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H1 Daily Telegraph Lebanon
facing threat of civil war Fighting
in Lebanon has spread from the capital Beirut across the country as the
Shi'ite radical group Hizbollah sought to seize power by force. Hasty truce with Moqtada al-Sadr tests his
sway in Baghdad stronghold A cease-fire deal between Mr. Sadr's representatives in the Iraqi
government and members of the leading Shiite bloc aims to end weeks of fierce
battles in Sadr City. Lebanese Army steps into Beirut fray
Opposition Hezbollah fighters
continue civil disobedience against pro-Western government. Independent 'Ghost city' Mosul braces for assault on
last bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq Mosul looks like a city of the dead. American and Iraqi troops have
launched an attack aimed at crushing the last bastion of al- Qa'ida in Iraq
and in doing so have turned the country's northern capital into a ghost town. Leading
article: A fateful vote that may dash hopes of peace in the Balkans IHT Tilt to
West is seen in elections in SerbiaThe parliamentary elections were viewed
as a referendum on if Serbia would turn toward the West or revert to the
nationalism and isolation of the Slobodan Milosevic years. Guardian Israel's
celebration remains a Palestinian catastrophe Ahmad Samih Khalidi: Neither side will ever agree on the narrative of the conflict, and the
prospects for peace in the Middle East are slim Hizbullah seizes
key Lebanon areas Iranian-backed militants clash with pro-government
Sunni fighters in Tripoli during armed takeover The Muslim middle class Jason
Burke They're well-educated professionals with a modern outlook.
They're also pious and socially conservative Washington Post Spread
of Nuclear Capability Is Feared
At least 40 developing countries have recently approached U.N.
officials to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend some
say could presage arms race. Syria
Exemplifies Challenge Our
Priority Is Statehood The Palestinian right of return is not what's
holding up a peace agreement. By Daoud Kuttab NYT President
Apostate? By
EDWARD N. LUTTWAK Of all the
well-meaning desires projected on Barack Obama, the hope that he would
decisively improve relations with the world’s Muslims is the least realistic WILLIAM KRISTOL The
Jewish State at 60 In
2008, the defense of the state of Israel, and everything it stands for,
requires a kind of courage very much out of accord with the perpetual
click-clack of our politics. PAUL KRUGMAN The
Oil Nonbubble Are
speculators mainly responsible for high oil prices? And if they aren’t, why
have so many commentators insisted, year after year, that there’s an oil
bubble? Dani Rodrik video lecture: Why
are some countries so poor? The
Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments - Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Iraq: Will We Ever
Get Out? - Thomas Powers, NY Review of Books How
to Deal w/the Clerics in Tehran - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard. Newsweek How to Feed the World Below, eight leaders in
the fight against hunger offer up food crisis action plans, and long term
ideas for how to end famine and bolster farming. Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Is She a Trojan
Rabbit? Sunday Times Hillary’s suicidal gamble with race poison Clinton's decision to stop chasing
the black vote has become her undoing as shown in last Tuesday’s North Carolin a primary Andrew Sullivan Strong quake
shakes central China Washington Post New
Allies In Asia? By Jim Hoagland TOKYO -- China and Japan have been
reliable enemies for a thousand years. Their leaders have always been able to
count on each other to stir nationalist anger and distract their followers
from other problems by trading insults, threats or at times blows. Purchases
Linked N. Korean to Syria Pyongyang Company Funneled Reactor Parts to
Damascus, Intelligence Officials Say New York Times The
Dollar: Shrinkable but (So Far) Unsinkable By PETER S.
GOODMAN What are the chances
that a day of reckoning is coming, when the dollar would be so weak that
America would have to play by the rules that apply to every other country? White
House Memo: As Bush Term Wanes, Mideast Peace Appears as Elusive as Ever Oil
Prices Are Up and Politicians Are Angry. Yawn. What can
Washington do to reduce gas prices in the near term? The short answer, alas,
is not much. Already,
Obama and McCain Map Fall Strategies
Even before the
Democratic nomination fight ends, the candidates are focusing on independent
voters, Latinos and about a dozen states. Dowd Is
She a Trojan Rabbit? If Hillary Clinton were to become Barack Obama’s
vice president, would she take the back seat or would she just always be
plotting, draining him of his magical powers? Lessons Learned The
Upside of Being Knocked Around
Maybe hard-hitting Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the best thing that
could have happened to Barack Obama — a teaching adversary who made him
stronger Sadrists
and Iraqi Government Reach Truce Deal Israel at 60: Will It Hit Iran Before Bush Leaves? | Newsweek ...
Hillary and the Gender Wars | Newsweek
International Edition ... Americans still think of their leaders in male terms, but
studies recommend a much more feminine style. By Joseph Nye Forget
Naysayers - America Still Inspiration to All - W. Hutton, Observer Psychology
of Intelligence Analysis (1999) Source: Central
Intelligence Agency (History Staff, Center for the Study of Intelligence)
Full-text book now available online. Browse by chapter or download full
document (PDF; 2 MB). (repeat) Rand Breaking the Failed-State Cycle CEPS
A
Different Country: Russias Economic Resurgence Time to think of a strategic bargain with Russia CEPS Is
European democracy promotion on the wane? The Hunt for Mr. Europe | Newsweek International . The EU is choosing its new president. But will he be
pencil-sharpener in chief, or a new global player? The Observer After the
boomers, meet the children dubbed 'baby losers' Across Spain, France and
Italy, young middle-class professionals with good degrees and diplomas are
facing a lifetime on low salaries with unrewarding jobs, forever poorer than
their parents. Investigation by Graham Keeley in Barcelona, Jason Burke in
Paris and Tom Kington in Rome Race
may not be Obama's biggest hurdle Experience and social
issues loom larger, Democratic strategists say. An
unhappy birthday By Benny Morris As it turns 60,
Israel's hopes for peace are near death. Forget
two states By Saree Makdisi Such a solution
is unviable. Israel must share land and power Putin's
Imperial Russia - Garry Kasparov, Los Angeles Times By Bill McKibben The planet has passed a
tipping point on climate change, and it gets much worse, fast. Ha’aretz – Bypassing the factionsEven
though Lebanon's government uses harsh rhetoric against Hezbollah, terming
its actions a coup and even ordering the army to take steps to impose order,
there is no choice but to acknowledge that this government does not in fact
control Lebanon Eldar Bush should stay home
Unless he has a rabbit in his hat, this will be the third time in the past
half year that the U.S. president shows the Palestinians and the entire Arab
world that they are wasting their time by trying to end the occupation by
peaceful means Sunday Telegraph Brown:
I will never let the Union split Gordon Brown has vowed to do
"whatever is necessary" to preserve the United Kingdom in the wake
of a bruising battle over a referendum on Scottish independence.
Beijing
and Riyadh will call the shots on ailing dollar's future... Independent on Sunday Robert
Fisk: Lebanon does not want another war. Does it? “How Hizbullah Blundered and Why Things Will Get Worse,” by
Rex Brynen Helena Cobban Prospects for Lebanon Jerusalem Post The Region: As Lebanon turns into Gaza Iran and Syria
back their friends with weapons and help. The West responds with words backed
by nothing. CSM As Pakistan changes, should U.S. policy?
The US is increasingly out of sync
with Pakistan's newly-elected government, say analysts Why the presidential candidates won't talk
about Israel Analysts say
politicians hold their tongues on giving additional US aid to Israel for fear
of being labeled as anti-Semitic. Oil Shock 2? With prices at $120 a barrel, Americans are facing
an oil adjustment. The Cost of Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 (Updated 11
April 2008) (PDF; 316 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via
Federation of American Scientists) U.S. Forces in Iraq (PDF; 69 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American
Scientists) Make no mistake about it, the
quick, brutal display of raw military power by Hezbollah in the past six days
is a window into the grim future of Lebanon and the broader Middle East: a
future in which Iran and Syria are ascendant and have lost much of their fear
of the United States and Israel. Hezbollah
'redrawing' Mideast map Hezbollah's dramatic gains in Lebanon last week
are just part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip
and will continue in Jordan and Egypt, a Hamas official in the West Bank told
The Washington Times Financial
Times Comment:
Know, rather than imagine, your enemy The
Bush administration has appeared nonplussed as Iran emerged as the main
beneficiary of the US’s regional policies, writes Lawrence
Freedman Civil
war fear as Lebanon clashes escalate Fierce
clashes involving rockets and heavy machine guns erupted in Lebanon between
pro-government forces and opposition gunmen in mountains east of Beirut as
Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting in a bid to find a solution
to worsening crisis. Shell
and Repsol drop Iran gas project Pair’s withdrawal from
the $10bn-plus development deals heavy blow a blow to Tehran’s attempts to
expand its energy exports in the face of US and international sanctions Iran
and Syria accused over Beirut chaos A
senior US official has claimed that both states have a hand in the
disturbances in the Lebanese capital, the scenes of confusion worrying the
Bush administration In
hope of a principled campaign An Obama-McCain contest in November then presents
a novel prospect – an election in which the candidates devote more effort to
challenging each other’s ideas than to questioning each other’s character and
good faith, writes Clive
Crook Wolfgang Münchau: The global euro Institutions matter. They create their own agendas.
Nobody knows this better than the Commission itself, writes Wolfgang
Münchau A
spring thaw in chilly east Asia Do not underestimate the Japan-China
rapprochement. It will be hard for either country to return to the fruitless
hostility of the Koizumi era Pro-EU
alliance wins Serbia election The pro-European Union
alliance led by Boris Tadic, Serbia’s president, won the advantage over
hardline nationalists in snap elections as voters demanded EU integration
despite the loss of Kosovo Garzón
cracks down on Basque separatists Baltazar Garzón,
Spain's top anti-terrorist judge, has ordered a clampdown on the activities
of Basque separatists - jailing the mayoress of a big industrial town... Germany
faces shortage of engineers Germany, a land renowned above all for its high
standards of engineering, is facing an acute shortage of skilled engineers.
Franz Fehrenbach, chief executive of Bosch,... Germany
urges higher EU food import standards Germany
believes China, India and the US should be forced to adopt higher
environmental and health standards if they want to export food products to
the European Union, says Horst Seehofer, Germany’s farm minister The Times King Oil will turf out Gordon Brown Market rules: it doesn't matter who is leader, the
Government is finished at $200 a barrel William Rees-Mogg Lebanese Army caught in crossfire Hezbollah militia embark on fresh fighting after brief
weekend lull while Druze rivals face bitter Chouf mountain stand-off Pro-EU may win Serbia’s election Results seen as a referendum on whether
the Balkan country’s future lay towards the West or back with old ally Russia The Rise in the Price of Oil-Becker |
H2 FT Doubts
as Turkish IMF deal expires The
end of a $10bn loan agreement removes an anchor for Ankara’s economic and
structural reform programme just as the economy appears to be heading into
difficulties
Editorial Banking
on Turkey The EBRD continues
to play a useful role, especially in the poorer countries of the former
Soviet Union. If it can also assist Turkey, then it should
Gen. Petraeus tells Turkish generals ‘not to bomb
Kandil Mountains’ Ali H Aslan Diyet ve cizye Ömer Taşpınar Talking
Turkey in Washington Philip Robins [MONDAY TALK] ‘Turkish foreign policy hostage
to domestic political problems’ Iraqi Kurdistan Region PM Comments on PKK
Issue, Ties With Turkey, Israel, Iran Kandil'e mesaj: Taviz beklemeyin Pişmanlık
Yasası'ndan yararlanın Atina
silahlanma atağına geçiyor
Yavuz Baydar Obama
vs. McCain and prospects of US-Turkish relations 'Turkish
army the least reformed in NATO' Turkey
hits Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq US
pilots in İncirlik base for training CIA, Erbakan’ın önündeki sıfatı
niye sildi 'Laik medyadan rahatsız'
Analysts
predict complexities in Turkey's mediation on Golan İç Basında Türk Dış
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