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| H1 FT America will need a $1,000bn bail-out It is hard to see how the US can create a firewall against further contagion without spending five to 10 times more than it has, writes Kenneth Rogoff Guardian America is gripped by the politics of fear. Bad news for the prophet of hope Timothy Garton Ash: Rationally, the economic and financial hurricane should help Obama. But people do not always vote with their heads UN power shifts away from the west Succession of defeats on diplomatic issues demonstrates power loss to emerging states All at sea in the Caspian Nina Ognianova: In a country where critical journalism is silenced, President Aliyev of Azerbaijan can be sure of his 're-election' Antisemitism and Islamophobia rising across Europe, survey finds Intolerance is on the rise across continental Europe from Russia to France Jerusalem Post Analyze This: Can Livni now reshape Kadima in her own image? TNI Lunch with Putin by Anatol Lieven In a three part series, TNI senior editor Anatol Lieven reflects on his meetings with high-level Russian officials at the Valdai Club conference last week. This installment: Georgia and the American media CBS News: Poll: Obama Retakes Lead Over McCain Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account IHT U.S. objects to ties between Russia and enclaves Rice will challenge Russia in some of the most stinging language she has used in office.
Anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim attitudes rise in Europe The increasingly negative feelings seem to reflect concerns over immigration, globalization and economic ills, according to a new international survey. H.D.S. Greenway: Blast from the cold past It would do no harm to recognize that Russia has an interest in what happens along its southern flank Why Putin Should Scare Us - Ralph Peters, USA Today Time In Yemen, a Planned Massacre of Americans Is Averted Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Why You Shouldn’t Panic About the Financial Crisis The end of American capitalism, Willem Buiter The Times Medvedev makes Russia Arctic annexation threat Russia triggered a fresh scramble for the oil wealth of the Arctic with plans to establish a formal border in the region Washington Times Talk To Tehran: Edward Djerejian, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria and Israel, writes of the urgent need to address the relationship between the United States and Iran. The stakes are simply too high to not adopt a comprehensive, strategic and direct dialogue at the highest levels, he says. Asia Times A peek at Obama's Middle East vision War with Iran will be avoided at all costs if the US is led by Barack Obama, says the Democratic presidential nominee's senior foreign policy advisor, Susan Rice. As a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs under president Bill Clinton, Rice has a grand vision for strengthening security in Iraq and the greater Middle East Damascus warily eyes the prize Why Obama Acts Like He's Winning - John Dickerson, Slate Wall Street Journal Obama Needs to Sell Himself, Not Attack McCain By Karl Rove U.S. Plans to Expand Drones The U.S. Army plans to deploy a network of drones and other surveillance aircraft as part of an expanded effort to defeat the Taliban and reverse a downward spiral in Afghanistan. The effort is set to begin early next year. U.S. Files Charges on Iran Exports Prosecutors allege a global network has procured sensitive electronic components for Iran -- including some for roadside bombs used in Iraq Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account Stratfor Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front Ajaria, Georgia's other secret Iraqi Parliament Deadlocks Over Elections Law Washington Post Federal Bailout Action Fails to Buoy Confidence Investors rush to government securities to protect savings and banks lose faith in each other as flow of money through financial system all but stops. COLUMN | We may be witnessing greatest loss of financial wealth the world has ever seen The Power of Oil Consumers By Henry A. Kissinger and Martin Feldstein, By coordinating their energy policies, the strong can end their blackmail by the weak Big players elbow on U.N. Security Council Russia and China are looking for new influence as the council deals with knotty issues like Iran. America's tough decision on Iran's dissidents The People's Mujahideen of Iran is caught between Iraq and a hard place (Iran). Why Obama Is Wrong by William S. Lind Los Angeles Times Hey U.S., welcome to the Third World! By ROSA BROOKS It's been a quick slide from economic superpower to economic basket case New York Times McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds By PAUL WILMOTT For Investment banking to turn back into something useful, financial companies need to tie compensation to long- rather than short-term performance The Economist Oil prices: Running out of gas The world economy pays the price of expensive oil US Wants Sole Command of NATO's Afghan War Financial Times This greed was beyond irresponsible AIG has burned through its equity, spread financial chaos to all corners of the earth and humiliated the US Treasury. Call me a spoilsport, but I do not believe that AIG or any other capital markets institution should be allowed to play like that with my money, writes John Gapper How to meet the dangers facing Britain Do not panic: the UK economy ought to be able to get through this crisis without a recession as deep as those of the early 1980s and 1990s, writes Martin Wolf Economists’ forum Modern history’s greatest regulatory failure Roger Altman warns that America will be climbing out of a financial hole for a long time. The economy will not have access to all of the credit it needs Crimea urges recognition of Georgia separatists The move could boost fears that Russian-backed separatism seen in Georgia could spread to Ukraine, where it would exacerbate the bitter rivalry between the president Viktor Yushchenko and prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko The end of McCain’s media honeymoon John McCain’s retreat behind a wall of controlled messages and negative advertising has transformed his relationship with the media from one of the cosiest in US politics into one of mutual hostility Georgia conflict forces Nato rethink Nato defence ministers will hold their first in-depth discussion on how the alliance should respond militarily to Russia’s new challenge to the west Ha’aretz – Benn Don't envy the winner Advancing negotiations with the Palestinians for a two-state solution seems like an obvious choice that would place Kadima as the party of peace, in contrast to Likud, and would win the new prime minister international support Daily Star America can help in the Middle East - but only if it changes course Post-Soviet Eurasia Enters a New Era A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY IGOR TORBAKOV As the dust settles following the Georgian-Russian conflict, it is becoming clear that post-Soviet Eurasia has passed a turning point CFR Krepon: U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement Weakens Nonproliferation Efforts Carnegie The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq CER The EU’s toolbox for Russia Newsweek Did Yemen Attackers Come Back From Iraq? Pakistan Drone Attack Mocks Mullen's Assurance Vested Interests Drove New Pakistan Policy 'CIA Director's Remarks at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council' (re: Syrian reactor) | IHT Vying for a comeback, Turkey talks to an old foe Once the major player in the Caucasus during the 19th century when the Ottoman Empire stretched across a vast area, Turkey today is using quiet diplomacy to re-establish its influence Rauf Denktaş Garantisiz Kıbrıs Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Iranian Diplomacy in the Caucasus The Iranian foreign minister traveled to Georgia on Wednesday. The gesture is just one of several the country has made in the Caucasus in light of Turkish diplomatic efforts and its own desire to keep a resurgent Russia in Semih İdiz Iraklı Kürtler Gürcistan’ı unutmamalı Turkey to Seek New Mandate for Northern Iraq Operations Çeçen albay sokak ortasında vuruldu Çeçen albaya İstanbul'da sır infaz Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu ‘Turkey’s foreign policy profile has been growing’ Turkey mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan İbrahim Kalın Turkey and transatlantic trends Karadeniz’de yaşanan krizi çözdük US sends ambassador to Armenia after 2 years Conversation links Ergenekon with US consulate attack Gülen Cemaati’nin iftarına Gül ve Clinton da katılıyor Tehditlerini hemen geri çek ‘İçki krizi’ Avrupa basınında Saakaşvili’ye ‘Bu yemi yutma’ dedik Arif Keskin İran, Rusya- Gürcistan Çatışmasında Zorlanıyor İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national Güneydoğu’dan terör örgütüne katılım düşük Haraç toplayan 6 PKK'lı Kuzey Irak'ta tutuklandı Sandalye dağılımının yüzde 32 olarak paylaşılmasını kabul etmeyiz Terör örgütü Barzani ile karşı karşıya DTP’nin savunmasında Kaplan krizi Israel Postpones New Round Of Syria Peace Talks Gül'e Amerika'da 'Ortadoğu barışına katkı ödülü' verilecek Kurdistan government officials stress importance of strategic ... PKK amonyaklı bomba hazırlamış Kürt Örgütleri´nden BM Güvenlik Konseyi Başkanlığı´na mektup Mete Çubukçu 'Demir' değil 'temiz' leydi No unilateral moves on Diyala, Kurds say Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık ANALYSIS-EU seeks best of bad options for energy security Muhammed Çetin New draft constitution, Third National Program and opposition Çeçen albay sokak ortasında vuruldu Nato, Eu Support Azerbaijan's Territorial Integrity Demirel: Erivan ziyareti doğru Hadi Uluengin Kim, ne istiyor? Reviving the Armenian heritage Şahin Alpay Zapatero: Avrupa'nın liberal öncüsü 'Dünya Krizi'ne nasıl olacağız? Küresel sermaye ulus-devlet güreşi Turkish - Armenian ties get cultural boost ‘İslamiyet Almanya’nın bir parçası’ Schaeuble: İslâmiyet Almanya için zenginlik 'Türkiye'de kökten laikçilik var' Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop LA Times Planning your trip to Istanbul, Turkey How to avoid being overcharged in Istanbul, Turkey A food lover's tour of Istanbul, Turkey Kabineden geçti, 640 bin öğrenciye af geliyor Another Struggle: Sexual Identity Politics in Unsettled Turkey VIP fuhuş çetesi Emniyet’te atama depremi yarattı US rights agency chief opposes Sulukule demolition Cengiz Çandar 'İşkembeciler'in kentinde Kanarya Ejderha'ya karşı | H3 Alman hákime göre 4 elebaşı Türkiye’de Siyasi konular MGK'da tartışılır Konsolosluk saldırısında Ergenekon izi 'ABD konsolosluğu havaya uçurulacak' 'Erdoğan'la tartışmanın nereye kadar gideceği bana bağlı değil' Biri biterken öbürü de başlar... Der Spiegel, Frankfurt Savcılığı'nın RTÜK Başkanı Zahid Akman hakkında yeni soruşturma açtığını yazdı Eruygur, merdivenden düşüp beyin kanaması geçirdi Türkiye’deki suç ortaklarını korudular ‘Bir AKP prodüksiyonu’ Çankaya'dan reform ve yatırım mesajı Savcı dava açtı da biz mi engelledik 'Sonuçları bizi de rahatsız etti' CHP’den ‘Alman elçiye sorulan dördüncü kişi Akman’dı’ iddiası Başbuğ: Cezaevi ziyareti Başbakan’a bildirilmedi Doğan: Yolsuzluğa tolerans olmaz Deniz ortaklığından 3 mahkûmiyet çıktı 'Yerin kulağı' polemiği internet sitelerine düştü Meclis'in açılışında ekonomiye dikkat çekecek, uzlaşma isteyecek Alman savcı VATAN'a açıkladı Türkiye istemezse 6 hafta daha bekler dosyaları yollarız Yılmaz, Özkök'ün Sav'lığını itiraf etti AKP MYK'da Deniz Feneri tartışıldı Eruygur, kolejde, 15 bin dolara danışmanlık yapmış Askerî yargıdan Eminağaoğlu'na ayrıcalıklı muamele Baykal'ın mal varlığı AKP'yi tatmin etmedi Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye Ahmet Taşgetiren AKP, DTP, TSK ve ötesi... Ruşen - Çakır Bağış yapan insanların suçu yok Taha Akyol Dava için para! Fikret Bila Alman Yargıç Müller’in sözleri Hasan Cemal Başbakan Erdoğan'a açık mektup...(3) Murat Yetkin Ankara, Deniz Feneri’nin üzerine gitmek zorunda İsmet Berkan Velev ki Deniz Feneri dürüst olsun... Fehmi Koru Medyanın asıl görevi Şamil Tayyar [Mümtaz'er Türköne] Genelkurmay'ın "cemaat"i M Ali Birand Az konuşan, daha çok bilgi veren bir TSK... Ali Bayramoğlu Org. Başbuğ gerçekten demokrasiye inanıyorsa… Eyüp Can Ne güvercin ne şahin, sakin güç Orgeneral İlker Başbuğ İsmail Küçükkaya Yasemin Çongar Beyaz Ev’in yolu Wall Street’ten geçiyor... Müdahaleci devlet kapýda... Ertuğrul Özkök En egoist kararım Ahmet Hakan Sana bir hafta süre veriyorum Edibe Cüneyt Ülsever Deniz Feneri şebekesi Başbuğ'lu TSK'nın siyaset sınırları Kerim Balcı Religiosity in decline Mehmet Altan Ya Almanya olmasaydı Bekir Coşkun Göbeğini kaşıyan adam Deniz Feneri’ndeydi... Mehmet Y Yılmaz Babahan ’patronunu’ kızdıracak Hüseyin Gülerce Deniz Feneri'nin anlattığı nedir? Şükrü Küçükşahin Devlet de, başbakanlar da tuzak kurmaz Sedat Sertoğlu Soralım bakalım Yalçın Doğan Patron hakkında konuşan o gazeteci benim Can Dündar Başbakan’la işadamının otele ilave görüşmesi Yılmaz Özdil Fener söndü Deniz bitti! Mehmet Kamış Toplum, gücünü artık sadece sandıktan almıyor Mustafa Erdoğan Hukuk ve yargı Sabahattin Önkibar Başbakan zekât hırsızları için Alman elçiye neler söyledi? Serdar Turgut Türkiye Kolombiya olur mu How Islamic or liberal is 'Islamo-liberalism'? BURAK BEKDİL EMRE AKÖZ Bir musibet, bin nasihatten evladır Umur Talu Muharebe ile asıl savaş HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Anadolu-İstanbul meydan muharebesi-3 MEHMET BARLAS Açık mektuplar aslında okurlara yazılıp gönderilir... MAHMUT ÖVÜR İki farklı iftar, iki farklı sonuç YAVUZ DONAT Almanya'dan ilk gözlemler Derya Sazak 16 milyon nerede? Başta bütün medyalamamızın bayıldığı başkumandan PERİHAN MAĞDEN İngiltere’de şeriat TÜRKER ALKAN Başbuğ’un iletişim toplantıları Yerel seçimde, AKP’ye karşı olan partilerin birlikteliği şart AKP’nin sınıfsal öfkesi Barolarda seçim zamanı Andrew Finkel Keeping an eye on Turkey Inc. Başbakan’ın başı çok ağrıyacak! Okay Gönensin Sıra Türk yargısında Güngör Mengi “Temiz Eller” RTÜK’te başlasın! Oray Eğin Bebek Balıkçısı buluşmasının konuşma kayıtları Halit Kakınç Nuh Gönültaş Aldi poşetindeki 13 milyon mark! AKP’li başkanların karne heyecanı Ekonomi Hurşit Güneş Küresel kriz Türkiye’ye nasıl sıçrar? Ne yapmalı? Seyfettin Gürsel Merkez Bankası'nın zor kararı Erdal Sağlam Ya seçim popülizmi ya ekonomik istikrar Güngör Uras Banka sisteminde ‘güven’ önemli [Eser Karakaş] Bütçe performansı işi kurtarıyor Mobius: Türkiye piyasası cazip Baturalp Candemir Global krizin dipten önceki son aşaması: Batan yatırım bankaları Deniz Gökçe Ne değişmeli? Küreselleşme zor dönemeçte Kriz buradan nereye gidebilir? Ayrılsak da beraberiz... FATİH ÖZATAY [NEWS ANALYSIS] Lehman collapse: wakeup call to Turkey |
| H4 New York Times McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds For Wall Street, Greed Wasn’t Good Enough By PAUL WILMOTT For Investment banking to turn back into something useful, financial companies need to tie compensation to long- rather than short-term performance 10 Are Killed in Bombings at Embassy in Yemen Poll Finds Rising Antipathy Toward Jews and Muslims in Europe Israel’s Foreign Minister Prevails in Party Election Gates Tries to Ease Tension in Afghan Civilian Deaths Pakistanis Say 5 Are Killed by U.S. Missiles in Tribal Area Stocks Slump as Investors Run to Safety The financial crisis entered a potentially dangerous new phase as investors worldwide frantically moved their money into the safest investments, like Treasury bills. As Fears Grow, Wall St. Titans See Shares Fall Both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were considered in a separate class from weaker banks like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers that saw the value of their businesses evaporate Abroad, Bailout Is Seen as a Free Market Detour In rescuing A.I.G., Washington has likely undercut future efforts to promote free market policies abroad. A New Role for the Fed: Investor of Last Resort The mighty Federal Reserve is being stretched to its limits, both in the range of problems it is being asked to fix and in its financial firepower. Politicians Point Fingers, Assign Blame Comments by the presidential candidates and members of Congress indicate Wall Street troubles could reverberate American Exception: Supreme Court’s Global Influence Is Waning GAIL COLLINS The McCain of the Week At rally in Ohio, Senator John McCain morphed into a new persona — a raging populist. If he is going to keep changing into new people, he should send out notices. NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required. I’m delighted to announce Richard Fuld, the longtime chief of Lehman, is winner of my annual award for corporate rapacity and poor corporate governance. ROGER COHEN The King Is Dead Why do freshmen bursting to change the world morph into investment bankers? It’s time for young minds to rediscover the public sphere. Editorial | H5 Washington Post Federal Bailout Action Fails to Buoy Confidence Investors rush to government securities to protect savings and banks lose faith in each other as flow of money through financial system all but stops. Markets in Disarray as Lending Locks Up Federal Intervention Fails to Stem Crisis of Confidence on Wall S COLUMN | We may be witnessing greatest loss of financial wealth the world has ever seen The Power of Oil Consumers By Henry A. Kissinger and Martin Feldstein, By coordinating their energy policies, the strong can end their blackmail by the weak. McCain's Fundamentals Problem - Dan Balz, Washington Post Foreign Minister Wins Party Vote in Israel Tzipi Livni handily wins the leadership of the main party in Israel's governing coalition, exit polls show, giving her the chance to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than three decades Attack Against U.S. Embassy In Yemen Blamed on Al-Qaeda U.S. Strike Reported as Mullen Consults Pakistanis '06 Blueprint Leak Intensifies Concerns Over U.S.-India Deal Surge in registrations, failure-prone equipment and new polling procedures worry officials. Barometer: Pakistan Stands Up to US Anthrax Suspect Didn't Act Alone, Sen. Leahy Posits U.S. Strike Reported as Mullen Consults Pakistanis Down Days for McCain By David S. Broder, Wall Street and its woes are causing big problems for John McCain Editorial Back to Bailouts Congratulations, taxpayers, you are now the proud owners of a debt-strapped insurance company. By George F. Will, Page A21 McCain should remind voters of the virtues of divided government Lawmakers Left on the Sidelines Central role of Federal Reserve, Treasury leaves Congress effectively impotent -- and frustrated For a Bailout, Press 'One' . . . By Alan Neff, 'Hello! You've reached the United States Treasury's automated bailout hotline.' By Harold Meyerson, Both Reagan-age government and Wall Street's investment banks plainly deserve to die Recent Obama Ads More Negative Than Rival's, Study Says Democrat Said to Be Facing Pressure to 'Show Some Spine' Hackers Access Palin's Personal E-Mail, Post Some Online Russia Again Halts Stock Trading Emergency Steps Taken to Prevent Collapse as Market Turbulence Spread Britain to Reopen Probe of '98 N. Ireland Bombing Report on Intelligence Raises New Questions | H6 Guardian America is gripped by the politics of fear. Bad news for the prophet of hope Timothy Garton Ash: Rationally, the economic and financial hurricane should help Obama. But people do not always vote with their heads UN power shifts away from the west Succession of defeats on diplomatic issues demonstrates power loss to emerging states All at sea in the Caspian Nina Ognianova: In a country where critical journalism is silenced, President Aliyev of Azerbaijan can be sure of his 're-election' Antisemitism and Islamophobia rising across Europe, survey finds Intolerance is on the rise across continental Europe from Russia to France Livni wins Kadima election landslide Foreign minister and former lawyer set to become Israel's first female prime minister in over 30 years The forgotten path to Middle East peace Ben Lowenberg: Progress can be made through multilateral negotiations on regional issues like the environment and economic development Socialism for the rich Richard Adams: The US government is splashing out billions of dollars in bailouts but is failing to treat the causes of this financial crisis The political class can't face up to the scale of this crisis Seumas Milne: Financial meltdown spells the end of the free market model. It is a gift for any leader prepared to advance a new agenda Obama and McCain vie for advantage US candidates spend millions of dollars trying to cash in on Wall Street crisis with ad campaigns Palin in battle to block inquiry Vice-presidential candidate accused of abusing public office with vendetta against ex brother-in-law After the Olympics, will China crack? Catherine Sampson: Earthquakes, Tibet, financial tremors and the melamine scandal are testing political leaders in the wake of the games The Pumas take on the pit bull Terry Mancour: Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have nothing in common beyond their gender - a fact not lost on former Clinton supporters |
| H7 Asia Times A peek at Obama's Middle East vision War with Iran will be avoided at all costs if the US is led by Barack Obama, says the Democratic presidential nominee's senior foreign policy advisor, Susan Rice. As a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs under president Bill Clinton, Rice has a grand vision for strengthening security in Iraq and the greater Middle East Damascus warily eyes the prize A Nuclear Awakening in the Middle East By: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times Daily Star America can help in the Middle East - but only if it changes course No dialogue in Lebanon's mean streets The U.S. change of command in Iraq comes with violence at a four-year low. Terrorism and Mideast expert Walid Phares attributes the trend to a weakening of Al-Qaeda, but he warns that young Muslims must be offered "a model of pluralism and democracy" as an alternative to a "fighting caliphate." More | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq IAEA Report On Iran Shows 'Zero Progress' On Cooperation, Schulte Says Iraqi PM: Obstacles Remain to US Security Deal Iraqi parliament deadlocks over elections law US helicopter troops die in Iraq Iraq's Interior Ministry: Violence in Diyala Drops, Mosul the Next 'Target' Admiral: 'Sons of Iraq' Integration Could Be Bloody Blasts rock US embassy in Yemen At least 16 people are killed in a car bomb attack on the US embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say. Yemen faces a fresh wave of violent Jihad | H9 Ha’aretz – Benn Don't envy the winner Advancing negotiations with the Palestinians for a two-state solution seems like an obvious choice that would place Kadima as the party of peace, in contrast to Likud, and would win the new prime minister international support Livni: I approach this job with 'great reverence' Despite a projected landslide victory, final tally gives Livni a 1-point win over rival Shaul Mofaz How Israel caused the Oslo Accords to fail As long as the architects of the Oslo Accords and their successors are in power, there is no chance that a genuine peace process will take place Kadima primary: Key facts about Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Kadima leadership race: What happens next Shas: If Livni wants a coalition, she must fulfill our demands Clinton cancels spot at Jewish groups' anti-Iran rally over Palin invite IAEA shows photos alleging Iran nuclear missile works Jerusalem Post Analyze This: Can Livni now reshape Kadima in her own image? |
| Big players elbow on U.N. Security Council Russia and China are looking for new influence as the council deals with knotty issues like Iran. America's tough decision on Iran's dissidents The People's Mujahideen of Iran is caught between Iraq and a hard place (Iran). Russia and NATO's identity question Russia's invasion of Georgia raises new questions about the purpose of the West's alliance. Afghan civilian death toll undermines U.S. support Afghan civilian deaths rise 39 percent. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pledges to do more to solve problem Wall Street woes: why world's investors sit on sidelines Job No. 1 for central bankers: restore confidence in markets. U.S. Embassy hit in Yemen, raising militancy concerns Five explosions and sniper fire struck the US compound in a coordinated attack on Wednesday. To succeed Olmert, Israel's Mofaz opts for macho politics But the ruling Kadima Party, which votes on a new leader Wednesday, may not buy into the former army chief's security policy Livni looks victorious in Israel's Kadima primary Exit polls showed that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won with roughly 48 percent of the vote to take over the party led by Ehud Olmert. AIG bailout: Where does financial crisis lead next? Other large firms may be close to the brink. U.S. concern rises about future of Iraq's detainees Some 15,000 in custody may be in limbo when UN rules that govern Iraq lapse in December. Congress eyes solutions for Wall Street woes Lawmakers focus on bailouts and look to overhaul financial regulations Pakistan: A Crisis in US ties and the Indian Connection China's imploding US allyAIG, one of the few US companies to be founded in China, grew there under the pathfinding leadership of Maurice R Greenberg, who came to be a key player in developing personal and political ties between the two countries. Now Greenberg looks on from the sidelines and scared Chinese AIG customers dump their personal policies. - Richard Komaiko and Chris Stewart US pushes Pakistan towards the brink CHINA-JAPAN: China Daily reports on comments by outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledging that improvements in Sino-Japanese relations will continue under a new Japanese leader. China's President Hu Jintao made similar pledges in response. Hope Overwhelms Reality on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal By: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times The Right Way to Engage China By: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson | Foreign Affairs | H11 IHT U.S. objects to ties between Russia and enclaves In a speech Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to deliver on Thursday, Rice will challenge Russia in some of the most stinging language she has used in office.
Anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim attitudes rise in Europe The increasingly negative feelings seem to reflect concerns over immigration, globalization and economic ills, according to a new international survey By ROGER COHEN It's time for America's best and brightest to rediscover the public sphere. H.D.S. Greenway: Blast from the cold past By H.D.S. GREENWAY It would do no harm to recognize that Russia has an interest in what happens along its southern flank. EUROPE European press review The Western Balkans Will Make or Break the EU By: Anton Caragea | World Press France: Afghan Warning Salvo By: Andrew D. Bishop | ISN Security Watch Justice v. Politics By: Louise Arbour | International Herald Tribune Moving beyond the destructive myth of 'Eurabia' | Azerbaijan's presidential election campaign has begun, a month before the vote takes place on October 15. Khadija Ismayilova, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service's Baku bureau chief, discusses the situation in the country as campaigning begins, and expectations in Azerbaijan for the ballot. More Post-Soviet Eurasia Enters a New Era A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY IGOR TORBAKOV Critical Television News: Another War Casualty for Georgia? BBC Russia in Georgia separatist pact Russia signs treaties with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, pledging military support. Moscow Diary Seeds of Georgia conflict were sown long ago Google News Azerbaijan Why Putin Should Scare Us - Ralph Peters, USA Today H.D.S. Greenway: Blast from the cold past By H.D.S. GREENWAY It would do no harm to recognize that Russia has an interest in what happens along its southern flank. UKRAINE: The Economist examines Ukrainian concerns that Russia may be intent on stirring political unrest in Kiev and may have its sights set on claiming the Crimean territory, a disputed region that is currently Ukranian sovereign territory Separating U.S. Rhetoric From Reality By: Jonathan Russin, Leonid Sevastianov, Tom Thomson | The Moscow Times |
| H13 The Times Crisis and Capitalism The Lehman collapse shows, paradoxically, that the mechanisms of capitalism are working. What is not needed now is government intervention Wall Street turmoil changes campaign McCain embarked on a frantic damage-control exercise as he sought to justify his insistence that the US economy is strong Petraeus pulled Iraq from the brink But the Washington consensus of cutting troop numbers puts the gains of the surge at risk ‘New Golda Meir’ Tzipi Livni narrowly wins election Former Mossad agent Tzipi Livni has narrowly won a poll battle to become Israel's second woman Prime Minister Livni offers new hope for peace process Livni offers new hope for peace process China sends double message to Taiwan After six decades of hostility — Beijing has since 1949 claimed Taiwan as a renegade province — a thaw is under way Medvedev makes Russia Arctic annexation threat Russia triggered a fresh scramble for the oil wealth of the Arctic with plans to establish a formal border in the region Karadzic faces new war crimes charge Former Bosnian Serb leader tells judges in The Hague that he had been offered immunity from prosecution by Richard Holbrooke Sixteen dead after the capital, Sanaa, was hit by a car bomb and rocket attack claimed by Islamists. Watch video Wall Street Journal Obama Needs to Sell Himself, Not Attack McCain By Karl Rove U.S. Plans to Expand Drones The U.S. Army plans to deploy a network of drones and other surveillance aircraft as part of an expanded effort to defeat the Taliban and reverse a downward spiral in Afghanistan. The effort is set to begin early next year. U.S. Files Charges on Iran Exports Prosecutors allege a global network has procured sensitive electronic components for Iran -- including some for roadside bombs used in Iraq. Livni Likely to Win Israeli Election Tzipi Livni, the 50-year-old Israeli foreign minister, appeared to be on the brink of becoming only the second woman in history to lead the Jewish state. U.S. Seeks to Ease Pakistan Tensions America's top military commander met said the U.S. will respect Pakistan's territorial sovereignty, an assurance designed to defuse tensions following a cross-border commando raid. By David Roche This reckoning with reality is not the final one by any means By Thane Rosenbaum America's Wavering Free-Trade Commitment By Erika Mann and Nao Matsukata Bad Accounting Rules Helped Sink AIG By Zachary Karabell By Frederic S. Mishkin Stocks fall amid new rescue moves The Bank of Japan pumps another $14bn into money markets as Asian shares continue the worldwide fall in prices. CHAN AKYA Waiter, there's a banker in my soup The Fed's timely courage at avoiding a Lehman bailout and pushing through an AIG takeover, allied with a decision to hold interest rates steady, may yet be seen as the steps that helped to stem the US's financial crisis. It certainly doesn't feel like a turning point, but that is the way emotions differ from fundamentals. | H14 Financial Times This greed was beyond irresponsible AIG has burned through its equity, spread financial chaos to all corners of the earth and humiliated the US Treasury. Call me a spoilsport, but I do not believe that AIG or any other capital markets institution should be allowed to play like that with my money, writes John Gapper How to meet the dangers facing Britain Do not panic: the UK economy ought to be able to get through this crisis without a recession as deep as those of the early 1980s and 1990s, writes Martin Wolf Modern history’s greatest regulatory failure Roger Altman warns that America will be climbing out of a financial hole for a long time. The economy will not have access to all of the credit it needs America will need a $1,000bn bail-out It is hard to see how the US can create a firewall against further contagion without spending five to 10 times more than it has, writes Kenneth Rogoff Crimea urges recognition of Georgia separatists The move could boost fears that Russian-backed separatism seen in Georgia could spread to Ukraine, where it would exacerbate the bitter rivalry between the president Viktor Yushchenko and prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko The end of McCain’s media honeymoon John McCain’s retreat behind a wall of controlled messages and negative advertising has transformed his relationship with the media from one of the cosiest in US politics into one of mutual hostility Georgia conflict forces Nato rethink Nato defence ministers will hold their first in-depth discussion on how the alliance should respond militarily to Russia’s new challenge to the west Livni set to lead next Israeli government Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, won a crucial party primary, putting her in a commanding position to become the country’s next prime minister US acts to curb Iranian nuclear progress Treasury department imposes sanctions on six companies related to the Mayrow General Trading, the Dubai-based export-import group that had previously been blacklisted by the US Obama promises Wall Street reform Barack Obama promised an end to the “anything goes” culture on Wall Street as the deepening financial crisis added fresh impetus to his fight back against John McCain Obama and the conservative backlash against Palin Spain jails 21 ETA prison activists Twenty one Basque separatists were jailed for between 8-10 years after being found guilty by a Spanish court of belonging to the ETA guerrilla group The panic in world credit markets reached historic intensity prompting a flight to safety of the kind not seen since the second world war Willem Buiter: The end of American capitalismMaverecon blog: From financialisation of the economy to the socialisation of finance. Who said economics was boring Russian crisis: Investors take flight Global strains are adding to the anxieties of investors already spooked by the invasion of Georgia Changing the rules of the game Two days after allowing a large investment bank to fail as a stern statement of free market discipline, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson in effect nationalised the insurance giant Creating a home loans leviathan The steep decline in HBOS’s share price after Lehman Brothers’s implosion on Monday meant time was running out for Britain’s biggest mortgage lender | H15 Los Angeles Times Hey U.S., welcome to the Third World! By ROSA BROOKS It's been a quick slide from economic superpower to economic basket case Stocks resume brutal selloff; Dow falls 449 The key index falls to nearly a three-year low a day after the U.S. bailout of AIG. • Obama, McCain seize on economy A day after opposing the idea of a bailout for insurance giant AIG, John McCain says it's necessary to protect 'millions of Americans.' Obama scoffs at McCain's pledge to fight the 'old boys network.' The real issues of election 2008' Values' voters may not think so, but this election should be about pocketbook and security issues. McCain's meal ticket Tim Rutten: The campaign is betting that Americans will embrace Palin's story and ignore many of the details. 16 killed in attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen Yemeni troops fight back the assailants in Sana, who used a car bomb and tried to ram a truck into the gates. There are no reports of U.S. casualties. Defense Secretary Robert Gates apologizes for Afghan civilian casualties He pledges additional steps by the U.S. to avoid errant bombings and to compensate families of the dead more quickly Case closed: The Rosenbergs were Soviet spies By Ronald Radosh A startling confession again proves their guilt. Now it's time for their left-wing defenders to acknowledge it. Baghdad hit again by twin bombs; 5 U.S. soldiers die in helicopter crash Two attacks in three days raise concerns as Iraq and U.S. remain at impasse on a pact to govern U.S. military presence in Iraq. U.S. helicopter makes a 'hard landing' west of Basra |
| CBS News: Poll: Obama Retakes Lead Over McCain Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account Politico's 2008 Swing State Map Gallup Daily: Obama 47%, McCain 45% — Poll: Virtual tie in battleground states — McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds — How would Obama govern? - American Enterprise Institute Revealed: McCain has the backing of 83 Wall Street lobbyists McCain camp seeks investigation over reported e-mail hack Excerpts from Palin's Hannity Interview — Part I Why Obama's not leading by a landslide WHY ISN'T Barack Obama far ahead in the opinion polls? As nominee of the "out" party during an economic downturn, unpopular war, and even more unpopular presidency, Obama should not be in a virtual tie with John McCain. (By Todd Domke, Boston Globe) realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Metrosexual Healing By: Blake Hounshell | Foreign Policy Latino appeal US Hispanics mull over who should get their vote Washington diary How would the candidates handle the banking crisis? | H17 Daily Telegraph Russia's Arctic energy plans The importance of hydrocarbon diplomacy was underlined yesterday when Dmitry Medvedev made claims on territory under the Arctic Ocean. Biggest rescue deal in UK banking history Tories break 50 per cent poll barrier In a further blow to Gordon Brown, the Tories have extended their lead over Labour to 28 per cent Al'Qaeda blamed for attack Ten die in US embassy in Yemen in attack bearing hallmarks of al-Qaeda | H18 Independent Medvedev: Russia needs to mark its Arctic territory Petraeus’ Achievements: In an editorial, the paper describes David Petraeus as a thinking general and says his achievements since he took command in Iraq 18 months ago are considerable. Russia Damaged: Columnist Mary Dejevsky says that contrary to popular perception, the Russia-Georgia war has left Russia more damaged in almost every respect than its adversary Georgia. Afghanistan's forgotten frontline So often overshadowed by NATO losses, the Afghan Army is also suffering casualties says Terri Judd |
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