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Iran sanctions likely to rise as election issue Tehran dismisses latest UN offer on nuclear program, prolonging the debate over more sanctions. Washington Post A Ragtag Pursuit of the Taliban U.S. Effort to Train Afghans as Counterinsurgency Force Is Far From Finished Iran Seeks Details on Nuclear Offer Country says it will respond to package offered for suspension of its uranium-enrichment program when it gets a detailed explanation of offer, which may draw out talks. Western Countries Say That Tehran's Response Is Evasive Iraq Banks Billions in Surpluses, GAO Says Nation's Oil Revenue Rising Sharply While U.S. Funds Reconstruction Projects Time Why Iran Won't Budge on Nukes Rebuilding the world economy, Kemal Derviş Guardian Dangerous delaying tactics Editorial: Exact terms of Iran's reply to package of incentives it was offered to stop enriching uranium are not known Iran buys time on nuclear demands Sanctions include discouraging government export credits to finance trade with Iran, and cargo inspection Mahdi army told to lay down arms Militia group behind much of the violence since 2003 will disarm and become political organisation Take Two Iraq: Has the troop surge worked? The lies of Hiroshima live on, props in the war crimes of the 20th century John Pilger: The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims' names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East “Nationalism and the nation itself,” Robert Kagan writes, “far from being weakened by globalization, have now returned with a vengeance”... more» Obama leads McCain nationally in AP-Ipsos poll Amir Taheri The virtues of strategic patience - GulfNews Muddled Israeli Political Picture - Council on Foreign Relations Zardari, Sharif Agree to Impeach Musharraf Time Jihad in China's Far West Negotiating deals is a legitimate part of any military strategy. But hey must be made at the right time and with the right people General's killing severs Hezbollah link Brigadier General Mohammed Suleiman was said to have been the liaison officer between the Assad regime and Hezbollah White House 'buried Iraq WMD intelligence' Tony Blair passed on British intelligence before Iraq invasion that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction Business Week, a look at why India will beat China. Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells Anthrax Deaths Turned Attention Toward Iraq Financial Times Welcome to a world of diminished expectations The ancient Greeks knew hubris to be one sin the gods will punish. When the British prime minister announced ‘the end of boom and bust’, Jove must have checked his thunderbolts, writes Willem Buiter Arrests in Syria follow murder of general Authorities act after the assassination of Mohammed Suleiman, a senior military adviser to the president, whose death rekindles talk of splits in Damascus’s ruling circle Big six to discuss next Iran move Senior officials from six big powers will hold a conference call today to discuss Iran's response to a recent initiative aimed at negotiating an end to the country's... Blow to Ahmadi-Nejad as moderates head economy and interior ministries The Big Freeze Part 3 – The economy Central banks are pursuing policies that make little sense in aggregate Politics and petrol Forget Iraq, forget global warming. The soaring price of oil, and the cost of filling a car with petrol, has concentrated the minds of US voters Obama running mate could come from ‘left field’ A straw poll of Barack Obama staff members and Democrats close to the campaign suggests that five or six names recur on the Illinois senator’s short list for a running mate The lost cause of China’s Uighurs Xinjiang is more like Tibet than a terrorist problem. But if Beijing continues its bulldozer approach to minorities, it could incite jihadism New York Times As Iraq Surplus Rises, Little Goes Into Rebuilding Soaring oil prices will leave the Iraqi government with a budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year’s end, according to a new report. Return to a Regional Conference on Mideast Peace By: Carlo Strenger | The Daily Star The last 15 years have shown that neither Israel nor the Palestinians can reach peace on their own, each for complex internal and external reasons. My claim is that only a permanent, internationally sponsored regional peace conference can unfreeze the deadlock Iran is part of the solution in Iraq, not the problem By Reza Molavi Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Iranian Bomb — I suggested that the world could live with it … Al Awsat The Murder of Syria's Top Security Adviser Behind the Scenes of Al-Assad's Visit to Iran Ha’aretz Melman ANALYSIS / Iran's real nuclear tactic is to keep buying time ANALYSIS / This time around, Hezbollah aims higher Israeli overflights of its northern neighbor now threaten to become main point of Israel-Hezbollah friction. Wall Street Journal Moqtada Packs It In The good news keeps coming in Iraq. The Fragmented Future of World Trade - Alexander Neubacher, Der Spiegel • 'Peter Rodman's Life of Service' by Henry Kissinger, Washington Post Foreign Policy Pentagon Funding? Bring It On. | H2 WSJ Muslim Land Joins Ranks of Tigers From tourism and tomato growing to car making, Turkey has prospered far more under an Islam-tinged government than it did under some previous, ardently secular administrations more in tune with the often decidedly un-Islamic ways of many Turkish businesspeople. Debka Ankara played key role in validating Damascus-Tehran pact and marketing a nuclear Iran Inside the Improbable Turkey-Iran Partnership Harvard Political Review Ahmedinecad'ın ziyareti iyi yönetilirse herkes kazançlı çıkar Guardian Turkey plays down Ahmadinejad snub Rebuilding the world economy, Kemal Derviş La Turquie regarde vers l’Europe Araplar Türkiye’nin değerini bilmeli MUSTAFA EL FAKİ Alirıza: 'Dava Sonrası AK Parti Hükmeti' Başbuğ atamasının dünyadaki yankıları EDM BASBUG APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE TGS Mete Çubukçu: Kerkük’te yanıtı bilinmeyen soru Proactive diplomacy promotes Turkey Petrol hattındaki patlama sonrası yangın çıktı Batı basını ikiye bölündü Staunch secularist to head Turkish forces - The National Newspaper Turkish AK Party looks to quash election speculation 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 Kerkük sorunu, son gelişmeler ve bir öneri MURAT YETKİN İsmail Küçükkaya Erdoğan’ın arabuluculuk teklif ettiği an Bodrum buluşması: Savaş mı, barış mı? Sami Kohen Hem ziyaret, hem siyaset! Mehmet Altan Dolaylı mesaj... 'Kerkük'ün bağlanma teklifini kabul ederiz' tehdidini savurdu Kurd President Says Iraq Vote Bill a 'Conspiracy' Devlet Bahçeli’den Kerkük uyarısı Barzani Kerkük gerilimine tuz biber 'Köşk'te olmam insanları şaşırttı' Ahmedinejad'dan önce İran'ın yeni büyükelçisi geldi Irak seçim yasası bugüne kaldı Kerkük Konusunda Yine Anlaşma Olmadı ABD’den Kerkük için uzlaşı çağrısı Iraqis see compromise on Kirkuk standoff ‘Ergenekon ordered murder of mayor’ Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 5 Aug 08 (View Article) OPINION: Unsure About Iraq? This is Why We Belong There (View Article) 2 U.S. Soldiers Among 11 Killed in Baghdad-Area Explosions (View Article) Iraqi Figures View Differences on Election Law, Kirkuk; Update 4 Aug (View Article) Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights (in Arabic) 4 Aug (View Article) Apo'nun görüşmelerine Ergenekon merceği Savcı Öz, Öcalan'ın görüşme kayıtlarının içinde olduğu 8 klasörü teslim aldı. Tunceli'de terör örgütü PKK ile şiddetli çatışma Başbakan Erdoğan Antalya'da Haşimi ile görüştü Eylemler sürecek Tahran'dan Ankara'ya arabuluculuk 'misillemesi' OHAL dönemi aydınlanmadan derin devlet ortaya çıkmaz Syria's Assad in Turkey for Talks Özcan Yeniçeri Kerkük’ün Srebrenitsa olmasına izin verilemez! İsrafil Kumbasar Bay Abdullah Gül, Apo'yu da Köşk'e davet edecek mi? Ergenekoncu Oğuztan'dan 'PKK'ya silah gönderildi' ihbarı Kerkük'le ilgili yasanın oylanması yine ertelendi Türkiye-Suriye: Erdoğan-Esad Bodrum'da görüştü Turkey, Iran gas deal likely soon Bodrum’da hem tatil hem diplomasi Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık "Türkiye 7-10 yıl arasında üye olur" Rauf Denktaş Barışa, uzlaşmaya doğru... Amanda Akçakoca Jump-starting EU reforms -- can Erdoğan do it? Rodos ve İstanköy Türkleri de Avrupa'dan azınlık raporu bekliyor Türkiye 10 yıl içinde AB’de Ankara’nın Brüksel haritası hazırlandı Football diplomacy does not compare with 70s ping-pong Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop Lack of nurses to blame for baby deaths in Turkey AP Bilim heyeti: Salgın değil enfeksiyon Metin Münir Siemens’ten bir mektup aldım Ege Cansen İnsan haksızlıkları Antalya fire shows shortcomings in Turkey’s firefighting 300 milyon dolarlık savaş timi Teröristle subayın imkânsız aşkı! [HABER İZLENİM] Herkesin çıkaracağı dersler var BUGÜN GAZETESİ - HAYAT ASLINDA BUGÜN'DEN İBARETTİR - Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'ne sıra dışı rektör Okuma salonları Doğulu çocuklara eğitimin kapısını açıyor Kaymakam ve emniyet müdürlerinde görev değişimi Hasan Kanbolat Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport holds particular significance for martyrs | H3 Askerin yanıtı sert oldu: Hazin bir iftira AKP ile asker arasında sıcak bir ilişki var Başsavcı ikinci dava için hazırlanıyor iddiası Gül ve Erdoğan koltukları değişirler mi? ‘Bombacı’ Kandil’e hiç gitmemiş, olay anında TV izliyormuş Vali Güler: Tutuklanan terörist, Güngören'de bombayı koyan kişi Hasan Özdemir ve Erol Çakır gerçekleri biliyor Karar AK Parti’yi gerekçe ise bütün siyaseti etkiler Asıl bomba iddialar 4. DVD’de iddiası Devlet herkesi fişledi fişler Ergenekon’da çıktı Erdoğan adına Gül aleyhine kulisi kim yaptı? MİT Emniyet'ten kaçırdı Yılmaz affetmeye çalıştı Paşam, istihbaratınız yanlış, Şemdinli’deki hadisenin ardında TSK’daki “Savaş Lordları” var Özal suikastinde tetiği Ergenekon çekti MiT elemanlarına ’kazma eğitimi’ ‘Sosyetik fişleme’den Ergenekon davasına ‘Git evinde otur yoksa rütbeni sökeriz’ dediler Hükümet için Atalay’ın açıklaması hâlâ geçerli Güngören saldırılarında kafalar karışık, vali çok net: PKK yaptı? Milli Park’ta AKP’lilere özel plaj Belgenin yazılması Erdoğan’ı kızdırdı İP: Doğu Silahçıoğlu sahte Atatürkçü İşçi Partisi Çevik Bir ve Kıvrıkoğlu'nu nasıl fişledi? Mumcu’yu öldürenler yine değişti AKP, kömür yardımı için 78 milyon borçlu Yüksek Mahkeme'nin gerekçeleri özgürlüklerin sınırını daraltmamalı CHP: Demekki orduda F tipi örgütlenme bitmiş Koman, Bir ve Çakır yolsuzlukla suçlanıyor 21 üniversiteye rektör ataması yapıldı Scientology tarikatının lideri, Ergenekoncularla fayansçıda görüşüyormuş 'Darbe sevdasıyla orduya yakınlaştı' Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman Cengiz Çandar Türkiye-Suriye-İran Ankara yerine Bodrum-İstanbul Ahmet Taşgetiren Çözümsüzlüğe mahkumiyet Taha Akyol Bebek katilleri? Fikret Bila İlker Paşa’nın tehdit algılaması Hasan Cemal AB yolu diyorsak, gündemde ‘Kıbrıs engeli’ de duruyor! Murat Yetkin Kerkük sorunu, son gelişmeler ve bir öneri İsmet Berkan Ergenekon ve belgeleri Fehmi Koru Yeni dönemin ilk işaretleri Taha Kıvanç Bu kadar komiklik fazla Bilal Çetin Hükümet için asıl sıkıntılı dönem yeni başlıyor... Tayfun Devecioğlu Çukurambar açıklaması ışığında Akif Beki analizi İsmail Küçükkaya Erdoğan’ın arabuluculuk teklif ettiği an Şamil Tayyar YAŞ’ı nasıl okumalıyız? Nuray Başaran Tek sürpriz jandarmada Ali Bayramoğlu Demokratlığa dair… Ertuğrul Özkök Onlar şimdi eşit Hukukun kestiği parmak kanar! SAMİ SELÇUK II. Erdoğan devri başlarken... Ahmet Hakan Ahmedinejad’ın Anıtkabir’de ne işi var Gülay Göktürk Herkesin ikna olması şart değil Cüneyt Ülsever Üç makaleden üç alıntı Oktay EkşiDarbecinin liberali iyidir AKP neyi temsil ediyor? Tufan Türenç Kimimiz ülke için üzülüyor kimimiz de malı götürüyor Serdar Akinan Sayın Haşim Kılıç’a... Sabahattin Önkibar Üniversiteliye başörtüsü AKP sayesinde hayal oldu! Eser Karakaş Uzlaşma safsatası Nasuhi Güngör Erdoğan’ı pazarlıkla suçlamak Mustafa Akyol İslam yüzünden mi geri kaldık? Nagehan Alçı Türkiye Türkler’in midir? ENGİN ARDIÇ Anıtkabir farizası ERGUN BABAHAN Ergenekon ve etik sorunu EMRE AKÖZ Recep İvedik: Sorun nerede? Umur Talu Doğmamış ve doğmuş bebekler NAZLI ILICAK Erdoğan Bodrum'da MEHMET BARLAS Ezanı güzel sesli müezzinler okusa daha doğru olmaz mı? YAVUZ DONAT Güldal Mumcu'nun "bildiği tek şey..." Nabi Yağcı Güngören katliamı aydınlandı mı Ahmet Kekeç Ergenekon 28 Şubat’a da uzanır mı? Mustafa Ünal Hükümetin öncelikli hedefi Ali Bulaç Özgürlük mücadelesi yürütürken! Etyen Mahçupyan Yargının sırtındaki yük Oray Eğin Anayasa Mahkemesi Başkanı’na şeffaflaşma çağrısı Laikliğe karşı etkinliklerin odağı kim? NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK Abdülhamit Bilici Eslen Paşa'nın cevabı Bülent Keneş The ‘third way’ or the ‘Turkish option’ Yavuz Baydar Consensus? What consensus? Beril Dedeoğlu The ‘non-closure’ case Güngör Mengi Okay Gönensin Aydın Ayaydın FİKRİ AKYÜZ Doğan Medya Grubu'ndaki altı isim gidici mi?! The fundamental reality of Ergenekon by Gül, muhalif Akaydın’ı rektörlüğe atamadı Vali: Güngören bizim için bitmedi Başbakanlık'tan 'hayali konuşmalar' haberine sert tepki Ekonomi Piyasaların havası bu ay da sürer mi? Ercan Kumcu Önceliğimizi iyi tespit etmeliyiz Asım Erdilek Return of political stability enables revival of economic reform Güngör Uras Maliyetler tırmanışa geçti fiyat artışları devam edecek Enflasyondaki başarımızı şirket batışlarıyla ölçelim Deniz Gökçe Enflasyonda aslında sürpriz yok! İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Enflasyonun yükselişi önlenemiyor Olimpiyat ekonomisi Varsayımlar ve faiz patikası |
H4 New York Times As Iraq Surplus Rises, Little Goes Into Rebuilding Soaring oil prices will leave the Iraqi government with a budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year’s end, according to a new report. Lower Oil Prices Ignite Big Rally; Dow Is Up by 331 Oil prices touched a three-month low, sending stocks soaring, while the Fed decided to keep its key rate steady to bolster the economy. Economists Plumb the Depths of the Downturn Text: Fed’s Statement | Big-Dollar Donors Are Major Force in Obama Campaign Barack Obama’s campaign cites its volume of small donations, but a third of his record haul has come from donations of $1,000 and up Town in China Returns to Normal a Day After a Bold Attack Kills 16 Policemen Iraqi Troops Say Army Is Willing, but Not Ready, to Fight Alone Scientist Tied to Al Qaeda Is Ordered Held Without Bail THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The three phrases of climate change are easy to learn. The first is: “Just a few years ago ...” MAUREEN DOWD McCain’s Green-Eyed Monster Not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy. Will Little Havana Go Blue? By David Rieff Polluted, Polite, With a Chance of Rain By EDUARDO PORTER Despite China’s track record of controlling its people, it’s having a harder time making the elements behave. China’s Gold Rush In China, sports schools now train thousands of professional athletes with Olympic gold as the ultimate goal. | H5 Washington Post A Ragtag Pursuit of the Taliban U.S. Effort to Train Afghans as Counterinsurgency Force Is Far From Finished Iran Seeks Details on Nuclear Offer Western Countries Say That Tehran's Response Is Evasive Iraq Banks Billions in Surpluses, GAO Says Nation's Oil Revenue Rising Sharply While U.S. Funds Reconstruction Projects Obama Links McCain to Administration China's Uighurs Wary, Worried After Attack Anthrax Suspect's Distress Detailed As FBI Closed In, Ivins Sought Help With Addiction, Scientist Says White House Denies Author's Accusations of Document Forgery Motorcade Map Found In Teen Bomb Suspect's House Expanding Probe Uncovers Camp David Layout, Fake IDs Obama's Pitch to Hit By Harold Meyerson On globalization and investment, Obama is declining to swing at hanging curve balls. Faith's Real Riches By Michael Gerson, The belief that God wants worldly treasure for his followers faces a large theological challenge. Editorial Tapping Tired Wells Barack Obama's new energy platform includes a pair of dubious planks Political Perils of a 'Big Sort'? By Robert J. Samuelson, Passionate partisanship is causing Americans self-segregate into lifestyle ghettos. Crude Campaigning By Ruth Marcus, McCain and Obama have been trading dubious claims on oil. Disaster Lessons By John Holmes When the next challenge comes, we must be better prepared and must cooperate as an international community. FBI to Show How Genetics Led to Anthrax Researcher Mourners Pay Respects to Solzhenitsyn Though Thousands View Writer's Body, National Grief Isn't Apparent in Russia Pakistani Woman Faces Assault Charges U.S.-Educated Scientist Accused of Attacking American Troops, Agents in Afghanistan | H6 Guardian Dangerous delaying tactics Editorial: Exact terms of Iran's reply to package of incentives it was offered to stop enriching uranium are not known Iran buys time on nuclear demands Sanctions include discouraging government export credits to finance trade with Iran, and cargo inspection Mahdi army told to lay down arms Militia group behind much of the violence since 2003 will disarm and become political organisation Take Two Iraq: Has the troop surge worked? The lies of Hiroshima live on, props in the war crimes of the 20th century John Pilger: The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims' names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East A very British way to choose a ruler - down at one's club Simon Jenkins: Miliband has staked his claim to replace Brown. His fate will be decided not by voters, however, but by cabal and clique Scribe of the gulag Anne Applebaum: It wasn't Solzhenitsyn's personality that forced people to question their values, but his words China's separatists planning more attacks Local communist party vows to fight jihadists intent on more violent attacks in the country during the games Going for the gold in Beijing - literally Muhammad Cohen: Forget personal glory, national pride and even human rights. This year's Olympic games are all about money The world's media: pulling out of Israel? Seth Freedman: The Jerusalem Post's readers may have reacted with glee, but no news on Palestine is bad news for Israelis Pollution over Beijing? It's only mist Air quality in city remains big cause for concern three days before start of 2008 Olympics Mystery woman linked to al-Qaida Mother of three in court after five-year disappearance ends in Afghanistan amid conflicting claims Asia's growing wealth gap puts children at risk United Nation children's agency say 2.5 million child deaths, almost third globally, was in India and China |
H7 Return to a Regional Conference on Mideast Peace By: Carlo Strenger | The Daily Star The last 15 years have shown that neither Israel nor the Palestinians can reach peace on their own, each for complex internal and external reasons. My claim is that only a permanent, internationally sponsored regional peace conference can unfreeze the deadlock Iran is part of the solution in Iraq, not the problem By Reza Molavi Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Iranian Bomb — I suggested that the world could live with it … Al Awsat The Murder of Syria's Top Security Adviser Behind the Scenes of Al-Assad's Visit to Iran An Important Moment in Iraq - Peter Wehner, Commentary Tom Engelhardt on why the US (probably) won't attack Iran UPI Outside View: De-mythologizing the surge Daily Star Behind the Scenes of Al-Assad's Visit to Iran GAO: Iraq's oil profits huge as U.S. bears reconstruction load in oil prices and is well-positioned financially to shoulder a greater share of its own economic and security needs, the GAO reported Tuesday. Yet Iraqi government expenditures have declined since 2005, even as the U.S. Congress has appropriated roughly $48 billion since 2003 for efforts to stabilize and reconstruct the invaded nation Deciphering Iran By: Hussein Shobokshi | Asharq Alawsat Fighting in Lebanon's Tripoli Could Play into Syrian Hands By: Simon Roughneen | World Politics Review Syria's Comeback, Lebanon's Independence By: Rami Naser | The Daily Star Who Killed Syrian General? - Hannah Strange (Times-UK) US distractions let in 'foes' | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq BBC Iran ambiguous on nuclear offer Iran says it has sent a message to the EU, but not a response to the latest proposals on its nuclear programme. Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue Iraq's oil profits huge while U.S. shoulders reconstruction, GAO says US Air Force Think Tank Warns Against Attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities Syrian General's Slaying Raises Questions (View Article) Iranian Press Menu 5 Aug 08 (View Article) Al-Asad's Iran Visit Response to Reported Tension in Ties - Syrian "Sources" (View Article) Iranian "Source" Cited on Syrian President's "Very Important" Visit to Tehran (View Article) London-Based Daily Reports on "Mysterious" Killing of Syrian Security Adviser (View Article) Leader of US-Allied Sunni Group Killed in Iraq Iraq MPs Still at Odds Over Provincial Elections Law Iran's Majles Confirms All Three of Ahmadinejad’s Ministerial Candidates Iran, Iraq Ink Customs Deal (View Article) US: Iran reaction to nuclear offer not acceptable (View Article) Iran keeps everyone guessing on deadline New Iraq Operation Gets Surprise Support Iraq's projected $80 billion surplus stirs anger on Hill Author claims White House knew Iraq had no WMD Rafsanjani: Iran Beginning Work on Nuclear Fusion (MEMRI) Secret pact? Was there a deal to keep the British out of the Basra battle? | H9 Ha’aretz – IAF: Hezbollah missile threat may affect Israeli flights over Lebanon Melman ANALYSIS / Iran's real nuclear tactic is to keep buying time ANALYSIS / This time around, Hezbollah aims higher Israeli overflights of its northern neighbor now threaten to become main point of Israel-Hezbollah friction. Avineri Only the June 4, 1967 lines Israel's willingness to withdraw to the international border is based on its view that the Mandate border with Syria was legitimate. But for Syria, this is an imperialist border PA: Mofaz as head of Kadima would be disaster for peace Officials say continuation of peace process based on Tzipi Livni winning the primary. Congress likely to see record number of Jewish legislators Benziman Who is the fairest of them all? Kadima is a caricature of a party, not a political organization with roots in Israeli society, and its leadership race is revolving solely around government offices and senior civil service jobs. Israel looking for leader and agenda, but finds neither Six powers meet to discuss tougher sanctions on Iran Pentagon: We thought engineer was Israeli spy because he's a Jew Barak: If you miss Gaza raids, don't worry - they'll come Settler group planning to reestablish Gaza bloc Jerusalem Post Security cabinet to discuss 'new reality' created in Lebanon Discussion prompted by Lebanese cabinet policy statement giving Hizbullah the right of "resistance" to "liberate Lebanese territories Lebanon tipping-point? Responsible actors in the int'l community must act to close the spigot spewing weapons into Lebanon. US threatens to punish Iran's 'delay' Israel worried by slow pace of new sanctions, but stresses importance of united and tough message View from America: Does Israel need 'tough love?' [ JONATHAN TOBIN Washington Watch: Waltz of the lame ducks [ DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD Return to Gaza [ MICHAEL FREUND IAF receives electro-optic system New 'Sniper' unveiled after air defense forces were put on alert over 5,000 times in 2007. A Trojan horse in the Jordan Valley [ LARA FRIEDMAN AND HAGIT OFRAN, Right of Reply: Peeling the myths off Saudi Arabia [ TANYA CARIINA HSU, Yedioth Ahronoth US patience thins on Iran Message to Syria, Iran/ Ben-Yishai Israel will not accept deployment of advanced anti-aircraft systems by Hizbullah Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Forward With Olmert on His Way Out, Israelis Wonder: Who Will Lead Next? Political suicide, Palestinian style By Rami G. Khouri Fanning the Poisonous Airs of Nationalism By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe Violence Dashes Hopes for Palestinian State - Jason Koutsoukis (Sydney Morning Herald-Australia) How to Get the World to Hate Israel - Richard L. Cravatts Hamas-Fatah Unity "a Necessity" Now That They Both Strike Deals With Israel (View Article) Bush's doomed Mideast peace efforts PRESIDENT BUSH does not seem to know it yet, but his peace plan for the Middle East is moribund. That is my chief impression from a recent three-month journey through the troubled region. A viable Palestinian state will not exist by the time Bush leaves office. Nor will one exist, probably, in the predictable future - not least because of ... (By Edward R.F. Sheehan, Boston Globe) |
H10 Christian Science Monitor Iran sanctions likely to rise as election issue Tehran dismisses latest UN offer on nuclear program, prolonging the debate over more sanctions. Presidential energy pledges: We've heard them before Presidents have made promises about energy for almost 35 years. Calling it a 'war' is a boon to terrorist recruiters. By Seth G. Jones and Martin C. Libicki America, take notice: a 'change' president – in France Sarkozy is delivering on his promise to break with the past. Could Obama's rise signal the end of black victimology? If so, it's not good for Jesse Jackson, but it's great for America. Business Week, a look at why India will beat China. Bloody Border Attack Draws Focus on Uighurs By: David R. Sands | The Washington Times Pakistani Forces Kill 94 Militants in 5-Day Swat Valley Battle By: Ed Johnson | Bloomberg News China a great power? Then make a deal with the Dalai Lama Weekly Standard A Dangerous Neighbor How Pakistan's deterioration harms Afghanistan. China tries to put its best face forward President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao have launched the largest personnel reform scheme of the Communist Party in China in over a decade in an attempt to halt the recent spate of potentially disastrous "mass incidents". The aim in raising the quality of the "servants of the masses" is to improve communication with peasants and workers who have grievances - as well as to present a new face of China to the world. - Willy Lam China's Summer of Living Dangerously By: Ullrich Fichtner | Der Spiegel The Chinese Communist regime's had planned to stage the 2008 Olympic Games as a triumphant celebration of itself as a model of success. But anyone traveling through the country's provinces will encounter a crumbling realm threatened by forces released by its economic boom US Frustrated by Taliban Resilience China's Tell-Nothing Ethos By: Andrew J. Nathan | Slate Three Olympic Events to Characterize China By: Tom Plate | The Japan Times No matter how dense the air pollution in Beijing, it can't possibly be thick enough to block the political reality from the eye of the world's media. | EUROPE European press review Is the Middle East Europe`s Business? Ghassan Salame Allies Say Germany is 'Wobbly' on Pressuring Iran (View Article) Sarkozy's New Priorities By: Sam Hicks | Diplomatic Courier France accused over Rwanda genocide Rwanda's government accuses France of playing an active role in the 1994 genocide, in which about 800,000 were killed. Rwandan Genocide: Commission Publishes Allegations Against France | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered state officials to stop "terrorizing" business, just days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin did just that -- issuing a broadside against coal and steel giant Mechel. Does this very public disagreement signal a looming Medvedev-Putin schism and a political crisis? More Google News Azerbaijan Solzhenitsyn and the Struggle for Russia's Soul | Stratfor Few signs of progress on Putin's $6 billion Far East project Russia: ideology as mash-up, Evgeny Morozov Alexander Solzhenitsyn: the line within , Roger Scruton Solzhenitsyn's tarnished legacy WHEN I FIRST heard of Alexander Solzhenitsyn during my childhood in the Soviet Union, he was the officially reviled author of forbidden books. To my anticommunist parents and their friends, he was a hero who had challenged the leviathan of the Soviet state and told the truth about its crimes. Today, nearly 20 years after the collapse of communism, Solzhenitsyn ... (By Cathy Young, Boston Globe) Kazakhstan: Astana Aims to Become World’s Top Uranium Producer Kazakhstan may have relinquished its arsenal of nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it is seeking to expand its role in a variety of atomic energy-related fields. The country hopes to outstrip rivals Canada and Australia next year to become the world’s biggest uranium producer. EDM GAZPROM’S EUROPEAN EXPANSION DILEMMA Tiny Rebel Region Brings Russia and Georgia to Brink of War |
Negotiating deals is a legitimate part of any military strategy. But hey must be made at the right time and with the right people General's killing severs Hezbollah link Brigadier General Mohammed Suleiman was said to have been the liaison officer between the Assad regime and Hezbollah White House 'buried Iraq WMD intelligence' Tony Blair passed on British intelligence before Iraq invasion that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction British commanders 'wanted to storm Basra' British and Iraqi commanders' troop-surge plan to rid Basra of Shia militia extremists was vetoed by the Iraqi Prime Minister China's New Frontier The desperation and violence lurking under the surface in Xinjiang 'Al-Qaeda woman' faces charges in US court Aafia Siddiqui said to have been arrested in Afghanistan carrying chemicals and information on biological weapons How Mao led China to humiliation The small dramas of the Olympics are tending to overshadow the historic event they symbolise Wall Street Journal Moqtada Packs It In The good news keeps coming in Iraq. The Green Hornet A Cheney Snub? Stocks Rally on Oil, Fed Signals Plunging oil prices and reassuring signals from the Federal Reserve combined to spur hopes that the worst could be over for stocks, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its sharpest one-day gain since April 1. | H14 Financial Times Welcome to a world of diminished expectations The ancient Greeks knew hubris to be one sin the gods will punish. When the British prime minister announced ‘the end of boom and bust’, Jove must have checked his thunderbolts, writes Willem Buiter Arrests in Syria follow murder of general Authorities act after the assassination of Mohammed Suleiman, a senior military adviser to the president, whose death rekindles talk of splits in Damascus’s ruling circle Big six to discuss next Iran move Senior officials from six big powers will hold a conference call today to discuss Iran's response to a recent initiative aimed at negotiating an end to the country's... Blow to Ahmadi-Nejad as moderates head economy and interior ministries The Big Freeze Part 3 – The economy Central banks are pursuing policies that make little sense in aggregate Politics and petrol Forget Iraq, forget global warming. The soaring price of oil, and the cost of filling a car with petrol, has concentrated the minds of US voters Obama running mate could come from ‘left field’ A straw poll of Barack Obama staff members and Democrats close to the campaign suggests that five or six names recur on the Illinois senator’s short list for a running mate The lost cause of China’s Uighurs Xinjiang is more like Tibet than a terrorist problem. But if Beijing continues its bulldozer approach to minorities, it could incite jihadism British troops set sights on role in Iraq The UK has begun negotiations with Baghdad on a long-term military commitment that officials say could leave significant numbers of troops in the country beyond next year Talks open on future role of troops in Iraq Tehran poised to restart nuclear talks The world’s big powers have been told to expect a response from Iran that sets out an initiative designed to restart negotiations over its nuclear programme Inflation fears persist as Fed holds rates The Federal Reserve pushed back the horizon for possible rate increases by acknowledging continuing risks to growth, but emphasised that inflation risks were “also of significant concern Comment: Democrats can cash in on public anger at Congress The clash of egos and bickering, the partisan stalemate and its overall messiness contrast with the needs of the people, writes James Thurber The return of the Nixonian campaign GDP cut holds up German recovery German output contracted by 1% cent in the second quarter, twice as fast as economists were anticipating and the clearest sign to date that Germany’s robust recovery is coming to an end The principles of sound regulation Henry Kaufman on revamping financial regulation Democrats can cash in on public anger at Congress Voters are tired of bickering, says James Thurber Accounting rules for public duty and private failure John Kay on government of obligations Only free trade can guarantee food security Christopher Haskins warns against protectionism Eleven charged over ID theft ring US prosecutors said they had charged 11 people in connection with a hacking ring that allegedly stole and sold more than 40m credit and debit card numbers from nine US retailers in what could be the country’s biggest identity theft case | H15 Los Angeles Times A boon for Pickens, not for America By Gal Luft Editorial |
Obama leads McCain nationally in AP-Ipsos poll New poll shows Obama losing support among young, women Bayh: Obama hasn't asked me to join ticket Why Obama Should Name His Cabinet Now McCain ad pushes independence, distance from Bush (View Article) Pick a poll: Obama's losing in one, leading in the other Obama, the Postmodernist - Jonah Goldberg, USA Today realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Michael Grunwald / Time: The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke — How out of touch is Barack Obama? He's so out of touch that he suggested that if all Americans inflated their tires properly and took their cars for regular tune-ups, they could save as much oil as new offshore drilling would produce Opinion: Obama joins McCain in offshore drilling flip-flop Follow this dime A vast machinery built for the US's protection has been re-engineered into a device for its exploitation, with the workings of the free market boring ever deeper into the tissues of the state. This is the essence of Washington's past eight years, and one of the true marvels of history: democracy buried beneath an avalanche of money. - Thomas Frank NYT: Big donors are the key to Obama's record haul... Running mate could be surprise... Cheney not expected to attend GOP convention... | H17 Daily Telegraph Barack Obama becalmed Obama's European grand-standing hasn't gone down well with blue-collar voters in middle America. Browne in political row over 'secret deal' in Basra Des Browne has faced questions over claims that a "deal" with an Iraqi militia group prevented British forces fighting insurgents. Iran suspends execution by stoning Human rights activists have grown increasingly worried over the past year at the high number of executions and other brutal forms of punishment. | H18 Independent Unmanned spy planes to police Britain The Government is drawing up plans to use unmanned "drone" aircraft currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to counter terrorism and aid police operations in Britain Rupert Cornwell: Cool guy, Barack. But could he be too cool for US voters? |
H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Accused Al Qaeda sleeper agent in custody Trial could bring US closer to closing Guantanamo (AP) Let Gates sort out intelligence mess Government 2.0: An Insider’s Perspective Glenn Greenwald / Salon: UPDATE: FBI used aggressive tactics in anthrax probe... Pentagon to test unclassified FBI-operated intelligence database | H20 Slate On the Front Lines of the Global Food Crisis Today's revolutionaries fight water scarcity and pesticide poisoning. What might the new populist protest in China portend? | H21 Should Chess Be an Olympic Sport? Visiting Harvard to teach is like visiting Disney World. The magic dust induces a light narcosis. The mind goes incontinent... more» ... more» ... more» How Kafka-esque is Kafka? The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation. |
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