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H1 Washington Post In Iraq, Three Wars Engage United States Separate but related wars include one against Shiite extremists, which is considered the most worrisome, according to senior staff of the Army division patrolling Baghdad

NYT Cross-Border Chases From Iraq OK, Document Says

McClatchy Clinton, McCain lead in bellwether Super Tuesday states Republican John McCain leads in all four corners of the country heading into a rush of primaries on Tuesday, while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a close struggle for delegates coast to coast, according to a new series of McClatchy-MSNBC polls

Newsweek Clinton or Obama: Who's Best for the World?

by Fareed Zakaria Clinton has immense experience and is an attractive candidate. But she is terrified to act on her beliefs.

Guardian Pro-west incumbent wins Serbia poll Boris Tadic re-elected in Serbia's presidential election, beating nationalist Tomislav Nikolic

Washington PostNo Time for NATO Cold Feet A Chance to Cement the Peace In the Balkans -- and Beyond By Bruce P. Jackson

Democratic Stalemate By Robert D. Novak Don't expect a winner to emerge tomorrow -- or any time soon

NYT McCain Looks Confident; Democratic Race Tightens John McCain was striving to end the Republican race on Tuesday, while polls showed Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama was narrowing.

Proposed Military Spending Is Highest Since WWII

A Frail Economy Raises Pressure on Iran’s Rulers From fundamentalists to reformists, Iranians are talking more loudly about the need for a pragmatic approach.

Seeking a Path in Democracy’s Dead End The Bush administration has quietly come to terms with the police states in Central Asia.

Los Angeles Times Al Qaeda and WMD again linked A key operative who was reported slain is alive and leading the effort, officials say

Former Hussein supporters live in fear in Iraq Those who belonged to the dictator's party watch in horror as fellow ex-Baathists are killed, even beheaded.

McClatchy Iraqi de-Baathification law may force some key officials out A new law intended to reverse the firing of thousands of former Saddam Hussein-era officials during the U.S-led occupation of Iraq has taken effect, Iraq's presidency council announced Sunday in a statement. But it was uncertain whether the law would promote reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, as the Bush administration hopes, or make matters worse

The Observer Culture is no excuse for China denying its people democracy Ian Buruma: Repressive regimes are playing on our colonial guilt, but we must stand up for those values to which oppressed people aspire

Ha’aretz – Who will rebuild the IDF?In order to rehabilitate the IDF, Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi must put together the most professional and ethically minded team

IAEA chief brushes off concern over Arab nuclear development ElBaradei says all Arab nuclear activities under agency safeguard, adds progress made on Iran inquiry

• 'Winograd: Implications for US-Israeli Relations' by David Makovsky, The Washington Institute

From the Archive Looking Back, In Anger Time Magazine Apr 15, 1974

Al Awsat The Al-Qaeda/Israel Riddle : Mamoun Fandy, Ph.D. Why hasn't Al-Qaeda launched a single operation against Israel despite all the ...

The Times US plan for Afghan troop surge Push seen as only way of ensuring that elections next year go ahead without Taliban intimidation

Independent Revealed: British plan to build Taliban training camp

Britain planned to build a Taliban training camp for 2,000 fighters in Afghanistan as part of a top-secret deal to make them swap sides, intelligence sources have revealed

McClatchy Insurgencies Spread in Afghanistan and Pakistan

BBC Iraqi Baath law comes into effect A new law allowing former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life in Iraq is enacted

Financial Times For once, it is all about electability While bipartisan overtures have disappointed many Democrats and Republicans, activists put winning first, says Clive Crook

Jim Lobe McCain is Now the Neo-Con Candidate

9/11 Commissioner: 'We Had to Go Through Karl Rove'

Sy Hersh Confirms: Syrian Facility Bombed by Israel Was Not Nuclear

Carnegie Pakistan's Iranian Shadow

By Karim Sadjadpour

Woodrow Wilson Center The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the West: Confrontation or Cooperation in Eurasia?

Obama's Super Ad

US Energy Policy FAQ: The US Energy Mix, National Security and the Myths of Energy Independence

Tom Barnett KnoxNews Better days, just not right now

H 2 Ömer Taşpınar

America and the headscarf

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