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H1 CSIS Iraq and the Crocker-Petraeus Testimony: The Risks that Only Time and a Sustained US Presence Can Deal With There is still a marginally better case for staying than for leaving. New York Times General’s Advice to Suspend Troop Cuts Reflects Bleak Assessment of Iraq Military Hamas in Largest Arms Buildup Yet, Israeli Study Says Foreign Policy: 2 Camps Seek McCain’s Ear More pragmatic Republicans are increasingly concerned as Senator John McCain aligns with foreign policy advisers likely to advocate continued support for the war. Armenia: Picking up the Pieces A new report from the International Crisis Group reports on an intensifying political crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Full report Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Iranian Escalation and the Saudi Connection ... Reidar Visser Maliki, Hakim, and Iran’s Role in the Basra Fighting The War Over the War Reidar Visser IHT Roger Cohen: Europe blue, Asia red By ROGER COHEN Europeans love blue-state America, but Asians have fears about a Democratic victory. NATO divided By CHARLES A. KUPCHAN The NATO allies no longer agree on the imminence or the nature of the threats they confront Saudis involved in Mugniyah assassination? McClatchy Congress tells Petraeus: Show us an Iraq withdrawal plan After five years of war, the American public is exhausted by pleas for more time and doesn't feel the war is worth the cost, congressional leaders told Crocker and Petraeus. As for their advice that the situation on the ground should dictate any troop withdrawals, Democrats and Republicans said the U.S. needs an exit strategy Former Treasury secretary: U.S. likely in a recession It's "overwhelmingly likely" that the U.S. economy is in recession, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said Wednesday, adding an important voice to a growing list of economists who think Americans are suffering through an economic contraction. Financial Times Restocking the empty global larder A clear and consistent policy of cheap food has been sadly absent from the world debate about support to agriculture over the past few years. It should not have taken a crisis to create one Adrift in Baghdad A surge of realism about Iraq is long overdue. Sudden US withdrawal is not the answer, but nor is a policy that, willy-nilly, empowers more and more warlords to pull the country to bits Banks take blame for credit crisis The world’s leading banks publicly accepted much of the blame for the credit crisis, as the International Monetary Fund slashed its estimates for global growth and warned that the US downturn will last longer than most people expect Witness in Hariri case goes missing A former Syrian officer who implicated Damascus in the Lebanese leader’s death disappears while under house arrest in Paris, dealing another blow to preparations for trial Michael Boyle General Petraeus made it clear that the US will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future but failed to explain the circumstances under which it can get out Rise of the neo-coins Daniel Korski Counter-insurgency, not traditional counter-terrorism, is the way forward, according to an influential new US school of foreign policy M Cist Intimidation and censorship are no answer to this inflammatory film Timothy Garton Ash: A Dutch politician's alarmist anti-Islam polemic needs to be taken apart and calmly answered This free-market farce shows how badly we need the state Ulrich Beck : The massive global risk of an unfettered financial model is now being felt, thanks to its dogmatists' blinkered irresponsibility Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Stiglitz on Iraq’s Costs and the Global Economy Ramazani Understanding Iran's Policy Towards The United States Juan Cole Petraeus, Iraq and the Lebanon Analogy Gross National Happiness In this provocative new book, Arthur C. Brooks explodes the myths about happiness in America. He examines vast amounts of evidence and empirical research to uncover the truth about who is happy in America, who is not, and why Gideon Rachman Nato, Georgia and missile defence “a system that won’t work, against a threat that doesn’t exist, paid for with money that we don’t have.” Time What Al-Qaeda Learned from Petraeus ABCNEWS: Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Phillip Carter / Intel Dump: Walker's World: Iran wins again By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Doubling its ability to process nuclear fuel and brokering the Iraqi cease fire in Basra, Iran looms ever larer as a campaign issue for the U.S. elections Asia Times War and peace, Israeli style Israel's massive military exercises on the Syrian border have significantly raised tension between the two countries, even as their leaders downplay the development. At first glance, it is in nobody's interest to see yet another war. Yet in their relentless pursuit of Hezbollah, the Israelis have good reason to wage a limited battle on the group's natural ally, Syria - and then seek peace on their own terms. - Sami Moubayed Wall Street Journal Iraq's National Identity Is Alive and Growing Balkan Fix What next for Iraq? (by Harlan Ullman) In Iraq, Sunni insurgents still aim to oust U.S., Shiites In an interview, a member of the Islamic Army of Iraq speaks of his group's long-term goals. Palestinian moderates push for Fatah, Hamas to reconcile A Yemeni initiative aims to start a dialogue between the rival factions, a prospect that both Israel and the US have advised against. The Times Iraq snubbed Britain to call US into battle Relations between Britain and Iraq suffered 'catastrophic failure' after Baghdad called in US 'cavalry', The Times has learnt Where a prominent job can get you killed The European Union hoped in vain that the simple virtue of membership would change crime-ridden Bulgaria Antisemitism in the Qur’an--4/10/2008 12:00:00 AM The price of food: ingredients of global crisis, Heidi Fritschel Newsweek Who Is the Superclass? 6000 people who rule the world William Arkin The Winner? Petraeus and the American Military MESH Mubarak hangs on | H2 Rand Turkey as a US Security Partner Full Document By F. Stephen Larrabee Turkey is likely to be a more difficult and less predictable partner in the future FT WORLD NEWS: After nearly 50 years and 18 loans, Ankara seeks some leeway from the IMF Behold a European foreign policy
IRAN AND TURKEY COOPERATE ON ELECTRICITY Ermenistan PKK’ya 2 milyon dolarlık silah satmış AKP’nin 5 yıl kalması net değil
EU leader urges Turkey to speed changes Hükümet ve asker, uydu ihalesi üzerinde anlaşamadı [Yorum - Le Monde] Genişleme kararları için referanduma hayır Semih İdiz AB’den ‘çifte caydırıcılık’ gerekiyor Sami Kohen Barroso’nun işi zor... Bizim de... PoliGazette » Considering the Fate of the AKP Gül Köşk'te NATO Zirvesi'ni değerlendirecek Turkey's UN bid bolstered by Pacific support US approves $227 mln Lockheed arms sale to Turkey İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national Cevdet Aşkın ABD'den operasyon itirafı, sınıra 'güvenlik duvarı' Ruşen - Çakır Kim ülkücü-Kürtçü çatışması istiyor. Neden ve nasıl Bahçeli set çekiyor Heron PKK'lıları buldu özel tim çembere aldı YAVUZ DONATAnkara-Diyarbakır hattı Ermenistan PKK’ya 2 milyon dolarlık silah satmış Crocker sees tension with Turkey as teaching Kurds a lesson Abdullah Gül: Şiddete karşı çıkılırsa her şey konuşulabilir US Ambassador says Turkey-Iraq relations improving CHP liderine Diyarbakır uyarısı: Oy verdiğimiz partiler kapatılırsa terör artar Diyarbakır'daki STK temsilcileri Köşk'e çıktı 'Kürt artışı durdurulsun'da sürpriz! A Portrait of Kurdistan, a Land of Precarious Prosperity UNPO Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 8 Apr 08 Chomsky ile Tuncel’in Kürtçe diyaloğu Başbakanlık: Kavga değil uyarı Mosul --Zakho --Turkey Railway to be Mended ICG'den Joost Hiltermann: 'Irak'tan Demokratlar da asker çekemeyebilir' Book | Invisible Nation by Quil Lawrence Event: Article 140 and the Future of Iraq Kurdish leaders seek "urgent congress" Amed STK Temsilcileri, Abdullah Gül’le görüştü Amerikan saldırısından korkan İranlılar, Azerbaycan'da ev alıyor Belçika'da gözaltına alınan 37 PKK'lı kadın kayboldu Talabani: Mehdi ordusu dağıtılmalı DTP'li Sakık: Başbakan padişah değil OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Kerim Balcı Europeans are coming! Europeans are coming! Eyüp Can Türk'ün Türk'e propagandasında Brüksel perdesi Commander says new Cyprus deal must acknowledge KKTC Ankara'da Barroso için 'özel' protokol Bahçeli ile AB arasında ilk temas Ziyaret öncesinde güvenlik krizi EU chief heads to Turkey with warning on possible ban against governing Islamic-rooted party AKP seçmeninin AB desteği arttı Amendments to article 301 on “Turkish identity” fail to satisfy "Barroso'dan duyarlılık bekliyoruz" On eve of historic visit, Barroso says secularism cannot be a new religion Ermenistan'da 'Sarkisyan'lar dönemi
Müzakerelerin durmasına AB karar verir
Erdoğan'ı protesto eden ırkçı Ataka lideri, Türklere hakaretten suçlu bulundu Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop Kulakları vardır duymazlar, gözleri vardır görmezler... İngiliz basınında FB - Chelsea maçı Cengiz Çandar Başı dik Fenerbahçe'nin anti-demokratik rakibi Kamil Pasha » Literacy is Up, But Turks Don’t Read Türbanlı hastaya bakmayan doktor için CHP'den önerge Meclis kasasından eşe dosta kontör 3 çocuk önerisinin demografik temeli yok Student or Eurocrat-to-be? Public high school tops EU Quiz ‘Marmara 1999 öncesi gibi fokurduyor Akşam Gazetesi sayfası hackerlandı | H3 "Krizin nedeni değil, krizin bizi getirdiği nokta" 'Kürt sorununun çözümü demokraside' AB'yi destekleyenlerin oranı arttı ABD ile uzlaştınız Türkiye’yle de uzlaşın 35 gün sonra Köşk'te ilk temas Polis, ‘Memati Ömer’i hiçbir yerde bulamıyor Ömer yakalanamaz çünkü Ergenekoncu Başbakanlık: Cheney iddiası bir iftira TCK full of anti-freedom minefields apart from 301 CHP, 301 değişikliğine aslanlar gibi direniyor Ahmet Taşgetiren • Barroso’yu da kapatalım! ( 10.04.2008 ) Ruşen - Çakır Kim ülkücü-Kürtçü çatışması istiyor. Neden ve nasıl Bahçeli set çekiyor Taha Akyol Yargı ve 301 Fikret Bila 10.4.2008Şener neden aday olmadı? Hasan Cemal İsmet Berkan - Ergenekon'un yakın tarihi (6)
Murat Yetkin - AB işimize nasıl karışıyor? Şamil Tayyar Ertuğrul Özkök Kahvaltıda şunları söyleyecektim ŞAHİN ALPAY - Yaşanan krizde Batı'nın payı var Fehmi Koru: Demokrasiyi kökleştirmenin yolu ittifaklardan geçer From my vantage point
Ali Bayramoğlu: İlker Başbuğ, Barroso, Tayip Erdoğan ve demokrasi…
Tamer Korkmaz: Ortaya bir buçuk karışık provokatör!
İbrahim Karagül: Bir suikast, kirli trafik, Perinçek'in açıklaması
Akif Emre: Kissinger'in kehanetleri Bilal Çetin Anayasa değişikliği son çare... Mehmet Tezkan Başbakan ve Yeni Şafak’ın anketi.. Perihan Mağden - Sınıftaki sinir: Güldal ve Abdüllatif
Türker Alkan - Adamına göre yasa
Hasan Celal Güzel - 301 gene olmamış
Nuray Mert - Kördüğümü bulaştırmak Mehmet Altan Kemalistlere Batı dersleri... Mustafa Karaalioğlu Her şeye karşı Ardan Zentürk İslam üzerinde ‘büyük oyun...’ Mustafa Erdoğan Çifte skandal Süheyl Batum ‘Dost tavsiyeleri’ hakkında!..
Hakkı Devrim - Barroso'ya kulak verin!
Tarhan Erdem - Güldal kendini korumalı MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Bir provokasyonu bile beceremeyenler...
AHMET SELİM - Meşruiyet kavramı
HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Mavi boncuğun büyüğü kimin cebinde? Sebahattin Önkibar TUSİAD Yeni Oluşum için Kamuoyu Araştırmaları yaptırıyor! [NEWS ANALYSIS] Ahmet Hakan Organize’de iki saat M Ali Birand AB’nin mesajı: Daha fazla demokrasi Cüneyt Ülsever Aydınlar algılama kavramının farkındalar mı? Oktay Ekşi 65 kelimenin macerası Bekir Coşkun Yine oynuyor... Yalçın Bayer Barroso demokrasinin ’Ali Okulu’na gitmeli Can Dündar Erdoğan balkondan düşerken... ENGİN ARDIÇ Devrimiiiin şanlıııı yolundaaaa... ERGUN BABAHANLaik olmak bile yetmiyor NAZLI ILICAK Çete başı (!) Gülen MEHMET BARLAS Sadece siyasetçilerin bilinçli ve sorumlu olması yetmez ki... MAHMUT ÖVÜR AB'nin başkentinde artık bir İstanbul var! YAVUZ DONATAnkara-Diyarbakır hattı AK Parti'yi eleştirelim, statükoyu teşhir edelim How US, EU, and 'Jews' conspire with Turkish civil society - Turkish Daily News Apr 09, 2008 Who, really, are Turkey's 'elites'? - Turkish Daily News Apr 09, 2008 Do Turkey’s civil society organizations accurately represent the public? by ULVİ SARAN* Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Yet another slander campaign by the TSK İbrahim Kalın Turbulent times ahead Sivil toplum kuruluşları ne kadar sivil? Oktay Ekşi: Andıç saçmadan daha aşağı
CHP'li vekillerden tezekli basın toplantısı
Türkiye bütün sorunlarını demokrasi içinde aşacak
CHP liderine Diyarbakır uyarısı: Oy verdiğimiz partiler kapatılırsa terör artar
Meclis'in 301 jestini CHP engelledi
CHP, seçimden sonra 10. kez mahkemede
CHP yönetimi antidemokrat, delegeler büyük korku içinde
MHP, 3 gazeteciyi el ilanıyla protesto etti
Bekleviç: Demokrasinin tarafıyız Otogardaki bombalar Ergenekon'a çıkıyor
Çözüm için demokratik standartlar yükselmeli
Sivil toplum andıcına 'mantıksızlık' tepkisi
Hükümet ve asker, uydu ihalesi üzerinde anlaşamadı
Ergenekon'da Emin Gürses'e ek sorgu
Santoro'nun katili sopayla adam dövdü
Emniyet olay çıkacak dedi rektör aldırmadı Meral Tamer 1213 CHP delegesinin yalnızlığı Dalganın en şiddetli aşaması geçildi mi? OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Ercan Kumcu Fiyat istikrarı maliyetsiz olmayacak Erdal Sağlam Enflasyon beklentisi artıyor büyüme düşüyor Mahfi Eğilmez - İnadına büyüyen sanayi Melikşah Utku: Enflasyonda Hedef Revizyonu Kur ve faiz sıçrayabilir mi? Merkez Bankalarına yeni görev (mi?) Seyfettin GürselEkonomik zirve hafif kaldı Hurşit Güneş IMF devlet müdahalesi mi istiyor? Metin Münir Türk Telekom sahip değiştirme eşiğinde mi? Güngör Uras IMF ile ‘krizden kaçış’ programı Asaf Savaş Akat Turkey expected to need 5.5 million houses in 8 years - Turkish Daily News Apr 09, 2008 MELİHA OKUR Şimşek kadınlara uzun vadeli umut verdi Turkish Politics Take an Economic Toll Bakan Faruk Çelik'ten tasarı açıklaması İBRAHİM ÖZTÜRK - 2001'de çöken ekonomi şimdi nasıl direniyor? [NEWS ANALYSIS] BOTAŞ may survive even if its coffers dry out |
H4 New York Times A Dozen Iraqis Die in Continuing Fighting in Sadr City, and Bombs Kill Three Americans General’s Advice to Suspend Troop Cuts Reflects Bleak Assessment of Iraq Military Hamas in Largest Arms Buildup Yet, Israeli Study Says Foreign Policy: 2 Camps Seek McCain’s Ear More pragmatic Republicans are increasingly concerned as Senator John McCain aligns with foreign policy advisers likely to advocate continued support for the war. Editorial The World Food Crisis The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate to help solve the problem of rising food prices. Obama Says Real-Life Experience Trumps Rivals’ Foreign Policy Credits New Roadblocks Delay Tribunals at Guantánamo, Frustrating the Pentagon The Pentagon is frustrated in a new effort to push detainees’ cases forward, overwhelmed by legal issues arising from a lack of precedent and allegations of torture. Afghans Hold Secret Trials for Men That U.S. Detained Brown of Britain Says He Won’t Go to Beijing for Opening Ceremony Attack Planner for Al Qaeda Reported Dead Partisan Tangle Over Trade Pact With Colombia Democrats and Republicans used trade as a surrogate for an election-year battle over jobs, national security and the sinking economy. GAIL COLLINS Pinochle Politics It might be a good idea for all three presidential candidates to disavow in advance anything stupid a supporter, adviser or a staffer says for the rest of this year. NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF This week marks the 14th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. If President Bush wants to end his shameful passivity, he should take some concrete steps ROGER COHEN Asia’s Republican Leanings China, India and Japan have all had reasons to view President Bush with favor, and all have nagging fears about a Democratic administration. | H5 Washington Post Next President Will Discover If U.S. Footprint Stabilizes Iraq Dan Froomkin No Exit Well, it's official. Getting out of Iraq is now exclusively the next president's problem. The Problem With Saddam's Fall Salam Islam | We Iraqis should have been the ones to topple Saddam's statue and regime. Obama's Iraq Weakness By Michael Gerson, Paradoxically, on Iraq, Obama invokes the past as McCain envisions the future Bush to Cut Army Tours to 12 Months President Supports Suspending Pullout Of Forces in Iraq Former President Carter to Meet With Hamas Chief Clinton Says She Is Only Candidate Who Will End the War in Iraq From the GOP, the General Gets Unfriendly Fire Petraeus and Crocker Testimony Off the Radar of Most in Baghdad Senior Al-Qaeda Commander Believed to Be Dead 7 Dead After Pro-Musharraf Lawyers Clash With Opponents in Pakistan Editorial Pageantry and Protest The Olympic torch relay sends an unexpected message. Drop Dead, Colombia Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocks a trade deal with America's closest South American ally. Wall Street's Free Pass In Congress By Robert D. Novak Durning the Banking Committee's hearings into Bear Stearns, the Wall Street elites were a little too comfy | H6 Guardian No endgame in sight Michael Boyle General Petraeus made it clear that the US will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future but failed to explain the circumstances under which it can get out Rise of the neo-coins Daniel Korski Counter-insurgency, not traditional counter-terrorism, is the way forward, according to an influential new US school of foreign policy M Cist Intimidation and censorship are no answer to this inflammatory film Timothy Garton Ash: A Dutch politician's alarmist anti-Islam polemic needs to be taken apart and calmly answered This free-market farce shows how badly we need the state Ulrich Beck : The massive global risk of an unfettered financial model is now being felt, thanks to its dogmatists' blinkered irresponsibility Worst crisis since Depression, says IMF Governments will have to pay for more bailouts, says Fund as it slashes growth forecasts Goodbye to the dollar? Kenneth Rogoff Economies in crisis: The credit crunch is hitting the dollar hard, but the euro and yuan are not going to take its place as the world's currency The hand that rocks the markets Chris Hamnett Economies in crisis: The Fed's intervention into the US financial crisis didn't undermine the free market - it allowed it to function An unredeemable mess Matthew Duss The long march Leader: Parading the Olympic flame through Tibet will only go down as another act of cultural imperialism Caroline Lucas Economies in crisis:
Need to know? Chris Ames
Desecrating history Zainab Bahrani
What Blair doesn't get about faith Giles Fraser
Choosing Mr Europe Giles Merritt |
H7 Geopolitical Diary: Iranian Escalation and the Saudi Connection ... Walker's World: Iran wins again By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Doubling its ability to process nuclear fuel and brokering the Iraqi cease fire in Basra, Iran looms ever larer as a campaign issue for the U.S. elections Asia Times War and peace, Israeli style Israel's massive military exercises on the Syrian border have significantly raised tension between the two countries, even as their leaders downplay the development. At first glance, it is in nobody's interest to see yet another war. Yet in their relentless pursuit of Hezbollah, the Israelis have good reason to wage a limited battle on the group's natural ally, Syria - and then seek peace on their own terms. - Sami Moubayed Evil Iran, the new al-Qaeda Petraeus and Crocker are not alone as they go through their paces before the US Congress. There's a ghostly figure beside them, that of "hot-headed", "radical cleric" Muqtada al-Sadr, who has made a mockery of their plans for a pacified Iraq. British author and journalist Patrick Cockburn, in a book out this week, sheds new light on Muqtada, the canny, cautious, strategically savvy political leader who has called for a million-strong march in Baghdad this week Arab League on Brink of "Likely Disbandment" in Present Conditions - Iran Paper SSRC and Esposito Oil surges to record high over $112 on U.S. inventory drop Daily Star In an editorial the paper condemns the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, saying he has stopped at nothing to silence the opposition in his country, including a shameless crackdown ahead of the "elections" to local councils which were staged on Monday
Petraeus' Ghost Iraqi Ambassador to US Speaks at CSIS AUDIO (01:19:47) | VIDEO (01:19:47) | TRANSCRIPT (pdf) OPEC Oil Export Revenues
Al Hayat After the Destruction of Basra Mostafa Zein - On the eve of the war on Iraq, the British pulled out an old theory from their Colonialist history, which they tried in Africa and in Iraq itself. Israel: Calculations of War and Peace Abdullah Iskandar - The cooling-down letters that were exchanged between Israel and Syria through back channels did not ease the strongly-worded statements and escalating field measures, particularly from Israel's side. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Draft U.S. Iraq SOFA open-ended (UPI) -- A draft version of the status of forces agreement between the United States and Iraq suggests the U.S. troop commitment there is open-ended. Clerics advise Sadr to keep Mahdi Army (UPI) -- The influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said his clerical advisers, including Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, rejected calls to disband the Mahdi Army. Poisoned chalice? Iraq threatens to loom into next US presidency Bush 'may back Iraq pullout halt' Iraqi detainees languish uncharged in crowded jails Iraqi VP calls for political unity Democrats fear next president faces Iraq 'quagmire' Iraq Policy Derailed by US Infighting over Chalabi Syria to hold national emergency drill Claims Of Nuclear Progress 'Exaggerated' Tehran says it will install 6,000 more centrifuges to accelerate the pace of its uranium-enrichment program, which could triple its capacity to produce nuclear fuel or -- at higher levels of enrichment -- fissile material for nuclear weapons | H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Israel lacks sufficient deterrence against militants Even if Hamas is not firing rockets itself, it's not lifting a finger to reign in smaller Palestinian factions Israel plans diplomatic offensive to show Hamas behind deadly border raid Guest: Who's going to take down Iran? Obama should prepare the world for disappointment Jerusalem PostUS Christians 'morally' support Israel Poll: 82% feel a moral and biblical obligation to support state; half oppose division of Jerusalem. · Iran, stop persecuting your Arab minority [ DANIEL BRETT Yedioth Ahronoth Keeping US on our sideIsrael must find way to maintain American support in wake of Bush era US troubled by reports of flawed Egyptian local elections Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Study: 64% of Israeli Jews Won't Enter Arab Towns Tony Karon Healing Israel’s Birth Scar Orthodox Judaism, not unlike more familiar kinds of Christian fundamentalism, uses the Old Testament to keep the minds of believers in bondage... more» Gaza gunmen attack border depot Two Israeli civilians and seven Palestinian militants die after a raid on a fuel depot near a Gaza border crossing. Israel-Hamas Coalition for Peace - Lewis and Reich, Boston Globe |
In Iraq, Sunni insurgents still aim to oust U.S., Shiites In an interview, a member of the Islamic Army of Iraq speaks of his group's long-term goals. Palestinian moderates push for Fatah, Hamas to reconcile A Yemeni initiative aims to start a dialogue between the rival factions, a prospect that both Israel and the US have advised against. Gazan exiles dubious about Palestinian unity Fatah partisans driven from the Gaza Strip by Hamas reject Palestinian reconciliation. Amid human rights protests, a look at China's record Freedoms have improved tremendously in the past 25 years, but Chinese people today face plenty of red lines 'Change' campaigns: Can they deliver? A president needs inspiring rhetoric, savvy, and a like-minded public At Petraeus-Crocker hearing, eyes on '08 field Petraeus and Crocker shared the stage with presidential hopefuls, who all had much at stake. While reservists serve, their jobs don't always wait Between 2004 and 2006, returning volunteers filed 16,000 complaints against employers. NYT ROGER COHEN Asia’s Republican Leanings China, India and Japan have all had reasons to view President Bush with favor, and all have nagging fears about a Democratic administration. Der Spiegel THE DRAGON'S BLUNDER Tibet Has Caught China by Surprise China has burned its fingers on the Olympic flame as the international spotlight is shone on its human rights record in Tibet. Still, German politicians should refrain from overwrought gestures such as an Olympic boycott and instead continue to engage both Beijing and the Dalai Lama in dialogue Australian Encouraging a deeper involvement in the rules-based international order is the sensible way to make China lift its game on human rights. US Intervention in Pakistan FT US sees progress with N Korea Christopher Hill, a top US diplomat, says that Washington and Pyongyang are coming closer to resolving questions about possible nuclear ties between Syria and North Korea In Korean elections, conservatives' win boosts president President Lee can lean on his new Assembly majority to pursue economic reforms and a tougher N. Korea policy. A New U.S.-Japan Agenda Pacific Forum CSIS A 14-page issue paper calling for a strategy to expand the focus of U.S.-Japan Cooperation New President Gains Leverage in South Korean Election Hindu In an editorial the paper says the Indian government’s decision to build a strategic reserve of five million tons of food grains is a welcome response to spiralling world prices. Taipei Times In an editorial, the paper says that with the focus on unrest in Tibet, allegations that a terror ring was allegedly planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics have serious repercussions for the population of another Chinese province, Xinjiang. Why Beijing just can't grasp Tibet Beijing has hoped for years that rising prosperity will convince Tibetans it is the Communist Party, rather than the Dalai Lama, that can ensure a better life. This misunderstanding boils down to an inability to grasp a society in which the spiritual is prioritized over the material. The average Tibetan still believes the Dalai Lama is a living Buddha, and this belief won't be bought off by subsidies and trains. - Pallavi Aiyar Destination China Illegal logging in Siberia fuelling China's economy | H11 IHT Roger Cohen: Europe blue, Asia red By ROGER COHEN Europeans love blue-state America, but Asians have fears about a Democratic victory. NATO divided By CHARLES A. KUPCHAN The NATO allies no longer agree on the imminence or the nature of the threats they confront. BELFAST'S PEACE Misplaced praise for a misbegotten peace By GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT There's hardly a difference between Ulster's extremists and those of Bosnia or Iraq Worrying lack of economic growth in Italy becomes a campaign issue Toil and trouble By MAUREEN DOWD If getting out of Iraq is 'conditions base,' the United States is stuck. EUROPE European press review Choosing Mr Europe Giles Merritt Kosovo adopts a new constitution Kosovo has adopted a new constitution, due to come into force in June after an expected UN handover of powers. Kosovo is one step closer to full statehood. Today, its assembly officially adopted a new constitution declaring Kosovo a democratic, secular, multiethnic state. Right from the start, the constitution makes clear that Kosovo will not be partitioned nor will it be joining a Greater Albania NATO Entry Makes Croatia Bridge Between East, West - Commentary The Bucharest Papers Carnegie NATO's eastern extension: what is at stake? Gideon Rachman Nato, Georgia and missile defence “a system that won’t work, against a threat that doesn’t exist, paid for with money that we don’t have.” | H12 RFE/RL New President Makes Serious Promises Serzh Sarkisian pledged to respect the human rights and freedoms of the country's citizens as hundreds of opposition supporters remembered the eight people killed in postelection violence Central Asia: EU Sees 'Huge Scope For Cooperation' EDM ANALYSTS EXPECT A POWERFUL PRIME MINISTER AND A WEAK PRESIDENT IN RUSSIA UKRAINIANS DIFFER ON NATO SUMMIT RESULTS - BELARUS IS BACK TO A POLICY OF CONFRONTATION Armenia-Azerbaijan: A new report from the International Crisis Group reports on an intensifying political crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. New President Sarkisian Promises an "Armenia of Dreams" A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY: TEXT BY MARIANNA GRIGORYAN The April 9 inauguration of Serzh Sarkisian as Armenia’s third president was meant to seem like a party, complete with balloons, a laser show, and a huge cake. But, amid the tight security and heavy police presence, the attempt to create a festive atmosphere couldn’t conceal Armenia’s ongoing political crisis. Central Asia: US Diplomat Claims Democratization Success for American Policy BY JOSHUA KUCERA Washington’s deliberate approach on encouraging democratization in Central Asian states is bearing some fruit, a senior US diplomat contended during an April 8 congressional hearing. Google News Azerbaijan Russia Should Not Ask Too Much for Missile Base Consent - Polish Paper Serious Rifts Emerge in Missile Defense Talks With Poland - Russian Foreign Ministry BBC Monitoring Quotes From Russian Press Thursday 10 April 2008 Uzbekistan: RFE/RL reports on a shadowy separatist group called the Free Karakalpakstan National Revival Party that is agitating for independence from Uzbekistan. |
H13 The Times Iraq snubbed Britain to call US into battle Relations between Britain and Iraq suffered 'catastrophic failure' after Baghdad called in US 'cavalry', The Times has learnt Where a prominent job can get you killed The European Union hoped in vain that the simple virtue of membership would change crime-ridden Bulgaria Food fight Soaring grain and rice prices bring short-term crises but long-term hope Organised crime link to Islamic terror exposed Report into mafia activity in an EU state reveals funds diverted to extremist groups including Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad No further Iraq withdrawal until after election President Bush is ready to accept the advice of General David Petraeus that a US troop presence is still needed in Iraq US security chief: cyber-threats 'on par' with 9/11 Computer-based threats are now as serious as those in the material world, the US Homeland Security Secretary said Wall Street Journal Iraq's National Identity Is Alive and Growing Balkan Fix Inflation Is Set to Reach Decade High A wave of inflation is washing over the world economy as the Fed is cutting interest rates -- the opposite of the usual reaction to rising prices. That's making the global response to inflation complicated. What We've Learned From the Market Mess More Global Warming Nonsense China should invite the Dalai Lama to the games. | H14 Financial Times Restocking the empty global larder A clear and consistent policy of cheap food has been sadly absent from the world debate about support to agriculture over the past few years. It should not have taken a crisis to create one Adrift in Baghdad A surge of realism about Iraq is long overdue. Sudden US withdrawal is not the answer, but nor is a policy that, willy-nilly, empowers more and more warlords to pull the country to bits Banks take blame for credit crisis The world’s leading banks publicly accepted much of the blame for the credit crisis, as the International Monetary Fund slashed its estimates for global growth and warned that the US downturn will last longer than most people expect The end of the American exception Clive Crook’s blog: In economic matters, America is far more like Europe, and Europe more like America, than either cares to admit - and the pace of convergence seems about to accelerate Witness in Hariri case goes missing A former Syrian officer who implicated Damascus in the Lebanese leader’s death disappears while under house arrest in Paris, dealing another blow to preparations for trial Revolt against Egyptian state’s low-pay deal Rising inflation prompts government employees to take to the streets to demand salary increases that would match the soaring cost of food and other basic expenses Shia leader tries to contain militia Violence in Baghdad kills more than 20 people as Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical cleric, attempts to contain the conflict amid fighting between Iraqi troops and Shia militias US wealth gap dramatically widens The gap between the richest and poorest in the US has widened dramatically since the late 1980s, while the incomes of the least well-off have fallen since the start of the decade WORLD NEWS: Progress on talks about alleged N Korean-Syrian links Behold a European foreign policy Focal distance: why two central banks take different viewsThe difference gives us a divers-ification of policy that might reduce the risk of big global-level mistakes Kosovo adopts new constitution Kosovo has adopted its constitution as a “parliamentary republic” to take effect on June 15, when the new western-backed state intends to take over authority from the United Nations. Bush to attend Olympic opening ceremony Olympic protests will inflame repression Cancel the torch’s tour, says Richard McGregor Basel II is sophisticated and sorely needed Nout Wellink on risk and capital requirement Help poor states to seize the fruits of the boom Paul Collier and Michael Spence on public savings Why the banks make business fume The recent bail-outs of Northern Rock and Bear Stearns suggest that the state must sometimes roll its frontiers forward to protect the rickety construct that is the market. That will make government interference harder to deflect in future, writes Jonathan Guthrie ANALYSIS: Schadenfreude stirs in resilient Germany | H15 Los Angeles Times The view from the Shiite south Iraq fighting kills more than 20 in Sadr City Mortar shells land in residential areas. Five U.S. soldiers are also slain Olympic torch run turns into game of hide-and-seek Officials' attempt to keep protesters at bay by changing the route is met with anger. Troop cuts in some parts of Iraq under review, Petraeus says Editorial Beyond Absolut Think that Absolut map was offensive? Tour some of the alternative, temporary or just plain weird ones that have defined U.S. history. |
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton by 10 Points Returning to Clinton A poll that had Obama in the lead last week now has Clinton on top. Chuck Todd / MSNBC: McCain's path to victory — A Republican can win the White House, but first he needs an opponent David Leonhardt / New York Times: For Many, a Boom That Wasn't — How has the United States economy gotten to this point? — It's not just the apparent recession. Recessions happen. If you tried to build an economy immune to the human emotions that produce boom and bust, you would end up with something that looked like East Germany No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning Noam Scheiber & Matthew Continetti: Republicans for Hillary? Colin Powell Praises Obama; hasn't yet decided who he'll back... Gross National Happiness In this provocative new book, Arthur C. Brooks explodes the myths about happiness in America. He examines vast amounts of evidence and empirical research to uncover the truth about who is happy in America, who is not, and why ROVE: Hillary's run 'horrific campaign'... realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp NYT Magazine Preview The Aria of Chris Matthews The “Hardball” host is increasingly out of step with cable TV’s wry, cynical tone. Above, Mr. Matthews, lower right, on Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter. Glenn Greenwald introduces his new book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics | Happiness is the measure of true wealth A C Grayling explores the confusion involved in looking for a correlation between wealth and happiness. | H18 Independent The currency crunch Today a euro is worth 80p, an all-time high against the pound. Bad news for British holidaymakers – but are there more serious consequences of living next door to the world's strongest currency? Sean O'Grady: What difference will the currency crunch make? Five years after fall of Baghdad, curfew is imposed The fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad and the toppling of the statute of Saddam Hussein was marked yesterday by death and destruction across the country Greenstock attacks lack of planning for war aftermath Brown: I am staying away from Olympics – but it's not a boycott Gordon Brown is preparing to deliver a bruising snub to the Chinese government by staying away from the opening ceremony of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing |
H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Irregular Warfare, Both Future and Present by Walter Pincus, Washington Post Radicalization or Rehabilitation: Understanding the challenge of extremist and radicalized prisoners Pentagon's New Weapon: Hand-held lie detector... No wonder Hugo Chavez was upset when Colombia struck at the FARC terrorists in their home camp. He’s been giving them money and arms... more» From 9/11 to 7/7: Global Terrorism Today and the Challenges of Tomorrow Chatham House The transcript of a speech on global terrorism by the Director of the FBI "Planning to Influence: A Commander's Guide to the PA/IO Relationship", United States Marine Corps Major Matt Morgan "We'll make you see death" A harrowing account from a man the CIA handed over to Jordan -- smuggled from prison on tiny paper -- exposes U.S. complicity in torture. | H20 Slate Disappointing the World Does international enthusiasm for Barack Obama hurt him? OPEC Oil Export Revenues Caroline Gerschlager (Brussells): Foolishness and Identity: Amartya Sen and Adam Smith | H21 Gross National Happiness In this provocative new book, Arthur C. Brooks explodes the myths about happiness in America. He examines vast amounts of evidence and empirical research to uncover the truth about who is happy in America, who is not, and why Orthodox Judaism, not unlike more familiar kinds of Christian fundamentalism, uses the Old Testament to keep the minds of believers in bondage... more» Leisure Pleasure seekers Who spends most on culture and recreation Philosophy is being embraced by a new generation of college students as they try to make sense of a world full of moral dilemmas. An article on the effort behind George Clooney’s effortless charm. Google and Yahoo to share web ads Yahoo and Google agree to share advertising space during a two week trial. |
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