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H1 BBC US admiral urges caution on Iran The top US military officer says opening up a third front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".

MESH Is it over for America in the Middle East?

New York Times Committee Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal Bush administration officials knew that an oil company with close ties to President Bush planned to sign an oil deal with the Kurdistan government, counter to American policy

Washington Post Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal The administration told Hunt Oil it did not object to a deal with Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, a contradiction of its public policy

Will We Invade Iran? PostGlobal | On a scale of 1-10, rate the chances of an invasion before Inauguration Day.

Anonymous: The Case For Covert Action

Progress Cited on U.S.-Iraq Pacts Foreign Minister Says Nations Are Working to Resolve Differences

One Nation No More? Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures By David S. Broder, Is America's increasing diversity eroding its identity?

Turning Away From Musharraf

By Robert D. Novak, President Bush appears finally ready to work with Pakistani democrats.

A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan Iraq War Limits U.S. Options, Says Chairman of Joint Chiefs

Not So Quiet on the Third Front

By Dana Milbank, At this rate, the October Surprise won't be very surprising.

Official: Iran Accepts Talks Proposal

Financial Times America’s president must back the Group of Twenty By campaigning to invest new powers in the forum, the US could show it is serious about spurning arrogant unilateralism, writes William Drozdiak

Iraq talks advance on deal for US troops Baghdad’s foreign minister says ‘a comfortable stage of negotiations’ has been reached towards an agreement allowing US troops to operate legally in the country next year

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Israel's threat to strike makes world nervous

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Mullen warns of 'third front' for US

WORLD NEWS: Tehran's elite guards act to boost land forces

Merkel backing for France over EU treaty Angela Merkel, German chancellor, has offered France her full support as Paris seeks to salvage the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty after Lech Kaczynski, Poland’s president,

The Times The world must kick its addiction to oil Markets won't correct the soaring prices threatening our economic wellbeing. So governments must

Anatole Kaletsky

From Russia With Contempt

The new man in the Kremlin cannot afford to stand aloof while oligarchs and officials ruin Russia's reputation with investors

Iran offers fresh hope of nuclear deal In a remarkably conciliatory new tone from Tehran influential hardliners have welcomed a recent package of incentives

From Mother Jones, Iran panic? Talk about it with the experts.

Thinking about Preventive Military Action Against Iran - Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The Odds are Against an Attack on Iran By: Rami G. Khouri | The Daily Star I expect the U.S. and Israel to finally accept the reality that a military strike, no matter how punitive, would only temporarily set back Iran's nuclear capability, because the technological knowledge is already in Iran's hands and cannot be destroyed with bombs.

Deal Lets U.S. Drones Strike Bin Laden By: Rowan Scarborough | The Washington Times
The United States has a standing agreement with Pakistan that CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Osama bin Laden's hide-out without prior permission from Islamabad, according to people familiar with the arrangement

McCain Orders Shake-Up of His Campaign Responding to Republican concerns, John McCain placed a veteran of President Bush’s 2004 re-election in charge of day-to-day operations.

Today in The Nation: Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy

Tapping Iraq’s Oil - Council on Foreign Relations

Los Angeles Times Risk to U.S. troops seen if Israel strikes Iran Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen says a new conflict could entangle and strain soldiers already in the region.

Iran remarks point to split in leadership Ali Akbar Velayati warns against 'provocative' statements on the nuclear dispute, apparently in reference to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his loyalists

Iraq official cites progress on U.S. security pact

Any accord would be short-term and bar permanent bases, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says

'Tough' time in Afghanistan, Bush acknowledges

June was the bloodiest month of the war for U.S. troops, and he says more may be needed to fight the Taliban. He also calls for diplomatic opposition to Iran's nuclear activities

Christian Science Monitor A 'surge' unit sees change, but questions its permanence As the US Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment prepare to return home this month, many question whether the sacrifices they made will have been worth it in the end

Guardian Crusading is not the answer, but nor is pulling up the drawbridge Timothy Garton Ash: In a threatening world, the west needs to pursue liberal patriotism at home and liberal internationalism abroad

Russians move to end rift with UK

New president, Dmitry Medvedev, signals desire to draw a line under Putin years prior to G8 summit

Interview: Dimitry Medvedev

Is Sarkozy too results-oriented for the EU? Christopher Bickerton: The French president's idea of a 'Europe of results' shifts attention away from determining Europe's priorities

Can Barack Buy the Presidency? - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

Medvedev Trying to Carve Out New Role as President to Help Modernize Nation ... - Council on Foreign Relations

Der Spiegel A Brighter Future for Baghdad?: Optimism Grows in Iraq as Daily Life Improves

Time Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter?

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Behind the Curtain at the G-8

Heather Hurlburt & Eli Lake: Fireworks Over Tehran

H2 FT Editorial Turkey’s secularist coup must crumble The attempt to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development party must be thoroughly dismissed and the EU should abandon its dithering over accession

Arrests signal fresh phase in Turkey’s secular struggle In the labyrinthine relations of Turkey’s military and the country’s politicians, this week’s arrests might have a more encouraging import

WORLD NEWS: Turkish general appeals for calm

Guardian Chicanery in Turkey

Martin Woollacott: The AKP is crying foul over the attempt to rule it unconstitutional, but it too has been playing fast and loose with democracy

CIA, PJAK ile yatağa girer

Son operasyonu ‘Dünya’ izliyor

Özgürlüğün sınırlanması ve AİHM’nin bakışı

Rusya ile hedef; çok boyutlu yoğunlaştırılmış ortaklık

[HABER ANALİZ] Gelişen ilişkilere eski kalıplar dar geliyor

ABD Genelkurmay İkinci Başkanı Ankara'da

Turkey won't oppose French NATO return over EU row

France praises Turkish military

Türk askeri 1 yıl daha Lübnan'da

SE: "CHP üyemizdir ve üye olmaya devam edecek"

Atina’da ‘türbülans’ endişesi

Erdogan's Party Will Ask Turkish Court to Dismiss Allegations Bloomberg

TURKEY: ARRESTS, COURT CASE REVEAL THAT TURKEY IS DANGEROUSLY ... EurasiaNet

Turkish Arrests Focus on Alleged Plot TIME

Turkish general calls for calm after detentions Reuters

US: Ergenekon detentions matter of law enforcement

BBC Calm urged after Turkey arrests

Turkish ruling party trial: Readers react BBC News

Sami Kohen Dış dünyanın kafası gene karıştı...

1. Dünya basını gözaltıları böyle duyurdu

Politik hadiselere bağışıklığımız var Kapatma davası, Ergenekon gözaltıları yabancı yatırımcıların gözünü korkutmuyor

Turkish 'plot to kill Nobel Prize winner'

Gözaltılarda standartlara uyun

From Prospect, the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, winner of the intellectuals poll, is the modern face of the Sufi Ottoman tradition; and he may deny it, but Orhan Pamuk is Turkey's most important political voice.

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national

CIA, PJAK ile yatağa girer

Waxman: White House Knew Of Hunt/Kurdistan Oil Contract
The Washington Independent

Waxman: State Dept. ‘misleading’ on Hunt Oil deal The Hill

MELİHA OKUR
Irak sanayisine Türkiye damgası!

Cevdet Aşkın Barzani'den PKK'ya mektup, AB'de Kürt sorununa çözüm baskısı

Maliki to de Mistura: Kirkuk Issue should not be an Obstacle to Provincial Elections

Genelkurmay'dan açıklama

De Mistura expects holding provincial elections by the end of 2008 ...

Adım adım masaya

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık

AB hem temkinli hem de memnun

Dönem başkanlığında ilk Paris-Ankara sürtüşmesi

Rusya ile hedef; çok boyutlu yoğunlaştırılmış ortaklık

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Russia-Turkey relations: Blue Stream is not enough

Ergin Yıldızoğlu From Hegemony to Empire and then back to the bad old imperialism

Gül, Astana'da Rusya lideri Medvedev'le görüşecek

Büyük balıklarla uğraşılmaya başlanması iyi haber

Türkiye karşıtları, Nicolas Sarkozy'ye geri adım attırdı

Sosyalist Enternasyonal: CHP’ye ihraç yok

CHP, Sosyalist Enternasyonal'den ayrılmaya hazırlanıyor

Denktaş: Teslimiyete gidiyoruz

EU both pleased and cautious over widening of coup probe

Turkey wishes to strengthen relations with Russia

Greece, Turkey sign electric pact

ABD: Polonya ile füze kalkanı için anlaştık

Lavrov reiterates opposition to US missile defense plan

CTP disappointed as SI summit ends

Hasan Kanbolat Groundbreaking ceremony for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad line

Is Turkey Muzzling US Scholars?

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

H3 Kaosa dört gün kalmıştı

Ergenekon'u muhbir çözdü

Ergenekon örgütünün şifreleri çözülüyorPaşalar 7 Temmuz'da 40 ilde ayaklanma başlatacaktı.

Orgenerallerin evinde suikast planları

Şener Eruygur, Hilmi Özkök’ü dinletti mi?

Ürperten iddialar

Gözaltıları görüşmedik

Genelkurmay'dan açıklama

Sarıkız yine gündemde

Terörle suçlanacaklar

TÜSİAD: Demokrasiye ve hukuka duyulan güven zedelenmemeli

TOBB'dan tarihinin en sert açıklaması

FXG245 seri nolu Glock’u kim koydu

Ergenekon'u yaz yaz bitmiyor

AKP darbeyi neden araştırmıyor?

Eruygur�un ofisinde arama

İşte AK Parti savunmasının anahatları

Sözlü savunma bugün

‘Demokrasi ve hukuka güven zedelenmesin’

Korku toplumu yaratılıyor

Balbay susma hakkını kullandı

Eruygur�un ofisinde arama

'Çok vahim' Bakan Günay, Ergenekon gözaltıları konusunda; "Doğru ise de çok vahim, değilse de çok vahim'

Adım adım kaos planı

BUGÜN ÖZEL- Kaçak Paşa Moskova'da ortaya çıktı Operasyonda yakalanamayan istihbaratçı Paşa konuştu!

Eruygur'un aradığı CHP'li

Başsavcı: İktidarın 3 aşamalı planı var

Ergenekon'un kanlı yüzü

Şener: Kaos ortamı var

Öz, Sarızeybek’i dinledi

Komutanlar çekyatta sabahladı

Sivas’ta 15. yıl ağıtı

Devlet katliamla yüzleşmeli!

‘Telekulak’ta ilk adım

Adalet Bakanlığı, Telekomünikasyon İletişim Başkanlığı’na halen izlenen kişi olup olmadığını sordu

Venedik'i bırakın içki tüketimine bakın

Detention of generals marks end of impunity for coups

7 Temmuz 'Kanlı' dehşet planı

Hrant Dink'in avukatı: Albay Öz gözden çıkarıldı

Erol Mütercimler, iki yıl önce örgütü deşifre etmişti

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

Cengiz Çandar Ergenekon’un 'arka planı': 'Darbe Günlükleri'...

Ahmet Taşgetiren Ayışığı ve Sarıkız orada durdukça

Ruşen - Çakır 5 soruda Ergenekon Operasyonu

Taha Akyol Ergenekon nereye?

Fikret Bila Hilmi Özkök’ten çağrı

Hasan Cemal ‘Askerin kurtarıcılığı’ndan kurtulmadan demokrasi kurtulmaz!

Murat Yetkin

İsmet Berkan Bir temel tespit

İsmet Berkan'ın kaleminden...

Ergenekon'un yakın tarihi

Şahin Alpay Asker niçin siyasete karışmasın?

SOLİ ÖZEL Sivas ve ötesi

Fehmi Koru

Taha Kıvanç

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu Yok edilemez bir mihenk taşı…

Yasemin Çongar

Bilal Çetin Temizlik mi tarihi hesaplaşma mı?

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Ne rövanş ne hamle ne iktidar ne muhalefet

Ertuğrul Özkök Asacaksın beni, memleket kurtulacak

Ahmet Hakan Tayyip Erdoğan babayiğit midir?

M Ali Birand Bir grup subay ile sohbet...

Cüneyt Ülsever Aklıma takılanlar

TAMER KORKMAZ Darbecilere 'Darbe'

YASİN DOĞAN Yargının demokrasiyi koruma görevi…

Mehmet Altan Bir general portresi...

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi

Özdemir İnce

Okay Gönensin Darbe günleri gibi mi?

Necati Doğru Darbeci temizliği mi? Kremli İslam faşizmi mi?

Mustafa Mutlu

Ergenekon’un sırrını bu ‘Glock’ çözecek!

Mehmet Tezkan İnşallah “darbe hazırlığı” çıkar!

Can Ataklı Küçük çaplı bir darbe amaçlanıyor

Süheyl Batum

Başkan ve adamlarının “hukuksuz hukuk düzeni”

Ergenekon’da son perde NURAY MERT

Mümtazer Türköne İllegal bir siyasî parti olarak Ergenekon

Hüseyin Gülerce Askeri tahrik edenler, şimdi panikteler...

Olay ciddi, yorumlar saçma
HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

Gözaltılardan Başbakan’a
TARHAN ERDEM

Semih İdiz Yargı ve ordu değil, Türkiye yıpranıyor

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Current confusion should not overshadow efforts to unearth coup planners

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Artık iddianameyi görmemiz gerekiyor

Yalçın Doğan Hollandalı 12’den vurdu

Yalçın Bayer Peki savcılar neden bugüne kadar bekledi

Ardan Zentürk Darbeyi kim yapar?..

Mustafa Erdoğan Türkiye bu krizden çıkabilir mi?

Sabahattin Önkibar Darbe olmaz, başka şeyler olacak!

Şükrü Küçükşahin Zeká fukaralarının varlığı

Erdal Sağlam Bitmeyen iddianame artık iş álemine de tehdit

[Yorum - Dr. İrfan Yıldırım] Küçük'ten büyüğe Ergenekon'dan çıkış

Eyüp Can Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu neden patladı

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK Generalin kararı

ENGİN ARDIÇ Bizim zamanımızda yoktu evladım

ERGUN BABAHAN Bu da geçer yahu

EMRE AKÖZ Seni de mi kandırdılar?

Derya Sazak Ergenekon, darbe, paşalar

İsmail Küçükkaya
Ülkenin ufkuna kelepçe

Burhan Ayeri Göndermeler Org. Büyükanıt’a

Kerim Balcı Instrumentalization of the accused

İbrahim Kalın Habermas, post-secular society and Turkish secularism

[GÜLEN AND THE AK PARTY] A common quest for democracy or something more? (2) by Mehmet Kalyoncu*

Ömer Lütfi Mete Konu darbeyse gerisi teferruat

Nuh Gönültaş Yargıya güvenmek lazım ama...

Umur Talu Herkese anti tez!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Vizyon değişikliği

MEHMET BARLASBu coğrafyada hiçbir şey ilk defa olmuyor ki...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Türkiye 'hesaplaşıyor'

YAVUZ DONAT Adalet Bakanı'na "gözaltı" soruları

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Sanayide 10 yılın söylediği

Ercan Kumcu Kaygı büyüme değil enflasyon

Seyfettin Gürsel Ekonominin yol haritası: 2009-2011

Erdal Sağlam

Deniz Gökçe
Büyüme nasıl arttı?

Politics aggravates Turkish assets' fragility
Reuters

Türkiye 2015'te petrol ülkesi olacak

Editorial The Imprecise Meaning of War Companies ripping off taxpayers in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars may never be fully prosecuted unless Congress does more to go after war profiteers.

GAIL COLLINS What We Learned in the War Americans of all ages tend to both respect military service and ignore it when picking a president. John McCain presumably understands this.

One New World, Two Big Ideas

By DAVID HACKETT FISCHER

As the celebrations begin in Canada and the United States, the people of North America are heirs to two great ideas: Thomas Jefferson’s — and Samuel de Champlain’s.

H5 Washington Post Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal The administration told Hunt Oil it did not object to a deal with Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, a contradiction of its public policy

Will We Invade Iran? PostGlobal | On a scale of 1-10, rate the chances of an invasion before Inauguration Day.

Anonymous: The Case For Covert Action

Progress Cited on U.S.-Iraq Pacts Foreign Minister Says Nations Are Working to Resolve Differences

One Nation No More? Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures By David S. Broder, Is America's increasing diversity eroding its identity?

Turning Away From Musharraf

By Robert D. Novak, President Bush appears finally ready to work with Pakistani democrats.

A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan

Iraq War Limits U.S. Options, Says Chairman of Joint Chiefs

Not So Quiet on the Third Front

By Dana Milbank, At this rate, the October Surprise won't be very surprising.

Obama Calls for National Service

Democrat Visiting GOP Strongholds

Global Action to Save Global Growth By Ban Ki-moon, HOKKAIDO, Japan -- Global growth is the leitmotif of our era. The great economic expansion, now in its fifth decade, has raised living standards worldwide and lifted billions out of poverty

McCain Puts New Strategist Atop Campaign

Bush's Accountability Moment? By Dan Froomkin

Independence Days Self-Evident Truths, Whenever Declared

By George F. Will, It's hard to say which day America became a nation, but it's easy to appreciate the tradition of July 4.

Bush Makes Final Push for Global Climate Deal At Talks in Japan, President Faces Opposition on Goals, Role of Developing Nations

Offensive in Tribal Area Criticized by Key Pakistani Politicians

Editorial FISA Follies Sen. Obama is right to support the compromise on government surveillance.

Africa's Food Crisis Opportunity

By Josh Ruxin, The current food shortage may encourage farmers and consumers in poor nations to become more self-sufficient

15 Hostages Rescued in Colombia

Three Killed in Jerusalem Rampage

Palestinian From City's East Rammed Cars and Buses With Earthmover Before Being Shot Dead

H6 Guardian Crusading is not the answer, but nor is pulling up the drawbridge Timothy Garton Ash: In a threatening world, the west needs to pursue liberal patriotism at home and liberal internationalism abroad

Russians move to end rift with UK

New president, Dmitry Medvedev, signals desire to draw a line under Putin years prior to G8 summit

Interview: Dimitry Medvedev

Is Sarkozy too results-oriented for the EU? Christopher Bickerton: The French president's idea of a 'Europe of results' shifts attention away from determining Europe's priorities

Is military service a sufficient qualification to be president of the United States? Obama supporter General Wesley Clark said last weekend: “I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.” Is it?

What the transatlantic union can do

Denis MacShane: Unite, formed from British and US unions, has the potential to make a real difference – if it brings

Don't condemn CCTV: it has a vital role in the fight against crime

Response: Any problems are merely technical, and regulation will ensure the cameras do their job, says Simon Adcock

I've seen the effects of climate change - and if people won't face up to it, governments must make them

Tahmima Anam: Climate change is happening. We, and the generations before us, have caused it. It should not matter whether we believe it or not

together more than just its top-level members

H7

US admiral urges caution on Iran The top US military officer says opening up a third front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".

Oil prices reach new record high The price of oil continues its surge upwards - hitting a new high of $145 a barrel in trading in Singapore.

Oil compromise Iraq's challenge of reviving its oil industry

The Secret American Army (Strategy Page) For the last five years, the U.S. has been building an informant network inside Iraq.

U.S. States Continue to Divest from Businesses Tied to Iran By: Brian Radzinsky | World Politics Review
Eleven U.S. states have adopted legislation to divest public pension funds from companies with financial ties to Iran's petroleum, defense, and nuclear sectors in an attempt to persuade Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program and alleged sponsorship of terrorism. Almost 20 more states are considering similar legislation

Arab News In an editorial, the paper considers the record of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, who ascended to the throne in 2005. The article says if these three remarkable first years are a measure of the future, then the Kingdom is embarked on an unprecedented and exciting period of intellectual and economic growth.

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

Israeli Airstrike on Iran Would Come at a High Price, Mullen Says

Hezbollah Said to Train Militiamen in Iraq,,

Arab Writer Blames "Social Injustice", "Class Disorder" for Rising Extremism,,

Syrians, Israelis continue third round of talks in Istanbul

AP interview: Iran envoy dismisses attack threat

Russia Backs Israeli-Syrian Dialogue, Turkey's Mediating Role - Lavrov

Iranian Allies Aid Militias in Iraq -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Helps Shiites Fight U.S.

U.S.-Iraq Agreement May Be Hard Sell

Sunni group warns Assyrians in Mosul

Medhi Army retooling, commander says

Sunni return to government bridges divides

Iran's Foreign Ministry Blasts Jordan Support for Anti-Iran Terrorist Group (Fars-Iran)

H9 Ha’aretz – Ari Shavit: Strike on Iran is good for Israel and U.S. in long run

ANALYSIS / Hezbollah using swap deal as quick fix for problems at home

Why do Arabs support Hamas over Fatah?

Melman Fighting the next war

The Cost of 'At Any Cost' By: Alexander Yakobson | Haaretz
Those who say "at any cost" are usually not prepared to admit what the real cost is. The expected cost of the exchange of "prisoners for bodies" with Hezbollah is more Israeli bodies.

Jerusalem Post 'Perpetrator of Jerusalem attack was a murderer, not a terrorist'

The Region: Join against the bad guys [ BARRY RUBIN,

Washington Watch: Can the Korea nuke deal help Israel?

[ DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD,

New U.S. Envoy to Israel Announced

Yedioth Ahronoth America Using Israel's Military Power to Scare Iranians, Europeans - Alex Fishman

How will Iran respond?

Four Dead, 36 Injured in Jerusalem Terror Attack; Palestinian Bulldozer Driver Attacks Bus, Cars

PM: We can't fence east J'lem
Olmert meets with cabinet ministers, defense officials over worrying pattern of east Jerusalem residents abusing residency rights to carry out terror attacks in central Israel. 'Deterrence must be achieved,' says prime minister

Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

A Severe Verdict That Didn’t Go Far Enough
Forward

"Israel Will Not Stand By While Iran Builds the Bomb"

Diplomats Play Down Talk of Attack on Iran

Israel digger driver was 'heart broken' Relatives of Hussam Dwaith have said that he had never recovered from a doomed romance with a young Jewish woman.

The inevitable overreaction

Seth Freedman: The desire for retribution for the Jerusalem bulldozer attack is understandable, but will only strengthen Palestinian terrorists

Hezbollah confirms prisoner swap Lebanon's Hezbollah group says it will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers in exchange for Lebanese prisoners.

H10 Christian Science Monitor A 'surge' unit sees change, but questions its permanence As the US Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment prepare to return home this month, many question whether the sacrifices they made will have been worth it in the end.

In Jordan, aid for Iraqi refugees is often redirected Millions in aid money intended to help war refugees is also helping improve Jordan's beleaguered infrastructure.

Protests in Kashmir herald poll tensions Muslim separatists celebrated the revocation of a controversial land-transfer decision, using the occasion to agitate for independence from India.

Afghanistan death toll pressures U.S., allies Record U.S. fatalities there last month highlight the need for more troops, but reserves are few.

ASIA

Pakistan's problem, and ours

OVER THE weekend, hundreds of Pakistani paramilitary forces moved into the northwestern city of Peshawar and its outskirts to drive out Islamist militants who had been kidnapping local notables, taking over courts and jails, and imposing their own brand of Taliban-style justice. The fact that Pakistan's Frontier Corps was called on to conduct this operation implies that the coalition government ... (Boston Globe)

China: both proud and resentful, open and closed, like us yet not at all like us. Still, the onetime sick man of Asia is in exuberant health... more»

Pakistan's Rising Islamist Tide By: Ralph Peters | New York Post
Why did one Islamabad regime after another let the cancer worsen? They didn't care. The tribal areas are poor - nothing there to steal, except for drug profits (and the pols got their cut from the dope). By the time Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized the president's chair, a crisis was blazing.

Pakistan's Growing Woes in Its Wild West By: Naveed Ahmad | ISN Security Watch
After years of engagement in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban are now making a loud statement in Pakistan's Pashtun areas.

Trouble Brews in Two Asian Democracies By: Simon Montlake | The Christian Science Monitor
Seizing on rising fuel prices and coalition-party stresses, political opponents are pushing to unseat the leaders of two Southeast Asian democracies, only months into their elected terms, raising the prospect of prolonged instability and social tension.

Asia's Strategic Challenges: In Search of a Common Agenda
IISS

Reporting Among Gangsters By: Jeffrey Gedmin | The Washington Post In Uzbekistan, the state of independent media is 'absolutely dire.'

China's Inside Game By: April Rabkin | The New York Times
What the International Olympic Committee and the rest of the world don’t realize is how little China cares what they think. Here in Beijing, the Olympic Games are primarily for domestic consumption, justifying the government’s new global power to its own people

Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China’s Military By: Jake Hooker | The New York Times
It was a gritty, hands-on effort, unfolding under the clear view of the public and the news media, and it offered analysts the best chance to assess the performance of the People’s Liberation Army in a crisis since the nation’s rising economy started pumping tens of billions of dollars into the military. It got good marks for public relations domestically, but the effort left some veteran P.L.A.-watchers underwhelmed.

No Need for Another Asia-Pacific Multilateral Institution
Clingendael

Despite Declaration, Hard Work Remains in North Korea Talks By: Jason Strother | World Politics Review
The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program are expected to resume this month after a six-month deadlock. But Washington says many questions remain unanswered regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program

Time to Get Petty in Asia's Corruption Battle By: William Pesek | Bloomberg
A few Malaysian ringgit here, a hundred Indian rupees there, a thousand Thai baht there. So-called petty corruption is a far bigger drain on growth in Asia than many appreciate.

H11 IHT Pragmatism trumps ideology By PETER KWONG Closer ties between China and Taiwan could expose the Chinese people to multiparty democratic ideas, and certainly to a tolerance of political diversity.

Beijing's inside game By APRIL RABKIN In Beijing, the Olympic Games are primarily for domestic consumption, justifying the government's new global power to its own people.

World Bank pressures G-8 on oil and food The president of the World Bank is calling on world leaders meeting in the Group of 8 economic summit next week to make new aid commitments.

Poland's snub of EU is all about local politics By JUDY DEMPSEY

When President Lech Kaczynski of Poland said Tuesday that it was "pointless" for him to sign off on a new European Union treaty now that the Irish had rejected it, he opened a new chapter in his struggle with the center-right government over Poland's future role in Europe and its relations with the United States.

U.S. is in no shape to give advice, Medvedev says Russia's president said that America was in "essentially a depression," and that Russia had a right to a larger role in the world economy

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The Hollow Heart of the West By: Dominique Moisi | The Japan Times
Both NATO and the EU have been forced to redefine how they function and rethink their purposes after a dual process of enlargement.

Walker's World: France has nowhere to go PARIS, July 2 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has a terrible sense of timing. He was elected last year, full of bold promises for sweeping reform of France's bloated pensions and public service and its clogged labor markets.

Berlin Holds on to Obsolete Weapons By: Cordula Meyer and Alexander Szandar | Der Spiegel
The US still has dozens of nuclear war heads stationed throughout Europe, including an estimated 20 in Germany. Yet, hardly anyone thinks this makes sense any more -- apart from those at Germany's Defense Ministry.

Two Challenges to Democratic Citizenship:is the EU the solution or part of the problem?

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Exxon Attacks Kazakh Oilfield Delays By: Carola Hoyos | Financial Times
ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest listed integrated energy group, on Tuesday blamed the government of Kazakhstan for delaying the development of the world’s biggest new oilfield, significantly raising the level of acrimony surrounding the troubled project

Medvedev Trying to Carve Out New Role as President to Help Modernize Nation ... - Council on Foreign Relations

Abkhazia violence and regional redefinition
Kuwait Times

H13 The Times The world must kick its addiction to oil

Markets won't correct the soaring prices threatening our economic wellbeing. So governments must

Anatole Kaletsky

From Russia With Contempt

The new man in the Kremlin cannot afford to stand aloof while oligarchs and officials ruin Russia's reputation with investors

Iran offers fresh hope of nuclear deal In a remarkably conciliatory new tone from Tehran influential hardliners have welcomed a recent package of incentives

Sarkozy lashes out at TV, armed forces and Europe The President's aggressiveness prompted opposition gibes about a Bonaparte complex and questions about his tactics

Polish President refuses to ratify Lisbon Treaty Lech Kaczynski wrecks first day of French EU presidency, saying that ratifying the document would be 'pointless'

We have a plan and we can make it work The Conservative leader replies to a call by The Times to make clear what his party stands for David Cameron

Commando raid frees Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt

Wall Street Journal Why We Went to War in IraqBy Douglas J. Feith
The Bush administration carefully weighed the alternatives to force.

Can Barack Buy the Presidency?
By Karl Rove Democrats have a massive money advantage, but the candidate counts.

America's Days Aren't Numbered
By Thomas F. Madden
Rome's most famous jeremiads marked the height of its power.

Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage

By Junaid M. Afeef
It's time to stand up to Islamophobia.

H14 Financial Times America’s president must back the Group of Twenty By campaigning to invest new powers in the forum, the US could show it is serious about spurning arrogant unilateralism, writes William Drozdiak

Iraq talks advance on deal for US troops Baghdad’s foreign minister says ‘a comfortable stage of negotiations’ has been reached towards an agreement allowing US troops to operate legally in the country next year

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Israel's threat to strike makes world nervous

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Mullen warns of 'third front' for US

WORLD NEWS: Tehran's elite guards act to boost land forces

Merkel backing for France over EU treaty Angela Merkel, German chancellor, has offered France her full support as Paris seeks to salvage the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty after Lech Kaczynski, Poland’s president, said he would not sign the treaty

Medvedev visit to focus on gas supplies The Russian president’s trip to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, signals Moscow’s determination to dominate energy resources from the Caspian Sea region

Olmert weighs cost of any attack

WORLD NEWS: OECD forecasts 9% rise in the number of jobless

Destroying Europe to save it Gideon Rachman’s blog: This reminds me of the remark attributed to an American officer in Vietnam – “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”

Tentative deal for US missile base in Poland The agreement, still subject to final approval, removes a big obstacle to a defence system that is controversial within Washington and viewed with suspicion by Russia

Europe needs a sharp rise in interest rates Ciaran O’Hagan on the ECB and inflation

McCain shuffles staff as criticism mounts John McCain has reshuffled his senior campaign staff amid mounting Republican concern at his ability to compete with Barack Obama in November’s election

Sharp fall in US private sector jobs

The US suffered the largest drop in employment in nearly six years in June in a sign of the deteriorating economic environment, says the monthly ADP survey

The record labels can take a punch

The music industry has big problems that go much deeper than piracy. Should we worry about whether the labels succeed or fail? Only if you’re a shareholder, says John Gapper. The day that Universal or EMI founders will not be the day the music dies

H15 Los Angeles Times Risk to U.S. troops seen if Israel strikes Iran

Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen says a new conflict could entangle and strain soldiers already in the region.

Iran remarks point to split in leadership

Ali Akbar Velayati warns against 'provocative' statements on the nuclear dispute, apparently in reference to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his loyalists

Iraq official cites progress on U.S. security pact

Any accord would be short-term and bar permanent bases, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says

'Tough' time in Afghanistan, Bush acknowledges

June was the bloodiest month of the war for U.S. troops, and he says more may be needed to fight the Taliban. He also calls for diplomatic opposition to Iran's nuclear activities.

Get a grip on Dhaka

By Selig S. Harrison With U.S. forces preoccupied in Pakistan, an Al Qaeda affiliate has been gaining power in Bangladesh.

H16 American Politics

McCain Orders Shake-Up of His Campaign

Christian Conservatives Uniting Behind McCain

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An interview with Paul Alexander, author of Machiavelli's Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove.

H17 Daily TelegraphHow law turns terrorists into martyrs

Tim Collins explains why allowing suspects to be detained for up to 42 days without charge simply plays into the hands of our enemies.

Free trade is the answer

Free trade should be the continuing principle that guides this nation's economy. Mr Sarkozy should take note.

H18 Independent Poll: The least popular Labour government ever

Gordon Brown now leads the most unpopular Labour government in history, according to a new "poll of polls" for The Independent.

Leading article: China rising

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

The Principles of War: 9. Co-operation

The Pentagon's Doomsday Men By: Sharon Weinberger | Foreign Policy
Why should we expect the Pentagon to treat risk any differently than anyone else? In fact, we shouldn’t. Not even the United States can afford to prepare for every risk. The challenge for the Pentagon is to extend the logic of risk management across its vast range of investments in research and development, which now exceed $75 billion annually

Weapons Stratego By: Loren Thompson | Armed Forces Journal
Whether the next president is Barack Obama or John McCain, a change in military strategy and spending priorities is highly likely. What will the change portend for the ambitious investment program that Bush’s Pentagon team has assembled over the past eight years?

Get a Grip on Dhaka By: Selig S. Harrison | Los Angeles Times
While the CIA and the Pentagon search in vain for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of northwest Pakistan, an Al Qaeda affiliate has been quietly building up terrorist bases in the jungles of Bangladesh under the protective aegis of a new military regime in Dhaka allied with Islamist forces.

Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025 (Updated w/ Video)

Shortcomings in Planning for Post-Combat Period in Iraq Outlined
Source: RAND Corporation

15 Hostages Held by Colombian Rebels Are Rescued

ICC: A Well-Intentioned but Flawed Court By: Alan W. Dowd | World Politics Review
The Lubanga case provides yet another opportunity to point out why the ICC is so flawed -- and why so many observers in the United States are wary of it.

H20 Slate

The Strategic Implications of Climate Change IISS

Mastering finance in government
Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Full Document (PDF; 563 KB)

The world’s water future, Mike Muller

Newsweek Q&A: Lomborg on Al Gore and Climate Change

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As Mill, Engels, and Betty Friedan well knew, the family as an institution has problems. But the state can’t simply step in to solve them. Jennie Bristow explains... more»

From TLS, a review of books on the many ages of Herodotus.

Woodrow Wilson talked of “a common order, a common justice and a common peace” for America and the world. His is an idea ripe for revival... more»

From Seed, father of cognitive neuroscience Michael Gazzaniga and original New Journalist Tom Wolfe discuss status, free will, the human condition, and "The Interpreter" (and a review of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique).

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