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H1 New York TimesEnding Impasse, Iraq Parliament Backs Measures The three laws are the budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers and an amnesty for detainees.

Bomb in Syria Kills Militant Sought as Terrorist Imad Mugniyah, one of America’s most wanted men, was accused in a string of bombings, hijackings and kidnappings.

Obama’s Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign Hillary Rodham Clinton’s advisers made it clear that they were prepared to take a number

ROGER COHEN Here Comes Kosovo The fact is that the independence of Kosovo is justified, unique and unavoidable.

Editorial Making (Some) Progress in Iraq The Bush administration will have to press a lot harder to make sure that the new laws approved by Iraq’s Parliament are translated into action.

Washington Post A Referendum on Iraq By David Ignatius, President Bush seems determined to make his Iraqi policy an issue in the campaign to succeed him.

Iraqis Pass 3 Key Bills, Pleasing All Parties Parliament Approves Budget, Vote, Amnesty

Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Mughniyah death could spark Lebanese civil war If assassination of Hezbollah No. 2 exacerbates Lebanon chaos, Israel could be target for another war

ANALYSIS: U.S. involvement in Mughniyah killing still uncertain Like Israel, U.S. claims ignorance as to who took out Hezbollah deputy leader - and both are suspected of lying

ANALYSIS: Question now isn't if Hezbollah will respond, but how Killers of Hezbollah No. 2 showed impressive skills at trapping the man deemed a grandmaster of evasion

Financial Times A deepening chill in US-China ties To avoid a new cold war, Washington must curb protectionist instincts and Beijing must rethink support for tyrants who control reserves of oil or timber

WORLD NEWS: EU confident of peaceful Kosovo birth Kosovo’s anticipated declaration of independence this weekend is not expected to lead to widespread violence or an exodus of Serbs from the province

Iraqi parliament sets provincial poll date US and Iraqi politicians consider the elections a key step in creating legitimate local governments that can reassert authority in the country’s often anarchic provinces

"American Interests, Policies, and Results in the Middle East: Energy, Israel, Access, and the Containment of Muslim Rage" Speech by Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. 2/11/08

Foreign Policy Crisis in the Dark Is the global financial system headed for a meltdown? From Nobel Prize-winning economists to captains of industry, the world’s top experts are united by a common answer: We don’t know.

USIP Kosovo/Serbia: Which Direction Next?

CEPS What is just secession? (Is Kosovo unique)? Download PDF for free

MESH • COMMENTS: David Schenker and Jon Alterman on Syria and Mughniyah

Wall Street Journal Obama as Diplomat in Chief
By Michael O'Hanlon Talking to the enemy sometimes works. But as a doctrine it's a mistake.

Looking Forward in Iraq
U.S. troops will, and should, be there in January 2009.

Dead in Damascus
It's often hard to know how much progress we're making in the war on terror. But the death of Imad Mughniyeh is an unambiguous victory. Review & Outlook

The Investment Slowdown
By Stephen Moore
A weak dollar and the risk of higher taxes are pushing capital overseas.

Seeing the World as it Is By: Fouad Ajami | U.S. News and World Report The world of the 1990s came to a catastrophic end on 9/11. It was the luck of the new custodians of American power to come into that inheritance. And truth be known, in its final year in office, the Bush administration can boast of having measured up to some great challenges abroad.

Guardian To strengthen Miliband's case for democracy, drop Iraq, add Europe Timothy Garton Ash: We would be wrong to abandon a very good idea just because George Bush has come so close to giving it a bad name

CFR Nagl and Yingling: Restructuring the U.S. Military

Carnegie The Pakistani Army and Post-Election Scenarios

Time Who Killed Imad Mughniyeh?

After Mughniyah: Will Hezbollah Retaliate?

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Mughniyah's strike: A Benchmark in the Counter Terror War

Mother Jones The Three Trillion Dollar War

Gvosdev Obama's Foreign Policy Approach: Who Calls the Shots?

Asia Times Asian arms race gathers speed In Northeast Asia, the United States, China, Japan, Russia and North and South Korea are investing in war, spending staggering amounts of money in new weapons systems and offensive capabilities. From China's ambitious naval program to South Korea's state-of-the-art fighter aircraft, this buildup on the land, on the seas and in space undercuts all talk of peace and sustains an ever-growing global military-industrial complex. - John Feffer

Gilles Kepel on Islamism...
'in crisis.' Again.

H2 ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Trouble for Turkey? Lagging political reform may delay EU membership

Turkey No Platform for Israeli Strikes: Official

Cartwright visits Ankara, Gates to follow soon

Türk-ABD ilişkilerinde sıkıntı

Greek Foreign Minister Speaks at CSIS Event LISTEN TO THE EVENT | Video | Statesmen's Forum

Divided Turkey Debates Rights, Religion

Turkish, US Generals Discuss Regional Developments, Fight Against Terrorism

EurasiaNet Turkey: Worries Mount Over Government’s Commitment to Democratization

In Turkey, a Patriarch in Dire Straits

EDM ISRAEL’S BARAK IN ANKARA TO TRY TO BOOST DEFENSE TIES

US general in Turkey for talks on Kurdish rebels: official

ABD ile 4 yıldızlı beşinci buluşma Ankara'daydı

ABD’den PKK için sürpriz ziyaret

İsrail, casus uydu projesi için Ankara'ya yeni teklif sundu

Late Congressman Lantos had stormy relationship with Turkey

04:00 'Sinyali' Ankara'da verdi

Türkiye'yi ziyarete hazırlanan Gates omuzunu kırdı

Amerikalı Komutandan ‘Desteğe Devam’ Ziyareti

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Tarhan Erdem - Başbakan'ın Kürt sorunu tanımı!

Top Kurd: a Kirkuk vote or automatic KRG

Leyla Zana savcıya ifade verdi

Erbil launches first Turkmen conference

Do Kurds have the right to 17% of the Iraqi budget?

'Time for realism' but is it really the Kurds in need of a reality ...

Democracy and reform-imperative options for the Kurds

The History of Genocide
Kurdish Globe Out of 635 jails in Turkey, half of them are located in northern Kurdistan

Bildiri - Erbil Türkmen Gençleri

Irak parçalanma yolunda

DTP'li Sabahat Tuncel'e 15 yıl hapis istemi

''Öcalan da Ergenekon'un adamı ve bu Görevi sürüyor!''

Karayılan'ın iki adamı herşeyi anlattı

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 13 Feb 2008

Al-Jazeera Reports Lack of Iraqi Government Support for Kurdish Refugees

Iraqi Speaker Says Minority Should Submit to Will of Majority

Time for Kurds to take it by Force

S. Korea to Develop Oil Fields in Kurdistan

KRG PM to visit South Korea

Kurdish Youths Kurdish Globe

Yahudi Köşk'e çıktı

Nuh Gönültaş İsrail ve Yahudiler ezberlerimizi bozmalıyız!

Ankara'da 'Mossad' krizi

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Diyarbakır'da 140 gram C-4 ele geçirildi

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

No Data Available on Integration of Turks in Germany

My mother, too, used to wear headscarf, says EU parliamentarian

Yusuf KANLI
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Özdemir: Türkiye ders veremez

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Almanya Erdoğan'ı tartışıyor

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Alman basınında Erdoğan'ın Almanya ziyareti...

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RSF: "301 Basın özgürlüğü düşmanı"

Istanbul Akmerkez'de alışılmadık manzara

Turkey's costly signs of the times
Road sign replacement in Turkey is a multi-million dollar affair, with thefts accounting for 50% of losses in some areas. Unlike in the West, where stealing traffic signs is for decorative purposes, it's no joke in Turkey as the thieves have an economic motive in selling the expensive aluminum signs. - Fazile Zahir

İbrahim Sadri kumarda basıldı

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H3 İŞTE O PROTOKOL

Police uncover plot to assassinate President Abdullah Gül

Sevsinler seni!

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SOLİ ÖZEL Hayaller, hedefler

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey’s intelligence-gathering dilemma

Ahmet Taşgetiren En dramatik olay

Ruşen Çakır, Başbakan’ın öfkesini yorumladı

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Türban krizinden çıkış hâlâ mümkün

El Kaide’den İncirlik’e saldırı planı

Murat Yetkin - Erdoğan'dan tam saha baskı

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Camideki bomba 'Ümraniye' türü

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Turban-blind Burak BEKDİL

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İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

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Fehmi Koru Defenders of lost cases

Fehmi Koru: Son meydan muharebesi

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Ali Bayramoğlu: Gün ışığı aynası

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Hayrettin Karaman: Niçin Örtünüyoruz? (3)

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Tamer Korkmaz: Ergenekon'dan ıstırap duyacak değiller ya!

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İbrahim Karagül: ABD füzelerinin İran sınırında ne işi var?

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Akif Emre: Bu çatlak zor kapanır

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Yasin Doğan: Endişeleri dikkate almak…

EKREM DUMANLI - Anlama gayreti - 1

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MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - "Çoğunluk tahakkümü"

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HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Tarihin en büyük pişkinliği

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Hasan Celal Güzel - Hukukun sefaleti

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Nuray Mert - 'Öz yurdunda garip' iktidar

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Hakkı Devrim - Lider, durmadan konuşandır

Türban ve özgürlük-2

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İbrahim Kalın Letter from Obama

Cumhuriyet, demokrasi ve başörtüsü

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YÖK'te karar günü

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Cumhurbaşkanı geri göndersin

Stajyer doktorlar türban takabilir

Ertuğrul Özkök Beyaz gömlek, kara gömlek

Ahmet Hakan Modern zulüm: Modern dans

M Ali Birand Ankara da 3’lü zirve (AB) tehlikesini gördü…

Cüneyt Ülsever Türk Ekonomi Bankası’nı kutluyorum: İcat çıkarıyorlar

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Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Barlas Dış konjonktür hesap edilmeden içeride siyaset yapmak akla ziyandır

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Her şey sanat için!

The 'deep state' is smiling at me in the Malatya massacre case - II
Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Yalçın Doğan Zorbalık manzaraları

Güler Kömürcü
EKT

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ERGUN BABAHAN Siyasi müdahale ve medya

EMRE AKÖZ "Uygar" üniversite

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HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Başbakanın öfkesi

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Yerel siyasette kadınları 'rant' mı engelliyor?

YAVUZ DONAT Eylül-1961'den Şubat-2008'e

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ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Piyasalar üzerine gözlemler

'Hükümet rehavet içinde iddialarını reddediyorum'

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Erdal Sağlam Sermaye çekecek Türkiye hikáyesi kalmıyor

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Korkmaz İlkorur - Adımları dikkatli takip etmek gerekiyor...

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Seyfettin Gürsel 'Sevsinler sizi'

H4 New York TimesEnding Impasse, Iraq Parliament Backs Measures The three laws are the budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers and an amnesty for detainees.

Bomb in Syria Kills Militant Sought as Terrorist Imad Mugniyah, one of America’s most wanted men, was accused in a string of bombings, hijackings and kidnappings.

Obama’s Lead in Delegates Shifts Focus of Campaign Hillary Rodham Clinton’s advisers made it clear that they were prepared to take a number

ROGER COHEN Here Comes Kosovo The fact is that the independence of Kosovo is justified, unique and unavoidable.

Editorial Making (Some) Progress in Iraq The Bush administration will have to press a lot harder to make sure that the new laws approved by Iraq’s Parliament are translated into action.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF When We Torture America spends millions of dollars bolstering public diplomacy to the Islamic world — and then undoes it all with Guantánamo Bay

Where Are the Populists? By BILL EMMOTT Those of us across the Atlantic are relieved that none of the U.S. presidential candidates are talking about the economy

In Tribal Pakistan, Religious Parties Are Foundering

Strike Disrupts Greece as Workers Seek to Protect Their Pensions

World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Two Admit Arming Bhutto’s Attacker

World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Life Term for Man Who Killed Over Scarf Ban

World Briefing | Europe: Denmark: Papers Reprint Muhammad Cartoon

Iran Begins Processing Uranium Gas, Diplomats Assert

Before bin Laden, One of World’s Most Feared Men

Exiled Georgian Critic Dies in Exile

Thousands of New Prisoners Overwhelm Iraqi System

Bill Curbing Terror Interrogators Is Sent to Bush, Who Has Vowed to Veto It

Editorial Time to Vote Contempt If Congress fails to enforce its own subpoenas, it would be giving its tacit consent to the dangerous idea of an imperial president.

GAIL COLLINS Notes From a Caucus Democrats are having an exciting race for the presidential nomination, which always means trouble

H5 Washington Post A Referendum on Iraq By David Ignatius, President Bush seems determined to make his Iraqi policy an issue in the campaign to succeed him.

Iraqis Pass 3 Key Bills, Pleasing All Parties Parliament Approves Budget, Vote, Amnesty

Analysis: Reversing Obama's Momentum |

Bombing Kills Top Figure in Hezbollah Commander Linked To Anti-U.S. Attacks

Commander Became Prototype of Extremism Suicide Bombing Tactics Adopted Widely

U.S. Increases Sanctions On Syria Over Terrorists

U.S. Seeks to Deflect Criticism Over Trial Of Terror Suspects

PostGlobal: Hijab Is No Litmus Test

Editorial Time for Legislating

President Bush should allow Congress to fine-tune legislation on surveillance.

Nativism's Electoral Flop Bashers of illegal immigration are failing at the polls.

The Oddity Primary By George F. Will

Both parties seem to be competing this year to see which one is more strange.

Obama's Economic Plan Is A Pitch to the Working Class

Exiled Georgian Billionaire Found Dead in His British Home

H6 Guardian To strengthen Miliband's case for democracy, drop Iraq, add Europe Timothy Garton Ash: We would be wrong to abandon a very good idea just because George Bush has come so close to giving it a bad name

Car bomb ends life of Hizbullah chief Israel denies killing alleged mastermind of US embassy bombings in Lebanon in the 1980s

Hizbullah chief had many enemies

Profile: Imad Mughniyeh

Serbia appeals to UN over Kosovo As Kosovan independence looms Serbia calls for emergency meeting of the UN security council

Murdoch negotiating Yahoo alliance Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is negotiating to rescue the embattled internet company Yahoo

This mood of hopelessness is contaminating all of us

Kamila Shamsie in Karachi: Pakistan's electoral process has been stifled by suicide bombings and the shadow of Musharraf

Fighting the wrong battle James Denselow The new PR-friendly US presence in Iraq and its focus on defeating al-Qaida hide critical issues that remain to be addressed

Police probe death of billionaire Police launch investigation into Georgian tycoon death weeks after he prophesised his own demise

Clinton banks on Texas to turn tide Husband's former aide backs Obama, a day after defeats in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC

Conservatives rally behind McCain

We need to listen to the man from special branch Seumas Milne: In this climate of anti-Muslim rage, counter-terrorist police are talking more sense than the government or media

Games of conscience Leader: Spielberg's pull-out from the Beijing Olympics made headlines around the world - except China

Magna Carta, the sequel

Leader: Evolution not revolution is the way for constitutions to develop - except, perhaps, when a real revolution is under way

Tuition fees favour the rich, new study claims Children from poor families say fear of debt deterred them from university

Muslims cleared of terror charges

Five have convictions quashed after judges conclude that reading Islamist material was not illegal

A man with enemies in high places Death referred to serious crimes unit amid fears Georgian billionaire may have been murdered

H7 [Fbis] OSC: OSC Analysis: Iran -- IRGC Role in Elections Disputed, Khomeyni Legacy Debated

Daily Star Mughniyeh - like Hizbullah - was a product of outside aggression

Hariri's murder is not a battering ram
By Michael Young

Hizballah Mourns Its Shadowy Hero

CFR.org profiled Mugniyah in a 2006 Backgrounder.

Iran's winds of change (By Iason Athanasiadis, Boston Globe

Asia Times Muqtada, the man who would be ayatollah
The decision by Iraq's Shi'ite resistance leader Muqtada al-Sadr to go back to "school" to become an ayatollah underpins a major change in the Sadrist movement's structure. Muqtada himself is on the road to gaining invaluable religious and financial capital, while his bold thinking could transform the country's political landscape.

Christian Split on Lebanon Presidency Prolongs Hezbollah Fight By: Daniel Williams | Bloomberg News Maronite divisions have helped prolong an 18-month power struggle between the pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Hezbollah, the Shiite party and militia backed by Iran and Syria. The conflict has occasionally ignited street fighting and revived memories of Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war

Lebanon: The Only Option Left Is War By: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat The drums of war can be heard beating in Lebanon and all that remains is the actual war -- it is clear that all indicators point towards an impending war

Egypt’s sporting catharsis, Tarek Osman

Helena Cobban Discussing Hamas on Capitol Hill

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Bush trying to entangle NATO allies in Lebanese strife?

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Who is seeking to destabilize Lebanon?

Feb 14 SD# 1844 - On the Eve of Rally Marking Third Anniversary of Al-Hariri's Assassination, Sa'd Al-Hariri Launches Harsh Attack on Lebanese Opposition, Syria, Iran

Feb 14 SD# 1843 - The Iran-Venezuela Connection

Biofuel growth adds to hunger Many of the world's poorest people are unable to get enough food because of soaring prices partly caused by the use of food crops to produce biofuels, the head of the U.N. food agency said

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

Iraq Security Adviser Wants No US Pullout Pause

Exxon, Shell: Iraq Oil Law Needed for Deal

Lebanon braced for key memorials

Security is tight in Beirut ahead of a rally for late PM Rafik Hariri, and the funeral of a top Hezbollah figure.

The Lebanese crisis explained

Hezbollah's top secret operative

Bush expands sanctions on Syria The US president orders new sanctions against senior Syrian officials and their associates.

Russia criticises Iran's defiance Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacks Iran for its stance on its nuclear and rocket ambitions

Iraqis set provincial elections, agree on detainee amnesty

Former CIA Official: Mossad Behind Damascus Bombing

A Look at Imad Mughniyeh

Fisk: Bloody End of Man Who Made Kidnapping a Weapon of War

[Fbis] OSC: Syrian Interior Minister Says Investigations into Mughniyah Car Bombing Underway

Iraq Parliament Passes $48 Billion Budget

Iraqi Officials Play Down "Differences" Between Premier, Shi'I Group

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 13 Feb 08

Talks on US-Iraqi Long-Term Agreement to Be Held

US Intel: Iran Has Capacity to Produce Nukes

[Fbis] OSC: Iranian Analyst Sees 'Looming Civil War' in Lebanon Following Killing of Mughniyah

[Fbis] OSC: Iran: 'Informed Source' Tells Fars President Ahmadinezhad To Visit Iraq 1 March

[Fbis] OSC: OSC Report: Iraq -- Diyala Popular Committees' Stand-Down Compounds Instability

H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Mughniyah death could spark Lebanese civil war If assassination of Hezbollah No. 2 exacerbates Lebanon chaos, Israel could be target for another war

ANALYSIS: U.S. involvement in Mughniyah killing still uncertain Like Israel, U.S. claims ignorance as to who took out Hezbollah deputy leader - and both are suspected of lying

ANALYSIS: Question now isn't if Hezbollah will respond, but how Killers of Hezbollah No. 2 showed impressive skills at trapping the man deemed a grandmaster of evasion

Not everyone is replaceableIn the decades-long confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah and its patrons in Iran, one round was completed yesterday - not the first one. But another round began, and it won't be the last

Poll: Was killing Mughniyah both justified and wise?

Imad Mughniyah / A one-man Axis of Evil

A serpent beheaded / Mastermind led terror attacks from Argentina to Mt. Dov

Bar’el Syria / Under their noses

The U.S. and Mughniyah / Not just 'who' but also 'where'

More than Nasrallah Imad Mughniyah was Israel's most wanted terrorist.

Bush orders new Syria sanctions over Lebanon, Iraq instabilities U.S. President seeks to act against Damascus officials, repeat 2004 ban on flights, assets and bank relations

Israel embassies on high alert following Mughniyah killing Warning issued in anticipation of Hezbollah revenge attack against Israeli, Jewish targets worldwide

Barak is no Barack

Jewish vote in Maryland: Why was Clinton on top?

Rosner Not meddling - involved Israel's Washington embassy unveiled a Facebook fan page a few days ago. It features a recommendation, among other things, for a March 4 performance by the singer Shalom Hanoch. And no, this is not a political statement

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Duet in Damascus - is it déja vu? Ex-Mossad man Mishka Ben-David wrote the book on Mughniyeh's killing... six years ago.

Analysis: A big hit for the two Ehuds

'Mughniyeh co-founded Hizbullah'

'France will always be at Israel's side' Sarkozy says he won't meet with or shake hands of people who refuse to recognize the Jewish state

Tom's contributions to Israel and the Jewish people were unparalleled.

Washington Watch: Yesterday's news is tomorrow's candidate

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Guess who's running for president in 2012?

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Killing will shake Zionists'
Iran's ambassador to Syria says assassination of Hizbullah leader 'will lead to earthquake in Zionist regime.' Lebanese security forces prepare for nerve-racking day Thursday, with Mugniyah's funeral and anti-Syrian rally

Winograd and Jewish People

War setback weakened identification of world Jewry with Israel, Sergio DellaPergola writes

Amos Oz Don’t march into Gaza

Revenge near/ Ron Ben-Yishai Mugniyah assassination benefits Israel, but Hizbullah likely to seek revenge

DEBKAfile: Tehran, Damascus, Hizballah leadership reported coordinating retaliation for Mughniyeh’s death

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

[Fbis] OSC: Israel: Ex-Mosad Chief, Senior MI Officers, Experts View Mughniyah Assassination

[Fbis] OSC: Syrian Official: Israeli Defense Minister Behind Killing of Hizballah's Mughniyah

Boston Globe Death of a terrorist

Most wanted
Slain Hezbollah leader was one of US and Israel's top targets

If They Fire on Us, We Have to Fight Back Without Hesitation - President Shimon Peres (President of Israel Spokesperson's Office/IMRA)

Annapolis - Road to Nowhere - Zalman Shoval The writer served as Israel's ambassador to the Washington (1990-93, 1998-2000). (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Hamas from the inside Sharif Nashashibi: Channel 4's documentary on Hamas was informative and balanced, though a bit incomplete in places

Former CIA Advisor: "Significant" Israeli Operation Means Hezbollah Is Compromised (Plus: Nasrallah Up Next?)

H10 Christian Science Monitor Kosovo tries to launch independence softly Despite Serbia's ire, province may declare independence as soon as Sunday.

Hizbullah leader's death in Syria could trigger retaliation Imad Mughnieh, suspected of planning kidnappings, hijacking, and attacks in Beirut during the 1980s and '90s, was killed in Damascus Tuesday night.

Iraq parliament passes budget, signaling progress The move came one day after the parliament's speaker threatened to dissolve the body for 'ineptitude.'

Presidential campaigns have climate change on agenda

Both leading Democrat and Republican candidates vie to show they can tackle global warming.

Bhutto's legacy propels Pakistan People's Party ahead of election

Her party is expected to do well in Feb. 18 parliamentary polls, analysts say.

Are women voters quitting the Clinton camp? They've been a key part of her base, but Obama may have closed the gender gap.

Bush's unfinished Africa legacy

ASIA

Asia Times Asian arms race gathers speed In Northeast Asia, the United States, China, Japan, Russia and North and South Korea are investing in war, spending staggering amounts of money in new weapons systems and offensive capabilities. From China's ambitious naval program to South Korea's state-of-the-art fighter aircraft, this buildup on the land, on the seas and in space undercuts all talk of peace and sustains an ever-growing global military-industrial complex. - John Feffer

China's soft power filling a moral void From Malta to Zimbabwe, no nation is too insignificant or morally bankrupt to qualify for Chinese investment as part of its generous foreign policy machine. But while Beijing has been criticized for shoring up questionable regimes with trade and reciprocal promises of non-interference, the US is no stranger to Faustian bargains - as in Saudi Arabia. For both, the allure is of foreign policy based on naked self interest. - David B Roberts

The moral admonitions of Auschwitz that loom so large in the European memory are invisible to Asians or Africans. With time and distance, evil fades... more»

Pakistan's Theater of Jihad and the Growing Complexity of the Terror War By: Aidan Kirby | World Politics Review
With Pakistan's much-anticipated Feb. 18 elections fast approaching against the backdrop of mounting jihadist activity in the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, questions about the stability of the region and the strategic implications of the activity there for U.S. interests are growing more urgent by the day.

New Pakistan Army Chief Orders Military Out of Civilian Government Agencies, Reversing Musharraf Policy By: Salman Masood | The New York Times
The order by the chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was his boldest step to disentangle the military from the civilian sphere of the government since he assumed the post after Mr. Musharraf stepped down as military chief in November

Pakistan Elections May Sideline Islamists

6 Factors to Watch in Pakistan's Upcoming Election

Pakistan: Fair Elections or Bust By: Amir Taheri | New York Post
Pakistan next week may hold its first-ever reason ably free and fair general elections. Initial attempts by elements in the military to exclude some parties have failed, as have efforts by some groups to mount a boycott front.

Pakistani democracy requires an independent judiciary
By Imran Khan

Will Musharraf Learn from Indira?

China Feels the Heat of Its Olympic Ambitions By: Mark Magnier | Los Angeles Times
As Beijing prepares for the 2008 Summer Olympics in August, planners hope the outside world sees the glam architecture and ignores the poverty and social tension in the shadows.

Election anxieties
Will Pakistan's polls be fair - and how much does it really matter?

Landowner Power in Pakistan Election

Under Western Eyes By: Jonathan Fenby | The Guardian
When China won the right to stage the 2008 Olympics, it was to be a major sign of global recognition for the way in which the People's Republic has emerged from its Mao-era shell and become a big world player over the last 30 years. Now things are looking rather less rosy.

India on terror alert
Two intelligence reports claim Pakistan-based terror cells will continue to orchestrate attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir and other parts of the country. Delhi is taking the threats seriously and is rethinking its security strategies with an eye towards Islamabad's upcoming elections. - Siddharth Srivastava

A Big Oil Discovery The Economist Brazil's role as a global energy producer is likely to increase dramatically over the next ten years. The country is already a relatively important oil producer, and following recent announcements of major offshore deep-water discoveries, the largest Latin American country will move from being self-sufficient to becoming a net exporter.

H11 IHT Roger Cohen: Here comes Kosovo By ROGER COHEN Europe will get a new state, Kosovo, on Sunday and the long, bloody unraveling of Yugoslavia will be concluded. That is cause for celebration.

EU executive calls for creation of a European border patrol The European Commission called for the creation of a European border patrol as it published plans to strengthen frontiers by requiring travelers to submit their fingerprints before entering EU countries.

U.S. pushing to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO The move faces fierce objections from Russia, who this week warned his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko, that if Ukraine were to join NATO, Russia might aim nuclear missiles at the country

In exile in London, Georgian opposition figure dies suddenly

Cartoons of Muhammad reprinted as Denmark protests plot to murder artist

Zapatero hopes to ease tensions between government and Catholic church

You are what you spend

By W. MICHAEL COX AND RICHARD ALM With the word "recession" on everybody's lips, renewed attention is being given to the gap between the haves and have-nots in America. But the gap is far less than most people assume.

EUROPE European press review

Walker's World: POTUS has a new rival By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the next American president can expect to meet an equal -- the first person to occupy the new post of president of the European Union.

Commentary: Testosterone Slump By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (UPI) -- America’s European allies have fallen into the paralyzing embrace of appeasement. Only one German parliamentarian out of 613 openly favors putting German troops in Afghanistan in harm’s way. The Bush administration’s appeals for more European troops fall on deaf ears. Europeans do not believe democracy is attainable in Afghanistan, which is now seen as a failed narco-state. They also blame Iraq for the current geopolitical dilemma.

Kosovar PM: Our independent nation will not be Islamic

Vive La Laïcité! By: Agnes Poirier | The Guardian French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan for 'positive secularism' will be fought by the French people -- and rightly so.

Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon

Papers reprint prophet cartoon

The prophet cartoon crisis: part two? Jakob Illeborg The Danish media are united in their hot-headed reaction to alleged plots to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard - but playing hardball may yet backfire

It’s a miracle that, at least outside the ruins of the Balkans, no European war has been fought for more than 60 years... more»

A religious fallout: sharia furore, Anglican future, Theo Hobson

[Fbis] OSC: Roundup: Kosovo Media View Preparations for Independence

Ex-Kosovo PM Says Independence Might Be Declared on 17 or 18 Feb

[Fbis] OSC: FYI -- Lavrov on Russia's Position Over Any EU Recognition of Kosovo [2]

Balkans: Kosovo And Serbia Enter A New Era

Wilson Center Noon Discussion: Can the EU Absorb the Western Balkans in Time?

Sarkozy `Free Fall' Jeopardizes Effort to Revamp French Economy By: Helen Fouquet | Bloomberg News
Public resistance to Sarkozy's proposals on deregulation and pension-spending cuts, plunging approval ratings and dissension in his party have damaged his ability to remake the nation's welfare and labor systems. The prospect of a setback in local elections next month may deepen his political troubles

CEPS Energy Policy for Europe: Identifying the European Added-value

Kosovo Independence 'Within Days' CNN In response to the anticipated declaration, Serbia has asked for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to discuss "the extremely grave situation" in Kosovo, according to a report that was carried Wednesday by Novosti, the Russian News and Information Agency

Archbishop Williams Is Wrong to Back Shariah Law By: Matthew Lynn | Bloomberg News An archbishop of Canterbury hasn't found himself in this much trouble since Thomas Becket fell afoul of Henry II in 1170.

Islam, Britain By: Helle Dale | The Washington Times With all the elegance of a bull in a china shop, Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, last week made a foray into the difficult subject of how Muslims fit into Western societies.

A Christian Leader and Islamic Law By: Tina Beattie | Open Democracy
The furious media and public reaction to an address on religious law by the head of England's established church is an index of Britain's deep social crisis

H12 RFE/RLAzerbaijan: Energy-Rich, And Hungry For More

Church Shows The Way Toward Moscow A month into Mikheil Saakashvili's second term as president, Georgia and Russia have already made unexpected moves toward warmer ties. And a surprising player is apparently helping to ease the transition -- the Georgian Orthodox Church

Google News Azerbaijan

[Fbis] OSC: OSC Report: Russia -- Media See Ivanov Taking a Softer Line in Munich

Ukraine Set to Outlaw NATO Bases After 'Russian Threats'

[Fbis] OSC: OSC Analysis: Ukraine Leadership's NATO Ambitions Alarm Opposition, Russians

Azeri Activist Moots "Counterterrorism Operation" in Breakaway Karabakh

Outside View: U.S. gives Russia bad marks UPI) -- Russia's gas and oil, its pipelines and investments in Europe and Asia have become, in the eyes of U.S. officials, threats to the national security of the United States.

Georgia Sees an End to Embargo By: Matt Siegel and David Nowak | The Moscow Times
A nearly 16-month embargo on travel and trade between Georgia and Russia could end as early as this month, Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze said

Freedom and Fear: A Russian Paradox By: Cathy Young | The Boston Globe
Optimism is not an attitude one would expect these days from a human rights activist in Russia -- not when, after rigged parliamentary elections in December, the country is in the middle of an even more farcical presidential "race".

[Fbis] OSC: Turkmens mark first anniversary of 'esteemed' leader's presidency

Kosovo a frustration for Russia

Eager to wield power, Moscow warns against the Serbian province's independence bid, but seems to be ignored.

Plane crashes in Armenian capital

British Authorities Assign Investigative Team to Probe Georgian Tycoon’s Sudden Death

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation: An "Alternative" to Politics as Usual? In a metaphysical tangle of politics, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation is part of Armenia’s current government while claiming to be running a presidential campaign in opposition to it. Some analysts say voters may not see the distinction.

EDM BADRI PATARKATSISHVILI DIES IN LONDON

- LEV PONOMAREV: RUSSIA HAS FOUR CATEGORIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

- OIL-HANDLING CAPACITIES GROWING AND AVAILABLE ON GEORGIA’S BLACK SEA COAST

H13 The Times Hezbollah terror leader killed in car bomb Imad Mughnieh kidnapped Terry Waite and John McCarthy, killed hundreds of others and had $25m US bounty on his head

Israel deny killing Imad Mughnieh

Landslide victories put Obama ahead Obama dons mantle of front-runner claiming it is now virtually impossible for Clinton to win the presidential contest

Exiled oligarch under shadow of death British detectives face the task of determining whether Badri Patarkatsishvili died naturally of a heart attack or from foul play

Vatican told to stop bishops 'meddling' Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero wants Church to respect elected Government and refrain from campaigning for the opposition

British laws protect Muslim women The attempt to embrace cultural diversity, exemplified by the Archbishop of Canterbury, is a disaster for social cohesionMary Ann Sieghart

Olympic Torch The Games will put China's foreign policies under the spotlight as never before

Wall Street Journal Obama as Diplomat in Chief
By Michael O'Hanlon Talking to the enemy sometimes works. But as a doctrine it's a mistake.

Looking Forward in Iraq
U.S. troops will, and should, be there in January 2009.

Dead in Damascus
It's often hard to know how much progress we're making in the war on terror. But the death of Imad Mughniyeh is an unambiguous victory. Review & Outlook

The Investment Slowdown
By Stephen Moore
A weak dollar and the risk of higher taxes are pushing capital overseas.

Over the Hill?
By James Taranto
Obama is undeniably the front-runner, but don't count Mrs. Clinton out just yet.

Worried Bankers Seek to Shift Risk

The banking industry is shopping proposals to Congress that could shift some of the risk for troubled loans to the federal government.

From The Washington Independent, a look at how the financial services industry created the credit crisis (and part 2); and a look at how the US economy looks like Weimar on the brink.

H14 Financial Times A deepening chill in US-China ties To avoid a new cold war, Washington must curb protectionist instincts and Beijing must rethink support for tyrants who control reserves of oil or timber

WORLD NEWS: EU confident of peaceful Kosovo birth Kosovo’s anticipated declaration of independence this weekend is not expected to lead to widespread violence or an exodus of Serbs from the province

Iraqi parliament sets provincial poll date US and Iraqi politicians consider the elections a key step in creating legitimate local governments that can reassert authority in the country’s often anarchic provinces

Arab states plan TV crackdown A new charter allows Arab countries to penalise media groups that offend political and religious leaders or damage social harmony and national unity

Pensions, scandals bring Greeks out on strike More than 2m workers went on a 24-hour strike, bringing Athens to a standstill as they protested against government pension reform plans and a series of corruption scandals

Israel denies killing Hizbollah commander Israel’s government swiftly denied responsibility for the assassination of Imad Moughniyah, the top Hizbollah official blamed for a string of terror attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world

Clinton undaunted by underdog mantle Having rebranded herself as the “underdog”, Hillary ­Clinton faces the prospect of three weeks of continuous political obituaries

Sovereign funds face US threat A powerful Democrat will consider legislation to improve the transparency of sovereign wealth funds and ensure they do not have ‘non-economic motivations’

Bush places $170bn bet on retail therapy President George W. Bush signed into law a $170bn fiscal stimulus package designed to jolt the US economy back into health in the second half of this year

Rice attacks ‘reprehensible’ Putin warnings Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, highlighted the tense relations between Moscow and Washington when she hit out at Russia’s “reprehensible” rhetoric and said she would appoint a special energy co-ordinator for central Asia, a region dominated to date by Russian energy interests

Tymoshenko welcomes gas dealUkraine’s prime minister says the agreement with Russia to cut out a trading company was a step towards ‘establishing order in the gas market’ and eliminating corruption

John Thornhill: The personal, the political and President Bling Sarkozy is now seen as ‘one of them’ rather than ‘one of us’. Trying to fix that might tempt him into dangerous populism, writes John Thornhill

Pentagon’s climate change battle The stakes are high. The consequence of its failure to prepare could result not just in lost dollars but lost lives, say John Podesta and Peter Ogden

Democrats need a good, clean contestIn choosing its presidential nominee, the Democratic party should do everything to avoid an incomprehensible and possibly dirty battle over which delegates can be seated at the convention later this year, writes Jurek Martin

Police probe death of Georgian tycoon Patarkatsishvili death will cause shockwaves in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, where the oligarch was a leading financier of the opposition to President Mikheil Saakashvili

H15 Los Angeles Times Iraqi lawmakers pass 3 key bills s

Amnesty for Sunni prisoners and date for provincial elections are expected to boost reconciliation efforts

Sunni anger in Iraqi province An ex-SWAT officer's allegations of torture on orders of the Diyala police chief, a Shiite, roils volunteer fighters aiding the U.S

End of a Hezbollah militant

Kosovo a frustration for Russia

Eager to wield power, Moscow warns against the Serbian province's independence bid, but seems to be ignored.

Editorial

H16 American Politics

Obama campaigns as the Democratic front-runner Barack Obama began campaigning as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, rolling out a comprehensive economic plan and challenging John McCain as much as Hillary Clinton in pressing his points

CFR Change Versus Experience on the Potomac

Obama's Speech in Janesville, Wisconsin

Time Rush Limbaugh Talks to TIME

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

The Meaning of Obama's Momentum

Obama at the Top
By Daniel Henninger
Wonder Land:
The Senator's speeches are beautifully written, beautifully delivered – and tiresome

McCain's Challenge
By Peter Wehner
Biography is great, but policy is good too.

Clinton Team Seeks to Calm Turmoil

Hillary Clinton is getting tougher on Obama and spreading a more populist message as her new manager seeks to reshape a campaign that lost eight primaries in a week.

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Edwards Weighs Clinton Endorsement

Game over?
Pollster John Zogby asks whether Barack Obama is unstoppable

Gideon Rachman Obama the inevitable?

Obama's Iraq Record: A 'Fairy Tale'? - Michael Crowley, The New Republi

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008

Dick Morris / Real Clear Politics:
Why Hillary Will Lose

H17 Daily Telegraph

Exposing China's weaknesses

It will be surprising if the Chinese authorities are not relieved when the Olympics are over, says Simon Scott Plummer.

The West Wing Election 2008

What makes the current US presidential race so compelling is one of the core reasons the West Wing television series won so many plaudits, argues Matthew Bayley.

H18 Independent

In Olympic year, China urged to use its influence in Darfur China has been called upon to abandon its support for Sudan by a coalition of Nobel Prize-winners and international athletes.

A letter from the world's Nobel laureates to China: You must act on Darfur

Robert Fisk: Bloody end of man who made kidnapping a weapon of war

Rupert Cornwell: Right place, right time, right way to win an election

Adrian Hamilton: Democracy has become a devalued concept

Johann Hari: Spielberg has taken a stand. We must too

Georgian billionaire declared 'enemy of the state' is found dead in Surrey exile

A fortune built on friendship with Berezovsky

Badri Patarkatsishvili: Billionaire businessman who failed to buy his way into the presidency of Georgia

Obama erodes Clinton's core vote as Democrat deadlock is brokenWith eight straight victories in a row, Barack Obama has streaked ahead of his rival Hillary Clinton in his once unlikely campaign to become the next Democratic challenger for the US presidency.

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

WP Commander Became Prototype of Extremism: Suicide Bombing Tactics Adopted Widely

Newsweek The Worst Terrorist You Never Heard Of

Hezbollah's most wanted terrorist died the way he lived Before there was Osama bin Laden, there was Imad Mughniyeh. The terror operations Mughniyeh conceived or commanded drove the United States out of Lebanon and fostered the perception, still widespread among Islamic radicals, that America has no stomach for casualties

CFR Nagl and Yingling: Restructuring the U.S. Military

Counter Counterinsurgency: Unentangle by William S. Lind

Al-Qaida's PR Problem - Austin Bay, RealClearPolitics

[Fbis] OSC: Japan: Report Details Iran-DPRK Missile Cooperation, Role of Office No. 99

On Learning: The Future of Air Force Education and Training (PDF; 927 KB)
Source: Air Force Education and Training Command

Army Asked to Release Rand Report on Iraq War

The German Way of War
How two centuries of militarism came to an end on the Eastern Front.
by Robert Messenger

Getting the Military Out of the Nuclear Business

H20 Slate

From Cato Unbound, is limited government possible?

H21

Children lie early, and often, for many reasons: to avoid punishment, bond with friends, gain a sense of control. And there’s another reason... more»

The internet’s instant reduplication of data, ideas, and media underpins all sectors in our economy. We need this gigantic copy machine... more»

Craftmanship: “an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.” Richard Sennett knows its meaning for our lives... more»

The Wharton business school has what may be the most sophisticated, and most confusing, course-registration system ever devised. It’s an auction... more»

SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Israeli Director Eran Riklis: 'There Are So Many Mental Borders in the Middle East'

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