| H1 Time Ready to Rumble Hillary Clinton has rescued her campaign by getting a lot rougher on Barack Obama. But Democrats worry: How much collateral damage will be done before it is over? IHT Iraq will not be a Qaedistan By OLIVIER ROY If U.S. troops leave Iraq Al Qaeda will not take power and establish an Islamic state. Step one: Discard the Bush policy By ANDREW J. BACEVICH U.S. policy after Iraq ought to occupy center stage in the 2008 presidential campaign. Europe's leaders warned of big rise in migration A report prepared for an EU summit meeting Thursday predicts big new flows of migration by 2020 as climate change puts strains on food and water supplies, provokes natural disasters and undermines political stability in poorer, neighboring countries Spain's haunted election By WILLIAM PFAFF There has been a great uneasiness in recent months over the renewed assertion of historical grievances in Spain New York Times Editorial Talk, but No Peace The United States, Europe and Arab states must move quickly to arrange a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and give thought to a new strategy for dealing with Gaza. Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Picture of U.S. Economy The worst fears of consumers, investors and officials were confirmed as paralysis on Wall Street collided with new evidence of a likely recession. Daily Star Fight fiercely for peace, for a change By Rami G. Khouri Without US follow-through, Annapolis will fail By David Ignatius US-Iraq Talks to Start Saturday Jonathan Steele Iraq: The Way Out NPR Why Are Oil Prices Climbing So High? ANALYSIS-Riots, standoff destabilise Armenia Technocrats eyed for boost in government Talks are under way among Iraqi political parties to overhaul the Cabinet and establish a new technocratic government, the prime minister's top political adviser said yesterday Sadr admits splits in Mahdi Movement Arab Times Iraq: Shi'ite Stronghold Is Not Safe An Ominous Rise in Baghdad Bombings Analysis: Elections in Iran – Referendum for Changes Iran votes Polls could actually strengthen Mahmoud Ahmandinejad Financial Times Qom highlights Iran power battle The days when the Shia seminary’s political decisions went unchallenged are over. While it held a monopoly on religious power, other clerical groups have since emerged Vote tests Ahmadi-Nejad's standing Iran's parliamentary elections cover about 200 constituencies and are held every four years for 290 seats
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Ray Tanter vs. Matt Levitt, MESH. Tony Karon Is Israel-Iran Enmity Irreversible? Samantha Power on HARDtalk... watch the full interview here. Washington Post Downside of Obama Strategy Losses in Big States Spur General-Election Fears The Cost Of Retreat In Iraq By Lee Kuan Yew Candidates' speeches aside, no U.S. president can afford to withdraw too quickly A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance Asia Times US's fancy guns are trained on China Just as the Pentagon and its corporate allies touted the "Soviet threat" during the Cold War to stampede Congress and the US public into supporting ever-increasing spending on advanced weapons, so a hypothetical "China threat" is being conjured up to achieve the same purpose - and it's costing multi-billions of dollars. - Michael T Klare The World in 2050: Indo-Chinese Economic Giants Wired News Buddies in Baku, Amigos in Armenia By: Hans-Jurgen Schlamp | Der Spiegel Where does Europe end? The EU's Neighborhood Policy seeks to ensure prosperity and stability in countries bordering the 27-member club. The problem is, the neighbors would like to join, too NATO Wannabe Macedonia Demands 'Freedom and Justice' One day after Greece said it would veto NATO membership for Macedonia if the country didn't change its name, the Macedonians took out full-page newspaper ads to plead their case. There is still no end in sight to the dispute RFE/RL Russia: Can Medvedev Create Putin-Style Personality Cult? Armenia: Was The Yerevan Crackdown Planned, Or A Fatal Miscalculation Georgia: Tbilisi Outraged At Moscow Withdrawal From Abkhaz Sanctions Treaty Weekly Standard The Politics of a Failed Presidency How John McCain and the Republican party should deal with the Bush record. by Jeffrey Bell Washington Post A Post-Musharraf Pakistan Policy | H2 Washington Post A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance. The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, fight because they want their people to speak Kurdish in schools, receive national identification cards, and gain respect and political influence wherever they live. But to walk among them is to feel that some also fight to prolong their communal, socialist experiment and to be left alone. PHOTOS: Living, Fighting in the PKK • VIDEO: PKK Guerillas Camp in Iraq PKK Says Turkish Forces Not Completely Withdrawn From Iraqi Kurdistan Iraq, Turkey Vow to Boost Ties, Act Against Kurdish Rebels Iraqi Leader Tries to Mend Relationship With Turkey New York Times US MILITARY STATEMENTS REVIVE TURKISH SUSPICIONS ABOUT WASHINGTON ... Eurasia Daily Monitor A Military Analysis of Turkey’s Incursion into Northern Iraq Book The Kurds Ascending: The Evolving Solution to the Kurdish Problem in Iraq and Turkey by Michael M. Gunter Pentagon solo in PKK moves
Intrinsic logics behind Turkey's decision-making People's Daily Online, China Iraq promises Turkey curb on PKK
BBC Talabani insists his government will not tolerate Kurdish rebels in the north attacking Turkey. Terrorism on agenda as Iraq president visits Turkey Financial Times US Defense Secretary Gates Speaks about Turkey at Recent Pentagon Briefing (March 5, 2008) | Türkçe Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring International Irak pasaportlu çalışma ziyareti Talabani: Kürt değil, Irak kedisi vermem! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. MEHMET BARLAS
Kürt siyasetçiler de katkıda bulunmalı Harekât, TSK’ya reyting yaptırdı Mahir Kaynak Dönüşüm mü? Kürt paketinde Kürtçe kanal var ABD Savunma Bakanı Gates’in sözleriyle gündeme gelen AKP’nin Güneydoğu paketi GAP’ın tamamlanıp 3.8 milyon kişiye iş bulunmasını ve kesintisiz Kürtçe yayını öngörüyor 'GAP paketi'nden Doğu'ya özel asgari ücret çıktı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.
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Turkey, Iraq take step for long-lasting strategic ties Gül Talabani onuruna akşam yemeği verdi Turkey, Iraq take step for long-lasting strategic ties Talabani: Regional Administration of Northern Iraq Asks PKK to Leave Washington Post A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance Turkish PM Will Quit if US Pressure Led to Iraq Pullout US 'Tried to Capitalize' on Turkish Troop Withdrawal From Northern Iraq Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurdish member of the Turkish Parliament, speaks ... Sınırötesi tartışmalarının örttüğü gerçekler Gül: PKK önce silah bıraksın Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. 50 liraya Ermeni aranıyor
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AKP hükümeti, Filistin-İsrail ihtilafının doğal arabulucusu - Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Ways to Vanquish the Culture of Conflict By: Cesar Chelala | The Japan Times Is there a way for a civilized relationship between Turkey and Armenia to eventually overcome historical enmity and become a model for other countries to follow İlter Türkmen Hristofyas ile çözüm daha mı kolay? ABD Kıbrıs'ta yeni bir inisiyatif başlatmıyor
Hristofyas, Talat’ın, açıklamalarında Annan Planı’na atıfta bulunmasına, “Biz Annan Planı’nı konuşmuyoruz” diye tepki gösterdi. Meral Tamer Rektörden AB’ye ve Türkiye’ye narsisizm uyarısı Almanya’da Türk camiine taşlı saldırı
Çağdaş kadınların güçlü ülkesi BAHADIR KALEAĞASI – EU to train Turkish judges, prosecutors on civil liberties Akdeniz Birliği muamması sürüyor Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Kadınım, evde ücretsiz köleyim İstihbarat savaşı Alper Görmüş'ten 'Ergenekon' bilgisi Hakim ve savcı alımlarına durdurma Peygamber benzetmesi ‘Gülen Movement becomes best-linked Muslim network’ Diyanet, devlet işine karışmasın Media question Internet voice recording mystery ’Herkes eşit süre askerlik yapacak’ Fethullah Gülen'in beraat kararına Yargıtay'dan onama Tuncay relishing the freedom granted by Southgate and Boro Dink cinayetinde kovuşturma talebine mahkemeden ret Cengiz Çandar Sevilla'da bir öğleden sonra Serdar Turgut Türkiye’nin beyin ölümü gerçekleşti Biz layık değiliz En az 3 çocuk yapın Özal’ın doktorunun oğlu ölü bulundu Edirne Belediye Başkanı'na rüşvetten ikinci gözaltı Küfürbaz savcının konuşmaları YouTube'a düştü MTA: Bizde gizli topografik harita yok Emekli albay Ali Kırca Türk halkı havalandı Askerlikte kısa dönem.. | H3 'Harekat senaryodan parça' Haber Videosu için tıklayınız
Baykal'dan Büyükanıt'a garip yanıt Murat Yetkin Baykal: Amaç, PKK ile müzakereye zorlamak Enis Berberoğlu Ya şimdi, ya da hiç Milliyet Son Dakika Talabani: Kürt değil Irak kedisini teslim etmem Kürt paketinde Kürtçe kanal var ABD Savunma Bakanı Gates’in sözleriyle gündeme gelen AKP’nin Güneydoğu paketi GAP’ın tamamlanıp 3.8 milyon kişiye iş bulunmasını ve kesintisiz Kürtçe yayını öngörüyor 'GAP paketi'nden Doğu'ya özel asgari ücret çıktı Baykal'a 'Baba' desteği Ahmet Taşgetiren • Olmazları konuşmak... ( 08.03.2008 ) Ruşen - Çakır Taha Akyol Din, mezhep ve laiklik Fikret Bila 268 sortide 272 hedefi vurduk İstihbarat savaşı Dinleme cetesi sınır tanımıyor! Dinleme terörü Türkiye’ye Dijital abluka Hürriyet'i Sarımsak korkusu sardı Hasan Cemal Başbakan Erdoğan ipin ucunu kaçırabilir mi? Semih İdiz Kıbrıs ve Kürt sorunları ciddi siyasi türbülansa işaret ediyor M Ali Birand Talabani, Ankara’ya gelerek cesaret gösterdi Kadınım, evde ücretsiz köleyim İlerlemiyor daha geriye gidiyor Baykal: Silahlı Kuvvetler saygı gösterecek Cengiz Çandar Sevilla'da bir öğleden sonra En az 3 çocuk yapın Biz de siyaset elbisesini çıkarırız İsmail Küçükkaya TBMM Başkanı “Anayasa Yapıcı Meclis” önerdi Fehmi Koru: 'Doğru bilinen' yanlış yol Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ali Bayramoğlu: Öykü 80 yıllıktır (*) Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Kürşat Bumin: Bitmiş bir harekâttan geriye kalanlar Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Taha Kıvanç: Etme bulma dünyası Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hakan Albayrak: Taliban: ABD Afganistan'da yenildi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Özlem Albayrak: 8 Mart çeşnisi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ayşe Böhürler: Türban tartışmalarının yan faydaları! Perihan Mağden - Abdullah Öcalan'ın mapushane koşulları Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. İsmet Berkan - Özgürlükler hiyerarşisi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Türker Alkan - Dinde zorlama olur mu? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Altan Öymen - Dünyada tedavülden kalkarken bizde enflasyona uğradılar... Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hakkı Devrim - Kürt meselesi ile Fethullah Gülen niçin ayrı sayfalarda? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Murat Yetkin - Baykal: Amaç, PKK ile müzakereye zorlamak Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. M.Ali Kışlalı - Onlar da laikliği savunur Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Murat Belge - Yanlışlık mı, bilerek mi? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ayşe Karabat - Politik vicdan Yükselen taleplerin anlamı ne?
Erol Katırcıoğlu MEHMET KAMIŞ - Ya benimsin ya toprağın Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. ŞAHİN ALPAY - Askerden de militaristler Sadi Somuncuoğlu Anlamsız ve zararlı çekişmenin aslı ne? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. M. NEDİM HAZAR - Sorunlu din dersi! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. ALİ BULAÇ - İslam'ın dili erkek dili mi? Bülent Korucu A new era in military-civilian relations Ömer Lütfi Mete Arkadan vurma mesleği Nuh Gönültaş TSK'nın çok güçlü bir PR'a ihtiyacı var! Ertuğrul Özkök Biz onu zengin zannederdik Ahmet Hakan M Ali Birand Talabani, Ankara’ya gelerek cesaret gösterdi Cüneyt Ülsever Oktay Ekşi Bu o Bardakoğlu mu? Özdemir İnce Mehmet Y Yılmaz O maddenin devamını da okuyun! Mehmet Altan Alevilerin türbanı Mustafa Erdoğan Asker döndü ama medya ve RTÜK dönmedi! Yalçın Doğan Tamtamların susma zamanı Tufan Türenç AKP ekonominin üstünü türbanla örtüyor Opposing the army by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE MUHARREM SARIKAYA ERDAL ŞAFAK DTP ne istiyor? ENGİN ARDIÇ İmkân ve şerait çok namüsait bir mahiyette tezahür ettiler mi? ERGUN BABAHAN EMRE AKÖZ O da zulüm bu da zulüm!
Umur Talu HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN 'Dışarıda bahar geldi...' NAZLI ILICAK Akreditasyon ayıbı MEHMET BARLAS MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti neden susuyor? YAVUZ DONAT İyi müdahale kötü müdahale 27 Nisan bildirisine destek veren CHP, artık farklı düşünüyor Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Genelkurmay herkese cevap yetistirmemeli Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Yeni anayasa yapmak için Meclis kuralım Reform package to revolutionize social security, but hammers jobless ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ercan Kumcu Ege Cansen Gerçek ihracat Güngör Uras Roubini ‘Size bi şey olmaz abicim!’ dedi (Bizi sevindirdi) Erdal Sağlam İstesek de IMF’yle program yapmamız artık çok zor IMF: Turkey’s priorities are fiscal discipline, prudent monetary ... Former US Treasury adviser urges Turkey to focus on privatizations ... Kamil Pasha » 2007 Turkish Labor and Education Statistics JTW News - USAK Paper on Turkish Economy TÜSİAD: TOBB ile söylem farkımız var Düne göre zenginiz Güneri Civaoğlu Ekonomide dümen tutulması Ne yapmalıyız? Taner Berksoy İstihdamda sorun sürüyor ama lider kadınlar erkeklerin tahtını sallıyor OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
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| H4 New York Times Editorial Talk, but No Peace The United States, Europe and Arab states must move quickly to arrange a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and give thought to a new strategy for dealing with Gaza. | H5 Washington Post Fed to Make $200 Billion Available to Lenders With U.S. shedding 63,000 jobs in February and the stock market faltering, Federal Reserve seeks to loosen credit to ease crisis of confidence Downside of Obama Strategy Losses in Big States Spur General-Election Fears The Cost Of Retreat In Iraq By Lee Kuan Yew Candidates' speeches aside, no U.S. president can afford to withdraw too quickly A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance Colombia Apologizes at Regional Summit Colombian President Álvaro Uribe agrees to end standoff with Ecuador and Venezuela that resulted in troop deployments, downturn in trade and a rupture in diplomatic relations Debate on Economy Grows More Urgent Job-Loss Report Is Worst in 5 Years A Post-Musharraf Pakistan Policy Another Failed 'Farrakhan Test' By Colbert I. King, Where was Hillary Clinton when her husband made nice with Louis Farrakhan? FBI Says Bomb in Times Square, Mailings to Hill Are Not Linked Obama Adviser Resigns Over Remark Clinton Team Criticizes 'Monster' Comment but Focuses on Troop-Pullout Statement In Response to Sanctions, Belarus Seeks to Oust U.S. Envoy China Steps Up Its Argument Over Darfur World Leaders' Plans to Attend Olympics Used to Push View of Games as Apolitical | H6 Guardian Peace process in peril after bloodbath Israel vows to maintain contact with Palestinian leaders but both sides recognise negotiations are faltering World markets see-saw as dollar falls Data confirms US economy in recession as Federal Reserve steps in to ease credit turmoil An unconvincing contest Leader: Spain now faces a choice between a lacklustre incumbent and a discredited challenger Sinking into recession Leader: 63,000 jobs were lost in America last month, the surest sign yet of an economic slowdown Shooting halts Spanish campaigning Basque separatist group ETA blamed for murder of former town councillor |
| H7 Analysis: Elections in Iran – Referendum for Changes Iran votes
Polls could actually strengthen Mahmoud Ahmandinejad
Mujahedin-e Khalq: terrorist?
Ray Tanter vs. Matt Levitt, MESH. • COMMENT: Michael Horowitz on stopping Iran's nuke program Samantha Power on HARDtalk... watch the full interview here.
Arab Leaders, Angry at Syrian President, Threaten Boycott of Summit Meeting Iranian Daily Sees ties consolidating between Iran, Iraq Iran: Tied to Its Program By: Kamel Nazar | ISN Security Watch
The latest UN sanctions against Iran are a setback for Tehran but their overall impact should be gauged in political rather than economic terms Misreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Army's Conventional Capabilities By: Gian P. Gentile | World Politics Review A misleading current narrative contends that the recent lowering of violence in Iraq is primarily due to the American "surge" and the application of so-called "new" counterinsurgency methods Fallon's 'No Iran War' Line Angered White House Promoting Human Rights By: Nir Boms | The Washington Times
An important, yet underreported, summit took place recently in Riyadh. Turki K. Al Sudairy, a Saudi minister and president of the Saudi Supreme Human Rights Commission and Pakistan's federal minister for human rights, Ansar Burney, conducted a series of high level meetings to discuss human rights in their respective countries Washington Times Editorial It's Iran vs. Israel Thursday's terrorist attack in Jerusalem and the latest fighting in Gaza are more than new chapters in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: They are part of a much larger struggle underway between Iran and Israel. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq US-Iraq Talks to Start Saturday Technocrats eyed for boost in government Talks are under way among Iraqi political parties to overhaul the Cabinet and establish a new technocratic government, the prime minister's top political adviser said yesterday Sadr admits splits in Mahdi Movement
Arab Times Iraq: Shi'ite Stronghold Is Not Safe An Ominous Rise in Baghdad Bombings Armed By Armani Iran's strict dress code hasn't stopped legions of fashionistas -- men and women -- from dressing up. In fact, the more the authorities try to enforce the code, the more some Iranians push the fashion limits -- even at the risk of prison | H9 Ha’aretz – U.S.: Peace talks must go on despite J'lem attack Bradley Burston: To the Westerner who 'understands' terrorist PA Report on Hamas Gaza Takeover Raises Questions About Abbas' Leadership - Zvi Bar'el Bernard Lewis: When defeat means liberation Renowned Arabist likens what he calls the 'monstrous perversion of Islam' to the evils of Nazism and Bolshevism. Attack will be seen in Messianic terms By AMIR MIZROCH The terrorists knew that by speaking in this language their message could only be interpreted in one way. Hizbullah official: I respect the Jews Moral blindness [ DAVID HOROVITZ , Condi's echo chamber [ CAROLINE GLICK Palestinian Affairs: The heat's on Abbas Yedioth Ahronoth Hamas countdown has begun Hamas will soon pay price for traditional Arab talent for misjudgment, Yigal Walt writes Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine What Now? By: Nicholas Blincoe | The Guardian Israel's options after the attack in Jerusalem are very limited -- a further sign that its policies are leading nowhere. Ripple effect
Fallout from Jerusalem attack depends on who ordered it
Israel fears new uprising by Palestinians (By Joshua Mitnick) Daily Star Slaughtering civilians does nothing to serve the Palestinian cause Fight fiercely for peace, for a change By Rami G. Khouri Without US follow-through, Annapolis will fail By David Ignatius Why there's a Hamas-Israel war?
Israel Insider Lawyer Attack By: Barbara Opall-Rome | New York Post Israel is deploying a power ful new secret weapon with its frontline forces in Gaza. Problem is, the innovation is going to help Hamas -- the enemy in the attrition war raging along the terror-infested southern border. Palestinian Funding By: Joel Mowbray | The Washington Times A showdown could be looming between Congress and the Bush administration over a $150 million request for emergency aid for the Palestinian Authority government led by President Mahmoud Abbas. Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.
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Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Israel's Patience is Running Out - Vic Alhadeff, Sydney Morning Herald Carter, Annan to lead peace delegation to Middle East next month
Israel's Right to Fight - Ira Rifkin, Baltimore Sun
The Way of Terror and the Response - Alan Baker (Toronto Star) Statement by Israeli Ambassador to UN Human Rights Council - Amb. Itzhak Levanon JONAH GOLDBERG: Hamas seems to have gotten more than mere inspiration from Hezbollah. “The Care and Feeding of an Angry Territory” |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor ASIA Malaysia Goes to the Polls By: Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacoob | Asia Sentinel Malaysia goes to the polls Saturday after an abbreviated election campaign in which the opposition coalition is seeking to capitalize on surging crime rates, a breakdown in race relations, spiralling inflation and other issues to end the ruling national coalition’s unbroken 45-year hold on government. India likely to be 90 pc of US economy by 2050 Asia Times US's fancy guns are trained on China Just as the Pentagon and its corporate allies touted the "Soviet threat" during the Cold War to stampede Congress and the US public into supporting ever-increasing spending on advanced weapons, so a hypothetical "China threat" is being conjured up to achieve the same purpose - and it's costing multi-billions of dollars. - Michael T Klare Uighur Activist: China is Making "A Frontal Attack on Our Ethnic Identity" BY JOSHUA KUCERA
A EURASIANET INTERVIEW WITH REBIYA KADEER
Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist for the Uighur people of northwestern China, spent six years in jail in China for "leaking state secrets" – in fact sending local newspaper articles to her husband in the US. She was released in 2005 and has since then made her home in the Washington, D.C. area, where she advocates for Uighur rights and for greater US support of Uighur issues. In 2006, Ms. Kadeer was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. She sat down for an interview with EurasiaNet at the offices of the Uighur American Association, just a block from the White House. Pakistan's generals come down hard
Faced with a spike in suicide attacks on the military, Pakistan's top brass have thrown their weight behind embattled President Pervez Musharraf and his "war on terror", in the process slamming the door on any chance of reconciliation with Taliban and al-Qaeda militants. - Syed Saleem Shahzad | H11 IHT Iraq will not be a Qaedistan By OLIVIER ROY If U.S. troops leave Iraq Al Qaeda will not take power and establish an Islamic state. Step one: Discard the Bush policy By ANDREW J. BACEVICH U.S. policy after Iraq ought to occupy center stage in the 2008 presidential campaign. Europe's leaders warned of big rise in migration A report prepared for an EU summit meeting Thursday predicts big new flows of migration by 2020 as climate change puts strains on food and water supplies, provokes natural disasters and undermines political stability in poorer, neighboring countries Spain's haunted election By WILLIAM PFAFF There has been a great uneasiness in recent months over the renewed assertion of historical grievances in Spain Terrorism again intrudes as Spain heads to the polls EUROPE European press review Buddies in Baku, Amigos in Armenia By: Hans-Jurgen Schlamp | Der Spiegel Where does Europe end? The EU's Neighborhood Policy seeks to ensure prosperity and stability in countries bordering the 27-member club. The problem is, the neighbors would like to join, too NATO Wannabe Macedonia Demands 'Freedom and Justice' One day after Greece said it would veto NATO membership for Macedonia if the country didn't change its name, the Macedonians took out full-page newspaper ads to plead their case. There is still no end in sight to the dispute Conservatives Face Thrashing Over Sarkozy's Unpopularity When French President Nicolas Sarkozy came to power, he promised change. Since then, though, he seems to have focused more on his personal life than changing the country. German commentators predict the municipal elections starting Sunday will see his party suffer for his increasing unpopularity Missile controversy
US seeks to persuade wary Poland to accept missile shield
Spain PM accuses Eta after death Spain's prime minister accuses Basque group Eta of trying to upset Sunday's election by murdering an ex-councillor. Spain economy strong before poll Last push to woo Spanish voters Country profile: Spain Greek-Macedonian Name Spat Intensifies By: Elitsa Vucheva | EU Observer An increasingly heated dispute with Greece over its names is threatening to undermine the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's attempts to join NATO and may affect the country's EU aspirations President Blair Prospect Prompts Europe to Say Anyone But Him By: James G. Neuger | Bloomberg News
Wanted: current or former prime minister to become first full-time European Union president. Must be committed to strengthening EU's global clout without stealing the limelight from EU government leaders. In other words: Tony Blair need not apply Netherlands-Islam: Deutsche-Welle reports that a decision by the Netherlands to release a controversial new film about Islam has made the country a terror target. German Chancellor Merkel to assess signs of policy shift on Moscow trip | H12 RFE/RL Russia: Can Medvedev Create Putin-Style Personality Cult? Armenia: Was The Yerevan Crackdown Planned, Or A Fatal Miscalculation Georgia: Tbilisi Outraged At Moscow Withdrawal From Abkhaz Sanctions Treaty Google News Azerbaijan Analysis: Happiness is multiple pipelines United Press International Armenia: Authorities Advance Conspiracy Theory Armenian leaders are now casting the March 1 bloodshed in Yerevan as the product of an international conspiracy that sought the revolutionary overthrow of the existing political order. The CIS: A Vanishing Reality?
BY IGOR TORBAKOV
With the "multi-vector" mindset taking hold in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia is feeling pressure to rethink how it can retain its dominating influence among formerly Soviet states Soviet Armenia Transitions Online What the Russian papers say
RIA Novosti Kremlin Enters Uncharted Waters By: Max Delaney | The Moscow Times
This will be the first time in the country's history that a popularly elected head of state hands over power to another popularly elected head of state. The lack of precedent is raising some curious constitutional questions over exactly how the Kremlin's impending round of musical chairs is going to work One day after Russia announced it would lift trade restrictions on the separatist Georgian province of Abkhazia, the province’s leadership appealed for international recognition (BBC) as an independent state Gazprom’s South Stream Project Can Be Halted in the Black Sea By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom and the Kremlin have lined up Central Asian gas commitments upstream and European Union markets downstream for the South Stream pipeline project. Russia’s project seems to enjoy an unstoppable momentum against its rival Nabucco and other Western-backed projects for Caspian gas to Europe Parliamentarians Meet In Baku To Discuss Caspian Security Belarus tells U.S. ambassador to leave country Absurdistan Broadcasters unplugged during state of emergency Broadcasts of the Voice of America and other international media have been blocked in Armenia under the state of emergency declared this week, U.S. officials and press rights groups said. Uighur Activist: China is Making "A Frontal Attack on Our Ethnic Identity" BY JOSHUA KUCERA
A EURASIANET INTERVIEW WITH REBIYA KADEER
Rebiya Kadeer, a human rights activist for the Uighur people of northwestern China, spent six years in jail in China for "leaking state secrets" – in fact sending local newspaper articles to her husband in the US. She was released in 2005 and has since then made her home in the Washington, D.C. area, where she advocates for Uighur rights and for greater US support of Uighur issues. In 2006, Ms. Kadeer was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. She sat down for an interview with EurasiaNet at the offices of the Uighur American Association, just a block from the White House. |
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General Odierno Returns Home - G. Tracy Mehan, III, The American Spectator
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