| H1 The Geopolitics of $130 Oil | Stratfor U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century Michael O'Hanlon, Center for a New American Security New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Truth or Consequences What would a mythical, truth-telling presidential candidate say about the best energy policy for America? MAUREEN DOWD Can He Take a Frisk? Barack Obama knows that he is left with one final roll of the dice. So, he sets up a secret meeting with Bill Clinton. The Rich Get Hungrier By AMARTYA SEN The global food problem is not being caused by a falling trend in world production, it is the result of accelerating demand Editorial Iran and the Inspectors The latest report on Iran’s nuclear activities is alarming, but it must not be used as an excuse by Washington hard-liners to launch military options. McCain Urges New Arms Pact With Moscow Distancing himself from the Bush administration, Senator John McCain vowed to work more closely with Russia. Video | Transcript Muhammad Cohen / Asia Times: Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’ — Syria: Between Negotiations with Israel and the Iranian Axis - David Schenker (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/ Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Wall Street Journal The Problem With Talking to Iran By Amir Taheri Nation-states have negotiable interests. Revolutions do not. Punxsutawney Condi
For the West and Iranian nukes, it's Groundhog Day. EDM RUSSIA AND CHINA: UNITED BY FOREIGN POLICY, DIVIDED BY ENERGY PRICES Enter the man of consensus - GulfNews By Amir Taheri Washington Post Editorial Iran's Failed 'Litmus Test' Will there be consequences for Tehran's stonewalling of U.N. nuclear inspectors? An Unwanted League By Thomas Carothers A proposed League of Democracies is looking a lot like a league of our own. Rx for Global Poverty By Robert J. Samuelson Attacking globalization undermines the most powerful force for eradicating global poverty. Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq WSJ How to Have Successful Negotiations by Dennis Ross (repeat) Foreign Policy Why Do Economists Make Such Dismal Arguments About Trade? The Syria-Israel talks: old themes, new setting, Carsten Wieland
Global Civilization? Philip Zelikow Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports, May 2008
Source: U.S. Department of State Financial Times Oil has reached a turning point Daniel Yergin on handling the supply shock US is unwise to deny Iran’s key role in Gulf Tehran’s Arab neighbours are increasingly trying to defend themselves from American efforts to defend them against Iran, writes Ethan Chorin Oil-rich Iran has no shortage of friendsEnergetic diplomacy and high crude prices are helping Tehran shore up support for its nuclear programme Emu’s second 10 years may be tougher The eurozone is a triumph as a monetary union. Yet it is much less so as an economic union. Its creation has not caused the acceleration in dynamism that proponents hoped for – if anything, structural reforms have slowed, writes Martin Wolf Kiev and Moscow in dispute over naval port Relations between Russia and the Ukraine deteriorate further as both countries continue their claim of sovereignty over the Black Sea city of Sevastopol US fails to toe tough Bush line on Mideast Bush’s warning this month about The US has followed up President George W. the risks of appeasement in an unusual way. Washington has welcomed negotiations with some of the Middle Eastern actors the Bush administration most distrusts Israelis reluctant to leave the Golan A peace deal with Syria will require Israel to relinquish the strategic annexed territory, but settlers say they will resist any move to end their cherished way of life WORLD NEWS: Iran expects initiative to fail Daily Star In dollars or euros, the price of oil would cost the same By Martin Feldstein An 'Asian century,' but which Asia do we mean? By Yin Gang StrategyPage: Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq — Al Qaeda web sites are making a lot of noise about “why we lost in Iraq.” Western intelligence agencies are fascinated by the statistics being posted in several of these Arab language sites. Not the kind of stuff you read about in the Western media. Evolution of Terrorism As A Global Test of Wills: A Personal Assessment and Perspective (PDF; 90 KB) Source: Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Asia Times Invasion: Time to do something about oil The US government will eventually have to respond to the recent fast increase in the oil price, which with similar gains in other commodities is both inflationary and recession-producing. A steep interest rate increase, the correct answer, won't happen. Invading another oil-producing country, and getting it right, is another option. - Martin Hutchinson The Times Jimmy Carter is right to say the unsayable | Bronwen Maddox: World ... Newsweek J Street: DC's New Jewish Lobby... Ha’aretz – Barak mulls ultimatum to Olmert: Resign or agree to early poll Talansky: I gave Olmert $150,000; defense lawyer: Testimony twisted; poll: 70% of of Israelis doubt PM Rosner's Guest: U.S. should enforce policies on Israel Editorial Explain or resign Barack Obama: I wouldn't promise Ahmadinejad a meeting Oren The black channel and the White House As long as there are no Americans in the Israeli-Syrian story, there will never be any real progress in the negotiations between the two sides Time Why Israel Is Talking to Its Enemies Keeping the Sunni-Shi'a Peace What China Wants from the Russians
The Paradox of Muslim Weakness New Republic Olmert And Assad Are Negotiating To Save Themselves, Not Their Countries by Michael Oren Guardian We must all act together Gordon Brown: The oil crisis is a global problem requiring global solutions Olmert 'took cash in envelopes' US businessman at centre of corruption inquiry tells court he gave $150,000 over 15 years to Israeli PM Getting Big Oil to Feel Our Pain By: Derrick Z. Jackson | The Boston Globe Last year, ExxonMobil made $40.6 billion. In the first quarter of this year, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP America, the five companies that had officials appear before House and Senate committees to cry relative poverty, together made $36 billion in profits. Man on the Move By: Ralph Peters | New York Post We Americans see our illegal-immigration crisis in isolation, as if we alone face failing borders. But we're in good shape compared with migrant-flooded countries around the world. It's a global phenomenon -- a new age of mass population transfers that bedevils rich, stable countries and overwhelms the infrastructure of weaker states. And there's no end in sight. MESH ‘Postcolonial Theory and the Arab-Israel Conflict’ IHT Merkel calls for closer NATO-Russia ties Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has issued a strong call for NATO and Russia to forge closer ties to avoid deepening misunderstandings over the eastward expansion of NATO. Al Hayat Does the Hero Die?! Jameel Theyabi - For decades, Syria played to the tune of Arab nationalism, casting itself as the state of resistance and defiance. Some even raved that it was the Arab country that cemented Arab solidarity and resisted Israel Arab Writer Says Syria's Allies Concerned Over Syrian-Israeli Talks A review of Robert Kagan's The Return of History and the End of Dreams (and more and more). Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton by 51% to 43% AQ Supporters' Tape to Call for Use of WMD - Thomas and Cook, ABC News
Osama bin Laden 'Hiding in North Pakistan' – AFP
Israel: Iranian Aid Growing Among Militants Iraq's Main Sunni Bloc Suspends Govt Talks Salon No Free Speech
for Israel's Critics
by Glenn Greenwald Brzezinski Accuses Israel Lobby of McCarthyism Analysis: Will Israel & Syria get serious? By CLAUDE SALHANI (UPI) -- Now that the "engagement announcement" has been made public, it remains to be seen if Israel and Syria will have the courage to go through with their rapprochement and if Damascus and Jerusalem will say "yes" to end the state of war that exists between their two countries and proceed to consummate the peace treaty Walker's World: Russia's 'hypermortality' By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- An alarming new word has been born. It is "hypermortality," which might be defined as an extraordinary tendency toward death. Commentary: Connecting slippery dots By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (UPI) -- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bogeyman was Big Business. Ronald Reagan’s was Big Labor. And the next president's is almost bound to be Big Finance. A paradigm shift from unfettered to fettered democratic capitalism is in the making. | H2 FT Turkey’s $12bn gift to woo Kurdish region The country has unveiled a series of investment schemes for its south-eastern provinces, in a step to counter separatist sentiments in the impoverished area US upgrades ties with Iraqi Kurds, albeit invisibly CSM Turkey revives stalled $32 billion GAP dam and irrigation project The initiative is designed to boost the restive southeast, where rebels have capitalized on residents' economic grievances to build support LA Times Turkish court case highlights a deep divide In a country known for embracing both democracy and its Muslim heritage, an attempt to dissolve the ruling Islamic party sets up a looming crisis EU and Turkey blame each other for slow pace of membership talks The Turkish foreign minister, Ali Babacan, in an oblique reference to France, said questions about whether his country should join at all dampened enthusiasm in Turkey for far-reaching changes in politics and other matters 7. PKK'da çatlak büyüyor Greek Military Acquisitions on the Rise International Analyst Network THE KURDISH ISSUE AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH
EurasiaNet BY STEPHEN BLANK The Kurdish issue, specifically the matter of establishing a homeland for Kurds, has complicated efforts to stabilize Iraq. Now, there is growing concern among international experts that the Kurdish question could become a source of tension, and possibly conflict in the South Caucasus Fouad Ajami America's 'gift' to Iraq National Post Kurds understand that there can be no Kurdish state, that America will not countenance a Kurdish state. But it will support Kurdish autonomy
BBC News Turkey PM unveils rural boost Turkey launches a $14.5bn plan aiming to ease the poverty that feeds Kurdish separatism in the south-east.
Turkey: A Time for Truth
American Chronicle EDM HEROIN TRADE BEING USED TO FINANCE THE PKK, A TURKISH REPORT CLAIMS Kaderimiz 11 yargıcın elinde Turkish Director Fêted in Cannes, Ignored at Home TIME 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 GAP Eylem Planı
Başbakan Erdoğan'ın açıkladığı plana tepkiler Güneydoğu, yatırım paketinden bu kez umutlu BAŞBAKAN'IN AÇIKLADIĞI 'GAP PAKETİ' İÇİN KİM NE DEDİ? [Analiz] Bürokratlar öncülük ederse holdingler bölgeye koşar Shake-up in DTP as parliamentary group chief resigns M Ali Birand Kürtlere artık sadece vaad yetmiyor... Ruşen - Çakır Hem GAP Eylem Planı hem yerel seçimler için start verdi ROJ'A KARŞI TRT-KÜRT UN new project about Iraq Kirkuk issue Erdoğan vows to remake Southeast Cemil Bayık PJAK’a sığındı GAP bir kardeşlik projesidir 7. PKK'da çatlak büyüyor Diyarbakırlı İşadamları: Hayal kırıklığı Askerin gündemi: Ortadoğu-petrol-terör İmralı darbesi PKK çıkışı Türk'ü yedi
Türk, DTP’nin başına geçiyor DTP'de beklenen istifa Liderler kirli ama barış güzel... AKP eve dönüşün önünü açabilir
DTP'de çatlak büyüdü Ahmet Türk görevi bıraktı Sefer yapabilirsiniz ama zafer kazanamazsınız Mehmet Altan Sivas’ın doğusu... Cevdet Aşkın Meral Tamer AKP’nin GAP projesi, umarız yeni bir elma şekeri olmaz! Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Sami Kohen Yeni AB belgesi ile yola devam... AP Interview: Turkish Cypriot leader hopes for reunification of ... Türkiye ve AB'den Karşılıklı Suçlamalar Greek Military Acquisitions on the Rise International Analyst Network Abdülhamit Bilici Kelime savaşını kim kazandı? Suriye ateşle oynuyor ABD'de beş kişilik Türk ailesi ölü bulundu Kouchner: I’d open six chapters if it were up to me 'Hesap verebilir yargı AB için vazgeçilmez' Olli Rehn, Fransa'ya inat yedi kez 'katılım' dedi Der Spiegel Leaving Muslim Women Unprotected: Red Tape Makes it Harder to Prevent Honor Killings
Beril Dedeoğlu AB: kriz-uzlaşı-kriz-uzlaşı-kriz...
Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
Turkish Cypriot Prez aims for reunification deal soon Russia raises natural gas supply to Turkey Güler: "Rusya ile iyi ilişkiler için potansiyel mevcut" EU wants to see progression, not regression in Turkey's EU ... Oray Eğin Babaları MİT’te çalışan gazeteciler İlahiyatta kontenjan katlandı
Serdar Akinan Benim yalnız ve güzel ülkem Tufan Türenç Nuri Bilge Ceylan’ı alnından öpüyorum TSK'dan sağlık reformlarına övgü Neşet Ertaş çaldı, Gül ve konukları söyledi 28 Mayıs 2008 Basın Özeti | H3 GAP 3.8 milyon kişiye iş verecek Yüzyılın en büyük kardeşlik projesi
CHP Genel Sekreteri Sav: ODAM DİNLENİYOR! Odamı dinlediler Demokrasi ve özgürlük vaadi Taha Kıvanç O bir rol modeli Büyükanıt'tan dört dava Polis Ergenekon'un aile fotoğrafının peşinde Bu kadar adice bir saldırıya uğramadım Gül’e rüşvetle oy için 10 ay hapis Oy rüşvetine ceza 9. Gizemli AKP'li susmuyor!
CHP’yi ‘Paksüt sendromu’ sardı CHP'de telekulak alarmı Hakaretle ilgili soruları da Sav'dı Gül yardım sözü verdi
TÜSİAD wages another war against government over ‘populism’ Bir Ergenekon evi daha
İslami kesimde lüks tartışması Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman Cengiz Çandar AB ile “bıçak sırtında” yolculuk Ahmet Taşgetiren Kemalizmdeki ideolojik boşluk Ruşen - Çakır Hem GAP Eylem Planı hem yerel seçimler için start verdi Taha Akyol GAP birleştirir mi? Fikret Bila Yargıtay Başkanı Gerçeker: Bildirinin arkasındayız Hasan Cemal İşkenceden ölüyordu, ‘Seni özledim’ dedi, ben de... Murat Yetkin Gergin ortamdan çıkılmalı İsmet Berkan ‘Flört de zinaymış’ Fehmi Koru Şerif Mardin'in tezi üzerine 2: Başarısız olan ne? Taha Kıvanç O bir rol modeli Şamil Tayyar Erdoğan’ın B planı Dolmabahçe konuşması (1)
MEHMET ALİ KIŞLAL Ali Bayramoğlu Yasemin Çongar İdeolojik bilim, ideolojik yargı, ideolojik sol... Ertuğrul Özkök Demek ki onun zihniyeti böyleymiş Ahmet Hakan Yalancı tanık M Ali Birand Kürtlere artık sadece vaad yetmiyor... Cüneyt Ülsever Şerif Mardin ve Türkiye’de felsefenin sefaleti (II) Eser Karakaş Yargımızın resmidir Kritik dönemeç AVNİ ÖZGÜREL
‘Laik değiliz, din her alanda olmalı!’ Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Sorumlusu hükümettir Özdemir İnce Barroso: Laiklik zorla dayatılmaz Mehmet Y Yılmaz ’Ortam dinlemesi’ni kim yaptı? İBRAHİM KARAGÜL AK Parti'ye ihanet eden kim! Nuray Başaran Cumhurbaşkanı Gül, Başbakan ve ana muhalefet GülayGöktürk “Yalnız ve güzel ülkem” Hakan Aygün Yeni Kanadoğlu kriteri... Emin Pazarcı Başbakan'ın arzusu [27 MAYIS] Türkiye'nin kabuğunu kırdığı yıllar Serdar Turgut Densizlik Yalçın Doğan Gül sürekli kaçak güreşiyor İsmail Küçükkaya
Başbakan’dan kurtuluş projesi PAZARTESİ KONUŞMALARI
Neşe Düzel Doç. Dr. Serap Yazıcı: Bu, yargıçlar devleti kurulması süreci Mustafa Akyol Şerif Mardin’in gördüğü İmam, öğretmen ve başkaları
HALUK ŞAHİN Din ve bilim
TÜRKER ALKAN MUHARREM SARIKAYA "Cumhurbaşkanı'nın yaklaşımından memnunum" ERDAL ŞAFAK Evet, burada yaşanır!
OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Büyükanıt'tan dört dava
ENGİN ARDIÇ Orada serbest ERGUN BABAHANEnver Hoca anıları EMRE AKÖZGarip ama gerçek: Bizde laiklik yasak Umur TaluSağlık olsun! HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Zoraki nikâh: Sol ve AKP NAZLI ILICAK Kösem Sultan tartışması
MEHMET BARLAS Bilmek ile hatırlamak arasındaki dalgalanmalarımız MAHMUT ÖVÜR YAVUZ DONATİki konu [Yorum - M.Naci Bostancı] Bayramın halkını oluşturmak İlnur Çevik Gul’s presidency is also challenged in Turkey Bülent Keneş The rise of Turkey through Turkish Mehmet Kamış Dip darbe Yavuz Baydar Que será será Demokrasinin ekonomik gerekleri
MUSTAFA AYSAN
“Siyasi yasak” cezası alanlar 5 yıl aday olamazlar
Başsavcı Erdoğan için içtihat isteyecek mi? Nagehan Alçı
Medyaya din editörleri gerek Ece Temelkuran Bugün ne yazmalı? ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM GAP'ta altın hamle TÜSİAD: Popülizme dönüş işaretleri var Ercan Kumcu Korkutan hesaplar Erdal Sağlam Ege Cansen Kedi kuyruğunu görmüş, yılan zannetmiş Güngör Uras Kapatma davası olmasaydı da yabancı eskisi gibi gelmezdi İbrahim Öztürk ‘A great leap forward’ in the Southeastern Anatolia Project
Turkey's business group slams AKP populist policitics Hurşit Güneş Vatandaş daha ne kadar karamsar olabilir? İBRAHİM KAHVECİ Popüler popülizm ve GAP Deniz Gökçe
Neden ilerleyemiyor? İ.Hüseyin Yıldız
Devletin ekonomiye müdahalesi doğru mu? İstihdam Paketi yaşlıya kapıyı gösteriyor |
| H4 New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Truth or Consequences What would a mythical, truth-telling presidential candidate say about the best energy policy for America? MAUREEN DOWD Can He Take a Frisk? Barack Obama knows that he is left with one final roll of the dice. So, he sets up a secret meeting with Bill Clinton. The Rich Get Hungrier By AMARTYA SEN The global food problem is not being caused by a falling trend in world production, it is the result of accelerating demand Editorial Iran and the Inspectors The latest report on Iran’s nuclear activities is alarming, but it must not be used as an excuse by Washington hard-liners to launch military options. A Sunni Bloc Pulls Back on Rejoining Iraqi Cabinet | H5 Washington Post Editorial Iran's Failed 'Litmus Test' Will there be consequences for Tehran's stonewalling of U.N. nuclear inspectors? An Unwanted League By Thomas Carothers A proposed League of Democracies is looking a lot like a league of our own. Rx for Global Poverty By Robert J. Samuelson Attacking globalization undermines the most powerful force for eradicating global poverty. Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq McCain Accepts a Hand From Bush, at Arm's Length McCain Signals Desire to See Reduction in Nuclear Arms Senator Does Not Endorse Eliminating Them Completely American Says Olmert Took Envelopes of Cash Businessman Testifies in Probe That He Gave Israeli Leader $150,000 in Gifts, Loans Over 15 Years Late in the Term, an Exodus of Senior Officials Scores of High-Level Political Positions Are Vacant or Are Being Filled by Temporary Appointees The Despots' Democracy By Michael Gerson, South Africa increasingly requires a new foreign policy category: the rogue democracy Clinton's Two-State Two-Step By Harold Meyerson, Making Florida and Michigan's delegates a cause for democracy and feminism makes a mockery of both. Report Details Effects of Climate Change Across U.S. Military Diagnosing More Post-Traumatic Stress China Faces Aftershocks, Flood Fears 80,000 Ordered to Flee Area Near Blocked River U.S. Reopens Talks With Chinese On Rights Envoy Urges Progress In Light of Olympics | H6 Guardian We must all act together Gordon Brown: The oil crisis is a global problem requiring global solutions Olmert 'took cash in envelopes' US businessman at centre of corruption inquiry tells court he gave $150,000 over 15 years to Israeli PM Putin's peril William Harrison May 27 08, 07:30pm: Some say Putin wants to leave politics. But he'll know that giving up power in Russia is rarely a straightforward business Tutu starts Gaza investigation Archbishop leads UN investigation into Israeli shelling of Palestinian house which killed 18 people If I were Brown, I'd tell the whole lot of them to get lost Simon Jenkins: With nothing left to lose, now is the time to do what feels right on Iraq or ID cards, and to stop chasing cheap popularity UK ready to scrap killer cluster bombs Ministers overrule opposition from military over controversial weapons In praise of ... the Rockefellers Leader: Great wealth is not something to praise, but the Rockefellers, at least, realise that it also incurs responsibilities Britain should be leading the search for life on Mars Colin Pillinger: Had Europe fully backed the Beagle project we, rather than Nasa, would be on the verge of solving space's greatest mystery |
| H7 Getting Big Oil to Feel Our Pain By: Derrick Z. Jackson | The Boston Globe Last year, ExxonMobil made $40.6 billion. In the first quarter of this year, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP America, the five companies that had officials appear before House and Senate committees to cry relative poverty, together made $36 billion in profits. Man on the Move By: Ralph Peters | New York Post We Americans see our illegal-immigration crisis in isolation, as if we alone face failing borders. But we're in good shape compared with migrant-flooded countries around the world. It's a global phenomenon -- a new age of mass population transfers that bedevils rich, stable countries and overwhelms the infrastructure of weaker states. And there's no end in sight. Christian Science Monitor Has Russian oil output peaked? Production dropped this year after reaching a post-Soviet high in October. On Monday, Putin's newly convened cabinet made the issue its first order of business Al Hayat Does the Hero Die?! Jameel Theyabi - For decades, Syria played to the tune of Arab nationalism, casting itself as the state of resistance and defiance. Some even raved that it was the Arab country that cemented Arab solidarity and resisted Israel A review of Robert Kagan's The Return of History and the End of Dreams (and more and more). Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Zbig & Co Want to Mollify the Mullahs Syria's Assad Dismisses Israeli Demand on Iran Egypt-US Relations Show Signs of Strain National Review THE EDITORS: Hezbollah is proving to be a very capable and determined force in Lebanon, and a great danger to the wider world as well. “Cedar Losing” Soaring costs The impact of high oil prices around the world Boston Globe Editorial Reining in Iran A look at Lebanon's new leader Did the Hezbollah-led opposition succeed in translating this month's military victory in Beirut into political gains? (By Firas Maksad, Boston Globe) Security Structures in the Post-War Middle East: Europe's Role in the Persian Gulf By: Antonia Dimou | The Media Line With the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the recent war on Iraq, international politics have undergone a fundamental transformation. The structure of power and influence in world affairs are altered. Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (W.M.D.) in the Middle East and the security dilemma in the Persian Gulf reflect major issues nowadays Divining a Lesson in Basra By: Stephen Farrell | The New York Times On Basra’s Corniche, the boulevard past which the mingled waters of the Tigris and Euphrates flow into the Persian Gulf, there is a collective sense of relief these days. Bin Akef! By: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the supreme guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) tried to swallow his words in which he praised the leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, whom he considered to be a faithful mujahid (resistance fighter). However, instead of fixing the situation, he ended up making matters worse. The Ghost of Neville Chamberlain By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe It was President Bush who introduced the ghost of Neville Chamberlain into the 2008 presidential election. Addressing the Israeli parliament, Bush lashed out at those who would "negotiate with terrorists and radicals | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Syria's Assad Dismisses Israeli Demand on Iran Arab Writer Says Syria's Allies Concerned Over Syrian-Israeli Talks BBC Iranian intentions Questions remain about Tehran's nuclear ambitions Iraq Violence At Four-Year Low... Ahmadinejad requests meeting with Pope... Lebanese MPs want Siniora for PM Lebanon's parliament agrees to nominate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to lead a new government. Daily Star Lebanon's election law needs an overhaul
By Michael Meyer-Resende Al-Arabiyah Programme Discusses Mosul Military Operation, Iraq Politics Al-Qaida in Iraq Is On the Run, Officials Say – AFPS
Sunni Bloc Pulls Back on Rejoining Cabinet - Oppel and Mizher, New York Times
Iraq's Main Sunni Bloc Suspends Government Talks - Iranian Aid Seen Growing Among Militants on Israel's Flanks - Associated Press
Western Powers Pressure Iran Over Nuclear Program - Reuters
New Conservative-dominated Parliament Opens - Associated Press Iraqi says Blackwater shooting 'a true massacre' in probe Debka Exclusive: Syria places massive missile, warplane, sub order in Moscow Damascus Talks Peace, Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware Syria's Assad Dismisses Israeli Demand on Iran – Reuters
Lebanese MPs Want Siniora for PM - BBC News
| H9 Ha’aretz – Barak mulls ultimatum to Olmert: Resign or agree to early poll Talansky: I gave Olmert $150,000; defense lawyer: Testimony twisted; poll: 70% of of Israelis doubt PM Rosner's Guest: U.S. should enforce policies on Israel Editorial Explain or resign Barack Obama: I wouldn't promise Ahmadinejad a meeting Oren The black channel and the White House As long as there are no Americans in the Israeli-Syrian story, there will never be any real progress in the negotiations between the two sides. Reuven Pedatzur: How Carter made Israel an official nuclear powerMore than all the estimates and leaks about the Israeli nuclear program, Carter's comments on Sunday give official cachet to Israel's status as a nuclear power Assad: Lebanon should talk with Israel if talks progress Israel: UNIFIL Ignoring Hizbullah Violations in South Lebanon - Was Shakespeare a Jewish woman in disguise? Jerusalem Post IDF Considering Buffer Zone for Gaza – Assad needs 'dramatic gesture' to change public opinion on Golan Fundamentally Freund: The real 'delusional fantasists' Israel concerned over Hizbullah legitimacy Barak expected to give Olmert ultimatum: Quit, or I walk Hamas wants 1,000 prisoners for Schalit Lebanon falls... and the West Bank rises By EPHRAIM SNEH
Under Salaam Fayad the Palestinian Authority is attracting investors and businesses. Talking Turkey in Istanbul Chill winds from Damascus will prevent this. There are no dangers in diplomacy No breakthroughs will come if leaders refuse to negotiate Yedioth Ahronoth 'Barak may ask PM to quit' 'Gravest humanitarian crisis'
As Israel marks lowest number of casualties by terror attacks in 2007 since beginning of second intifada, Amnesty International reports 370 Palestinians killed in territories, deems siege imposed by Israel on Gaza 'unprecedented' Clear and present danger String of disastrous decisions proves gov't is our greatest threat, Martin Sherman writes Tutu: End Qassam rocket fire Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Political turmoil in Israel as Olmert government hangs on a cliff edge Olmert 'took cash in envelopes'
A US businessman says he gave cash-stuffed envelopes to Israel's prime minister but denies corruption. Israel Not Serious About Peace With Syria, Palestinians - Pro-Fatah Paper Perfection Demanded Only from Little Israel - Chris Powell Ahmadinejad Sure Syria Will Press Struggle Against Israel Hamas Leader: We Will Never Recognize Israel (Tehran Times-Iran) From Jewcy, the Organization That Claims To Speak On Behalf Of The Jews calls for an end to Jewish morality |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Has Russian oil output peaked? Production dropped this year after reaching a post-Soviet high in October. On Monday, Putin's newly convened cabinet made the issue its first order of business. Profile of a (maybe) recession Some analysts think the slowdown may be confined largely to the housing market. ASIA Daily Star An 'Asian century,' but which Asia do we mean? By Yin Gang Is Indonesia Slipping Back From Its Historic Tolerance? By: Jennie S. Bev | Asia Sentinel In this beautiful tropical country, well-founded fears among minority groups have been rampant and rounds of exoduses of persecuted minorities are expected in the near future. Chinese, Taiwanese Meet for 'New Era' By: Chris O'Brien | The Washington Times
The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party arrived in China yesterday for six days of meetings viewed as a potential breakthrough between two enemies that helped define the Cold War and continue to drive U.S. military planning in East Asia and the western Pacific N-Deal Not Dead, India Tells NSG Watching Indonesia - The Australian editorial
Japan’s Strategic Choices - Westhawk, Westhawk
China evacuates more than 150,000 living below swollen lake Pakistan-Taliban: NATO officials allege that recent agreements between regional governments in Pakistan and the Taliban have strengthened the group and led to new attacks in Afghanistan (NPR). | H11 IHT Merkel calls for closer NATO-Russia ties Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has issued a strong call for NATO and Russia to forge closer ties to avoid deepening misunderstandings over the eastward expansion of NATO. Belgian woman wages war for Al Qaeda on the Web In her living room, Malika El Aroud wears the ordinary look of middle age. But on the Internet, El Aroud has distinguished herself as one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe Sarkozy proposes EU cut in fuel tax President Nicolas Sarkozy of France urged the European Union to suspend part of the value-added tax on fuel to counter rising crude oil prices that have risen repeatedly to new highs in recent weeks. DRUGS FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD Patents are the wrong target By BENEDETTO DELLA VEDOVA Without the protection of patent rights it would be impossible to develop new medicines. EXCHANGE STUDENTS Devaluing a diplomatic asset By ERIK JONES AND JOHN A. GANS JR. The dollar's decline and tougher visa rules do much to impede study abroad programs. EUROPE European press review France and Brussels at Loggerheads Over Trade Talks By: Honor Mahoney | EU Observer
France is leading a camp of member states that has slammed the latest proposals by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a global trade deal, putting them in direct conflict with EU trade chief Peter Mandelson. | H12 RFE/RLTidying Up Turkmenistan plans rare amendments to its constitution that signal at least a veneer of change in Central Asia's most isolated country. Georgian President Wins Big, But Loses Bigger Mikheil Saakashvili was well aware of the cost if his country's parliamentary vote was deemed anything less than free and fair. A NATO bid. Western support on Abkhazia. A line of defense against Russia. And his reputation as a democrat. Newfound Wealth Hardens Baku's Position To hear Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister tell it, the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is fairly "easy" to resolve -- so long as Armenia accepts that the region is Azerbaijani. Google News Azerbaijan Russian, Eu Diplomats Discuss Abkhazia, S. Ossetia Russia Questions Joint Radar Facility Walker's World: Russia's 'hypermortality' By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- An alarming new word has been born. It is "hypermortality," which might be defined as an extraordinary tendency toward death. Georgia: Opposition Announces Plans for "Alternative" Parliament
EURASIANET Georgia’s largest opposition parties are threatening to create an "alternative" parliament if preliminary results that show the governing United National Movement swept the polls in the May 21 parliamentary elections are not annulled. Although final results have not yet been announced, the Central Election Commission’s preliminary figures show the National Movement winning 120 out of 150 seats. EDM RUSSIA AND CHINA: UNITED BY FOREIGN POLICY, DIVIDED BY ENERGY PRICES
- UN MISSION CONFIRMS GEORGIAN, REJECTS RUSSIAN VERSION OF AIR CLASH
- MEDVEDEV VISITS KAZAKHSTAN: SENDING SUBTLE SIGNALS TO THE WEST U.S. Missile Shield in East Europe a Threat to Russia's Nuclear Missile Potential - Russian Defense Ministry Russia Will Withdraw Proposal on Gabala If U.S. Deploys Missile Shield in Europe - Official Russia Not Trying to "Mark Territory" in Arctic Shelf, Abides By Intl Law - Lavrov Nagorno-Karabakh: RFE/RL reports that new wealth has hardened the Azerbaijani government's position on its breakaway province Nagorno-Karabakh, which is controlled by ethnic Armenians Mardell's Europe
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| H13 The Times Jimmy Carter is right to say the unsayable | Bronwen Maddox: World ... Israel PM 'received money in envelopes' New York-based fundraiser tells Jerusalem court he gave wads of cash to Ehud Olmert, but received nothing in return UN concerned by Iran nuclear plant In its latest report on Iran, the IAEA said that Tehran had 3,500 centrifuges operating at its Natanz facility McCain distances himself from Bush John McCain uses speech on nuclear proliferation to assert independence from the man he hopes to succeed as President Wall Street Journal The Problem With Talking to Iran By Amir Taheri Nation-states have negotiable interests. Revolutions do not. Punxsutawney Condi
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Fighting Words: Stop picking on 'elites.' UK ready to scrap killer cluster bombs Ministers overrule opposition from military over controversial weapons | H14 Financial Times Oil has reached a turning point Daniel Yergin on handling the supply shock US is unwise to deny Iran’s key role in Gulf Tehran’s Arab neighbours are increasingly trying to defend themselves from American efforts to defend them against Iran, writes Ethan Chorin Oil-rich Iran has no shortage of friendsEnergetic diplomacy and high crude prices are helping Tehran shore up support for its nuclear programme Emu’s second 10 years may be tougher The eurozone is a triumph as a monetary union. Yet it is much less so as an economic union. Its creation has not caused the acceleration in dynamism that proponents hoped for – if anything, structural reforms have slowed, writes Martin Wolf Kiev and Moscow in dispute over naval port Relations between Russia and the Ukraine deteriorate further as both countries continue their claim of sovereignty over the Black Sea city of Sevastopol US fails to toe tough Bush line on Mideast Bush’s warning this month about The US has followed up President George W. the risks of appeasement in an unusual way. Washington has welcomed negotiations with some of the Middle Eastern actors the Bush administration most distrusts Israelis reluctant to leave the Golan A peace deal with Syria will require Israel to relinquish the strategic annexed territory, but settlers say they will resist any move to end their cherished way of life WORLD NEWS: Iran expects initiative to fail US home prices fall at record pace An index of house prices has fallen 14.1% for the first quarter compared with the same period last year, a trend that could prolong the economic slowdown and cause further pain for homeowners facing foreclosure McCain vows nuclear arms cut John McCain vowed to make significant cuts in the US nuclear arsenal if elected president and called for Russia and China to join a fresh global effort to tackle nuclear proliferation Amnesty calls for Guantánamo to be closed The next US president should move quickly to restore the superpower’s moral authority by closing the detention centre at Guantánamo, Amnesty International says in its annual report Sarkozy says EU should cap sales tax on fuel The French President said the European Union should consider capping sales taxes on fuel products if oil prices rose further – but his proposal got short shrift from Brussels Poll setback to SPD choice for president The German party’s move to challenge Horst Köhler could backfire in the run-up to the more crucial general election after a survey found only 17% support for its candidate Talks aim to avert Arctic oil rush Five Arctic powers are holding a summit in Greenland to forestall a confrontation over the Polar region’s mineral resources and discuss how to protect its fragile environment | H15 Los Angeles Times McCain would work with Russia on nuclear disarmament He says he would resume talks with Moscow to reduce nuclear arsenals. Experts say his proposals are not that dramatic of a break from President Bush Obama tries to tie McCain, Bush The Democrat says the GOP candidate's stand on the credit crisis and foreclosures is just more of the same 'Barrier lake' in China threatens up to 1.2 million in earthquake zone |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism StrategyPage: Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq — Al Qaeda web sites are making a lot of noise about “why we lost in Iraq.” Western intelligence agencies are fascinated by the statistics being posted in several of these Arab language sites. Not the kind of stuff you read about in the Western media. Evolution of Terrorism As A Global Test of Wills: A Personal Assessment and Perspective (PDF; 90 KB) Source: Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Al QAEDA TAPE TO CALL FOR USE OF WMD In the footsteps of Osama ... The United States has stepped up its hunt for Osama bin Laden, concentrating on the swathe of rugged territory that straddles Pakistan and Afghanistan. Syed Saleem Shahzad hiked through this region, accompanied by a young jihadi who shared his views on where bin Laden might be, even evoking the evidence of supernatural spirits. Chatting tactics
How Italian troops keep the peace in Afghanistan Osama Bin Laden is not in Pakistan he is dead says Taliban leader Pentagon inviting media to Guantanamo 9/11 hearings... Military Diagnosing More Post-Traumatic Stress Grand Jury Probes Blackwater Shootings Iraqis Testify About Incident Air Force to adapt to evolving threats
Published (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force chief of staff has called on senior enlisted airmen to adapt to rapidly advancing technology to remain ready to handle evolving threats. Doug Feith and Strategic Communications - Charlie, Abu Muqawama | H20 Slate Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion of the world today. This is not an unalloyed good, says Freeman Dyson... more» Emissions Trading: The Evolution of an Economic Idea from Concept to Global Implementation The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) American eating and drinking patterns
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Fact Sheet: Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Free and Fair Trade
Source: White House, Office of the Press Secretary Czech President Klaus ready to debate Gore on climate change... | H21 From Psychology Today, an article on the X-factors of success: The personality traits that make some humans superhuman. Paying the Poor to Improve their School Performance-Becker Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. |
