| H1 Financial Times Wall Street banks fight for life Wall Street was in turmoil on Sunday night as Merrill Lynch found shelter in a $44bn takeover by Bank of America and Lehman Brothers headed towards filing for bankruptcy. The Federal Reserve is making it easier for financial institutions to access Fed liquidity by easing terms on its borrowing facilities and accepting a much wider range of assets as collateral Full coverage: Crisis on Wall Street WSJ Wall Street Crisis as Lehman Totters Lehman faces the possibility of liquidation and Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America on a day in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to its core. The federal government's refusal to provide support to potential Lehman buyers prompted Barclays and Bank of America to walk away from talks Wall Street Journal Wall Street Reckoning
Can the system survive without another bailout? Roubini If Lehman collapses expect a run on all of the other broker dealers and the collapse of the shadow banking system IHTNYT Frantic day on Wall Street as banks teeter Merrill Lynch agreed Sunday to sell itself to Bank of America for about $50 billion, while Lehman Brothers headed toward bankruptcy. Boston Globe Democracy on the wane In country after country, democratic reforms are in retreat. The surprising culprit: the middle class. (By Joshua Kurlantzick, Boston Globe) Obama's Worldview Closer to Reality - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek Washington Post Bush's Overseas Policies Begin Resembling Obama's Barack Obama contends that a John McCain presidency would amount to little more than President Bush's third term. But as it turns out, an Obama presidency might look a bit like Bush's second. Writers Posit That Foreign Policy Could Be a Bush Legacy The Battle For Hope In Iraq By Fred Hiatt, It's thanks to Bush's national security adviser that the next president will take office with at least a prospect of success in Iraq. A Mideast Crisis to Avert By Dennis Ross, Condoleezza Rice is focusing on the wrong problem Guardian This is not a cold war Fareed Zakaria: History doesn't repeat itself. It only seems to do so to people who don't know the details Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the world's most dangerous city Pakistani chiefs threaten to join Taliban US warned of uprising if armed incursions continue as new counter-terror policy backfires An Afghan 'October Surprise'? - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times US Moving Closer to Iran Blockade MESH The first 100 days (1)
Independent on Sunday Iraq: Violence is down – but not because of America's 'surge'
The Endgame in Iraq - J. Keane, F. Kagan & K. Kagan, Weekly Standard
Ha’aretz – Olmert: There's no such thing as 'Greater Israel' anymore US to Sell Israel New Bunker-Buster Bombs Deal for 1,000 smart bombs approved despite U.S. reservations about possible Israeli strike on Iran Abbas to Haaretz: We will compromise on refugees The world after the Caucasus war , Rein Müllerson Russia's way: the Putin factor, Dmitri Travin NYT Editorial Not Safe Enough If President Bush truly wants to keep America safe, then why hasn’t his administration enforced a comprehensive national security strategy? THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Making America Stupid Unless we make America the country most able to innovate, compete and win in the age of globalization, our leverage in the world will continue to slowly erode. With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Rise Sharply Sales of weapons to foreign governments have risen to more than $32 billion, up from $12 billion in 2005. 'The Limits of Power' Andrew J. Bacevich plays the prophet for a fat, self-indulgent America. Washington Post Editorial The War in Pakistan U.S. attacks on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets are risky -- and necessary Stopping At Nothing To Win By David Ignatius OUR MAIN MAN IN BAGHDAD He Came, He Cut Deals, He (May) Conquer By Linda Robinson, Democrats and Republicans are both peddling their own story about Iraq's extraordinary turnaround -- and both are wrong This Time, Things Are Looking Up By John A. Nagl, The war is far from won, but the way ahead is becoming clea Power Barometer: Pipeline Politics in Russia Quagmire, Phase 2: The Invasion of Pakistan by William Pfaff Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan and the U.S. -- The Crisis Begins Russia: The Challenges of Modernizing the Military IRAN, ISRAEL: Locked in potentially deadly dance
Los Angeles Times A year on, Israel still won't discuss Syria strike TPM US Policy, Obama, and The Hebrew Republic IHT GEORGIA'S FUTURE What the West wants By DENIS CORBOY, WILLIAM COURTNEY, AND KENNETH YALOWITZ The current crisis involving Russia, Georgia and the West should not be an excuse for arrogance and abuse of power in Tbilisi. Ex-Minister: Saakashvili 'Planned South Ossetia Invasion' RFERL Next In Line? Possible Successors Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili won the right to a five-year term in early presidential elections in January 2008. But Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's recent likening of Saakashvili to a "political corpse" has fueled speculation the Georgian leader may serve only a fraction of that time. Who are his likely successors Daily Star Israel's multiple personalities are too much for the region to bear The US should accept that its Iraq time is up By Geoffrey Aronson Sunday Timers Sarah Palin: the most underqualified vice-president ever? By Andrew Sullivan Marwan Muasher The Arab Centre: The promise of moderation Daily Star The valor and failures of the 'Arab center' By Rami G. Khouri It's unwise to poke an angry bear in Ukraine By F. Stephen Larrabee Not Just A Rigmarole
Asharq Alawsat By Amir Taheri Newsweek Is Pakistan Helping the Taliban? MESH ‘After Bush’ symposium at Harvard
Russia and a New Democratic Realism Christian Science Monitor As peace talks sputter, Israelis and Palestinians eye Plan B Forming a single binational state is among the alternatives being raised to the two-state solution. Raids into Pakistan: What U.S. authority? Bush's orders to send special forces after Taliban militants have roots in previous presidencies. With pope's visit, Sarkozy challenges French secularism French politicians don't talk about faith openly. But President Sarkozy wants a more open discussion of the role of religion. An innovation nation once more To compete globally, the US workforce needs presidential leadership to bolster math, science, and engineering education. Russia takes a bite out of state sovereignty The real clash with Georgia is sovereignty vs. self-determination. By Mackubin Thomas Owens FT Democratic activists should stop digging If Barack Obama loses this election to John McCain, history will point to August 29 as the moment when Mr McCain announced Sarah Palin would be his running-mate and when livid Democrats gravely harmed their candidate’s prospects, writes Clive Crook ‘Damascus spring’ fades from memory Syria has enjoyed a remarkable recent turnround on the diplomatic front, but activists say people continue to be detained and that little has changed on human rights US in Pakistan: 'The Gloves Have Come Off' US Army General Warns Pakistan of 'New Kind of War' The Asquith Analogy: Georgia Is the New Belgium by Daniel Koffler Seeing Iranian Gains in the Caucasus - Council on Foreign Relations
Oil's Trouble Spots - Council on Foreign Relations
Riedel: US Needs to Tread Carefully in Pakistan - Council on Foreign Relations Slate The Sorrow and the Pity When it comes to foreign policy, Sarah Palin doesn't know what she's talking about. Fred Kaplan George W. Palin Sarah Palin may not know the Bush Doctrine, but she sure sounds like Bush.
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| McClatchy Armenia: Obscur issue could challenge a President Obama If Obama wins, he'll face tremendous pressure from the State Department, the Pentagon, and other countries -- and maybe even his own advisers -- to back away from emphatic endorsement of language that Turks perpetrated a genocide against Armenians during the last century Washington Post Strip of Iraq 'on the Verge of Exploding'Kurds Extend Role Beyond Autonomous Borders, Angering Arabs Stratfor Turkey: Energy Cooperation With Armenia and Azerbaijan? ABD Genelkurmay Başkanı'yla Boğazları konuştu Der Spiegel Caucasus Crisis: Turkey Walks a Tightrope Between Russia and the West RFERL Lousy Timing Could Overshadow Turkey's Logical Caucasus Solution BY LIZ FULLER Ankara Warming Up to Tehran Passenger ferry sinks in Turkey
A ferry carrying about 100 people sinks off Turkey's north-western coast, leaving at least one person dead and dozens missing Gurbetçiler İçin Yeni Strateji Türk Hükümeti, gurbetçilerin yurt içi ve dışında karşılaştıkları sorunlarının çözümüne yönelik bir strateji planı hazırladı US Adm. Mullen visiting Turkey at critical time Caucasian conflict improves Russia-Turkey relations Iran's Azerbaijan to Start Cooperation with Iraqi Kurdistan EDM TURKEY LAUNCHES KARABAKH PEACE INITIATIVE
Mullen ile 1 saat görüştü Ingmar Karlsson: Lack of constructive opposition most crucial problem in Turkey Troyka’nın gündemi reform ve Kafkasya 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 Many of Iraq's Big Dilemmas Are Now Colliding in Kirkuk Guardian Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the world's most dangerous city Kurdish dissidents call for world support (UPI) -- The militant Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan, PJAK, called on the international community to stand in solidarity against the torture of its members by Iran. Powder Keg: Kurds in Iraq encroach on Arab enclaves American Thinker Cevdet Aşkın Turkey’s AKP faces tough choice between Kurdish votes, terror fight Turkey Confronts Issues In Kurdish Areas Kurds Cited for Iraq Expansion (View Article) Turkish FM Says Fifth Round of Israel-Syria Talks May Be Held 18-19 September Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
A battleground for fierce media wars Semih İdiz Ermenilerden özür dilenebilir Türkiye'nin bölgedeki hamleleri BM'de elini güçlendirdi Turkey's pro-business stand outweighs benefits of trade wars Turkey heads to EU, what about CHP and MHP? CENGİZ AKTAR Ermenistan meselesinde yol almak EU-skeptic CHP, MHP losing their right to criticize TURKEY: CAUCASUS CRISIS LEAVES ANKARA TORN BETWEEN US AND RUSSIA
EurasiaNet – US not likely to welcome Turkey as mediator between Armenian and ...
PanARMENIAN.Net İhsan Dağı Will the Turkish military abandon NATO? Kadri Gürsel Vazoyu kırmamak için Kosova dersleri Barış üçgeni: Ermenistan Türkiye Azerbaycan
Ariana Ferentinou A struggle for the future of Cyprus
Cyprus Mail KÜRŞAT BUMİN
Hatıralarının 'şen' olduğunda ısrar mı edilecek? Doğu Ergil Opening doors and hearts (2) Ardan Zentürk ‘Totaliter demokrasi...’ Mümkün mü Ingmar Karlsson: Lack of constructive opposition most crucial ... Turkish economy falls far behind EU economic criteria Hasan Kanbolat Progressive-looking reactionary Survey reveals Turkey a loner, summit disagrees ÖMER TAŞPINAR
Demokratlar depresyonda
Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Bizden niye nefret ediyorlar? Amerikan Kongresi'nde iftar huzuru Kıbrıs ve İngiltere
Ada'daki İngiliz üsleri kapatılabilir mi? Lord David Hannay'e sorduk. Koç Üniversitesi Harvard'ın mezun bağış sistemini getiriyor Revelation Road Washington Post With more biblical sites than anywhere outside of Israel, Turkey's spiritual tourism leads travelers and pilgrims to its ruins Orhan Pamuk’un aşkı Deniz Gökçe
“Dürüst” insanlar nasıl “hile” yapar? Türk vurguncu FBI'yı şoke etti: Akıl ötesi The Rushdie effect Türk polisinden Europol'a hacker brifingi Sosyalizm’den Nasyonal Sosyalizm’e Doğu Perinçek’in yol haritası! | H3 Kavganın sebebi Doğan'ın müdürleri Patronlar akıllı olur Kanuni hakları dışında bir şey isteyen namerttir Parties to draft constitution without CHP Ergenekon'dan karargâhta gazetecilere brifing Ertuğrul Özkök'ü çılgına çeviren yazı Erdoğan’ın hedefi yine Doğan Grubu Gül: Enerjimizi kavgaya harcamalayım Erdoğan'dan CHP'ye yanıt: İspatlayamayan şerefsizdir Aydın Doğan, Başbakan'a gazete yöneticilerini şikâyet etmiş: Ben bu adamlarla baş edemiyorum ‘Ar damarın çatladıysa ben ne yapayım?’ Baykal'dan Gül'e: Sayın Cumhurbaşkanı'mız Baykal-Gül samimiyeti Esrarengiz Yarbay'ın Ergenekon itirafları Eskişehir olmuş Paris, Londra! Şener'den hükümete çağrı ’Dersimiz iftira değil’ dedi yine Doğan’a çattı Fırat: Doğan basını silah yaptı Bandırma’da Ro-Ro gemisi battı Ekranda duygu sömürüsü yapıp yardım topladılar
4. Erdoğan ‘Sen kim oluyorsun’ diyor ama IPI, BM ve AB’ye danışmanlık yapıyor Cuntacılar, ASALA ve PKK ile mücadele için cezaevinden adam toplamış Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye Cengiz Çandar Türkiye'nin Batılılığının MR'ı Ahmet Taşgetiren • Ama sevgili dostlar... ( 13.09.2008 ) Ruşen - Çakır Erdoğan’ın kısa tarihi: Medya ona, o medyaya vurdukça büyüdü Taha Akyol Otoriter mizaç Fikret Bila Bir haftalık beklenti boşa çıktı Hasan Cemal Murat Yetkin Ergenekon iddianamesindeki MİT yazısı Ergenekon iddianamesindeki MİT yazısı (2) İsmet Berkan Gaziantep’e raylı sistem Fehmi Koru Medya icat oldu... Taha Kıvanç Patronlar akıllı olur Sedat Ergin SAYIN BAŞBAKAN BİRAZ AYIP OLUYOR Şamil Tayyar Kriz koordinatları ve merkez üssü Başbakan ne yapıyor?
TARHAN ERDEM Mehmet Altan Başbakan’ın iki konuşması daha vardı Mustafa Kibaroğlu Başbakan’la düello Nasuhi Güngör Erdoğan güç sarhoşu mu? Ali Bayramoğlu Yasemin Çongar Ertuğrul Özkök Ahmet Hakan Hangisi daha iyi medya patronu M Ali Birand Cüneyt Ülsever Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Despotizm Özdemir İnce Mehmet Y Yılmaz AKP medyasına uyarımdır! İsmail Küçükkaya
İktidar yıpranmasına karşı ne yapmalı? Sabahattin Önkibar İşte Başbakan'ın Doğan'ı hedef alma gerekçeleri Mustafa AKYOL The protocols of the learned elders of globalization Küreselleşme komplosunun merkezinden haberler Ekrem Dumanlı Yanlış hesap, yanlış söylem İhsan Yılmaz Brotherhoods in Turkey Fatih Altaylı Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ'a açık mektup Ali Bulaç Sekülerlik üzerine! Şahin Alpay How to improve the Turkish media Şükrü Küçükşahin Aptal değil de saf olmasın Fatih Çekirge Adaları iste böyle görüyorlar MUHARREM SARIKAYA ERDAL ŞAFAK Şimdilik... ENGİN ARDIÇ Battı batıyor
ERGUN BABAHAN EMRE AKÖZ Umur Talu HAKAN ALBAYRAK
Deniz Feneri YUSUF KAPLAN
Sadece iç dinamikler mi? [CAFE CAPITAL] The left’s Sept. 12 mentality hinders drafting of democratic constitution
Bazı bakanlar hükümet programını ya okumamış ya da desteklemiyor... HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Anadolu-İstanbul meydan muharebesi NAZLI ILICAK MEHMET BARLAS Bu kavganın galibi olmaz, sadece vatandaş darbe yer...
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Yolsuzluğa sıkı takip Yavuz Baydar Press freedom hostage of political power and media owners MAHMUT ÖVÜR Bülent Keneş Doğan-Erdoğan row dates back to the 1970s YAVUZ DONAT Konumuz medya ve... Huzurunuzda "4 yazar" TAMER KORKMAZ Restleşmeye devam… Ferai Tınç Sorgusuz sualsiz 12 Eylül Ve Ağustos manzaraları Mehmet Altan Başbakan’ın konuşması
Ekonomi ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Finansal piyasalarda vade ve veda Hasan Ersel Büyümedeki sorunlar dikkatli incelenmeli Ercan Kumcu Cari açıkta son eğilimler Erdal Sağlam Bağımsız kurumlar bunlar olmasın diye kurulmuştu Güngör Uras Ekonomi nereye gidiyor? [AMERİKAN MERKEZ BANKASI BAŞKANI ZOR DURUMDA] Sultan Bernanke ve yeniçeri OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
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| Jittery Road Ahead Wall Street and the federal government faced off over the weekend, raising worries of a sell-off when markets open on Monday Nation’s Financial Industry Gripped by Fear Fear and greed are the stuff that Wall Street is made of. But inside the great banking houses, those high temples of capitalism, fear came to the fore this weekend. ROGER COHENPremiumize or Perish In today’s world, your identity is defined less by what you think than by what you buy, even in a recession. Editorial Not Safe Enough If President Bush truly wants to keep America safe, then why hasn’t his administration enforced a comprehensive national security strategy? THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Making America Stupid Unless we make America the country most able to innovate, compete and win in the age of globalization, our leverage in the world will continue to slowly erode. With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Rise Sharply Sales of weapons to foreign governments have risen to more than $32 billion, up from $12 billion in 2005. By ANDREW J. BACEVICH
Reviewed by JONATHAN TEPPERMAN Andrew J. Bacevich plays the prophet for a fat, self-indulgent America. We May Miss Kim Jong-il (and Maybe Musharraf) By DAVID E. SANGER Washington rethinks how Pakistan and North Korea might lose control of nukes. FRANK RICH The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket The cunning of the Palin choice is that a candidate who embodies fear of change can be sold as a “maverick” because she looks the part. Are We Experienced? People whose résumés overlap with the presidential candidates’ explain how their jobs would come in handy in the White House Reflections: New Orleans and China By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF America has missed an opportunity to reimagine an urban area at a time when China has proved that no project is impossible. Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes Gov. Sarah Palin’s visceral style and tendency to attack critics contrast with her public image, her record shows. 'The Way of the World' By RON SUSKIND
Reviewed by MICHAEL CROWLEY Ron Suskind investigates the Bush administration’s ideological approach to some frightening realities. First Chapter WILLIAM KRISTOL Both Sides Now It’s past time for such an antiestablishment awakening. If it goes too far, though, I of course reserve the right to become an antidisestablishmentarian again. Paul Krugman Financial Russian Roulette If institutions need to be rescued like banks, they should be regulated like banks — why were we so unprepared for this latest shock? By DEXTER FILKINS
Reviewed by ROBERT STONEWith the publication of Dexter Filkins’s stunning book, it seems the journals of correspondents in the Middle East will take their place as the pre-eminent record of America’s late-imperial adventures. First Chapter An Essay Adapted From ‘The Forever War’ in The Times Magazine MAUREEN DOWD Bering Straight Talk An Arctic blast of action has swept into the 2008 presidential race, making thinking passé. Presidential candidates don’t really need to think; just intimidate. Malaysian Seeks End to Decades of Firm Rule A Bomb Blast Kills an Afghan Governor and 3 Others Bomb Kills 8 Kurdish Soldiers, Inflaming an Iraqi Regional Dispute Russian Troops Take Down Some Georgia Checkpoints By ROBERT HAHN and PETER PASSELL American should shift their focus from gas prices to a more comprehensive economic framework that weighs the private benefits of drilling against the likely costs | H5 Washington Post Bush's Overseas Policies Begin Resembling Obama's Barack Obama contends that a John McCain presidency would amount to little more than President Bush's third term. But as it turns out, an Obama presidency might look a bit like Bush's second. Writers Posit That Foreign Policy Could Be a Bush Legacy The Battle For Hope In Iraq By Fred Hiatt, It's thanks to Bush's national security adviser that the next president will take office with at least a prospect of success in Iraq. A Mideast Crisis to Avert By Dennis Ross, Condoleezza Rice is focusing on the wrong problem Lehman Prepares for Bankruptcy U.S. Refuses to Put Up Public Funds; Bank's Would-Be Buyers Walk Away Reframing the Financial World's Architecture Editorial The War in Pakistan U.S. attacks on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets are risky -- and necessary Stopping At Nothing To Win By David Ignatius OUR MAIN MAN IN BAGHDAD He Came, He Cut Deals, He (May) Conquer By Linda Robinson, Democrats and Republicans are both peddling their own story about Iraq's extraordinary turnaround -- and both are wron This Time, Things Are Looking Up By John A. Nagl, The war is far from won, but the way ahead is becoming clea Power Barometer: Pipeline Politics in Russia Defending the Insiders Change in Washington? Not Without Them. By Norman J. Ornstein, We're more likely than iconoclastic outsiders to have the skills needed to effect reform The Real Russia Problem By Natan Sharansky, The threat of external aggression ultimately arises from a lack of internal freedom. A Baltic Response to the Bear By Jim Hoagland, Russia is developing a comprehensive strategy of bleeding American power around the globe. The United States must respond not at its point of greatest weakness, as the Bush administration may be tempted to do, but at its points of strength. Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink By Barton Gellman, This is the first of two stories adapted from "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press Cheney Shielded Bush From Crisis By Barton Gellman This is the second of two stories adapted from "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press Familiar Ground May Be Election's Deciding Factor By Dan Balz and Peter Slevin, When the general election began a few months ago, Barack Obama's advisers talked optimistically about dramatically redrawing the electoral map. Their optimism remains, but as the campaign heads into its final 50 days, strategists for both parties say the election is likely to be decided on mostly... Bank of America Agrees to Buy Merrill During Frenzied Weekend Obama Points to the Issues Ignore Attacks, Democrat Implores Russian Forces Leave Parts of Western Georgia Ahead of Deadline Defense Contracts Foretell Military Buildup in Afghanistan In Wake of Georgian War, Russian Media Feel Heat Gov. Palin's Interview Neither disqualifying nor reassuring, it shows the need for more exposure. LOSING ALTITUDE? The Big 'What If' The hopes of black America ride on his shoulders. But the outcome's way up in the air. By Randall Kennedy, How will black Americans react if he doesn't win? Obama Campaign Reports Raising $66 Million in August A NATION OF EXAGGERATORS Quit Doling Out That Bad-Economy Line By Donald Luskin, Things today just aren't that bad. The Next President's Due Bill By David S. Broder Every so often, reality has to intrude on politics. The candidates, of course, resent it and do their damnedest to avoid it. And those of us who make a living reporting politics are equally determined not to let the harsh truths of the outside world impinge on the "game" being played out on the... Biden Stumps in Palin's Shadow Democrats Split on Running Mate's Ability to Energize Base How Washington Failed to Rein In Fannie, Freddie As Profits Grew, Firms Used Their Power to Mask Peril The Power of Political Misinformation NASA's Star Is Fading, Its Chief Says In Leaked E-Mail, He Rails About Budgetary Tensions and Feared Rise of China | H6 Guardian This is not a cold war Fareed Zakaria: History doesn't repeat itself. It only seems to do so to people who don't know the details Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the world's most dangerous city Pakistani chiefs threaten to join Taliban US warned of uprising if armed incursions continue as new counter-terror policy backfires Barclays pulls out of Lehman rescue Bank of America begins discussions to buy Merrill Lynch after Barclays pulls out of Lehman takeover Bailout for Lehman founders on US guarantees Masters of the universe thinking the unthinkable Fears over privacy as police expand surveillance project National network of roadside cameras will 'read' 50m licence plates a day Barack is playing the incognegro, but it is not a risk-free strategy Gary Younge: Historically, there's been a last-minute swing away from black candidates by white voters. Will Obama change things? Many of these bankers are horrible people, but we will still need them Max Hastings: For years money moguls were allowed too much power. Now the excesses must be curbed, but without stifling growth Dozens arrested in Delhi bomb raids Authorities are seeking those behind blasts that left more than 20 dead and 100 injured Israel's Livni poised for top job Foreign minister tipped to become first female prime minister in more than 30 years Ministers turn up heat on Brown Ministers refuse to criticise Labour MPs who have called for contest in 'difficult political climate' Omagh bombers tracked by GCHQ Secret operation could provide vital new evidence against Real IRA, families of victims said Explainer: GCHQ monitoring Palin's travels broadened horizons Story of Sarah Palin's 'trip of a lifetime' to Kuwait and Iraq beginning to shrink under scrutiny Brussels seeks to update 12-year-old trading pact to catch up with hi-tech innovation European commission to propose modernisation of 1986 technology agreement at WTO The Observer · Now is the time to seize power from the markets Will Hutton: The financial crisis presents grave dangers for the world - but a huge opportunity for the politically bold · Forget the row about lipstick. It's Sarah Palin's politics that matter Editorial: To many Europeans, the emergence of Sarah Palin as one of the dominant forces in American politics is a cause for dismay Labour rebels demand Brown contest Dozens more urged to join co-ordinated campaign to destabilise PM and force him from office Palin uses Hillary to taunt Obama Democrats take the offensive after McCain's deputy praises 'gritty' Clinton on TV show · Many killed in Delhi bomb blasts Television footage shows bloodstained streets and the shattered remains of nearby vehicles |
| H7 Marwan Muasher The Arab Centre: The promise of moderation Daily Star The valor and failures of the 'Arab center' By Rami G. Khouri Does "Islamic Democracy" Exist? - Daniel Steinvorth and Bernhard Zand The Moral and Political Cost of Libya's Rehabilitation - David Schenker (Daily Standard) | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Iran Interested in Negotiations With US - Envoy to Bahrain US Official Says Won't Use Iraqi Soil for Attacks on Iran, Syria Tehran bustle Vibrant culture and political murmur in Iranian capital Sunni Proponent of Iraq Reconciliation Is Killed Will Iraq Squander Gains of U.S. Surge? Arab Paper: Saudi Arabia Faces Hard Choice Over Cutting Oil Output Strip of Iraq ‘on the Verge of Exploding’ Iraq PM: Bremer's Mistakes No Less Serious Than Terrorists' Crimes US Fears Iraq Security Gains Could Be Lost Saudi judge blames 'immoral TV'
Saudi Arabia's most senior judge says it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels that show 'immoral' programmes U.S. pushes foreign weapons deals to rearm Iraq, Afghanistan Former Iranian president slams Ahmadinejad Iraq's Sadr City shows signs of calm Iraq bombs target security forces At least 10 people are killed in two bomb attacks targeting security forces in Iraq, officials say. | H9 Ha’aretz – Olmert: There's no such thing as 'Greater Israel' anymore US to Sell Israel New Bunker-Buster Bombs Deal for 1,000 smart bombs approved despite U.S. reservations about possible Israeli strike on Iran Abbas to Haaretz: We will compromise on refugees Medvedev to Haaretz: Attack on Iran will endanger entire world Who is the sovereign here?There is not much point in removing roadblocks and giving incentives to the economy if at the same time there is a private body operating in the area that belittles the government and promotes its own agenda. ANALYSIS / Can Kadima survive with Shaul Mofaz as PM? Mofaz may have enough to form a government, but will Livni and Bar-On quit the party if he wins? ANALYSIS / Lebanon War diverted Olmert from goal to pull out of West Bank The premier concludes his term without realizing his vision of dividing the land with the Palestinians Dark Clouds on Israel's Horizon - Ari Shavit, Haaretz The glacier of September The attacks in the United States not only demarcated the line between Islam's central stream and its dark corners ANALYSIS / Laws of the jungle apply in the West Bank Not like the first Cold War There's a partner, but who cares?The chaos that once reigned in the West Bank's cities, villages and refugee camps has vanished, replaced by newly invigorated Palestinian security forces India seeks IDF help in Kashmir conflict According to draft of agreement, IDF commandos will train Indian counterterror forces fighting Islamists. Congress has 30 days to obstruct deal; 1,000 GPS-guided missiles could be used in case Israel decides to attack Iranian nuclear facilities. Progress on ground may be more important than speeding up talks. Yedioth Ahronoth 'Greater Israel non-existent' During cabinet meeting on evacuation-compensation bill, Olmert cautions time not on Israel's side, int'l community may push for binational state solution. Ramon: Everything east of security fence won't be under Israeli rule Marking the Oslo mistake Beyond the 1,500 ‘peace victims,’ Oslo Accords undermined Zionist vision 'Peace ultimate security' PM Olmert says Israel must advance talks with Palestinians, Syria. Peres: Iran oil funding terror The myth of al-Aqsa Mordechai Kedar argues holiness of Jerusalem to Islam has always been politically motivated Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Israel's Dark Art of Ensnaring Palestinian Collaborators by Jonathan Cook A year on, Israel still won't discuss Syria strike SundayTelegraph Israel's Livni prepared to end talks with Syria The woman who may become Israel's next PM is preparing to end peace talks with Syria over ties with Iran and Hizbollah. Likud hopes rising Israel's centre-right opposition eyes return to power Thinking Outside the Lox
By Joseph Epstein The few. The proud. The Jewish Republicans. Shaul Mofaz: How Israel's rival leaders compare ICG Round Two in Gaza
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| H10 Christian Science Monitor As peace talks sputter, Israelis and Palestinians eye Plan B Forming a single binational state is among the alternatives being raised to the two-state solution. Raids into Pakistan: What U.S. authority? Bush's orders to send special forces after Taliban militants have roots in previous presidencies. With pope's visit, Sarkozy challenges French secularism French politicians don't talk about faith openly. But President Sarkozy wants a more open discussion of the role of religion. An innovation nation once more To compete globally, the US workforce needs presidential leadership to bolster math, science, and engineering education. Russia takes a bite out of state sovereignty The real clash with Georgia is sovereignty vs. self-determination. By Mackubin Thomas Owens The Palin Doctrine She would go beyond various Bush 'doctrines' and 'do whatever it takes' against terrorists. ASIA Daily Star Now the real work begins for Pakistan's new leaders
By Ershad Mahmud A wishlist for Afghanistan Jason Burke A New Approach to All of Asia - American Enterprise Institute Asia's "Democratic Crisis" - American Enterprise Institute
DT India targeting Chinese oil supplies India's military planners are eyeing a crucial junction of the world which serves as the conduit for 80 per cent of China's imported oil. India to spend more on defence India's military spending is set to overtake Britain's present defence budget within five years NPR: Pakistan Raid Start Of Concerted Bid To Hit Al-Qaida Pakistan Pursuing Diplomacy on US Raids China`s reform as an indigenous institutional innovation Asif Ali Zardari, who was sworn in Tuesday as president of Pakistan, comes to the post with a shady past. (Boston Globe) Release the Rice (III) While the hungry suffer, Japan still sits on a mountain of imported grain The Dragon, an emerging soft colonial power | H11 IHT GEORGIA'S FUTURE What the West wants By DENIS CORBOY, WILLIAM COURTNEY, AND KENNETH YALOWITZ The current crisis involving Russia, Georgia and the West should not be an excuse for arrogance and abuse of power in Tbilisi. Moscow's bullying is Europe's problem Standing up to Russia will only work if the EU and the U.S. pool their collective leverage. NATO envoys head to Georgia to show support Defying strong opposition from Russia, the 26 ambassadors will begin a two-day visit to on Monday despite the risk of increasing tensions between the U.S.-led military alliance and the Kremlin A new voice tries to reinvent the French left Olivier Besancenot, the extremely adept leader of the hard French left, has become a beacon for disaffected young members of the Socialist Party and the remnants of the once-powerful Communists Loan for Georgia displays Asian dissatisfaction with Russia The Asian Development Bank unanimously approved a $40 million loan to Georgia at the lowest possible interest rate EUROPE European press review CSM With pope's visit, Sarkozy challenges French secularism French politicians don't talk about faith openly. But President Sarkozy wants a more open discussion of the role of religion. Romania reborn How the old ways have given way to modernity in the EU WSJ The Low Countries Take the High Road
By Eric A. Witte and Kurt Bassuener The Dutch want to stick to conditions for EU cooperation with Serbia. | H12 RFE/RL Georgian echoes How resurgent Russia affects Trans-Dniester EDM TURKEY LAUNCHES KARABAKH PEACE INITIATIVE
- RUSSIA AND OPEC--A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE OR SOMETHING WORSE?
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A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY ALEXANDER COOLEY Google News Azerbaijan Moscow Wants Arctic to Become Russia's 'Strategic Resource Base' EDM MEDVEDEV RESTRUCTURES THE INTERIOR MINISTRY
- SURPRISING AND CONTRADICTORY OPINIONS ON THE UKRAINIAN STREETS
- NAVAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN CRISIS |
| H13 The Times Labour's best hope lies with the Palin effect Gordon Brown is guilty of boring the nation. His party should look to its women to make itself interesting again William Rees-Mogg Put up or Shut Up Gordon Brown's colleagues may not have chosen this timing, but they have to decide now if they are going to back him or sack him Latin Lovers of Convenience Washington is right to shrug off Russian expeditions to the Caribbean, but it must continue to fight for free markets and democracy in South America The Palin problem Why Barack Obama needs to keep his cool Donations for Obama soar to new records Fundraising records smashed amid signs that Sarah Palin has a negative effect of mobilising Democrats against her Bank of America in talks to buy Merrill Lynch BoA’s interest in the investment bank emerged amid a weekend of turmoil for Lehman, the bank’s smaller Wall Street rival Sunday Times John le Carré: I nearly left the West The author says he was tempted to defect to the USSR during the cold war - just to find out about life behind the iron curtain John le Carré: I nearly left the West Le Carré extracted this tense episode from his new book for Sunday Times readers New London terror warning American raids on targets in Pakistan could provoke terror attacks in the capital, warns the high commissioner ANALYSIS: Playing with firepower Former president to campaign with Obama Obama team hopes the "Bubba factor" - Clinton’s appeal to white, working-class voters - will revitalise its campaign Obama camp in panic as ‘Xena’ Sarah Palin scythes through support ‘Iron Lady’ set to be Israel’s new leaderTzipi Livni is in line to become the country’s first woman prime minister since Golda Meir nearly 40 years ag Who will succeed Kim Jong Il? Kim Jong Il may now be able to brush his own teeth, but talk is turning to the odd cast of characters who may succeed him 'She's one of us': Palin wins over Obama women”In Michigan's Macomb County, Sarah Palin's entry into the presidential race seems to be having its desired effect Miliband says no need for Labour contest Cabinet heavyweights defend Gordon Brown aganst party uprising, although with varying degrees of enthusiasm Wall Street Journal Wall Street Reckoning
Can the system survive without another bailout? Paulson's Ultimatum Sparked Frantic End The government's decision to reject a bailout for Lehman touched off a nerve-wracking test of the U.S. financial system's ability to hold itself together amid the worst series of shocks it has faced in decades Wall Street Crisis as Lehman Totters Lehman faces the possibility of liquidation and Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America on a day in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to its core. The federal government's refusal to provide support to potential Lehman buyers prompted Barclays and Bank of America to walk away from talks Bush's Lonely Decision
What Woodward's book on the Iraq surge can teach Barack Obama See You Later, Speculator
So much for the conspiracy theory of high oil prices. Why Feminists Hate Sarah Palin
By Cathy Young
She has a very different definition of 'liberation. | H14 Financial Times Wall Street banks fight for life Wall Street was in turmoil on Sunday night as Merrill Lynch found shelter in a $44bn takeover by Bank of America and Lehman Brothers headed towards filing for bankruptcy. The Federal Reserve is making it easier for financial institutions to access Fed liquidity by easing terms on its borrowing facilities and accepting a much wider range of assets as collateral Full coverage: Crisis on Wall Street Democratic activists should stop digging If Barack Obama loses this election to John McCain, history will point to August 29 as the moment when Mr McCain announced Sarah Palin would be his running-mate and when livid Democrats gravely harmed their candidate’s prospects, writes Clive Crook ‘Damascus spring’ fades from memory Syria has enjoyed a remarkable recent turnround on the diplomatic front, but activists say people continue to be detained and that little has changed on human rights Temptations of a new ‘culture war’ Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running-mate Sarah Palin should fight the campaign on issues and policies Obama's party mood turns to grim defiance Stagflation is now a dwindling threat The next moves in interest rates will surely be down – and quite soon – as the balance between deflation and inflation starts to shift Oil takes the sting out of inflation Weaker crude is a comfort to monetary policymakers struggling to reconcile the upward pressure on prices from rising commodities with the disinflationary impact of weaker growth Sarkozy’s economic reform has come unstuck You cannot lead the eurozone and break its most important rules. France has manoeuvred itself into a corner, writes Wolfgang Münchau Nato head attacks EU’s Georgia deal The deal brokered by the European Union for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia has been condemned by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as ‘not acceptable’ because it cedes too much ground to Moscow Obama supporters ready for fight Poll ratings and escalating personal attacks by Barack Obama’s rival dent the Democrats’ complacency Russians face $45bn debt backlog A backlog of $45bn in foreign debt held by Russian companies and banks needs to be refinanced by the end of the year Putin fails to dispel doubts over Medvedev The president has insisted that, as commander-in-chief, he called the shots in the Georgian crisis. But most Russians believe that the his predecessor still takes all the big decisions Brown’s cabinet refuses to join rebellion The UK premier’s senior ministers refused to join a growing rebellion in the Labour party against his leadership, but there were private warnings that he is living on borrowed time Christopher Caldwell: France only wants to know Carbon capture stations must not be delayed Act now, say Martin Rees and Nick Butler The G8 and EU back this approach to climate change but nothing is happening with the urgency that is required. write Martin Rees and Nick Butler Hubris – is thy name Richard Fuld? Frank Partnoy on the Lehman chief | H15 Los Angeles Times Nuclear know-how made easy, report on Libya shows A study by the IAEA, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, says sensitive documents on bombs were available electronically An Afghan 'October surprise'? By Tim Rutten New technology used in Iraq and Afghanistan to hunt down and kill terrorists may inject itself into the presidential race. Obama is conspicuously silent on Sarah Palin He keeps the focus on McCain, whom he denigrates at every opportunity. Biden also sticks to the script. The mixed lessons, and legacies, of Munich 1938 By Ian Buruma European democracies must decide: remain dependent on U.S. protection or develop the capacity to defend Europe themselves Editorial America's broken infrastructure U.S. highways and bridges are crumbling, and it will take billions of dollars to fix them. How do we raise the money? Cracks seen in Lebanon's ruling coalition Published remarks by Druze leader Walid Jumblatt disparaging Sunni leader Saad Hariri are seen as a sign that he may break from the Western-backed alliance. But Jumblatt's office disputes the quotes Why do politicians fudge
the truth? Because it works McCain and Obama said this campaign would be different, but a close race has brought out the rhetorical excess. War film shows a different side of Iran In the hit 'Ekhrajiha,' the soldiers who fought in the Iran-Iraq war were bawdy, undisciplined young men, not pious Muslim recruits. But they were no less fierce against their enemies |
| H16 American Politics Gallup Daily: McCain-Obama Contest Remains Tight Lehman set to go into insolvency Preparations are made for investment bank Lehman Brothers, the latest victim of the US credit crisis, to file for bankruptcy. Impossible ideal Why American presidents never match up to hopes Finance tracker Find out where McCain and Obama got their funds The Two Faces of John McCain - Joe Conason, Salon Rove: McCain went ‘too far’ in ads Obama's Shift is the Wrong Move - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News The Wars of John McCain
by Jeffrey Goldberg McCain's Winning Streak with Evangelicals - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
What an Obama Economy Looks Like - Phil Gramm and Mike Solon WSJ
The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket - Frank Rich, New York Times
The Media's Bonfire of the Hypocrisies - Tod Lindberg, Weekly Standard
Time for Obama to Change the Game - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Palin vs. Thinking - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Palin Pick Shows a Reckless McCain - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama's Change Could Cost Big Bucks - Paul Gessing, Philadelphia Inquirer
Admiring Sarah's Steeliness - Amy Alexander, The Nation
Seeing Through Obamanomics - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
How Petraeus Changed The War - Linda Robinson, Washington Post
Learning the Lessons of Iraq - Joseph Stiglitz, RealClearWorld
'Palin Power' Is Hard to Understand - Judith Warner, New York Times
Palin is Hillary's Gift to Obama - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Trans-Atlantic Appeal - Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph Barack Obama under fire for ignoring advice on how to beat John McCain The new NEWSWEEK Poll shows McCain and Obama deadlocked realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Why Replacing Biden With Hillary Makes Perfect Sense for Obama Sarah Palin: feminist triumph? By Camille Paglia Biden prepares for more prominent role in campaign Frank Rich / New York Times: The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket Frank Rich / New York Times: The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket Alec MacGillis / Washington Post: As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin Cut Own Duties, Left Trail of Bad Blood McCain Barbs Stirring Outcry as Distortions Les Misbarack — Whatever happens, the McCain campaign could never pull this off. Patience, steel... triumph. Obama raises $66 million in August — Obama raised $66 million in the month of August, making it his best month ever and the best in American political history ABC's Gibson grilled Palin hard, but it may backfire Greenspan: Country can't afford McCain's tax cuts | H17 Daily Telegraph Brown has 'only weeks' to save premiership Gordon Brown has been put on warning by senior Labour figures that he has only a matter of weeks to save his troubled premiership or face a leadership challenge. Day of reckoning looms over Wall Street Three of the biggest names in international finance - Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG - appeared poised to buckle under seismatic credit crunch pressures. The free market remains our best hope The most Right-wing government in the democratic world has nationalised the two largest mortgage banks on Earth. But the truth is that it is not capitalism that has caused this downturn, but state intervention. Iran Renews Nuclear Weapons Development: IAEA Says Uranium for Six Bombs Is Missing SundayTelegraph Israel's Livni prepared to end talks with Syria The woman who may become Israel's next PM is preparing to end peace talks with Syria over ties with Iran and Hizbollah. Gordon Brown's Scottish tragedy The Prime Minister knows that no serious challenger will emerge from his tribe. His departure is likely be slow and painful, says Matthew d'Ancona. Extradition on demand defies justice The idea of "common standards of justice" across the EU is a bureaucratic fantasy, argues Alasdair Palmer. Neoconservatives plan Project Sarah Palin to shape future American ... | H18 Independent Meltdown as bank collapses Wall Street banks were preparing for one of the most dramatic shake-ups in the finance industry's history last night as it emerged that Lehman Brothers, an investment bank with a 158-year history, was working on a plan to declare bankruptcy. Andreas Whittam Smith: Now the banks must clean up the mess they've created Insurance giant AIG struggles to raise cash as shares fall Bank of America in talks to buy Merrill Lynch The spy who would be PM Israeli Foreign Minister favourite to be first female leader since Golda Meir Russia denies terror link to air disaster Lord Malloch-Brown: You Ask The Questions The Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN answers your questions, such as 'Can the UN be fixed?' and 'Do you still defend the oil-for-food programme?' Independent on Sunday Iraq: Violence is down – but not because of America's 'surge' Afghanistan: Pakistan fury at US cross-border attacks Nick Clegg: The world needs Britain to step out of the US shadow |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Rise Sharply Gadgets That Collect Information Are Also Gathering Success Barton Gellman / Washington Post: Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink Bin Laden Statements, 1994-2004Source: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, January 2004 (via Secrecy News) Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill (PDF; 115 KB)
Source: U.S. Senate Committe on Appropriations Pentagon to Draft Full 2010 Budget Plan for Next President Government Intelligence Is Way Behind Main Street By L. Gordon Crovitz
Most FBI security agents still have no Internet access at their desks. Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill (PDF; 115 KBSource: U.S. Senate Committe on Appropriations Committee Survey Finds DHS Open Source Intelligence Efforts Need Improvement
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Another Twist in Case of Dead Anthrax Suspect Did al-Qaeda Succeed? by Robert Parry US Military Violating Int'l Codes by Using Psychiatrists for Interrogation Intelligence Officer Claims CIA Was Complicit in Torture in Uzbekistan BBC: UK Spies Monitored Omagh Bombers' Phones Seven years ago last Thursday came the attack, but the American mistake came three days later. (By James Carroll, Boston Globe) | H20 Slate The Sorrow and the Pity When it comes to foreign policy, Sarah Palin doesn't know what she's talking about. Fred Kaplan George W. Palin Sarah Palin may not know the Bush Doctrine, but she sure sounds like Bush.
John Dickerson John McCain pulls ahead in Florida and North Dakota. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
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By Joseph Epstein The few. The proud. The Jewish Republicans Prediction Markets and the Election--Posner The entry of Britain and France into the Greek War of Independence is the first humanitarian intervention. It wasn’t the last... more» 21 Ways You Can Serve America Incomes for top people in a wide variety of jobs that do not need a BA are higher than average incomes for many jobs that do require one. Maybe a reason to skip college... more» Google search finds seafaring solution Internet giant could soon deploy supercomputers to operate its search engines on barges anchored offshore on oceans Drilling Through Data
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