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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? 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
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H2 Washington Post
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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 Intrinsic
logics behind Turkey's decision-making People's
Daily Online, China Iraq
promises Turkey curb on PKK 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 Kurdish Rebel Commander Says Turkish Army Plans Foiled By Guerrilla
Resistance Karabağ’daki PKK’ya
Türk-Azeri operasyonu Turkish
court clears religious leader 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! | |