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H1 The Post-American World - Fareed
Zakaria, Newsweek It's true China is booming, Russia is growing more
assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to
dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead New York Times How
to See This Mission Accomplished Nine experts on military affairs identified a
significant challenge facing the American and Iraqi leadership and proposed
one step to help overcome that challenge Washington Post Iraq
Says It Has Proof Of Iranian Meddling Tehran Funneling Weapons, Officials Say In
Southern Iraq, an Upgrade for U.S. Facilities Here's
How America Looks to the World By Josef Joffe, When security is at stake,
there is no limit to fear or fortification An
Enemy on the Run In Afghanistan, the Challenge Beyond al-Qaeda By David
Ignatius, It's losing ground in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Now on to Pakistan. War
of the Rockets By Jackson Diehl, No defense against Iran's
missile-to-media attacks in Gaza and Sadr City. Wright
And Ridiculous By Sebastian Mallaby, It would be a travesty if Obama's
campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher. Taking
Back The Frontier By Ahmed Rashid, Almost
every global terrorist plot traces back to Pakistan's tribal areas. Bush's
Rescuers By Jim Hoagland, The Democrats and their pet policies are making
the president look good. TOP CLASS They're
Global Citizens. They're Hugely Rich. And They Pull the Strings. By David
Rothkopf, We didn't elect them. We
can't throw them out. And they're getting more powerful every day. Analysts
Divided on Clinton's Arab Defense Plan Georgian
Planes Downed Over Breakaway Region Food
Politics The old ways no longer cut it. NYT Hezbollah
Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say
An American official
said the account of Hezbollah’s role was provided by four Shiite militia
members who were captured in Iraq late last year and questioned separately THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN Who
Will Tell the People? We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes.
We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to
work on our country Poll
Shows Most Voters Unaffected by Wright
A majority of
American voters say the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack
Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama. Complete
Poll Results (pdf) | How the Poll
Was Conducted Sunday Times
United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian
insurgency camp Iraq increasingly finds itself caught
between U.S. and Iran The US military in Iraq says Iran
continues to aid militants, but Iraqis now say that they want their own
evidence. Guardian Clinton
accused over Iran rhetoric Democratic rivals level criticism at one
another over foreign policy on competing television networks Financial Times Europe has much to offer
the US The European Union has a rare opportunity after the US
elections to present to the White House a comprehensive offer of
co-operation, writes Wolfgang
Ischinger Promoting
healthy globalisation US international economic policy needs to focus on issues in which the
largest number of Americans have the greatest stake, says Lawrence
Summers Clinton
is the bigger gamble Are
wavering Democrats right to be moving to Hillary Clinton? Would she be a more
effective opponent against John McCain? I think not. The unelected
super-delegates backing Mr Obama are doing what is best for the Democrats,
even if they do not realise it, writes Clive Crook - Mideast mediation needs new dynamic It is no good the Quartet just making the
usual noises. The choice, for Israel and the US, has never been clearer:
settlements or peace - The Times US bolsters force in Afghanistan America plans to send 7,000 extra troops to combat a
resurgent Taleban as other Nato members appear unwilling to contribute Americans take up Great Game in Afghanistan Learning firepower alone is not enough to win over
locals, troops have become tribal experts, linguists and aid workers Wall Street
Journal Iran Must Finally Pay a Price By Fouad Ajami |
H2 Erdoğan ‘We Are Not Rooted In Religion’ |
Newsweek International Edition.
The Observer Mystery
of a killer elite fuels unrest in Turkey Jason Burke FT Turkey
spending to rise ahead of new IMF deal Ankara
said it was revising some key budget targets between 2008 and 2012 to release
about YTL 17bn for investment in infrastructure and to boost agricultural
production
NYT Turkish Schools Offer Pakistan a Gentler Islam Turkish
educators are offering an alternative approach to religious schools that
could reduce extremists’ influence Slide
Show: Sowing Seeds of a Moderate Islam Brookings Righting the
Course: The Future of the U.S.-Turkish Relationship Turkish
Raid May Have Killed PKK Chief Karayilan, Hurriyet Says PKK denies
any fighters killed in Turk air strikes IRAQ:
The Kurds struggle; inside a tent city Los Angeles
Times 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
More
than 150 Kurdish rebels killed in Iraq raids: Turkish army Kurds
dispute toll in Turkey's airstrikes in Iraq Neighbors at
the Table Four
PKK rebels captured in SE Turkey Turkey's
banking authority vetoes ABN Amro handover 26.36
percent upturn in Iran-Turkey trade value Iraq
needs Turkey's efforts in reconciliation Rice
says US has confidence in Turkey and Israel Turkey
tries to export its crises to neighbors Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dış
Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Turkey
supports Macedonia's NATO membership EBRD
says Turkey has applied to be country of operation Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
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H3 Taha Akyol Fikret Bila Hasan Cemal Şamil Tayyar Turkey
Cuts Budget Goals to Spend on Jobs and Dams (Update1) Turkey
cuts primary surplus target to 3.5 percent Turkey's
banking authority vetoes ABN Amro handover |
H4 New
York Times How
to See This Mission Accomplished Nine experts on military affairs identified a
significant challenge facing the American and Iraqi leadership and proposed
one step to help overcome that challenge
Hezbollah
Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say
An American official
said the account of Hezbollah’s role was provided by four Shiite militia
members who were captured in Iraq late last year and questioned separately THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN Who
Will Tell the People? We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes.
We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to
work on our country Poll
Shows Most Voters Unaffected by Wright
A majority of
American voters say the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack
Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama. Complete
Poll Results (pdf) | How the Poll
Was Conducted NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF A
Prison of Shame, and It’s Ours It would take an exceptional enemy to
damage America’s image and interests as much as President Bush and Dick
Cheney already have with Guantánamo. A
Fault Line That Haunts the Democrats
A new test for a
coalition of blacks and working-class whites that has been fragile for four
decades. For
Democrats, Instincts Differ on Economics
The candidates have
taken different approaches to the gas tax, the mortgage crisis and retirement
savings Turkish
Schools Offer Pakistan a Gentler Islam
Turkish educators are
offering an alternative approach to religious schools that could reduce
extremists’ influence A
Turkmen Dismantles Reminders of Old Ruler Israeli
Political Crisis Overshadows Rice’s Trip Memo
From Moscow: Reactions to a New Yeltsin Memorial, as to His Legacy, Are Mixed
Iraqi
President’s Wife Not Hurt by a Roadside Bomb Police
and Army Officers Tied to Attempt on Karzai’s Life Iran Seems to Reject West’s Offer
Seeing
Grit and Ruthlessness in Clinton’s Love of the Fight Hillary Rodham Clinton has cast herself as a warrior, but her
pugilistic imagery also evokes her political baggage. News Analysis A
Step Back for Microsoft Microsoft
walked away from a Yahoo deal still looking for an answer to its fundamental
problem: its time-tested recipe for success isn’t working against Google Palestinians
Seek Support on Borders FRANK RICH The
All-White Elephant in the Room If we’re to judge black candidates on
their most controversial associates we must judge white politicians by the
same yardstick MAUREEN DOWD This
Bud’s for You Why does Barack Obama, raised by a single mother who was on
food stamps, seem so forced when he mingles with the common folk? Editorial Missing
Records John McCain’s age and his survival of skin cancer impose on him a
larger duty than usual to provide detailed, timely disclosure about his
health.
Clinton
at the Crossroads
By
PORTER SHREVE Although Indiana catches grief from left-wing, secular types, I’ve
never lived in a place with such neighborly and decent-seeming people. |
H5 Washington
Post Iraq
Says It Has Proof Of Iranian Meddling Tehran Funneling Weapons, Officials Say In
Southern Iraq, an Upgrade for U.S. Facilities Editorial Coming
Clean on Torture What Congress
should do next Here's
How America Looks to the World By Josef Joffe, When security is at stake,
there is no limit to fear or fortification An
Enemy on the Run In Afghanistan, the Challenge Beyond al-Qaeda By David
Ignatius, It's losing
ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now on to Pakistan. War
of the Rockets By Jackson Diehl, No defense against Iran's
missile-to-media attacks in Gaza and Sadr City. Wright
And Ridiculous By Sebastian Mallaby, It would be a travesty if Obama's
campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher. Taking
Back The Frontier By Ahmed Rashid, Almost
every global terrorist plot traces back to Pakistan's tribal areas. Bush's
Rescuers By Jim Hoagland, The Democrats and their pet policies are making
the president look good. TOP CLASS They're
Global Citizens. They're Hugely Rich. And They Pull the Strings. By David
Rothkopf, We didn't elect them. We
can't throw them out. And they're getting more powerful every day. Analysts
Divided on Clinton's Arab Defense Plan Clinton's
Tough Path By David S. Broder, Here's how her camp sees her
winning the nomination. Georgian
Planes Downed Over Breakaway Region Food
Politics The old ways no longer cut it. By George F.
Will, There was a time when conservatives feared concentrations of unchecked
power. Dueling
Appeals On Taxes From Obama, Clinton He Calls for More Rebates As She
Defends Gas Proposal The conservative
icon wanted government out of the boardroom -- and the bedroom. Reviewed by
Lou Cannon, FLYING HIGH Remembering
Barry Goldwater By William F. Buckley Jr. Conservative
Camelot A liberal historian reconsiders Ronald Reagan's legacy. By
Reviewed by Kevin Phillips, THE AGE
OF REAGAN A History, 1974-2008 By Sean Wilentz By Arlen
Specter, Page A17 Protecting our
free press protects the public more than the journalists. The
Facets Of Chinese Nationalism By Yang
Jianli, Olympic participation must be
predicated on establishing minimum human rights standards |
H6 Guardian
Clinton
accused over Iran rhetoric Democratic rivals level criticism at one
another over foreign policy on competing television networks We've
been given a yellow card - Labour
Brown takes blame for poll debacle and tells voters: I share your pain
Leader: Any
alteration to the prime minister's approach to power will prove skin-deep. He
is who he is NY
mayor flies in to give Boris advice Tories see Michael Bloomberg's visit as
confirming Boris Johnson's status and party's progress Inspiring's
fine, but Obama must master the daily grind Michael Tomasky: The Democratic frontrunner
might have won already if he had confronted potential problems head-on The Observer David
Cameron's success brings his biggest challenge The voters
have delivered a savage verdict on Gordon Brown, but the Tories will now be
exposed to more searching scrutiny Time to put an
end to this age of cynicism and scorn Henry Porter: The
West is living through an age of plenty but voices of optimism and joy
struggle to be heard Feeble
government lets the superclass soar over the rest of us Will
Hutton: The superclass can only make the scale of money it does
because of its capacity to do what it will with cash Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008:
Clinton's condoning the use of right-wing tactics and talking points against
her fellow Democrat is sickening |
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H7 The Australian: Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance
and Secuurity A review
of The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East by Olivier Roy and The
Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman. |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq Rice
links Israel-Syria peace push to Lebanon -paper Militants
fight daily to forestall Iraqi wall U.S. troops continued yesterday to
battle Shi'ite extremists along a garbage-strewn stretch of road in Baghdad's
Sadr City in an effort to protect the capital's Green Zone and choke off the
militant influence of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army
militia. Biting hard 'Justice denied'
Iraqi first lady survives bombing Bid to salvage Shia-Yemen truce
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H9 Ha’aretz – Daily Alert.org
– Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress
- EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine Rice sees Mid-East deal this year The
US believes an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is possible by the year's end,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says. Crunch time Growing
hardship The Mideast Editing Wars By: Gershom Gorenberg | The
American Prospect The hawkish pro-Israel group CAMERA's campaign to warp
Wikipedia articles was ineffectual. But it's a warning not to trust the
online encyclopedia -- and to be wary of partisan "accuracy"
advocates in the Israeli-Palestinian Narrative War '1948:
A History of the First Arab-Israeli War'
By BENNY MORRIS Abbas
despairs on foils to peace Aides to Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that he is "depressed" by the lack of
progress in negotiations with Israel and views President Bush's summit with
Arab leaders this month as a crucial test for U.S.-brokered peace efforts.
Condoleezza
Rice frustrated by lack of progress |
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Iraq increasingly finds itself caught
between U.S. and Iran The US military in Iraq says Iran
continues to aid militants, but Iraqis now say that they want their own
evidence. Why U.S. job market has not plunged
April saw only 20,000 jobs lost, and
unemployment improved to 5 percent. To be young and voting It looks as if the youth vote is set to increase
again – a welcome sign of civic health. Pakistan's 'Gandhi' party takes on Taliban,
Al Qaeda The Awami National
Party, which leads the ruling coalition in the crucial North West Frontier
Province, espouses a nonviolent approach to tackling extremism. Pyongyang moonshine
President
Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are coming under heavy fire from
from one-time presidential loyalists over the administration's weak approach
to North Korea.
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H11 IHT After five years, mission sorely
unaccomplished The only mission that needs to be accomplished in Iraq is an orderly
exit. President Bush is no closer to acknowledging that reality. EUROPE European press review Mardell's
Europe Q&A: Serbia
poll Out in the cold |
H12 RFE/RL Rebels 'hit two Georgian drones' Georgia's
breakaway region of Abkhazia says it has downed two unmanned spy planes - a
claim denied by Tbilisi. Google News Azerbaijan A review
of Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and
Democracy Failed by Anders Aslund. The 3 Vladimirs By: Richard Lourie | The Moscow Times THE United Nations Population Fund
projected last week that Russia's population will drop from 142 million today
to 100 million in the next 40 to 50 years. The agency's report praised recent
government efforts to increase birth rates and extend lives. But not enough
is being done to counter stark demographic forces: an impending decrease in
the number of women ... (Boston Globe) The
confounding legacy of YeltsinA memorial to Boris Yeltsin was
recently dedicated in a central spot in Russia's most illustrious cemetery,
but many passersby do not know what to make of it. Turkmen leader
tries to end the personality cult of his predecessor |
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H13 The Times
US bolsters force in Afghanistan America plans to send 7,000 extra troops to combat a
resurgent Taleban as other Nato members appear unwilling to contribute Americans take up Great Game in Afghanistan Learning firepower alone is not enough to win over
locals, troops have become tribal experts, linguists and aid workers Obama: 'I share small-town workers' values' Illinois Senator fights to appeal to white small-town
America as Clinton continues to gain blue-collar workers support Rice: peace deal attainable this year US Secretary of State insisted today that a peace deal
between Israel and the Palestinians is still attainable this year You’ve got a year, MPs tell Brown Ministers tell The Times that if Labour’s ratings do
not improve in the coming year the PM's position will become untenable Mayor Johnson's in-tray is daunting.
It could also prove frustrating Sunday Times United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian
insurgency camp Hillary
Clinton clings on as ‘white flight’ begins to harm Barack Obama Israel
on high alert amid fears of potential 60th birthday terror Mahdi
Army fighters grateful for sand storm standstills in Sadr City The awfully nice guys
allowing US torture at Guantanamo Bay An unrepentant view from
inside the neocon bunker
By Sarah Baxter Wall Street
Journal Iran Must Finally Pay a Price By Fouad Ajami
DECLARATIONS by Peggy Noonan Loyal to the Bitterness |
H14 Financial Times Europe has much to offer
the US The European Union has a rare opportunity after the US
elections to present to the White House a comprehensive offer of
co-operation, writes Wolfgang
Ischinger Promoting
healthy globalisation US international economic policy needs to focus on issues in which the
largest number of Americans have the greatest stake, says Lawrence
Summers Clinton
is the bigger gamble Are
wavering Democrats right to be moving to Hillary Clinton? Would she be a more
effective opponent against John McCain? I think not. The unelected
super-delegates backing Mr Obama are doing what is best for the Democrats,
even if they do not realise it, writes Clive Crook - Mideast mediation needs new dynamic It is no good the Quartet just making the
usual noises. The choice, for Israel and the US, has never been clearer:
settlements or peace - Gideon
Rachman’s blogFood
prices, political unrest and Jeff Sachs: Jeffrey
Sachs managed inadvertently to make me feel faintly guilty with a long riff
about how world-weary cynicism is the soft option Rice
maintains heat on Israel over settlements The US secretary of state
criticised Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank and raised concerns
over roadblocks that restrict Palestinians’ ability to move freely Greece
plans sale to Deutsche Telekom Costas Karamanlis, the Greek prime minister,
is this week set to approve the €2.5bn sale of a strategic stake in OTE, the
public telecoms operator, to Deutsche Telekom, which would also take over
management US warns
on blocks to foreign takeovers Rich countries risk stoking protectionism
by blocking foreign takeovers on grounds other than national security, a
senior White House official has warned Clinton
pledges probe into oil prices Hillary Clinton said she was convinced that
energy companies were manipulating oil prices and vowed to launch an
investigation if elected president Religion
drags race to the fore in US election Having bypassed ethnicity as an
issue with voters, Barack Obama now finds that it is looming large Warships
guard Iraq’s economic lifeblood Vessels from from the US, UK and
Australia, as well as a renascent Iraqi coastal force, protect up to 1.8m
barrels of crude oil per day flowing into giant tankers in the Gulf Oman
to build two-year rice stockpile Oman is to buy 200,000 tons of rice,
enough for a two-year stockpile, as the Gulf state seeks to ease the
inflationary burden on its population Arab
wealth funds wait for smoke to clear After a flurry of investments in
distressed international banks, Middle East policymakers have watched with
concern as the credit squeeze has continued to claim more victims GCC’s
two difficult decisions Governments in the Gulf must strike the right
balance between accumulating and spending the energy windfalls Slow
German growth sounds poverty alert More than 10m Germans could fall into poverty by 2020 because of
insufficient economic growth, McKinsey, the consultancy, warned Palestinian
fiscal crisis averted by donation Kuwait has given a firm commitment to
immediately hand over $80m that will help plug a large gap in the Palestinian
Authority’s finances in the second half of the year Fascists
and Jews united for Rome mayor Rome’s election last week of its first
rightwing mayor since the time of Mussolini has been celebrated by fascists
as a historic victory over the left India’s
battle with return of inflation Indian governments have a poor record of
implementing long-term policies that could benefit the economy. This one is
no exception London
voters go blue for Boris Labour will benefit from Tory failure in the
capital. Ahead of a general election, it will need little excuse to blame the
new mayor and make his job impossible - Italy
needs to focus on productivityWithout an improvement in productivity
growth, I cannot see how Italy can prosper or reduce its public debt, says Wolfgang Münchau China
up against the Citi limits Family
in the News: The Rockefellers Long regarded as patrons of the arts and
science, America’s foremost dynasty has turned its considerable attention to
shareholder activism at ExxonMobil |
Editorial Obama
likens Clinton to Bush on tough Iran talk Clinton stands
by both her comment on Iran and her gas tax proposal as she gives chase to
the front-runner. |
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Partisan Trends — Election
2008 Creating Record Number of Democrats Zogby
Poll: Obama Holding Lead in NC; Race Still Deadlocked in Indiana realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Boston Globe Trade deficit
By turning NAFTA into a punching bag, Clinton and Obama
are ignoring the real questions that free trade raises for America (By Sasha
Issenberg, Boston Globe) Energy?
Here's the drill
The United States and the
global economy will need a great deal more energy in the decades to come. It
is said that within the next two decades we'll need about 40 percent more
energy than we used in 2005. |
Brown
fights for his future as revolt grows Gordon Brown was facing a fight for
his political future last night after Labour MPs lined up to attack his
Government's policies and the style of his leadership
Obama
tars Clinton with Bush brush Calls surging Clinton a Bush clone who
threatens Iran.
Israeli
ex-president seeks Syria peace After Mr Obama's confident performance on television, it seems he has
put the embarrassment caused by his former pastor behind him, and can become,
once again, the "post-race" candidate. The
Boris formula can inspire the Tories There is no question that the Tories are back. Labour is clinging to
one hope: that now the spotlight of public interest is being beamed at the
other side, the Conservatives will be unable to hide their flaws |
H18 Independent Gordon Brown: Why I should stay in my job Gordon Brown is mounting a final fight-back after Labour crashed to its worst electoral drubbing for a generation at the hands of the Tories and criticism intensified of his record as Prime Minister. White
working class vote still eludes Obama The final stretch into tomorrow's Democratic primary contests in Indiana
and North Carolina was dominated by skirmishing between the candidates over a
tax proposal to help working Americans fill their gas tanks. Leading article: The Prime Minister must show us who he really is Multinationals
make billions in profit out of growing global food crisis Speculators
blamed for driving up price of basic foods as 100 million face severe hunger Jeffrey
Sachs: You Ask The Questions The US economist answers your questions, such as 'Does
capitalism need failures?' and 'Is George Bush the worst president ever?' |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism The
Al-Qaeda Media Machine (PDF; 546 KB) Source: Military Review Joseph Myers / American Thinker: Strategic Collapse in the War on Terror Interrogating Terrorist
Suspects: Criminal Justice and Control Process in Three Australian Cases A review
of Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law by
Philippe Sands. Somalia Airstrikes and the
Bounds of Law Does the United States' recent use of force fall within
its congressinoal authorization? Brookings
Institute: A
Look at the Pentagon’s Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real Exposed
Philip Gourevitch and Errol
Morris We're in a war
- where are the media? THE REAL NEWS of April played
second fiddle to the presidential campaign, the pope's visit to America, and
the Texas polygamy case. (By Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe) |
The candidate courts Indiana voters with his family
values
Three A.M. Reading Still can't get
enough of the campaign? Here are the most interesting Web sites, books, and
magazines about American politics. Will the recession be more like the 1990-'91 downturn or
the Great Depression?
It's Like Money, but With
No Dead Presidents Do "local currencies" really help the
communities that use them? Key Elements of a Global Deal
on Climate Change LSE Global
Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase
in Food Commodity Prices Source: U.S Department of
Agriculture, Economic Research Service Full Report
(PDF; 784 KB) Global
Climate Change National Security Implications The
new economics of hunger: A brutal convergence of events has hit an
unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. A
New Face of Hunger Should Prompt a New Approach to Foreign Aid Rising Food Prices: What
Should be Done? FPRI Nuclear
Power’s Role in Generating Electricity (PDF: 2.3 MB) Science and Technology
Policymaking: A Primer CRS Philanthropy
Annual: 2007 Review |
H21 Carl Zimmer on
how the
more we know about genes, the less we understand Does
your brain have a mind of its own? Why can't we stick to our goals? Blame the
sloppy engineering of evolution. Against
All Odds? National Sentiment and Wagering on European Football (PDF; 90 KB) A review
of The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan. The
baron of bibliomania David McKie: A love of books is mostly a good
thing, except when it leads to the ruin of your home and family Parents
'abdicating their responsibilities' Parents are “abdicating their
responsibility” by leaving children in school for up to 10 hours a day, said
a leading head teacher.
The
10 worst football managers Ivy Leaguers are bright – but nice? These are the people who rise to the top, partly on
the backs of nicer people. |
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