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H1 Time  Ready to Rumble Hillary Clinton has rescued her campaign by getting a lot rougher on Barack Obama. But Democrats worry: How much collateral damage will be done before it is over?

 

IHT Iraq will not be a Qaedistan

By OLIVIER ROY If U.S. troops leave Iraq Al Qaeda will not take power and establish an Islamic state.

 

Step one: Discard the Bush policy

By ANDREW J. BACEVICH

U.S. policy after Iraq ought to occupy center stage in the 2008 presidential campaign.

 

Europe's leaders warned of big rise in migrationA report prepared for an EU summit meeting Thursday predicts big new flows of migration by 2020 as climate change puts strains on food and water supplies, provokes natural disasters and undermines political stability in poorer, neighboring countries

 

Spain's haunted election By WILLIAM PFAFF There has been a great uneasiness in recent months over the renewed assertion of historical grievances in Spain

  

 New York Times Editorial Talk, but No Peace The United States, Europe and Arab states must move quickly to arrange a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and give thought to a new strategy for dealing with Gaza.

 

End to the Good Times (Such as They Were)  If history is a reliable guide, a dismal jobs report suggests that the recession of 2008 is now unavoidable.

 

Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Picture of U.S. Economy  The worst fears of consumers, investors and officials were confirmed as paralysis on Wall Street collided with new evidence of a likely recession.

 

Daily Star Fight fiercely for peace, for a change By Rami G. Khouri

 

Without US follow-through, Annapolis will fail    By David Ignatius

 

US-Iraq Talks to Start Saturday

 

Jonathan Steele Iraq: The Way Out

 

NPR Why Are Oil Prices Climbing So High?

 

ANALYSIS-Riots, standoff destabilise Armenia

 

Technocrats eyed for boost in government Talks are under way among Iraqi political parties to overhaul the Cabinet and establish a new technocratic government, the prime minister's top political adviser said yesterday

 

Sadr admits splits in Mahdi Movement Arab Times

 

Iraq: Shi'ite Stronghold Is Not Safe

 

An Ominous Rise in Baghdad Bombings

 

Analysis: Elections in Iran – Referendum for Changes

 

Iran votes Polls could actually strengthen Mahmoud Ahmandinejad

 

Financial Times Qom highlights Iran power battle The days when the Shia seminary’s political decisions went unchallenged are over. While it held a monopoly on religious power, other clerical groups have since emerged

 

Vote tests Ahmadi-Nejad's standing Iran's parliamentary elections cover about 200 constituencies and are held every four years for 290 seats

Mujahedin-e Khalq: terrorist?
Ray Tanter vs. Matt Levitt, MESH.

 

Tony Karon Is Israel-Iran Enmity Irreversible?

 

Samantha Power on HARDtalk... watch the full interview here.

 

Washington Post Downside of Obama Strategy Losses in Big States Spur General-Election Fears

 

The Cost Of Retreat In Iraq By Lee Kuan Yew Candidates' speeches aside, no U.S. president can afford to withdraw too quickly

 

A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance

 

Asia Times US's fancy guns are trained on China Just as the Pentagon and its corporate allies touted the "Soviet threat" during the Cold War to stampede Congress and the US public into supporting ever-increasing spending on advanced weapons, so a hypothetical "China threat" is being conjured up to achieve the same purpose - and it's costing multi-billions of dollars. - Michael T Klare

 

The World in 2050: Indo-Chinese Economic Giants Wired News 

 

Buddies in Baku, Amigos in Armenia By: Hans-Jurgen Schlamp | Der Spiegel Where does Europe end? The EU's Neighborhood Policy seeks to ensure prosperity and stability in countries bordering the 27-member club. The problem is, the neighbors would like to join, too

 

NATO Wannabe Macedonia Demands 'Freedom and Justice' One day after Greece said it would veto NATO membership for Macedonia if the country didn't change its name, the Macedonians took out full-page newspaper ads to plead their case. There is still no end in sight to the dispute

 

RFE/RL Russia: Can Medvedev Create Putin-Style Personality Cult?

 

Armenia: Was The Yerevan Crackdown Planned, Or A Fatal Miscalculation

 

Georgia: Tbilisi Outraged At Moscow Withdrawal From Abkhaz Sanctions Treaty

 

Weekly Standard The Politics of a Failed Presidency How John McCain and the Republican party should deal with the Bush record.

A Post-Musharraf Pakistan Policy

Globalisation and nationalism: the new deal, Tom Nairn

 

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H2 Washington Post A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance. The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, fight because they want their people to speak Kurdish in schools, receive national identification cards, and gain respect and political influence wherever they live. But to walk among them is to feel that some also fight to prolong their communal, socialist experiment and to be left alone.

 

PHOTOS: Living, Fighting in the PKK

•  VIDEO: PKK Guerillas Camp in Iraq

 

 PKK Says Turkish Forces Not Completely Withdrawn From Iraqi Kurdistan

 

Iraq, Turkey Vow to Boost Ties, Act Against Kurdish Rebels

 

Iraqi Leader Tries to Mend Relationship With Turkey New York Times

 

US MILITARY STATEMENTS REVIVE TURKISH SUSPICIONS ABOUT WASHINGTON ... Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

A Military Analysis of Turkey’s Incursion into Northern Iraq

 

Book The Kurds Ascending: The Evolving Solution to the Kurdish Problem in Iraq and Turkey by Michael M. Gunter

 

Pentagon solo in PKK moves

Intrinsic logics behind Turkey's decision-making People's Daily Online, China

 

Iraq promises Turkey curb on PKK
BBC Talabani insists his government will not tolerate Kurdish rebels in the north attacking Turkey.

 

Terrorism on agenda as Iraq president visits Turkey Financial Times

 Iraq, Turkey Discuss Border Security

 

US Defense Secretary Gates Speaks about Turkey at Recent Pentagon Briefing  (March 5, 2008)   | Türkçe

 

 

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak  BBC Monitoring International

 

Irak pasaportlu çalışma ziyareti

 

Talabani: Kürt değil, Irak kedisi vermem!

 

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MEHMET BARLAS
Kürt siyasetçiler de katkıda bulunmalı

 

Harekât, TSK’ya reyting yaptırdı

 

Mahir Kaynak Dönüşüm mü?

Kürt paketinde Kürtçe kanal var ABD Savunma Bakanı Gates’in sözleriyle gündeme gelen AKP’nin Güneydoğu paketi GAP’ın tamamlanıp 3.8 milyon kişiye iş bulunmasını ve kesintisiz Kürtçe yayını öngörüyor

'GAP paketi'nden Doğu'ya özel asgari ücret çıktı

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PKK’nın silah tedarikçisi

Turkey, Iraq take step for long-lasting strategic ties

 

Gül Talabani onuruna akşam yemeği verdi

 

Turkey, Iraq take step for long-lasting strategic ties

 

Talabani: Regional Administration of Northern Iraq Asks PKK to Leave

 

Washington Post A Kurdish Society of Soldiers In Rugged N. Iraq, Guerrillas Forge a Unity Based on Hardship and Defiance

Turkish PM Will Quit if US Pressure Led to Iraq Pullout

US 'Tried to Capitalize' on Turkish Troop Withdrawal From Northern Iraq

 

Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurdish member of the Turkish Parliament, speaks ...

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Gül: PKK önce silah bıraksın

 

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Farklı bir first lady: Hero Talabani

 

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Talabani and Gul Speak to Reporters in Press Conference (Roundup)

 

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Talabani and Gul meet at Camli Palace

 

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Iraqi Delegation Lays Wreath at Ataturk Tomb

 

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British Labour Party Delegation Visits PUK Politburo

 

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Iraqi Industry Minister Says He will Settle Key Issues with Turkey

 

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President Talabani Arrives in Ankara

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PUKmedia Posts Agenda of President Talabani’s Visit to Turkey

 

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Kürd sorununun tartışılacağı Amed toplantısı TV’den naklen verilecek

 

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50 liraya Ermeni aranıyor

Teröristler maden ocağını bastı: 1 ölü

 

Kürtçe 'Su getir' sözü fezleke nedeni oldu

 

Yaman Törüner İran

AKP hükümeti, Filistin-İsrail ihtilafının doğal arabulucusu -

 

 

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

 

Ways to Vanquish the Culture of Conflict By: Cesar Chelala | The Japan Times Is there a way for a civilized relationship between Turkey and Armenia to eventually overcome historical enmity and become a model for other countries to follow

 

İlter Türkmen Hristofyas ile çözüm daha mı kolay?

 

ABD Kıbrıs'ta yeni bir inisiyatif başlatmıyor

Hristofyas, Annan Planı’na karşı

Hristofyas, Talat’ın, açıklamalarında Annan Planı’na atıfta bulunmasına, “Biz Annan Planı’nı konuşmuyoruz” diye tepki gösterdi.

 

AGİT: Kosova Karabağ’a emsal

 

Meral Tamer Rektörden AB’ye ve Türkiye’ye narsisizm uyarısı

 

Almanya’da Türk camiine taşlı saldırı
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