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H1 Guardian Old questions hang over new Kosovo Albanians and Serbs united in uncertainty as province prepares to go it alone
From the Archive The Comprehensive proposal for Kosovo Status Settlement (Ahtisaari Plan)
NYT Russia Warns It May Back Breakaway Republics in Georgia
CFR A Crucial Vote in Pakistan
OVER THE last several months, the US economy has slowed, interest rates have been cut, and global demand for US bonds - setting those from the Treasury aside - has dried up. (By Brad Setser, Boston Globe)
Washington Post Evolution Of a U.S. General In Iraq Tenure of No. 2 Commander Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno reflects new understanding of counterinsurgency doctrine, transformed Tactics
New York Times Democrats Look for Way to Avoid Convention Rift Some senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to a tight contest.
The Times No grandstanding on China, please We need a more mature approach to the whole issue of the Olympics and its host Mark Leonard
Ha’aretz – Top Jihad militant, seven others killed in Gaza blast 40 wounded in blast at home of Ayman Atallah Fayed; Islamic Jihad blames Israel but IDF denies involvement
Source: Syria detains suspects in Mughniyah assassination Lebanese security source: Suspects mostly Palestinians; Hezbollah appoints successor to terror chief
WINEP Pakistani Elections and the Middle East Washington faces troubling alternatives in Pakistan's February 18 parliamentary elections: another Musharraf-dominated government that lacks political legitimacy, or a political crisis that could freeze Islamabad's counterterrorism measures
USIP Working Paper: Pakistani Public Opinion
Asia Times The door to Iraq's oil opens wide Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani is a singular man. He's been a top nuclear scientist, a political fugitive and a stubborn dissident who endured 10 years of torture and imprisonment. Now, Shahristani holds holds the key to the seemingly magical realm of Iraqi oil, and has become one of the most important and most sought-after statesmen in the world.
Why Espionage Is Boring By: Michael Hirsh | Newsweek
Eurasianet Armenia: Governing Party Members, Dashnaks Defect to Ter-Petrosian’s Campaign With just three full days of campaigning left, the battle lines are deepening in Armenia’s presidential race, as two members of the governing Republican Party of Armenia, one member of the party’s parliamentary faction, and five members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation have voiced support for former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Georgia and Azerbaijan: Partners in Pipelines, Antagonists in Energy Export Talks Though connected by two pipelines that convey Caspian Basin energy to Western markets, Georgia and Azerbaijan are having trouble working out a long-term gas-supply deal. Price appears to be a major sticking point.
CAP Awakening to New Dangers in Iraq: Sunni “Allies” Pose an Emerging Threat Read the full report (pdf)
Ha’aretz Neocons Search for 'Anti-Israel' Essays by Obama Advisers
Asia Times IRAN VOTES
IHT Toward a true dialogue By MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Peace requires new modes of thinking and the courage to make history.
On eve of Kosovar independence, Serbia cools toward West, but doesn't fightAs Kosovo prepared to declare its independence Sunday, the Serbian president, Boris Tadic, vowed he would never recognize an independent Kosovo, indicating that Belgrade would downgrade, but not necessarily break, diplomatic relations with any government that recognized Pristina
Guardian Iraq envoy: Democrat plans won't work Ryan Crocker warns that security improvements could be jeopardised by setting a timetable for a pull-out
Weekly Standard Remember Those Benchmarks?
Death by Car Bomb in Damascus
Unintelligence on Iranian Nukes
Did the NIE signal a secret deal with Iran?
MESH • COMMENT: Adam Garfinkle on religion, ideology, and the Salafi Jihad
• 'Iraq the Place vs. Iraq the Abstraction' by George Packer, World Affairs
• COMMENT: Andrew Exum on Mughniyah and transparency in Hezbollah
Security a top concern for Pakistani voters in northwest city In Peshawar, where frustration is high over President Musharraf's inability to stop rising insecurity, law-and-order issues could shape the outcome of Feb. 18 election.
Wall Street Journal The Neocons and Iraq By Peter Berkowitz FT Learning from the Greenspan legacy Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, should take note. Using a new supply of monetary candy to cure indigestion might cause even sharper pains tomorrowRand Ungoverned Territories
Iran’s Parliamentary Elections Near: Can We See the Lists Please?
OpenDemocracy How to think about China, Jeffrey N Wasserstrom
Sniping Intensifies On Campaign Advisers New York Jewish Week Barack Obama is being influenced by “anti-Israel” advisers, and pointing to one in particular: former Clinton administration official Robert Malley.
In Baghdad, a Precarious Balance Between Sunni and Shiite Forces—With Americans in the Middle
| H2 CEPS The Social Dimension in Selected Candidate Countries in the Balkans: Country Report on Turkey
Turkey, U.S.: Preparing for a Hot Spring Thaw | Stratfor
EurasiaNet Cyprus Vote: Big Ramifications for Turkey’s EU Bid and NATO's Operational Capacity
BBC Caught in crossfire
US attorney general: PKK question needs more than one answer
Turkey favors sending trainers, not combat troops Flames engulf Turks’ houses in Germany, Austria
FT Hardliner set to win Cyprus pollsTight three-way contest has thrown the issue of reuniting Cyprus into sharp relief as the incumbent Tassos Papadopolous holds narrow lead
South Korea wins Kurdistan oil contract The world’s fourth biggest oil importer aggressively steps up its resource diplomacy with an agreement to explore and develop four oil fields in the northern region of Iraq
POLICY AND PERSONALITY: A RIFT OPENS IN TURCO-GERMAN TIES Eurasia Daily Monitor
EU coordinator says satisfied with Ankara talks on Nabucco
Veiled Hostility TIME
Will Muslim veil split secular Turkey?
DT Cyprus vote may aid reunification
US attorney general discusses Kurd rebels, Al-Qaeda in Turkey
US attorney general: PKK question needs more than one answer
What does the headscarf say about Turkey's role in the world?
Babacan defends US envoy's meetings with lawmakers
PKK ile mücadelede işbirliği sürecek
Washington'ın zirvesi Ankara'ya taşınıyor
AKP'nin samimiyetine MHP gölgesi düştü
US Vice President to visit Turkey in March
CLINTON: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY WILL PROSPER
Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring
PKK'da liderlik kavgası, 10 ölü
Irak'ın Kürdleri için bağımsızlığın, hemen olmasa bile, kaçınılmaz bir yolda olduğu görülmektedir
Sistani: Kerkük benim sarığımdır
ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ - Kürt lidere tarihî teklif
The surge worked in Iraq -- and Turkey is happy about it
ABD’den PKK’lıların iadesi için yeni formül
Anlık istihbarattan sonra iadelerde de tam işbirliği
Civilians losers in Turkey-PKK conflict BBC
1 Dead As Kurds Protest Rebel's Capture
Kurds no longer like US President as they once used to
PKK'nın elebaşıları birbirine düştü: 10 ölü
Kuzey Irak'ta 'Kurmanci' yasağı
Öcalan için kepenk kapatma eylemi
Iranian Intelligence Planned Attack on Opposition Base in Iraq - Paper
Azerbaijan: Washington, Baku Concerned About PKK Cells In Caucasus
The role of charisma in Kurdish politics
Terörle mücadelede ETA ve IRA örneği
Kürtlerin yeni petrol anlaşması
Iranian Group MKO Called for Attack on Iraqi President's Party - Kurd Politician
Former Iraqi Premier Views Talks With Barzani, Criticizes Political Process
US Attorney General: US to Cooperate With Turkey Against Rebels ...
Is the United States a Good Ally?
Türk olduğumu Apo’dan öğrendim
PKK ve El Kaide ortak düşman
Hakkari'de izinsiz gösteri: 1 kişi öldü
Palestinian meeting raises expectations from Turkey
Ministry changes conscription procedures after Dağlıca
Turkey Sends Humanitarian Aid to Iraq
KRG welcomes ratification of 2008 budget
Batman mayor sentenced to 10 months for praising Öcalan
DÜNYADA HİÇBİR MİLLET BU KADAR ÇİLE ÇEKMEDİ " IRAK TÜRKLERİ"
Turkish justice system gives terror suspects Guantanamo treatment
Kurdish success, Arabian anger
Reports on “confirmation of PKK bases in Karabakh” ridiculous
Telafer'de cuma çıkışı intihar saldırısı: 4 ölü
Filistin'in Avrupa'daki büyükelçileri Çankaya'da
Iraqi Kurds' Premier, South Korean President-Elect Discuss Energy Cooperation
Turkish, Palestinian Ministers Discuss Mideast Peace Process
Turkish-Iranian Business Council to Debate Trade Volume, Investments
Turkish, UAE Ministers Sign Economic Cooperation Protocol
Israeli, Palestinian Broadcasts Ignore Iran Reports of Al-Aqsa Wall "Collapse"
South Korea: Ministry Advises 'Prudent Judgment' for Meeting With Kurdish Leader
DNO seeks licence as operating profits hit
Kurdistan PM says SK energy deal constitutional
Kime nasıl hitap edeceğimi mahkemeler belirleyemez
British parliamentary group calls for closer ties with Kurdistan ...
Hasan Kanbolat Why do global centers perceive Islam as a threat?
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Candidates promise all but unity (By Andrew Borowiec)
Semih İDİZ Erdoğan'ın AB'ye bağlılığı sorgulanıyor
İlter Türkmen Kosova ve KKTC
Sami KOHEN Putin KKTC'yi neden savundu?
Turkish military and government in sync on Cyprus BARÇIN YİNANÇ
Mensur Akgün Kıbrıs seçimleri ve Talat
AKP, MKYK'da AB sürecine dikkat çekildi
Almanya'da yine bir Türk evi yandı
Erivan'da 'SOYKIRIM' iddiasının ağır gölgesi
Eski Rum dışişleri bakanından tarihi itiraf
Türklerin yaşadığı üç bina yandı
Reflections on the Munich Security Conference By Liam Fox
Güney Kıbrıs’ı karıştıran BM notu
İşte Kosova'nın Türk yıldızlı bayrağı
AB'nin gazında kilit Ankara'da
Erdoğan:Samimi değiller 3’lü zirveden vazgeçtim
German Police Detain Man in Connection With Fire in Turkish House
Turkish homes burned in Germany
Turkish, US Justice Ministers Discuss Terrorism, Extraditions
Yine Türk bölgesi yine ’yakıldı’ şüphesi
Barçın Yinanç 'Ada'da buzları kıran düğün
Rauf Denktaş Görüşmeye hazırız!
Azerbaijani-Turkish relations to expand further
Zeynel Lüle Fransa Kıbrıs'a el atıyor
Merkel, içeride ve dışarıda farklı
Talat: Bize hep çifte standart uygulanıyor
Fransa hatasının bedelini ödüyor
Greek Cypriots look to the future
'Seçimin sonucu kâhinlere kaldı'
Türkiye AB’nin Kosova misyonuna katılıyor
Fransız masonlardan başörtüsü fetvaları
Papadopulos kaybederse çözüm şansı artar
AB için en kötüsü, Papadopulos'un tekrar seçilmesi
Taçi'den Batı'ya garanti: İslam devleti olmayız
Almanya, yeni bir yangın faciasının eşiğinden döndü
Talat:Putin'in Kuzey Kıbrıs ile ilgili söylediği sözler bir gerçektir
AB’de bağımsız Kosova hazırlığı
Rusya'dan bir Kosova uyarısı daha
AB, azınlık hakları konusunda daha şeffaf olmalı
Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları vize sorununu masaya yatırdı
Mısır:Türkiye'nin AB üyeliğini yüzde bin destekliyoruz
Le Figaro:Fransa Türkiye'de zemin kaybediyor
Vuk Yeremiç:Ayrılıkçı dalgayı durduramazsınız AB, altı Güneydoğu iline hibe veriyor, vardır bir çapanoğlu
French Official, Business Delegation to Visit Turkey
Turkish Energy Minister Optimistic About Gas Pipeline Project
Excerpt: The Volunteer: A Canadian's Secret Life in the Mossad National Post Chapter 9: The Road to Ankara
Incirlik Üssü'nde cinayet skandalı
İşte Eurovision şarkımız VİDEO
Meclis ‘Türkçe sorunu’nu çözebilir mi?
Tufan Türenç Özkök’ün yaratısı: Arta Kalan Zamanda
Yargıçlar ve Hâkimler ve Savcılar ve hepsi Perihan Mağden
Bu da Masonların 'başörtü' fetvaları
Engin Ardıç Hoşçakalın
Nagehan Alçı ‘Yorum Farkı’ neden bitti?
| H3 Esas gündem: İşsiz ve ümitsiz Türkiye
ABD arşivini açtı, darbelerin şifresi ortaya çıktı
PKK'da liderlik kavgası kanlı bitti
Erdoğan 3'lü AB zirvesinde yok
Kapalı kapılar ardında
Mustafa Karaalioğlu Bir savrulmanın analizi
Mustafa Erdoğan Özgürlük koalisyonunun anatomisi
'Susurluk'ta Ağar'ı bekleyen ağır sorular
Danıştay mahkûmu susturuldu mu?
Yalçın Doğan Eli kulağında iki senaryo
Üniversitenin misyonu ve acil reform gereksinimiÜMİT KARDAŞ
Seyfettin Gürsel Türban gündemindeki Türkiye ekonomisinde fırsatlar ve tehditler
ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ - Kürt lidere tarihî teklif
ŞAHİN ALPAY - Başörtüsü yasağı, insan hakları sorunu
ALİ BULAÇ - Liberal aydınlara ne oldu?
Cengiz Çandar Başörtüsünün gösterdikleri başörtüsünden görünenler
Cevdet Aşkın Kuzey Iraklı Kürtler yine 'satış'a geldi
Ahmet Taşgetiren Asla ve kat'a!
Tartışıldı, soruşturuldu YÖK'e ikinci adam oldu
Ulusalcı panelde hezeyan sözler: Hukuk dışına çıkılacak günler geliyor
Hasan CEMAL Sayın Başbakan, Kürtler asimile mi, entegre mi?
Fikret BİLA Mutabakatın arkasında durun
Taha AKYOL Üniversite, reform ve statüko
Fehmi Koru: Koalisyon çatladı, ama sorun bakalım neden çatladı?
Ali Bayramoğlu: Demokrasi havuzu delik mi?
‘Cinayetten sonra beni kaçıracaktı!’ Hrant Dink'in katil zanlıları birbirine girdi. Hayal, muhbir Tuncel'i suçladı
Can Dündar Mustafa hakkında her şey
Hukuk dışına çıkmak ne demek Paşam!
Askerlik soruşturmasına 'Dağlıca' ayarı!
'BBP'liler bize yardım edecekti'
'Mini eteklilere kezzap' haberini Mersin Valisi Aksoy da yalanladı
İç Basında Türk Dış PolitikasıDış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık - Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit
Kürşat Bumin: İşsizlik Sigortası Fonu
Taha Kıvanç: Bunlar provokasyon mu?
Tamer Korkmaz: “Ulusalcı Bomba” kardeşliği
Hakan Albayrak: Nuh Gönültaş, İsrail ezberimizi bozamadı
Özlem Albayrak: Sen de susma Ahmet Hakan
Perihan Mağden - Yargıçlar ve Hâkimler ve Savcılar ve hepsi
İsmet Berkan - Hakaret ve eleştirinin sınırı
Türker Alkan - Basına haddini bildirmek
Haluk Şahin - Tarsus'taki sapığın gösterdiği
Murat Yetkin - Kapalı kapılar ardında
Hakkı Devrim - Tayyip Bey, Menderes adını duyunca tepeniz atmasın!
M.Ali Kışlalı - AKP çoktan kapatılmalıydı
Murat Belge - Mağlup sayılır bu yolda galip
Ayşe Karabat - Ortadoğu'nun çeteleri
MEHMET KAMIŞ - Bu da bizim hikâyemiz
A. TURAN ALKAN - Bir "uluorta namaz" vakası daha!
Anadolu Müslümanlığı ve türban
Kleopatra, Evren, Doğramacı...
Laik kibir, iktidar hırsı, geleneğin direnişi...
Kosova Pandora'nın kutusunu açar
Ertuğrul Özkök ’Bizim çocuklar’ fena başladı
M Ali Birand Gelin, hep birlikte frene basalım...
Oktay Ekşi İki yangın da Viyana’da
Özdemir İnce AKP’nin rejim darbeleri
ERGUN BABAHAN 'Laik kesim'i anlama çabası
EMRE AKÖZ Murat Karayalçın bile laikliği bilmiyor
İlnur Çevik The mainstream media that targeted Erdogan
NAZLI ILICAK Sanma bu teker kalır tümsekte...
MAHMUT ÖVÜR İstanbullu, belediyelerden memnun mu?
YAVUZ DONAT Türban mürban hikaye Yasa değişikliği mi Rahşan affı mı?
Serdar Turgut Eski kurtların dedikleri
Mehmet BARLAS
What does the headscarf say about Turkey's role in the world?
Nuray Başaran AK Parti türban düzenlemesiyle cumhuriyetin surunda gedik açtı
Hadi Uluengin Dindarlar, laikler ve hissiyatlar
Mahir Kaynak Dönemeç
Why is Erdoğan angry and Obama cool?
The 'deep state' is smiling at me in the Malatya massacre case - III
The (Turkish) Doctrine of Pre-Emptive Intolerance
Türban yasağı kalkınca Türkiye’ye dönecekler mi?Türban yasağı nedeniyle yurt dışında eğitim gören öğrenciler ne düşünüyor?
Ahmet Kekeç Birileri bunlara ‘Ergenekon’u hatırlatmalı!
İsmail Küçükkaya
Yaman TÖRÜNER
YARSAV: Çıkan yasa genel af niteliği taşıyor AK Parti MKYK'nın perde arkası
Bu kez kundakçı hemen yakalandı
Ağar: Kargadan korkan darı ekmez
MHP ve AKP'nin vakıf düellosu!
Rektör'ün oğlu, Yabancı Öğrenci Sınavı'na da girmemiş
Ulusalcı panelde hezeyan sözler: Hukuk dışına çıkılacak günler geliyor
'Mini eteklilere kezzap' haberini Mersin Valisi Aksoy da yalanladı
Katsayıyı gündeme almayan YÖK, meslek liselileri üzdü
Mustafa MutluBaşbakan asit atılan kızları da aradı mı?
ÇAĞDAŞ AVRUPA TÜRKLERİ CAYIR CAYIR YAKIYOR!
Halk Osmanlı'dan beri laikliği benimsemiş, endişeler yersiz
Baykal, Menderes'i değil Talat Aydemir'i kastetmiş
Baykal, yalan haberi, 'rejim tehdidi'ne delil gösterdi
Büyükanıt'a başörtüsü mektubunu DSP'li eski vekilin kızı göndermiş
Vakit, 10 bin YTL tazminat ödemeye mahkum oldu
En güzel demokrasi parklarda işliyor
Baykal'ın yakın arkadaşının Meclis'e giriş kartı iptal edildi
MHP, liderlere 'üslup' uyarısında bulundu
Dava arkadaşından Demirel'e: Maalesef şekilciliği aşamadın
Kadınları, yerel yönetimlerde görev almaya çağırdı
Çankaya’daki başörtüsü gazımızı almadı
17. madde için Anayasa Mahkemesi kararı beklenecek
Ege Cansen Merkez Bankası faizleri yine yükseltti
Erdal Sağlam Son veriler gidişatı gösteriyor
Esas gündem: İşsiz ve ümitsiz Türkiye
Hasan Ersel İktisat politikası neyi hedeflemeli
Serbest kur çalışıyor Taner Berksoy
'Üçüncü yol' siyaseti Erol Katırcıoğlu
Turkish Finance Minister Views Foreign Capital Flow in 2007
Mehmet Altan En zor meslek...
Yalçındağ'dan 'finansal eylem planı' çağrısı
MELİHA OKUR
Deniz Gökçe |
H4 New York Times Democrats Look for Way to Avoid Convention Rift Some senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to a tight contest.
U.S. Struggles to Tutor Iraqis in Rule of Law American investigators working with Iraqis acknowledge that many criminal inquiries have yielded mixed results.
As Kosovo Rebuilds, U.N. Hurries to Return Property
Russia Warns It May Back Breakaway Republics in Georgia
The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Revolutionary, Dismayed but Unbowed
Washington Memo: Missile Defense Future May Turn on Success of Mission to Destroy Satellite
Blast at House in Gaza Kills Militant and 5 Others
Abortion Law Is Suddenly a Key Issue in Italy’s Elections
On the Stump, Pakistani Candidates Avoid Musharraf Editorial A Fighting Chance? The American carmakers’ problems underscore the need for a government-backed system of universal health care. In Pakistan, Islam Needs Democracy By WALEED ZIAD The only long-term solution may lie in the hands of an overlooked natural ally in the war on terrorism: the Pakistani people
Clinton’s Delegate TacticsBy CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Sarkozy Stirs Anger With Holocaust Curriculum France’s president touched off protests with a plan to have students learn the life stories of children the Nazis killed.
| H5 Washington Post Evolution Of a U.S. General In Iraq Tenure of No. 2 Commander Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno reflects new understanding of counterinsurgency doctrine, transformed Tactics
Surveillance Law Set to Expire Today Both Sides Weigh Political Effects
Growing Sense of Insecurity Afflicts Afghans and Foreigners Alike
U.S. Forces Accused of Killing Relatives of Iraqi Ally
You Can't Go There Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway | Focused on its legacy in Iraq, the Bush administration is ignoring the Constitution.
Moussaoui Deprived of Constitutional Rights, Attorneys Say Appeal Seeks to Overturn Guilty Plea, Life Sentence Because of Evidence Kept Secret, Counsel Choice Denied
McCain on Torture Vote Against Waterboarding Bill Called Consistent
NO CALL TO RESIGN McCain Overstates His Criticisms Of Rumsfeld
Some Black Lawmakers Rethink Endorsements African Americans in Congress, many facing huge pressure from their constituents, are mulling whether to shift support from Clinton to Obama
Editorial Mr. Obama's Waffle His commitment to pursue public financing for the fall campaign suddenly looks soft.
U.S. Makes Case About Satellite To Foreign Envoys
Bush Heads to Africa, Scene of Successes on Health Policy
Government Accountability Chief Resigns
Unfettered Speech, Now By Bradley A. Smith and Steve Simpson We should be allowed to spend as much as we want to influence elections.
| H6 Guardian Old questions hang over new Kosovo Albanians and Serbs united in uncertainty as province prepares to go it alone
President warns against partition Serbia threatens to recall envoys Kosovo breakaway illegal, says Putin The substance of change Leader: It is too early to say Obama has broken through in race for Democratic nomination
Iraq envoy: Democrat plans won't work Ryan Crocker warns that security improvements could be jeopardised by setting a timetable for a pull-out
Obama v McCain: who would be the winner? Clinton loses key black supporter
Top Pakistan lawyer in rigging row Rights group 'uncovers bid to skew poll' but attorney general denies recorded voice is his 'The west's worst nightmare for Pakistan' Louise Radnofsky profiles Maulana Fazlur Rahman, whose Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal religious alliance controls the North-West Frontier Province
We can persuade Taliban to be peaceful - expelled UN man Two-thirds of insurgents in Afghanistan can be persuaded to abandon violence, says a UN official
Protests over Beijing games 'will grow' This is just the beginning, activist warns, as China tries to limit damage After Spielberg, who will speak out next? Oil, arms and a marriage of convenience
Blind to history Oliver Miles Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq by Jonathan Steele 304pp, IB Tauris, £20 The central message of this book is that the invasion of Iraq took no account of Iraq's nature or history, or of the depth of Arab resentment that would doom any western occupation
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For 1st Time, Petraeus Is Cautiously Optimistic - Clarissa Ward, ABC New
Security and the Falling Dollar - Judy Shelton, Wall Street Journal
Hezbollah Whodunnit Follow Up
Al Hayat A Glance at the US Foreign Policy under the "Would-be" Presidents Hillary, Obama and McCain Raghida Dergham - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want unconditional dialogue in most cases, and they have the willingness to conduct dialogue and negotiate as a means to resolve conflicts. Yet, neither Obama nor Clinton will accept to pull the military choice off the table, neither with Iran nor with North Korea, not with Syria and not with any other state.
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor
Syria May Pay Price for Hizbullah Leader's Killing
More US Troops in Iraq by Summer
Al-Qaeda Defeated in Baghdad: Iraqi PM
Rafsanjani Warns Against Military Intervention in Iran Elections
Maliki: Iraqi Forces Must 'Keep Fingers on Trigger'
Officials Mull Options if Iraq Drawdown Halts
US Attorney General: PKK Question Needs More Than One Answer
US Says Ready to Resume Talks With Iran on Iraq
[Fbis] OSC: FYI -- Iranian TV Airs Video Clip of Attack on Hezbollah Commander in Syria
[Fbis] OSC: OSC Report: King Abdallah's Moscow Visit Focuses on Nuclear Cooperation, Arms Trade
Iraq not progressing at hoped-for pace, says US Admiral
[Fbis] OSC: Round-up of Middle East Friday Sermons 15 Feb
[Fbis] OSC: Syria: Media Treatment of Al-Mu'allim-Mottaki Press Conference, Statements
[Fbis] OSC: FYI -- Iran's Rafsanjani Discusses Mughniyah, Nuclear Issue in Friday Sermon
[Fbis] OSC: FYI -- Iran's English TV: Mosque Wall May Collapse If Israeli Digging Continues | H9 Ha’aretz – Top Jihad militant, seven others killed in Gaza blast 40 wounded in blast at home of Ayman Atallah Fayed; Islamic Jihad blames Israel but IDF denies involvement
Source: Syria detains suspects in Mughniyah assassination Lebanese security source: Suspects mostly Palestinians; Hezbollah appoints successor to terror chief
Clinton's peace team: the attacks on Rob Malley "vicious" (WTR)
Islamic Movement blames Israel for quake damage to Temple Mt. Al-Aqsa officials: Israeli digs diminish mosque's stability; 5.3-magnitude tremor jolts Israel, Lebanon, Syria
U.S. meets Iranian officials to discuss financing of terror Top U.S. Treasury official given unusual permission to attend multi-nation meet with Iranian representatives
Kiss and Tell By: M.J. Rosenberg Political partisans within the Jewish community have no scruples about using Israel as a political weapon to bludgeon politicians they oppose for other reasons
Don't March Into Gaza By: Amos Oz | Los Angeles Times Israel must not fall into the trap that Hamas is setting for us -- we must not march into Gaza. Because the number of casualties in a ground invasion of Gaza would be much greater than the number of casualties caused by Kassam rockets over the last seven years.
Jerusalem Post'I never said it would be a knockout'Former IDF chief Dan Halutz rejects accusations government played to IDF's tune during 2006 war
Column One: Mughniyeh's true legacy [ CAROLINE GLICK
Yedioth Ahronoth 'Suspects arrested in killing'
PM satisfied with Mossad chief's performance, decides to extend his term for second time
Ron Ben-Yishai says decision on major incursion already taken; preparations underway
Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
BBC Blast kills senior Gaza militant An Islamic Jihad commander is among at least seven people killed by an explosion in the Gaza Strip.
UN shocked by 'grim' life in Gaza
Syria 'to name Mughniyeh killer'
Clinging on NY Sun Settlements and International Law - Eugene Kontorovich
The Fraudulent Scholarship of Professors Walt and Mearsheimer - Alex Safian
Imad Who? - Martin Kramer
Gaza: Long History of Wars and Defiance Arab News,
The Jewish Question How Jews Became Germans The History of Conversion and Assimilation in Berlin
Israel after Lebanon: warning siren, deaf ears, Thomas O'Dwyer |
Security a top concern for Pakistani voters in northwest city In Peshawar, where frustration is high over President Musharraf's inability to stop rising insecurity, law-and-order issues could shape the outcome of Feb. 18 election.
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Time Pakistan Braces for Election Trouble
Disputations: "Imperial Illusions," Continued by Amartya Sen
FT . . . and now for somewhere completely different Japan’s historical and geographical isolation has created a unique culture, a society seemingly operating just slightly out of kilter. David Pilling observes the obsession with social conduct and obligations, and how art and spirituality are ways of life
Washington Times U.S. commander presses China on military intentions The commander of U.S. forces in Asia says he pressed Chinese leaders on a recent visit to explain the intentions behind their expanding military power, thus injecting a fresh element into security relations between the two countries
Alibaba hired advisers to help it negotiate for expanded management independence in the event its U.S. partner, Yahoo, is acquired by Microsoft. The company is concerned about how China would view the merger Another Korean 'war' casualty How the Spooks Took Over the News In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion – and that the media simply swallow it wholesale
| H11 IHT Toward a true dialogue By MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Peace requires new modes of thinking and the courage to make history.
On eve of Kosovar independence, Serbia cools toward West, but doesn't fightAs Kosovo prepared to declare its independence Sunday, the Serbian president, Boris Tadic, vowed he would never recognize an independent Kosovo, indicating that Belgrade would downgrade, but not necessarily break, diplomatic relations with any government that recognized Pristina.
New queries on U.K.'s Saudi arms dealA British High Court judge has raised new questions about why the government ordered its top fraud office to stop investigating claims of corruption related to an arms deal brokered by BAE Systems, the biggest British weapons maker, with Saudi Arabia
Sarkozy is criticized for Holocaust memorial planBeginning next autumn, every French 10-year-old will have to learn the life story of one of the 11,000 French children killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust
EUROPE European press review
Free Speech and Radical Islam By: Flemming Rose | The Wall Street Journal You can't compare the legal systems in Egypt and Norway, but the justifications for censorship and self-censorship are similar in different parts of the world: Religious feelings and taboos need to be treated with a kind of sensibility and respect that other feelings and ideas cannot command
Europe: The weak that wasThe European Union has gradually fallen into the paralyzing embrace of appeasement.
BBC EU Kosovo mission to be deployed The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia.
'Sorry Muhammad' NATO Struggles Over Who Will Send Additional Troops to Fight in Afghanistan
[Fbis] OSC: OSC Report: Europe, Russia -- Key EU Governments Ready To Support Kosovo Independence
[Fbis] OSC: Kosovo to declare independence Sunday afternoon - Pristina TV
What Future For The OSCE?
Why Kosovo's Independence Bid is Unique By: Robert Maruand | The Christian Science Monitor Effort may lack UN legality, but is politically practical, say many diplomats, despite Serb anger
Kosovo, Serbia Enter New Era By: Patrick Moore | Radio Free Europe
Within the Law By: Tariq Modood | The Guardian | Many details of Kosovo's looming status have yet to be ironed out. That has not deterred Kosovars living abroad from rushing home for a once-in-a-lifetime event.
North Caucasus: Instability In Daghestan Spreads To South
Armenia: Will Murder Allegations Impact On Presidential Vote?
Azerbaijan: Washington, Baku Concerned About PKK Cells In Caucasus
Tbilisi's credentials as a reformist standard-bearer have suffered since President Saakashvili's routing of opposition protests and his controversial reelection. Does he still have the power to keep his country together? ...
Armenia: Governing Party Members, Dashnaks Defect to Ter-Petrosian’s Campaign With just three full days of campaigning left, the battle lines are deepening in Armenia’s presidential race, as two members of the governing Republican Party of Armenia, one member of the party’s parliamentary faction, and five members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation have voiced support for former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Georgia and Azerbaijan: Partners in Pipelines, Antagonists in Energy Export Talks Though connected by two pipelines that convey Caspian Basin energy to Western markets, Georgia and Azerbaijan are having trouble working out a long-term gas-supply deal. Price appears to be a major sticking point.
Google News Azerbaijan
Condoleezza Rice Averts Post-Soviet Threat By: Sergei Strokan | Kommersant The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the U.S. international affairs budget and discussed the foreign policy’s priorities. Russia and the post-Soviet space were among the most acute issues.
'Heir to Putin' in economy pledge
Georgia: As Protests Start in Tbilisi, Murdoch Eyes Opposition TV Channel
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H13 The Times No grandstanding on China, please We need a more mature approach to the whole issue of the Olympics and its host Mark Leonard Fireworks as the new country joins the world Street parties and mass celebrations mark Kosovo's independence as Serbia threatens to cut energy supplies Kosovo breakaway prompts East-West split Russia delivers clear warning to the West ahead of Sunday's declaration of independence by former Yugoslav province
Where does the stampede of moralism stop? Every nation that has ever held an Olympic Games could have been boycotted over something, and that includes LondonRussia warning over breakaway states Tide turns as Poles end great migration The wave of immigration that helped Britain’s early 21st century boom is over as cost of living makes UK less attractive
Israel on alert after threat by HezbollahIsraelis living overseas told to avoid gatherings with fellow citizens as fears grow of reprisals over Imad Mughnieh killing
Feudal ties ensure family affair at election The three main contestants in Shah Jewna, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, are cousins and belong to a landowning dynasty
Putin heir promises to put freedom first Dmitri Medvedev, who is certain to win the Russian presidential elections in March, pledges to strengthen the judiciaryThe king who wanted Sharia England Past Notes: The Times unveils an amazing plot to turn this nation into a Muslim stateGraham Stewart
Bite the BulletThe Government must properly equip the troops it sends to war
Wall Street Journal The Neocons and Iraq
New Labour, Free Trader By Kyle Wingfield
KSM, the Victim
By Mark A. Siegel
Democrats' Attacks on Business Rise Obama and Clinton have ratcheted up their antitrade, anticorporate rhetoric, seeking the support of union members and other voters. Opposition to Nafta helped Obama win the backing of the powerful service-employees' union.
CHAN AKYA Tear down that Wall (Street)
| H14 Financial Times Dissent clouds Kosovo’s birth Kosovo’s parliament lays the groundwork for declaring independence, amid uncertainty about whether the United Nations mission in place since 1999 can withdraw
Learning from the Greenspan legacy Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, should take note. Using a new supply of monetary candy to cure indigestion might cause even sharper pains tomorrow
FT MAGAZINE: A house built on sand The most pathetic feature of the European Parliament is perhaps the one that hits you first.
Medvedev unveils economic programme Russia’s likely next president finally unveiled his economic programme, laying out a liberal-sounding platform but showing litte sign of diverging from the Putin pathJazeera slams TV crackdown The Arab world’s pioneering TV channel accused Arab governments of trying to muzzle freedom of expression in a new charter regulating satellite broadcasters
Tangier sees profit on its doorstep The northern Moroccan city is capitalising on its proximity to Europe by opening a port complex with associated logistics and industrial zones
Sarkozy farce fails to amuse votersThe French president’s image and recent personal and political conduct could cause him trouble in the coming local elections
Bush Snr to fall in behind McCain ohn McCain is expected to receive the blessing of George H.W. Bush, the former US president, highlighting efforts by the Republican establishment to unite the party around its presumptive presidential nominee
WORLD NEWS DIGEST: EU sees progress on gas pipeline
| H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial'Sick man' checkup Trade and budget deficits matter -- just look at Germany. But how is its economy really doing?
Open letter to Obama By Sarah M. Miller A former Chicago constituent asks her candidate of choice to talk real politics.
Microsoft closes in on Yahoo bid Almost 90% of Yahoo's corporate shareholders also own Microsoft stock, so there is little push for a higher bid.
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H16 American Politics
Can Dean defuse Clinton-Obama delegate feud? Howard Dean, at least on paper, should be the power broker best positioned to get the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama people behind closed doors and resolve their fight over contested delegates from Florida and Michigan, which threatens to rupture the party. But in this tense time, when Democrats are whispering and wondering about whether there's a wise man or woman out there who could step in and break the presidential candidates' deadlock, the Democratic Party chairman isn't being widely considered as a natural for that role
Are Dems Heading for a Bitter Fall Breakup? - Chuck Raasch, USA Today
McCain's Risky Strategy - Joe Conason, Salon
And Now the Press Will Come After Obama - James Klurfeld, Newsday
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp
GAIL COLLINS The Mittification of McCainJohn McCain’s inconsistency is actually nothing new, we saw a lot of it during the Bush tax debates. Arianna Huffington:
Barbara Ehrenreich: Unstoppable Obama
Obama aide's new course for victoryThe grassroots strategy of Steve Hildebrand has rewritten the campaign rulebook and wrongfooted Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s campaign in disarray as staff squabble over ‘attack adverts’
Boost for Obama as America's largest labour union backs him
Christine Pelosi: Superdelegates Should Not Overturn Majority Dem. Vote
| H17 Daily TelegraphKosovo prepares for independence Split forces Russia rethink over key territorial disputes.
Hillary Clinton's last stand in Lone Star state The former First Lady has her back to the wall in Texas, where only a massive Hispanic vote can save her crumbling campaign.
Musharraf disowned by ruling party Pakistan's ruling party has distanced itself from President Pervez Musharraf's policies as his popularity ratings plummeted three days ahead of the country's general election.
When Islam and the C of E unite fter Dr Rowan Williams had spoken, "the prevailing attitude... was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the speaker had not said." Christopher Howse comments.
It is too late to boycott Beijing Olympics It says something about our political culture that the Beijing Olympics debate should have been catalysed, not by any elected representative, but by a film director
| H18 Independent Kosovo edges closer to historic declaration of independence The red Albanian flags with their two-headed eagles are fluttering across Kosovo as the Serbian province edges closer to a historic declaration of independence, which is expected tomorrow
Leading article: Seven days that made a nominee, if not yet a United States President
John Rentoul: If Blair runs for the EU presidency, Brown will be the fall guy – whatever the result
Sarkozy: Pupils will be 'twinned' with Nazi victims
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H19Military Intelligence Terrorism
Why Following the Money Leads to Terrorists
Why Espionage Is Boring By: Michael Hirsh | Newsweek How the Spooks Took Over the News In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion – and that the media simply swallow it wholesale
A Key Gap in Fighting Terrorism By: Mike McConnell | The Washington Post
Army Fighting Future Battles in Digital Laboratories Now
The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress (PDF; 439 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)
Excerpt: The Volunteer: A Canadian's Secret Life in the Mossad
The U.S. Army is paying a price for the Bush administration's misguided decisions, as fewer young people with solid educational backgrounds are willing to enlist.
The wake-up flight of a wayward B-52 The laxity on the home front uncovered by a dodgy B-52 flight presents the same kind of nuclear risk once epitomized by the Cold War.
Dogs of War: The pay gap myth By DAVID ISENBERG (UPI) -- Frequently in the history of military and security issues the public and policymakers take for granted the conventional wisdom of the day. That is, until it is proven false
Rand Logistics: Supply Based or Distribution Based?
New Book Shows Symbols From a Secret World
The Military-Scholastic Complex
| H20 Slate
Academic Conference Call: Climate Change and National Security (Audio)
Policy Options for Reducing CO2 Emissions (PDF; 608 KB)
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December 2007
Time to Move to a Second Generation of Biofuels
Can an Omnipotent Government Make a Rock Bigger Than It Can Lift? | H21 Open the GoalsSepp Blatter is wrong to squash debate of new footballing ideas
Think tanks vs. universities
· Elitist? Yes. But some things are simply better than othersMartin Kettle: Barenboim's cycle of 32 Beethoven sonatas is a reminder that the best art is uniquely ennobling. It should be available to all Fashion is racist: insider lifts lid on 'exclusion' Inside the fiction factory Oliver Burkeman meets James Patterson, perhaps the world's most successful writer
Relax, idle parents make for happy children. COMMENT & ANALYSIS: A-listers at the barricades Did the writers win? Superstar wordsmiths have been more tightly bound to the studios; B-listers are not much affected, writes Christopher Caldwell Poverty mars formation of infant brainsMany children growing up in very poor families with low social status experience unhealthy levels of stress hormones, which impair their neural development, scientists say Technology takes football back to its roots
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