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H1 McClatchy Strike on Iran nuclear sites under discussion again Six months ago, an American intelligence report declared that Iran had shelved its nuclear-weapons program, making the likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli military strike on Iran seem remote. But Israelis have been pushing harder than ever on the subject. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have met twice in recent weeks and U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell has traveled to Israel for private briefings

The Times Oil is too big to leave to market forces A six-point plan is needed to see off the latest threat to the economic stability of the world Anatole Kaletsky

We must beef up the UN and the EU If we are to tackle the perils of a globalised world, we have to rethink our international institutions George Robertson and Paddy Ashdown

Bush seeks support on Iran sanctions US President frustrated by the slow pace of progress in securing more draconian United Nations sanctions against Iran

Los Angeles Times Iraq officials question need for U.S. troop presence Negotiations are underway between the two countries to decide how long troops will stay. The U.S. is scaling back its forces

Pakistan says U.S. airstrike killed 11 infantrymen Officials express regret over the incident at the Afghanistan border but do not claim responsibility for the deaths of the Pakistani fighters

Independent Patrick Cockburn: The reality is that Iraqi authority would be nominal

Bush forced to rethink plan to keep Iraq bases

Debka Analysis: Bush is reconciled to a nuclear-armed Iran

Financial Times US candidates ignore Asia at their peril As home to over half the world’s people and many of its conflicts, Asia has a habit of mugging unwary US presidents, writes Victor Mallet

Dream of Afghan democracy is dead Killing bin Laden should be the priority – such a success would make it easier for us to declare victory and go home, writes Anatol Lieven

Wall Street Journal Obama Is Right, Words Matter
By Karl Rove The world's rogues are paying close attention to what he says.

Half the job is done GulfNews By Amir Taheri

New York Times Pakistan Angry as Strike by U.S. Kills 11 Soldiers Although Pakistani government officials softened their response through the day on Wednesday, the Pakistani military released a statement calling the airstrikes “unprovoked and cowardly.”

Democrats Criticize McCain on Strategy in Iraq

Christian Science Monitor

Shalom to a new pro-Israel lobby

An alternative to AIPAC, the new group 'J Street" could help US leaders be more even-handed.

Obama's "Undivided Jerusalem", Just Words? - Michael Medved, Townhall

Progress in Iraq: What to Do About It - Joe Klein, Time

Talking to Tyrants - Nicholas Wapshott, New York Sun

GuardianIrish referendum threatens EU upset Angela Merkel's reforms at risk as Irish Republic goes to the polls to ratify or reject the Lisbon treaty

Today Ireland has a chance to change Europe's direction Seumas Milne: The European elites are in a panic about the Irish referendum, which is shining a light on what they're actually up to

Daily Telegraph Ireland should vote no to EU treaty Despite this haughty disregard of opposition to what is in all but name a rehashed constitution, it is important for the future of European democracy that the Irish vote no

Asia Times Al-Qaeda laid to rest? Not just yet In days, al-Qaeda went from being "a major threat" to the United States to being "essentially defeated", if the US Central Intelligence Agency and leading analysts are to be believed. Certainly there is fierce debate among al-Qaeda's leaders and theoreticians, but as long as US and Western military forces remain in the Arab region, al-Qaeda will continue fighting. The sudden switch may be intended to assure Americans that al-Qaeda is beaten if, in the next few months, it becomes necessary for US forces to attack Iran. - Michael Scheuer

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Twilight of the Arab Moderates

Ahmadinezhad Deflects Critcism with Attacks on Clerics, The Washington Institute

A logic of power that threatens Lebanon by Michael Young

Jerusalem Post Sarkozy invites Olmert and Assad to Paris

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Ha’aretz – Israel fears Hezbollah may try to 'settle score' over Mughniyeh Lebanon rejects call for starting peace talks with Israel, citing demand for withdrawal from Shaba Farms

U.S. Senate report implicates Irangate figures in misleading Pentagon on war with Iraq

On the horns of dilemmaAbove all, the Syrian peace is characterized by periodicity. It breaks out, fades away and disappears until the next time around. As if there is no price to be paid for inexplicable delays.

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Writer Sees Israeli-Iranian "Deal" More Likely Than War

Paper Analyzes West's 'Limitations' in Negotiating With Iran

Italian Paper Says Iran "Great Regional Power" Thanks to US President's Policy

How to Contain Iran ; West's Best Hope is to Engage Nation on Issues of Mutual Interest

Iraq Outlook Improves But Sustained US Military Presence Remains ... - Council on Foreign Relations

Der Spiegel The Decline of an American Export: Western Democracy Loses Ground to Autocrats

Barack Obama: crossroads of victory, Godfrey Hodgson

IHT Future of EU treaty lies in hands of Ireland The Irish head to the polls Thursday to vote in a referendum being watched across Europe. But with 287 pages of vintage bureaucratese, few voters fully understand the treaty or even want to try.

Deadlock in Kosovo risks Balkan instability By JUDY DEMPSEY

Divisions inside the European Union and Russia's refusal to let the UN end the administration of Kosovo have created an unresolved dispute that could bring more instability back to the Balkans

Merkel backs Bush on Iran sanctions But the German chancellor stressed diplomacy and the need to enforce current sanctions in the effort to force suspension of Iran's uranium enrichment program.

Asia Times Ahmadinejad faces heavyweight foe The new speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Larijani, is the former nuclear negotiator who resigned over President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's inflexible position. The former hawk, now turned relative pragmatist, is also a charismatic politician with "fatherly" ties to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. If Iran's conservatives are growing tired of their hardline president, Larijani will be their point man in parliament

Asia's Security Threats, Real and Perceived East-West Center Wire
Security analysts who follow the Asia Pacific region are less concerned over the rise of China as a threat to regional stability than they are about the United States' response to that rise.

Iraq, Perceived Hypocrisy Fuel Anti-Americanism: Report

Washington Post Obama's Economic Challenge By David Ignatius, The Democrats have a candidate, but do they have ideas?

Bush Says U.S., Iraq Will Come to Terms on Troops

U.S., Pakistan at Odds Over Strike in Tribal Area Attack Killed 11 Troops, Islamabad Says

Parties Do Battle Over U.S. Forces' Future in Iraq McCain Comments on 'Today' Stir Fire

New Criminal Record: 7.2 Million

Nation's Justice System Strains to Keep Pace With Convictions

U.S. Enlists And Arms Patrols in Sadr City 'Neighborhood Guards' Modeled on Program In Sunni Areas of Iraq

They Still Hate Us Bernard I. Finel | Terrorism on the decrease? Not so fast - that's probably unfounded optimism

1968: the global legacy by Fred Halliday

H 2 US Perspectives on the Black Sea Region US Department of State

TURKEY: Headscarves Ruling Leading to Bigger Confrontation
Inter Press Service

Divided Turkey sweats in a political heat wave

French Senate delivers blow to anti-Turkey plan

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkish arms industry faces dilemma

Özçelik arranging details of Erdoğan’s upcoming visit to Baghdad

Cumhuriyet'e yalanlama

[Yorum - Şaban Kardaş] Michael Rubin nereden ko(nu)şuyor?

Amberin Zeman Başörtüsü doğal yasaklamak abes

SETA "The Turkish Constitutional Court and Civil Liberties: Question of Ideology and Accountability" by Saban KARDAS

Turkey cancels adviser tender for power sell-off

Andrew Finkel US, Turkey and unconventional wisdom

Erdoğan’ın hayatta kalma savaşı

AKP bu çatışmadan da kurtulmayı bilir

ÖMER ABDULAZİZ

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Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national

SOLİ ÖZEL Irak Kürtleri

DTP savunmada çözüm önerisi talep edecek

DTP’den yargıya: Kürt sorununu siz çözün

CSM Kurdistan's muckraking media test free speech limits Editors and reporters risk jail time as they expose cronyism and push Iraqi leaders for reforms.

Bölgesel Kürt yönetimi, petrol gelirlerini Bağdat'a aktarmamış

Kirkuk is Iraqi but It is "Part of Kurdistan" - Iraqi Kurdish PM

Kurdistan in midst of construction boom

TRT'de Kürtçe dönemi başlıyor

DTP'li Sırrı Sakık: Devlet değil, demokrasi istiyoruz

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 11 Jun 08

Bardakoğlu’ndan Güneydoğu seferi

Daily Press Briefing US Department of State - QUESTION: Turkish military police strike again in northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels with prior approval of the US occupation forces in Baghdad.

Cevdet Aşkın

DTP to submit defense at Constitutional Court today

Iraq's Kurds Condemn Turkish Shelling Voice of America –

Güngör Uras GAP parası faize gidecek

Can Dündar Küçük Ortadoğu Projesi?

Diyarbakırlılar Gönül Köprüsü için sıraya girdi

Barazani heads extended meeting to discuss De Mistura report

Kerim Balcı Muslim to the core, secular to the bone

Not Our Best and Brightest?

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