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H1 NYT Saudis
Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping More Oil Financial
Times Saudis
to boost oil output after US pressure The announcement of an increase production by about
300,000 barrels a day came after a plea by US president George W. Bush to
King Abdullah at a meeting in Riyadh Washington
Post Oil Efforts Are Best Possible, Saudis Say
Push on Prices by Bush Is Gently Turned Aside Bush Won't Strike OilSteven Mufson | The President's Saudi visit probably won't
mean more oil for the U.S.
Wall Street Journal Editorial Beseeching
the Saudis DT Axis
faces moment of truth... Stratfor The
Geopolitics Of Israel: Biblical and Modern By George Friedman Charlie Rose A conversation with Robert Kagan Audio Message From bin Laden Condemns
Israel Bush Administration Middle East Policy: What Went Wrong?
By: Jon B. Alterman | World Politics Review Guardian
Beirut, seen from Tehran M
Cist Weak
dollar and supply worries push oil to fresh high of $128 Crude oil
price increased sixfold in past eight years, fuelling debate about dwindling
resources Solving the food crisis Muhammad
Yunus A comprehensive global plan is needed to tackle the
high cost of food that threatens the lives of the world's poorest and most
vulnerable people Foreign Policy In an era of globalization, no country is
immune when the US falls onto hard times; here’s a look at how economies
elsewhere will fare. Los Angeles Times Quake gives a big jolt to China's old ways
Beijing
responds with flexibility and openness, and individual initiative surges,
signaling a new dynamic By J. Peter Scoblic Newsweek An Unnatural Disaster |
Print Article m America
bears much of the blame for its waning global clout Michael
Hirsh. The
Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments Source: Center for
Strategic & International Studies Full
Report (PDF; 4.7 MB) McClatchy Bush Revives Talk of a Strike on Iran Who'd pick up more swing states — Obama or Clinton? Ha’aretz – PMO: U.S., Israel see
need for 'tangible action' on Iran nukes Jerusalem PostUS
agrees to help Saudi Arabia develop civilian nuclear program
Decision comes after Saudis reject Bush appeal to increase oil
production; leaders share concern that Lebanon violence emboldens Iran. Column
One: Hizbullah's power play [ CAROLINE GLICK , A Complicated Alliance By: Lee Hudson Teslik | Council on
Foreign Relations Today, oil still
dominates U.S.-Saudi ties. But the fairly straightforward buy-sell dynamic
between the world’s leading importer and leading exporter of crude is
increasingly complicated by a host of other issues, from security cooperation
to currency concerns. Asia Times Tehran ponders the spoils of
victory Saudis, US grapple with Iran challenge
The reaction to the flareup in Lebanon has left Saudi Arabia (and its United
States ally) with no doubt that there are not many takers in the Arab world
for anti-Iran, anti-Hezbollah ploys. This leaves the George W Bush
administration with little choice other than to resort to back-channel
diplomacy to engage Tehran, while the Saudis, too, will have to re-asses
their stance on Iran. - M K Bhadrakumar Bush, McCain dream on in war landBush
and the man who hopes to replace him, Senator John McCain, have divulged to
the world their beautiful dreams, in which Middle East weapons have become ploughshares,
bitter enemies lie down together as lambs and evil powers abandon nuclear
weapons. This stuff keeps the neo-cons happy, even though the politics
that will make it reality are absent. - Jim Lobe TIME Welcome
to Hizballahstan The militants' easy victory in the battle for
Beirut leaves the U.S. yet again on the losing side of an Arab conflict, with
little leverage and few options A Gulf Apart By
MICHAEL ELLIOTT Lebanon is inflamed once more by old hatreds. Yet elsewhere in the
Middle East a new Arab world is emerging, with powerhouses like Qatar and
Dubai leading the way
Al Hayat Lebanon's Battles in
Light of the Struggle for Regional Domination Raghida Dergham - Hezbollah's coup in Lebanon is
one of the episodes of a new regional order in the Middle East, one that is
imposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran through the language of weapons
pointed towards the interior to insure local domination.
Bashir Gemayel and Hassan Nasrallah Abdullah Iskandar -
Questions for the Opposition Ghassan Charbel - If the Lebanese government was said, in light of the two
decisions it took, to have erred in assessing the sensitiveness of the issue
and the gravity of the timing, then can't it be said that the opposition,
with the first shot it fired in the streets of Beirut, has poorly assessed
Lebanon's sensitive structure, a mistake tantamount to a fatal sin?
Sadr Movement at a Crossroads By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN
Security Watch The Sadr Movement has been strong in post-Saddam Iraq, but its
future is now uncertain with the Iraqi government taking the movement on head
first A
New Course for Pakistan The
Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report NYT U.S.
Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
Officials are scaling
back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment
that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years. "Text" of Joint Communique of
China, Russia, India Foreign Ministers' Meeting EDM U.S.-AZERBAIJAN
RELATIONS GO THROUGH TENSION, YET MAINTAIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE RFERL Analysis: Does Azerbaijan Face
A New Irredentist Threat? Analysis: Armenian Opposition
Issues New Ultimatum IHT German industry
seeks role in modernizing Russia The German foreign minister, Frank-Walter
Steinmeier, told President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia that German industry was
prepared to help the Russian economy reduce its dependence on energy and
commodities. WSJ NOONAN: Republicans
'falling apart... dying'... The Times Mass graves for China's dead, 5 million homeless Authorities tell soldiers to bury dead quickly but photographs and hair
are taken first for DNA identification later |
H2 WSJ Turkey's Courts Should Respect the Will of
the People EDM RISING
UNEMPLOYMENT RINGING SOCIAL ALARM BELLS IN TURKEY The
Divisions of Cyprus (letters) Media mergers
may help Turkey's struggling govt The
Generals and Islam in Turkey Rapporteur Favors
Rejecting Turk Headscarf Case: TV IHT Police
arrest 10 men in three countries in Europe in terror investigation Ten men of Turkish origin were arrested
Friday in three European countries as part of a French investigation into
what a judge said was a financial-support network tied to the Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan, a terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda. El Kaide baskżnżnda bir Türk
gözaltżnda ABD: Seēmen iradesi esas
Turkish voters spoke twice last year, says Bryza Laikliši korumanżn en iyi yolu parti kapatmak mż?
ABD'li müstežar: Ülkenin gelecešini seēmenler belirler 'Radikal dincilerin ižine yarar' Rusya, Türk yardżmżna öfkeli
Arap Żslamī hareketler: AK Parti'nin
kapatżlmasż El Kaide'nin ižine yarar Żē Basżnda Türk Dżž
Politikasż Dżž
Basżnda Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fżrat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dżž Basżnda Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Taha Akyol Kürt sorununda yeni gündem Türk'ün ēżkżžż DTP'deki žahinleri rahatsżz
etti ‘Türk’ün aēżklamalarż resmi görüžümüz’
'Silahlż eylemler zarar veriyor' diyen Ahmet Türk'e Hasip Kaplan'dan
destek Mehmet Kamżž Derin statüko, derin
PKK Żsrail tarzż ešitim
ABD ve Żsrail tarzż operasyon ešitimi iēin Konya’da “Müžterek Harekāt
Ešitim Merkezi” kuruluyor. Öcalan: PKK’ya ‘silah bżrak’ ēašrżsż yaparżm
PKK, Dašlżca baskżnżnż belgesel yapmżž Önce 'terör
örgütü' dedi sonra tutanaklardan ēżkarżlmasżnż istedi Žahin Alpay Żsrail 60. yżlżnż,
Filistinliler 'Nakba'yż anżyor Hadi Özżžżk PKK’nżn Kürtler’e verdiši zarar! Terör tazminatż rant kapżsż oldu Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dżž
Basżnda Türkiye-AB Żližkileri Günlük Haftalżk Semih Żdiz Żngilizlerin ‘Türk muhipliši’ deprežti Hristofyas, zaman
kazanma pežinde
Greek
military chief of staff to pay rare visit to Turkey The
Divisions of Cyprus (letters) Nagehan Alēż [NEWS ANALYSIS] Abdülhamit
Bilici Türk'ün
Türk'e yaptżšż! 'Türkiye'nin rolü felce ušrayabilir' Ankara
open to dialogue with Athens on Web site rift The
economic realities of Greek-Turk relations Turkish
- Greek Militray Exercise Performed In Greece Mahir Kaynak Ziyaret Gorbaēov'dan AKP yorumu
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
Polislerin ēošu alt kültürden geliyor Aileye kutsama
Erdošan “Aile dešerlerinin zayżflamasż ēok büyük bir tehdittir.” dedi Fileye ‘türban’ žoku
Bažżmż kapatmadżm ama kapatabilirim
Ergenekon davasż Silivri'de görülecek Rektörlerin
aylżk geliri devlet sżrrż gibi |
H3 Fikri
Sašlar'dan garip iddia
Raportör:
Bažörtüsüne iptal talebi reddedilmeli Osman
Paksüt: Bana baskż yapżyorlar Hukukēular:
Yeni anayasa raftan insin Raportörden türban davasżna 'ret' görüžü Polis ‘akaryakżt’ takibindeymiž!
Operasyonu
dežifre eden Paksüt'ten itiraf Kamera kayżtlarż iddialarżn asżlsżzlżšżnż ortaya
ēżkardż... AKP
komploya karžż Paksüt’ü koruyor ‘Polis haddini ažmżžtżr’
Turkey’s early elections end in disappointment for some
parties Żžadamżnżn
tutanaklarż AKP’ye yeni gensoru Son Dakika Milliyet
Hürriyet Zaman Cengiz Ēandar Türkiye’nin Żngiliz ve Żspanyol
dostlarżyla... Ahmet Tažgetiren “Iskarta sanatēżlar...” Taha Akyol Kürt
sorununda yeni gündem Fikret Bila Hasan Cemal Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin kararżnż beklerken
AB yoluyla demokrasi! Murat Yetkin Ēiēek: Baykal baskż yapżyor Żsmet Berkan Sizin paranoyak olmanżz... Fehmi Koru Yeni
duruma yeni formül Taha Kżvanē
Gör
bažżma neler geliyor Žamil Tayyar Ali Bayramošlu Bir ruh hali olarak laiklik… Żsmail Küēükkaya Serdar Turgut AKP reele ēarptż Ertušrul Özkök Bir gemi iki imparatorluk Ali Bulaē Żki merkez Sabahattin Önkibar Dinleme
Ergenekon savcżsżna yapżlsaydż neler olurdu? Ömer
Lütfi Mete Hangimiz Gladio’cu
dešiliz? M Ali
Birand Sigara yasašżna tersten bažlżyoruz Enis Berberošlu Sadece
bando ile yaver Mehmet Altan Siz hangi Türkiye’desiniz? [YORUM - DOĒ.
DR. MAZHAR BAŠLI] Bürokratik devlet amacżna ulažżyor mu? ENGŻN ARDIĒ Došu Perinēek korkunē bir yalancż Sürüklenirken
ēözülüyoruz AKP’ye yargż dersi MAHMUT ÖVÜR CHP'nin Żstanbul seēim stratejisi Ege Cansen Hįkimiyet
padižahżn dešildir Güngör Uras Giden
iyi öšrenciler geri gelmiyor (Acep nedendir?) Deniz Gökēe Economy
minister: Turkey must focus on innovation, technology |
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H4 New York Times Saudis Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping
More Oil Sunni Insurgents in Mosul Offered Amnesty
and Cash Audio Message
From bin Laden Condemns Israel The Saturday Profile: Released From Rigors
of a Trial, a Nobel Laureate’s Ink Flows Freely World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Army Blames
U.S. For Strike Skirting
Appalachia Barack Obama is unlikely to win the heart
of Appalachia in the general election, but he may not need to if he can make
up ground elsewhere GAIL COLLINS McCain’s
Superfuture If the
Arizona senator’s domestic vision is far removed from reality, what does that
say about his plan for international harmony via military interventions? Editorial The
President Goes Negative It
is damaging for America when President Bush’s penchant for slash-and-burn
politics are put on display abroad. Obama
Says Bush and McCain Are ‘Fear Mongering’ Senator Barack Obama responded sharply to attacks on his
foreign policy and tried to turn the tables on his Republican critics. High-Tech
Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
Engineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young
people are now choosing other careers. Famine
Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa
In Somalia, villagers say hundreds of people are dying of hunger and
thirst amid soaring global food prices, skimpy rainfall and escalating
violence. White House Memo: A Fast-Fading Sway: The
Nation’s Leader, but Not His Party’s |
H5 Washington
Post Oil Efforts Are Best Possible, Saudis Say
Push on Prices by Bush Is Gently Turned Aside Mosul
Insurgents Are Offered Cash for Arms Iraqi Officials Set 10-Day Amnesty
Period Power Barometer: Winning Iraq
By Leaving Bounties
a Bust in Hunt for Al-Qaeda Lavish U.S. Rewards Program Has Failed to Dent
Network's Leadership Crises
Cloud China's Olympic Mood as Quake Tests Party's Mettle Opening
China By Peter M. Herford, Why the official Chinese media is giving the world, and its citizens,
so much information about this week's earthquake. Obama
Strikes Back at Bush On Diplomacy The
Glitter Twins By Kathleen Parker, Obama and Edwards look and talk pretty,
but their message of unity won't work. They
Could Do More By Ali H. Soufan, How Yemeni officials, and the former U.S.
ambassador to Yemen, could help the FBI in the fight against terrorism. U.S.
to Send N. Korea 500,000 Tons of Food Aid State Department Denies Revival
of Program Is Tied to Progress in Nuclear Talks |
H6 Guardian Saudis
reject Bush's oil price appeal US president makes renewed appeal to help
cut record oil prices, during visit to Saudi Arabia Weak
dollar and supply worries push oil to fresh high of $128 Crude oil
price increased sixfold in past eight years, fuelling debate about dwindling
resources Solving the food crisis Muhammad
Yunus A comprehensive global plan is needed to tackle the
high cost of food that threatens the lives of the world's poorest and most
vulnerable people M Cist Richard Silverstein George Bush's
suggestion of a moral equivalence between appeasing Nazi Germany and
negotiating with Palestinians is an outrage Italy poll: 68% want
Roma expelled Government accused of stoking racial tension as
poll shows majority want Italy's 150,000 Gypsies removed Sacrificial
lamb Leader: The refusal of the ruling coalition to
accept the resignation of Sharif's ministers is a sign of the gravity of the
situation Hebron is
a ghost town where joggers carry automatic rifles Ian Jack: For
the settlers, subsidies and tax breaks have become as important a motive as
Deuteronomy Leader:
Britain has been spared the culture wars that beset America Time
to decide: are we with the Germans or the Irish? Martin Kettle:
As referendums return to centre stage, we should heed one of the wisest
speakers on the subject: Margaret Thatcher Forgotten But Not Gone By: Menzies Campbell | The
Guardian Allez aux Etats-Uni d'Amerique! Ian Williams:
A senior Republican accuses the Democratic party of wanting to turn America
'into France'. Quelle horreur! UK
demands repayment of climate aid to poor nations Developing countries
attack plan to offer warming help as loans instead of grants |
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H7 A Complicated Alliance By: Lee Hudson Teslik | Council on
Foreign Relations Today, oil still
dominates U.S.-Saudi ties. But the fairly straightforward buy-sell dynamic
between the world’s leading importer and leading exporter of crude is
increasingly complicated by a host of other issues, from security cooperation
to currency concerns. Asia Times Tehran ponders the spoils of
victory Saudis, US grapple with Iran challenge
The reaction to the flareup in Lebanon has left Saudi Arabia (and its United
States ally) with no doubt that there are not many takers in the Arab world
for anti-Iran, anti-Hezbollah ploys. This leaves the George W Bush
administration with little choice other than to resort to back-channel
diplomacy to engage Tehran, while the Saudis, too, will have to re-asses
their stance on Iran. - M K Bhadrakumar Bush, McCain dream on in war landBush
and the man who hopes to replace him, Senator John McCain, have divulged to
the world their beautiful dreams, in which Middle East weapons have become TIME Welcome
to Hizballahstan The militants' easy victory in the battle for
Beirut leaves the U.S. yet again on the losing side of an Arab conflict, with
little leverage and few options A Gulf Apart By
MICHAEL ELLIOTT Lebanon is inflamed once more by old hatreds. Yet elsewhere in the
Middle East a new Arab world is emerging, with powerhouses like Qatar and
Dubai leading the way
Al Hayat Lebanon's Battles in
Light of the Struggle for Regional Domination Raghida Dergham - Hezbollah's
coup in Lebanon is one of the episodes of a new regional order in the Middle
East, one that is imposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran through the
language of weapons pointed towards the interior to insure local domination.
Bashir Gemayel and Hassan Nasrallah Abdullah Iskandar - There is
something in common between the political projects for Lebanon that the late
President Bashir Gemayel previously tried to accomplish and Hezbollah's
Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is currently attempting to undertake.
Questions for the Opposition Ghassan Charbel - If the
Lebanese government was said, in light of the two decisions it took, to have
erred in assessing the sensitiveness of the issue and the gravity of the
timing, then can't it be said that the opposition, with the first shot it
fired in the streets of Beirut, has poorly assessed Lebanon's sensitive
structure, a mistake tantamount to a fatal sin?
Sadr Movement at a Crossroads By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN
Security Watch The Sadr Movement has been strong in post-Saddam Iraq, but its
future is now uncertain with the Iraqi government taking the movement on head
first FT McCain’s
worrying foreign policy To continue the policies of the Bush years would
be a disaster for the US and therefore for the world. Barack Obama may lack
the Republican candidate’s experience but he is right that it is time to turn
the page on failure Europe’s
monstrous market misgivings Support for free trade has
dropped sharply in the region – and even more so in the US, writes John Thornhill Real
spies grow harder to find Christopher Caldwell on the intelligence game Serbia
still in Milosevic’s shadow The ghost of Slobodan Milosevic continues to
haunt Serbia, long after he precipitated the collapse of Yugoslavia by
espousing Serbian nationalism Pressures
mount on UN peacekeeping As diplomats prepare the biggest peacekeeping budget in United Nations
history, concerns are being raised that the demands on the forces are running
out of control Bin
Laden releases Israel tape In an audio tape to mark Israel’s 60th
anniversary Osama bin Laden vowed to continue to fight the Jewish state and
its allies in the West Hezbollah's Defeat By: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat Losing Lebanon By: Gershom Gorenberg | The American
Prospect EDITORIAL: Use Syria to Defang Hezbollah City Journal: The
Real Iraq — Moment of Truth in Iraq, by Michael Yon … Sustainable Development and
Poverty Reduction under Mubarak's Program IDE African
Economic Outlook 2007-2008 The
war over the war
The war in Iraq is in its
sixth year — and we, the public, are in our sixth year of reading warring
accounts about it. Bush conceded the current level of Saudi Arabia's oil output isn't the
prime factor driving today's oil spike, after the Saudi king rebuffed the
president's request for higher oil production. The exchange came as crude-oil
futures closed above $126 a barrel for the first time |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq Bush
fails to win Saudi help on gas prices Saudis 'resist Bush oil pressure' More
Pressure Needed to Curtail Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Iran Slams Saudi Officials Over Lebanon
Turmoil Comments Lebanese leaders gather in Qatar Lebanon's
rival leaders start talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the
brink of civil war. Dangerous ground
Pulling strings
Saudi Editorial Says Bush Trying to Create
"Diversion" By Seeking Any Progress Iraq's Zebari Views Lebanon Situation,
Upcoming Iraq-US Agreement Russian Deputy Minister, Iranian Envoy
Discuss Middle East Situation Bahraini Defence Forces Head Views Domestic,
Foreign Threats, Peace With Israel Russia Urges Possible Participants in
Mideast Summit to Decide on Time for Moscow Conference WINEP Kuwaiti
Elections: Democracy in Action? Despite political
tensions with the royal family, Kuwait's parliament is relatively powerful
compared to others it the region, making May 17 elections a consequential
exercise in Arab Democracy. David Pollock and Mehdi Khalaji write Leaders
to meet with Hezbollah about unity deal Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed
government and the Hezbollah-led opposition went to Qatar yesterday for the
highest-level talks since the country's political crisis began 18 months ago
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H9 Ha’aretz – PMO: U.S., Israel see
need for 'tangible action' on Iran nukes Report:
Police to confront Olmert with new evidence Bin Laden
vows to 'fight' Israel for Palestinian land White House
denies accusation Bush ignoring Palestinian plightPalestinians
disappointed U.S. president did not press Israel to compromise on recent trip The greatest achievement and failure of the Jewish people Bush should be measured by the yardstick he prescribed to Obama Jerusalem PostUS
agrees to help Saudi Arabia develop civilian nuclear program
Decision comes after Saudis reject Bush appeal to increase oil
production; leaders share concern that Lebanon violence emboldens Iran. Column
One: Hizbullah's power play [ CAROLINE GLICK , Guest
Column: Too many Jews?
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Earthquake in China: the aftershocks The Sichuan disaster may have wider political
implications China leader spurs
rescue effort China's President Hu Jintao urges rescuers in the
earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives. A review
of Will China Fail? The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism
by John Lee A
New Course for Pakistan The
Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report "Text" of Joint Communique of
China, Russia, India Foreign Ministers' Meeting Weekly Standard A
Counterinsurgency Grows in Khost US must
fulfill its commitment to diplomacy with North Korea
THE DIPLOMATIC initiative launched by President Bush in
the wake of North Korea's nuclear weapon test in October 2006 has made
substantial progress in rolling back the nation's drive to become a nuclear
power. (By John W. Lewis, Boston Globe) Welcome to the Burmese Police State Der Spiegel With more than 180,000 dead and 2.5
million affected, the suffering in Burma is growing by the day because the
ruling junta continues to block foreign aid. The Burmese military would like
to cut off the country from the rest of the world again as soon as possible The North Korea Challenge By: Danielle Pletka and Robert
Bolton | American Enterprise Institute Afghanistan Copper Deposits Worth $88 Billion Attract Chinese
Investors By: Jeremy Page | The London Times U.N. Official Raises Alarms Over Killings in Afghanistan By:
Carlotta Gall | The New York Times India's Real Terrorists By: Chan Akya | Asia Times China and the Danger of
Anti-Western Boycotts Asia's Lessons for African
Development Strategies AJISS Asian Democracies Should be
Taken More Seriously |
H11 IHT German
industry seeks role in modernizing Russia The German foreign
minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, told President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia
that German industry was prepared to help the Russian economy reduce its
dependence on energy and commodities. Police
arrest 10 men in three countries in Europe in terror investigation Ten men of Turkish origin were arrested
Friday in three European countries as part of a French investigation into
what a judge said was a financial-support network tied to the Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan, a terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda. Extend
the law to the gunslingers in Iraq That the U.S. is so reliant
on private guards to plug the holes in the military underscores how badly the
Bush administration has mismanaged the occupation of Iraq. Treaty
for cluster bombs expected during upcoming conference Support for a ban on cluster weapons has risen sharply since 2006 war
between Israel and Lebanon, when, according to United Nations estimates,
Israeli troops fired some four million Vietnam War-era submunitions, of which
a quarter failed to explode. Food crisis meets chaos in Horn of Africa
A collision of troubles throughout the region, including skimpy
rainfall, soaring food prices and escalating violence, has pushed many people
here to the brink of famine. EUROPE European press review Bilateral Diplomacy in the
European Union: Towards "Post-Modern" Patterns? Another Name for NATO? Clingendael Germany Supports Planned US Radar in Czech
Republic A review of Imagining
Spain: Historical Myth and National Identity by Henry Kamen Italy's Foreign Policy Seen Changed Since
Berlusconi's Last Spell in Office Macedonian President Warns Election
Incidents May Cause "Internal Tensions" |
H12 RFE/RLKremlin's Most Secretive Figure Moves To Cabinet
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin will be responsible for
industry, energy, and natural resources. His appointment is perhaps the
clearest signal that the second age of Vladimir Putin will be an intensely
amplified version of the first Analysis: Global Food Crisis
Catches Up With Russia Analysis: Does Azerbaijan Face
A New Irredentist Threat? Analysis: Armenian Opposition
Issues New Ultimatum Serbia: Is Nationalist-Socialist Coalition Ready To
Take Power? Russian Opposition Takes A Principled Stand The meeting in Moscow this weekend of
Russia's opposition National Assembly -- if the authorities allow it -- seems
either hopelessly quixotic or comically pathetic Georgia: Minister Heads To
Moscow Amid Fresh Spying Charges Russia: Moscow Pushes Ahead
With Pipeline Bypassing Belarus Google News Azerbaijan EDM
U.N.
RESOLUTION ON ABKHAZIA SHOWS WHO’S WHO ON ETHNIC CLEANSING
- U.S.-AZERBAIJAN
RELATIONS GO THROUGH TENSION, YET MAINTAIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Tell-tale
travelers' tales Tajikistan: Who’s in Charge? Loosening Russia's Grip on Gas By: Pierre Noel | The
Moscow Times Russian Pundit Examines Features of Putin's
New Status As Prime Minister Russia Concerned About Nato's Plans to
Create Another Abm System |
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H13 The Times
Mass graves for China's dead, 5 million homeless Authorities tell soldiers to bury dead quickly but photographs and hair
are taken first for DNA identification later Earthquake in China: the aftershocks The Sichuan disaster may have wider political
implications Republicans in fear of election meltdown Party faces worst defeat in a generation as Democrats
seek 60 senate seats and majority of 70 in House of Representatives Why did so many Chinese schools collapse? Nearly 7,000 classrooms were destroyed in earthquake
and parents are demanding to know why from the Beijing government Wall Street Journal Beseeching
the Saudis How
to Enrage a Democrat Time How the Next President Should Fix the
Economy (The
Well / Nation) |
H14 Financial
Times Saudis
to boost oil output after US pressure The
announcement of an increase production by about 300,000 barrels a day came
after a plea by US president George W. Bush to King Abdullah at a meeting in
Riyadh McCain’s
worrying foreign policy To continue the policies of the Bush years would
be a disaster for the US and therefore for the world. Barack Obama may lack
the Republican candidate’s experience but he is right that it is time to turn
the page on failure Europe’s
monstrous market misgivings Support for free trade has
dropped sharply in the region – and even more so in the US, writes John Thornhill Real
spies grow harder to find Christopher Caldwell on the intelligence game Serbia
still in Milosevic’s shadow The ghost of Slobodan Milosevic continues to
haunt Serbia, long after he precipitated the collapse of Yugoslavia by
espousing Serbian nationalism Pressures
mount on UN peacekeeping As diplomats prepare the biggest peacekeeping budget in United Nations
history, concerns are being raised that the demands on the forces are running
out of control Bin
Laden releases Israel tape In an audio tape to mark Israel’s 60th
anniversary Osama bin Laden vowed to continue to fight the Jewish state and
its allies in the West ‘Appeasers’
row unites Democrats Barack Obama accused George W. Bush and John
McCain of trying to fool the US electorate by comparing advocates of talks
with America’s adversaries to the “appeasers” of Nazi Germany US
consumer confidence at lowest since 1980 US
consumer confidence sank to its lowest level in 28 years this month as
anxious shoppers grappled with surging food and fuel costs, according to a
new survey published on Friday Europe
against leaders’ presence at Olympics Protests
against China’s rule over Tibet appear to have influenced more Europeans to
oppose their leaders going to the opening of the Beijing games, says an
opinion poll US-Russia
nuclear deal faces struggle The US administration is
facing opposition in Congress over a nuclear deal with Russia intended to
improve relations between Moscow and Washington Gideon
Rachman’s blogThe
digital election: The internet has transformed
American campaign finance - and may have solved one of the biggest problems
with American democracy Lunch
with the FT: Desmond TutuThe outspoken former
archbishop of Cape Town, also a Nobel Peace Laureate, has stepped up as South
Africa’s moral conscience – and he readily admits to liking the attention In a society that is becoming more complex and
inquisitive, the Chinese premier has brought a more direct engagement with
the victims Merkel
faces rebellion on tax cut stance Angela Merkel could be forced to renounce her
pledge to eradicate Germany’s budget deficit by 2011 in the face of a
challenge by MPs calling for immediate tax cuts Defiant
UMP gives Sarkozy humiliating rebuff Lawmakers from the French president’s party dealt
him a crushing blow by allowing the opposition to defeat a controversial law
on licensing genetically modified crops Paulson
cites housing as ‘biggest risk’ US Treasury secretary
says the correction in the housing market has ‘further to go’, as new data
shows construction of family homes dropping to the lowest level in 17 years The
start of the nasty decade? The government can do a lot to
make British workers more productive. But nothing is likely to make the 2010s
as pleasant for the economy as the ‘nice’ years have been Qualified
failure The current UK exam
system risks achieving the worst of all worlds: presenting results that are
not believed, and failing to deliver consistency while stifling originality.
Telling the public to expect less will not fix it |
H15 Los Angeles
Times Quake gives a big jolt to China's old ways
Beijing
responds with flexibility and openness, and individual initiative surges,
signaling a new dynamic By J. Peter Scoblic By David Rieff A
campaign without the 'gotchas' By Ezra Klein Obama
scorches Bush on appeasement remark The Democrat promptly
rejects what he described as an unprecedented attack from the president. Iraq
offers amnesty to militants in Mosul Prime Minister Maliki says those who turn in their heavy and mid-size
arms will receive financial compensation. In Fallouja, eight people,
including an infant, are killed in a suicide attack Saudis
see no reason to raise oil production now Saudi Arabian leaders made clear today they see no reason to increase
oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing
President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices. Pakistan
says it has no knowledge of missile strike Judea Pearl and George Bisharat recount their personal connections to
the history of the Holy Land Editorial |
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Third-party
candidacies
Speculation has again
begun to mount over the impact that a third-party candidate might have on the
general election. Throughout the past 100 years or so, third-party candidates
have had disparate impacts. Obama
criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy Edwards flatly rules out running with Obama Republican Consultant Alex Castellanos: Obama Has 60 Percent
Odds of Winning realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Time How Healthy Is John McCain?
John McCain has faced
personal tests most of us can't imagine. But his bout with melanoma after the
2000 campaign makes his health and his age election issues today. Why he's
still at risk Paul Maslin / Salon: How
will Barack Obama get to 270? What If Barak Obama Were a Real Muslim? By: Tom Plate |
The Japan Times |
H17 Daily TelegraphOsama bin Laden targets Israel
The al-Qa'eda leader has vowed to
reclaim "every inch of Palestine" in an audio tape released to
coincide with the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation. |
H18 Independent Businesses
pass on cost of economic crunch to the consumer
Concern is rising that consumers rather than businesses
are bearing the full cost of the credit and raw material crunches that are
destabilising the world economy and threatening to plunge countries including
Britain into recession. Scotland:
one year closer to breaking away as SNP momentum continues Nation
looks to Grandpa Wen for comfort
He has shouted through a megaphone to survivors in the
rubble, hugged rescuers and rescued alike and urged the People's Liberation
Army on to even greater acts of heroism in helping the victims of this week's
earthquake in Sichuan. EU
may force car makers to reveal emissions in adverts
The European Union is preparing to introduce tough new
rules on car advertising, forcing manufacturers to include conspicuous and
easily understood information about petrol consumption and emissions |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism A
Conversation with Michael Rose The
Impartial Intelligence Analyst - Richard Fernandez, The Belmont Club A review
of The Business of War: Workers, Warriors, and Hostages in Occupied Iraq
by James A. Bin Laden driver's trial delayed A
military judge postpones the trial of Osama Bin Laden's former driver, Salim
Ahmed Hamdan. |
H20 Slate |
H21 The first chapter from The
Judge in a Democracy by Aharon Barak Here are 5
psychological experiments that prove humanity is doomed Why doesn't evolution
discourage suicide? A review of The
Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History by Gordon S.
Wood. Web Journalist Says Web is Destroying Journalism A review
of Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History by Ted Sorensen A review
of Daniel Tanguay’s Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography |
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