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H1 Obama's Brain Trust Taking Shape New York Sun

 

Washington Post  Obama-Clinton Debate Starts Warm, Heats Up

 

Clinton Has Edge in Ohio; Race in Texas Deadlocked In Ohio, Clinton Has Small Edge

 

Let's Just Say Obama's the Nominee. So, Who's the Running Mate?

 

Editorial That '70s Show In fighting recession, the Fed must not ignore the threat of stagflation.

 

Sanctions on Businessman Target Syria's Inner Sanctum U.S. Action Alleges Corruption

 

They Can't Admit Victory By Charles Krauthammer There is no denying the improvements in Iraq since the surge began -- unless you're a Democrat.

 

New Sanctions Against Iran Are Proposed

 

Rioters Storm U.S. Embassy Serbian protesters set fire to an office following rally against Kosovo's independence in Belgrade

 

Pakistan's Rival Opposition Parties Agree to Form Governing Coalition

 

NYT Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes  American officials are worried a recent agreement with Pakistani authorities to relax operating rules for U.S. armed surveillance aircraft might be curtailed by political changes in Pakistan

 

PAUL KRUGMAN Don’t Rerun That ’70s Show If history is any guide, we should be looking at an extended period of economic weakness, probably extending well into 2010 or beyond.

 

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Armenia: A Russian Outpost in the Caucasus? IFRI
This French paper describes the relationship between Russia and Armenia

 

US elections and Mideast
Four views. bitterlemons.

 

Guardian Blair risks ending up as one more crusader in the Levantine ditch Simon Jenkins: Europe has never been unified, and its history is littered with the failed ambitions of those who would wear the crown

 

Serb rioters invade US embassy

Serbs protesting against western support for Kosovan independence set fire to US embassy in Belgrade

 

Ha’aretz  Worried Rice to discuss Gaza with Olmert in Japan Meeting requested by Rice, as U.S. claims it is 'uncomfortable' with Israel's operations in the Strip

 

Time for generosity with Syria Is Assad weak or is he smart? Has he accepted Israel's clear supremacy or is he waiting for the opportunity to settle accounts and balance what's written in the notebook?

 

The Balkan paradox  Rather than heightening the desire of different ethnic groups to coexist within the same state, the democratization process increases the will toward self-determination. Kosovo was this week's case in point

 

Financial Times Milosevic the midwife Recognition of Kosovo’s, albeit closely supervised, independence is an act of realpolitik, rather than of idealism, writes Philip Stephens

 

The Times Warning: Obama is dangerous The senator and his wife, as this week has shown, are classic European-style leftwingers Gerard Baker

 

Britain, climate change leaders

Hesitation today in putting reductions into effect will have serious consequences tomorrow Nicholas Stern

 

Clinton Has Edge in Ohio; Race in Texas Deadlocked 

 

POLL: Clinton Up in Ohio, Dead Heat in Texas  —

 

The CNN Democratic presidential debate in Texas 

 

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 

 

McClatchy How Hillary Clinton blew a sure thing She had everything going for her. The most famous name in politics. A solid lead in the polls. A war chest of at least $133 million. Yet Hillary Clinton now finds herself struggling for political survival, her once-firm grasp of the Democratic presidential nomination seemingly slipping away. What happened?

 

Middle East and North Africa Reform: Rooted in Economic and Political Ground CIPE This 23-page US report argues that the key to reform in the Middle East and North Africa lies in building on the linkages between democratic governance and market economies

 

 

 

Winds of Change in Pakistan
Council on Foreign Relations

 

 

 

H2   ''En sorumlu şekilde davranılmalı''

 

McClatchy Kurdish troops surround Turks in worst confrontation yet in Iraq

 

Turk troops clash with Kurd security forces in Iraq

 

Kurdish rebels still control Iraqi mountain redoubts

 

Turkey shells Kurdish rebel positions in N.Iraq

 

Peşmerge ile sinir harbi

 

ABD: PKK'ya karşı sorumlu yöntemler seçilmeli

 

"Operasyonla ilgili sorumlu davranılmalı"

 

Iraq tells Turkey to respect borders after shelling

 

 washingtoninstitute.org  PKK Criminal Networks and Fronts in Europe

 

PKK’nın yeni adresi Sincar Dağı oluyor

[Fbis] OSC: Iraqi Kurdish official denies peshmerga clashes with Turkish army  

 

Kurd security forces say no clash with Turk troops  

 

Military shells PKK positions in northern Iraq

 

Turkey's military denies clashes in northern Iraq

 

[Fbis] OSC: Turkish General Staff Denies Reports of Clashes Between TSK, Peshmergas in N. Iraq

Iraq, Turkey: The Significance of a Turkish-Peshmerga Clash | Stratfor

 

Ha’aretz Tank deal hinges on permits for Turkish workers

 

[Fbis] OSC: Turkey: Start Signal Given For Ground Operation Into Northern Iraq  

 

 [Fbis] OSC: Turkey: Claims That Israeli Planes Participated in N. Iraq Bombing  

 

The Ergenekon affair: Turkish/Orthodox controversy By Ioannis R. Grigoriadis

 

[Fbis] OSC: FYI -- Turkish Forces Deployed Near Iraqi Kurdistan Region

 

[Fbis] OSC: Turkey's Security Council: Cross-Border Operation To Continue As Long As Necessary

 

[Fbis] OSC: Turkish Army Shells PKK Camps in Northern Iraq, Troops Moved Close To Border

 

FT WORLD NEWS DIGEST: EU guarded on Turkey reform

 

 As Turkey prepares hit and run operations in northern Iraq

 

Kurds says Turkey strikes rebel positions in Iraq

 

 

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect  BBC Monitoring

 

Reviews of Recent Books about Kurdistan - American Enterprise Institute

 

Turkey shells Kurdish rebel positions in N.Iraq

 

MGK bildirisi: Operasyonlar sürecek

 

Kara harekâtı Irak’a bağlı

 

Sınırda Güneş hazırlığı

 

MGK’dan K.Irak’a çifte mesaj

 

President Bush’s Support and Endorsement of the Turkish Military ...

 

Turkish think tank expects ground operation against PKK in N Iraq

 

Kosovo: A solution model for Kurds in Turkey

 

Sınıra sevkıyat

 

Serdar Turgut Yazık kaçan fırsata

 

DTP’den Valilik ve Emniyet’e tehdit gibi sözler

MGK: Turkey to continue cross-border operations

 

Irak'a kara operasyonu şart

 

Irak sınırında sıcak saatler, Mehmetçik kara harekâtı provası yaptı

 

Sınır ötesi operasyona 'Güneş' adı verilecek

 

İlnur Çevik As Turkey prepares hit and run operations in northern Iraq

[Fbis] OSC: Turkey: Sirnak Governor Denies Reports Habur Border Gate With Iraq Closed

 

An Evening with Sebahat Tuncel. Kurdish member of the Turkish ...

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Türk ordusu Biradost ilçesini ve çevresini top ateşine tutuyor

 

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İsrail ve ABD, Türkiye'ye Keşif ve diplomatik baskılarla destek veriyor

 

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Laçiner: ABD'yle kara operasyonunun detayları konuşuluyor

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Kara operasyonu: Neden şimdi?

 

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Cevdet Aşkın Kara harekâtında perde açıldı

 

Muhalif yazarı vuran Barzani cezaevinde

 

What to expect from the next American president in the Middle East (1) by RICHARD FALK*

 

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

 

Barçın Yinanç Türkiye, Kosova'yı ilk tanıyan olmak istemedi

 

İHSAN DAĞI - Hani Kıbrıs satılmıştı?

 

Gülay Göktürk Denktaş, Papadopulos ve zamanın ruhu

 

 Turkey Eyes Normal Ties With Armenia After Election

 

France waters down "Club Med" plan to assuage EU

 

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Cengiz Aktar

Başbakan’ın Almanya seferi

 

Gayrimüslim Vakıflar (1)
Murat Belge

 

Emie:Türkiye,Fransa'nın AB Başkanlığından korkmamalı

 

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TOBB Başkanı: “Özgürlükler için AB’ye sarılalım”

 

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Gül, Sarkisyan'a barış çağrısı yaptı

 

U.S.-Backed Nabucco Pipeline Takes Baby Steps By: Krishnadev Calamur | World Politics Review
A U.S.-backed gas pipeline that would reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy supplies received a fillip earlier this month when German power giant RWE joined the project, but questions about where the Nabucco pipeline's supplies will come from persist

 

Babacan'ın Mo6skova ziyaretinde enerji naklinde mutabakat

 

Nagehan Alçı
Sırada Türk sabunu mu var?

 

Türkiye için imaj düzeltme toplantıları

 

Sarksyan torn between realities and maintaining the status quo

 

 

Şemdinli dosyaları bilgisayarında çıktı

Dink’i ihmal eden istihbaratçının ‘özel’ işleri

 

İstihbaratçı Paşa'ya tuzak mı kuruldu?

 

Su savaşları başladı

 

Threatened lawyer denied protection