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H1 NYT 35 Iraq Officials Held in Raids on Key Ministry The arrested officials — which included four generals — have been accused of quietly working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party.
Independent A moment for truth as Britain exits Iraq Gordon Brown says British troops will leave Iraq by July. But after six years of occupation, there is growing pressure for an independent inquiry into the causes, conduct and cost of war
IHT Change they can believe in By WALTER RUSSELL MEAD The Obama administration must engage with Israel and Palestine and use the full power of the U.S. presidency to develop a comprehensive peace strategy.
And then there's the rest of the world By PAUL KENNEDY Obama cannot be all things to all men. If he does not focus, he is lost.
By ROGER COHENThe cost of saving the auto industry could be a loss of the vitality that has defined the U.S.
America Will Soon Owe More Than Its Citizens Are Worth
Iraq: The Shia Religious State - Matthew Duss, American Prospect
Wall Street Journal Organizing the White House Is Obama's First Test By Karl Rove |
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Turkey, U.S.: Talks Begin On PKK Committee Talks are under way to determine the structure of a Turkish-U.S. joint committee on combating Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels, Agence France-Presse reported Dec. 17, citing a Turkish Foreign..
TSK, teslim olan 3 bin PKK'lıyı serbest bıraktı Talabani ve Barzani destekli şok operasyon...
Turkish military says it hit targets in Northern Iraq
Cevdet Aşkın Ankara'dan PKK'ya 'havuç-sopa' taktiği
İsrail’den satın alınan ilk Heron testte düştü
Guardian Turkish PM: No apology for Armenia 'We did not commit a crime, therefore do not need to apologise,' says Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Semih İdiz Ermenilerden niçin özür dilemiyorum?
Diaspora özür kampanyasından memnun
AB'de soykırımı inkar edenlere hapis cezası
AB\'de Soykırımı inkar edene hapis cezası(orijinal tam metin)
Obama’nın ekibine ’soykırım’ markajı
İmza atmayan emekli büyükelçiler
Turks and Iraqi Kurds Don’t Let Politics Get in Way of Business
Turks and Iranians Join Forces Against Kurds in Iraq
Turkey Detains 15 Suspected Al Qaeda Members
Iran says it plans gas pipeline venture with Turkey
Almanya'nın En Büyük Silah Pazarı Türkiye
Erdoğan’a küresel çağrı: Özgürlüğe müdahaleyi kes
Visits between Turkey and Iraq to intensify
Economy precursor to Turkish-Kurd ties? Middle East Times -
Turkish PM Says He Won't Apologize to Armenians
Turkey urges more Cyprus talks, slams oil search
The Man from the Planet Ankara ow Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is betraying his reforms.
Turkey Charges 2 Al-Qaida Suspects in US Consulate Attack
İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye – BBC Türkçe 0700 1800 – VOA Türkçe 0630 1345 2130 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM
Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
GIS in an Overview of Iraq Petroleum Geology
Economy precursor to Turkish-Kurd ties? (UPI) -- Growing economic ties between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan may be a sign of easing tensions, though political differences may continue, analysts say.
Cevdet Aşkın Ankara'dan PKK'ya 'havuç-sopa' taktiği
Ankara, Baghdad, and Erbil Reportedly Near a Deal to Deter the PKK in Northern Iraq BY: Saban Kardas | Eurasia Daily Monitor
Kürtçe kanal, 'TRT 6' adıyla cumartesi yayında Nasuhi Güngör Kürtçe TRT gelirken DTP’li Sakık’tan ilginç sözler
AKP�nin yerel seçimlerde aşması gereken beş eşik
Turkey strikes at PKK in north Iraq
A Proposal for Protecting Human Rights of Women in the Kurdistan ...
Kadri Gürsel Pabuç kafa Schröder: Obama, Nabucco için İran'a sıcak bakabilir
Anayasa Mahkemesi Başkanı Haşim Kılıç'tan DTP'ye müjde
Türkiye, Somalili korsanlara karşı uluslararası toplumla hareket edecek
El Kaide üyelerine 3 ilde büyük darbe
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
TESEV :Kıbrıs\'taki izolasyonların hukuki temeli yok (ingilizce)
Barçın Yinanç AB ile krizi Kıbrıs'ta çözüm engeller
Turkish-Armenian border may open in 2009 by HASAN KANBOLAT
Dışişleri: Hassasiyetimiz terör kurbanlarımız
A ’peace virus’ on the Internet
Türkiye, AİHM'deki bin 606 kararda haksız bulundu
Schröder: Tam üyelik karşıtları oportünist
Will Turkey's discriminatory property law be EU stumbling block? - BUSINESS NEW EUROPE
Almanya'nın En Büyük Silah Pazarı Türkiye
Oray Eğin Bu işin içinde bir koca var
Andrew Finkel Whose history?
Turkish PM scorns Armenia apology
Göçmenlere uygulanan ayrımcılığı bizzat gördüm A
Uluslararası Kriz Grubu raporu: Gülen, ayrımcılığa maruz kaldı
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
TSK yeni bir projeye imza atıyor
10 günde 10 camiyi ateşe verip kaçtılar
Turks turn blind eye to 'honour killings' - The National Newspaper
Biz göbek atıyoruz, onlar tango yapıyor...
| H3 Dava birleştirmede sürünceme riski var
Seçmen sayısı olması gerekenden azdı, doğru rakam şimdi ortaya çıktı
Büyükelçilikler havadan dinleme yapıyor
Cinayetle bağlantılı kişiler, bazı görevlilerle işbirliği içindeydi
TSK’da köstebeklere karşı önlem00:30 Güngören’deki hain saldırıyı e-mail ile gelen ihbar çözdü Güngören bombacısı e-mail'le tespit edildi
CHP'li Ersin: MİT BBG evi gibi oldu
Büyükerşen'e yapılan baskı kızdırdı: CHP'nin tavrı siyasî ahlaka uymuyor
Güngören sanıklarına 18’er kez müebbet istendi
AKP’ye yakınlık ikinciyi rektör yapar mı?
Düello gergin geçti iddialar ortada kaldı
'Yönetilmekten bıktım artık yöneten olmak istiyorum'
Selçuk'tan MHP'ye milliyetçilik eleştirisi
'JİTEM 33 milyona cinayet işletiyordu'
Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye
Birinci Sayfalar Akşam Birgün Bugün Cumhuriyet Dünya Hürriyet Milli Gazete Milliyet Posta Radikal Referans Sabah Star Taraf Tercüman Türkiye Vakit Vatan Yeni Şafak Zaman Arşiv
Ahmet Taşgetiren Ah şu bizim devlet!
Ruşen - Çakır AKP�nin yerel seçimlerde aşması gereken beş eşik
Taha Akyol
Fikret Bila Büyükerşen: Bir şartla CHP’ye geçebilirim
Hasan Cemal
Murat Yetkin Dün gece kimler rahat uyudu?
İsmet BerkanAcaba iyi mi oldu?
Fehmi Koru Hakem vicdanlar olsun
Şamil Tayyar
Ali Bayramoğlu Vicdan sesi ülkenin ve insanın geleceğidir
Yasemin Çongar Ergenekon’dan Bakü’ye uzanan yol
Ertuğrul Özkök O manşetleri de biz attık
Hasan Ünal Kim kimden özür diliyor?
Ahmet Hakan Deniz Baykal’la Papermoon’da
İsmail Küçükkaya
Hüseyin Gülerce Kırmızı Kitap mı değişti?
Cüneyt ÜlseverEkonomik krizin tek faydası: Uykudan uyanıyoruz MELİHA OKUR
Mehmet Y Yılmaz Özkök ile aynı fikirde değilim
ERDAL ŞAFAKAna bütçe, yavru bütçe
ERGUN BABAHANDemokrasinin güzel tarafı
EMRE AKÖZ1915'e özür yok. Peki ya bunlar?
HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANKrizin öteki yüzü
NAZLI ILICAKParlamento, bütçeyi tartışıyor
MEHMET BARLASLaik ve çoğulcu demokraside ne kadar çok tartışılmazımız olabilir ki?
MAHMUT ÖVÜRÇankaya'da sürpriz isim: Tayyibe Gülek
YAVUZ DONATDemirel, Unakıtan'a sordu
Mustafa Akyol Now Ergenekon makes even more sense Mehmet Altan ‘Ergenekoncu mu, şeriatçı mı?’ Ardan Zentürk Özür dilemek Mustafa Erdoğan Baykal Türkiye’nin Gorbaçov’u olabilir mi? Bilal Çetin Nüfus 3 milyon azalınca seçmen sayısı 6 milyon artar mı?
Ermeniler mi? Özür mü? Dilemek mi? PERİHAN MAĞDEN [Yorum - Levent Köker] Meşruluk,demokratik tartışma ve tabular Mümtazer Türköne İstanbul Üniversitesi "tiran"ını seçti Güneri Civaoğlu Sandıktaki hayalet
Şükrü Küçükşahin O artık isyanlarda
Erhan Başyurt Büyük trajedi ve bildiri gafı...
Atılgan Bayar Gazeteci, siyasal eylemci midir?
Lale SarıibrahimoğluAs Ergenekon trial enters into a new phase
Ekonomi
Özince: Bu şartlar altında hiçbir bankanın kredi vermemesi gerekiyor
Seyfettin Gürsel Durgunluk çoktan başlamış bile
Eyüp Can Başkanların 'zero or hero' hamlesi
Deniz Gökçe İstihdam verileri de “büyüme kötümseri”!
Asaf Savaş Akat Büyümenin kaynakları
Ali Ağaoğlu Ali DİBO şirketi ve kurda ne oluyor?
Erinç Yeldan Daralan Ekonomi, Büyüyen İşsizlik
Erdal SağlamMerkez bankaları zaman kazandırır, sorunu çözmez
Turkey's major cities ineffectual in competitiveness
Güngör Uras ABD’de faiz sıfır, Hazine’ye para yağıyor, üretim kıpırdamıyor
Enflasyon hedeflemesi askıya alınmalıdır MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ
Mahkûm değilken mahkûm nasıl olunur? FATİH ÖZATAY
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H4 New York Times 35 Iraq Officials Held in Raids on Key Ministry The arrested officials — which included four generals — have been accused of quietly working to reconstitute Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party.
Georgia Lags in Its Bid to Fix Army
Russia Plans to Test Obama, U.S. Diplomat Says
China Considers Naval Mission Against Pirates in Gulf of Aden
Tumult in Iraqi Parliament Over Shoe Hurling
Russia, Testing U.S. Sway, Offers Lebanon 10 Warplanes
U.N. Force for Somalia Unlikely
Blackwater May Be Banned From Iraq, Report Says
Editorial The Torture Report A prosecutor should be appointed to consider criminal charges against top officials at the Pentagon for decisions that led to the abuse, torture and death in prisons run by the American military and intelligence services.
ROGER COHEN Pan Am Dies, America Lives The cost of saving the auto industry could be a loss of the vitality that has defined the U.S.
| H5 Washington Post Dollar's Slump Erases Months Of Solid Gains
Bush Says His Post-9/11 Actions Prevented Further Terrorism
British Troops to Pull Out of Iraq by June, Brown Says A Few Hundred Troops Will Stay, Premier Says
China Plans to Aid in Fight Against Somali Pirates
Editorial Swindle of the Century Bernard L. Madoff's alleged scam and the regulators who failed to stop it
Environmental Quality Barack Obama's energy and environment team should aim for U.S. leadership on climate change.
The Madoff Scandal and the Future of Hedge Funds By Sebastian Mallaby, In the Madoff debacle, the SEC didn't lack the power to regulate; it failed to exercise it.
Reality TV and the New Afghanistan By David Ignatius, Meet two Afghan brothers who are using television programming to help pacify their country.
In China, Obstacles to Rule of Law By James V. Feinerman, Will repression get the upper hand in China's rule-of-law experiment?
Obama's Chief Speechwriter, 27, Works on Inaugural Address While Making His Own Transition
Chrysler Shutting Down for One Month With Rescue Unresolved, Other U.S. Automakers Also Plan Production Cuts
Finding the Proper Epitaph By Dan Froomkin | H6 Guardian On an auspicious anniversary, here are four keys to China's peaceful rise Timothy Garton Ash: This is mainly up to the Chinese themselves. But after 30 years of opening to the world, some things depend on the rest of us
Troops will be home from Iraq by July Gordon Brown visits Baghdad and Basra to announce end of six-year occupation by UK forces
The Fed is utterly petrified Larry Elliott: After 18 months firing blanks, US policymakers have turned to printing money
Exit Iraq, heads high Jock Stirrup: British forces will not leave Basra in shame, but with reputations intact. We should salute them
Next stop, money under the mattress Jonathan Fenby: The Bernard Madoff affair is another huge blow to the trust that is so essential for an efficient financial system
Cool and calm he may be, but 'helicopter Ben' likes to spring surprises Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has a penchant for bold action, say colleagues
Obama team will get terror training New White House team to undergo crash course in handling domestic and international crises
Epic journey from Mao to the market Three decades ago, reformers began transforming a poor country, but is its stability now under threat?
Rev up the helicopter Richard Adams: With official interest rates near zero, the US may as well start printing money to bail-out Detroit – and everyone else
The angry centre John Odum: US liberals feel betrayed by Obama's cabinet appointments, but they aren't the only ones who can lay claim to him Conor Foley: The EU's mission to monitor the post-conflict situation in Georgia is a big test of its 'soft power' policy
The British opt-out's time is up Stephen Hughes: The EU's vote to stop us working too much should be welcomed – especially given the safety risks that result from long hours
Back to the Blackstuff Editorial: As unemployment rockets it is time to recall the purpose of the welfare state
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H7 A Shoe Seals Bush's Iraq Misadventure - Osama Al Sharif, Arab News
Iraq: The Shia Religious State - Matthew Duss, American Prospect
MESH Holiday reading 2008
World Leaders Clash on Iran Sanctions BY: Betsy Pisik and Barbara Slavin | The Washington Times
Iran-Egypt Political Rift Widens The Media Line Egypt has cancelled a scheduled visit of an Iranian delegation to Cairo, further escalating a political row between the two nations.
Free Two Shoes BY: Mark Hemingway | National Review Some may not have noticed, but the Zeidi incident demonstrates the success of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
UAE to Buy Into U.S. Plan to Deploy Anti-Missile System BY: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times The United Arab Emirates will become the first country in the world, other than the United States, to deploy the advanced anti-missile system THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. The Middle East Times first reported on the potential deal in its Dec. 15 edition that the United States wants to see the oil rich Gulf states purchase, install and join a unified missile defense system that would provide complete aerial coverage to the region, from Kuwait in the northern Gulf to Oman on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Shoe-leather diplomacyIt was obvious long before an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President Bush that America has become perilously unpopular in the Muslim world. Obama needs to change the widespread perception that America is at war with Islam as a whole. (Boston Globe)
Daily Star Let's not be crushed by the Syria train
| H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
Declining Oil Prices Threaten Iraqi Stability
Contradictory News About Iraqi Speaker's Resignation
Blackwater 'could lose Iraq role' Blackwater could lose its license to operate in Iraq, so the US must find other ways to protect its diplomats, a US report says.
UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July' British troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of July, Gordon Brown says on a visit to Baghdad.
Analysis: Bahrain offers Middle East peace (UPI) -- The tiny Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has proposed the establishment of a regional organization that all countries in the Middle East and North Africa, "with no exception," are invited to join to address "pressing challenges before them."
Iraqi speaker resigns over shoe incident (UPI) -- Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani resigned Wednesday as lawmakers argued the fate of the journalist who threw shoes at U.S. President George Bush.
Iraqi army closer to autonomy (UPI) -- The Iraqi army progressed toward becoming a stand-alone force by assuming responsibility for operations at a munitions depot, U.S. military reports say.
| H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS / A cease-fire, but not, is what Hamas seems to want Israel may wait to respond to Qassams, hoping int'l community will blame Hamas for broken truce
Israel bites back at IAEA over alleged strike on Syria reactor
Barak: Iran could attack the U.S. with a nuclear bomb
Barak to Haaretz: Gaza truce was not a mistake
Leftist U.S. Jewish group backs conscientious objectors who shun IDF enlistment
U.S. Jews ponder 'catastrophic' effects of Madoff fraud affair
Jerusalem Post Who is calling the shots in Hamas?In Gaza, a divided Hamas tries to decide on a renewed truce.Ministries spar over Russia UAV saleDuring Gilad visit, Russian news agency claims country will sell S-300 air defense system to Iran
Analysis: Arab order and flying shoes [ JONATHAN SPYER,
Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
The Settlers' Presence Is a Time Bomb Waiting to Happen BY: Saed Shukhy | The Daily Star The settler riots earlier this month were some of the worst instances of violence in Hebron in many years. But they were not isolated incidents and cannot be divorced from the brittle situation in Hebron that is a direct result of the city's fanatical settler presence.
Dynamic shift needed for Palestinian unity (UPI) -- Despite a widening chasm between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian unity is needed for peace, according to a report from the International Crisis Group.
Jeffrey Goldberg: George Tenet, Drunk in Bandar's Pool, Screaming about Jews
Daily Star More fluff from the world's leading manufacturer of hollow declarations |
H10 Christian Science Monitor The Fed's big rate cut: what impact? The lowest rates in more than two generations won't end the recession soon, but analysts see many benefits.
OPEC announces historic cuts to buoy oil prices The petroleum cartel said it will slash production by 2.2 million barrels per day in hopes prices will climb back toward $75 per barrel.
In Iraq, a different kind of drama stages a message of reconciliation A brave band of Iraqi women are defying insurgent threats and taking back their streets.
Afghan women fear a retreat to dark days Negotiating with the Taliban might be the only hope for peace, but women are nervous.
Free expression grows in China (just don't talk politics) Chinese intellectuals like Prof. Hu Xingdou relish their widening freedom to publish their opinions. But many topics remain taboo, and offenders are still subject to "reeducation through labor."
A six-part series by Peter Ford, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Pursuit of Somali pirates to get hotter UN allows antipiracy forces to chase them onto land, attack them by air. But Security Council seems unprepared to address the instability that makes Somalia a 'failed state.'
On an auspicious anniversary, here are four keys to China's peaceful rise Timothy Garton Ash: This is mainly up to the Chinese themselves. But after 30 years of opening to the world, some things depend on the rest of us
'Opening up' China's vocabulary
Afghanistan's principal hope is the rule of law By David Ignatius
Would the South Asian Way of Nuclear Weapons Prevail? BY: Ezekiel Tan | Diplomatic Courier The Mumbai terrorist attacks have sparked off rampant speculations in the media on how India would react should investigations reveal direct Pakistani governmental links to them. Both countries’ leaders have been extremely cautious in their choice of words in their released statements over the past days because they know any “unintentional” vocal attacks on the other could possibly derail the ongoing bilateral peace process and forego all the historic achievements of the recent years.
Epic journey from Mao to the market Three decades ago, reformers began transforming a poor country, but is its stability now under threat?
Der Spiegel Walking the Terrorist Tightrope: Pakistan's President Zardari Attempts the Impossible
U.S. Must Stop Pampering Pakistan BY: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times Unless Washington fundamentally reverses course on its Pakistan policy, it risks losing the war in Afghanistan and making the West an increasing target of jihadists.
China and the End of G-8 - Gregory Chin, Far East. Econ. Review
"Islamist Militancy in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region and U.S. Policy," November 21, 2008 (new format, with map).
China Considers Deploying Naval Force to Combat Somali Pirates BY: James Peng | Bloomberg News China may deploy a naval force off the Horn of Africa to combat rising piracy, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said after the United Nations authorized new measures to deter Somali pirates.
Terrorists Attacking Mumbai Have Global Agenda Yale Center for the Study of Globalization This US article argues that the terrorist group is not merely a regional threat, but a global one, seeking to promote an Islamic Caliphate by breaking up India and destroying confidence in stable democracies, while isolating it from Western countries
Japan Apprehensive About State of U.S. Relations BY: Jason Miks | World Politics Review The residents of Obama, Japan, might have celebrated the election of their town's namesake as the next U.S. president, but many Japanese remain apprehensive about what the change in leadership will mean for their country's most important ally.
Kowtow? BY: Richard Halloran | The Washington Times Today, among the thousands of recommendations being thrust upon President-elect Barack Obama comes one urging him to perform a virtual kowtow to the leaders of China by going to Beijing shortly after his inauguration.
Pakistan Groups Banned But Not Bowed BY: Syed Saleem Shahzad | Asia Times The move by the United Nations to declare Jamaatut Dawa a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the banned Pakistani group linked to last month's Mumbai attack, has rallied public support for Jamaatut Dawa inside Pakistan.
China's Pakistan Test - Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Wall Street Journal
The effect of Deng Xiaoping's reforms on modern China
2008: A Trying Year for China - Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph | H11 IHT Change they can believe in By WALTER RUSSELL MEAD The Obama administration must engage with Israel and Palestine and use the full power of the U.S. presidency to develop a comprehensive peace strategy.
And then there's the rest of the world By PAUL KENNEDY Obama cannot be all things to all men. If he does not focus, he is lost.
By ROGER COHEN The cost of saving the auto industry could be a loss of the vitality that has defined the U.S.
Georgia lags in its bid to fix army The Georgian military suffers from widespread mismanagement and unqualified leadership, and is in need of extensive reforms, according to a classified Pentagon assessment. Excerpts: The Pentagon's report (pdf)
French unions losing influence in downturn With the global economy in a tailspin, Europe's labor movement has remained notably quiet, revealing how fragmented it has become.
EUROPE European press review
Analysis: U.S. generals embarrass Germany (UPI) -- Despite all its denials, Germany has played a key role in the U.S. war in Iraq, according to numerous U.S. military sources. This threatens to break the career of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has been hoping to displace Angela Merkel as chancellor.
The Endless Marathon: Brussels Assesses Progress in the Balkans BY: Risto Karajkov | World Press The European Commission (EC) annual reports on would-be members brought a mixture of hope and bitterness in the Balkans, after being published early last month. Brussels regularly assesses the progress of aspirant countries in meeting the conditions for membership and hands out the carrot or the stick accordingly.
Letter from Berlin: German Spy Revelations Put Steinmeier on the Defensive | H12 RFE/RL
Google News Azerbaijan
Georgia Says Russia Must Explain Its Troop Presence BY: Helena Bedwell | Bloomberg News Russia hasn’t withdrawn its forces from Georgia as required under a European Union-brokered agreement and must explain its failure in security talks that begin tomorrow in Geneva, Georgia’s foreign minister said.
Russia: Boom to Bust and Worse - The Economist
Carnegie Obama needs cold cooperation with Russia
Thinking Strategically About Russia
Georgia lags in its bid to fix army The Georgian military suffers from widespread mismanagement and unqualified leadership, and is in need of extensive reforms, according to a classified Pentagon assessment. Excerpts: The Pentagon's report (pdf)
Report: Russian Air Defense Deal With Iran Under Way
The long, slow fight for legal liberalism Irina Filatova: It is easy to get confused about what is happening on the liberal flank of Russia's opposition. Will there ever be a breakthrough?
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H13 The Times Iraq: the Lessons Britain never gave its forces in Iraq the backing they needed. On leaving in May they will have accomplished less than had been promised
Oil price falls despite record drop in production Opec said it will slash supplies by a further 2.2 million barrels a day from January as oil prices slip to a 4½-year low
ANALYSIS: Demand in US tails off
We need pampering It is right to flood the world economy with newly printed money - as long as we know when to stop
Iraqi generals arrested in coup plot The generals and 31 other senior government officials are accused of plotting to reinstate Saddam Hussein's Baath party
Even Sarko has started talking like a lefty The French are chuckling at Brits who work all hours
Gunmen attack new Afghan supply route Assault comes as thousands of lorry drivers continue to boycott the main Nato supply route through the Khyber Pass
Russia hands 10 MiG jets free to Lebanon Moscow seeks to restore influence in Middle East as MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters provided under deal on defence co-operation
Demand for sacking over Iraqi deaths US State Department report says private security firm Blackwater should lose government contracts after shooting of 17 civilians
Americans will reap benefits of withdrawal It is hard to see how the job is done in Basra when US soldiers are being rotated into the province as UK troops prepare to leave
Wall Street Journal Organizing the White House Is Obama's First Test By Karl Rove All presidents come to realize how much structure matters.
Ronald A. Cass: Madoff Exploited the Jews
Obama Should Forget About Energy Independence By Arthur B. Laffer The only way to get there is job-killing taxes.
Employers eliminated nearly two million jobs this year, and no relief is in sight. For those who keep jobs, firms say they will take other steps to cut costs.
U.S. Spending on Research to Fall R&D investment is set to fall in the U.S. next year after a decade of increases, as both the private and public sectors tighten their belts
Daniel Henninger: The Madoff Inheritance
Should U.S. Become More Like Europe? - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journa | H14 Financial Times Gas war flares up Instead of constantly casting itself as a victim of Russian bullying, Ukraine should bolster its bargaining position
By just aiming to keep the short-term rate within a range rather than on a point target, the Fed gives itself the flexibility to focus on restoring lending
Record oil cut fails to lift prices Opec reduces production by 2.2m b/d
Dollar plunges in wake of Fed move Zero rate spurs slide against euro and yen
Wall Street insiders and fools’ gold People lined up to entrust their savings to Bernie Madoff. Many got a tip from a friend or adviser about a Wall Street operator with a great record. No one thought he was operating a Ponzi scheme but plenty thought he had an unfair advantage, writes John Gapper China’s ‘warp-speed’ industrial revolution David Pilling on 30 years of astonishing change
Clarity is needed in the Fed’s new world Mark Gertler on US monetary policy‘s brave new world - Dec-17To lower credit costs the Fed must now intervene to mitigate impediments to the flow of privately intermediated funds
How to fight the global financial contagion Dennis Snower on the benefits of transparency
Putin’s lucky run in danger of running out As prime minister, the former president is directly responsible for the economy as a sharp recession looms. For the first time since he came to power, he seems to be losing his sure touch
The US government launches steps to seize a 36-storey New York office tower allegedly part-owned by the Iranian government in violation of sanctions against Tehran
Venezuelan effort to find allies against US runs out of gas
Rescue highlights Republican ideological divide
Gideon Rachman’s blog Freezing in Ukraine: Half of Kiev has been without hot water for the last week or so. Whoever is at fault, it’s a pretty grisly situation. The temperature outside is minus seven. And there might be worse yet
Brussels to help struggling companies Two-year measures will include grants and cheap loans
EU climate bill ushers in hard year of talks The coming months will see a series of tough international negotiations on climate change that will culminate in a meeting aimed at producing an agreement to replace the Kyoto protocol
Saudis call for record cut in Opec output Riyadh’s oil minister called for cuts of about 2m barrels a day to offset the global slowdown’s effect on oil demand. Other ministers, including those of Venezuela and Iran, took a similar line, making it likely that Opec will agree
Heat rises in Russia-Ukraine gas talks Tension is high in annual negotiations because of Moscow’s intervention in Georgia, a political power vacuum in Kiev and the global economic crisis, which is increasing pressure on Gazprom to extract a big price rise
Kouchner expects Afghan test for Europe French foreign minister warns of hard Nato choice under Obama
| H15 Los Angeles Times British troops to leave Iraq by July 31, Gordon Brown says Britain's prime minister, in a surprise visit to Baghdad, urges Iraqi lawmakers to approve a pact on the withdrawal. The pullout will leave the U.S. as the only major foreign force.
Russia to donate 10 MiG fighter jets to Lebanon Moscow says it also might sell tanks and artillery to Lebanon and that its goal is to help stabilize the nation. The move signifies Russia's military resurgence in areas long dominated by the U.S
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The moral of Madoff's taleTim Rutten The alleged $50-billion swindle shows that this country's financial deregulation...
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Walker's World: Could U.S. go bankrupt? (UPI) -- With debt levels rising toward those last seen in World War II, the Fed's unprecedented shift to zero interest rates takes us into uncharted territory. Forget the war on terror; this is now a war to save the U.S. economy.
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| H17 Daily TelegraphProud record in Iraq Telegraph view: The announcement that British troops will pull out of Iraq in the first half of next year brings the curtain down on an exceedingly difficult mission.
Britain to withdraw from Iraq by May Britain's role in the Iraq war will formally end by next May, under plans to be disclosed today by Gordon Brown.
Telegraph view: The biggest surge in unemployment since 1991 shows that the recession is biting deeper and faster than expected.
Pound sinks to new low against the euro Sterling plunges to a fresh low against the euro, with most travellers now getting less than one euro.
| H18 Independent A moment for truth as Britain exits Iraq Gordon Brown says British troops will leave Iraq by July. But after six years of occupation, there is growing pressure for an independent inquiry into the causes, conduct and cost of war Without fanfare or much thanks, Britain departs from Iraq
Patrick Cockburn: Our troops had few friends in Basra
Matthew Norman: Nobody threw shoes at Brown – but his guilt is still undeniable
Adrian Hamilton: Governments have used up their economic ammunition
Johann Hari: What did we misjudge in 2008?
Unemployment rockets towards three million Unemployment is rising at its fastest rate in almost two decades.
Unemployment rockets towards three million Unemployment is rising at its fastest rate in almost two decades.
Leading article: Radical action is needed in this economic emergency |
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Barack Obama fails the test on global warming priorities
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Hot heads and other myths debunkedPopular beliefs, including that of losing most heat through your head, have been disproved by scientists
Psychiatrists Revising the Book of Human Troubles Psychiatrists are working on the fifth edition of a manual that is both medical guidebook and cultural institution.
Washington News Bureaus Are ShrinkingAs newspapers cut costs, coverage of events in the nation’s capital suffers.
100 top sites for the year aheadTwo years after we last picked the web's cream of the crop, we name the future movers and shakers
Poll: Sex or the internet?
The Big Question: Is offering immunity from prosecution the only way to solve some crimes?
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