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H1  New York Times Peace Fills a Vacuum By HUSSEIN AGHA and ROBERT MALLEY Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself.

 

Iraqi Premier May Discuss Allegations in Iran Visit

 

America, Israel & the Threat From Iran - Senator John McCain, AIPAC

  

Iraqi Govt Has Problems With US Security Pact

 

Washington Post Syria to Meet With Weapons Inspectors About Site Bombed by Israel

 

Editorial A Greener Revolution If wealthy countries pitch in, higher food prices could jump-start African agriculture.

 

Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory Clinton Ponders Options at Finish Line

 

Car Bomb Hits Danish Mission In Islamabad Attack in Capital of Pakistan Leaves as Many as Eight Dead

 

Financial Times We cannot go on eating like this On the subject of per capita consumption, western politicians struggle to find a convincing response to complaints from the developing world. But they will struggle just as hard to persuade their voters to cut back to accommodate the rise of a richer China and India, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Get involved over Georgia Moscow seems determined to provoke Tbilisi into military action over the separatist Georgian enclave of Abkhazia – and western diplomats are sending the wrong signals to both sides, write Ron Asmus and Mark Leonard

 

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Regional players aim to fill the void left by Washington

 

Syrians wary over Golan Heights peace hopes The latest peace talks with Israel that could lead to an agreement restoring the whole territory to Syria revives hope – tinged with a heavy dose of caution

 

COMMENT: Six principles for a new regulatory order By Lawrence Summers

 

Time for a second green revolution A range of strategies is needed to raise yields. Most crucial, as they have often been in the past, will be new crops and new farming techniques

 

Perversity in the price of oil and gas Asian subsidy cuts would help curb world energy demand. There is nothing to be gained, for Asian treasuries or the health of the world oil market, from delay

 

Europe must get immigration right Sarkozy’s suggested immigration policy for the EU – intended to be a cornerstone of the French presidency of the Union – is to be welcomed, up to a point

 

The Fed, the cost of oil and inflation The Fed‘s critics should realise it is navigating a narrow path between growth and inflation risk. Yet it cannot afford to ignore the rise in the oil price

 

Don't Expect a Big Change in U.S. Foreign Policy By: Timothy J. Lynch and Robert S. Singh | The Wall Street Journal  Want more George W. Bush foreign policy? Elect John McCain – or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Regardless of who wins in November, the current foreign policy will live on in the next White House

 

U.S.: Syria's Unwillingness to Stop Supporting Terrorists a Key Obstacle to Peace - Donald Kerr On May 29, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr discussed emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities in the Middle East at the Washington Institute:

 

How Sarkozy Lost France By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal How does one go from a 53% electoral victory to a 20% approval rating in one year? Embattled French President Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly asking himself that very question.

 

• 'Middle East Youth Bulge: Challenge or Opportunity?' by Navtej Dhillon, Brookings Institution

 

WSJ Syria Seeks U.S. Role in Talks

 

Forward Peace Is Worth the Risk Of Withdrawing From the Golan Martin van Creveld

 

McCain’s Dig at Obama Greeted With Standing Ovation at Aipac Conference

 

The Times Food shortages and civilisations The era of cheap food has been a disaster. We in the West could easily tighten our belts Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

 

A lobby that punches above its weight The Jewish vote is less than three per cent of the population, so theories of disproportionate power are wrong

 

Daily Star Olmert and Abbas are too weak for a border pact    By Yossi Alpher

 

Daily Star Keep expectations low for a Golan deal By Hasan Abu Nimah

 

The Iraqi Upturn -Washington Post editorial


Iraq Rising - New York Post editorial

 

Muqtada's Got a Posse By: Matthew Duss | The American Prospect Patrick Cockburn's new book, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, confronts neocon myths about the political situation in Iraq.

 

A Battle Is Taking Place Between Riyadh and Damascus By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat It is a silent battle on the part of Riyadh, but noisy on the part of Damascus. Damascus rejected the Arab League secretary general's proposal to reform the Arabs' relations with Iran. Syria rejected the idea in its capacity as president of the Arab summit

 

Hezbollah: Most Powerful Political Movement in Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations

 

Closing the Gulf with Our Allies - Mark Brzezinski, Boston Globe opinion


It’s All About Leverage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times opinion

 

US Strategy to Stop Iran Atomic Work Is Failing, Analyst Says
Bloomberg

 

Christian Science Monitor America the breakup artist

US support for partition movements is opening a can of worms. By Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

 

Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S. The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.

 

 Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order

Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.

 

• 'Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war' by Monica Duffy Toft

 

U.N. Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The symphony of South-South cooperation at the recent conclave of foreign ministers of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) at Yekaterinburg, Russia, was jarred by China's refusal to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

 

Vanity Fair The Comeback Id After leaving the White House, Bill Clinton set up his philanthropic foundation to serve as a force for good. Things have gotten ugly, though, thanks to his campaign meltdowns, dubious business ties, and skirt-chasing posse. Wondering how Hillary Clinton’s biggest booster became such a liability, Todd S. Purdum gets several diagnoses from an increasingly alienated inner circle.

 

The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism

Daniel Byman, Saban Center Analysis Paper

 

Nicolas Sarkozy at the Helm of the European Union Justin Vaisse,
Questions d’Europe, Fondation Robert Schuman

 

USIP Is Lebanon Sliding Toward a New Civil War?

H2  Yasemin Çongar ABD, 'yargý darbesinin' sonuçlanmasýný istemiyor

 

Murat Yetkin ABD ve AB’nin ‘kapatma’ açmazý

 

Turkey Turns Cold on European Defense: Implications for Western ..., The Washington Institute

 

FETHULLAH GÜLEN CEMAATÝ'NDE 2. BÝR NURETTÝN VEREN ...

Amerika’da BOP* heyecaný kalmadý

 

Türkiye Amerika'yla Nükleer Ýþbirliði Yapacak

 

Amerika'dan Türkiye'nin Barýþ Çabalarýna Övgü

 

Ruzi Nazar Ýle Röportaj

 

Sir David Logan ile Türkiye üzerine

 

Peacemaker Turkey faces new threat Asia Times

 

FT Foreign relations: Blue-chip deals strengthen Turkish business ties

 

SPENGLER Tin-opener theology
from Turkey
There has been much praise for Turkey's so-called Islamic reformation, a government-mandated move to modernize the faith and "fashion a new Islam". Too bad it's all just a tempest in an ibrik and a triumph of hope over fact-checking

 

CSM In Turkey, a lone peacemaker ends many blood feuds Since giving up his butchering business 10 years ago, Sait Sanli has helped settle 446 disputes – some stretching back decades.

 

TÜSÝAD'a þok suçlama

Multidimensional Turkish foreign policy Sylvia TÝRYAKÝ

On the road with Babacan
Cengiz ÇANDAR

 

Ankara pulling out all the stops for UNSC bid

 

Lale Sarýibrahimoðlu Turkey’s vicious circle in arms technology

 

The New Face of Islam Newsweek

 

Think gas prices are high? Try $11 in Turkey

 

David Ignatius - Going Their Own Way in The Mideast - washingtonpost.com

 

  Turkey: Two Good Reads - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett

 

PKK Headache #599 - Jeni Mitchell, Kings of War

 

New Summit Expected, Amid Cautious Warming of Turkey-Iraq Relations

 

 Babacan set to have high-level talks in US visit

 

BM tamam gibi

 

Türkiye ile ABD anlaþtý

 

TURKEY’S PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LAMBASTS EU, U.S. OVER AKP CLOSURE CASE - Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

Ýlter Türkmen Kutupsuz dünya

 

Savaþ Süzal Babacan, Washington'da Erdoðan'ýn yerine destek mi arayacak?

 

Parris: Türkiye ihmal edilemez

 

Ýç Basýnda Türk Dýþ Politikasý  Dýþ Basýnda Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSÝ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit      

 

 

Google News Fýrat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dýþ Basýnda Irak  BBC Monitoring Inter-national

 

DTP, aslýna rücu etti - Haþim Söylemez

 

Biri binbaþý iki asker þehit

Tuðluk'a destek yok

Fransa Erbil’de temsilcilik açtý

 

David JUDSON Tempest in a French teapot

 

France's Kouchner, Kurdistan's Barzani Discuss Kirkuk Referendum

 

Cevdet Aþkýn Þiddet týrmanýþ trendinde, PKK diyalog arayýþýnda

 

Babacan Denies Turkey Offered Syria Water for Peace With Israel By: Gareth Jenkins | Eurasia Daily Monitor In recent months, Turkey has been acting as an intermediary between Syria and Israel, relaying proposals and counter-proposals between the two countries’ governments in what it hopes will be the first stage in a process that could eventually lead not only to direct negotiations but a lasting peace agreement

 

Türk El Kaideci'nin suçu resmen ispatlandý

 

Paris'ten Iraklý Kürtlere Kerkük desteði

 

[Yorum - Sami Suruþ] Türkiye'nin zekice adýmý

 

Alýnak, kriz için DTP'ye aday

 

Aysel Tuðluk, beklentilerim olan bir DTP’li. Biraz ondan söz edelim istedim
HAKKI DEVRÝM

 

US Labels PKK Drug Smuggling Kingpin

 

A One Package Deal : Mamoun Fandy, Ph.D.

 

Yüzen Guantanamo

 

YASÝN AKTAY  Kürtçe yayýna kimin ihtiyacý var?

 

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Irak'ta mutlu son yaklaþýyor mu?

Ortadoðu denkleminde ABD’ye yer yok

DavId IgnatIus

 

Suriye’yle Ýsrail’in tek yaptýðý, orta sahada top çevirmek

MUHAMMED SAÝD ÝDRÝS

 

 

 

ÝBRAHÝM KARAGÜL

 

TRT'de Kürtçe kanala Kürt kökenli yönetici

 

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dýþ Basýnda Türkiye-AB Ýliþkileri Günlük Haftalýk

 

Rumlar diretti, 3 fasýl daha dondu

 

Babacan Washington'a Geliyor

 

Rice ve Cheney ile görüþecek

 

FT REPORT - GREECE 2008: A new economic model will foster the ability to excel

 

BM Güvenlik Konseyi geçici üyeliði için yeterli destek taahhüdü saðlandý

 

Güvenlik Konseyi üyeliðine hiç bu kadar yakýn olmadýk

 

Hungary's envoy for Nabucco says Budapest is committed to the project

 

Türkiye, ABD ile nükleer anlaþmaya imza attý

 

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Yurdun dýþýnda ünlüler

 

YUSUF KAPLAN Ýngilizlerin Erdoðan'ý devre dýþý býrakma operasyonu (mu?)

 

Sami Kohen Avrupa nasýl bir AB istiyor?

 

Milli Takým milliyetçi amaçlara hizmet ediyor

Sakýzlý aile ‘mübadele evini’ yeniden kazandý

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

Ministry working on proposal to ratify Kyoto Protocol

 

Su ihtiyacý için 5 yýllýk eylem planý

 

Ýþ dünyasý dinlemeden ‘jammer’la korunuyor

 

Türkiye'de 7 ilin acil suya ihtiyacý var

 

Araþtýrma görevlisinden jandarmaya bilgi servisi

 

'Emine Erdoðan ile tartýþmadýk'

 

Ambassador of Turkish: We are engaging in public diplomacy

 

High time to ratify Kyotoby HALUK ÖZDALGA*

 

Kabineden onay çýktý, Kyoto imzalanýyor

 

Eþi baþörtülü diye otele alýnmadý geceyi ailesiyle karakolda geçirdi

 

Sakarya Vali Yardýmcýsý çeteden tutuklandý

 

Hrant Dink'in son anlarý

 

Yüksek öðrenimde 110 bin ek kontenjan

 

Eser Karakaþ Kontenjan artýþý iyi ama...

 

Hasan Kanbolat Language of colors in Turkey

 

Bak sen þu ihtiyar cuntacýya!

 

Sanýldýðý kadar param yok olaný da yatýrýma harcýyorum

‘Vicdani Retçi’ye 5 ay hapis

 

Türkiye Kyoto imzasýný atýyor

 

MÝT, ilk kez askerliði tecilli uzman alýyor

 

Kemal Derviþ'e yöneltilen suçlamalar asýlsýz çýktý

 

Hýzlý tren deneme seferleri bu ay baþlýyor

 

Ürkek Ceylan Oscar yolunda

 

3 Haziran 2008 Basýn Özeti

H3 AKP ve CHP oy kaybediyor, kararsýzlar iktidar

 

 AKP kapatýlýrsa siyasi tablo nasýl olacak?

 

Yeni 'gayri nizami harp' iddiasý kafa karýþtýrdý

 

 Gizli talebin 7 gerekçesi

 

Benim yapýmda gerginlik yok

 

Kimse karnýndan kanun uydurmasýn

 

CHP, soruþturma komisyonunda ýsrarlý

 

Emniyet: Dinleme yok, izleme var

 

Çiçek: Dinleme konusu bir an önce çözülsün

Jandarmanýn ‘sýnýrlý’ izleme yetkisine de itiraz

 Mahkeme kararýyla hepimiz teröristiz!

Ege Ordu'nun gizli belgeleri Perinçek'te çýktý

Sabah-ATV kredisine inceleme

BDDK ekipleri, karþýlýklar ve teminatlar gibi Çalýk'a açýlan krediye iliþkin her türlü detayý inceliyor

 

Baykal'ý bu kez 'telekulak çetesi' yanýlttý

 

Sav’ýn dinlendiði iddialarý Meclis’te

 

Bahçeli: Her önergeye destek verin

 

Polisin telekulak sözü

 

Telefon kayýtlarý savcýlýða ulaþtý

 

Çiçek: Kanunsuz hiçbir eylemi tasvip etmemiz mümkün deðil

 

Mahkeme türbaný 5 Haziran'da görüþecek

 

Bul hakimi dinle sakini!

 

Tuksal: AK Parti içinde kadýnlara baský var

 

YouTube ban hits judiciary credibility

 

Türkiye’ye yeni bir ses gerekli

 

Gendarmerie, MÝT granted access to subscriber call details

 

Dinlemede Baykal'ýn akýl hocasý Perinçek

 

Eski Ýsveç Büyükelçisi'nden TÜSÝAD'a aðýr suçlama

Danýþtay Baþkaný da Köþk’te

 

4. Turkcell CHP'ye belge vermedi

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

 

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Solda yeni bir parti...

 

Böyle bir yargý anlayýþýna saygý duymuyorum
HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

 

Cengiz Çandar 68 kuþaðý, Deniz Gezmiþ, biz, hepimiz

 

Ahmet Taþgetiren Medyanýn yaþadýðý travma    Tanrý inancý ve laiklik

 

Ruþen - Çakýr

 

Taha Akyol Ses bayraðýmýz Türkçe

 

Fikret Bila Sav: Ýstifa etmem

 

Hasan Cemal PKK’nýn gölgesiyle asker gölgesinde Kürt meselesi...

 

Murat Yetkin ABD ve AB’nin ‘kapatma’ açmazý

 

Ýsmet Berkan Koca bir milleti itham etmek

 

Fehmi Koru Önder Sav'ýn telefonu

 

Taha Kývanç Biri unutsa da, birileri unutmuyor   Hoþ öyküler bunlar

 

Þamil Tayyar

 

Ali Bayramoðlu Yüzüncü yýl…  Yargýçlar, yargý, devlet ve hukuk...

 

Yasemin Çongar

 

Ertuðrul ÖzkökKazmýþ kazmýþ da ne bulmuþ

Bilal Çetin

Sýnýrsýz izleme skandalýnda yeni boyut...

 

Ahmet Hakan

 

M Ali BirandNe AKP’yi ne de Türkiye’yi anlayabiliyoruz

 

Cüneyt Ülsever CHP gerekeni yapmalý

 

Enis Berberoðlu

 

Oktay EkþiÞantaja açýðýz

 

Özdemir Ýnce

 

Mehmet Y Yýlmaz

 

Sabahattin Önkibar Siyasetin zirvesinde kimin ne hesabý var?

 

Mustafa Karaalioðlu Gülmeyelim, çözelim

 

TAMER KORKMAZ CE HA PES: “Skandal Tuþuna Bas; Asla Özür ve Ýstifa Tuþlarýna Basma!

 

Kerim Balcý S-type dogmatic Orientalism

 

Andrew Finkel Rough justice vs. Swiss justice

 

Ali Bulaç ‘Children’ of May 27, 1960

 

Nicole Pope Lost in translation

 

‘Babacan’ýn þikâyeti’
NURAY MERT

 

[Religious freedoms of the ‘conservative majority’] Intolerance of Turkey’s ‘secularist neighborhood’ by ÞABAN KARDAÞ*

 

KÜRÞAT BUMÝN

 

Isn’t there a problem of religious freedom for Muslims?by MUSTAFA ÞENTOP*

 

Umutlu bir geliþme ve muhalefet...
ALTAN ÖYMEN

 

Mustafa Mutlu

Eski AKP’liler Baþbakan’ý ‘Kral oldu’ diye suçluyor!

 

Mehmet Tezkan

Dindarlar demokrasisi!

 

Maksat Askerlik sað olsun!
PERÝHAN MAÐDEN

 

Yasak hemþerim!
TÜRKER ALKAN

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYASolda yeni bir parti...

 

Okay Gönensin

Düþmesi için neden yok

AKP’nin kapatýlacaðý fiyatlandý...

Dünyaca ünlü yatýrýmcý Mobius VATAN’a konuþtu ve Türkiye'ye þu uyarýlarý yaptý

 

ERDAL ÞAFAKFrench Doctor

 

ENGÝN ARDIÇ

 

ERGUN BABAHANKýrmýzý noktalý ülke

 

EMRE AKÖZCumhuriyetin fantastik tarihi

 

Umur TaluHem zincirli hem zilli!

 

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

 

NAZLI ILICAKAKP basýný... CHP basýný

 

MEHMET BARLAS

 

MAHMUT ÖVÜRKanada karar aþamasýnda!

Derya Sazak Sav’ýn telefonu

 

YAVUZ DONATYeni ufuklar

 

Melih Aþýk En büyük skandal

 

Hamdi Yýlmazer

Genelkurmay dinlenirken tele-kulak yaygaracýlarý nerdeydi ki?

 

Ahmet Turan Alkan

Ya bir Þerif Mardin'imiz olmasaydý?

Þener’e 100 araçlýk konvoyla karþýlama

 

 

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

En iyi balon þiþiren adam!

Finans gerillasý Banker Kastelli son kurþununu kendi kendine sýktý

 

Ercan Kumcu

 

Erdal Saðlam

 

Seyfettin Gürsel Merkez Bankasý'nýn yerli çýpa önerisi

 

Güven Sak Nedir bu otomatik pilot mu

 

IMF’yi baþarýyla gönderdik
MAHFÝ EÐÝLMEZ

 

Hurþit Güneþ Köylülük sona erdi, artýk çiftçilik var

 

Eyüp Can Banker Kastelli'yi kim öldürdü?

 

Asaf Savaþ Akat

Ýlginç mesajlar

 

'Kimseyi kandýrmadým' mektubuyla intihar etti

 

Meral Tamer Merkez Bankasý Baþkaný’nýn maaþýna deðil,

 

Güngör Uras Ayþe Haným’ýn ‘pahalýlýk listesi’ enflasyonun

 

 

H4 New York Times Peace Fills a Vacuum By HUSSEIN AGHA and ROBERT MALLEY Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself.

 

Iraqi Premier May Discuss Allegations in Iran Visit

 

 

Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming

 

Look Who's Tough on Iran Now By: William J. Broad In the annals of role reversal, the switch by the United Nations’ atomic sleuths in Vienna and the American intelligence community has been striking. Having long taken a back seat to the Bush administration in publicly challenging Iran’s nuclear program, the global inspectors last week moved into the driver’s seat.

The Great Immigration Panic The evidence is all around that something pragmatic and welcoming at the American core has been eclipsed, or is slipping away.

DAVID BROOKS Calling Dr. Doom John McCain and Barack Obama are exhibiting unmerited confidence that they will win in the fall. It is time to inject some anxiety.

BOB HERBERT A Gift to the G.O.P. The Democratic Party’s war with itself can only make you wonder about its vaunted claims of moral superiority when it comes to tolerance

 

What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? By: Elina Noor  It makes sense for terrorists to associate themselves with a positive term such as “jihad.” For the United States to also call them by that name, however, is a strategic mistake.

 

The World Is Upside Down By: Roger Cohen | The New York Times It’s time to invert our thinking, to see the developed world as depending on the developing world, rather than the other way around

 

It Isn’t Magic: Putin Opponents Are Made to Vanish From TV  Critics of the government, and of Vladimir V. Putin, have been placed on a roster of individuals barred from TV news and political talk shows.

 

Chávez Decree Tightens Hold on Intelligence  Sweeping changes to Venezuela’s intelligence agencies by President Hugo Chávez have provoked concerns that citizens will be forced to inform on one another to avoid prison terms.

 

 

H5 Washington Post Syria to Meet With Weapons Inspectors About Site Bombed by Israel

 

Editorial A Greener Revolution If wealthy countries pitch in, higher food prices could jump-start African agriculture.

 

Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory

Clinton Ponders Options at Finish Line

 

Car Bomb Hits Danish Mission In Islamabad Attack in Capital of Pakistan Leaves as Many as Eight Dead

 

Stars (and Stripes) in Their Eyes By: Azadey Moaveni | The Washington Post On a recent afternoon, while riding a rickety bus down Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran's main thoroughfare, I overheard two women discussing the grim state of Iranian politics. One of them had reached a rather desperate conclusion. "Let the Americans come," she said loudly.

 

Sadr City: Urban Warfare to Reconstruction

 

Basra's Wary Rebirth Before, Religious Hard-Liners Enforced a Harsh Rule; Now, Freedoms Have Returned -- but for How Long?

 

Vindication for the Bush Critique
By Dan Froomkin

 

For an 'Obamacon,' Communion Denied By E. J. Dionne Jr.,  

A warning of the dangers of 'using Communion as a weapon.'

 

Reagan's Choice From 1976, a Question for Obama and Clinton

By Lou Cannon, Page A15

From 1976, a question for Obama and Clinton.

 

A Campaign to Hate By Richard Cohen Reasons I have come to loathe the campaign.

 

Mugabe's Roman Holiday By Anne Applebaum The President of Zimbabwe flaunts the UN.

 

For Superdelegates, 'Huge Relief' at End of Primary Season

 

H6 Guardian UN team to visit Syrian 'nuclear' site US insists that nuclear facility was being built by North Korea, on a remote site bombed by Israel

 

Clinton camp in two minds over exit  Some campaigners urge Clinton to bow out gracefully but others keen she adopt wait and see approach

 

Bomb at Danish embassy kills six in Pakistan  Second attack on foreigners in Islamabad in recent months could have been provoked by controversial cartoons

 

Bush criticises Senate emissions reduction bill  Bush warned the bill would impose roughly $6tn in new costs on the American economy

 

Talking back Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: What's the point of all this craziness, what surprises lie ahead and other burning questions about the presidential race answered

 

Nuclear options Muhammad Sahimi   Given Iran's recent progress in uranium enrichment, the international community needs a new approach to the country's nuclear programme

 

New 'deradicalisation' plan to tackle violent extremism Government to draft in mentors as part of programme which aims to reverse radicalisation in Britain

 

War criminals must fear punishment. That's why I went for John Bolton George Monbiot: As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted, we all have a duty to keep the truth alive

 

Strength in numbers  Nate Silver: US elections 2008: Opinion polls suggest that Clinton is more likely to defeat McCain in November. How can Obama respond?

 

H7  

 

The Iraqi Upturn -Washington Post editorial


Iraq Rising - New York Post editorial

 

Muqtada's Got a Posse By: Matthew Duss | The American Prospect Patrick Cockburn's new book, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, confronts neocon myths about the political situation in Iraq.

 

A Battle Is Taking Place Between Riyadh and Damascus By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat It is a silent battle on the part of Riyadh, but noisy on the part of Damascus. Damascus rejected the Arab League secretary general's proposal to reform the Arabs' relations with Iran. Syria rejected the idea in its capacity as president of the Arab summit

 

Hezbollah: Most Powerful Political Movement in Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations

 

Closing the Gulf with Our Allies - Mark Brzezinski, Boston Globe opinion


It’s All About Leverage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times opinion

 

Mideast Oil Changed the World - Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune opinion

 

A Bell Tolls for Ahmadinejad - Boston Globe editorial

 

Win the War? Yes, We Can! - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard opinion

 

SyriaComment News Round Up (2 June 2008)

 

“An Economic Plan for Syria’s Future,” by Ehsani

 

Wallerstein How the War Will End in Iraq

 

Dialogue with Iran : Tariq Alhomayed

 

Iran Safeguards Report Sent to UN Security Council, IAEA Board Source: International Atomic Energy Agency Full Report (PDF; 79 KB)

 

• 'Blogs, Cyber-Literature and Virtual Culture in Iran' by Nima Mina, Marshall Center

 

Daily Star Keep expectations low for a Golan deal By Hasan Abu Nimah

 

For Lebanon, now is not the time for politics as usual

 

Egyptian Unrest Rises With Inflation By: Amr Hamzawy | The Daily Star In Arab countries such as Morocco, Egypt and Jordan, a burgeoning social crisis caused by out-of-control global inflationary pressures, a crippled welfare system and persisting high levels of poverty and unemployment is further complicated by a broader political deterioration.

 

Egypt's Facebook Showdown By: Sherif Mansour | Los Angeles Times Right now, the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is considering blocking Facebook, the social networking website that has become a popular hangout for twentysomethings worldwide and a favorite venue for Egypt's disaffected youth

 

 

 

 

H8 IraqSlogger Google News  Iraq Iran Syria    Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq  

 

Iraqi Govt Has Problems With US Security Pact

 

Iraq Oil Output, Exports Hit Postwar High

 

Nuclear inspectors to visit Syria The UN nuclear agency says inspectors are to be allowed into Syria to investigate an alleged nuclear site.

Nuclear power in the Middle East

 

Nine killed by Mosul suicide bomb

 

Al-Jazeera Interviews Iran's Mottaki on Lebanon, Iraq, Syria-Israel Talks

 

Iraqi Prime Minister to Visit Iran Saturday

 

Al-Sharqiyah Interviews Iraqi Vice-President on Arab Tour, Other Issues

 

Lebanon Denies Paper Report on Forthcoming Visit By Syrian President

 

U.S. Deaths in Iraq Fell Sharply in May By: Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times
American deaths in the Iraq war dropped to 19 in May, their lowest monthly level since the invasion in 2003, the United States military said Sunday, though officials said they were reluctant to highlight the number as a milestone.

 

Saudi Clerics Criticize Shiites for Destabilizing - Associated Press


Syria to Allow Probe of Nuclear Allegations - Associated Press


Egypt: 'Dramatic' Push for Women's Voices - Liam Stack, Christian Science Monitor
 
 

H9 Ha’aretz   Olmert begins U.S. visit; set to meet with AIPAC, Bush PM to focus on efforts to foil Iran's nuclear program, upgrade bilateral defense ties with U.S.

 

John McCain: U.S. is committed to preventing a second Holocaust

 

Barak: Hamas is exhibiting signs of distress

 

Assad Aide Denies Progress in Syria-Israel Talks

 

McCain's real enemy: Iran or Obama? (WTR)

 

McCain's Defense Sec(?) isn't sure about recognizing Israel (WTR)

 

Egypt tries to thwart Israel's economic plans in Europe  Cairo instructs ambassadors in Europe to wage diplomatic campaign against Israel's agreement with EU

 

They only appear to be supporters The Israeli public is so thirsty for love that it becomes very excited by the support it gets from Christian groups; this is the case when the support comes in the form of political support or in the form of millions of dollars in cash that flows generously to various causes in Israel, some of them questionable.

 

Jerusalem Post

 

Yedioth Ahronoth

 

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Forward McCain’s Dig at Obama Greeted With Standing Ovation at Aipac Conference

 

Peace Is Worth the Risk Of Withdrawing From the Golan Martin van Creveld

 

Daily Star Olmert and Abbas are too weak for a border pact    By Yossi Alpher

 

A Year Later, Hamas Rule Deepens in Gaza - Associated Press

 

The Tziping Point By: Petra Marquart-Bigman | The Guardian
Despite media misgivings, Israel's foreign minister seems set as the popular choice to succeed Ehud Olmert. But will she stand?

 

Asia Times And the winner is ... the Israel lobby For many decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has helped shape the United States' ties with Israel, to the extent it maintains a virtual stranglehold over the US Congress and powerful think-tanks. This week, Washington's political elite, including all three presidential hopefuls, will address the committee's annual meeting. Beyond the US-Israel relationship, expect pointers to "the Iran problem". - Pepe Escobar

 

Hizbullah to Return Israeli Soldiers' Body Parts By: Yaniv Berman | The Media Line In an unexpected move, Lebanon's Hizbullah claimed Sunday morning it was about to return body parts of Israeli soldiers, who were killed in the second Lebanese war in 2006, in return for today's release of Hizbullah spy Nasim Nasr.

 

Palestinian Authority PM Pessimistic About Peace - Associated Press


State Dept. Reinstates Gaza Fulbright Grants - Ethan Bronner, New York Times

Israeli Bodies Exchanged for Hezbollah Spy - James Hider, London Times

 

Hezbollah Hands Over Purported Israeli Remains - Isabel Kirshner, New York Times

Swap Rekindles Hope for Two Soldiers - Joshua Mitnick, Washington Times

Israel Frees Hezbollah Spy, Gets Soldiers' Remains - Associated Press


Israel Plans More Settler Homes - Tim Franks, BBC News

Arabs Hail Olmert Probe - Abraham Rabinovich, Washington Times

H10 Christian Science Monitor America the breakup artist

US support for partition movements is opening a can of worms. By Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

 

Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S. The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.

 

 Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order

Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.

 

• 'Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war' by Monica Duffy Toft

Why Iranians like America again

It reflects a sense of alienation from their own rulers.

 

Plant a second Green Revolution

A global food summit is a test of leadership in pushing research on higher crop yields.

 

China's bereaved parents push for accountability

Furious, they are pressing local officials to explain why so many schools collapsed in the May 12 quake, killing their children, when surrounding buildings stayed standing.

 

Briefing: Lessons from past food crises

World leaders gather in Rome Tuesday for a UN food crisis conference. What does history teach about how to handle such shortages?

 

Why Australia is leaving Iraq

Prime Minister Rudd criticized the US justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq as 550 Australian troops packed up to leave.

 

 

ASIA

 

Officials: Pakistan's Taliban likely behind Danish embassy blast

 

U.N. Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The symphony of South-South cooperation at the recent conclave of foreign ministers of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) at Yekaterinburg, Russia, was jarred by China's refusal to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

 

Back on stage Can Pakistan's nuclear 'father' be rehabilitated?

 

SPIEGEL Interview with Afghan President Hamid Karzai: 'I Wish I Had the Taliban as My Soldiers'

 

Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says By: Glenn Kessler | The Washington Post
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment -- a route to making a nuclear weapon -- to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well.

 

Taliban Leader Flaunts Power Inside Pakistan By: Jane Perlez | The New York Times
Mr. Mehsud’s jaunty appearance in his home base, South Waziristan, a particularly unruly region of Pakistan’s tribal areas, underscored the wide latitude Pakistan’s government has granted the militants under a new series of peace deals, and its impact in Afghanistan, where NATO and American commanders say cross-border attacks have surged since talks for those peace deals began in March.

 

Afghan Insurgents 'On Brink of Defeat' - Thomas Harding, London Daily Telegraph

 

Even if we believe that authoritarian China is on the wrong side of history, says John Lee, so far it is doing a remarkable job of defying it... more»

 

In Pakistan, 'Open Season for Musharraf-bashing' - Laura King, Los Angeles Times

 

Al-Qaida’s afterlife, Paul Rogers

Sovereignty in ASEAN and the Problem of Maritime Cooperation in the South China Sea RSIS  This 36-page Singaporean working paper examines the problem of achieving cooperation between ASEAN states in repect of maritime boundaries

 

Sino-U.S. Competition in Strategic Arms RSIS  A 42-page Singaporean working paper analyzing the Chinese perceptions of U.S. strategic weapon development and the implications of Chinese responses

 

A Struggle Between War and Peace By: Syed Saleem Shahzad | Asia Times Both Pakistan and Afghanistan have relied on ceasefires and peace accords to deal with militants and the Taliban. These seldom last long, and, as in the case of pro-al-Qaeda Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, they are being made with the wrong people. It is a situation ripe for radicals to exploit.

H11 IHT  A return of that 70s show?

By PAUL KRUGMAN

There's no sign this time around of the wage-price spiral that, in the 1970s, turned a temporary shock from higher oil prices into a persistently high rate of inflation.

 

How to face today's threats

By MARK BRZEZINSKI

Energy creates the potential for U.S.-EU competition and conflict, but also for collaboration.

 

Sarkozy has a chance to leave big mark on Europe through EU slot Traditionally, the rotating presidency of the EU has given its big countries a chance to assert their importance, or indispensability, as the motor of its destiny

Sending the wrong message

By ANNA HUSARSKA

Mixing aid and security in Afghanistan is a mistake. But it's one that can be corrected.

 

The war-hero and the pacifist

By JAMES CARROLL

In calling for negotiations toward disarmament and declaring a moratorium on atmospheric nuclear testing, the American University speech marked the end of JFK's rhetoric of toughness

 

Desert is claiming southeast Spain

Thriving at last, southeastern Spain nevertheless faces a parched future, as global warming and poorly planned development transform it into desert.

 

Putin has the last laugh - or none at all  Vladimir Putin has relied on the Kremlin-controlled networks to consolidate power to such an extent that political humor has been erased from television here.

 

Law and religion clash in France

By KATRIN BENNHOLD

The discovery last week that a court in Lille had annulled the marriage of two Muslims because the husband said his wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be has raised concern in a country where religion is not supposed to interfere with public life.

 

 

 

EUROPE European press review

 

How Sarkozy Lost France By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal
How does one go from a 53% electoral victory to a 20% approval rating in one year? Embattled French President Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly asking himself that very question.

 

The Euro Is a Triumph By: Joaquín Almunia | The Guardian
Ten years after it was launched, the single currency has proved the sceptics utterly wrong.

 

EU Enlargement: The Dark Side of Globalization

Berlin Should Take Note of French Reforms By: Wolfgang Münchau | Financial Times
President Nicolas Sarkozy made an important announcement in Warsaw last week. From July, the Polish plumber and other citizens of the 2004 accession countries to the European Union will be able to work freely in France -- a year ahead of schedule and three years ahead of the final deadline

 

The EU's Kyoto Shell Game By: Valdis Dombrovskis | The Japan Times
The European Commission seems to be trying to cover up the failure of older EU members to meet Kyoto emission-cut goals while it seeks larger cuts from newer members.

 

Banking decade
How the European Central Bank has changed in 10 years

 

The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success  Chatham House This 30-page UK report sets out key policy recommendations for ensuring that the European External Action Service achieves optimum effectiveness

 

Coping with Accession: New Forms of Governance and European Enlargement  EU-Newgov A 9-page paper identifying factors that have promoted or impeded effective adoption of or adaptation to the acquis communitaire in accession countries

H12 RFE/RL

 

Google News Azerbaijan

 

Racist Youths Are on a Rampage in Russia By: Susanne Scholl | The Japan Times In Russia, if you have dark hair and a swarthy complexion, you are likely to be in danger. Sadly, Russia's leaders have tolerated assaults by adolescents on foreigners

 

Russian Pilots Fly Sudan MIGs in Darfur Missions The World Tribune Russian sources said the regime of Sudanese President Omar Bashir has been using former and current Russian Air Force pilots to fly Khartoum's fleet of MiG-29 fighter-jets. The sources said the pilots have participated in operations against rebels in both the Darfour province as well as around Khartoum in May 2008.

 

Georgia’s dangerous gulf , Robert Parsons

NYT Kremlin Rules: For Kremlin, the Opposition Gets Tuned Out

 

'We Don't Want a War' Der Spiegel
Tension is once again rising between Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia, which is supported by Russia but not internationally recognized.

 

America Isn't Much Better Than U.S.S.R. By: Alexei Bayer | The Moscow Times
For a while in the mid-1970s, whenever I met an American, I would typically be the first person from the Soviet Union they had set their eyes on. I gladly practiced my English by relating to them the horrors of Communist oppression and lamenting the lack of freedom in the country that I left behind.

H13 The Times Food shortages and civilisations The era of cheap food has been a disaster. We in the West could easily tighten our belts Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

 

A lobby that punches above its weight The Jewish vote is less than three per cent of the population, so theories of disproportionate power are wrong

 

UN team to investigate Syrian nuclear site CIA claims that Syria built a secret nuclear reactor in collaboration with North Korea are to be investigated

 

Robert Mugabe: a Roman holiday

A dictator lectures the world on food while his people starve, but the law may yet catch up with him

 

Six die in blast at Danish Embassy in Islamabad Al-Qaeda is suspected of the lethal revenge attack after several Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons offensive to Muslims

 

Emboldened militants' head-on attack on the West

 

Obama bids for Israel ties amid Iran row Democrat hopeful will try to build bridges with US Jews after the row over his former pastor and his decision to talk to Iran

 

Watchdog attacks cloak of secrecy in Brussels New proposals will limit access to documents and in some cases deny that they even exist, the European ombudsman warned

 

Poll violence could harm Macedonia’s EU bid The violence that marred Nikola Gruevski's election victory may delay the country’s progress towards EU membership

 

Wall Street Journal Russia Can Be Part of the Answer on Iran
By Charles Schumer
The missile threat is hypothetical and remote.

 

There Is a Military Solution to Terror

By Bret Stephens
Global View:
Reconciliation usually comes after the sword.

 

Attack in Pakistan
And violence in Indonesia

 

Did Scott McClellan Miss the Surge? By William McGurn
Main Street:
The moral and strategic purposes of the U.S. demand a president willing to do the unpopular thing.

 

Why Bush Must Still Confront Rogue States - David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey (Wall Street Journal)

 

Superdelegates May Defer Decision Dozens of superdelegates may throw their support behind Obama after polls close in Montana and South Dakota, possibly settling the nomination within days. But other superdelegates may see no advantage in taking sides just yet

 

Inflating China
By Stephen Green Monetary inaction will only make matters worse.

 

Revolving Immigration
By Roland Rudd and Danny Sriskandarajah State of the Union: Just as France opens up, the British start worrying about the Polish plumber.

 

We Don't Need a Climate Tax on the Poor 
By James Inhofe
With gas prices approaching $4 a gallon, Lieberman-Warner will further drive up the cost at the pump

 

 

Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide

 

 

H14 Financial Times We cannot go on eating like this On the subject of per capita consumption, western politicians struggle to find a convincing response to complaints from the developing world. But they will struggle just as hard to persuade their voters to cut back to accommodate the rise of a richer China and India, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Get involved over Georgia Moscow seems determined to provoke Tbilisi into military action over the separatist Georgian enclave of Abkhazia – and western diplomats are sending the wrong signals to both sides, write Ron Asmus and Mark Leonard

 

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Regional players aim to fill the void left by Washington

 

Syrians wary over Golan Heights peace hopes The latest peace talks with Israel that could lead to an agreement restoring the whole territory to Syria revives hope – tinged with a heavy dose of caution

 

COMMENT: Six principles for a new regulatory order By Lawrence Summers

 

Time for a second green revolution

A range of strategies is needed to raise yields. Most crucial, as they have often been in the past, will be new crops and new farming techniques

 

Perversity in the price of oil and gas

Asian subsidy cuts would help curb world energy demand. There is nothing to be gained, for Asian treasuries or the health of the world oil market, from delay

 

Europe must get immigration right

Sarkozy’s suggested immigration policy for the EU – intended to be a cornerstone of the French presidency of the Union – is to be welcomed, up to a point

 

The Fed, the cost of oil and inflation

The Fed‘s critics should realise it is navigating a narrow path between growth and inflation risk. Yet it cannot afford to ignore the rise in the oil price

 

There is no excuse for Britain not to join euro It makes sense to dump sterling, says Willem Buiter

 

COMMENT: Berlin should take note of French reforms By Wolfgang Munchau

 

COMMENT: The Fed's year of living dangerously , By Clive Crook,

 

COMMENT: Why free markets have little to do with inequality

 

Poll blow to Macedonia’s EU hopes

European Commission voices alarm as violence mars Macedonia’s parliamentary elections. The violence has hit the nation’s hopes of starting European Union accession talks

 

Soros sounds alarm on oil ‘bubble’

Billionaire George Soros is to tell US lawmakers that the ability of investment institutions to invest in the futures market through index funds is exaggerating price rises

 

McCain attacks Obama over Iran policy John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, intensified his attack on Barack Obama’s backing for high level talks with Iran, calling instead for sanctions to be imposed on Tehran outside the framework of the United Nations

 

WORLD NEWS: Clinton donors ready to switch to Obama

 

Food summit heads for biofuels clash

The US and Brazil strongly defended their biofuels policies yesterday, setting them on a collision course with developing nations and some European countries at the

 

The end of abundance: Food panic brings calls for a second 'green revolution'

 

Iranian Jews keep their heads down

Iran is home to the largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside Israel, despite the president’s anti-Zionist rhetoric, and they say they have religious freedom 

 

COMMENT: A second city needs to adopt a global outlook

 

 US to impose stricter visa rule

Passengers travelling to the United States from countries whose citizens do not need visas must register online with the US government at least 72 hours before departure, in the latest measure to strengthen American security 

 

IMF lifts eurozone growth forecast

Inflation remains a concern 

 

Catalonia in plea for funding

Spain’s re-elected Socialist government is facing a rebellion from regional governments clamouring for more money as the economy slows and tax receipts shrink 

 

Bank sector hit by growth pains

While the financial services sector in the Gulf is benefiting from oil boom, the expansion is also bringing its own growing pains, particularly in terms of human resources

 

Cheap exports boost US manufacturing Cheap exports fuelled by the weak US dollar helped a key gauge of US manufacturing activity improve last month, a new report revealed

 

BOOK REVIEW: The neo-cons' black and white world

 

FT REPORT - YOUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2008: Getting girls out and about

H15 Los Angeles Times  Obama's judgment on Iraq falls short By JONAH GOLDBERG

 

Clinton campaign seems to be winding down

 

A chilling global warming forecast New reports about climate change should have us all sweating about the future.

 

Lost in Byzantium By Nina L. Khrushcheva Putin may be endangering Russia's future by revisiting the past.

 

Indefensible spending

By Robert Scheer America's massive military budget is irrational, costly and dangerous. Why isn't it a campaign issue?

 

IAEA to send inspectors to Syria's alleged nuclear site

 

Mexico's drug offensive takes a war-like toll In the year and a half since Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against drug gangs, about 4,100 people have died

High gas prices are a global issue

 

The Obama-McCain age gap that matters By Ezra Klein

 

Race and gender  How does Hillary Clinton fit into the modern feminist movement? Did the Clinton-Obama contest raise important questions about gender and race?

 

H16 American Politics

 

As Clinton Campaign Winds Down, a Spouse Remains Wound Up

 

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Obama say he will meet Clinton after race ends

Delegate count

 

 

H17 Daily TelegraphOver to you in Afghanistan, Mr Karzai The fact that Hamid Karzai appears incapable of establishing his authority over areas newly liberated from the Taliban is of serious concern

 

Blast at Danish Embassy in Pakistan

Bomber killed eight people outside Denmark's embassy in an apparent retaliation for the publication of cartoons considered blasphemous by some Muslims.

 

Terror chief: Police need 42-day law

Exclusive: Police should be able to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days to combat growing threat from extremists, former chief of terror investigations warned.

 

Clinton sees end of White House dream Aides are being laid off, as the Democratic party nominee prepares what is being called a "valedictory" speech in New York as the final votes are cast.

 

H18 Independent  Only the superdelegates can save Clinton now A determined – possibly deluded – Hillary Clinton gave no hint yesterday of preparing to concede the race for the Democratic nomination, even as her foe, Barack Obama, stood within striking distance of the prize.

 

Kill Bill: Clinton is targeted for character assassination

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

 

Al-Qaeda's Potency is Exaggerated - Simon Jenkins, London Times opinion

 

Intelligence agencies resist plan to shift power Under the Bush administration proposal, the director of national intelligence would get more authority, and CIA officials abroad might have to bow to others

 

Homeland Sec. Chief: No al-Qaeda Negotiations

 

Experts Fear Nuclear Know-How Circulating on Black Market

 

RAND Tracks Worldwide Terrorism Attacks in New Database Project

 

The Principles of War: 4. Security

 

Report: Blackwater Buys Brazilian-Made Fighter Plane

 

How the Pentagon shapes the world This may be the most important American story of the new century: the Pentagon's massive expansion on just about every front during US President George W Bush's two terms in office. On seven major fronts, the Pentagon has expanded its power and its powers, nationally and globally. These include the Pentagon as budget buster, diplomat, arms dealer, intelligence analyst and spy, domestic disaster manager, humanitarian caregiver, and global viceroy as well as ruler of the heavens. And it is still aggressively expanding. - Frida Berrigan

 

Military UAVs: Up in the Sky, an Unblinking Eye

 

U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations By: Karen DeYoung | The Washington Post
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.

 

The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress (PDF; 177 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

H20 Slate   The Age of Reagan

How Reagan's pragmatism got lost.
Tim Naftali and Sean Wilentz

 

A Tale of Two Tell-Alls If you want to read a serious book about the intervention in Iraq, look to Douglas Feith.
Christopher Hitchens

 

Summit targets global food crisis

A key UN summit in Rome is to target global food prices that have soared to their highest in 30 years.

 

 

SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with UN Expert: 'We're Only at the Beginning' of the Food Crisis

 

The International Climate Change Agenda: Opportunities for the G8  Chatham House

 

Thinking about the Future of Food
Chatham House An 11-page UK briefing paper positing differerent scenarios to consider the challenges created by food supply shortages and their impact on the UK and EU

 

The US Nuclear Renaissance and the Challenges it Presents

H21 Yves Saint Laurent

Perhaps the most important of all his contributions was not to design itself, but to how widely accessible design has become

 

The shocking price of a calorie

As rising food prices lead to riots the world has suddenly rediscovered the astounding cost of a calorie

 

Uncommon knowledge

Surprising insights from the social sciences: Aiding the enemy, aggressive news, and blondes raise more money. (By Kevin Lewis, Boston Globe)

 

Music Pioneer Helped Build Rock-and-Roll's Blues Base Bo Diddley, 79, the blues singer and guitarist whose propulsive beat and swaggering stage presence helped set the foundation for rock-and-roll, died yesterday

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