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H1 NYT Clinton
May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On
Barack Obama is still
picking up superdelegates despite his troubles, leaving his opponent with
dwindling options Pew Research Center: Obama's Image Slips, His Lead Over Clinton Disappears — Gallup Daily: Clinton 49%, Obama 45% — CNN Poll: Obama losing support New York Times
DAVID BROOKS The
Cognitive Age There’s a problem with the way the
globalization paradigm has evolved. It doesn’t really explain most of what is
happening in the world Washington
Post Ideology's Rude Return By Robert
Kagan, Autocracy's success in Russia and China poses a challenge to the
liberal West McCain's Foreign Policy
Guru - R. Kagan & C. Flavelle, Newsweek Financial
Times Clever
conceits cannot hide the world’s jagged edges You
can always find some analogy or other from the past that can be said to
illuminate the here and now. Yet upheavals in the global system since 1989 –
the most profound for at least a century – are not susceptible to neatness,
writes Philip
Stephens A tale of two futures, Paul Rogers William Arkin War with Iran? That Will Be for the Next President CSM China's 'rational' nationalism Beijing lights a dangerous patriotic torch as the
Olympic torch heads its way. The Economist Angry
China The recent glimpses of a resentful, snarling China should
scare the country's government as much as the world The
TIME 100 Our fifth annual list of
the world's most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists,
scientists and more USIP Religious Reconciliation in Iraq Should NATO Defend Europe Against Russia's Energy Weapon? -
American Enterprise Institute What Exactly Is the West? By: Guy Sorman | The Japan
Times The president proposed $770 million in assistance on top of the $200
million released two weeks ago to alleviate the global surge in food prices.
While the traditional U.S. approach is to ship American-grown food overseas,
the White House proposal calls for buying more food in developing countries CIA Chief: Iran Wants to Kill Americans in
Iraq General
Claims 'Clear Evidence' Iran Supporting Taliban Iraq
sends team to Iran to discuss U.S. accusations Tehran denies the
charges that it is aiding militias. Meanwhile, Gen. Petraeus says large
amounts of Iranian weapons were found in the Basra crackdown Sadr Snubs Iraq Peace Overtures State
Dept: Iran Tops State-Sponsored Terrorism Iran
Ends Oil Transactions in US Dollars ANALYSIS:
Syrian-Israeli contacts worry Iran, Hezbollah Richard
Perle: Fight For Human Rights, Democracy Follows Commentary The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
Q&A: Anne-Marie Slaughter on the East-West Divide
Ha’aretz – Mofaz, at Yale: Iran
could have nuke bomb technology this year Akiva Eldar The Syrian-Palestinian
lie Rice:
Israelis and Palestinians must agree on final borders Bush Will
Not Pressure Israel on Core Issues Self-confidence
in Israel's DNAThe national ability to set and attain goals without
letting reality interfere underlies our chutzpah to exist against all odds
and to thrive against all expectations Guardian Labour
suffers mauling on grim night for Brown Results so far show Labour heading for its
lowest share of the vote since the 1970s The
Iranian Chessboard IHT WORLD FOOD CRISIS By BAN KI MOON If we begin taking steps to deal decisively
with the world food crisis, the solution will come. Russia steps
up effort to keep Georgia out of NATORussia's decision to send 1,000 extra
troops to Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia is part of the Kremlin's policy
to thwart the ambitions of the Caucasus country to join NATO, Georgia's
foreign minister says Heritage The West Should Unite in Support of Georgia
by Ariel
Cohen EDM ANNEXATION
AND MILITARIZATION OF ABKHAZIA CONTINUE APACE - WILL
TURKMEN GAS GO SOUTH AS WELL AS WEST? Poll: Bush most unpopular in modern history Douglas
Feith's War and Decision: Life in a Neocon's Parallel Universe
by Michael Scheuer BloggingHeads J. Peter Scoblic & Jacob Heilbrunn: How To Start Worrying
About The Bomb Today in The Nation: The New Geopolitics of Energy Time Measuring Iraq's Security Forces The U.S. is counting on Iraq's security forces to take on
greater responsibilities. But despite some progress, the Iraqis remain
plagued by desertion and sectarianism--if they're even awake. Why the U.S.
still can't stand down Abbas-Olmert Talks a ‘First’ in Mideast Diplomacy CEPS Is
Social Europe fit for Globalisation? Prospects for the EUs New Generation of FTAs Ground Truth - American Enterprise Institute The
Future of U.S. Land Power Soaring Food Prices Mean Less Education for Poor - Council on Foreign Relations 'We
will act,' Peres warns The United States may be entering a world in the next few years with a
chilling reality: a world in which nuclear-armed rogue states conclude that
they can get away with almost anything.
Will US and
Iran Go to War at Sea? - Christopher Dickey, Newsweek opinion Engaging
the East - Michael Auslin, Weekly Standard opinion European Union and China Drifting Apart By: Israel
Rafalovich | Asia Sentinel Al Awsat Syria or
Iran: Where Does the Decision Lie? : Tariq
Alhomayed Renewed Iran-Egypt Ties? By: Jonathan Schanzer | National
Review Egypt : A policy paper
from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace looks at Egypt’s April
elections and argues that they indicate a broad
deterioration in Egyptian politics. Iraq: U.S. Has No Claim to Oil Boom By: Liz Sly | The
Chicago Tribune As Congress gears up to debate the Bush administration's
latest request for an additional $108 billion in war funding for Iraq and
Afghanistan, Iraqis are fuming at suggestions being floated by lawmakers that
Baghdad should start paying a share of the war's costs by providing cheap
fuel to the U.S. military. Religion and secularism Power
points The slogans of political Islam remain highly resonant,
whether as a programme for peaceful governance or an inspiration to wage war.
Two new books explain why North Korea and Syria Oh
what a tangled web they weave The shadowy half-life of Syria's
supposedly non-existent nuclear reactor Al hayat An Israeli Concept of a New Role for Syria
Mostafa Zein
Understanding
The Recent Changes In Iraqi Political Dynamics Roger Owen |
H2 Washington Post Editorial Secular and Antidemocratic In
Turkey, another attempt to reverse the elections won by moderate Islamists FT Editorial Turkish free speech The
AKP-dominated parliament has just amended Article 301 of the penal code but
it must be completely overhauled or – better still – repealed The Economist Turkish politics An
ineffective opposition The sad irrelevance of Turkey's main opposition
leader ARIEL COHEN
Turkey's
constitutional dilemma Middle East Times EDM AKP
PRESENTS DEFENSE AS POLL SUGGESTS POPULAR SUPPORT WAVERING Carnegie Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is
Shaping Iraq and the Middle East TSK 1 saat 10 dakika da PKK kamplarını yerle bir etti EurasiaNet Turkey: An Islamic Radical
Group Resurfaces, Striving to Embrace Peaceful Change Huseyin Yildirim carries a
heavy weight on his shoulders. While he says he never killed a man, he was
jailed for membership in Kurdish Hizbullah, a radical Sunni Islamist group
that was reputedly connected to about 500 murders in the 1990s. Now, he heads
a countrywide NGO that he insists is dedicated to peace. Turkish
Jets Bomb PKK Camps – Reuters Reports: Turkish planes
bomb Kurdish rebels
Police break up Turkey
marchers Istanbul's
Economic Tension. Postcard: Cyprus Another breach in Nicosia's "green
line" suggests that the Turkish North's status as the choice destination
for fugitives may not be forever. On the Run in the Sun Invisible Nation: How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood is
Shaping ... Türkiye sadık değil güçlü müttefik Turkish-Pakistani CT Cooperation Bodes Ill for Bad Guys Damascus ascendant The Turkish
Role in the Peace Process Amir Taheri Sarkozy is
Wrong About Turkey Asharq Alawsat The Economist Smyrna,
1922 End
of an era In
Cyprus, a Street Is Revived, and So Is Hope Wall Street
Journal Want the best of Asia and Europe? Try Istanbul - Where
in the World is Matt Lauer? - MSNBC.com On
May Day around the world, a mix of rallies, violence and even hints of hope Thousands of
marchers gathered in Hamburg on May Day to call for more workers' rights,
while protesters in Turkey were met with police batons and water cannon. Turkcell denies US pressure against Syrian deal A
Pakistani in Turkey İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası Dış
Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Kuzey Irak'la
resmî temaslar başladı; Neçirvan Barzani, Türkiye'ye gelecek PKK'ya giden
silah dolu TIR, Cilvegözü'nde yakalandı Türk heyeti Talabani ve N. Barzani'yle görüştü Irak ordusu eğitilecek
ERDAL ŞAFAKIrak'taki oluşumun adı TSK'nın Sırat Köprüsü Cevdet Aşkın Ankara-Erbil PKK pazarlığı Turkey
Holds First Senior Official Contact With Iraqi Kurds in Years Sebahattin
Önkibar AKP
Irak'taki Türkmenler arasında bile islamcılık ayrımını yapıyor! Erdoğan: Bağdat'a gelmeye hazırım TRT, Kürtçe
kanalına koordinatör arıyor Birileri Kürt-Türk çatışması istiyor Nasuhi
Güngör Sakarya’da olanları hafife almayalım DTP etkinliğini basan grup serbest
bırakıldı
Barzani'ye
'PKK'yla mesafe koy' mesajı What
is the UN Doing in Kirkuk? Shell
in talks to export Iraqi natural gas through Turkey 'İdam onandı'
haberini büyükelçi yalanladı Meeting with Barzani set to happen before summer Türk Heyeti Maliki'yle Görüştü
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dış
Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık 301 ve Avrupa Zeynel Lüle 301'deki değişiklik kozmetik mi? Barçın Yinanç Türk büyükelçisine Belgrad'da kapı duvar
oldu Yerevan Sees ‘Positive’ Signals From Ankara Germany
'skeptical' about AKP closure case AB'den 301
yorumu: Darısı diğerlerinin başına AP Üyesi : AB
siyasi rakipler arasında özür ya da bahane olmamalı US
Report Says PKK Maintains Fundraising Network in Europe 1 Mayıs
tartışması Gül, Evlad-ı
Fatihan topraklarında
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
74 metrekare salona 618 metrekare halı
'Dünyada en etkili 100'e 2 Türk girdi Dünyanın 100
entelektüeli listesinde tanıdık isimler Kadın-erkek
eşitliği ve ekonomi Oray Eğin 12 Yayın Yönetmeni’nin
fotoğrafı Foreigners
in Turkey permitted to purchase real estate |
'Diretmelerini anlamadım'
Yetkililer Taksim için Erdoğan’ı ikna edemedi
12 EYLÜL GİBİ!
Cemil
Çiçek ara dönem siyasetçisi; AKP'ye yaptığını FP'ye de yapmıştı CHP Çalık kredisi için BDDK’ya başvurdu AK Parti’nin savunmasındaki ayrıntılar ‘CHP’li savunma
Muhalefetle neyi görüşeceğiz?
AKP'lilerin "uzlaşma"
isteklerine Erdoğan'dan yanıt AK Parti: Demirel ve Ecevit de mi
laikliğe karşı? Vekillere
savunmayı anlatan Erdoğan, umutlu konuştu AKP'nin demokratlığı buraya kadarmış Vali
Güler 'orantılı güç' dedi, uygulama 12 Eylül'ü aratmadı Savunmada adı geçen general Halis Burhan Terör
örgütü provoke etti ● Devletin istihbaratı
haklı çıktı DHKP-C,
Tunceli'den adam getirdi Muhalefetten AKP’ye öfke
301’in iptali için işbirliği
arayışı AKP’nin savunması
Özal ve Demirel’den Mahkeme adresi
Çatlı ile aynı çıktı 375
milyon dolar kredi aldığı Halkbank’a talip Cengiz
Çandar 1
Mayıs ya da Hükümetin harakirisi... Ruşen
- Çakır
Erdoğan ve AKP 1
Mayıs’ta büyük bir fırsat kaçırdı Taha Akyol AKP
ve yargı Fikret Bila Taksim savunması! Hasan Cemal Demokrasi
ipinin yerine devletin sopasına sarılmak! Murat
Yetkin Hükümet
şimdi 1 Mayıs'ı kazanmış mı oldu? İsmet Berkan1 Mayıs ve Ergenekon yöntemleri Fehmi Koru 1
Mayıs böyle geçti Taha Kıvanç'Sağlam
kanıt' anlatıyor... Şamil Tayyar Ali
BayramoğluUzak
açıdan: Kapatma davası, 1 Mayıs,vs, vs… Ertuğrul
ÖzkökMatruşkanın
1 Mayıs itirafı Serdar
Turgut Türkiye MBA dersi oldu M Ali
BirandDeğdi mi, bunca gerilime... Türker Alkan -
Üniformaya özgürlük!
Haluk Şahin - Papaz efendinin ettikleri
Murat
Yetkin - Hükümet şimdi 1 Mayıs'ı kazanmış mı oldu?
İsmet Berkan - 1 Mayıs ve Ergenekon
yöntemleri
Hasan
Celal Güzel - Bayram böyle mi olur?
M.Ali
Kışlalı - TSK'nın Sırat Köprüsü
Namık
Kemal Zeybek - Zorla Müslüman Murat
Belge - 1 Mayıs'ı kutlamaktayız BÜLENT KORUCU - Hudson'dan Taksim'e yol gider! HÜSEYİN
GÜLERCE - Kanunsuz gösteriler karartma çabası mı? MUSTAFA
ÜNAL - İsimsiz kahraman! İHSAN DAĞI - 'Demirel demokrasisi' yeter
mi? MÜMTAZ'ER
TÜRKÖNE - "Hangi Atatürk"ün yargıçları? Tufan Türenç Erdoğan’ın
öfkesinden işçiler de nasibini aldı Yalçın Bayer Polis
devletinin ayak sesleri mi Ferai Tınç Kuşatma
altındaki Taksim’den bildiriyorum Mehmet Y
YılmazSorun demokrat olamamakla ilgili ERDAL ŞAFAKIrak'taki oluşumun adı YASİN DOĞAN AK Parti'nin duruşu… Mehmet Altan 1 Mayıs ve Ortadoğu Eser Karakaş Yargıçlar, hukuk ve özgürlük ERGUN BABAHANGösteri
hakkı temel haktır Umur TaluPolis devleti, cop hükümeti, gaz
vilayeti NAZLI ILICAKTaksim savaşını kim kazandı? MEHMET BARLASEmekçi fabrikada çalışırsa
"işçi", emniyette çalışırsa "polis" olur... MAHMUT ÖVÜRYeni siyasi arayışın adı: Gökkuşağı
Hareketi... YAVUZ DONATAK Parti... Nereden nereye? A
righteous judge among the unrighteous 12 Eylül hiçbir yere gitmedi, hâlâ
burada Bir 'Korku Bayramı' daha rüzgar
gibi geçti… Cengiz Aktar
Mehmet Tezkan
‘Sizin özgürlüğünüz beni baş yapmakla sınırlıdır..’ Emin Pazarcı Başbakan'ın
acelesi Hakan Aygün Cemil
Çiçek AKP’yi bilmeden ahkam kesenler! formulü Güler
Kömürcü Erdoğan: Savunma değil, cevap
verildi Savunma
incelemede İstikrar
için ek süre istemedik
Tandoğan’da barış gülü Sıhhiye’de polise
saldırı AK Parti
savunmasında Demirel ve Yılmaz örneği
Vekillere savunmayı anlatan Erdoğan,
umutlu konuştu
Halk
düşmanlığıyla sosyal demokrasiyi nasıl bağdaştırıyorsunuz?
CHP'li
başkanın skandal sözlerine tepki yağdı
CHP'li vekiller komisyonda birbirine
girdi
AB'den
301 yorumu: Darısı diğerlerinin başına 'Bağımsız Merkez Bankası'
çıpasından da olmayalım Ercan Kumcu Finans
sisteminin vergilendirilmesi Hurşit Güneş Hükümetten
Merkez Bankası’na gitmesi gereken mektup Hasan Ersel TCMB'nin
enflasyon tahminindeki sıçrama Güngör Uras İşsizlik
Fonu’ndaki işçi paraları harcanacak Kriz
bitmedi tersine derinleşiyor Uğur Gürses -
Kredibilite hedeflemesi! Turkey
seeks adviser to privatise power firm-sources Aydın Ayaydın
Hayvancılıkta önlem alınmazsa et fiyatını kimse tutamaz Exports rise despite political uncertainty FT MARKETS
& INVESTING: Inflation forecast shakes Istanbul OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Deniz Gökçe ABD istatistiklerinde henüz resesyon yok! Türklerin lüks
saat tutkusu, pazarı beş yılda 500 milyon dolara çıkardı |
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H4 New York Times DAVID BROOKS The
Cognitive Age There’s a problem with the way the
globalization paradigm has evolved. It doesn’t really explain most of what is
happening in the world Editorial Notes
From the War on Terror The next president and Congress will have to work
very hard to uncover all the ways President Bush has twisted or evaded the
law, and then set things right.
Clinton
May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On
Barack Obama is still
picking up superdelegates despite his troubles, leaving his opponent with
dwindling options. Anti-French
Boycott Falters in China Double
Bombings in an Iraqi Town Kill at Least 35 Do
the Rich Pay Taxes? Italy Tells All Diplomats’
Expulsion Angers U.S. Bush
Seeks More Food Aid for Poor Countries London
Is Counting the Votes in Its Tight Mayoral Contest ‘D.C.
Madam’ Is Found Dead, Apparently in a Suicide As
Pump Prices Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars In what
analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the U.S. was
a compact or subcompact car during April, while gas was topping $3.50 a
gallon. Congress
Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes
The bill speaks to
the hope that genetic research may vastly improve health care and to the fear
of a dystopia in which people’s DNA could be turned against them. Wall
St. Starts to See Signs of a Turnaround
Despite a drumbeat of
bad economic news, the stock market is up, and for the first time in months,
Wall Street analysts and executives sound upbeat. Shame
in Calais We do not discount the anxieties of Europeans whose lives have
been transformed by globalization, but the answer is not to pretend that
immigrant labor isn’t needed
PAUL KRUGMAN Party
of Denial Barack Obama is doing more harm to the Democratic cause by
echoing Republican attack lines on issues such as insurance mandates and
Social Security |
H5 Washington
Post Ideology's Rude Return By Robert
Kagan, Autocracy's success in Russia and China poses a challenge to the
liberal West. Five Years After 'Mission Accomplished' By Dan
Froomkin Fair
Play for False Prophets By E. J. Dionne Jr NEW YORK -- Do white
right-wing preachers have it easier than black left-wing preachers? Is there
a double standard? At
Least 35 Iraqis Die in Wedding Convoy Blast Attack appears to target members of the Awakening
movement, mainly Sunnis who have joined with U.S. forces to fight the Sunni
insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Senate Panel Moves to Shift Costs of War to
Iraq The
Perils Of Patronizing By Michael Gerson, In the past few weeks Barack
Obama has learned the political perils of condescension. The
'Race' Speech Revisited By Charles Krauthammer, On Tuesday, Barack Obama
begged to extend and revise his previous remarks on race. The Ugly ChinesePomfret's China | An end to China's
effective projection of "soft" power.
'D.C.
Madam' Confirmed Dead Facing prison for running an area
call-girl ring, Deborah Palfrey apparently hanged herself By Eugene
Robinson Say any damn thing you think the voters want to hear McCain's Birth Abroad Stirs Legal
Debate: His
Eligibility for Presidency Is Questioned Fed
to Crack Down on Credit Card Companies Aggressive regulations
would label as "unfair or deceptive" practices such as arbitrarily
raising interest rates on outstanding balances. After polls, her advisers argue that the economy has become
increasingly important to voters |
H6 Guardian
Labour
suffers mauling on grim night for Brown Results so far show Labour heading for its
lowest share of the vote since the 1970s Pastor
row sees Obama losing ground After a relatively smooth campaign, Barack
Obama faces his greatest crisis ahead of Indiana primary Israel
urged to end Gaza blockade As talks begin in London over the faltering
peace process, Oxfam calls for end to 'complacency' Simon Tisdall Scratching secularism's surface Brian Whitaker Today's
launch of British Muslims for Secular Democracy showed the need for a more
rigorous debate on religion in politics Vox populi Michael
Tomasky US
elections 2008: Superdelegates won't overturn the
popular vote - they're more pro-Obama than rank-and-file Democrats Lessons
from history Leader: Failings of International Criminal
Court undermine true nature of justice for victims of genocide and human
rights abuse When
business calls, the clunking fist turns into a wee tim'rous beastie Polly Toynbee:
Instead of panicking at corporate scare stories, Brown should join forces
internationally to make firms pay fair taxes Jeremy Leggett: Just
as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an
alarming retreat |
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H7 What Exactly Is the West? By: Guy Sorman | The Japan
Times In the great clash of civilisations, with the West against the rest,
it's the emphasis on innovation that defines a Westerner. SyriaComment News Round Up (1 May 2008) War with Iran II--5/2/2008 12:00:00 AM Richard
Perle: Fight For Human Rights, Democracy Follows Commentary The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan 'We
will act,' Peres warns The United States may be entering a world in the next few years with a
chilling reality: a world in which nuclear-armed rogue states conclude that
they can get away with almost anything.
Will US and
Iran Go to War at Sea? - Christopher Dickey, Newsweek opinion Al Awsat Syria or
Iran: Where Does the Decision Lie? : Tariq
Alhomayed Renewed Iran-Egypt Ties? By: Jonathan Schanzer | National
Review Egypt and Iran joined forces in mid-April at the Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, to propose the adoption of a
pro-Palestinian statement, Iranian news agencies report. The proposal held no
authority, and the IPU is not an organization that commands even a modicum of
international respect. But, when Egypt and Iran work together in any
capacity, there is cause for concern. Gvosdev Kagan's Memory Problems Egypt : A policy paper
from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace looks at Egypt’s April
elections and argues that they indicate a broad
deterioration in Egyptian politics. Iraq: U.S. Has No Claim to Oil Boom By: Liz Sly | The
Chicago Tribune Religion and secularism Power
points The slogans of political Islam remain highly resonant,
whether as a programme for peaceful governance or an inspiration to wage war.
Two new books explain why North Korea and Syria Oh
what a tangled web they weave The shadowy half-life of Syria's
supposedly non-existent nuclear reactor Al hayat An Israeli Concept of a New Role for Syria
Mostafa Zein
Understanding The Recent Changes In Iraqi
Political Dynamics Roger Owen
A Lebanese Test
Zuheir Kseibati - It is Iran's business in the
first place not to believe Washington's assurances especially as the latter
sends a second carrier to the Gulf, but Syria is the business of all Arabs.
Perhaps the test is not over yet, and while Lebanon remains its field, its
loss will not make the road to the Golan shorter
The heat is on Muqtada Al-Qaeda searches for unity in Iraq
A series of messages from al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and its chief in
Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Mujahir, indicates al-Qaeda is pulling out all the stops
to try to prevent the Sunni Iraqi mujahideen from militarily winning the war
but then losing the political spoils because of disunity. - Michael
Scheuer Is
Iran the Biggest Problem in Iraq? - Herschel Smith, The Captain's
Journal What Is a Vote Worth in Iran? By: Ahmad Sadri | Turkish
Daily News Democrats and the Killing Fields By: Arthur Herman | The
Wall Street Journal The
Discrete Charm of the Washington Consensus |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq CIA Chief: Iran Wants to Kill Americans in
Iraq General
Claims 'Clear Evidence' Iran Supporting Taliban State
Dept: Iran Tops State-Sponsored Terrorism Iran
Ends Oil Transactions in US Dollars Iraq by the
Numbers: Key Figures Since the War Began in 2003 Israeli
Transportation Minister: Iran Could Go Nuclear in a Year US Troop Deaths in Iraq Hit Seven-Month
High Al-Sadr Aide Says Iranian Weapons Sold in
Iraqi Markets Paper U.S.
Commission Split on Iraq Religious Freedom by Eli Lake Iran: Tehran Comes Under
Pressure to Halt Support for Militias Operating in Iraq British
Troops to Stay in Basra 'For the Long Term' Jordan
Muslim Brotherhood Elects New, Hawkish Leader Gulf
States May Drop Currency Pegs to Dollar, Kuwait Finance Minister Says... |
H9 Ha’aretz – Mofaz, at Yale: Iran
could have nuke bomb technology this year Akiva Eldar The Syrian-Palestinian
lie Rice:
Israelis and Palestinians must agree on final borders Bush Will
Not Pressure Israel on Core Issues Self-confidence
in Israel's DNAThe national ability to set and attain goals without
letting reality interfere underlies our chutzpah to exist against all odds
and to thrive against all expectations Bar’el Ahmadinejad's
enemies at home IDF chief:
We take calls for Israel's destruction seriously Israel
Harel: Jewish guilt over Gaza deaths weakens us in fight for Israel's
existence Verter In
the holiday spirit Hamas TV:
'Satanic Jews' planned, perpetrated Holocaust Donor
nations: Israel must lift West Bank barriers Jerusalem Post100,000
Palestinian refugees set to march toward northern border PA announces it
will temporarily boycott any world leader who arrives in Israel to
participate in Independence Day celebrations.
Analysis:
Edging toward 'silent acceptance' of a truce
[ LARRY DERFNER , 'Israelis
must rediscover Jewish values' 'Olmert
to be interrogated on Friday' PMO confirms prime minister will be
questioned by police's Fraud Investigation Unit; reason unclear.
Yedioth Ahronoth Olmert faces urgent probe Lebanon, Gaza pullouts make it
clear that withdrawals don't pay off, Haim Misgav says Clear message to the world/
Arad‘Never
Again’ means that those who harm Israel will pay full price for it Daily Alert.org
– Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress
- EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine Daily Star Rice
is right: Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are losing credibility Commentary 1948, Israel, and the Palestinians—The True
Story Efraim Karsh From our May issue. An exhaustive review of the
archival evidence tells a ruinous tale of villainy and betrayal
Blood and Sand By: David Remnick | The New Yorker Palestinian Militants, but Not Israel, Back Hamas Truce Plan
By: Ashraf Khalil | Los Angeles Times 130,000
Images Online in Yad Vashem Photo Archives Israel
Treats Thousands of Sick Gazans Yigal Bronner May 1, 2008
4:30 PM
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H10 Christian Science Monitor U.S. kills Al Qaeda-linked militant, but
elsewhere terrorism grows News of an airstrike on Aden Hashi Ayro came on the heels of the State
Department's annual report on terrorism, which concluded that Al Qaeda was
rebuilding in Pakistan Linchpin in Afghan security: a better
police force The US is stepping
up police training to change a force that has a reputation among Afghans as
corrupt and often ineffective. In praise of Palestinian steadfastness
Despite 60 years of hardship, real
achievement, too. Obama, Clinton intensify pursuit of white
working class His big lead in
North Carolina slips heading into May 6 primary; exodus of whites cited. CSM China's 'rational' nationalism Beijing lights a dangerous patriotic torch as the
Olympic torch heads its way. The Economist Angry
China The recent glimpses of a resentful, snarling China should
scare the country's government as much as the world China A
lot to be angry about Afghanistan Fearful
asymmetry Pakistan's tribal areas Dangerous
deals Japanese politics Fukuda's
botched repairs Engaging
the East - Michael Auslin, Weekly Standard opinion European Union and China Drifting Apart By: Israel
Rafalovich | Asia Sentinel China's pride versus Western prejudice
The Chinese government did not expect the Olympic Games to be politicized to
the extent they have been and the result is a big loss for Beijing. It has
also damaged the image of China's "harmonious society" and prompted
a new wave of Chinese nationalism. Many Chinese now feel, for the first time
in many years, antagonized by Western ideology. - Da Wei India raises a toast to Iran USIP Kick-starting
the Virtuous Cycle? Security, Development, and Governance in Afghanistan A Japanese think tank presents its
proposal for closer China-Japan ties ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s
trip to Japan in May (PDF). US Considered Nuking China in 1958 CIA
Chief Says China's Rapid Military Buildup Troubling Sunday’s
attack on President Karzai of Afghanistan has proved that the Taliban still
has teeth, but that Karzai should not make the mistake of reverting to the
policy of relying solely on military force to defeat the Islamist radicals. Shao
Jiang: China remains a land of torture and repression China's Pride Versus Western Prejudice By: Da Wei | Asia
Times The Chinese government did not expect the Olympic Games to be
politicized to the extent they have been and the result is a big loss for
Beijing. Time We
Must Not be Alarmist about China - London Daily Telegraph
editorial
China
opens 'world's longest sea bridge'... Senator:
China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests... The Real U.S. Deficit With China -- Knowledge By: Xu Wu |
The Christian Science Monitor N. Korea to Give Nuke Files to U.S. By: Nicholas Kralev |
The Washington Times 'It's time to negotiate with Naxalites' India should seek peace talks with Maoist rebels
whose influence is spreading, a report to the Government advises Five Asian Nations Are Weighing a Rice Cartel By: Thomas
Fuller | The New York Times |
By BAN KI MOON If we begin taking steps to deal decisively
with the world food crisis, the solution will come. Russia steps
up effort to keep Georgia out of NATORussia's decision to send 1,000 extra
troops to Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia is part of the Kremlin's
policy to thwart the ambitions of the Caucasus country to join NATO,
Georgia's foreign minister says Diplomats'
expulsion from Belarus angers U.S. EUROPE European press review The Economist Sarkozy's
difficult year The French are right to be disappointed in their
president Sarkozy's France The
presidency as theatre Mr Sarkozy's first year in the office has
brought only limited change to France. Even if he grows less distracted, he
may find reform harder to achieve The European Union and Russia Divide,
rule or waffle The European Union cannot agree over how to deal with
Russia. That suits the Kremlin just fine ZL. Normative Empire.pdf Zaki Laïdi CEPS Is
Social Europe fit for Globalisation? Prospects for the EUs New Generation of FTAs Bosnia
Angered by Signing of EU-Serbia Deal By: Elitsa Vucheva | EU Observer The
signing of a pre-accession deal between the EU and Serbia has been criticised
by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has so far not had the privilege of being
offered a similar deal European Union and China Drifting Apart By: Israel
Rafalovich | Asia Sentinel Russia : The European Council on Foreign Relations analyzes the ascension
of Dmitry Medvedev and what it means for EU-Russia relations. The Russians Are Coming: Moscow Investors Go on Shopping
Spree for German Companies Informal EU Meeting Discusses Security and
Diplomatic Policy Former Kosovo Albanian Minister Leads Party
in Macedonian Election |
H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Russian-Georgian Military Buildup Raises Fears of War By:
Richard Weitz | World Politics Review Azerbaijan Sees Armenia Differently After Elections By:
Fariz Ismailzade | Eurasia Daily Monitor “Democracy in Azerbaijan is at least
no worse than in Georgia, but the comparison with Armenia is almost
impossible,” said Khazar Ibrahim, the head of the press service of the
Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Azerbaijan Frees
Russian Cargo for Iran Nuclear Plant OxAn GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Military steps could escape control EDM ANNEXATION
AND MILITARIZATION OF ABKHAZIA CONTINUE APACE
- WILL
TURKMEN GAS GO SOUTH AS WELL AS WEST? Hayden Warns of Russian Unrest By: Bill Gertz | The
Washington Times The Kremlin: Enter a New
False Dmitry? BY IGOR TORBAKOV |
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Democrats warned: a vote for Clinton is a vote for
McCain Super-delegate dumps Hillary Clinton
for Barack Obama amid fears marathon race is only helping the Republican
candidate The Base Al-Qaeda's
ideology is losing its pull but this Hydra remains dangerous Blair-Brown ‘summit’ the one to watch The activity at the Middle Eastern talks in London will be vacuous, in
the sense that firm pledges or signs of progress will be largely absent Bronwen Maddox Barack and the boys from his 'hoodThe sermons of Jeremiah Wright threaten to open up the wounds that Obama
is trying to heal
The president proposed $770 million in assistance on top of the $200
million released two weeks ago to alleviate the global surge in food prices.
While the traditional U.S. approach is to ship American-grown food overseas,
the White House proposal calls for buying more food in developing countries Exxon
Agonistes Africa Does Not Have to Starve The Economist Global monetary policy Ben's
bind National Review THE EDITORS: With nobody looking at the big economic picture, we are
running a real risk of drifting into a ’70s-style policy mix of high taxes,
loose money, a weak dollar -- and stagflation. “Out
of Gas” Fed may want inflation Economy takes US center stage Bernanke takes one more gamble Bernanke's
decision to cut key interest rates one more time was always in the cards.
More astonishing was the scant concern he showed towards the inflationary
risks inherent in his actions over the past few months, risks that food riots
make clear are already a harsh reality in the world beyond the US. - Julian
Delasantellis |
H14 Financial
Times Clever
conceits cannot hide the world’s jagged edges You
can always find some analogy or other from the past that can be said to
illuminate the here and now. Yet upheavals in the global system since 1989 –
the most profound for at least a century – are not susceptible to neatness,
writes Philip
Stephens No
quick end to the credit squeeze While the Bank’s Financial Stability Report may
be right not to expect further spectacular crashes and liquidity crises, it
does not mean markets will recover speedily US
military seeks more Afghan aid funds US
commanders in eastern Afghanistan are calling for double the amount of money
spent on military-led reconstruction in an attempt to curb popular support
for the Taliban Black
leaders back disowning of pastor Barack Obama has
received the blessing of the most senior African-American in Congress for his
decision to sever ties with Jeremiah Wright, the controversial pastor Obama
looks to Indiana’s ‘shotgun’ houses Dramatic,
not slow, remedies are the best way Tinkering
does not work, argues Jamie Whyte Why
Britain’s economy will change Martin Wolf on the Bank’s response to the credit
crisis Regulators
must reform Wall Street Start with incentives system, says William Cohan |
Iraq
sends team to Iran to discuss U.S. accusations Tehran denies the
charges that it is aiding militias. Meanwhile, Gen. Petraeus says large
amounts of Iranian weapons were found in the Basra crackdown U.S.
terrorism report finds Al Qaeda attacks rose in Pakistan Editorial The
Wright choice By repudiating his controversial former pastor, Obama did what had to
be done. By Norman Ornstein Pity the poor superdelegate
waiting for a clear sign on which Democrat to support Rev.
Wright deserves some attention Rosa Brooks Writing him off as twisted does nothing to promote reconciliation. U.S.
tracked newly slain Somali for years Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader
of a brutal Islamic militia, died along with others in a Navy missile strike. |
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realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp The Economist Lexington Wright's
wrongs Will no one rid the airwaves of this turbulent priest?
Would
Reverend Wright Be So Vilified If He Were Conservative And White? by E.J. Dionne, Jr. Ex-chairman of the DNC
Joe Andrew endorsed Clinton in November. He's changed his mind |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Why Study
War? - Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal opinion Ground Truth - American Enterprise Institute The
Future of U.S. Land Power The RAND Corporation remains one of the most
potent and complex purveyors of U.S. imperialism. Its influence, positive and
sinister, continues to be felt... more» The
Case for Strengthening the Department of State - American Diplomacy US Considered Nuking China in 1958 In new
congressional testimony, Harvard’s Matthew Bunn explains
steps the United States could take to prevent nuclear proliferation and
terrorism. ...But Elsewhere
Terrorism Grows - Peterson and Crilly, Christian Science Monitor
Where
Are We Losing? - Abe Greenwald, Contentions Half-Won,
Half-Lost War - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review How
Juggernaut is the AQ Online Juggernaut? - March Lynch, Abu Aardvark A review
of The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by
Steve Coll (and more
and more
and more
and more). A U.S.
air raid in Somalia killed the leader of an Islamic insurgency as well as ten
other people (BBC). Aden Hashi Ayro was confirmed dead by a spokesman for
the group al-Shabab, but not the U.S. government. Al-Shabab, the militant
wing of the Union of Islamic Courts, held sway in Somalia until 2006 when
Ethiopian troops, backed by the United States, ousted the courts. U.S.
officials claim ties between al-Shabab and al-Qaeda, which al-Shabab denies.
Somali officials told the New York Times that Ayro’s death could be a turning point in their fight against the
Islamists. A leader of Ayro’s clan, however, suggests that al-Shabab will
continue because many young Somalis see the group as a “heroic cause.” White House, Telecoms
Tried to Hide Snooping The
Swedish Model How to build a jet fighter US
Military Coordinated Day of Prayer Events With Christian Right Group |
H20 Slate Jeffrey
Sachs on Economics for a Crowded Planet The Economist Farm
subsidies The
right time to chop Rich-country governments must ignore special pleading
to restrict farm trade A review of Misha
Glenny's McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. Fixes for the Food Fight By: Jake Caldwell | The
Washington Post Newsweek The Next US President Won’t Be Green Food
troubles are here to stay The food and fuel crisis this year will only be
exacerbated by the serious water crisis caused by the cold dry winter Develop New Energies for a Battered World Economy By:
Jeffrey Sachs | The Daily Star The real mystery
over oil prices is why expensive oil is not changing the way we behave. Rivers and conflict Streams
of blood, or streams of peace Talk of thirsty armies marching to
battle is surely overdone, but violence and drought can easily go together
Freedom of the Press
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Found Dead in Fla. Believed to Be 'DC Madam' Palfrey No
Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments American media On
the brink Some of America's most venerable newspapers face
extinction, unless they evolve Rawls vs. Nozick: the standoff
between these two thinkers is central to political philosophy today. Both
loved the abstract, and had little regard for human nature... more» The Winning Formula of 60 Minutes--Staying on top by covering
the war while ignoring Britney Spears Scourge of the corporate pirates: The
artist's enemy is obscurity, not piracy, says novelist and Web activist
Cory Doctorow. Too
Many People Own Homes Outrage after Italy
posts all citizens' salary details on web! PAPER:
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