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H1 Gen. McCaffrey Briefs the Future - Tom Ricks, Washington Post

Newsweek Crisis of Confidence

How American leadership failed the global markets.

Jerusalem Post Just a Gulf apart

Teheran made it clear it would initially counter strike nearby Arab states

Peres warns against returning Golan Says Iran, Syria will take control of Heights; Cheney: US will do all it can to deal with nuke threat

Zawahiri calls for attacks on Israel Bin Laden's deputy demands battle against Jews, says Jordan, Egypt, Saudis "part of a satanic pact."

'Fatah-Hamas talks moving forward' Sides accept Yemeni initiative "as framework for resuming dialogue," agree to resume talks in April

The Circus Is in Tehran - American Enterprise Institute The Islamic Republic operates in a sort of code, and the cypher is closely guarded by the small handful of grim-faced mullahs and ayatollahs who surround the Supreme Leader. By Michael A. Ledeen

Fewer Iraqis Want Coalition Troops to Leave Now

NYT Why Radical Islam Just Won’t Die By PAUL BERMAN Extremist movements have been growing bigger for more than three decades now, during which time America has tried almost everything from a policy point of view.

Fact Sheet: Five Years Later: New Strategy Improving Security In Iraq

Ha’aretz – Hezbollah: We have proof Israel killed Mughniyah

Gideon Levy: Blind int'l friendship enables Israel to kill, settle The mix of Sderot and the Holocaust, international Islamophobia and Hamas rule in Gaza do the trick. Israel hasn't scored this kind of foreign-policy success since the days of the Oslo Accords

Bar’el We've already won in Iraq Washington may be punishing Syria for not keeping its border with Iraq sealed, but its tactical conduct with Damascus is strategically punishing the whole Middle East.

New Guest, Daniel Kurtzer: since '93 U.S. didn't help peace process succeed

ANALYSIS: Unofficial Gaza cease-fire benefits everybody

The Observer Echoes of 1968 haunt split Democrats Democrats head for convention beset by splits and overshadowed by war, just as they did 40 years ago

Charlie Rose: Discussions on Iraq and Tibet

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology Issue theme: Muslim Brotherhood (pdf).

Think tanks lose share...
of MSM citations. FAIR.

Sunday Times Father of Iran’s drive for nuclear warhead namedPhysics lecturer emerges as the father of a nuclear programme that the West believe is aimed at producing a warhead

The West can hurt China If the Tibet situation deteriorates, pressure will grow to use the Olympics as a weapon against Beijing Michael Portillo

Financial Times Sarkozy’s bold defence initiative

There is a real prospect of a deal that puts France back into Nato and strengthens the EU’s defence capabilities, write Charles Grant and Tomas Valasek

Bush seeks diplomatic pact with Putin The Bush administration is seeking to persuade the Russian president to sign up to a long-term agreement on Moscow-Washington relations before the US president steps down

Campaign silence over Wall St woesThe separation of presidential politics from the troubles assailing the US economy is now verging on the surreal, writes Clive Crook

Crisis could boost the euroA simulation shows that the euro could replace the dollar as the world’s largest reserve currency within 10 or 15 years, writes Wolfgang Münchau

NewsweekWashington Cries Wolf Andrew Moravcsik Don't believe the hype: Beijing's military buildup isn't as scary as it seems.

Washington Post Can China Change? By Robert Kagan The richer a country gets, the easier it seems to be for autocrats to hold on to power

8 Questions That Will Shape Where the Race for the Democratic Presidential Nominaton Goes From Here By Dan Balz

Administration Puts Its Best Spin on Iran Report

The Next President's Plan . . .Advisers to Sens. Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama Detail the Candidates' Ideas for Turning Around the Economy

Where Europe Draws the Line By Jackson Diehl

Demons On Wall Street By Sebastian Mallaby

U.S. Pushed Allies on Iraq, Diplomat Writes Chilean Envoy to U.N. Recounts Threats of Retaliation in Run-Up to Invasion

Its Global Impact By Jim Hoagland, Obama's speech had worldwide appeal, but one man cannot reshape America's reputation.

Independent on Sunday Robert Fisk: How Ireland exorcised the ghost of empire On the 92nd anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, our Middle East correspondent sees numerous parallels between the bloody, intractable conflicts in Ireland and Israel – and says that the war in Iraq has shown us the true value of neutrality

SPIEGEL Interview with Iraq WMD Sleuth David Kay: German Intelligence Was 'Dishonest, Unprofessional and Irresponsible'

RFE/RL Central Asia: Behind The Hype, Russia And China Vie For Region's Energy Resources

Christian Science Monitor

Musharraf is quickly losing his grip on Pakistan Parliament is expected to confirm a new prime minister on Monday, further isolating Musharraf.

The Security Council must act preemptively – on climate change

This global threat requires a war-room mentality

The Euro May over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency
Source: Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Research Working Paper Series Full Paper (PDF; 443 KB)

OPEC chief sees oil at $80-$110 for rest of 2008...

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Hit Jews and Americans'
In new audiotape, al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri calls for attacks on Israeli, Western targets to avenge IDF's raids on Gaza: 'Let them know that they would bleed for every dollar they spend on killing Muslims'

Egyptian reactor by 2017

Mubarak in Moscow to sign nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia despite Washington ire

Guardian Ministers back radical plan for voting reform

Electorate to name two choices while participation could be compulsory

Constanze Stelzenmüller's GMF briefing paper, "Transatlantic Power Failures."

Kosovo: Recognition Without Power - Stephen Schwartz, Weekly Standard

Newsweek Europe's Worst Double Talkers

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck German leaders talk up EU goals on climate and other issues, but their actions tell a different story.

Heritage China's Expanding Global Influence: Foreign Policy Goals, Practices, and Tools

The Times Un Bon Ami

Nicolas Sarkozy’s State visit confirms a revival of the Anglo-French relationship

Los Angeles Times U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000 Four American soldiers die in an explosion in Baghdad. More than 60 Iraqis are killed elsewhere

John McCain is betting big on Iraq His long-sought 'surge' is working now, but he's been wrong too.

Inside Afghanistan: US Ambassador William Wood

Wall Street Journal Saddam's Terror Links
New evidence from Iraq's files.

The Democrats' Super Disaster
By John Yoo The Founders believed that letting Congress choose the president was a dreadful idea.

After Putin
By Joseph R. Biden Jr. It is legitimate to be concerned about Russia's 'internal' affairs

H 2 FT Turkish government and old guard in showdown

The petition with the constitutional court for the closure of the ruling AKP reopens the question of whether the government or its opponents wields the more legitimate power

'Şahin' Türkiye'ye geliyor

Semih İdiz Cheney’in ziyareti görüş ayrılıklarını ortaya çıkaracak

Erdal Şafak Cheney'in listesi

Cheney’s bag: heavy or light for Turkey?

Serdar Turgut O bize değer veremez

6 yıl sonra Ankara’da

Ferai Tınç Toz duman arasında pazarlık sürüyor

Soner Yalçın AKP davasına yabancılar niye bu kadar tepkili

TURKEY NEEDS TO ACT BEFORE THE ‘WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY’ CLOSES

Ankara Cheney'i Bekliyor

İran için geliyor

5 saatlik ziyaret

Cheney'nin çantasında neler var?

Kurds battle police and soldiers in Turkey

VP Cheney to Visit Ankara as US-Turkish Relations Warm

[FINANCIAL TIMES] AK Parti kapatılırsa AB'yi unutun

The Peace Canal Plan – Peace plan/water import project from Turkey to the Middle East

Alman basını: Türk milliyetçilere darbe

Kritik görüşme bugün

FT Damming the Tigris Video and slideshow: Damming the Tigris will give Turkey renewable energy – and flood 200 villages and archaeological sites in the Kurdish heartland

Türkler 100 yıldır kimlik arayışında VELİD NÜVEYHİD

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