedi? 19 Ocak'a suçlu ve mahcup uyandık Agos'a 'yargıyı etkileme' iddiasıyla bir dava daha 'Güvenlik yabancılara satılıyor' endişesi Yücel Aşkın'ın dava dosyası YÖK'e gönderildi İkinci 'Çankaya Sofrası' yazarlarla kurulacak 100 milyon hayal oldu Nüfusumuz meğer 73 değil, 70 milyonmuş Nüfusun yarısı 28 yaşın altında Nüfusumuz 70 milyon oldu yüzde 70'i kentlerde yaşıyor YouTube'un yasak ayıbı sona erdi Le Monde Türk okullarını örnek gösterdi 301. Madde’ye bu kez de Vakıf rötarı ’General, üniforması üstünde boşanamaz’ Yaşar’sız 6 ay kábus gibiydi Trafiğe 3 bin 500 yeni fahri müfettiş Hastanelerde 'vaka başına 50 YTL' krizi TRT, NTV ve CNNTürk'ü hedef almalı Abbas GÜÇLÜ KKTC ODTÜ'den sonra, KKTC İTÜ Hilmi Hoca davetli Pamuk’a bu kez yok | H3 Kürtlerle Karadenizliler yer değiştirsinler! 1961'de askerler Kürt sorununa çözüm üretmek üzere bir "Doğu Grubu" oluşturdu. Bu grup, bir "Doğu Raporu" hazırladı. Yıllar sonra, o koalisyonun Çalışma Bakanı Bülent Ecevit'in arşivinde bulunacak bu belgedeki "yapılacaklar listesi"nde göç önerisi vardı: "Bölgenin, kendilerini Kürt sananlar lehindeki nüfus strüktürünü Türk lehine çevirmek için, Karadeniz sahillerindeki fazla nüfusla, memleket dışından gelen Türkleri bu bölgeye yerleştirmek, kendilerini Kürt sananları bölge dışına hicrete teşvik etmek..."» Türbana 4 formül Erdoğan'ın türban çıkışının arka planında ne var? Murat Yetkin Fikret BİLA Erdoğan'ın türban çıkışının nedenleri Ahmet Taşgetiren Asker ve başörtüsü 2007’deki nüfusumuz 70 milyon 586 bin 256 Taha AKYOL İyi haber Borsa düşüşle başladı, dolar yükseliyor Gerçek nüfusumuz 3.5 milyon az çıktı bir İzmir yok oldu TSK ve yargı da denetlensin Dersimiz: Kuvvetler ayrılığı Kuvvetler ayrılığı kavgası
İsmet Berkan Demokratlara önemli bir tavsiye
Hasan Celal Güzel Kadınlar neden ve nasıl örtünüyor? Hasan CEMAL Hukuka saygı, 'ordu karşıtlığı' değildir! Andrew Finkel The military picks a fight Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey to acquire missile technology Eser Karakaş 2008’de sekiz hedef Cengiz Çandar Hrant, 'adalet', siyasi iktidar Cevdet Aşkın Petraeus'un halefi, Büyükanıt'ın ziyareti Ankara'dan Talabani'ye davetin eli kulağında Meclis Başkanı’ndan yargıya sert çıkış 10. madde pazarlığı Türban takmayanları korumak gerekir mi? Çiçek: "MHP'nin önerisi sorunu çözmüyor" Taha Kıvanç Gerçekler mutlaka ortaya çıkar Fehmi Koru Yargı üzerine tezler Ali Bayramoğlu Çete ve cinayet bilançosu KÜRŞAT BUMİN Milletvekillerinin millete maliyeti Ali Bulaç The ‘other’ factor in politics Leyla İpekçi Habil'den Hrant'a 'susmayan kan'lar TAMER KORKMAZ Doğramacı da laikliği yok etmeye çalışmıştı! İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Gizli Yalta: Kriz yayılacak, yeni bir dünya kurulacak! YUSUF KAPLAN Başörtüsü, Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığıyla ilgili bir sorundur Ministry, not government, to seek 301 revision O gazeteye böyle Şeyler söylemedim Oktay EkşiSahi adalet ne yaptı? Bekir Coşkun Anayasa bohça mı?.. Özdemir İnce Muhammed bin Hamza’nın Kuran tercümesi Mehmet BarlasYoutube’u yasaklamak türbanı yasaklamaya benzemez… Mehmet Y Yılmaz’Söylemek’ değil ’yapmak’ makamı Cemil Çiçek'e göre MHP'nin formülü sorunu çözmüyor Fetva hazır Murat Belge Şahin Alpay Eğer Türkiye bir demokrasi ise İhsan Dağı Statükocu yargı, ilerici toplum Anayasa değişikliği toplumsal çözüm getirmeyecek Cihan Paçacı: Başörtüsü konusunda daha iyi bir teklif gelirse niye değerlendirmeyelim İlnur Çevik We have to live with the headscarf reality
Fatih Altaylı Türban her yerde oluncaya kadar Ekrem Dumanlı Düşün yakasından bu milletin Sami Selçuk Bilimle çatışan toplum Mehmet Altan İstanbul-Bayburt hattı
MHP’nin AKP’yi sıkıştırma taktiği... [Yorum - M. Şükrü Hanioğlu] Seçkinler, modernlik ve dindarlık Abdülbasit Bildirici 10. madde sorunu çözmez Toktamış Ateş Başörtüsü mü?.. Kemal Balcı Sons of light and sons of darkness Historically uninformed discussions on the headscarf by Mustafa Şentop* Tesettürle Yüzleşme Yusuf KANLI The 'majority' complex
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Berat Özipek 301 için son çağrı Türkeş'in 'gizli ordu' kurmayları 'hareket'leniyor
Dün ne söyledi, bugün ne söylüyor..
Giden hain, gelen potansiyel suçlu 27 Nisan'ın 'en gerçek' mağdurları! MUHARREM SARIKAYA"Çatışma" ve "Katersis..." ERDAL ŞAFAKCinayete davetiye! ERGUN BABAHANÇuvallayan adalet EMRE AKÖZHem yasakçı hem aptal Umur Talu HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN NAZLI ILICAK MHP desteği MAHMUT ÖVÜR Alevi meselesi çözülemiyor, çünkü... YAVUZ DONATCemil Çiçek: Derin ve karışık bir konu Toptan slams judiciary on scarf remarks Lagendijk'in önerisine MHP kızdı Nuh Gönültaş Türkiye’nin en büyük problemi Hürr... DSP'nin Alevi önergesine iade
Yargıtay Başkanvekili: "Üç erkten yasama ve yürütme, bırakın beyni ve kalbi kendilerine benzetsinler, biz akciğerleriz" Senden hazzetmiyorum Yabancı!
Perihan Mağden Üzerinden bir yıl geçti Nuray Mert KORAY DÜZGÖREN Rakel'in adalet çağrısına Başbakan cevap verir mi? Ne kadar demokrasi isterdiniz?
Türker Alkan Başörtüsü, İslam, laiklik
YASİN CEYLAN [Yorum - Bejan Matur] Bektaşi dergâhındaki Hegel Nuray Başaran Erdoğan'ın hayali Sebahattin Önkibar İlhan Kesici önderliğinde merkez oluşum fikri... ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIMGloballeşmenin negatif yüzü "Yeni Türkiye nüfusu ile tüm veriler değişecek" Ercan Kumcuİstihdamda gelişmeler Erdal SağlamNüfus düştü milli gelir 7.125 dolara çıktı Eyüp Can Merkezi taşımanın perde arkası TCMB tartışmalarının çağrıştırdıkları...
Korkmaz İlkorur Kayıt dışı çalıştırana hapis cezası ABD ekonomisi nereye gidiyor?
Mahfi Eğilmez Turkish Electricity Production, Export Increase Turkish Energy Board Report Views Natural Gas Consumption Yalçın Doğan Merkez’in Levent macerası İBRAHİM KAHVECİ Deniz Gökçe'den siyasetçi iktisatçılar Seyfettin Gürsel Amerikan ekonomisinde durgunluk tartışması İMKB 50 milyar $ eridi, korku büyüyor Borsa sert düştü, dolar 1,22'yi gördü COMPANIES - INTERNATIONAL: Saudi Telecom agrees $2.6bn deal for Oger stake MELİHA OKUR Hoşgeldin ayı piyasası! Meral TAMER Zenginler için küreselleşmeyle yüzleşme Davos'u Güngör URAS
Borsa düştü diyerek paniğe gerek yok Özince: Finans merkeziyle MB ilişkili değil |
| | H5 Washington Post Global Stocks Plunge as U.S. Crisis Spreads Sell-Offs on All Major Exchanges Bottom Still Ahead for Markets Commentary | A healthy U.S. economy still looks to be a necessary ingredient in global prosperity Clinton, Obama Clash Sharply in Debate Recent Campaign Tensions Surface In South Carolina Speculation Surrounds Petraeus's Next Job, Potential Successors Gazans Fear Crisis After Four Days of Blockade Israel Agrees to Single Shipment Of Fuel, Other Aid What Would Jesus Tax? Suicide Attack at Funeral In Northern Iraq Kills 17 Looking Beyond Feudal Politics in PakistanAs Pakistan prepares for elections, political analysts say the country's political system -- organized around ethnic tribes, family dynasties and personality cults -- retards the development of democracy. Crunch Time for McCain By E. J. Dionne Jr., Can the straight talker sell himself as both true conservative and maverick? Primary Shake-Ups and Shakeouts By George F. Will, Nevada and South Carolina winnowed the field and set up a fight. What's Gotten Into Bill? By Eugene Robinson, Why the former president has traded silver-maned statesmanship for red-faced anger. White House Has No Comprehensive E-Mail Archive System Used by Clinton Was Scrapped | H6 Guardian Nuclear strike an option, Nato told West must be ready to attack to halt 'imminent' spread of weapons, says manifesto by senior military Black Monday: recession fears spark share crash · FTSE suffers biggest fall since 2001 · Interest rate cuts predicted Humiliation for Ahmadinejad as veto is overruled Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sides with MPs by ordering him to supply cheap gas to villages suffering power cuts Gaza: no light, no heat, no bread
Besieged civilians pay price for Israel's hardline response to rockets A Failure to Think By: Jonathan Steele | The Guardian Five years after he launched it, George Bush's invasion of Iraq looks even more disastrous than it did at the end of the first year. The tide has turned Oliver Kamm Defeat in Iraq? Jonathan Steele has to make the picture fit his premise, but on the ground the surge is making a future without tyranny possible Clinton and Obama trade insults
Televised duel is most vicious yet in contest, as Obama takes risk of attacking rival's husband
Extracts from the debate The US cannot deliver Edward McMillan-Scott Jan 21 08, 10:00pm: Europe must help a troubled globe to understand that its founding principles offer more lasting peace and prosperity than the Bush formula Placating Tyranny By: Robin Corbett Since 2001, at the behest of Iran's theocratic leaders, the British government had banned the PMOI, main democratic Iranian opposition, as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000, without a shred of evidence. There is another way Ian Bancroft Jan 21 08, 07:00pm: The legal and political framework of a district in Bosnia and Herzegovina could provide the basis for an alternative to Kosovan independence Sudan's president appoints Janjaweed leader as adviser · Blow to Darfur peace talks as militia chief rewarded
· Hilal under UN ban and facing war crime charges Darfur: making a mockery of peace Meera Selva Jan 21 08, 07:30pm: The appointment of a Janjaweed leader to the Sudanese government shows us just how far Darfur is from peace A top-sliced licence fee will trigger the BBC's destruction
Polly Toynbee: Meddling with the public subsidy would provoke strong passions and risk ruining a proud national institution Brown wins first round on EU treaty Call for immediate vote on referendum stymied, as Miliband says text is different to rejected treaty Margot for president Polly Toynbee Change the world: If the Lisbon treaty is ratified, the best man for the job of EU president may well be a woman Unity and sovereignty
Maurice Gourdault-Montagne and Wolfgang Ischinger: Germany and France know that Britain will gain political clout by signing up to Lisbon Which India, Mr Brown? John Hilary: Gordon Brown's focus on British interests threatens to condemn millions of poor Indians to despair Stop preaching Ilana Bet-El nstead of lecturing emerging nations about democracy the EU should show some humility about its own chequered past |
| H7 Islam-West rift widens, poll says New energy behind nuclear powerWith many nations planning more plants as a way around coal, the learning curve spurs safety worries. Le Monde Le désarroi face au nucléaire iranien, par Natalie Nougayrède The 'Only Serious' Iraq Option: Staying Forever by Glenn Greenwald Defending America’s ‘freedom agenda’ by Ammar Abdulhamid* By Arnaud de Borchgrave George Bush's momentum-building exercise in quick diplomacy never gathered a head of steam beyond Annapolis. A Winter of Iran’s Discontent? The Economist
Mr Ahmadinejad's fiery talk goes down well at home and the stand-off with the United Nations over Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme continues. But the scope for it to draw attention from his domestic troubles may be declining. Analysis: Iran, Syria divide Germany The German government is not united on questions concerning its Middle East policy, it surfaced last week, after the country's foreign minister came under fire for inviting his Syrian counterpart to Berlin. Outside View: Bush vs. Ahmadinejad Bolton: Israel may have to act militarily against Iran A review of The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World by Larry Diamond. Avoiding War Is a Priority in Lebanon's Standoff By: Oussama K. Safa | The Daily Star
On December 31, the Lebanese bid good riddance to 2007, a tumultuous year of upheaval that brought the country's political logjam to unprecedented heights. The passing year was characterized by the assassinations of two parliamentarians and a senior military figure, a devastating battle involving the Lebanese Army For Arab Leaders, It's Not About Iran By: Shibley Telhami | The Daily Star
As President Bush traveled through the Middle East last week, the prevailing assumption was that Arab states are primarily focused on the rising Iranian threat, and that their attendance at the Annapolis conference with Israel in November was motivated by this threat. This assumption, reflected in the president's speech in the UAE. The Nasrallah Addiction By: Shlomi Barzel | The Daily Star
The Israeli media is addicted. Its drug of choice is called Hassan Nasrallah. No Peace Without Damascus By: Marek Halter | Haaretz
Peace in the Middle East is inconceivable without Syria, not because Syria is a great power within the Arab world, but because its national pride must be taken into account. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor BBC Iran sanctions on table in Berlin The UN Security Council's five permanent members and Germany will discuss further UN sanctions against Iran. Russia ignores West's Iran fears France Says New Iran Resolution Imminent Iran: Tehran Under Pressure Ahead Of UN Sanctions Talks Iraqi Govt Tightens Noose on Alleged Shi'ite Cult Powers Seek Deal on Tougher Iran Sanctions Iran's Supreme Leader Backs MPs in Row With Ahmadinejad Iraqi Police and Army Sidelined by Sunni Fighters Iraqi Newspapers Praise 'Security Successes' in Southern Iraq Mideast Press Condemn Israel's Gaza Siege BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 21 Jan 08 Egyptian Radio Notes Change in US Tone Towards Syria Tehran Willing to Activate North-South Corridor Via Georgia - Foreign Minister No Date Fixed for Further Iran-US Talks on Iraq Iraq more secure, needs political consensus: U.N. German Expert Calls for Integration of Syria into Middle East Peace Process Iran Has 11 Million Internet Users, 52 Million Phone Lines Iranian, Syrian Presidents Call for Emergency Meeting on Middle East Arab Summit to Be Held in Damascus Next March Arab League Chief Saudi Aide Comments on Saudis Infiltrating Iraq Syria Times Report Notes "Positive Changes" in Economy | H9 Ha’aretz – Israel agrees to lift aid ban on Gaza Strip for one day Defense Ministry sources say move is one-time easing of blockade, not change in government's policy Palestinian water authority: 40% of Gazans lack running water Siege on Gaza / Paying the price Israel launches sophisticated spy satellite TECSAR Gov't concerned by push to give PA control of Gaza crossings Top German officials slam Austrian trade ties with Iran Merkel says international community must prevent nuclear-armed Iran, intensify sanctions if necessary Know your enemy Excerpts from key speeches by Hezbollah chief Nasrallah. Jerusalem Post Israeli Spy Satellite Launched from India Israel to Deepen Operations Inside Gaza - Yedioth Ahronoth UN to hold urgent meeting
Security Council to meet Tuesday in emergency session on humanitarian crisis in Gaza at request of Arab ambassadors. Senior Israeli defense official say dramatic drop in rocket attacks attests to closure's effectiveness Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Israel to ease blockade of Gaza Israel says it will allow some diesel fuel and medicines into Gaza as its blockade is condemned abroad. Power struggle
Israel and Hamas in propaganda battle over Gaza's plight
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Life on the front line in settlement outposts in the West Bank PBS’s The Jewish Americans does not take up the irony of assimilation: the possible end of Jews as a distinctive people in America... more» CSM Palestinian group sounds like Al Qaeda but forgoes violence Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation) moves to fill the fundamentalist void left by Hamas in the West Bank Obama Addresses Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia Among Black Americans |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor New Israeli blockade squeezes Gaza residents Israel refused to allow supplies into Gaza on Monday, despite UN warnings that vital food aid could be suspended within days. Mediterranean nations pledge restraints on coastal development Signatories to the Barcelona Convention, an international agreement to protect the sea, agree to ban development within 100 meters of the coastline. Enough US help for Afghanistan? Deployment of 3,200 marines will help, analysts say, but will not provide the kind of counterinsurgency now needed there Would tax rebates work? The government aims for more spending, but in the past many saved their checks. Palestinian group sounds like Al Qaeda but forgoes violence Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation) moves to fill the fundamentalist void left by Hamas in the West Bank Padilla sentence: Does terror training merit life? On Tuesday, a federal judge will announce Al Qaeda recruit's long-awaited prison sentence. Serbia faces dramatic runoff vote The Radical Party acting leader Nikolic got 39 percent of the vote in presidential polls Sunday. He and pro-European moderate Tadic will square off in Round 2 of voting on Feb. 3. ASIA BBC Should India have UN security council seat? FT COMMENT: A crash is China's chance for financial reforms IHT China's middle class rising By JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM Shanghai has many reminders of the dangers of not listening. Walker's World: China or Russia? y MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Britain's Gordon Brown is wooing one autocratic state and rowing with another. What's the difference? China's farmers protest a key Mao tenet Peasants want to own their land and have organized rallies in several provinces. More are planned. Unfailing friend or failing state? (By Jane Harman) China's Currency Peg Is a Gift to Europe By: Melvyn Krauss | The Japan Times
The euro is now a major reserve currency, and Europeans have the Chinese to thank for that. Australia Rules Out Uranium Sales to India By: Rich Bowden | World Press
The newly installed Australian Labor government has reversed a decision by the previous Howard administration to sell uranium yellowcake to India. China's celebrities 'buy' extra children · Anger over wealthy breaking one-child rule
· Beijing to impose higher penalties to enfo rce law Musharraf finally lifts ban on TV news channel
Pakistan's most popular station went back on air, less than a month before parliamentary elections
Seeking the People's Approval By: Betsy Pisik | The Washington Times
Like many of the NATO allies fighting in Afghanistan, they find themselves in a two-front public-relations war — struggling for the cooperation of the Afghans as well as the support of a skeptical public at home. And in such a war, perceptions are as important as territory and body counts. Taiwan's Needs Should Not Lead to a New U.S.-China Conflict By: Joseph S. Nye | The Daily Star
Opinion polls indicate that one-third of Americans believe that China will "soon dominate the world," while nearly half view China's emergence as a "threat to world peace." Managing a Cross-Strait Crisis
Source: National Security Outlook (American Enterprise Institute) WORLD NEWS: World Bank appointment to strengthen Beijing ties What Do Unions Do in China?
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN) China Should Step Up Pressure on Sudan - Miami Herald editorial
Regime Collapse By: Daniel L. Davis | The Washington Times
North Korean President Kim Jong-il will soon celebrate his 66th birthday amid widespread, though unconfirmed, rumors of deteriorating health. The Kim regime is unquestionably the world's most anachronistic government. The totalitarian regime will eventually join the corpses of the Soviet Union, East Germany and other former dictatorships. | H11 IHT Don't look for democracy in the EU presidency By JOHN VINOCUR Tony Blair of Britain and Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg are among the names being mentioned for the new European presidency Charlie Wilson's Zen lesson The film "Charlie Wilson's War" teaches the need for humility in those who make America's moves on a global chessboard. The Gaza time bomb By ROBERT MALLEY How long before the peace process - whatever of it there is - collapses? China and Germany patch up quarrel over Merkel policy The rift opened when Beijing suspended most high-level contacts to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting last year with the Dalai Lama and her human rights policies. Serb leader, facing a runoff, warns of isolation if nationalist wins EUROPE European press review Washngton Times U.S. lobbies NATO to expand NATO is expected to issue membership invitations to as many as three Balkan countries this spring in yet another round of enlargement championed by the United States, alliance diplomats said yesterday. Growing Old Gracefully: How to Ease Population Ageing in Europe
CER Nationalist ahead in Serbia poll Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic wins the first round of Serbia's presidential poll, but will face a run-off. Analysis: Germany’s Left party on the rise Mardell's Euroblog
Is there a European Islam and could its home be in Albania?
Serbia’s presidential election: the best-laid plans..., Eric Gordy Love and Politics By: Adam Gopnik | The New Yorker Earlier this month, France was disrupted by the image of a woman both sexually alive and politically relevant—defiant and proud and threatening. And while that was going on the President of the country was canoodling with a former model. Italy Backslides to Pre-Euro Economic Malfeasance By: Mark Gilbert | Bloomberg News
Ever since the birth of the euro in 1999, I've been convinced that Italy would eventually tire of the strict economic diet demanded of participants and quit the common currency. Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly chooses a Spanish socialist over a Russian senator to be Pace president amid concerns about Russia’s crackdown on freedoms Garbage City
By Michael A. Ledeen
The government and the mafia have made Naples a mess. Literally. | H12 RFE/RLGeorgia: U.S. Official Sees Need For 'Serious Change,' Reconciliation Google News Azerbaijan Putin to revive Soviet muscle-flexing parade Soviet-era practice of parading big weaponry on May 9 is to be revived, the Russian defence ministry confirmed Military muscle
Tanks and missiles expected to feature in Moscow parade
Ukraine's Leaders Request NATO Membership Action Plan By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor
On January 16 Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and Parliament Chairman Arseny Yatsenyuk made public a joint letter to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, declaring Ukraine's readiness to advance to a Membership Action Plan (MAP) with NATO and requesting a decision to that end by the Alliance at its Bucharest summit in early April. 'Missing No Blows' in Moscow By: Masha Lipman | The Washington Post
The Kremlin's slide toward Soviet-style isolationism is driven by the desire to ensure that Russia isn't taken for granted. A New President for Georgia, but No Peace with Opposition
As thousands of opposition supporters gathered a few kilometers away, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was inaugurated on January 20 for a second term in office with a call for Georgians to put aside political battles for a united war on poverty. VAN DER LINDEN’S FAREWELL DEAL WITH PUTIN
- WILL PUTIN AND THE SILOVIKI MAKE COMMON CAUSE TO LIMIT MEDVEDEV?
- TYMOSHENKO AND YUSHCHENKO CLASH OVER BATTLING CORRUPTION |
| H13 The Times World markets plunge on US recession fears Billionaire investor George Soros said the situation was 'much more serious than any financial crisis since the end of the war' Warning of more turmoil as markets slump France braces for detail of Sarkozy's revolution The plans include a rejuvenation of higher education, a slashing of labour charges and an end to the hold of job protectionism Israel claims Gaza has created power crisis Israel accused Gaza's leaders of turning power off to manufacture a crisis as UN warns of impending blockade disaster Serbia's dream may disolve into fantasy Tomislav Nikolic's 'middle way' looks invisible from the European side. The hope is that Serbian voters agree Obama fights back over Clinton attacks Barack Obama complains that Bill Clinton has now taken his campaigning on behalf of his wife to a 'pretty troubling' level Gordon Brown's Black Wednesday The Northern Rock disaster has torn away any remaining credibility the Prime Minister had Anatole Kaletsky To Save France Sarkozy should make the most of Attali’s liberal vision Wall Street Journal Recession Fears Spark Selloff Stock markets dropped around the globe amid recession fears, casting doubt on the theory that foreign markets are immune to the economic troubles sweeping the U.S. A Global Selloff
As America goes, so goes the rest of the global economy. Review & Outlook Tough Calls, Good Calls
By J.D. Crouch II and Robert JosephThe most underappreciated foreign policy achievement of the Bush Presidency is missile defense. American HonorBy Bret Stephens Global View: The Tet Offensive is what McCain's candidacy is all about. In many ways it's what this year's election is all about, too. Bush's Stimulus Flop
By Alan Reynolds The 2001 rebate only worked because it was an advance on a real tax cut. Now McCain Must Convince the Right
By Fred Barnes The victory speech in South Carolina marked a new step. | H14 Financial Times Panic sparks plunge in global markets Global equities plunged as investor concerns over the economic outlook and financial market turbulence snowballed into a sweeping sell-off Let us not lose faith in democracy The problem with George W. Bush’s freedom agenda is not the idea of supporting democrats around the world but that the policy is now applied so selectively it appears delusional and hypocritical, writes Gideon Rachman A crash is China’s chance for reforms China’s government has actively promoted the country’s stock market, meaning a crash will have serious consequences, write Minxin Pei and Wayne Chen Pressure on Israel to avert Gaza ‘disaster’Israel faced mounting international pressure to ease the total closure of the Gaza Strip, amid warnings that the 1.5m Palestinians living in the territory faced a humanitarian crisis as a result of its sanctions UN agency urges Israel to end Gaza blockade A UN agency said it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled territory Iran president overruled on gas law Parliament has rebuked Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad’s attempt to refuse to implement a law, backed by the legislature, that would supply gas to remote villages FT REPORT - GUIDE TO DAVOS: The big questions - (PART 1) FT REPORT - GUIDE TO DAVOS: The big questions - (PART 2) FT REPORT - GUIDE TO DAVOS: The family affair that grew into a global brand LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Democratic rivals play down value of Iraq surge Pentagon weighs top Iraq general as Nato chief Fears raise doubts over US power supply America may be at risk of electricity capacity shortages as uncertainty over the next administration’s carbon emissions law holds back construction of new power plants Rescue of the Rock is half-baked It is disingenuous to present Northern Rock’s rescue as a ‘market’ solution and the package amounts to a subsidy that may be worth billions of pounds Serbia set for ‘referendum’ on Europe ties The run-off between nationalist Tomislav Nikolic and pro-EU Boris Tadic will shape Belgrade’s relations with Brussels during the critical diplomatic endgame over Kosovo Belgrade’s choice Serbia is at crisis point and its citizens can accept the loss of Kosovo and embrace an EU-oriented future or bury themselves in their fury over Kosovo French industry hails ‘revolutionary’ pact The employers federation chief hails the new labour deal between unions and employer federations as historic, adding that the accord is a turning point in relations Lithuanian leader in ‘cold war’ warning Valdas Adamkus, the Lithuanian president, says Russia’s economic resurgence could be driving the Kremlin to embark on a new ‘cold war’ US claims negotiator snubbed in Brussels Fresh tensions emerged in transatlantic relations with US officials suggesting that Washington’s top trade negotiator had been snubbed in Brussels Russia seeks better Europe ties, says Latvia Moscow’s relations with several EU countries have worsened over the past year but the atmosphere will change after this summer’s presidential poll, says Latvia’s foreign minister Peanut power Brussels wants biofuels to account for 10 per cent of road fuel consumption by 2020, but there are good reasons why Europe’s leaders should rethink this A fig-leaf for Labour’s failureSome Treasury officials not under Goldman’s spell judged nationalisation of Northern Rock a cleaner, more efficient option, writes Philip Stephens Musharraf pledges free election Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, has promised that his country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, delayed by a month after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader, would be free and transparent | Mideast not funny? They're working on itA troupe of three Jews and a Palestinian aims to promote understanding through laughter. Editorial Bush Officials Narrow Foreign Horizons By: Paul Richter | Los Angeles Times
The Bush administration is beginning its last year in office by quietly scaling back its foreign policy ambitions as it struggles with new obstacles and rapidly dwindling influence. Make-or-break primaries South Carolina is now a must-win for Edwards. For McCain and Giuliani, Florida will be key. |
| H16 American Politics Next primaries tougher yet Florida's Jan. 29 race is the first with all Republican hopefuls contending in full. POLL: More ready for black prez than female one... Huckabee: McCain-lover, Mitt-killer Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: THE PROBLEM WITH BILL Candidates try to top one another with economic plans realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Obama Turns Focus on Class Split Even as Obama is promising to bring America together, his candidacy is casting new light on the mounting class divide in the black community -- and the debate among blacks about how to get ahead Crossing Mayor Giuliani Often Had a Price Far more than his predecessors, Rudolph W. Giuliani’s toughness edged toward ruthlessness and became a defining aspect of his mayoralty. | H17 Daily Telegraph Recession fears spark global stocks mayhem Asian markets continue shares slide after London suffer biggest one-day fall since 9/11 terror attacks as fears of a worldwide recession grip the markets. Analysis: Dark times won't last forever Nato 'must prepare for nuclear war' Nato must prepare to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks to deter the use of weapons of mass destruction by its enemies, former top military officials have warned. Israel forced into U-turn over Gaza Israel has reversed plans to block supplies reaching Gaza after a storm of international protest denounced the "collective punishment" of the territory's civilians. Musharraf promises fair elections Obama accuses Hillary of lying At a debate ahead of the South Carolina primary, Barack Obama has angrily accused his main rival, Hillary Clinton, of being willing to say "anything to get elected". Bill Clinton under fire from Barack Obama Edwards could be Democrat 'kingmaker' Darling is too generous with our money The Government has painted itself into a corner from which the only way out is this unprecedented taxpayer-funded guarantee of £25 billion to bail out Northern Rock. Laptop ban after MoD data loss Civil servants ordered to leave computers in offices. We're fighting the EU treaty in the courts Ministers have no authority to hand sovereignty to another power, especially one that is unelected, unaccountable and owes no allegiance to Britain, argues John Guriet | H18 Independent |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Al Qaeda: A Global Phenomenon Reaching Maturity By: Ioannis Michaletis | World Press
The fanatics of Islam have engineered a new way of conducting war through the Salafist jihad, and without restraints concerning civilian casualties. The new terror is composed of networks of individuals spread throughout the world that provide logistic support to the mercenaries and soldier of Islam that perform terrorist actions How We Talk about the “War on Terrorism”
Source: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) MoD inquiry into 69 lost laptops · Stolen files not encrypted, Browne tells Commons
· Whitehall issues staff ban on movement of data | H20 Slate Why are the media ignoring Mike Huckabee's remarks about the Confederate flag?
Christopher Hitchens The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy: A First Global Assessment CESifo
This 43-page working paper assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions The Coming Famine
Julian Cribb & Associates
A paper highlighting the forthcoming global food security challenges Decent Work with a Living Wage
Source: Global Labor Market: From Globalization to Flexicuity, Kluwer Law International BV (via SSRN) Ready, Willing and Enabled: a formula for performance
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit Full Paper (PDF; 2.7 MB) Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
Source: Institute for the Study of Labor Ordinal Proportionality in Punishment: A Case against Capital Punishment for Child Rape Under the Eighth Amendment
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Thomas Shelling on uncertainty and action on climate change. International Cooperation on Climate Change Outside of the Kyoto Protocol
Library of Parliament – Canada The Foreign Direct Investment Review Process in Canada and Other Countries
Library of Parliament – Canada What are Low-ability Workers to do When Unskilled Jobs Disappear? The Effect of Minimum Wages on Wages and Employment: County-Level Estimates for the United States
Source: Institute for the Study of Labor | H21 Lenin organized the Russian economy in the name of the proletariat, but found the proletariat was not eager to work. It’s called Oblomovism... more» PBS’s The Jewish Americans does not take up the irony of assimilation: the possible end of Jews as a distinctive people in America... more» The new stuff of fiction, Toytown Traumas: drink, drugs, eating-disorders, dead or nasty or nice parents, growing up plain, pretty, dumb, smart... more» Theater-going destroys female modesty and replaces it with vanity, Rousseau argued. Why have art, if it be the ruin of women’s virtue?... more» Science 2.0: Wikis, blogs and other collaborative web technologies could usher in a new era of science — or not. Two excerpts from Tim Harford's The Logic of Life (and more). Creative class, dismissed: Jean-Jacques Rousseau articulately rejected the nobility of art; for art students, that's a serious downer “How will we get the right people to marry each other, if they can refuse on such trivial grounds as lack of love?” This was once a serious question... more» Along with ice hockey, those cold winters, and anti-Americanism, the donut firmly distinguishes Canada from the U.S.... more» Yes, you can be happy at work How Muslims, Christians met in a clash of worlds Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis traces the impact of Islam on medieval Europe. Seawater spray 'cures kids colds'...
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