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29 January 2008
  January 29, 2008

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H1 White House State of the Union

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Washington Post Editorial Final State Rather than review a troubled record, President Bush aims for some last-year achievements.

Asia Times A China base in Iran? With the French setting up a small military base in the United Arab Emirates and with the US's presence in the Persian Gulf well established, growing Iran-China cooperation on the energy and trade fronts is bound to spill over into more meaningful military cooperation. The first step would be to allow Beijing a base at one of Iran's Persian Gulf ports or on one of its islands. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

New York TimesBush Speech Focuses on War and Taxes Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, President Bush used his final State of the Union address to call for passage of his tax rebate package and patience in Iraq. Text: The Address | The Democratic Response

News Analysis: A Defiant Look at What Little Lies Ahead

In Turkey, a Step to Allow Head Scarves

DAVID BROOKS The Kennedy Mystique Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party, now that a throng of Kennedys has endorsed Barack Obama.

Financial Times The battle for food, oil and water The costs of food and energy are rising fast. The availability of water is also becoming an issue, from Australia to Africa. The struggle for these three basic commodities – food, energy and water – came up repeatedly for discussion in Davos, writes Gideon Rachman. And the biggest driver of increased prices is growing wealth in China and India

Iran warns against hasty security resolution Tehran urges the UN security council to wait for the next report from the international nuclear watchdog before adopting a third resolution, saying it would respond ‘seriously’ to hasty action

From the Archive The Israeli "art student" mystery - Salon.com For almost two years, hundreds of young Israelis falsely claiming to be art students haunted federal offices -- in particular, the DEA. No one knows why -- and no one seems to want to find out.

Iran’s new order, Nasrin Alavi

Guardian Putin's Balkan mischief Morton Abramowitz A diplomatic offensive needs to be launched to undercut Russian opposition to independence for Kosovo

EurasiaNet The Iranian-Turkmen Gas Row: And the Winner is ... Russia
BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER A natural gas-supply dispute between Turkmenistan and Iran has the potential to significantly alter the Caspian Basin’s energy export calculus in Russia’s favor.

Christian Science Monitor

No way to avoid Hamas now Excluding the militant group won't secure peace in the Middle East.

Los Angeles Times A Cold War redux is seen on the horizon Though the U.S. plays down tensions, some observers say Russia sees advantages to being an enemy

Asia Times Neo-cons shaken, but not deterred Washington's foreign policy "realists" are on the rebound against their battle-hardened neo-conservative rivals. The hawks are down, but far from out, writes lapsed neo-con author Jacob Heilbrunn in a new book about what he refers to as a "mindset". Neo-cons are now scrambling to detach themselves from President George W Bush and Iraq and entrench themselves ever more deeply into institutional Washington. - Jim Lobe

IHT KOSOVO, CHINA AND TAIWAN Whose problem is it? By DREW THOMPSON AND NIKOLAS GVOSDEV Faced with indications that the United States and most member-states of the European Union will recognize Kosovo - while Russia will not - China will have to decide where its interests most closely lie.

West dithers as Iran goes it merry wayJohn Vinocur on the weakness of U.S. policy toward the nuclear aims of Iran.

The Times How to crush the terrorists The West must change course and treat Afghanistan and Pakistan as one struggle Amir Taheri

Daily Star The teething pains of US-Iran conciliation
By Anisa Mehdi

The door has closed on Syrian-Israeli negotiations
By Itamar Rabinovich

Al Awsat How Did Egypt Fall Into the Trap? : Tariq Alhomayed

MEQ Eyal Zisser, Where Is Bashar al-Assad Headed?
Syria may be weak, but its leader is secure

Slate The Man Who Learned Too Little In his final State of the Union, Bush makes more empty promises. Fred Kaplan

Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success Cordesman plagiarism?

Iraq's Sadrists Seek to End Cease-Fire

H2 NYT In Turkey, a Step to Allow Head Scarves

Turkey's Brave New World -- Part III | Stratfor

Washington Institute Sarkozy's Policy on Turkey's EU Accession: Bad for France? By Soner Cagaptay

Debka PKK on the Run from US Intelligence-Driven Turkish Air Strikes

Guardian 'Plot to kill' Nobel laureate Pamuk Thirteen arrested in Turkey over reported coup plot and plan to kill award-winning writer

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkish security pursues new tactics to trace terror groups

'Türkiye ikinci dünyanın öncü gücü'

AP Turkey: Plan to Lift Ban on Head Scarves

Turkey seeks to acquire used Cobras from United States

Turkey Smashes Alleged Murder Network TIME -

Saygun, PKK için ikinci kez ABD’de

Turkish Media Continue to Be Hounded Under Laws That Need to Be Changed

Iraqi Kurdish Paper Reports Iranian Forces' Deployment on Border

Turkey jails academic for insulting Ataturk

Türkiye, küresel dalgalanmayı Körfez sermayesi ile aşar

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Ethnic Tension Rises in Oil-Rich Kirkuk

EDM KURDISH MPS CALL FOR FREEDOM FOR THEIR BELIEFS

8 askere arabuluculuk yapmamız siyaseten bize çok şey kaybettirdi

DTP'li Kaplan, ROJ TV'nin konuğu oldu: Türban serbest, Kürtçe yasaklanıyor

Bu sefer market kundaklandı

İlnur Çevik Kurdish leaders pushed on all sides

Kurdologist van Bruinessen: Turks and Kurds Must Trust Each Other

MHP atakta, DTP neden tribünde?

Orgeneral Saygun ABD'ye gidiyor

Orgeneral Ergin Saygun Washington'da

Kurdish PM Demands Iraqi Government Apologize to Kurds Over Anfal

PKK yine ateş altında

Top general heading to US for anti-terror talks this week

Hüsnü Mahalli
İsrail çok kızmış!

Kurdistan’da gerilla savaşı

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Ümit Fırat: Kürt meselesi bir aşk acısı değil ki zamanla küllenir diye bekleyelim!

The Rise of Nationalism in Turkey during the EU Accession Process

DTP Kongresi için soruşturma

Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Delegations Discuss Ties, Border Security

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 28 Jan 08

Iraqi Kurdish Paper Reports Iranian Forces' Deployment on Border

Kurds send aid to Mosul in wake of bombing

Crackdown Stepped Up in Northern Iraq, Explosives Found

25 suspected al-Qaeda militants interrogated

DTP'li vekiller devlet koruması istemiyor

DTP'li Tuncel devletin verdiği korumayı ilginç bir gerekçeyle reddetti?

Çetelerin ölüm listesinde yer alan DTP'nin önde gelen isimleri koruma polisi istemiyor

K.Irak'taki insanların terörle alakası yok, sahip çıkalım

Iraq halts exports to South Korea in wake of 'illegal Kurdistan deal'

Prime Minister Barzani addresses Anfal conference

Açık İlköğretim, Güneydoğulu kızların umudu oldu

Tuğluk’un dosyaları TBMM’ye gönderildi

Hasan Kanbolat Turkey and Sudan: Darfur and trade

Palestinian envoys to meet in Ankara to review foreign policy

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Ali Babacan'dan AB'ye Kıbrıs resti

Gila Benmayor Attali: Rapor uygulanırsa Fransa üç yılda şaha kalkar

Fener Rum Patrikhanesi ve ekümeniklik
Nuray Mert

Bartholomeos: A man of peace and tolerance in an age of conflict
GÜL DEMİR and NIKI GAMM

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Kahve ve tarih ortak, anlamı farklı

Un-understandable logic behind the visit Sylvia TIRYAKI

The move of Karamanlis
Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

Karamanlis's visit shows no easy settlement at hand
Ariana FERENTINOU

Prof. Halaçoğlu: Ermeniler salgın hastalıktan öldü

Halaçoğlu: "Ermeniler buraya göç ederken birçoğu salgın hastalık ve açlık nedeniyle öldü�

French-German peace may inspire Turk-Greek ties

Ermeniler 'ikna odası'na Baskın Oran'ın kızını almış

Hadi Uluengin Bir Patrikhane ki!

Cengiz Aktar

Karamanlis, Ömer El-Beşir, Kültürel ittifak arayışları

Batı Balkanlar için iyi bir gelecek AB üyeliğinde yatıyor Olli Rehn

Ermeniler 'ikna odası'na Baskın Oran'ın kızını almış

Türkiye karşıtı başpiskopos öldü

Babacan'dan Merkel ve Sarkozy'ye mesaj: Tam üyeliğimizi tartışmayız

'Medeniyetler İttifakı biter'

Ermenistan'da, cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimi öncesinde siyasi gerginlik artıyor

Terim'in maaşı Gül'ün 8,5 Erdoğan'ın 15 katı

Ergenekon Savcısı bırakılanlara itiraz etti

Ümraniye: 9 kişinin serbest bırakılmasına itiraz

3. rekatta kalp krizi 4. rekatta müdahale

Müdür Bey raydan çıktı

Uzmanlar bas bas bağırıyor: Tren kazasının olduğu bölgede 20 yıldır yol bakımı yapılmıyor

Onlar hep görev başında
TCDD, Kütahya'da dokuz cana mal olan tren kazasını 'conta'yla açıklamaya çalışırken uzmanlar aksi fikirde

Mason locasını ziyaret ederek tarihe geçecek

El Kaide operasyonuna 19 tutuklama

El Kaide şikáyeti: Polis bizi izliyor

Yayla’ya Kemalizm eleştirisinden 1 yıl 3 ay hapis

Tıp fakülteleri iflasın eşiğinde

O.S.'nin hesabında trilyonlar var

Sebep ilkellik mi

TPAO Saros'da petrol arayacak

Eşitlik istiyoruz

Kitap yazmam TV’ye çıkmam

Eğitim bütçesi 3 katına çıkarılacak

Doğan'dan Çölaşan'a 'sırrımızı ifşa etti' davası

Emniyet müdürleri zirvesi ertelendi

AKP'li Erdem: Yemek ve traş olmak için Meclis'e gelenler enngellenmeli

24 Turkish hotels among the world’s 99 best, consumers say

You Tube artık cebinizde

Serdar Turgut
Yaradan’ı aramak

TRT’yi de RTÜK denetleyecek

29 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 Türbana ’çene altı’ formülü

Türbanda uzlaşma

Türbana 'çene altı' formülü

Orta yol bulundu: Anayasa ve YÖK Kanunu değişiyor

AKP ve MHP türban için anlaştı

Ergenekon'un arşivi

Ergenekon'un çok yönlü terör bağlantısı

Ergenekon�da yine şaşırtan bağlantılar

Adım adım gitmek lazım

Seyfettin Gürsel Askeri darbenin ekonomi politiği

Türban tartışması 22 Temmuz ürünü
Murat Yetkin

Taha AKYOL Türban üzerine notlar

Fikret BİLA Türban devrim yasalarına uygun mu?

Cengiz Çandar

Cevdet Aşkın Ankara-Bağdat trafiği hızlanıyor, PKK'da İsrail rahatsızlığı artıyor

Ruşen Çakır| El Kaide operasyonları hayra alamet değil

Ahmet Taşgetiren Ya bu çeteye ne dersiniz?

Hakan Aygün AKP kendi Ergenekon’una dikkat ets...

Super judges needed in fight against Gladio-like deep gangs

Murat Çelik Canlı bomba iki gün sonra patlayacaktı

Hocanın MSN'inde örgütün şifreleri

Bahçeli'nin başörtüsü sırrı

AKP'de Tuna'ya disiplin yolu

Pamuk’u halledince trilyoneriz oğlum!

Bakan Çiçek: Ucu nereye giderse gitsin, Ergenekon'un üzerine gideceğiz

Hasan CEMAL Devletin içinde de iz sürmek gerekiyor!

Her sorunu yasayla çözmek
İsmet Berkan

Jakobenizmin son çırpınışları
Hasan Celal Güzel

Ergenekon'un darbe planı: Askerde örgütlen, işsiz gençleri eylemde kullan

Polis Ergenekon'a yedi yıl önce ulaştı

Veli Küçük kimi aradı?

El bombalarında Ergenekon izleri

Coup planner Ergenekon gang ‘involved’ in drug trafficking

[The ‘deep state’ & gangs] How does a Turkish gang survive? by Faruk Mercan*

Connecting the dots... by Emre Uslu & Önder Aytaç*

Güler Kömürcü
O gazetecileri lanetliyorum

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

Fehmi Koru: Hacir altında bir bilim adamı

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Ali Bayramoğlu: Köpekbalığı sığ suda…

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Kürşat Bumin: Hangisine yanayım!

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Taha Kıvanç: Veli Paşa ile Hüsnü Bey

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Tamer Korkmaz: Veli Küçük ama nereden baksanız görünüyor!

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

İbrahim Karagül: Yeni Osmanlı mı, süper Türkiye mi?

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Hakan Albayrak: MHP, Türkiye'nin ekmeğine yağ sürüyor!

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

EKREM DUMANLI - 2009'da darbe

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

BÜLENT KORUCU - Başörtüsünde 'simge' safsatasının sonu

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

İHSAN DAĞI - Ergenekon, 'özel' mi 'resmi' mi?

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

LEYLA İPEKÇİ - Türbandan korkanlar neden adaletsizlikten korkmuyor?

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Türbandan birine inceleme diğerine jet disiplin yolu

Açık lisede türbanlı sınava soruşturma

Ertuğrul Özkök Bir ziyaretin gayri resmi tutanakları

Ahmet Hakan

M Ali Birand AKP ve TSK’nın tutumu ne olacak?

M. Ali BİRAND
Türbanın panzehiri AB projesidir...

Cüneyt Ülsever Aleviler ne olacak?

Enis Berberoğlu TC’ye isyan hakkı

Yalçın Bayer Ergenekon, türban ve turpun büyüğü heybede

Oktay Ekşi Başbakan’a açık mektup

Ahmet Taşgetiren Atatürk ve Laiklik yorumu

Ali Bulaç Aydınların muhafazakarlığı

Özdemir İnce

Erhan Çelik Derin devlet dandik çıktı!

Andrew Finkel The shallowness of the deep state

Kerim Balcı Label gangs and Him

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Ne "türbanla" ne "türbansız"

Mehmet Tezkan

2009da darbe mi olacaktı!

Bilal Çetin

AKP�de türban sıkıyönetimi...

Mustafa Mutlu

O belgeleri kimler, neden sızdırıyor?

'2009�da kıyamet gibi kan akacaktı'

Murat Belge�ye göre Ergenekon Terör Örgütü�nün gene üstü örtülecek!

Türban, şalvar ve peruklu sınav

Bakanlık: Açık lisede türban yasağı yok

Mehmet Barlas Önce kargaşa yaratır sonra da darbe yaparız projesi’nin tehlikeleri…

Laiklik, tesettür, Türkiye ve din istismarcılığının geleceği ÜNAL ÜNSAL

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Orası üniversite değil ibadethane olur!

'Başörtüsü üzerinden yandaş kazanma yarışı'

Yalçın Doğan Kar altında cuma namazı

Abbas GÜÇLÜ Harp okullarında da türban takılacak mı?

Özdemir İnce Madrabazlık, dolandırıcılık, kalpazanlık

Türbanda AKP-MHP anlaşması tamam

301’in üstüne türban örttüler

Nuray Başaran Ergenekon nedir, ne değildir

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Özgürlük tercihi...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Hayatın cilvesi

ERGUN BABAHAN Çeteler, hedefteki isimler ve 301

EMRE AKÖZ Sanki eskiden çok ahlaklıydık!

Umur Talu Bu bombalar nasıl gitti?

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Laiklik elden gidiyor!

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Ergenekon son olacak mı?

YAVUZ DONAT Cumhurbaşkanı'ndan hükümete

Çözüm: Daha çok demokrasi
Namık Kemal Zeybek

Can Dündar İkinci Öz

CHP kongresi ve aday adayları
Altan Öymen

Serdar Turgut Tehlikeli süreç

Sistem her şeyin çaresine sahip, telaşa gerek yok

Korkunun Bekçileri Perihan Mağden

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Herşeye rağmen borsa düşüşleri kontrolsüz değil

Ergin Yıldızoğlu Kriz, “sermaye” ve insan

Ercan Kumcu Açık finansman politikası

'Kıdem tazminatı'nda üç alternatif

Erdal Sağlam Teşvikte değişim için ürkek söylemler

Güven Sak Riskini yönetemeyen, krizini yönetir

Güngör URAS Kendi ekonomimizi unuttuk, ABD için dertliyiz (!)

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Eyüp Can Oğuz Satıcı’nın karavan kapitalizminden Bill Gates’in yaratıcı kapitalizmine

http://www.sabah.com.tr/okur.html

Türkiye ne kadar ve nasıl etkilenecek? (1) Korkmaz İlkorur

Hurşit GÜNEŞ
Greenspan kendini savunuyor

Başbakan kızmazsa, enerjide söylenecek söz var Funda Özkan

H4 New York TimesBush Speech Focuses on War and Taxes Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, President Bush used his final State of the Union address to call for passage of his tax rebate package and patience in Iraq. Text: The Address | The Democratic Response

News Analysis: A Defiant Look at What Little Lies Ahead

In Turkey, a Step to Allow Head Scarves

DAVID BROOKS The Kennedy Mystique Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party, now that a throng of Kennedys has endorsed Barack Obama.

Europe Offers Serbia Deal to Sway Vote

China Allows U.S. Port Call in Hong Kong

Gorbachev, Rebuking Putin, Criticizes Russian Elections

Iran Reports Receiving Nuclear Fuel From Russia

An American Builder’s Failures in Iraq Are Found to Have Been More Widespread

Egypt Presses for Abbas to Control Border

5 G.I.’s Die in Ambush in Mosul

Editorial The State of the Union Monday night’s address made us think what a different speech it might have been if President Bush had capitalized on the unity that followed the 9/11 attacks to draw the nation together.

Video: Bloggingheads: Romney and McCain Is John McCain any further to the right than Mitt Romney on foreign policy? Francis Fukuyama, above, appraises the two.

Florida’s Phantom Democrats It is extraordinary how enthusiastic about this primary vote Florida’s voters appear to be.

The Faith to Outlast Politics By DAVID KUO and JOHN J. DIIULIO Jr. Politicians from both parties have come to realize that faith-based programs are indispensable even if they are not miraculous

Acrimony Reigns in G.O.P. On Eve of Florida Vote Mitt Romney and John McCain traded attacks in a state that could produce a Republican front-runner before a virtual national primary next week.

Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in U.S. Bail bondsmen, who post bail for people accused of crimes in exchange for a fee, are all but unknown in the rest of the world.

High Enthusiasm Propels Democratic Voters Democratic turnout has far exceeded the Republican showing in the contests so far, but the meaning for the November election is a matter of dispute

French Inquiry: Bank’s Inaction Grows as Issue

Germany Confronts Holocaust Legacy Anew

H5 Washington Post Bush Touts Iraq Progress, Economic Plan State of the Union Reflects New Focus on Money Matters

ANALYSIS Final Year's Realities Push Big Ideas Into Background

Editorial Final State Rather than review a troubled record, President Bush aims for some last-year achievements.

William Arkin Don't Open a Third Front in Pakistan

Five U.S. Soldiers Are Killed When Convoy Is Hit in Mosul Northern Iraqi City Is Growing Concern as Insurgent Base

The Fed In the Echo Chamber By Robert J. Samuelson The present panicky climate results, at least partly, from all the invective heaped on the Fed.

Cards From a Worn-Out Deck By Eugene Robinson, Playing the race card against Barack Obama didn't work out quite the way Bill Clinton had hoped.

Hobbled by Hubby By E. J. Dionne Jr., Democrats increasingly worry that Hillary Clinton will have great difficulty in escaping the negative aspects of her husband's legacy

Little Trace of Slowdown For Defense Contractors By: Stephen Manning | The Washington Post Global markets may be writhing and the U.S. economy teetering at the brink of recession, but for many of the nation's largest defense firms, the good times keep going.

Staying The Coarse By George F. Will, Last week even some Democrats noticed the distinctive cloud of coarseness that hovers over the Clintons, seeping acid rain

Beauty and the East By Anne Applebaum What open socities have done for beautiful women from Eastern Eurpoe, they may also do for other talents

Senate to Offer Own Stimulus Package Almost All Would Get $500 Rebate

Obama Ready on 'Day One,' Kennedy Says

Rice: New UN Resolution Against Iran to Pave Way for 'Other Action'

Jordan Islamists: US Responsible for Bloody Downturn in Lebanon

Iranian Leader to Visit Iraq in March

H6 Guardian Putin's Balkan mischief Morton Abramowitz A diplomatic offensive needs to be launched to undercut Russian opposition to independence for Kosovo

Bush struggles for relevancy in last state of the union President overshadowed by race to chose successor attempts to reassert his primacy

UK needs new terror plan: Musharraf

Pakistani president tells prime minister Brown he must crack down on homegrown extremists

Leader Autumn of the patriarch
Pakistan: President Pervez Musharraf is undoubtedly sincere in his belief that he, and he alone, can save Pakistan from the twin perils of terrorism and anarchy

Foreign Dictates? By: Brian Whitaker | Faced with complaints about its human rights abuses, Egypt is sheltering behind specious arguments about religion and national sovereignty.

The new JFK Theodore Sorensen US elections 2008: Barack Obama is the political heir to my former boss, John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Catching Obama fever Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: Ted Kennedy's endorsement helps Barack Obama win over two critical groups: Latinos and older Democratic voters

The tide of wealth has turned

Chris Hamnett: Instead of buying up overseas assets at knock-down prices, Wall Street's titans are now selling stakes to China, Singapore and the Middle East

The US economy, Pravda style Dean Baker: The Washington Post and the rest of the DC establishment are willing to blithely airbrush history to conceal their economic policy errors

Rebel from a bygone era
Karma Nabulsi: George Habash died poor and in exile, but his lessons remain vital for Arab unity and liberation

Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich
George Monbiot: It's easy to blame the poor for growing pressure on the world's resources. But still the wealthy west takes the lion's share

Hard truths for Musharraf

Kate Allen: When he meets the president of Pakistan, Gordon Brown must show some courage and address the issue of fundamental freedoms in the country

Forget filling the coal shed: cost of keeping warm is a flight to the sun

Britain is now a society transfixed by the delights of leisure and travel, new figures show

H7

Daily Star The teething pains of US-Iran conciliation
By Anisa Mehdi

The door has closed on Syrian-Israeli negotiations By Itamar Rabinovich

Al Awsat How Did Egypt Fall Into the Trap? : Tariq Alhomayed

MEQ Eyal Zisser, Where Is Bashar al-Assad Headed?
Syria may be weak, but its leader is secure

Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success

Saudi Arabia: Nervously Watching Pakistan

More Neocon Military Advice
by Jim Lobe

Kazakhstan's Economic Nationalism Could Set Precedent for Other Oil States By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review On Jan. 15, the government of Kazakhstan ended months of uncertainty in world energy markets by announcing that KazMunaiGaz, the country's national oil and gas company, would assume a lead role in developing the Kashagan oil field, one of the world's largest

Democracy Is not a Panacea By: Hugh Cortazzi | The Japan Times
U.S. President George W. Bush has seemed to regard "democracy" as a cure for all the world's problems, though it's far from clear what he means by the word.

Foreign Dictates? By: Brian Whitaker | The Guardian
Faced with complaints about its human rights abuses, Egypt is sheltering behind specious arguments about religion and national sovereignty.

Oil Wealth: The McKinsey Quarterly examines the new role oil wealth plays in the global economy, noting its impact on interest rates and the pricing of global assets.

The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals (PDF; 119 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

Going Around in Circles on Peace By: Khader Khader | The Daily Star
Maybe the most important statement that US President George W. Bush made during his historic visit to the Middle East recently came when he told the Palestinian and Israeli sides that "tough decisions have to be taken

The Red Phone By: Hooman Majd | The New Yorker At the entrance to City Hall Park. They set up a folding table and laid out four old-fashioned red telephones, which were marked with the numbers one through four. They unfurled a banner that read, “U.S. and Iran: It’s time to talk!” Another banner, draped across the front of the table, announced, “Direct lines to Iran.”

Enemy in Iraq on the Ropes - Steve Russell, New York Daily News

The War Over the War - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

Don't Move Dave Petraeus - Roger Carstens, Human Events

A bitter taste to Iraqi reality
With rare exceptions, the media have had a hand in erasing the catastrophe of Iraq from the American landscape, if not the collective consciousness of the public. In vivid and unvarnished manner, Dahr Jamail, offers voices from an ongoing lost war in Iraq

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

US troops killed in northern Iraq

Five US soldiers are killed when their patrol is hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Mosul: Northern powder-keg

Iraq's Sadrists Seek to End Cease-Fire

Iran Sanctions Vote at UN Seen Weeks Away

Iran to Announce Date of Next Round of Talks With US on Iraq

Beirut tension
Lebanon's national army is drawn closer to political chaos

Daily Star Lebanon's opposition leaders have a duty to put out the fire

5 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq in 2nd-deadliest attack this year

Iraqi Accord Front Negotiating to Return to Government; Other Events

Iran's Industry Investment in Syria Stands at 950m Dollars - Assistant Minister

[Fbis] OSC: Iraqi Deputy PM Says US Troops Still Needed 'for a Certain Period' in Iraq

Tax Evasion a Reason for Staggering Inflation in Iran - Economist

DEBKAfile: Five US soldiers killed in Mosul, N. Iraq. Private militia of Qaddafi’s son is suspected

Qaddafi Drops Seif al-Islam as Successor, Promotes Fourth Son

Al Qaeda Readies Dual-track Offensive in Iraq and Gaza

H9 Ha’aretz Israeli commissions: Like no other in world

Sources: Olmert rejects talk of early elections Laborites predict potentially damning Winograd report due Wed. will prompt Barak bid to push up elections

IDF worried Lebanon war probe report will damage its image Haaretz finds many systemic governmental failures outlined in partial Winograd report have been fixed

Changing organizational culture 'doesn't happen overnight'

Editorial The report on the second war While the country waits for the Winograd Committee's full report on the Second Lebanon War, we should not ignore the "interim report" made public last week on another war the prime minister has been waging: that against the judiciary

Bradley Burston: What if the Hillary haters were right all along?

Iran close to renewing long-cut ties with Egypt

Obama: Opponents trying to weaken my support among Jews

Lieberman: Why McCain's the man for Israel-lovers

New Guest: Diaspora Jews need to be heard on Jerusalem.

Border Control / Olmert's man in Ramallah

Israeli official: Bolton accused Rice of caving on terms of cease-fire

Jerusalem PostBush: The time has come for peace in the Holy Land

In his final State of the Union address, US president reiterates commitment to ME peace, says Iran must come clean about nuclear intentions.

Analysis: Olmert's flak jacket

PM playing to an "anything but Netanyahu" sentiment and peace process to deflect Winograd C'tee fallout

Our world: Grimacing to victory and grinning to defeat[ CAROLINE GLICK ,

Hamas's PR debacle [ BARRY RUBIN

Analysis: Egypt's hard choices on the Rafah debacle
Goodwill and better Cairo-Jerusalem cooperation could have prevented this disastrous state of affairs

Yedioth Ahronoth Obama rejects right of return

Presidential candidate presents views on Mideast in talk with Israeli, Jewish journalists

Justice prevails in Rafah

Egypt’s inaction in face of Palestinian terrorism comes back to haunt it, Gilad Sharon says

Olmert must go/ Uzi Dayan PM lost moral authority to lead Israel in light of war conduct, attitude to Winograd report

Siege doesn’t work Boosting pressure on Gaza Strip does not mitigate suffering of Sderot residents

Bush: US will defend itself
In his last State of the Union address, American president warns Tehran that US will 'confront those who threaten our troops' and defend its allies in the Gulf. Adds: We are standing against forces of extremism in Holy Land

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

International Law and Gaza: The Assault on Israel's Right to Self-Defense - Abraham Bell (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

• COMMENT: James Lindsay on Gaza into Egypt

Despite Break, Crisis Builds in Gaza By: Richard Boudreaux | Los Angeles Times Palestinians may have shopped in Egypt, but services such as power and water deteriorate amid Israeli blockade.

Salon Bush's delusions die in Gaza The mass jailbreak of Gazans into Egypt revealed the bankruptcy of both Israel's policy of collective punishment and Bush's attempt to make Mideast peace.
By Gary Kamiya

Cairo's options
The Gaza border crisis leaves Egypt only difficult alternatives

Palestine: the pursuit of justice, John Strawson Rosemary Bechler

JTA: Obama tells Jews: ‘I never practiced Islam’

Study: Israelis feel less secure since end of war

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Sinai cut off from Egypt for the first time since 1982, 4,000 Palestinian infiltrators detained

DEBKAfile: Iran and Saudi Arabia step into Gaza crisis on Day 6 of Palestinian rampage in Sinai

Israeli Military up in Arms over Bush-Olmert Plan for Major Operation in Gaza on Behalf of… Palestinian Authority

Fresh efforts to seal Gaza border

Egypt cuts off supplies to its border zone with Gaza to discourage Palestinians from pouring into the area.

Analysis: Gaza -- What if? By CLAUDE SALHANI (UPI) -- Some 700,000 Gazans oozed through barriers set up by Israel to keep them and their weapons apart, assuming walls can do the job in the absence of peace.

Jerusalem diary
Gazans breathe a little freedom but harsh realities remain

Rafah's Angry Tunnel Men

No Easy Solution While Hamas Keeps Warring - Fania Oz-Salzberger

First Fatah Congress in 18 Years Planned

Terrorism's Christian Godfather: George Habash Dies - Scott MacLeod (TIME)

Factions struggle for reins at border Frustrated Palestinian Authority officials say they want to restore authority over the ruptured border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt but cannot because Hamas security forces control the area.

Fertile Ground for Radicalism By: Daoud Kuttab | Miami Herald
When the Gaza Strip was plunged into darkness last week as a result of the Israeli fuel blockade, many people around the world were surprised. But the optimism produced by the Annapolis peace process, which included President George W. Bush's promise of an agreement in 2008 to create a Palestinian state, was clearly unrealistic.

Blame Hamas for the Suffering By: Frida Ghitis | Miami Herald
There was a time -- a rather short-lived moment in the history of the Middle East -- when the people of Gaza thought life would get better, and the people of Israel's town of Sderot thought they, too, would stop living in h
Israel lets it be – with apology for banning Beatles 43 years ago ell.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

No way to avoid Hamas now Excluding the militant group won't secure peace in the Middle East.

Fed's tough call: how far to cut interest rates A week ago, analysts expected a 0.5 percentage point trim. Now they're not so sure.

GOP race in Florida is Romney vs. McCain The two candidates are running neck and neck before the Republican primary Tuesday.

Pro-Muslim tilt in Malaysia's courts Observers say civil courts often defer to Islamic courts on key issues

As dollar falls, migrants feel pinch Their earnings don't stretch as far for family overseas, so many are working extra hours.

In US, historical revision challenges memorials to South's heroes Recent moves seek to modify statues and plaques to reflect racist past.

The dangers of collaboration Environmentalists risk undercutting their mission.

Not-so-benevolent strongmen The passing of Indonesia's Suharto offers an opening for the country to judge his past.

ASIA

Boston Globe An Asian Century?

WHEN THE World Economic Forum ends its annual meeting here, the high-test clientele drains away from this mountain town surprisingly quickly. This year they left an impression that the power and influence of Europe and North America were draining away too, inexorably shifting from the West eastward toward Asia. The structures that the United States had established after ... (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

CFR Khanna: India-China Trade

Asia Times

India's vision blurs over China
Since the US's return into South Asian affairs after September 11, 2001, India's traditional nemesis - the Beijing-Islamabad entente - has been overshadowed by the Washington-Islamabad alliance. Yet, New Delhi's security community continues to focus on the former relationship, while playing down cooperation with Beijing, which is also worried about tumult in its southern periphery. - Zorawar Daulet Singh

China Isn't Blazing a Path for Anybody By: Tom Plate | The Japan Times
Only a profound pessimist could aver that the "China model" is widely viewed, even in Asia, as an alternative to the "democracy model."

Weak Dollar Fuels China's Buying Spree Of U.S. Firms By: Ariana Eunjung Cha | The Washington Post
In 2007, acquisitions in the United States by foreign ventures hit $407 billion, up 93 percent from the previous year, according to Thomson Financial. The top countries investing were Canada, Britain and Germany; the Middle East and Asia -- especially China -- are quickly catching up.

Pakistani Army Chief Kayani Asserts Independence From Musharraf By: James Rupert | Bloomberg News
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was confident enough in his control of his turbulent country to spend last week in Europe. The man he put in charge of the army has started to feel confident himself -- enough to assert some independence.

Some Thoughts on How to Curb Pakistani Militancy By: Abdullah M. Adnan | The Daily Star
Military rule and the "war on terror" are the two main culprits for the rise of militancy in Pakistan. A third factor, a dictator-foreign nexus -- whereby a Western power covertly or overtly supports dictators or military rulers -- adds fuel to the fire.

Top US Agents in Secret Trip to Pakistan

Bad News Makes Headlines: Security Challenges Posed by Pakistan IPPR

US diplomat's body found in Pakistan

An American General’s Upbeat Afghan Assessment By: Hamish McKenzie | Asia Sentinel
In the wake of the hotel bombing that killed six people in Kabul on January 14, and following reports that the Taliban plans to turn its guns solely against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, concern is growing for the future of a country that lurches from tragedy to tragedy, despite insistence from Western forces that progress is afoot

Straight Talk on Pakistan - Ralph Peters, New York Post

Suharto: President of Region and Times - The Australian editorial


Suharto's Indonesia - Wall Street Journal editorial

Suharto's Legacy - Hugo Restall, Wall Street Journal

Farewell to Jakarta's Man of Steel - Greg Sheridan, The Australian

Suharto's Reign Came at Cost - Sara Webb, Sydney Daily Telegraph

Suharto: Our Model Dictator - John Pilger, Guardian

Suharto: General Havoc - Tom Fawthrop, Guardian

India: A new paper from the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, an independent think tank, examines the competitiveness of the Indian auto industry following the much-publicized release of an Indian automobile that will retail for $2,500.

H11 IHT KOSOVO, CHINA AND TAIWAN Whose problem is it? By DREW THOMPSON AND NIKOLAS GVOSDEV Faced with indications that the United States and most member-states of the European Union will recognize Kosovo - while Russia will not - China will have to decide where its interests most closely lie.

West dithers as Iran goes it merry wayJohn Vinocur on the weakness of U.S. policy toward the nuclear aims of Iran.

State votes said to signal change in German politicsThe country faces the prospect of more grand coalitions or unwieldy coalitions involving smaller parties that could prove too unstable and ideologically diverse to pursue bold economic or political reforms, analysts said Monday.

EU links Serbian membership to presidential voteThe European Union on Monday sent a clear signal to Serbia that its path to membership would be opened if it rejected a nationalist, pro-Russian candidate in the presidential runoff Sunday

Getting bankers to hit the brakes By EDUARDO PORTER

Financial institutions have proved unable to curb their appetite for risky assets.

EUROPE European press review

Embracing reforms is a vote for Italy's future

THE RESIGNATION of Prime Minister Romano Prodi and the continuing uncertainty dominating Italy's political and economic landscape underscore Italy's fundamental need for electoral and structural reform and greater deregulation. The necessity to boost competitiveness and growth is indispensable to the nation's future. (By Marco Vicenzino, Boston Globe)

Report: Islamists Planned Attacks Across Europe

Sarkozy's Aggressive ME Push ISA
The Francophile stance of some Gulf rulers - including Sheikh Khalifa and his rumored antipathy towards Britain - indicates that a French-UAE military base deal and other French pushes in the Middle East are in part signs of displeasure regarding the trajectory of the Iraq conflict and constitute an effort to balance US and British influence in the Gulf.

Walker's World: Europe's Green wars begin By MARTIN WALKER UPI) -- Europe's new targets against global warming have provoked strikes, outrage and dismay, even among environmentalists. Welcome to the the era of Green civil wars

Dutch to Block Serbia's Bid for EU Trade Pact, Balkenende Says By: Chris Burns and James G. Neuger | Bloomberg News
The Netherlands will block Serbia's appeal for a faster route to European Union membership due to the Belgrade government's failure to round up war criminals from the 1990s, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said.

EU offers Serbs trade and travel deal before poll Trade and travel pact offered in attempt to secure victory for a pro-western democrat in election

Kosovo's Shaky Economy Shows Signs of Autonomy Deutsche Welle
Kosovo's economy, which is plagued by high birth and unemployment rates, relies heavily on the earnings of its diaspora. But there's light -- and euros -- at the end of the tunnel for the break-away Serbian province

The EU's enlargement commissioner says it's too early to consider Serbia's membership, i.e. before the country's presidential election is over and a key war-crimes suspect has been handed over.

Archbishop Christodoulos

Popular Greek Orthodox priest who used the media to energise his Church and relished attacking its secular enemies

Berlusconi invokes Mussolini in threat to march on Rome

Silvio Berlusconi will meet President Giorgio Napolitano this morning to explain why he has threatened to put "millions of people on the streets of Rome" if a general election is not scheduled immediately.

The Big Question: Is Silvio Berlusconi poised to return to power in Italy, and can he be stopped?

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan's Economic Nationalism Could Set Precedent for Other Oil States By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review On Jan. 15, the government of Kazakhstan ended months of uncertainty in world energy markets by announcing that KazMunaiGaz, the country's national oil and gas company, would assume a lead role in developing the Kashagan oil field, one of the world's largest

EurasiaNet Central Asia: Looking at Language Politics BY RICHARD WEITZ
Political shifts and economic factors are exerting considerable influence over language policies in Central Asia. Some nations, especially Uzbekistan, that just a short time ago were vigorously striving to reduce Russia’s cultural influence, are now experiencing a modest revival in the use of the Russian language, some regional experts say

Media Scuffle Marks Start of Armenia’s Presidential Campaign
BY MARIANNA GRIGORYAN
With the official start of Armenia’s presidential election campaign this week, candidates are taking to the airwaves to make a broad array of political promises.

Russian Presidential Candidate Booted From Race By: Megan K. Stack | Los Angeles Times The most outspoken opposition politician vying for the Russian presidency was thrown out of the race Sunday, accused by elections officials of forging tens of thousands of signatures.

Good WTO News for Yushchenko By: Andrew McChesney | The Moscow Times
February is shaping up to be a big month for Ukraine, and President Viktor Yushchenko -- backed by a group of heavyweight allies in Davos -- said his country should emerge with flying colors.

Russia’s Got a Substitute for Transdniestria Leader By: Vladimir Solovyev | Kommersant
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria said last week only the recognition of its independence will foil the West’s plans to create “sanitary arc” around Russia and will bring stability to the volatile area. This did not come as good news for Moscow which has decided to help re-unite Moldova

Asia Times US, Britain stung by an Afghan temper The United States is making progress in getting Uzbekistan back on side - US Central Command badly needs Tashkent's cooperation to operate a second air corridor to Afghanistan. But at the same time, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has spectacularly rebuffed Washington's and London's plan for Lord Paddy Ashdown to go to Afghanistan as a special envoy. This, and timely backing from China, strengthens President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan. - M K Bhadrakumar

BBC Eager partner
Ukraine forges closer EU links - but cannot join the club yet

Strikes, Protests and Gridlock at the Poland-Ukraine Border By: Siobhan Dowling | Der Spiegel
Two people have died and thousands of trucks have been stuck at the border between Poland and Ukraine this week after customs officials went on wildcat strikes. They're complaining about bad pay, overwork and a lack of preparation for dealing with the new Schengen zone borders

Gorbachev criticizes Russian electoral systemThe last leader of the Soviet Union has called for extensive reforms to the electoral system that has secured power for President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle.

BBC Russia to limit election monitors Russia will limit foreign election monitors at its March presidential poll to 400, half the observers in 2004

EDM RUSSIA CAPTURES SERBIA’S ENERGY SECTOR


- REPRESSION UNDERMINES DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS

- SEMYON MOGILEVICH’S ARREST – A BLOW TO MEDVEDEV, OR A FAVOR?

H13 The Times How to crush the terrorists The West must change course and treat Afghanistan and Pakistan as one struggle Amir Taheri

A time of split-screen politics

What we see on the surface of the presidential race has little connection with reality

David Aaronovitch

Hiding behind a political veil

Muslims make up about 3 per cent of the population yet we seem to be obsessed with them

Mick Hume

Cheap Shot, Bill

An inexcusable appeal to the baser instincts in American politics

US envoy accused of sabotaging Ashdown · FO officials suspect Khalilzad played key role
· UN ambassador's office denies presidency plan

Lebanon in mourning after night of violence Anti-government street demonstrations in Beirut have left eight people dead and sparked fears of a new civil war

Wall Street Journal Bush's End Game Even a lame-duck President has more power to influence events than anyone else on the planet

The Gaza Breakout
By Bret Stephens
Global View:
The Palestinians now pose a threat to Egypt's national security.

The U.N.'s Human-Rights Sham
By Ronan Farrow
One obsessively anti-Israel body has replaced another.

Wiretrapped
Senate Democrats block a vote on warrantless wiretaps

Let's Get Real About the Economy By Steven Rattner
Sure there's a correction in the works. But predictions of disaster are off the mark.

Holocaust Inversion - Manfred Gerstenfeld

Tax-Happy Brazil Hits the Wall By: Mary Anastasia O'Grady | The Wall Street Journal
After years of wealth-destroying hyperinflation, monetary stability finally seems to have taken hold in Brazil, doing wonders for the earning and saving power of millions.

Listening to the Enemy By: Roger Pilon | The Wall Street Journal
This Friday a temporary law called the Protect America Act will expire. If Congress does not act before then, the president's statutory power to prevent terrorist attacks will be seriously compromised.

John Fund / Wall Street Journal:

Winging It — John McCain has a golden opportunity to make peace with conservatives. Will he take advantage of it?

New Yorker The Minsky Moment
by John Cassidy Twenty-five years ago, when most economists were extolling the virtues of financial deregulation and innovation, a maverick named Hyman P. Minsky maintained a more negative view of
Wall Street; in fact, he noted that bankers, traders, and other financiers periodically played the role of arsonists, setting the entire economy ablaze. Wall Street encouraged businesses and individuals to take on too much risk, he believed, generating ruinous boom-and-bust cycles…

H14 Financial Times The battle for food, oil and water The costs of food and energy are rising fast. The availability of water is also becoming an issue, from Australia to Africa. The struggle for these three basic commodities – food, energy and water – came up repeatedly for discussion in Davos, writes Gideon Rachman. And the biggest driver of increased prices is growing wealth in China and India

Iran warns against hasty security resolution Tehran urges the UN security council to wait for the next report from the international nuclear watchdog before adopting a third resolution, saying it would respond ‘seriously’ to hasty action

Hizbollah criticises Lebanese army over killings Lebanon’s army draws rare criticism from the powerful Shia Hizbollah movement, a day after protesters were killed in some of the worst civil unrest since the 1975-1990 civil war

Inquiry verdict puts Olmert in line of fire A critical report from the high-profile Winograd committee on the disastrous war in Lebanon is expected to challenge the Israeli prime minister’s embattled tenure

EU offers to monitor Gaza border The European Union said yesterday it was ready to resume monitoring the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, which it abandoned when Hamas, the Islamist group,...

Citi signs China banking agreement Western banks rush to establish footholds

Iraq and economy centre of Bush address President George W. Bush struck an optimistic tone on progress in Iraq and the long-term outlook for the US economy as he delivered his final State of the Union address

Kennedy puts the establishment behind Obama Ted Kennedy delivered the most ringing endorsement possible for Barack Obama’s presidential aspirations, capping a nightmare few days for the
Clintons

Fed expected to cut rates again The Federal Reserve is expected to ram home its new aggressive approach to fighting the risk of a protracted US recession with a further interest rate cut tomorrow, hot on the heels of its unprecedented 75 basis point cut last week

The stimuli should be spread around The problem for US policymakers is what to do if the rest of the world does not help out. America cannot drive the world economy for ever

Cushioning the cost of the right decision Adam Posen on the challenge facing the Fed

Five ways to reform Asia’s regional bank Paul Speltz and Linda Tsao Yang on ADB’s difficulties

The Celtic tiger can come roaring back Marc Coleman on Ireland’s huge potential

Cushioning the cost of the right decision The perception, following the Fed’s intra-meeting cut, of interest rate-setting being driven in response to equity market distress rather than financial instability or the general outlook is a dangerous one, writes Adam Posen

ANALYSIS: New lease on life?

Hedge funds show resilienceFunds where the managers have a big personal stake are outshining Wall Street banks and brokerages

Gideon Rachman’s blogThe South Carolina fallout: I realise that the default position of this blog is never to get too enthusiastic about anything. But I was really impressed by Gates. Sorry about that. Normal service will be resumed soon

Economists’ ForumFed shows it can be nimble: The Fed wants us to know that when the economy is in trouble, it will act and will do so right away, writes Stephen Cecchetti

When are bulls actually bears?

Lofty view from Davos could just be a mirage

Cameron fights Brown on Blairite groundThe mood in Downing Street has shifted. Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, began a recent cabinet meeting by urging a New Labour reform agenda, says Philip Stephens

US v Microsoft: who really won?Ten years after the ‘anti-trust case of the century’, Microsoft’s empire has proved both more resilient and less evil than imagined

European leaders to discuss world economy French President Nicolas Sarkozy will use a ‘credit crunch’ meeting in London to call for order to be imposed on a financial system that ‘sometimes seems out of control’

Merkel emerges with prize from Hesse poll In spite of the gains by Social Democrats over Christian Democrats in the bellwether regional state election, analysts say the chancellor is still the long-term beneficiary

Eastern Europe to feel credit squeeze Economists have said the fast-growing region of central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union faces a slowdown following the financial turmoil around the globe

Fear of higher prices grows in EU Europeans are convinced they will be hit by increased costs this year, according to a survey that highlights worries about inflation across the continent

Economic woes are key to duel in Florida Mitt Romney now finds himself locked in a dead heat with John McCain in Florida, where victory in Tuesday’s vote would give the winner a powerful boost ahead of next week’s potentially decisive Super Tuesday contests

Profile: John McCain

US new home sales hit 12-year low Sales of new homes in the US dropped 4.7 per cent last month, a decline that was much steeper than expected, providing evidence that housing and construction woes are continuing despite lower interest rates

Clinton seeks profit from likely Florida win Hillary Clinton will visit Florida on Tuesday night in the expectation that she will come out as the winner in the state’s otherwise redundant Democratic primary

H15 Los Angeles Times A Cold War redux is seen on the horizonThough the U.S. plays down tensions, some observers say Russia sees advantages to being an enemy.

'Unfinished business' is the state of the union, and the presidency

Baghdad's housing boomWith violence down, home prices are up as displaced Iraqis flock back home. For many, however, the cost is too steep.

Gates calls for bipartisan work on IraqThe Defense secretary says presidential candidates should be thinking ahead about the war on terrorism

Bomb kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

EditorialFrom Ft. Sumter to Obama

South Carolina, cradle of the Confederacy, made another kind of history by choosing Barack Obama for president.

Clinton's Latino spin

Gregory Rodriguez

The Clinton campaign's assertion that Latinos historically haven't voted for black candidates is divisive -- and false.

3 Kennedys for Clinton

By Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy

She stands for Democrats and for the nation, these family members say.

H16 American Politics

Bush addresses US economy fears

President Bush uses his last regular State of the Union address to try to shore up US economic confidence.

In quotes: State of Union reaction

Excerpts: State of Union address Watch: State of the Union

McClatchy Bush lays out a modest agenda for his final year President Bush used his final State of the Union address to launch what the White House called "a sprint to the finish," but his modest agenda made it clear that his dismal political standing and a wary Democratic Congress prohibit grand ambitions for his final year in office

The dismal state of George W. Bush

Help for a Multistate Battle
Will the backing of the Kennedy clan prove to be a turning point for Barack Obama's campaign?

1 million early and absentee ballots cast in Florida...

NOVAK: Black vs. Brown Risky For Clinton...

The dismal state of George W. Bush

In his last annual speech to Congress, the president used Osama bin Laden to justify Iraq, bravely denounced pork-barrel spending and waxed

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Kennedy backs Obama and snipes at Clintons

Backing from Edward Kennedy is a huge prize for Barack Obama, providing him with momentum ahead of Super Tuesday

Giuliani ends Florida campaign before dwindled crowds
The slogan is 'Florida is Rudy Country', but polls indicate it is more likely to be Romney or McCain's

Economic woes
Gloom ahead of Republican primary in the Sunshine State

H17 Daily Telegraph

Phones tapped at the rate of 1,000 a day Britain is in danger of becoming a "surveillance state" as authorities including councils launch bugging operations against 1,000 people a day.

Karzai had to hang tough on Ashdown

If Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai is to survive, writes David Blair, he must have powerful Afghan allies. Yet this causes immediate tension with his Western supporters

H18 Independent Robert Fisk: Eight dead, and echoes of Beirut's bloody history reverberate around its streets

Five US troops killed in al-Qa'ida heartland

Obama takes up mantle of JFK at Washington rally

The mantle of President John F Kennedy was taken up by Barack Obama in Washington yesterday in front of three generations of the political clan.

Kenya: a nation in turmoil

'They killed our people, so now we will do likewise. We are just revenging'

Four days of appalling tribal violence have left at least 100 people dead and many more homeless in the tourist idyll of Lake Naivasha, as Kenya slides towards civil war.

Richard Dowden: The seeds of mistrust were sown decades ago, but this will not explode into genocide

Leading article: A lethal failure of political leadership

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

From the Archive The Israeli "art student" mystery - Salon.com For almost two years, hundreds of young Israelis falsely claiming to be art students haunted federal offices -- in particular, the DEA. No one knows why -- and no one seems to want to find out.

Little Trace of Slowdown For Defense Contractors By: Stephen Manning | The Washington Post Global markets may be writhing and the U.S. economy teetering at the brink of recession, but for many of the nation's largest defense firms, the good times keep going.

U.S. Air Force Bomber Modernization Plans: An Independent Assessment
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Full Document (PDF; 736 KB)

Training a “Hybrid” Warrior at the Infantry Officer Course

SIPRI Update: Global Security & Arms Control

The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals (PDF; 119 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

Pentagon Wants Another $70 Billion for Wars

Negroponte Confirms Use of Waterboarding

Commander Presses for US-China Hotline

Small Wars, Big Changes

Intel vet: Who's minding the CIA?

Nothing Happened in MAJ Today By: David French | National Review
We will win the war when “nothing happened today” is the common report, when “nothing” means no explosions, no beheadings, no snipers, no torture, and no kidnappings, when “nothing” means that kids went to school, mothers went to the market, and dads went to work

Al-Qaeda "Strapping Bombs to Children" in Iraq

David J. Garrow / The Atlantic Online:
The FBI and Martin Luther King

Special Ops Fighting Each Other in the Sandbox?

Jihad Watch Offers Questions for Candidates - Robert Spencer, Human Events

CBS News: Interrogator Shares Saddam's Confessions

Military Recruitment

Michael E. O'Hanlon,

H20 Slate The Man Who Learned Too Little In his final State of the Union, Bush makes more empty promises. Fred Kaplan

Remember Me? President Bush takes a final swipe at Congress. John Dickerson

Where Did All Those Gorgeous Russians Come From?

The same place as the unglamorous assembly-line workers.
Anne Applebaum

Fool Me Thrice It should be no surprise that the Clintons are playing the race card. Christopher Hitchens

International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2006 (PDF; 201 KB)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in the Developing World

Migration and Remittance Factbook
World Bank

Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Higher in 2008
Earth Policy News

'Fighting Terrorism Since 1492' By: John C. K. Daly | ISN Security Watch
American Indians have suffered under foreign invaders for 500 years. Now the descendents of Sitting Bull are fighting back, withdrawing from treaties with Washington.

From The Wilson Quarterly, the curse of generosity: The outpouring of tens of billions to improve global health seems like the most hopeful event of the 21st century, but the largess could make things worse

Like Rorschach tests, a growing stack of Bush books reveals very different presidents—Evangelical Bush, Frat-Boy Bush, Weepy Bush—as authors try to explain his failure and his "success".

From LRB, Eric Hobsbawm on life during the Weimar Republic.

An article on piecing together the dark legacy of East Germany's secret police.

An article on ten extraordinary literary suicides.

limited access or the open city?

H21 With or without religion, good people will do good, and evil people will do evil. But for good people to do evil, that takes religion... more»

Amazons top reviewer, Harriet Klausner, is a speed reader who can take on 45 books a week. And anyone cares?... more»

Psycho-pharmaceuticals may make a new, more authentic you. Have no fear: there will be a pill for that too... more»

“There is nothing harder than the creation of fictional character,” says James Wood. And there is nothing that can captivate us more in literature... more»

Why reading is not fundamental

A professor of literature extols the virtues of nonreading.

Exercise Could Slow Aging Of Body, Study Suggests Physically active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes, according to new research that offers a fundamental new clue into how exercise may help stave off aging.

Resistance to Tamiflu found

The European Centres for Disease Control has discovered a mutation associated with high levels of resistance to the influenza antiviral medicine marketed by Roche

Mental Woes Linked to Head Trauma

New research suggests that hidden traumatic brain injuries can cause social or educational failure, such as alcoholism or homelessness. If broadly verified, the findings could have a significant impact in dealing with these difficulties.

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