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30 October 2008
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H1 New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Sleepless in Tehran Negotiating in the Middle East without leverage is like playing baseball without a bat

Iraqis Insist on Changes to Long-Delayed Security Pact With U.S.

International Crisis Group Oil for Soil: Toward a Grand Bargain on Iraq and the Kurds

Vision 2015: A Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise (PDF; 9.7 MB) Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The Declinists, Wrong Again By: Edward Luttwak | The American Interest With the crisis in the American and European financial sectors, predictions of the Atlantic powers' decline have once again become de rigeur. But they’re still wrong.

Washington Post Still No. 1

By Robert Kagan, I hope that whoever wins next week will dismiss all this faddish talk about American decline.

Alphas in Their Bunkers By David Ignatius, Having made their loot, the very rich are desperate to protect it.

Senior Iraqi Leader Says Pact With U.S. Is Unlikely to Pass Politicians' Fears of Voter Backlash Cited

The Stimulus Plan We Need Now

The President-Elect Won't Have to Wait Till January to Act By Martin Feldstein, The senator who becomes president-elect next week should immediately introduce economic legislation.

Editorial Back in Business The IMF can play a crucial role in the global financial crisis

ComingAnarchy Iran Policy Options Part III [Part I | Part II]

What Vietnam teaches us
International Herald Tribune By Henry A. Kissinger

Israel's Current Strategic Environment - Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Chuck Todd / MSNBC:

Can McCain close? — Don't dismiss the likelihood that this race will tighten

Guardian Obama has sparked an explosive conversation Timothy Garton Ash: In this weathervane state they love God and guns. But they also see the long shadows of slavery and discrimination

Those who want real change will have to fight to get it Seumas Milne: The election of Obama can still be a powerful catalyst, even if his policies spell continuity more than radicalism

The American Conservative:

Francis Fukuyama PDF — I'm voting for Barack Obama this November for a very simple reason. It is hard to imagine a more disastrous presidency than that of George W. Bush.

Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan By: Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid | Foreign Affairs
The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek compromise with insurgents while addressing regional rivalries and insecurities.

Independent Bill Emmott: The rise of Asia is not a simple matter of East versus West

Christian Science Monitor Who will help shape McCain, Obama foreign policy? Both candidates would likely draw from previous administrations to build their teams.

Russia pushes an 'OPEC' for natural-gas nations The world's biggest suppliers will meet in Moscow on Nov. 18 to finalize plans for a cartel to control gas prices.

How McCain, Obama would do as commander in chief McCain has the experience, but Obama may be more open to Pentagon advice.

Financial Times Editorial Fed cuts rates to historic lows Official interest rates appear too high and need to be cut substantially. Policymakers around the world must act to contain what could be a severe global recession

Europe faces disappointment whoever wins Such has been the excitement generated by the US elections that Europeans appear destined to be disappointed by the next president, no matter who wins. The differences may only be: how quickly, and in which ways?

Comment: Brussels must issue sovereign debt EU countries will not be able to compete until they develop a unified market for bonds denominated in euros, write Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi

When Iranians made 'Great Satan' blink GulfNews - By Amir Taheri

Next President Faces Unknowns on Iraq

Eli Lake Why Did the U.S. Attack Syria?

Preventing a Global Slump Must Be the Priority By: Martin Wolf | Financial Times
Choosing to risk such an outcome would be like deciding to let a city burn in order to punish someone who smoked in bed. Everything possible must be done to prevent the inescapable recession from turning into something worse.

Jerusalem Post Analysis: US raid shows Assad's over-estimation

Power of weakness [ LOUIS RENÉ BERES In all world politics - but especially in the Middle East - appearances can deceive. Although power is powerful and weakness is weak, power can weaken itself. Sometimes, weakness can even become a source of power. Nowhere is this paradox more apparent than in Israel's endlessly self-deceiving relationship with the Palestinians.

The strike that shattered US-Syria ties
A commando raid by United States forces on a Syrian border compound near Iraq has ruptured already rocky relations between Washington and Damascus. The US now claims the strike was a pre-emptive success which led to the death of a top al-Qaeda agent, while Syria is outwardly appalled at the "cowboy" tactics and so-called "massacre". - Sami Moubayed

The State Department, Not the Pentagon, Should Lead America's Public Diplomacy Efforts By: Kristin M. Lord | The Christian Science Monitor Today's public diplomats wear boots, not wingtips. Increasingly, the Defense Department is at the forefront of US efforts to engage public opinion overseas. While the State Department formally leads the effort, the Pentagon has more money and personnel to carry out the public diplomacy mission.

Briefing on the War of Ideas
US Department of State

Anyone for Realpolitik? By: Rodric Braithwaite | Prospect
Britain's foreign policy, like its banks, has run out of capital. Time for a more realistic approach.

The Real October Surprise By: Paul Waldman | The American Prospect If Osama bin Laden releases a pre-election tape like he did in 2004, don't assume it will be to the Republicans' benefit.

World Will Struggle to Meet Oil Demand By: Carola Hoyos and Javier Blas | Financial Times Output from the world’s oilfields is declining faster than previously thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields show

Iran: Empire by Proxy - Kevin Sullivan

Top Iraqi Cleric Concerned About US Security Pact

Big Foreign Policy Agenda Awaits Next US President

Why Syria? Why now?
Speculation is intense over the United States' cross-border strike into Syria. Was it a hawkish attempt to provoke war? A political stunt ahead of the US elections? If so, both tacks seem to have failed. A more likely answer is a "messy" US chain of command in Iraq, and gung-ho special operations forces

Daily Star Don't let Bush & Co. leave another disaster in their wake

Barack Obama is the World's Choice The Economist Barack Obama is poised to win at least one election by a landslide. Voters in The Economist's Global Electoral College favour the Democratic candidate over his Republican rival, John McCain, by a hefty margin of more than four to one.

IHT In Syria, a short-sighted attack The next president will have to restore a diplomacy that balances the interests of Syria and its neighboring nations.

Roger Cohen: Where stories are possible Nowhere else on earth could Obama have risen so far and so fast

Wall Street Journal Fouad Ajami: Obama and the Politics of Crowds

Money for (Almost) Nothing

Shaping Obama's
Legislative Agenda
Democrats are jockeying to shape an Obama administration's agenda and define "Obamanomics," a concept the candidate has left vague

The Times America must act now to escape limbo Only bold emergency action before the President is inaugurated can prevent a deep recession and raise everyone's spirits Anatole Kaletsky

Pakistan calls in US ambassador over raids In further sign of troubled relations between the allies, Pakistan said US must end cross-border raids against militants

MESH Saudi angle on U.S. elections

The List: The World’s Top Religious Power Brokers

H2 Newsweek The ‘Deep State’ on Trial The ongoing Ergenekon hearings would make good satire if the shadowy organization weren't a serious challenge to the nation's democracy by Grenville Byford

International Crisis Group Oil for Soil: Toward a Grand Bargain on Iraq and the Kurds

Barzani, in Washington, discusses cooperation against PKK

Davutoğlu: 'Türk Amerikan İlişkileri Sağlıklı'

Turkey's Islamic democrats , Max Farrar

Davutoğlu’ndan Obama’ya uyarı

Ankara’dan Obama’ya uyarı

Ankara, Erbil'le ilişki kurarken Bağdat'ı ihmal etmemeli

Hükümet, AB’yi tatmin etmedi

Jerusalem Post Turkey interested in Israeli UAVs

Soli Özel Dünyanın seçimi

Davutoğlu: Barzani'yle görüşmedim

M Ali Birand Bizim aşiret reisleri Beyaz Saray'da !

‘Başbakan’ın Güneydoğu politikası’
TARHAN ERDEM

Ali Bayramoğlu Kürt sorunu ya da Güneydoğu: Henüz vakit var...

EDM TURKEY PURSUES ITS OWN FOREIGN POLICY LINE

Kadri Gürsel Yanlış silahlanma

Kanın durması için Barzani'yle bile görüşülebilir

FT Cyprus Northern economy dependent on Turkey

Peace dividend that cannot be ignored

Showcase rouses a divided city

Economy: Inflation dents model eurozone credentials

Last chance to create a unified economy

Turkey's view

History becomes weapon in bid to end mistrust

Resources: Thirst for solution to water shortages

Oil & gas prospects: Energy suppliers of the future

Eco-tourism key to protecting Karpaz

Guest column: US and China have shared interests By Zeyno Baran,

President Bush Meets with President Barzani of the Kurdistan ...

PKK silah bıraksın

Sürekli ortaklık vakti

KAREL DE GUCHT

‘Yahudi karşıtlığı AKP ile dorukta’

Yedioth Ahronoth EJC, Turkish pres. discuss Iran European Jewish Congress meets with Turkish prime minister, president and foreign minister to discuss Turkey's role in stabilizing Middle East, annual inter-fath dialogue, Turkish battle against anti-Semitism and racism

US top diplomat warns Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani on PKK

US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey attends Annual Archon ...

Azerbaijan: Defence Sector Management and Reform, International Crisis Group

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkish procurement policy hinders UAV purchase ...

CSM Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech The country's courts and governments have banned 850 websites this year, including YouTube and Blogger.

Both Obama, McCain would be strong advocates of US-Turkish ties, senator says

Turk envoys to meet US presidential candidates

İbrahim Kalın A new era in US-Turkish relations?

Barış yolu, enerji hatlarından geçiyor - Fatih Uğur

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

Turkish Paper Views Implications of US Raid into Syria

Cevdet Aşkın Karayılan: Aktütün'deki yetkililerin askeri taktiği doğruydu

ERDAL ŞAFAK Tartışmaktan korkmayalım

PKK’dan radara roketli saldırı

Barçın Yinanç PKK'yı Öcalan'ın sağlığı mı yoksa Barzani mi kızdırdı

THE KURDISH PROBLEM.
Tapped

Sebahattin Önkibar "Mustafa" filmi Kürtlere özerklik adına operasyondur!

'Türkiye'de TRT’lik Kürt yok'

Sorun K. Irak’ta

Oil for soil: the solution to Kirkuk
The National

Mehmet Altan Bingöl’den Aktütün’e

"Doğu'da imam açığı giderilsin"

"K. Irak'ta değişiklik görüşmeye hazırız"

DTP, vekillere Öcalan'ın planını dağıttı

Erdoğan'dan DTP mesajı: Emaneti ehline verin

'Yargısız infaz' sorusu Pamukoğlu'nu kızdırdı

Talimat Öcalan’dan dağıtmak DTP’den

Funeral Director Looks to End Blood Feuds Kurdish southeast notorious for killings

Öcalan'ın kardeşinden itiraf: PKK Kürtlere zarar verdi

DTP presents plan for solution of Kurdish problem

Brother of jailed PKK leader says armed fight hurts Kurds

Vekillere gönderdiği kitap, Meclis'i karıştırdı

Some Displaced Iraqi Christians Ponder Kurds' Role

Dersim on Turkey's ‘genocide' list

Silahlı mücadele Kürtlere büyük zararlar verdi

En iyi terörist, ölü değil teslim olandır

DTP kapatılırsa 'ılımlı Kürtler' tasfiye olur

Apo'nun önerisini Meclis'e getirdiler

GAP cephesinde yeni bir şey yok

Iraqi Christians forming ad hoc militias

Islamophobia worse than racial prejudice

YASİN DOĞAN Rekabeti savaş zannedenler…

Counterterrorism policies as a vicious circle by EMRE USLU & ÖNDER AYTAÇ*

[Haber Yorum-M.Naci Bostancı] DTP'li kardeşlerim

Melih Aşık Kürtçe program

Basic designs for Kirkuk city completed (Voices of Iraq)

Iraq Government Wants Kurds Out of Mosul

Some Displaced Iraqi Christians Ponder Kurds' Role

The Reality of the Kurdish Violence in Kirkuk

Taraf keeps pressing military on Aktütün failures despite response

Turkey's National Security Council decides to form a new division

Prices increased in Kurdistan in September – ASK

Germany: no request made to close Roj TV

Barzani’den Türkiye’ye dostluk mesajı

Old ethnic rifts threaten to break into violence in Mosul

KRG suggests De Mistura rethink his recommendations

Kurdish military official survives attempt in Touz (Voices of Iraq)

DTP'li başkanlar törenlere katılmadı

Doğan Heper Güneydoğu’da AKP’liyiz

Fikret Ertan General Odierno

K. Irak'ta çokeşliliğe sınırlama geldi

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

İlerleme Raporu Basına Sızdı

Sürekli ortaklık vakti

KAREL DE GUCHT

Rauf Denktaş Acılı reçete

Semih İdiz AKP’nin tavrı ne olacak?

Avrupa Komisyonu Başkan Yardımcısı Verheugen,Ankara'ya geldi

Talat: Türkiye ile bağlarımızı kimse koparamayacak

Azeri ve Ermeni Liderler Rusya'da Görüşecek

EDM AFTER AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE LOOK AHEAD (PART TWO)

Beyaz Saray’ın anahtarı Obama’da

Chuck Hagel: both Obama and McCain strong advocates of relations with Turkey

The illusion surrounding Obama’s presidency

Azerbaijan: Defence Sector Management and Reform, International Crisis Group

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Şok eden gençlik raporu

Funeral Director Looks to End Blood Feuds Kurdish southeast notorious for killings

Ata'nın manevi oğlunun kızından şok iddia

Madam Corinne’e yazdığı mektup

CSM Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech The country's courts and governments have banned 850 websites this year, including YouTube and Blogger

100 bin doktor, 300 bin hemşireye ihtiyaç var -

Serdar Turgut
Can Dündar ve sponsorları

‘Mustafa’yı beğenmedim, Can değişmiş'

H3 TSK'dan ezber bozan öneriler...

En iyi terörist, ölü değil teslim olandır

TSK'dan bir yenilik daha

Tüm Türkiye coşkuyla kutladı

Yeni anayasa şart oldu... Gerekçe, Anayasa Mahkemesi -

Kılıç'ın önerdiği model gündemde

Üskül’den ‘şartla salıverme’ teklifi

Rafa kalkan ‘şartlı af’ Meclis gündeminde

Albay Ali Öz’ün itirazına ret cevabı

Ergenekon prosecutor promotion delayed by HSYK

Askerden ilk kez alternatif 29 Ekim resepsiyonu!

Ankara’da iki resepsiyon birden

Skandal raporun perde arkası

28 Şubat'ta kaybettiğimiz tabanımızı kazanacağız -

‘Resepsiyona gitmeyi görev gördüm’

Alman Başsavcı: Fener dosyası kasımda sizde

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Video NTV CNNTürk Milliyet

Cengiz Çandar Apayrı dünyalarda, Afganistan'dan Amerika'ya Biz Washington’da; Obama Washington yolunda

Ahmet Taşgetiren Yıl dönümü yazıları ve... Saadet'in şansı

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol Cumhuriyet okumaları

Fikret Bila ‘Mustafa’nın tartışılacak yönleri

Hasan Cemal Biz nerede yanlış yapıyoruz sorusunu düşünmek!

Murat Yetkin Olmayınca olmuyor

İsmet Berkan Cumhuriyet bir nostalji değildir

Fehmi Koru Biri bunu Ağar'a hatırlatmalı: Duvar yıkıldı

Taha Kıvanç Ha gayret, doğru yoldasınız... - 29.10.2008

Şamil Tayyar

Hüseyin Gülerce Cumhuriyet ve Silahlı Kuvvetler

Ali Bayramoğlu Bugün keyfim yok…

Yasemin Çongar Kanayan cumhuriyetin “gurur” bilançosu

Ertuğrul Özkök

Hasan Ünal Her şey gün gibi ortada

Ahmet Hakan Hiç bitmez mi bu aşağılık duygusu

M Ali Birand Bizim aşiret reisleri Beyaz Saray'da !

Cüneyt Ülsever İktidarperver liberaller kongresi

Enis Berberoğlu

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkish republican concept hinders the flourishing of democracy

Oktay Ekşi Cumhuriyet ve onlar

Can Ataklı Gökçek’te Karayalçın endişesi

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Toplumlar layık oldukları gibi yönetiliyor

Yalçın Doğan Ergenekon’da bir sonraki aşama AİHM

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK Tartışmaktan korkmayalım

ENGİN ARDIÇ Halk savaşı değildi

ERGUN BABAHAN Korkulara teslim olmak

EMRE AKÖZ Ben olsam öyle çizmezdim

Umur Talu

Mehmet Tezkan Bahar yıllarını en iyi ‘darbe günlükleri’ anlatıyor!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

Yaralı cumhuriyet-2

Aydın Ayaydın İstanbul’da adaylar belli oluyor

NAZLI ILICAK Koral'ın ikinci baharı!

MEHMET BARLAS Kendimize karşı da adil ve insaflı olmayı denemeliyiz...

Şükrü Küçükşahin Akman ne naneler yendiğini bulur

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Amerika'da 'tarih değişiyor' mu?

Mümtazer Türköne Cumhuriyet ne zaman herkesin olacak?

YAVUZ DONAT Global krizin sigara ile ilişkisi

Korku toplumu
TÜRKER ALKAN

Saati durmuş yeni monarklara Cumhuriyet dersi
HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

‘Yanlış Cumhuriyet’in 85. yılı
NURAY MERT

I give up.. No Panama hats or alcohol!
BURAK BEKDIL

‘Deniz Feneri’ haberini vermek veya vermemek... Meğer mesele buymuş...
ALTAN ÖYMEN

Mustafa Erdoğan Anayasa Mahkemesi bunu hep yapıyor

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Avrasya Ekonomik Düzeni: 'Küresel ortak para birimi' ve 'Dünya Merkez Bankası'

Sebahattin Önkibar "Mustafa" filmi Kürtlere özerklik adına operasyondur!

Ekonomi

Seyfettin Gürsel IMF'yi unutun

Hükümetin krize karşı ilk eylem planı, 2009 programından çıktı

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu İşsizlik fonu bir kaynak mı

Erdal Sağlam Başbakan IMF ile anlaşmak için çark etmeye başladı

Baturalp candemir Cari açık değil, özel sektörün borçları

Hurşit Güneş Türkiye’den ne kadar yabancı parası çıktı?

Güngör Uras Dolar 1.50 YTL dolayına oturacak gibi

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Emanet paranız ne kadar güvende?

İsmail Küçükkaya
Ekonomiden büyük sorunumuz var mı?

FT EBRD set to fund Turkey

MELİHA OKUR
ABD, faizsiz bankacılık danışmanı istiyor!

Küresel krizleri önlemek
MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Yapmadıklarımız yapacaklarımızdır...
KORKMAZ İLKORUR

Ne yapmalı? (2)
FATİH ÖZATAY

Deniz Gökçe
Artık bazı şeyleri öğrenmiş olmalıyız!

KOBİ’ler ve TOKİ

Yunan bankası Türk bayrağı çekerse

H4 New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Sleepless in Tehran Negotiating in the Middle East without leverage is like playing baseball without a bat. The collapse of oil prices should give the United States leverage with Iran, but it should be used smartly.

Iraqis Insist on Changes to Long-Delayed Security Pact With U.S.

Concerned Fed Trims Key Rate by a Half Point Even as the Fed reduced its benchmark interest rate to 1 percent, the White House was weighing a plan to slow the foreclosure epidemic in the housing market.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF What? Me Biased? This 2008 election is a milestone and may put a black man in the White House. That creates an opportunity for an adult conversation about the complexities of race.

ROGER COHEN American Stories In no other country could Barack Obama have risen so far and so fast. Such boundless possibility is what America once stood for and can stand for again

The Decided Go in Droves to Vote Early Early voting has been a hit, in grocery stores or out car windows, and millions have already cast ballots.

Editorial The Success of Early Voting Early voting has many advantages, but the main one is that it makes it likely that more eligible voters will participate in democracy

Afghanistan Tests Waters for Overture to Taliban

Memo From Paris: Sarkozy Boldly Attacks Financial Crisis, but Europe Wants Results

Advocates for Gaza Challenge Blockade

Ukraine Reaches for I.M.F. Rescue Loan

World Briefing | Middle East: Syria: Prominent Dissidents Sentenced

Quake in Pakistan Kills at Least 170

Pakistan Tells U.S. to Stop Airstrikes in Tribal Zone

GAIL COLLINS The Last Week Quiz This presidential race has been a great ride, but we need to take a break. Dare you to answer this end-of-the-endless-election quiz.

At Rallies of Faithful, Contrasts in Red and Blue It is a cliché to say that the country is “divided,” but 11 campaign stops in recent days offer glimpses of partisan America.

H5 Washington Post Still No. 1

By Robert Kagan, I hope that whoever wins next week will dismiss all this faddish talk about American decline.

Alphas in Their Bunkers By David Ignatius, Having made their loot, the very rich are desperate to protect it.

Senior Iraqi Leader Says Pact With U.S. Is Unlikely to Pass Politicians' Fears of Voter Backlash Cited

The Stimulus Plan We Need Now

The President-Elect Won't Have to Wait Till January to Act By Martin Feldstein, The senator who becomes president-elect next week should immediately introduce economic legislation.

Editorial Back in Business The IMF can play a crucial role in the global financial crisis

Early Voters Breaking Records

Poll Shows 59 Percent of Ballots Already Cast Are for Obama

U.S. Takes Battle Against Iraq Violence to Border

Power Barometer: Demographics of Recession

Editorial Can One Party Rule?

Neither Democrats nor Republicans have a monopoly on policy wisdom

What We've Learned About McCain

By David S. Broder, Page A23

What we have learned about him in this campaign that we didn't know before.

France Boosts Spending on Military

Program Reflects Intent to Conduct Activist Policies Worldwide

Call Him John the Careless

By George F. Will, Tuesday's probable repudiation of the GOP will punish McCain's imprudent campaign.

Obama Airs 30-Minute Spot, Releases Anti-Palin Ad

Attaboy From the Albatross By Dan Froomkin

McCain Links Economy, Security

Republican Says Obama Policies Would Make U.S. Less Safe

Ukraine Lawmakers Unite To Pass IMF Loan Measure

In Ohio, Wary Eyes On Election Process Fears of Fraud and Blocked Votes

Pakistan Begins Rescue Efforts As Quake Death Toll Tops 170

Embers of Rwandan Genocide Flare

Congo Faces Threat of War as Rebels Advance, Soldiers Leave Posts and Villagers Flee

McCain Again Points to Obama's Associates Republican Cites Tape of Rival Praising Palestinian, Alleges Ayers Was Present

H6 Guardian Obama has sparked an explosive conversation Timothy Garton Ash: In this weathervane state they love God and guns. But they also see the long shadows of slavery and discrimination

Those who want real change will have to fight to get it Seumas Milne: The election of Obama can still be a powerful catalyst, even if his policies spell continuity more than radicalism

US leads way with rate cut to 1%

BoE and other central banks likely to mimic Federal Reserve's move to stimulate economies

Obama, the infomercial Oliver Burkeman: Barack Obama's final sales pitch to the nation was a stirring event

Tomasky talk: Is Obama's TV ad overkill?

Israel's multilateral option Chris Phillips

Republicans prepare for worst and plan post-election analysis

Senior members to meet at a rural retreat in Virginia within days of vote to rebuild party

McCain plays on fear of 'comunismo' Republican candidate goes on offensive in Florida by comparing Obama to Castro and Chavez

Hundreds feared dead in Pakistan earthquake Aid agency says up to 600 killed and thousands left homeless, with death toll expected to climb

Even in the rural heartland, Obama has sparked an explosive conversation In this weathervane state they love God and guns. But they also see the long shadows of slavery and discrimination

Do the tribes really need more guns? Mustafa Qadri: Arming tribal militias to fight the Taliban in Pakistan doesn't solve the underlying problem

Bush's Push to Cement His Legacy - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian

Time for an energy bail-out Jeremy Leggett: Peak oil is just five years away, and we must start to plan now to avert a truly ruinous crisis

It would take an affair with a gay terrorist to knock Obama off his road to victory Oliver Burkeman: The number of ways in which Barack Obama could still lose the US presidential election is diminishing by the day

H7 Briefing on the War of Ideas
US Department of State

Geopolitical Diary: New Questions About Nuclear Sustainability

Beware Banrkrupt Rogues - Ralph Peters, New York Post


Sleepless in Tehran - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Reaction to the US Raid into Syria: Only Muted Outrage
TIME

The rise of the G20 The Australian

The Denial of Failure in Afghanistan (Full PDF Article)

Lebanon's Enemy Within - Michael Totten, Commentary

Bush's Foreign Policy Legacy - Helle Dale, Washington Times

Life Just Got Harder for Terrorists - James Robbins, National Review

Will Syria Dump Its Friends? - David Blair, The Telegraph

Getting Syrious - National Review

The Vulnerability of Arab Economies to the Global Crisis By: Anouar Boukhars | The Daily Star
The perfect financial storm now descending on the Middle East threatens to derail the economic ambitions of the oil-rich Gulf states and wipe out the modest economic growth and progress witnessed in the non-oil producing areas of the region

America's Military Attack in Syria: Possible Reasons and Likely Costs by Daniel Levy

Can Obama Do Without Middle East Oil? Randa Takieddine - The success of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign lies in his skill in promising the US voters a better future. His personality, oratory and ability to anticipate the dreams of young people certainly boost his chances against his Republican contender, John McCain.

Damascus comes down on dissidents
Twelve Syrian dissidents were on Wednesday sentenced to two-and-a-half years each for activities related to the promotion of democracy. The convictions come as Syria's international image has improved in recent months, but at a time when Damascus' relations with the United States are at an all-time low. - Stephen Starr

Lifting the Shadow: Can Condoleezza Rice Emancipate Herself from Bush?

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

Iraq revises draft troop deal; U.S. likely to reject changes

Iraq Seeks Changes to Security Pact

Iraqi Officials: Revised Draft Security Pact Given to US

Slowdown in Persian Gulf Reverberates in Middle East - Michael Slackman, New York Times

Iraq rebukes US for commando raid as Syria appeals to UN

Iraq to Share Results Of U.S. Raid Probe With Syria

Iran opens new naval base at mouth of Persian Gulf

Iraq Says U.S. Deal Would Ban Strikes on Neighbors

Bush confident US-Iraq pact will pass

Iraq seeks ban on US attacks

US Hands Over Last of Southern Provinces to Iraqis (Update1)

Iraq Oil Report must read: Q&A with Iraq oil revenue auditor Joe ...

UN proposal on Iraq minorities representation approved in Parliament

Iraqi Christians Flee 'Religious Cleansing,' and Arm Themselves By: David Axe | World Politics Review
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes in the five years since the U.S.-led invasion, some fleeing religious violence, others displaced by the ongoing insurgency

US Syrian embassy 'may be shut'

National fury Village raid stokes anti-American anger across Syria

H9 Ha’aretz Lieberman: Mubarak can 'go to hell'; Peres, Olmert apologize

Meron Benvenisti: Peres Center training Palestinians to accept Jewish superiority

It's Not the Money, It's the Symbol By: Aluf Benn
Even Israel's greatest friends in America are Americans first of all, and they must first worry about the problems of their country and their voters.

Ari Shavit: The next government will not bring Israel to peace

Poll: Right-wing gains give Netanyahu best chance to form next gov't

Biden, in Florida, stresses his, Obama's commitment to Israel

Jerusalem Post Analysis: US raid shows Assad's over-estimation

Power of weakness [ LOUIS RENÉ BERES In all world politics - but especially in the Middle East - appearances can deceive. Although power is powerful and weakness is weak, power can weaken itself. Sometimes, weakness can even become a source of power. Nowhere is this paradox more apparent than in Israel's endlessly self-deceiving relationship with the Palestinians.

A Syrian haven for killers, then and now [ RAFAEL MEDOFF,

Yedioth Ahronoth Don’t appease Iran Should Obama win elections, he must not repeat pre-World War II mistake

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

Israel's Current Strategic Environment - Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Ira Forman: The Jewish Vote and A Stronger America

The IDF's New Response Policy vis-avis Hizbollah: How Viable is It? INSS An Israeli commentary on the IDF\'s newly-announced policy towards Hizbolla

Palestinians Call America for Obama...

H10 Christian Science Monitor Who will help shape McCain, Obama foreign policy? Both candidates would likely draw from previous administrations to build their teams

Russia pushes an 'OPEC' for natural-gas nations The world's biggest suppliers will meet in Moscow on Nov. 18 to finalize plans for a cartel to control gas prices.

How McCain, Obama would do as commander in chief McCain has the experience, but Obama may be more open to Pentagon advice.

While Baghdad improves, a family's hopes still arrested by war The Methboubs, a family the Monitor has followed since 2002, have been devastated by the imprisonment of one son who says he's being held on false charges.

French assertiveness on credit crisis jars Europe A spirit of cooperation is tested ahead of a crucial series of meetings to prepare for a Nov. 15 US summit.

Is Barack Obama really a socialist? Not exactly, but his 'socialist-lite' policies should still be cause for concern

ASIA

Why Asia Stays Calm in the Storm - Kishore Mahbubani, Financial Times

Why China May Not Save the World - Chua Chin Hon, Straits Times

Global Financial Reformers Must Heed Asia's Clout By: Philip Y. Lipscy | The Christian Science Monitor
The IMF and the World Bank are becoming relics of a bygone era. They are too narrowly focused on Europe and America

Russian-Chinese Relations Through the Lens of the SCO IFRI This 22-page French paper considers the relevance of the SCO to Russian-Chinese relations

India plays at Russian Imperial roulette
Indian Petroleum and Gas Minister Murlie Deora was to have been in Moscow last week to continue his country's efforts to buy minor Russian oil company Imperial Energy. Earlier meetings with Russia's president and prime minister, and the price India seems willing to pay, raise questions of just how minor Imperial is and how large are the political stakes involved - John Helmer

Consequences of India's Nuke Deal - B. Glosserman & B. Gill, Japan Times

Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan By: Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid | Foreign Affairs
The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek compromise with insurgents while addressing regional rivalries and insecurities.

Independent Bill Emmott: The rise of Asia is not a simple matter of East versus West

How China Reads the Internet

China Happy With Outcome of Chinese, Russian Premiers' Meeting - Source

E-Mails from Afghanistan - Roman Skaskiw, The Atlantic

India's Persecuted Christians - Barbara Crossette, The Nation

China Handles Crisis with Aplomb - Jin Se-keun, JoongAng Daily

Bush's Nuclear Deal With India: Bigger Consequences to Consider By: Brad Glosserman and Bates Gill | The Japan Times
Washington's deal with Delhi offers hope to other governments considering nuclear weapons that they too may receive special status

The Enemy Is Not India By: Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra and Stanley A. Weiss | International Herald Tribune
With Pakistan assured that India no longer poses a threat, India could consider a truly historic step worthy of a great and growing power -- contributing military forces to stabilizing Afghanistan

IHT Planning for after the Kims

By KONGDAN OH Handled properly, a change of regime in North Korea could lay the foundation for a democratic and unified Korea

Normalize and disarm

By SELIG S. HARRISON

The U.S. should move as quickly as possible to normalize relations with North Korea

Beneath U.S.-Pakistani Tension, a New Cooperation By: Mark Sappenfield | The Christian Science Monitor
Pakistan is starting to cooperate more with the US and Afghanistan in fighting the insurgency in its tribal areas. Attempts to find solutions jointly are being made across a wide spectrum, from the opening of border coordination centers shared by the three nations' armies to talks among tribal leaders.

American Companies Head East for Growth - Robyn Meredith, Forbes

'We're not going to win this war' It may come as a shock that the combined military muscle of the West can't defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, but according to top military officials it is true. The Afghan adventure is expensive, onerous and unpopular, and most of the 40 or so participating countries want a new strategy. This deteriorating campaign will last for years and all that's going to change are the objectives, and as far as the United States is concerned, even these are unclear.

Piece by piece, talking peace
As a first step, the two-day jirgagai (mini-council) involving politicians and tribal leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan ended on a positive note, with agreement that peace feelers be put out to the Taliban. The requirements that the militants first lay down their arms and also recognize the constitutions of their countries can be overcome. What will be far more difficult to reconcile is al-Qaeda's omission from the process. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

In Asia, doubts grow about a nuclear-free North Korea

H11 IHT In Syria, a short-sighted attack The next president will have to restore a diplomacy that balances the interests of Syria and its neighboring nations.

Roger Cohen: Where stories are possible Nowhere else on earth could Obama have risen so far and so fast

Ukraine factions unite to secure IMF loan Ukraine's Parliament put aside weeks of political infighting to pass legislation aimed at securing an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund.

Financial crisis shakes the Kremlin Russia's new confidence based on petrodollars has faded.

Russia seeks to negotiate loans-for-oil deal with China A crushing need for cash by Russian oil companies no longer able to draw credit from Western banks seems to have brought the two countries closer to agreement.

EUROPE European press review

Germany vs. France: To Save the World - Der Spiegel

Divisions of Labour: Rethinking Europe's Migration Policy Bruegel Institute

Beyond Banking: What the Financial Crisis Means for the EU CER

The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece IZA This 38-page discussion paper reviews the existing evidence on the economic impact of immigration to Greece

France Boosts Military Spending by $1.8 Billion

Five-year program is maintained despite a financial crisis that has undermined the already sluggish French economy and led to predictions of budget cutbacks across the government

EU Puts Africa Ball in China's Court By: Bernt Berger | Asia Times
Europe's efforts in Africa have been undermined by China's particular brand of unconditional soft diplomacy, which to Europe's chagrin is proving most welcome

Mardell's Europe Is the German chancellor's style still a vote winner?

Will Germans Get Iceland Money Back? - Alexander Neubacher, Der Spiegel

Sleepwalking into another crisis in the Balkans
By Richard C. Holbrooke

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

A Key Moment of Azerbaijan - B. Grgic & A. Petersen, Wall Street Journal

Azerbaijan: Defence Sector Management and Reform, International Crisis Group

Study: Azeri military transparency needed

Russians Turning Away from West - O. Matthews & A. Nemtsova, Newsweek

Gates Suggests New Arms Deal With Russia - Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Russian-Chinese Relations Through the Lens of the SCO IFRI This 22-page French paper considers the relevance of the SCO to Russian-Chinese relations

Russia Tosses a Life Preserver to One of its Richest Men By: Dana Cimilluca, Alan Cullison and Gregory L. White | The Wall Street Journal
The Kremlin is stepping in to bail out one of the country's richest men, in what could be the first move in a shakeout among the powerful businessmen known as oligarchs, whose holdings are spread throughout the Russian and world economies.

Upcoming Ratification of Treaties With Abkhazia, S. Ossetia is "Event of Big Political Importance" - Russian Foreign Ministry

Kiev's Crackup - Adrian Karatnycky, Wall Street Journal

H13 The Times America must act now to escape limbo Only bold emergency action before the President is inaugurated can prevent a deep recession and raise everyone's spirits Anatole Kaletsky

Pakistan calls in US ambassador over raids In further sign of troubled relations between the allies, Pakistan said US must end cross-border raids against militants

The Times US presidential rankings - numbers 32 to 22

US returns last southern province to Iraqis Only Baghdad and four volatile areas remain under US command as bombings drop and the Mahdi Army ceasefire holds

Fed cuts rates to 1% to avert recession Aggressive half-point cut leaves US rates at their lowest since June 2004 as the Fed attempts to stave off a severe recession

Our false oracles have failed

Huge financial success has hidden the moral bankruptcy in our civilisation. We must rediscover values Ben Okri

Obama aunt found in rundown estate The Times discovered Zeituni Onyango in a disabled-access flat on a down-at-heel public housing estate in South Boston

Obama woos voters with $5million infomercial

The 30 minute commercial included segments devoted to the Democrat's upbringing by his white mother and grandparents

UN peacekeepers braced for full-scale war Rwandan-backed rebels close in on the Congolese city of Goma sending government troops and civilians fleeing in panic

Wall Street Journal Fouad Ajami: Obama and the Politics of Crowds

Money for (Almost) Nothing

Shaping Obama's
Legislative Agenda
Democrats are jockeying to shape an Obama administration's agenda and define "Obamanomics," a concept the candidate has left vague.

A new type of capitalism

The crisis roiling Wall Street has led to calls for a new type of capitalism, presenting a real opportunity for positive and productive changes. What would market capitalism 2.0 look like? (By Andrea Silbert, Boston Globe)

H14 Financial Times Editorial Fed cuts rates to historic lows Official interest rates appear too high and need to be cut substantially. Policymakers around the world must act to contain what could be a severe global recession

Europe faces disappointment whoever wins Such has been the excitement generated by the US elections that Europeans appear destined to be disappointed by the next president, no matter who wins. The differences may only be: how quickly, and in which ways?

Comment: Brussels must issue sovereign debt EU countries will not be able to compete until they develop a unified market for bonds denominated in euros, write Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi

Obama prepares for quick transition

Is Obama now inevitable? Gideon Rachman’s blog: If I was a member of the Obama campaign, I think I would be worrying that it’s too quiet

A test for US commitment to democracy

'Forgotten war' offers Petraeus fresh role

Fed cuts interest rates to 1%

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point to 1 per cent and announced that it would lend $30bn each to central banks in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore to lend on to local banks

Brussels must issue sovereign debt

EU countries will not be able to compete until they develop a unified market for bonds denominated in euros, write Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi

Germans back nationalisation

Most Germans would welcome the state taking control of large segments of the economy, including its energy, transport and financial infrastructure, says a new opinion poll

IMF to speed lending to select countries

Stuck in the middleAmericans feeling the pinch of stagnating median wages will go to the ballot box in a disgruntled mood

Hungary gets $25.1bn rescue package The IMF is granting a $15.7bn loan programme, while Brussels stands ready with $8.1bn in financing and the World Bank another $1.3bn to help Hungary boost confidence in its economy

US embassy in Syria warns of closure The already strained relations between Washington and Damascus worsen after a US military attack that killed a man who was allegedly sending foreign fighters into Iraq

Oil-rich, remote and difficult

Beware the unwinding of the yen carry trade Even worse than Japan again becoming the source of almost free money, would be the potential for an even more risky dollar carry trade, writes David Pilling

Shock: Drudge loses his grip on US media! Just as Fleet Street swings left and right politically, depending on where it sees its commercial advantage, the US media have shifted left for a time, to mimic what they judge to be the country’s mood. When that mood swings back, so will the media, writes John Gapper

I have had my victories. Just not tonight ... Christopher Buckley drafts McCain’s concession speech

H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. transfers control of Wasit province to Iraq U.S. troops will remain in Wasit and provide assistance when needed. Wasit is the 13th of Iraq's 18 provinces to be handed back

Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador on border strikes Pakistan's government summoned the U.S. ambassador today to urge an immediate halt to missile strikes on suspected militant hide-outs near the Afghan border

Prospect of peace talks rises in Afghanistan As would-be mediators emerge, the prospect of negotiations between Western and Afghan officials and the Taliban is not so readily dismissed.

EditorialThe useless Cuba embargo

America's economic sanctions on Cuba, now 50 years old, are a failure.

The end of the Catholic vote

Tim Rutten Obama's lead among Catholic voters may signal a profound shift

Vote watchdogs warn of election day 'meltdown' In about a dozen battleground states, lawsuits have already been filed challenging voter identification laws.

Pakistan quake kills at least 170

Thousands are left homeless by the magnitude 6.4 temblor in the rural southwest. The death toll could rise as rescuers reach villages cut off by landslides

Iraq condemns U.S. assault on Syria The Cabinet also approves changes to a proposed security deal, including giving Iraq the right to determine whether any U.S. soldier suspected of committing a crime should stand trial in Iraqi court

H16 American Politics

Chuck Todd / MSNBC:

Can McCain close? — Don't dismiss the likelihood that this race will tighten

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Is McCain Coming Back? (Revisited)

Accuracy Of Polls a Question In Itself...

The American leader that the international community needs
By Chris Patten

Future Perfect By: Elizabeth Dickinson | Foreign Policy
Want to know who the next U.S. president will be? Forget the daily barrage of polls: For 20 years, an online project run out of the University of Iowa has predicted the winner of presidential elections more accurately than opinion surveys.

McCain's GOP support showing more cracks

ANALYSIS: Who advises McCain and Obama?

Poll: Obama surges in Colorado, makes gains on Electoral Map

Secret GOP Meeting After Election

Obama targets undecided US voters

Barack Obama seeks to boost support with a half-hour TV ad and a rally with Bill Clinton, as John McCain campaigns in Florida

Could John McCain be preparing an 'October surprise'?

Obama Dominates Swing States

Will Obama's Infomercial Backfire?

Obama floods the airwaves with prime-time TV sales pitch

New polls: Pennsylvania's sewed up; Ohio, Florida close

Sarah Palin Vows to Remain Player in 2012: ‘Not Doing This For Naught’

realclearpolitics memeorandum Politico ABC’s The Note PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec

Obama Makes Final Case in Supersize Ad - Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico


Obama's Economic Mythology - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

,Obama's Compassionate Closing Ad - John Nichols, The Nation

The Audacity of Humility - Katherine Ernst, City Journal

What We've Learned About McCain - David Broder, Washington Post

Possibility of Healing with Obama - Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian

America Compared to What? - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

Obama's New Deal No Better Than Old One - Michael Barone, US News & WR

Obama Infomercial, An Argument to the Everyman - Jim Rutenberg, NYT

Undecideds Should Break for McCain - Dick Morris, The Hill

Could the Polls Be Wrong? - Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post

Markets Weak Because Candidates Are Lousy - George Newman, WSJ

McCain Senses an Opening in PA - Helman & Issenberg, Boston Globe

A Seismic Shift in the Catholic Vote - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times

Is Obama Secretly Sensible? Don't Bet on It - Tony Blankley, Wash Times


What Obama Meant by "Redistributive Change" - Emily Bazelon, Slate


Will President Obama Stifle His Critics? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe


How McCain Ran Against Himself - Walter Shapiro, Salon


The Muzzling of Joe Biden - Dana Milbank, Washington Post


Hidin' Biden: Reining In a Voluble No. 2

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

Following the Script: Obama, McCain and ‘The West Wing’ — When Eli Attie, a writer for “The West Wing,” prepared to plot some episodes about a young Democratic congressman's unlikely presidential bid, he picked up the phone and called David Axelrod

Palin: Maverick or Rogue?

H17 Daily Telegraph Which President will be best for Britain?

The 'Special Relationship' between Britain and the US is unique, but not always affectionate, says Christopher Meyer.

Don't underestimate our role in Iraq The ports of Um Qasr are booming thanks to the help of the British Army and Navy and the Iraqi Prime minister should remember that, writes Thomas Harding

Economic medicine The Federal Reserve's decision to cut US interest rates by 50 basis points to 1 per cent highlights the wholly inadequate response of the Bank of England.

Obama ends feud with Bill Clinton Bill Clinton is to bury the hatchet with Barack Obama when they campaign together for the first time at a huge joint rally in the crucial swing state of Florida.

Oil shortages 'greater threat to Britain than terrorism'

H18 Independent Bill Emmott: The rise of Asia is not a simple matter of East versus West

Omar Waraich: A country on the brink must break from its troubled past

Obama fever builds as black Americans await a new era

North Carolina has eluded Democrats since Jimmy Carter's time, but the prospect of a black president has galvanised its African-American voters. Leonard Doyle reports

Leading article: The nemesis of the hedge funds – and a lesson to us all

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Vision 2015: A Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise (PDF; 9.7 MB)
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Fact Sheet: Ensuring a Smooth and Effective Presidential Transition
Source: White House, Office of the Press Secretary

Gates Gives Rationale for Expanded Deterrence -

Stratfor The Counterintelligence Implications of Foreign Service National ...

The State Department, Not the Pentagon, Should Lead America's Public Diplomacy Efforts - Kristin Lord, Christian Science Monitor opinion

Azerbaijan: Defence Sector Management and Reform, International Crisis Group

Unsafe Havens: Making Life More Difficult for Terrorists - James S. Robbins

The Pentagon's New Propaganda Push by John Brown

New FBI Powers: A Necessary Step for CounterterrorismThough new investigative guidelines have come in for criticism, the broader authority is a necessary and important step for the FBI's counterterrorism investigations -- but strong leadership is required to ensure appropriate and effective implementation

H20 Slate

Investing in Climate Change 2009: Necessity and Opportunity in Turbulent Times Deutsche Bank A 166-page report examining the possibilities for investing in climate change mitigation and adaptation

OECD in Figures 2008
Source: OECD

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has produced a new online multimedia feature, "Crisis Guide: Climate Change,"

The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power Earth Policy Institute A US article questioning the economics of nuclear power

U.S. Health Care System Wastes $700 Billion on Unneeded Tests

Social Justice and Prosperity in a World City? Rethinking the `Flat World` Thesis in Bangalore India

H21 Could Napoleon Have Coped in a Credit Crunch? By: John Kay | Financial Times
Our desire to see history through the lives of great men blinds us to the real complexity of politics, business and finance, and leads us to find intentionality and design where there are only chance and improvisation.

Jorge Luis Borges’s Library of Babel: a Turing machine that runs an program whose output can only be interpreted by a godlike intelligence... more»

How China Reads the Internet

Google Settles Suit Over Book-Scanning

Libertarianism is finished. The financial collapse proves that its ideology makes no sense, argues Jacob Weisberg... more» Oh, yeah? Richard Epstein has another view.

The Google-publishers-authors settlement: What will it mean?

The Institute for the Future.

One last shot: The spectacular rise and fall of Maradona

His spectacular fall into drug addiction is legendary – but the life story of Diego Maradona is beginning a new chapter. As he lands his dream job managing Argentina's national side, Elizabeth Nash asks if the star will rise again.

The Media's Black Tuesday

Christian Science Monitor Goes Online-Only

Tony Blair's Buckraking

Everybody Cheats

Fly Me to the Deity By: Tunku Varadarjan | The New York Times
For the first time since man and his rockets began trespassing on outer space, a vessel has gone up from a country whose people actually regard the moon as a god.

Seeing Race and Seeming Racist? Whites Go Out of Their Way to Avoid Talking About Race
Source: American Psychological Association

Martin Luther sparked the Reformation in Wittenberg 500 years ago. While the city still uses Luther to attract tourists, only 10% of its people are Protestant... more»

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