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H1 Christian Science Monitor

America as superpower: shaken, not deposed Some see demise, but others cite enduring signs of US power.

New York Times U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan A draft report by U.S. intelligence agencies casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise of the Taliban.

Gates Asks for More European Troops in Afghanistan

U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks The Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many U.S. banks to try to restore confidence, according to government officials.

Editorial Nearing the End Only by setting a sound withdrawal plan can America hope to keep encouraging Iraqis to make the political reforms needed to stabilize their country.

Saved by the Deficit? By ROBERT B. REICH If the nation plunges into a deeper recession, the deficit will be even larger as a proportion of the economy. Yet all is not what it seems.

Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy The deregulation and use of derivatives long had a great supporter in the person of Alan Greenspan

IMF IMF Predicts Major Global Slowdown Amid Financial Crisis

World Economic Outlook, October 2008

Global Financial Stability Report

Press Briefing | Financial Stability

McClatchy Fed's rate cut doesn't stop markets' fall. Will anything?

Under normal circumstances, rate cuts are a cause for cheer because they lower the cost of borrowing for consumers and business, spurring economic activity. But these are far from normal times, and the fear running wild on Wall Street is proving difficult to contain. For the second consecutive day, the Federal Reserve took bold action in hopes of staving off a global financial collapse. And again U.S. financial markets fell — for the sixth straight day

FT Asia’s revenge Sustained capital inflows are as much to blame as gung-ho bankers by Martin Wolf As well as cheap money, gung-ho bankers, and lax regulation, you can also blame sustained capital inflows

Bipartisan Policy Center's Paper on Iran by Michael Rubin

Guardian The world needs the US to get over its cultural civil war - and fast Timothy Garton Ash: Sarah Palin is the Katyusha rocket of the American right. But so far her attacks on Barack Obama aren't working

Launching the lifeboats Editorial: Gordon Brown's attempt to rescue British banks is risky, flawed and eye-wateringly expensive

The genie's out. Now they've shown what can be done Seumas Milne:The scale of intervention in the banks will create demands for similar urgent action on jobs, industry and housing

Building a Common Ground With Russia By: Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz | The Washington Post We are more aligned than at any point in recent history. We must not waste that opportunity

Weekly Standard How to Win in Afghanistan It's time to adjust the strategy. by Christopher D. Kolenda

Petraeus: Talk With Taliban, Enemies

National Interest Both Candidates Are Economic Isolationists

by Daniel W. Drezner In last night's debate, both candidates recognized the need for sound internationalist ideas in foreign policy. But this reasoned approach didn't extend to economic affairs.

IHT No reason to gloat over America's comeuppance If America is too big to fail, it is also too connected to the rest of the world to go it alone.

CAPITALISM AND THE CREDIT CRUNCH Don't undermine free markets

By SIMON TILFORD AND PHILIP WHYTE A backlash against market reform would be every bit as damaging as the initial credit crisis

CSM As violence drops, Iraqi tribes begin to make amends Tribal elders are reviving a traditional process to heal the deep animosities resulting from sectarian bloodshed between Shiites and Sunnis.

No Afghan-Taliban peace talks, for now Kabul may have tried to reach out to current insurgents by meeting with former Taliban in Saudi Arabia late last month.

FT Do not let Russia ‘Finlandise’ western Europe Edward Lucas on how to handle the Kremlin

Los Angeles Times Gen. Petraeus sounds cautious note on progress in Iraq General tells Washington groups that violence is down, but that many potential flash points still exist in Iraq.

Iran's ambassador in Iraq has harsh words for U.S. Hassan Kazemi-Qomi says Iraqis want Americans out of their country. He speaks highly of Iran's ties with Baghdad.

Russian troops leave Georgia, but disputes continue Georgia says the withdrawal is incomplete. The future of its two breakaway regions -- South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- remains unclear.

Washington Post Global Rate Cuts Fail to Contain Crisis

Stocks Continue to Plummet as Pessimism Grows

U.S. Urgently Reviews Policy On Afghanistan

It's Only Bankruptcy Putting a Foundation Under the Financial System By David Ignatius And if properly managed, the economy can get back on the path to solvency.

Wall Street Journal Karl Rove: Voters Haven't Decided Yet

Uncle Sam: Too Fat to Fail?

WONDER LAND By Daniel Henninger The financial meltdown means government needs a crash diet.

Newsweek U.S. Faces Setbacks on Blocking Arms Sales to Iran

Der Spiegel Capitalism in Crisis: The Broken Pact with the People

Time Ukraine Democracy Could Cool Its Bid for NATO Membership

Yale Global Global Crisis: How Far to Go? Part I

H2 Hükümet tezkeresine TBMM'de kabul

Terörle mücadelede ne yapılmalı? (1) HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

McCain'in Ermeni sözü

McCain's Armenia Problem
Atlantic Online

· U.S. assures Turkey on fight vs PKK calls for renewed trilateral talks

Arşivden - ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007

TMYK bugün toplanıyor

Başbuğ'un cevap aradığı 7 soru

"Dışişleri Bakanlığı'na çağrılmadım"

Amaç Türk- Kürt savaşı

Yunan belgesiyle AB’de cirit atıyor

Kuzey Irak’taki Türk birlikleri araziye çıktı

Daily Star Georgia's conflict and Iran and Turkey

PKK Attack Fuels Fears of Return to the Past By: Gareth Jenkins | Eurasia Daily Monitor Fears that the Turkish authorities are failing to defeat the PKK have been further fueled by photographs of the inhabitants of Aktutun carrying their belongings on their backs as they abandon the village to seek refuge with relatives in a nearby town

Hedefteki adam Barzani

Irak'ın kuzeyinden Türkiye'ye mesaj

We'll win the war against the PKK when... BURAK BEKDİL

Aktütün'e baskın için 20 gün önce Türkiye'ye sızmışlar

Gül Iraklı Kürtler'den PKK'yla mücadelede samimiyet bekliyor

"Türkiye ile istihbarat paylaşımı devam ediyor"

Turkey Authorizes Extension of Military Strikes in Iraq

The Forgotten War Nagorno Karabakh - Michael J. Totten

Cross-border bill passes, unlikely to end terrorism

Cevdet Aşkın Barzani askeri destek vermiyor, ABD sessiz, Ankara 'tek tabanca'

Fikret Ertan 'DRONE'ların damgası'

Necati Doğru Irak’a ambargo

’Tampon bölge gerçekçi ve sürdürülebilir değil’

Hastalanan PKK'lı hemşire 'canlı bomba' olmamak için kaçtı

Kandil'de Türkçe eğitim Diyarbakır'da Kürtçe gerilim

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

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

Serpil Yılmaz Irak’ta sermaye sınırda silah konuşuyor!

2 bin kişilik mobil ekipler ayaklanma çıkaracaktı!

Diyarbakır’da polise hain saldırı

Rehabilitation of the oil pipeline between Kirkuk and Banias to ...

YASİN DOĞAN

Çözüm yolları iyi tartışılmalı…

Mete Çubukçu Çözüm için Iraklı Kürtlerin desteği şart

İşte Aktütün baskınında öldürülen PKK’lı teröristler

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül: Hedef PKK, Kürtler değil

Turkish PM Vows to Create Buffer Zone in North of Iraq

Toktamış Ateş PKK sorunu

Şükrü Küçükşahin Ahmet Türk’ün ensesindeki silah

Nuh Gönültaş Savaşı sürdürmeye değil, bitirmeye çalışılmalı...

Halit Kakınç İnisiyatif PKK’da mı?

'OHAL, bizi polis devleti olmaya götürür'

Olağanüstü hâli asıl PKK istiyor

Muhammet Çetin A brief history of Turkey’s conflict in Southeast

PKK ile Türkiye arasındaki sorunun çözümü için en iyi yolu görüşme ve siyasi müzakerelerdir

Pamukoğlu: Bu dönemde iyiki asker değilim…

[Yorum - Hüseyin Yayman] OHAL neden çözüm olmaz?(1)

Güngör Mengi Yetki ile bitse...

Yiğit Bulut Silahlı Kuvvetler’in hiç mi suçu yok?

• Aktütün'de korkunç ihmal

Iraqi provincial elections likely to be held early next year McClatchy

Kürtlere bomba tezkeresi değil

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

Rauf Denktaş Kimlik konusu

Semih İdiz AB yasaları terörle mücadelenin günah keçisi yapılıyor

Almanya'ya göre İlerleme Raporu sert olmayacak

ABD ile ilişkilere İstanbul Merkezi dopingi

Kadri Gürsel AB’deki dostlarımız zor durumda

'Elders' Visit Cyprus to Support Talks Between Greek, Turkish Cypriots

Kıbrıs Müzakerelerine Uluslararası Destek

McCain: 1915 olaylarını tanımak sorumluluğumuz

‘İhtiyarlar heyeti’ Kıbrıs’ta

Finland President: 'Cyprus is not the EU’s job. It is the UN’s affair'

The Forgotten War Nagorno Karabakh - Michael J. Totten

Gül: Avrupa Birliği üyeliği terörle mücadeleye engel değil

Berlin, PKK ile mücadele kararlılığını sürdürecek

Deniz Gökçe Kriz, ABD seçim haritasını değiştirdi

TAMER KORKMAZ

'Hasta Adam' Adayı

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Küreselleşme tersine döndü: Jeopolitik harita değişecek!

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Türkiye adalete en az pay ayıran Avrupa ülkelerinden

Ulema bu kez Doğu Karadeniz’den çıktı

H3 Gözleri döndü

Polis servisine hain pusu: 5 şehit, 18 yaralı

KANLI PUSU

Terörün hedefi bu kez polislerdi

Yeni vukuat var mı?

Baykal: Bütün dokunulmazlıkları kaldıralım

Tezkere rekor oyla
kabul edildi

Tampon'a sıcak baktı

Tezkerede demokrasi garantisi

Artık itiraf edin bu “ikinci Dağlıca”

Başbuğ'un cevap aradığı sorular

Genelkurmay’dan inanılmaz açıklama

Paşa'nın golf aşkı

AKP bir ayda yüzde 7 oy kaybetti

Aktütün’ün taşınma parasına Maliye’den ret

GÜL: HESAP VERECEKLER

Karanlık güçler OHAL için devrede

Komutanın bilgisi yoktu

Maliye vize vermedi karakol taşınamadı

Sol Gökçek’e karşı birleşiyor

Asker isterse adım atarız

Gerekçeli karar haftaya

Sınırda top askerde

Metris Cezaevi’nde öldüresiye işkence

'Şevket Sabancı Cumhuriyet'i almak için Selçuk'la görüştü'

TOKİ’nin karakol projesi hazır

CHP adam yeme partisi değil

Eryılmaz’a partisinden sorgu

Bu sene de bekâr gezelim

Operasyon yetmez hükümet yetersiz

TSK'ya 'Baba' destek

Tezkere 1 yıl uzatıldı

Çiçek: Terörle mücadele demokrasi içinde kalınarak yapılacak

Eruygur yeniden yoğun bakımda

Asrın davasını gazeteci ordusu takip edecek

RTÜK’te Akman gerilimi büyüdü

Hollanda’da Deniz Feneri için 6 soru

Çankaya’daki istifalar sürebilir

Yine ‘ortak nokta’

Üniversite iktidarın doğrultusunda yürümez

İşte Türkiye’nin yargıya verdiği önem!

'Kerinçsiz ve Poyraz'ın finansörü Türk Metal'

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Cengiz Çandar Mali kriz kapımızı çalarken İyimserlik ve Kötümserlik...

Ahmet Taşgetiren Dağlıca ve Aktütün: Tılsımın bozulduğu an

Ruşen - Çakır Diyarbakır soruları

Taha Akyol Yeni vizyon?

Fikret Bila Org: Babaoğlu: Biz doğruyu söyleyelim, halk yargılasın

Hasan Cemal Savaş tam tamlarına kulak vereceğinize resmin tümünü görün!

Murat Yetkin Yasa çıkarmakla bitecek mi?

İsmet Berkan 700 milyar dolar neden yetmez?

SOLİ ÖZEL Ateşe doğru

Fehmi Koru Musibet olmasına musibet, ama bin nasihata yeğlerim

Taha Kıvanç

Hüseyin Gülerce Komutan istifa eder mi?

Fatih Altaylı Golf Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu Hesap vermesi gerekenler…

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök Siz bu hesabı anladınız mı

Hasan Ünal

Ahmet Hakan Bu açıklamaya dikkat

Sabahattin Önkibar TSK'ya yapılan imaj operasyonunun ardındakiler ve yapılan yanlışlar!

Sedat Sertoğlu Siyasi çözüm ne demektir?

İsmail Küçükkaya
Hangi Baykal?

M Ali Birand Tükürmeyen, çöp atmayanlar ülkesi...

Cüneyt Ülsever Dünya ve Türkiye nereye gidiyor? (III)

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Dürüstleri dinleyin

Bekir Coşkun Ve hükümet terörü görüştü...

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Golfçü paşadan da önemli zırhlı otomobilden de

Yalçın Doğan AKP, CHP’li Atilla Kart’ı canı gibi koruyor

Yılmaz Özdil İstikbal golflerdedir

Bilal Çetin Yolsuzluk çarkı nasıl durdurulur?

Süheyl Batum Sorular var cevap bekleyen

Mehmet Tezkan Gül ile Erdoğan telefon açtığına göre!

Öneriler sümende kalsın
TARHAN ERDEM

Ali Atıf Bir TSK şeffaflığa hazır mıydı?

Oray Eğin TSK’yı neden yıpratmak istiyorlar?

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK Tek plan yetmez

ENGİN ARDIÇ
Beyinsizler

[Yorum - Bülent Keneş] Tüm cesur güvercinler göreve!

ERGUN BABAHAN PKK'nın gerçek amacı ortada

EMRE AKÖZ TSK'den tüyler ürperten itiraf

Mümtazer Türköne Asker mi, yoksa polis mi?

Umur Talu Biz sporcunun zeki, çevik ve de ahlaklısını...

Metin Münir Kısa ve sığ değil, derin ve uzun

Mehmet Yılmaz Anlayın artık eski hâl muhal...

Derya Sazak Adam gibi

Güneri Civaoğlu Hangisi sağlam para?

Can Dündar Özgürlük mü, güvenlik mi?

Mehmet Altan Ortaya karışık

Mustafa Karaalioğlu İdol, medya, ahlak...

Ardan Zentürk Askeri harcama Nereye kadar?

Serdar Turgut İnanç belgeseli

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

PKK'yı sivillikle 'vurmak'

NAZLI ILICAK Bugün seçim olsa

MEHMET BARLASAynı anda iki krizle uğraşmanın dayanılmaz ağırlığı...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR AB, sınırlar için 3 milyar Euro verdi mi?

YAVUZ DONAT

Haydi katılımcı İstanbul Avukatları: göreyim hocam sizi!
PERİHAN MAĞDEN

Hafızayı beşer, durmadan şaşar
TÜRKER ALKAN

‘Hani biz marjinaldik?’
NURAY MERT

Mustafa Erdoğan Masumların ölümü ve vicdan

Meclis yerine parti grubu... Tartışma yerine, kaleden kaleye ateş...
ALTAN ÖYMEN

Mehveş Evin
Kriz medyayı nasıl etkileyecek

Maaşına yüzde 20 zam

Ekonomi

MB'den önemli karar

Erdoğan: Krizde korkulacak bir şey yok

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Olayların önünden koşmak

Erdal Sağlam Dünya faiz indirdi ama

Bizde de mevduat garantisi gündemde

IMF'den uyarılar

Dünya ekonomisi ciddi bozulmaya gidiyor diyen IMF, büyüme tahminini aşağı çekti

Seyfettin Gürsel Türkiye'nin kriz ajandası

Dünya ekonomisinin yeniden yapılanması gündemde

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. Levent Köker] Kapitalizm bitiyor mu?

IMF ile anlaşmak...

Hurşit Güneş Krizden ne zaman kurtulacağız?

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Büyük mevduata yakın izleme

Güngör Uras Biz doların 1.70 YTL olduğu günleri de gördük

Emin Öztürk’ü anma konferansına davet MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Günah hep bankaların mı?
KORKMAZ İLKORUR

Duacı olmak...
FATİH ÖZATAY

Reel sektör güven aradı Bakan Ekren ders verdi
FUNDA ÖZKAN

Andrew Finkel Making a crisis out of an opportunity

Kriz yorumu böyle olur: Hamdolsun

Meral Tamer Krizin dibi ve Kemal Derviş’in çınlayan kulakları

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Kriz bitti….(şimdilik)

Mevduat için en güvenli adres Türk bankaları

Baturalp Candemir Küresel kriz üzerine iyimser olmayan bir yazı

H4 New York Times U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan A draft report by U.S. intelligence agencies casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise of the Taliban.

Gates Asks for More European Troops in Afghanistan

U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks The Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many U.S. banks to try to restore confidence, according to government officials.

Editorial Nearing the End Only by setting a sound withdrawal plan can America hope to keep encouraging Iraqis to make the political reforms needed to stabilize their country.

Saved by the Deficit? By ROBERT B. REICH If the nation plunges into a deeper recession, the deficit will be even larger as a proportion of the economy. Yet all is not what it seems.

Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy

The deregulation and use of derivatives long had a great supporter in the person of Alan Greenspan

The Right Goes Negative . . . on McCain From conservatives, poor notices for John McCain’s performance in the second debate.

Russians Vacate Buffer Zones in Georgia

Serbia Wins Bid to Review Independence of Kosovo

Europe Asked to Send Afghanistan More Troops

Pakistani Parliament Briefed by Military

That’s a Pretty Big Glitch It seems that hardly an election goes by without reports of serious vulnerabilities or malfunctions with electronic voting machines

GAIL COLLINS Clearing the Ayers John McCain may feel compelled to go back to his guilt-by-association theme. And this has me feeling very guilty about my associates.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Can This Be Pro-Life? It is paradoxical for the “pro-life” Bush administration to adopt a policy whose result will be tens of thousands of additional abortions each year.

ROGER COHEN Hasta la Vista, Baby George W. Bush’s treatment of Spain illustrates how not to approach foreign policy. It’s important to talk to friends, even when there is disagreement.

G.O.P. Faces Tough Races for Congress The economic turmoil is threatening to topple Republican candidates, putting more seats within Democratic reach.

H5 Washington Post Global Rate Cuts Fail to Contain Crisis

Stocks Continue to Plummet as Pessimism Grows

U.S. Urgently Reviews Policy On Afghanistan

It's Only Bankruptcy Putting a Foundation Under the Financial System By David Ignatius And if properly managed, the economy can get back on the path to solvency.

Europe's Stocks Plunge Despite Massive British Rescue Plan

No Depression This Time, Uncle Sam Has Got Our Back By Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Perry Mehrling

Running From Reality By David S. Broder, This race is being driven by real-world events, not the words of the candidates.

McCain in a Bear Market By George F. Will, Is your campaign going to get any better or is this it?

Military Justifies Attack That Killed at Least 33 Afghan Civilians

Editorial 17 Detainees A federal judge overreached in an effort to free Chinese Uighurs from an unjustified legal limbo.

Mr. McCain's Mortgage Offer

The candidate's debate proposal is a dubious answer to a real problem

MOMENTS OF TRUTH | OBAMA IN SPRINGFIELD From Outsider To Politician

McCain Campaign Tries To See Glass as Half Full Behind in Polls, Republican Needs Momentum

Battling Through Battleground States

Obama and McCain Take Post-Debate Sparring to Crucial Midwest

McCain Plan Draws Doubts From Experts On Mortgages

H6 Guardian The world needs the US to get over its cultural civil war - and fast Timothy Garton Ash: Sarah Palin is the Katyusha rocket of the American right. But so far her attacks on Barack Obama aren't working

Launching the lifeboats Editorial: Gordon Brown's attempt to rescue British banks is risky, flawed and eye-wateringly expensive

The genie's out. Now they've shown what can be done Seumas Milne:The scale of intervention in the banks will create demands for similar urgent action on jobs, industry and housing

In praise of ... John Maynard Keynes Editorial: He said that government action was often the only route out of recession

The bill for the bail-out Editorial: If the financial system recovers, as it did after Scandanavian bail-outs, there could even be eventual profit

Staring into the abyss Effort to bring an end to the 14-month credit crunch fails to restore battered confidence

Brown and Darling have bitten the bullet - and set the world an example Will Hutton: Bold, comprehensive, and at times eye-popping, this plan for partial nationalisation is just what the system needed

Tomasky talk: Republicans 'gently tossing in the towel' Although the election is several weeks away, many Republicans are already prepared for defeat

Medvedev promotes new security pact Russian president proposes ban on use of force in Europe in bid to defuse mounting tensions

Spy chief gives Pakistan MPs secret brief on anti-terror policy Pakistan's parliament was given a confidential briefing by the army in an attempt to forge a consensus on a 'homegrown' anti-terror policy for the first time.

Criticism of perks provokes uproar in Iranian parliament Hasan Kamran, a fundamentalist member of Iran's parliament has been ostracised by fellow MPs

MPs outline path to reconciliation in Iraq during congressional visit

Key players in the Northern Ireland and South Africa peace processes today outlined a path to political reconciliation in Iraq based on their past experiences during a visit to the US Congress

McCain turns attention to economy

Republican senator narrows campaign focus as post-debate polls favour Barack Obama

Is it really over for McCain?

ANC on verge of split as Mbeki allies break away Former minister plans to form new party while accusing Zuma leadership of betraying democracy

Dubai ignores crunch and keeps building Property developers still thinking big, despite fears Middle East will not be immune to a global slump

European Commission keen for more market co-operation

European Commission hopes to exploit the banking crisis to launch a new regime of pan-European market regulation

AIG gets $37.8bn more from Fed

Struggling insurance company given fresh loan of $37.8bn on top of last month's $85bn emergency credit line

Who's the man with the plan now?

Jonathan Rutherford: With the disintegration of the markets comes the end of neoliberalism and a new kind of politics is needed

It's time Somaliland declared independence Jeremy Sare: While Somalia in the south is in chaos, the north is safe and democratic – yet seems invisible to the international community

Who owns the IMF? Ngaire Woods: The International Monetary Fund could be a vital institution in the global economy – but only if reformed to reflect new realities

Don't talk to the Taliban Massoumeh Torfeh: Negotiating with the Taliban is an insult to the Afghan people. Has the world forgotten what they are like?

H7

OPEC Oil Export Revenues
Source: Energy Information Administration

Closing Iran’s Oil Spigot - Robert Haddick, The American

The Forgotten War - Michael J. Totten

SPEAKING FREELY
A new dawn for Iran
The irreversible decline of the US dollar-based global financial system highlights the need for a currency based on the intrinsic energy value of carbon-based fuels. Iran, protected from the "Anglo disease" by the very sanctions aimed at damaging it, is placed to lead the way. - Chris Cook

Syrian Troops Gather on Lebanese Border

Oil, war, lies
and 'bulls**t'
Claims that oil was a cause of the US invasion and continued military presence in Iraq arise from a profound failure to understand oil's underlying pricing mechanism and distracts from a proper insight into the goals of the George W Bush administration. - Cyrus Bina

Should Syria Be Worried? By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat
There are two possible scenarios for the appalling bombing in Damascus: Was the bombing planned by outside parties, as suggested by the Syrian capital's media analyses, or was it an unexpected incident?

Iraq Beyond the Troop Surge

IDSA

An Indian commentary on the post-surge security and political outlook for Iraq

The Enigmas of Iran

FRIDE, CCCB

A 5-page summary of a Spanish event held to analyse the current political situation in Iran

Iran's Rogue Behavior by Michael Rubin

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

H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS / Thank goodness for McCain and Obama support on Iran Needing a dominating performance to close gap in polls, McCain turned in weak, disrespectful performance at second debate

Hamas gives nod to Egyptian proposal for Palestinian reconciliation

Hezbollah chief: We still plan to avenge Mughniyeh killing Lebanese paper quotes Nasrallah as saying 'we haven't abandoned big surprise that awaits our enemies.'

Ari Shavit: Financial crisis shows downside of blindly worshipping free market

Report: Hezbollah says Ron Arad died in 1988

Jerusalem Post

Yedioth Ahronoth

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

Olmert's Damascus Epiphany Too Little Too Late By: Cherrie Heywood | The Middle East Times
Outgoing Israeli Prime

Minister, Ehud Olmert, has suddenly had an epiphany on his personal road to Damascus as he tries to portray himself as a prophet of peace weeks before he will be forced to step down

Enough About Israel, Already

How constant attention from the candidates hinders the Jewish state.
Shmuel Rosner

Where the Jews Vote Republican One thing Israelis and Palestinians can agree on is that Obama is bad news.
by Willy Stern

Israeli voices for Obama
Chicago Tribune

H10 Christian Science Monitor

America as superpower: shaken, not deposed Some see demise, but others cite enduring signs of US power.

As violence drops, Iraqi tribes begin to make amends Tribal elders are reviving a traditional process to heal the deep animosities resulting from sectarian bloodshed between Shiites and Sunnis.

No Afghan-Taliban peace talks, for now Kabul may have tried to reach out to current insurgents by meeting with former Taliban in Saudi Arabia late last month.

Will Britain's rescue plan work?

Prime Minister Brown unveiled an $87 billion plan Wednesday to buttress British banks. Hailed by some European leaders, credit markets responded tepidly.

Sudan makes case abroad while still bombing Darfur President Omar al-Bashir says international interference will hamper peace. Darfuris ask: 'What peace?'

Global economy gets global action on rates In all, 22 nations have lowered interest rates since Monday

What about Fannie and Freddie?

Lawmakers look to place blame for the financial crisis, but not (yet) on the institutions it had a hand in.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must go We tried privatizing them before, in 1968. It didn't work.

End the US-Cuba embargo: It's a win-win

Normalizing ties would be smart policy and politics.

Americans turn to Uncle Sam

The US is entering an era of more active government. Can Washington deliver?

ASIA

China: Democratising One-Party Rule? FRIDE

This 40-page Spanish ppaer examines the complex relations between nationalism, economic development and political change in China

U.S., Pakistan Torn Apart Over Terror By: Tariq Mahmud Ashraf | Asia Times The war in South Asia consists primarily of two battles, the first waged by United States-led forces against the Taliban inside Afghanistan and the second by the Pakistani military against militants in its tribal areas. Until these struggles are better coordinated, ties between Washington and Islamabad can only get worse

'Play or no pay' warning for Pakistan
The United States needs to rethink its entire approach to Pakistan, recommends a bipartisan report whose authors include those with links to both US presidential candidates. Washington has provided about US$11 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001, and this "era of the blank check is over", the report suggests, given Islamabad's patchy record in the struggle against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. - Jim Lobe

S&P turns screw on Pakistan
The Pakistani economy, already beset on all sides as the country is riven by violence and runaway inflation, took another dent this week with a further downgrade of its foreign-currency rating. The government is now going cap-in-hand to international agencies and Gulf neighbors to keep going. - R M Cutler

A Master Plan for China to Bail Out America By: Arvind Subramanian | Financial Times Ken Rogoff of Harvard cheekily characterised the vast Chinese accumulation of US Treasury bonds over the past five years as the biggest foreign assistance programme in history. Why not push that further? Here is a thought experiment.

What will Become of China After the Olympics?

JIIA A Japanese view of China's future

Building a Stronger U.S.-India Friendship By: U.S. Senator John Kerry | The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. Congress approved an unprecedented deal that offers India access to American nuclear fuel and technology in exchange for stronger international safeguards on India's nuclear program. The historic deal is done. Now comes the hard part

Experience Trumps Hope: North Korean Denuclearization Stalls Again By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review
Only two months ago, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea appeared to be rolling back its nuclear program. But events during the past two weeks suggest that North Korea is returning to its rogue ways.

Cambodia's Muslims as Geopolitical Pawns By: Geoffrey Cain | Asia Times
An influx of free-spending foreign Islamic groups is revitalizing the culture and identity of Cambodia's Cham Muslims -- a minority decimated in the 1970s under the Khmer Rouge regime

China's interest targeted on harmony The Chinese central bank, confronted with falling though still enviable economic growth, is expected to follow others in the region by cutting interest rates. A liquidity crisis is not its problem. Keeping factories busy and workers in line is its priority. One measure already taken to boost domestic consumption is expansion of a pilot scheme to give financial subsidies for farmers to buy home appliances. - Leanne Wang

H11 IHT No reason to gloat over America's comeuppance If America is too big to fail, it is also too connected to the rest of the world to go it alone.

CAPITALISM AND THE CREDIT CRUNCH Don't undermine free markets

By SIMON TILFORD AND PHILIP WHYTE A backlash against market reform would be every bit as damaging as the initial credit crisis.

FORGET WALL STREET

Here's where the money is

By DAVID SCHOENBAUM

Fiddling while Wall Street burns ain't just whistlin' "Dixie."

Roger Cohen: Hasta la vista, baby

Obama, if he wins, should get Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House pronto.

Gates asks European nations for more troops in Afghanistan

The U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, on Wednesday called on America's allies in southeastern Europe to expand their troop commitments to Afghanistan.

EUROPE European press review

EU to Start Moldova Talks Despite Election Fears By: Valentina Pop | EU Observer
The EU will start negotiations on a new partnership agreement with Moldova despite the risk the Communist government may exploit the move in the run up to general elections next spring, Kalman Miszei, the EU's top diplomat on Moldova told MEPs on Monday (6 October).

EU Foreign Policy Perspectives: A Call for the Revival of the Weimar Triangle SWP An 8-page German commentary arguing for closer foreign and security policy coordination between Germany, Poland and France

For a More Progressive Transatlantic Agenda

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A 7-page Spanish paper urging the EU and US to adopt a more progressive, engaged agensda

H12 RFE/RL

Building a Common Ground With Russia By: Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz | The Washington Post We are more aligned than at any point in recent history. We must not waste that opportunity

A Failure of Strategy IISS

An article reviewing the results of the war in Georgia

Russia shutters its markets again as deeper problems emerge

Google News Azerbaijan

Crisis -- What Crisis? By: Yulia Latynina | The Moscow Times
I have been trying to understand the nature of Russia's economic crisis, but honestly, I don't see any crisis. Instead, I see a number of surprising moves by the government.

The Sustainability of Russia's Resurgence

FIIA A 6-page Finnish paper analyzing the sustainability of Russia's resurgence

Russian Pullout Fulfills Georgia Pledge Russia pulled its troops out of buffer zones around Georgia's breakaway regions, paving the way for European-brokered talks to resolve border issues.

Ukrainian president dissolves Parliament Viktor Yushchenko has called an early election. It will be the third parliamentary election in less than three years.

Russia: Our Next Headache by Shmuel Rosner

H13 The Times Rate cuts overshadowed by spectre of recession Central banks took emergency action in an effort to contain the worst economic threat since the Great Depression

Confidence Boost The Government has formulated an intelligent plan to shore up the banks. But those who presided over recklessness should not expect to keep their jobs

Feuding leaders destroy Orange coalition Government of Ukraine succumbs to bitter rivalry as President dissolves parliament and calls a snap election

Hostilities resume after tame debate John McCain's campaign returned to the fray by repeating charges that Barack Obama is the friend of a former terrorist

How much does confidence cost?

The big money is chasing a commodity that cannot be bought or sold on the open market

Ben Macintyre

Darling's plan may stave off depression Two of his innovations may stabilise the banking system. But it will be only a small mercy

Anatole Kaletsky

The silent but pernicious effects of recession In times of financial downturn the cancer of debt spreads through society, ruining adults and children as it goes

Iain Duncan Smith

The secret reason Obama's winning

Wall Street Journal Karl Rove: Voters Haven't Decided Yet

Uncle Sam: Too Fat to Fail?

WONDER LAND By Daniel Henninger The financial meltdown means government needs a crash diet.

McCain Reshuffles Rescue Deal

McCain's $300 billion plan to help struggling homeowners carries benefits for the real-estate sector, but could reduce the funds available for rescuing banks

Dmitry's Diatribe Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Medvedev.

There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble By Vernon L. Smith
Treasury doesn't know much about running a 'reverse auction.'

A Plan -- at Last REVIEW & OUTLOOK Britain's capital injection goes to the heart of the crisis.

China's Monetary Paradox

By Paul Cavey Raising rates could be a way to loosen policy.

News Flash: The Media Back Obama

The Next $300 Billion

John McCain wants your mortgage.

Progress Amid the Ruins

U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks — WASHINGTON — Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials.

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Rate Cuts and Paying for the Bailout

H14 Financial Times US shift as UK sets out to recapitalise

The US could soon follow the UK down the path of using public money to recapitalise weakened financial institutions in return for preference shares

Asia’s revenge

Sustained capital inflows are as much to blame as gung-ho bankers

Do not let Russia ‘Finlandise’ western Europe Edward Lucas on how to handle the Kremlin

Sarkozy welcomes Russia plan for security

French president welcomes Russia’s proposal for a new European security pact but stresses the talks must include Europe’s North American partners and take place within existing security structures

Yushchenko calls snap elections Ukraine’s president dissolves parliament, a decision that comes after months of dispute with the pro-western coalition government led by Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister

Focus on budget woes at Nato summit As the alliance’s defence ministers meet in Budapest, they will seek to co-ordinate operations in order to spend money more effectively in light of the global financial crisis

Asian central banks cut rates Central banks in Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong cut interest rates on Thursday in steps that closely follow America’s and Europe’s policy response to the financial crisis

Some of the fault lies closer to homeWe home buyers and mortgage borrowers share the blame for the subprime mortgage mess, whether we are American, British or Icelandic, writes John Gapper

Obama opens up biggest poll lead

The Democratic candidate notches up his widest advantage as he continues to focus on the economy – the single issue that now looks certain to decide the presidential campaign

Edward Luce: McCain needs new tack With just 27 days remaining before polling day, the McCain-Palin campaign desperately needs to raise its level if it is to throw Obama-Biden off course

A shift from bumbling to sensible policy This package suggests British mandarins have finally learnt to draw lessons from the past, notably from the 1990s crises in Japan and Sweden, writes Gillian Tett

Campaigns swap attacks over global trade policy

Opec ponders emergency meeting as oil price falls

Nashville fixture The second televised debate between US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain was short on spectacle and short on everything else

Britain’s bail-out The extra fiscal burden from the government’s rescue proposals makes the need to set out a long-term plan to repair the public finances more acute

Fighting the fire calls for boldness

The UK government appears to be trying to get ahead of the blaze to build a firebreak; it wants to recapitalise its main banks

Russia pulls out of Georgia buffer zones Russian forces pulled out from the contentious buffer zones flanking Georgia’s breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two days ahead of a deadline set under a ceasefire brokered by the European Union

Crisis closes three stock exchanges

Regulators in Russia, Romania and Ukraine shut the doors of their stock exchanges in an effort to reduce the impact on central and eastern Europe of the global financial crisis

Come back, Mr Mainwaring, we need you Jonathan Guthrie on old-school bankers

India cannot afford to delay bank reforms Nobody wants to liberalise any more, says James Lamont

Gulf states face a reality check

The oil-fuelled boom seems to be stalling but governments may have saved enough during the good times to stimulate growth once more

Court blocks release of Guantánamo Uighurs

A federal appeals court has granted the Bush administration’s emergency request for a stay of a federal judge’s order that the members of the Uighur ethnic group be released into the United States at the end of this week

H15 Los Angeles Times Gen. Petraeus sounds cautious note on progress in Iraq General tells Washington groups that violence is down, but that many potential flash points still exist in Iraq.

Iran's ambassador in Iraq has harsh words for U.S. Hassan Kazemi-Qomi says Iraqis want Americans out of their country. He speaks highly of Iran's ties with Baghdad.

Russian troops leave Georgia, but disputes continue Georgia says the withdrawal is incomplete. The future of its two breakaway regions -- South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- remains unclear.

Torture rampant in Jordan's prisons, report says Human Rights Watch condemns the U.S. ally, saying prisoners are tortured and abusers go punished

New spy chief briefs Pakistan lawmakers on terrorism fight

The move is part of the government's push for political unity in the effort against Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters on the border with Afghanistan

U.S. military acknowledges higher civilian toll in Afghanistan attack

The August airstrike in Azizabad killed 33 civilians, not six as previously reported, the investigation finds. But the U.S. says militants were also killed, and calls the strike 'legitimate.

How desperate is McCain?

Matt Welch says only a domestic act of terrorism could boost...

EditorialMcCain's dilemma

His options limited, the GOP candidate struggled to regain the initiative...

Give the bailout time With a few crucial tweaks, the feds and the state should allow the economic...

Could investor flight usher in a bull market? Fear of stocks, low interest rates and concerted action set up a possible recovery. But don't bet on it.

Iraq play is a tragicomedy

Despite blasts and barricades, crowds keep coming to watch 'Bring the King, Bring Him,' in which actors skewer a beloved nation in the grip of nattering politicians

H16 American Politics

Gallup Daily: Obama's Lead Over McCain Expands to 11

Survey: Tuesday's debate moved undecideds to Obama

Americans deeply pessimistic about economy, poll finds

McCain's mortgage plan draws fire from Obama, economists

Obama's Temperament Proves Right Stuff - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg

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David Brooks: Sarah Palin “Represents A Fatal Cancer To The Republican Party”

David Frum: Obama in the Corner

Nate Silver FiveThirtyEight.com:
What is Obama's Ceiling? — This post is going to seem slightly …

H17 Daily Telegraph Financial crisis: We're all socialists now, comrade Perhaps if Brown did not socialise our financial system the situation would worsen but state-backed banks will eventually impoverish us all, says Simon Heffer.

Who is going to bail out the euro?

Europe must pull together if it is to avoid further financial disaster, argues Ambrose Evans- Pritchard.

McCain 'can still win'

McCain's advisers insisted he can still win despite poor form in debate.

Global solution needed for financial crisis Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers a set of actions to span the problems in the financial sector and implores the world's policymakers to pull in the same direction.

Barack Obama looks the part

John McCain is falling behind Barack Obama and his tired demeanour is eclipsing his experience and grasp of foreign policy.

Paulson warns more banks and businesses will fail

Gordon Brown hails £500 billion bank rescue plan

Prime Minister says £500 billion bail-out of British banks will restore "confidence and trust" in the financial system

Russia completes troop withdrawal from Georgia

Russian forces complete a withdrawal from buffer zones around Georgia's rebel regions, two months after war over South Ossetia

Russia urges Europe to freeze out US

H18 Independent Global gamble: the fightback begins...

It was the longest day in the battle to rescue the world's stricken economy from the financial crisis which had left banks teetering.

Brown calls on world to follow Britain as rate cut helps 5 million

Rescue package fails to kick-start the markets

The great balti bailout

Where the recession will bite...

From banks to bankruptcy, everything you need to know about the bailout

Nick Clegg: Britain needs tax cuts – not just a bank bailout

IMF calls for action now to combat global recession

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Use of 'Sticky IEDs' Rising in Iraq

H20 Slate Obama Won the Foreign-Policy Questions McCain was vague and contradicted himself during the debate. Fred Kaplan

Professor and Pastor Obama finds his voice on the economy.
John Dickerson

Enough About Israel, Already

How constant attention from the candidates hinders the Jewish state.
Shmuel Rosner

The Myth of Voter Realignment

Voters are not drifting over to the other party. They're more partisan than ever. Bill Bishop

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For Dostoevsky, murderers, suicides, child molesters, and blasphemers actually quicken the deepest Christian faith... more»

False Apology Syndrome: a rich but poisonous mixture of condescension, self-importance, bad faith, loose thinking, and indifference... more»

“This is the most important election in American history.” Yeah, they say that for every election that comes along... more»

In the U.K., alcohol is a relaxant, an emollient, a crutch, a relief, an excuse. Sarah Lyall has many British friends who in the U.S. would be viewed as functioning alcoholics... more»

1900s colour pictures

'Sombre' libraries need chatter and coffee shops, minister says

Government dodging real issue of funding, say critics.

An insular view of the Nobel prize

Marco Roth: The Nobel prize for literature doesn't really have much to do with literary excellence - and that's not a bad thing

University top 200 in full

Google takes sober look at drunken e-mails A new computer program offers protection from the late-night lunacy and terrible consequences of the drunken e-mail

Google’s Vulcan death grip

Is Google the Mr. Spock of the Internet — all head, no heart? A new book wonders if the very things that made the company great will bring it down

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