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H1 New York Times For
Two Primaries, Several Scenarios For political, demographic and
mathematical reasons, Tuesday’s primaries could reshape the Democratic race Editorial Georgia,
NATO and Mr. Medvedev Russia’s next
president, Dmitri Medvedev, must tell his aides to cool their rhetoric and
begin a high-level dialogue with neighboring Georgia
Washington Post Eight Questions About Today's Primaries
By Dan Balz In the Georgian Province of Abkhazia, a Possible Flashpoint for a New
War By Anne Applebaum, Is Moscow
picking a preemptive fight with Georgia? Cloak and Stagger By: Leonard S. Spector and Avner Cohen
| Los Angeles Times After
overestimating the Iraq threat, U.S. intelligence agencies are now
dangerously underestimating Syria and Iran. Sunday Times New
Information May Lead U.S. to Revise NIE on Iran - Jerusalem Post'Israel
offering us nothing more than mini-state of cantons'
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H2 Christian
Science Monitor Turkey aims
for clout as regional mediator Back-channel discussions between Syria and Israel
are being facilitated by Turkey, which has close ties to Israel and growing
ties to Syria. The United States is supportive of the effort. Joint Communiqué: Turkey-United States
Economic Partnership Commission, Washington, D.C. (May 2,
2008) | Türkçe Turkiye
Polisi Washington'da Think-Tank Acti Kurdish rebels
threaten suicide attacks against US Turkish PM's Office
Denies Reports on Party Plans Erdoðan
denies he is planning to form new party Turkish
PM's office denies reports on party plans Lale Sarýibrahimoðlu Turkish
military hijacks US stance on Turkey AKP'nin
gözü Türkiye'nin bölgesel rolünü güçlendirmekte Ankara'yla
Iraklý Kürtleri ayný masaya oturtmalýyýz Türkiye'ye füze savunma
sistemi Turkey's
Headscarf Legislation: The Negative Impact on EU Accession TURKEY
TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD A PROFESSIONAL ARMY Eurasia
Daily Monitor Susurluk and the Legacy of
Turkey’s Dirty War (Terrorism Monitor Turkish
Alevis fight back against religion lessons Turkey
PM denies planning new party Turkish
PM: New party will beat any legal ban OLDEST
TEMPLE ON EARTH DISCOVERED IN TURKEY FT LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR: Turkey is test of EU's attitude to Islamic nations Caution at Turkey inflation
data Savaþ Süzal ABD
neden AKP'nin kapatýlmasýna ilgi duymuyor? Ýç Basýnda Türk Dýþ
Politikasý Dýþ
Basýnda Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fýrat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dýþ Basýnda Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
PKK offshoot threatens suicide attacks on US interests Türkiye Kerkük'te çözüm için aðýrlýðýný koyuyor Kürtler
Türkiye ile birleþmek istiyor!.. DTP
heyeti Talabani ve Barzani’yle görüþecek Kurdish
forces fortify border to block PKK infiltration Özal’ýn projesini tartýþma zamanýdýr Ýþte yerle bir olan
PKK kamplarý Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 5 May 08 Mahkeme, Roj TV'yi öven DTP'li baþkanlarý
sorumlu davranmaya çaðýrdý The Other Iraq - The Committee to Protect Journalists reports on
Masud Barzani and Jalal Talabani's increasing harassment of the independent
press, especially that which criticizes growing corruption within the Iraqi
Kurdish government. Here. Kurdistan: The Other Iraq [Michael Rubin] Türkiye'nin siyasî istikrarý Ortadoðu için çok önemli Komando sýnýrda
Turkey-Iraq dialogue's level to depend on Baghdad Two
PKK rebels killed in SE Turkey Cevdet Aþkýn Çankaya'dan Barzani'ye selam Güler Kömürcü ‘Türkiye, Kürt coðrafyasýnda
yeni þeyler söylemeye hazýrlanýyor’ PKK’dan ABD’ye saldýrý tehdidi! Karayýlan’ýn
köyünde sessizlik Þýrnak’ta terör örgütüne darbe Roj
TV kararýnda DTP'lilere 'sorumluluk' nasihatý AB
Kýbrýs'ta çözüm için devreye giriyor Nükleer Ýran
2010’da Türkiye’yi vurabilir!.. Kurds
dispute toll in Turkey's airstrikes in Iraq ‘Israel
needs Palestinian state to stay Jewish, democratic’ Rice says US has confidence in Turkey and
Israel UAE
to encourage more investment in Turkey Babacan: K.Irak�la diyalog sürecek
DTP, Talabani�den destek isteyecek
Terörün sona ermesi için çaba gösterin
DTP’ye ikinci
tahrik Kýrklareli’nde Baykal içeride Güneydoðu dýþarýda - Þýrnak kýrsalýnda büyük
operasyon A Visit to Iraqi Kurdistan-01 Kurdistan's Dirty Water Arouses Fears of Cholera
Epidemic Iran,
Turkey to discuss gas projects Hüsnü
Mahalli Barýþ ve
yolsuzluk Arap doðalgaz boru hattý Türkiye'den
geçecek Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dýþ
Basýnda Türkiye-AB Ýliþkileri Günlük Haftalýk AB ile kritik toplantý
Barroso�dan þaþýrttý
Yaman Törüner Gümrük Birliði ne getirdi? MUHARREM
SARIKAYA AB'nin
"güvenlikgaz" hassasiyeti Türkiye-AB Troykasý'nda gözler Fransa'da Türklerle yaþarýz ama
evlenmeyiz Turkey’s
clash of values: memo to Europe Sami Kohen Kafkas oyunu... Fikret Ertan Abhaz-Gürcü ihtilafýnda yeni unsur Karakaþ
officially takes seat at European court Outrage
Shocks Turkey's Ruling Elite MELÝHA OKUR Bosna Müftüsü'nden Barroso'ya:
Türkiye'nin üyeliðini savsaklamayýn Lagendijk, kendini
beðenmiþ bir felaket Rumlardan, Türklerle yaþamaya �evet�
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
OLDEST
TEMPLE ON EARTH DISCOVERED IN TURKEY Tek yol demokrasi Bir döneme damgasýný vuran
68 kuþaðýnýn temsilcileri için çok þey deðiþti. Aksiyon 40. yýlýnda 68
kuþaðýnýn yaþayan temsilcileri ile ‘devrimci gençlerin’ hikâyesini,
yanlýþlarýný, demokrasiyi konuþtu Meral Tamer Kadýn, erkeðin kölesi mi olsun Dengir
Bey? Turkish
expats press for their voting rights Turkey Again
Blocks YouTube Access Over Videos 'Insulting' to ... Anadolu
Üniversitesi, 200 milyonluk geliriyle büyük þirketleri solluyor Hikmet Çetinkaya'ya Soros'lu damat! |
H3 Murat Yetkin - Erdoðan: Kapansak bile
misyon bitmez Baþbakanlýk,
'yol haritasý' haberlerini yalanladý Erdoðan:
Lügatimizde karamsarlýk yok, sabrýmýzýn karþýlýðýný alacaðýz Anayasa Mahkemesi, dava sürerken yapýlan
deðiþikliði uygulamýþ Alaton Yahudilere mahalle deðil, rejim düþman Enis BerberoðluÖlü paket teslimi Ergenekon’da
11 ay sonra 2. ve 3. sorgu Cengiz Çandar Tayyip Erdoðan'lý cumartesi gecesi Kandil'den Baðdat'a kripto Ahmet Taþgetiren Ak Parti ve laiklik Taha Akyol Çok
kadýnla evlenmek! Fikret Bila Kulislerde gezen isimler Hasan Cemal Murat
YetkinMurat
Yetkin - Erdoðan: Kapansak bile misyon bitmez Ýsmet
Berkan Ýsmet
Berkan - Kavga etmeden kavga etmek Fehmi Koru Fehmi Koru:
Vicdanýn sesi yetmez Taha Kývanç Taha
Kývanç: Göz açýcý bir roman Þamil Tayyar Ali BayramoðluGencay Gürsoy olayý... Ertuðrul
ÖzkökSize
içeriden bir dedikodu
Hasan Celal Güzel - AK Parti ne yapmalý?
Kürþat Bumin: Alman yargýç 'iddianame'yi nasýl yorumlardý
acaba? Hasan Celal Güzel - AK Parti ne yapmalý? Bilal Çetin AKP’nin
yol haritasý...
'Ilýmlý Ýslam'? Murat Belge EKREM DUMANLI - Ah
bu önyargý, ah bu önyargý! |
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H4 New York Times For
Two Primaries, Several Scenarios For political, demographic and
mathematical reasons, Tuesday’s primaries could reshape the Democratic race Editorial Georgia,
NATO and Mr. Medvedev Russia’s next president, Dmitri
Medvedev, must tell his aides to cool their rhetoric and begin a high-level
dialogue with neighboring Georgia
Iran
Halts Talks With U.S. on Iraq Editorial Food
Emergency The developing world needs to develop its own
ability to feed itself. For that to happen, American farmers will have to be
weaned from American food aid.
DAVID BROOKS Combat
and Composure Barack Obama is instinctively a conversationalist and
community-mobilizer. Hillary Clinton, as she says, will fight and fight. Soccer
Thaws British-Russian Relations, at Least Temporarily Myanmar
Reels as Cyclone Toll Hits Thousands
As the death toll
from a devastating cyclone escalated to nearly 4,000, the foreign minister
said that it could rise to 10,000 Google
Ends Microsoft’s Yahoo Search In the failed Microsoft-Yahoo marriage it
was Google that played the odd dual role of unwitting matchmaker and
self-interested spoiler In
Democracy Kuwait Trusts, but Not Much
Overshadowed by the
economic achievements of its neighbors, all absolute monarchies, Kuwaitis are
wondering whether democracy is living up to its promises. BOB HERBERT Doing
the Troops Wrong You might be
surprised at who is not supporting the effort to pay for college for G.I.’s
who have willingly put their lives on the line. |
H5 Washington
Post Eight Questions About Today's Primaries By Dan Balz In the Georgian Province of Abkhazia, a Possible Flashpoint for a New
War By Anne Applebaum, Is Moscow
picking a preemptive fight with Georgia? Two Candidates, Two States and One Big Day
Indiana and North Carolina Shape Up as Big Pieces Of the Democratic Puzzle Obama vs.
Clinton 2.0 By E. J. Dionne Jr.,A
contest between the old Obama and the new Clinton is a fair fight. 10 Iraqi Soldiers Die in Drive-By Attack
U.S. Blames Sunni Insurgents for Assault on Security Checkpoint The Disconnected President By Dan
Froomkin Pins and Panders Obama Wears His
Independence on His Lapel By Richard Cohen, Obama wears
his independence on his lapel |
H6 Guardian
A new
Russian president gives Europe the chance to get tougher - and closer David
Clark: The sooner the EU and its neighbour forge a more open
political and economic relationship, the better for both The old dream of a nation, like all
nations, remains just that: a dream Ian Black James Nixey
The new Russian president will represent at most a cosmetic change. Putin
will continue to wield the power Luxury hotels and
golf: welcome to the Green Zone Oil price jumps to
record over $120 a barrel Return of the Population Timebomb By: John Feeney | The
Guardian Burma
seeks emergency aid as cyclone kills 10,000 At least 1 million homeless
in worst disaster to hit east Asia since tsunami Obama
bids to repair pastor's damage Oprah stokes uproar with past doubts over
preacher as Clinton says she is cutting gap in North Carolina US
deal sought in BAE investigation Political moves are being floated which would
extricate BAE from corruption investigations in the US Joschka Fischer: The
Iraq war has helped give rise to a new Middle East, one which threatens to be
more volatile than its predecessor Labour
has nothing to say and no territory of its own Polly Toynbee:
It's not the Tories who are the stupid party now, and it will take some
scorched-earth thinking to win the voters back Dubious
company John Hilary: Ending poverty and winning human
rights can't be left to voluntary initiatives of corporations |
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H7 Asia Times Iran moving into the big league
From the Persian Gulf to the Caspian region, the Caucasus, Central Asia,
South Asia and beyond, Iran thanks to its geographical location is an ideal
connecting bridge that has not until now fully exploited its advantageous
equidistance from India and Europe. This is exemplified in the US$7.6 billion
gas pipeline that will flow from Iran to Pakistan to India, and which is
finally close to reality. Tehran is ambitiously moving from regional power to
global power. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi Energized Iran builds more
bridges In terms of whom it conducts its energy business
with, Iran keeps all its options open, and it will not allow itself to be
pushed out of the European market as exports are the bridge that will
facilitate its all-round integration with the Western world. Tehran's hectic
diplomatic activity in this regard has put the "Iran Six" countries
dealing with its nuclear dossier on the defensive: none of them wants
confrontation with Iran. - M K Bhadrakumar How under-the-gun Iran plays it cool
What Iranian leaders dream of is an Iran respected as a major power. To this
end, they have little choice, faced with the enmity of the globe's "sole
superpower", but to employ a sophisticated counter-encirclement foreign
policy. And given President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's place in the country's politico-religious
politics, he might be betting on the usefulness of an American air assault. -
Pepe Escobar CHAN AKYA Pentagon
Targeted Iran for Regime Change After 9/11 MESH MEK: State’s irrelevant allegations Dan Drezner America's
awesome influence over the G8 US
'Divide and Rule' Iraq Strategy Shortsighted POLITICS:
Washington Cool on New Israel-Syria Talks Egypt's Local Election Farce:
Causes and Consequences Arab News a lack of obvious
accomplishments in talks U.S. President George Bush began with lofty ideals six months ago could change as Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice visits the region yet again. Thirty Years of Islamic Revolution UN
Chief Says Moving `At Full Speed' on Food Crisis A
“Post-American” Food Crisis? - Abe Greenwald, Contentions The New Immorality of the Iraq War By: James Carroll |
The Boston Globe In
Iraq, a Storm Before the Calm - Michael Yon, New York Daily News
opinion
An Ordinary Matter for Hezbollah By: Diana Mukkaled |
Asharq Alawsat The Last
War and the Next One SyriaComment As Commodity Prices Soar, the Income Gap Rips at Society’s
Middle “What are the Prospects for Syrian-Israeli Peace?” by Seale,
Khouri, & Allaf |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq Iran
Rejects More Talks on Iraq With US - Graham Bowley, New York Times Top US
Officer: No Iran War 'Preferable'
Iraq Status
Report - Iraq Status Report IRAN: Hakim's son on Tehran, Baghdad, Washington tangle Asharq
Al-Awsat Talks to Mowaffak al Rubaie FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq Iraq: Al-Sadr Refuses to Meet Baghdad Delegation In Iran Al-Arabiya Discusses Iraq Government,
Al-Sadr Trend Criticism of Iran Role Iran
Seems to Reject West's Offer UPDATE: Iraq Talks With Oil Majors; Deals Seen June - Sources Iran backs Iraq’s crackdown on lawbreakers: report AQ
Loses Another Sunni Insurgent Ally - Evan Kohlmann, Counterterrorism Jordan Times In an editorial on new visa requirements for Iraqi nationals travelling to
Jordan, the paper says the half million Iraqis now living in Jordan require a
permanent solution to which the international community must contribute. |
H9 Ha’aretz – J'lem source: Rice
seeks Israel, PA memo before next week's Bush visit Secretary of State
says world must see concrete documents in order to believe negotiations are
progressing Mossad chief to hold talks with UK counterpart in
Israel Major
development may lead to indictment in Olmert probe Police: Investigation
'has been fast and so far a lot of significant material has been gathered Kadima
considers day after Olmert Three-Dimensional Chess Game By: Moty Cristal | Haaretz
There are at least three official negotiation tracks with the Palestinians:
the Gilad Shalit track, the hudna track and the Annapolis track Cruelty
under the guise of religion On the eve of Israel's 60th Independence Day,
the time has come to return to the values of the Declaration of Independence
and liberate ourselves from the destructive bonds of religious coercion Arens Peace
at any price The Israeli government is engaged in a frantic search for
peace. Peace with Mahmoud Abbas, even a shelf agreement, and peace with Syria Poll: If Olmert is
gone, who should be PM? Akiva
Eldar: It's time for Tzipi Livni as PM, rather than Netanyahu Peres:
Fight terror - reduce global dependence on oil The Democrats are fighting over Iran Documents
reveal U.K. tried to ship Holocaust survivors back to Germany Jerusalem Post'Israel
offering us nothing more than mini-state of cantons'
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H10 Christian Science Monitor Who is Moqtada al-Sadr? He is the 'most important and most surprising figure'
of the Iraq war. Iraq's new gated communities: safer, mixed,
walled-in Residents are
moving back to Saidiyah, a neighborhood once racked by sectarian violence
that is now guarded by a 12-foot-high wall. On China's heels, India vies for its old
edge in Africa India promised to increase lines of
credit to Africa to $5.4 billion during a summit in New Delhi last month. "Harmonious" in China By: John Delury | Policy
Review China's
competing nationalisms By DAVID SHAMBAUGH Which of the competing Chinese nationalisms will show up
at the Olympics in August? Pradeep Taneja of the University of
Melbourne comments on rising Chinese nationalism, which he says the Communist
Party is now using as an alternative to Marxism as a source of legitimacy. Opposition of Beijing, Nuclear Concerns Scuttle Tehran's Bid
for Full SCO Membership By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review Afghan War: A new CFR.org podcast with the former commander of
U.S. forces in Afghanistan examines
the U.S. and NATO commitment to the country. Afghanistan: Addressing U.S.
Military Staying Power Thomas Lynch, The American
Interest Read
the full article » VIEW: Pakistan and army: a changing relationship? — Shuja Nawaz
Daily Times China’s Expansion into the
Western Hemisphere Riordan
Roett and Guadalupe Paz Militant
calls off talks as Pakistan troops stay Pakistan's peace talks with the
militant leader who is thought to have planned the assassination of former
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have reportedly collapsed, just weeks after the
new government said it was close to a deal. ASEAN: The secretary general of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations says the region is well-positioned to withstand market volatility (AFP) caused by the U.S.
sub-prime crisis. Redefine the U.S.-Pakistan Partnership By: Arif Rafiq |
The Daily Star Juries Come to Asia By: Thaddeus Hoffmeister |
International Herald Tribune Legal history was made in February in South
Korea, where for the first time a man was tried by a jury of his peers. Pakistan Coalition Averts Collapse With Deal to Restore
Ousted Judges By: Andrew Buncombe | The Independent Pakistan's fledgling
civilian government appeared last night to have found a way out of the crisis
threatening to pull it apart when it announced that the nation's ousted
judges would be restored this month Pakistan's 'Gandhi' Party Takes On Taliban, Al Qaeda By:
Mark Sappenfield | The Christian Science Monitor The Awami National Party,
which leads the ruling coalition in the crucial North West Frontier Province,
espouses a nonviolent approach to tackling extremism |
H11 IHT Germany
hopes to focus on 'national interests'Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative
bloc Monday called for the establishment of a council to oversee the
ministries and agencies responsible for implementing domestic and foreign
policies Serbian
president receives death threats before crucial election China's
competing nationalisms By DAVID SHAMBAUGH Which of the competing Chinese nationalisms will show up
at the Olympics in August? By GILBERT KING In America's
landmark capital punishment cases, the resultant executions were anything but
free from torture and prolonged deaths Big oil's
friends in the U.S. Senate Although there is plenty of blame to go around for the
delay in extending the production tax credits, President Bush and Senate
Republicans bear a heavy burden. EUROPE European press review Is
Europe Heading Right? - Abe Greenwald, Contentions German Conservatives Call for New National Security Council Europe Has Much to Offer the White House By: Wolfgang
Ischinger | Financial Times Serbia Voters Focus on Economy, Ignore Kosovo Independence
Bid By: Aleksandra Nenadovic | Bloomberg News |
H12 RFE/RL
'This Is Not A Computer Game' Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says missile-defense shields
are a key element for trans-Atlantic security, but acknowledges more must be
done to explain the reasons why to Europeans EurasiaNet Armenia: Time for a Change on
Karabakh? Kazakhstan: Astana Set to
Make an Energy Export Break with Russia Efforts to construct a trans-Caspian
pipeline that would dent Russia’s energy-export dominance in the region
continue to make incremental progress. Google News Azerbaijan EDM
RUSSIA
DOUBLING ITS TROOPS IN GEORGIA’S ABKHAZIA REGION - RUSSIA’S
STRANGE “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN ABKHAZIA
NATO: Making Progress on
Afghanistan Rail Route COMPOSITION
OF RA NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CONFIRMED Eu Urging Tbilisi, Moscow to Refrain From
Fanning Tension in Abkhazia - Statement Georgia's Withdrawal From Air Defense
Agreement With Russia Can Only Harm Georgia - Source Georgia's Withdrawal From Air Defense Treaty
Reveals Plans to Use Force - Lavrov Abkhaz Official Says Any Georgian Drone Will
Be Shot Down - Russian Radio Russia's New Strategic Industry By: Richard Ferguson |
The Moscow Times Medvedev to Continue Putins Policy of
Restorations in Chechnya - Kadyrov Russia: Thousands of people took to the streets across the country to protest rising
food prices amid increasing inflation (Moscow Times). Azerbaijan: Russian Nuclear
Plant Equipment Released to Iran |
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H13 The Times
Clinton’s campaign talks of 'nuclear option'
If Clinton does well in today's crucial
primaries her campaign believes it may yet overturn party rules to beat Obama Al-Qaeda allies are a threat to Europe Intelligence sources fear the rapid rise in support in
Africa as the bin Laden 'brand' takes hold in the Sahara Turkmen dictator Niyazov's statue removed Downgrading of £6m revolving monument is the latest
step in dismantling a personality cult built up over a 21-year reign A leader left with very few options The key, as Mr Brown recognises, is
the economy. The trouble is the political pressures on him are more urgent Peter Riddell Up to 10,000 feared dead in Burma cyclone The Mystery of Political Charisma The Twilight of Supremacy Israel's 60-Year TestBy Bret Stephens
Global View: "The anti-Semite makes the Jew," said Jean-Paul Sartre, as
if Jewishness was conferred rather than practiced. Funding Israel's Detractors A Seat at the Table The War for the Web In Praise of the 'Long' Campaign Speculators knock OPEC off price
perch The bulk of price gains in oil is attributable not
to supply problems but to speculative activity by hedge funds and others with
no direct use for the fuel beyond profiting from its changing value. The door
to much of this unregulated trade was opened by the US energy futures
regulator under the George W Bush administration. - F William Engdahl |
H14 Financial
Times Last
chance for Obama to knock out rival Barack Obama faces his
fifth – and probably final – chance of seizing the Democratic nomination in
Tuesday’s showdown with Hillary Clinton in the primary elections in Indiana
and North Carolina
James
Carville The new divisions in Democratic politics
will be hard to mend
Democrats
neglect their real opponent The candidates are attacking McCain where he
is strong not where he is weak. They will need a better strategy, if they can
spare the time
Tehran
abandons talks with US over Iraq Iran has suspended security discussions
with Washington in protest at the offensive against Shia militia in Baghdad,
describing the dialogue as meaningless -
Israel
approaches 60 years of statehood Asher Goren, a staunchly secular Israeli
who witnessed the country’s birth, remains pessimistic over peace and the
ultra-orthodox community’s political parties
WORLD NEWS - GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: India
blames finance markets for rises Make
haste slowlyThe French government’s forthcoming economic modernisation
bill should be clear and brief. Sarkozy should not dodge a decisive struggle
McCain’s
big, bad idea If, as a newly elected US president, he
calls a summit of the world’s democracies, it would be a peculiar party. Many
guests might plead they are otherwise engaged – the diplomatic equivalent of
‘we cannot get a babysitter’ writes Gideon
Rachman Tide
runs against BrownThe local elections were a reminder that the system has checks and
balances that militate against one-party rule, writes Philip
Stephens Olmert
case has Israel guessing A court has banned the reporting of the
allegations facing the Israeli prime minister, angering his office and making
it unable to rebut speculation about likely fall-out
Gas
tax holiday plan fuels battle The gas tax holiday plan has become the
main flashpoint between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, her rival for the
Democratic presidential nomination, ahead of Tuesday's elections in Indiana
and North Carolina
Report
warns of threats to freedom in US The US “war on terror” has restricted
the freedom of individual Americans – but to a lesser degree than in previous
conflicts, a study said
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H15 Los Angeles
Times Editorial Trouble
in Georgia The ex-Soviet republic and Russia are at odds over
a restive region -- and over NATO, and the WTO. Iraq
sends mixed message on Iran, weapons At first, spokesman Ali
Dabbagh backs away from accusations over its neighbor supplying Shiite
militants with arms. But later, he says proof exists and a committee is
investigating In
Lebanon, Hezbollah arms stockpile bigger, deadlier Divergent
paths for West Bank brothers One Palestinian decided to
give up his weapons in hopes of gaining amnesty and a new start. His younger
brother followed a different road Chinese
firms bargain hunting in U.S. States are aggressively trying to lure
companies looking to grow. Incentives and a weak dollar are spurring
investment The
new scarcity Is the United States entering a new era of
scarcity? Is the world? The debate kicks off. Discuss Dialogue
isn't the last word Gregory Rodriguez: Obama's theme of
transcending race to "bring together" everyone sounds better in a
speech than it plays out in reality. Fed
pushes market intervention Bernanke says failure to act on housing crisis
could further destabilize economy Blackwater
shooting highlights a U.S., Iraq culture clash Investigation
sought of alleged Kosovo war crimes Human Rights Watch asks
Albania and Kosovo to examine reports that about 400 Serbs were abducted in
1999. A new book says some of them may have been killed and their organs
removed and sold |
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Two Primaries, Several Scenarios - Adam Nagourney, New York Times
ipsos-na.com: Clinton (47%) Overtakes Obama (40%) Nationally On Eve of
Indiana And North Carolina Primaries Gallup Daily: Democrats Tied for Record 12th Day Clinton: OPEC ‘can no longer be a cartel’ Seven Observers
Debate the (Sorry) State of the Economy - Reason realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp The first
chapter from The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Presidential
Campaigns by D. Sunshine Hillygus and Todd G. Shields Obama attacks Clinton over Iran Barack
Obama accuses Hillary Clinton of "sabre-rattling" over Iran as the
next US electoral contests loom. Will
Indiana be a 'game-change'? New Yorker No Endgame John McCain's Disturbing Lack of Mideast
Realism a review
of Why the Democrats Are Blue: Secular Liberalism and the Decline of the
People’s Party by Mark Stricherz Dylan Loewe May 05 08,
05:00pm: US elections 2008:
Andrew Sullivan's argument for why Hillary Clinton should be Barack Obama's
vice-president is flawed |
H18 Independent Obama woos conservative Indiana in latest
Democrat battleground The warring candidates for the
Democratic nomination ricocheted between Indiana and North Carolina yesterday
in a breathless push to win over wavering voters before potentially
game-changing primary elections in both states today. |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Analysis
of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths, U.S. Says U.S.-Human Rights: In a new report, U.S.-based human rights watchdog
group Freedom House examines how domestic surveillance and other
counterterrorism measures have affected
Americans’ freedom. America's university of imperialism
Soldiers of Reason by Alex Abella The RAND Corporation was
the Cold War granddaddy think-tank of them all, one of the most unusual
private organizations in the field of international relations, and it's still
with us. It helped administrations plan and fight the Vietnam War, turning
theory into an all-too-grim reality. Yet its record of advice on cardinal
policies involving war and peace, arms races and decisions to resort to armed
force has been abysmal. - Chalmers Johnson The politics of cluster bombs Top US
commando says strain of war limits forces elsewhere New
Army Handbooks Focus on First 100 Days of Combat Afghanistan’s National Army:
The Ambiguous Prospects of Afghanization (Terrorism
Monitor - May 1, 2008) Helicopters: Operational Mobility By: Thomas Withington |
ISN Security Watch Nigeria, U.S. Ties May Chart AFRICOM Path By: Dulue
Mbachu | ISN Security Watch Professional
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Al Qaeda in Pakistan - James Joyner, Outside the Beltway
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H20 Slate The
Army's Math Problem We don't have any more soldiers to send to Afghanistan
unless we take some out of Iraq. What's Going on in
Abkhazia? The Russians are meddling in Georgia, and America can't
do much about it. Honesty Is the Best Policy
Voters
question Clinton's sincerity but still think she has a shot at winning the
nomination. Climate Change and Security UK Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2007 DEFRA Building a Low Carbon Economy: Unlocking Innovation and
Skills Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer Foreign Policy The
List: The Next Countries to Kick the Habit The
Threat of Global Food Shortages – Part I From Open Democracy, in the effort to contain global warming
and create
an environmentally viable world, is democracy help or obstacle? The food economy's missing link, Tony Curzon Price Chemical Cuisine: A Guide
to Food Additives (PDF; 3.2 MB) Report on Foreign
Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2007 The
rise and fall of ethanol
Barack Obama's ethanol
repositioning this weekend on NBC's "Meet the Press" means that two
of the three major presidential candidates can now be expected to rethink the
U.S. government's ethanol policies if elected. |
H21 Classical music: abandoned, left behind
sulking in its tent as culture moves on, with the action happening somewhere
else... more»
a review
of Why Classical Music Still Matters by Lawrence Kramer The penalties for prostitution in Iran are severe
– whipping and even execution. So how does the oldest profession fare in that
land?... more» Jamie Johnson on the decline
of the Wasp Establishment. From The Telegraph, a look at the 50
most influential US political pundits. In praise of ...
TED Leader: Participants deliver 'the talk of their
lives', reminding us how the web continues to astound Want to remember like a genius? Practice too soon
and you waste time. Practice too late and you’ve forgotten the material.
There’s a perfect point...more» a review
of Cass Sunstein's Republic 2.0 Philosophers often cannot resist writing about
Shakespeare, with his depth and complexity. Alas, they are mostly
ill-equipped to do so... more» The book is not for burning. Contra its author’s dying
wishes, son Dmitri will publish Vladimir Nabokov’s last novel, Laura...
more» Breast best for baby's IQ, study finds Doctors
followed almost 14,000 children over 6½ years and found that those who were
breastfed performed better in IQ tests From Scientific American, an article on The
Bigot in Your Brain: Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor
biases that we consciously abhor — and the worst part is we act on them “Everybody in the world except US citizens should be allowed to vote
and elect the American government”: An interview with Slavoj
Zizek. Even big companies are embracing a
democratic style What if you could
vote on your CEO's performance? China's eccentric champion Joseph Needham put Chinese science on the world map. Diaries
show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison... Amerabia
Even Americans
knowledgeable about Europe's growing accommodation to the totalitarian
ideology known alternatively as Islamism, jihadism or Islamofascism tend
smugly to believe the same thing can't happen here. Think again. |
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