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H1 New York Times Plunge Averted, Markets Look Ahead  Nervousness pervaded Wall Street despite the efforts by the Federal Reserve to restore order within the financial system.

 

U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists  Officials believe that a combination of efforts could establish something akin to a posture of deterrence adapted to the global jihadi

 

FT Editorial Time to renew the financial toolbox The credit squeeze shows every sign that it can get worse. The disease need not be fatal but it does need aggressive treatment 

 

American Conservative Obama’s Israel Test by Scott McConnell For the first time since 1940, a Democratic frontrunner hints at even-handedness.

 

The Right Choice? Barack Obama is no conservative. He’s still the best hope for getting out of Iraq. by Andrew J. Bacevich

 

Oil for War By Robert Bryce Why does Iraq need to import oil? To fuel the U.S. war machine.After invading one of the most petroleum-rich countries on earth, the U.S. military is running on empty

  

Washington Post How This Crisis Is Different By Robert J. Samuelson, It's not necessarily worse, but it's more mystifying than its predecessors.

 

Editorial Mr. Bernanke's Bet Applying his own theories, the Fed chairman bails out Wall Street in the hope of easing the pain on Main Street

 

The Fed Can't Do It Alone By Alan S. Blinder How to restore confidence to the confidence game

 

Bush's War, Five Years On By Dan Froomkin

 

CSM How will the Iraq war end? On the fifth anniversary of the US invasion, a look at what the endgame might look like.

Daily Telegraph Britain to get US-style security council A United States-style national security council will be given responsibility for protecting Britain from threats, ranging from terrorism to climate change, Gordon Brown will disclose this week. The much-delayed security strategy is due to be unveiled on Wednesday, and is understood to identify a series of threats to the UK including water and energy shortages, cyber-terrorism and natural disasters.

CNAS Middle East Policy: Thinking Strategically About Iraq: Report from a Symposium

How Will the IDF Confront Regional Threats? - A Strategic Overview - Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan  (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

 

Clinton's Speech on Iraq, March 2008

CEPS Caucasian Future 2008: Transformation and Integration for Caucasian Stability and Development

 

• 'How to Talk to Iran' by Dennis Ross, The New Republic

 

Incentives package prepared for Iran The United States and four other veto-wielding states on the U.N. Security Council are preparing a package of incentives aimed at Iran's newly elected parliament in hopes of ending the country's uranium-enrichment program — the main impediment to improved ties between Iran and the West

 

Lowy Institute The emerging global order Download item (590KB PDF)

 

Guardian The US economy is about to suffer a painful dose of reality. About time, too Bill Emmott: The Bear Stearns collapse heralds the end of the culture of easy lending - and it won't be just America feeling the heat

 

Putin softens opposition to US plan US hope to strike deal with Moscow as Putin responds positively to offer from Bush

 

Asia Times A new political space opens As widely expected, "principalists" - conservatives - have taken the majority of seats in Iran's parliamentary elections, although reformists have fared better than anticipated. With some seats going to a second round of polling over the next few weeks, the United States' anti-Iran rhetoric will further strengthen the hands of the conservatives. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

 

'Smart power,' the only path to effective leadership By Joseph S. Nye

 

Iraq Question McCain Must Answer – Peter

 

IHT China and its minorities

By PHILIP BOWRING China's rising nationalism will meet its match in the determination of ethnic minorities.

 

IHT  From the shores of Tripoli to the Tigris By MICHAEL B. OREN To accomplish their goals in the Middle East, Americans must return to the traditions established by their forebears.

 

Christian Science Monitor

For Iran, Iraq is a two-edged sword Many call the Islamic Republic the 'winner' in Iraq, but it faces the prospect of a long-term US presence next door

 

French elections a blow for Sarkozy's conservatives The opposition Socialists beat out the ruling UMP in many cities, prompting calls for the French president to modify his ambitious plans

H2  MESH • COMMENT: Michael Reynolds on Turkish generals  

 

CSM Turkey wrestles with Islam's place Turkey's prime minister must build trust in issues of mosque and state.

 

Guardian Turkish court to consider call to ban ruling party

 

Sami Kohen AKP davasına dış bakış

 

CEPS Just how revolutionary is Turkeys hadith project?

 

Turkish PKK Leader Murat Karaiylan Interviewed By Iraqi Kurdish Paper

 

 Political Crisis in Turkey Deepens
Voice of America 

 

FT Political worries rattle Turkish stock market WORLD NEWS: AKP threat worsens turmoil in Turkey Turkey’s stock market fell 9 per cent after a judicial attempt to shut down the governing party rattled investors amid warnings that it would cause grave political instability

 

"Afganistan'a ilave asker göndermeyiz"

 

Türkiye'ye de füze savunma sistemi

 

 

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

 

PKK: SİLAHLARI BIRAKIRIZ

 

Kürt sorunu için çözüm desteği

 

[Yorum - Bejan Matur] Dağın ardına bakma hikâyesi

 

Paşa'nın etkilendiği olay

 

Nevruz resmi tatil oldu!

 

Washington Post in self-criticism

 

Kurds say ready for ceasefire if Turkey negotiates

 

"Nevruz'da izin" maddesi işçilerin sözleşmesinde

 

Scheffer: "Türkiye PKK ile çok iyi başa çıkıyor"

 

Operasyonların tarihine net bakış

 

"Türkiye Kürdistanı" ifadesi incelenecek

 

Opposition to Kurdish move to annex Kirkuk grows

 

Humanitarian org. invited to Kurdistan's border with Turkey

 

Abant Platformu’na PKK tehdidi

 

Herekol ve Kato’da operasyon

 

Kurdistan corruption

 

Iraqi ambassador: Further steps to follow President Talabani’s visit

 

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 17 Mar 2008

 

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 15 Mar 08

 

PKK, Nevruz'u kana bulamak istiyor

 

Kurdish PKK Official Says Turkey Cannot Defeat Guerrillas

 

FT WORLD NEWS - IRAQ FIVE YEARS ON: Investors quick to grab slice of oil-rich region

 

Cevdet Aşkın

 

Başkan Barzani, ABD’nin üst düzey heyetini kabul etti

 

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Babacan: Talabani bunu bir ayetle bana anlattı

 

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Hüsnü Mahalli 5 yıl önce özgürlük!

 

Turkey Risks Reforming Islam’s Holy Texts Human Events

 

Almanya'da PKK üyesi 3 kişi tutuklandı

 

Blair, IRA ile görüşmek istemiş

 

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

 

İngiltere: Kapatma demokrasiye aykırı

 

Alman basını: Bu girişim Cumhuriyetin köküne dinamit koyuyor

 

[NEWS ANALYSIS]
Turkish Cypriots set one-year deadline for Cyprus solution

 

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Kapatma davası Avrupa Konseyi'ni endişelendirdi

 

Almanya Büyükelçiliği: Vizede değişiklik yok

 

Germany Criticizes Turkish Party Ban as Undemocratic

 

Açılan dava çok anlamsız

 

İsveçli bakan: Son derece tuhaf

 

[NEWS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC CIRCUIT] Germany lends support to vocational training in Turkey

 

Wilders aynı filmi Yahudiler için yapsa şimdi hapisteydi

 

Almanya'ya gitmek için ısrar gerekiyormuş

 

The Times Germany's first suicide bomber Cueneyt Ciftci, born in Bavaria to a family of Turkish immigrants, is blamed for the deaths of two US soldiers in Afghanistan

 

The other Greeks, the other Turks Ariana FERENTINOU

 

"Kıbrıs'ta çözüm için ivme yakalanmalı"

 

52 Türk belediyelerde

 

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Alman basını: Bu girişim Cumhuriyetin köküne dinamit koyuyor

 

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Kapatma davası Avrupa Konseyi'ni endişelendirdi

 

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Kosova, ilk millî maçını Türkiye ile yapacak

 

 

 

 

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