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H1 New York
Times Big
Gains for Iraq Security, but Questions Linger The government
is making great strides in tamping down violence, but Iraq still lacks the
formal rules to divide its power and spoils News
Analysis: Bush May End Term With Iran Issue Unsettled SATURDAY
INTERVIEW; Oil’s Perspective on What’s Behind the Energy Crisis Limelight
to Shine on Saudis at Energy Forum as Oil Prices Continue to Soar Ha’aretz – IAEA Chief vows to
resign if Iran is attacked Oil prices jump on report of Israeli drill
preparing for Iran attack; Iran cleric: Israel to get slapped if it strikes Los
Angeles Times Israel's
peace efforts widen
Talks with
Syria and Hezbollah are a shift from a U.S.-backed isolation strategy. Some
accuse Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of trying to divert attention from his
domestic troubles Iran
is offered conditional nuclear talks
A European incentive proposal includes an offer for a six-week period
for preliminary talks to resolve the nuclear standoff if Tehran refrains from
increasing its enrichment capacity. Sistani quietly opposing U.S.
presence The Times
Archive since 1785 Michael Hirsh / Newsweek: Barack's Bounce — The latest
NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain. Gallup Daily: Obama 46%, McCain 44% Hagel says he'd consider VP offer from Obama In
Doubt for the Monarchy Autocratic Modernization in
Saudi-Arabia Iris Wurm Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany Download
the full-text document (968 KB) Asia Times 'President'
Larijani: A star is born Thanks to the patronage of
Iranian heavyweights like Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, the
speaker of Iran's parliament, is the man most likely to challenge President
Mahmud Ahmadinejad in elections next year. Unless, that is, Ahmadinejad can
reverse his sliding fortunes by turning the economy around. - Sami
Moubayed 'Breakthrough' in Iraq pact Weekly Standard Obama's Pooh-bah A childish foreign policy.
Are
We Safer? by Reuel Marc Gerecht Yes, George W. Bush has made America more secure
since 9/11. Darkness at the End of the Tunnel Penetrating the Iranian underground.
Guardian
UK
tops world table of weapons sales
Controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapults Britain to top of last
year's world arms export league The
great petrol gamble Dilip
Hiro: By increasing the Saudi petroleum output and calling an oil
summit, King Abdullah has raised hopes of dampening the market The
answer lies in oil Robert
Fox: The multinationals negotiating deals to exploit oilfields in
Iraq should reflect on the gloomy historical precedents Time
out for Hamas Jonathan Spyer: The 'period of calm'
between Hamas and Israel is a period of rest, strengthening and consolidation
before hostilities begin again IHT RELIGION AND AMERICA Back to
basics By ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER AND TOD LINDBERG We have lost
sight of the ways in which turning back to America's founding values -
including faith - can once again unite us in the face of common problems. EU
leaders argue over whom to blame for Irish treaty vote The leaders delayed
efforts to salvage the treaty until autumn after a two-day meeting that
produced an attack by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on the handling of
trade negotiations RFE/RL Armenia 'Shall Overcome' In an exclusive
commentary, President Serzh Sarkisian acknowledges that Armenia is a country
in transition, but says Yerevan is working hard to deepen reforms and
strengthen democratic institutions Financial
Times Security
fears over food and fuel crisis Western countries have upgraded the food and fuel crisis into a national
security concern as they fear record high energy and agriculture commodity
costs are destabilising key developing regions of the world A
Choice of Enemies This account of US engagement
with the Middle East gives a sense of the pressures and trade-offs facing
American presidents, writes Gideon
Rachman The Times There are no winners in
Afghanistan Historically, British defiance turns to compromise.
Why should it be different in Afghanistan? Matthew Parris Regional
diplomacy filling the vacuum |
H2 Rice: "Davaya müdahale
edemeyiz" Amerika ve
AB'den kapatmaya karşı net mesaj Armed
Forces Party’s plan to straighten out society by YASEMİN ÇONGAR* The American The Case Against
Turkey’s Ruling Party By
Michael Rubin It is not secular, liberal, or democratic. In fact, Prime Minister Erdoğan
has become the Turkish Vladimir Putin. The Crisis in Turkey Extreme
secularists are seeking to overthrow a government of Muslim democrats. Let’s
hope they don’t succeed. Kurds Support US-Iraqi Accord to Ensure
Protection From External Threats - Article [YORUM - ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ] Amerika, 27
Mayıs'ta da tarafsızdı! Semih İdiz Obama’nın
Ermeni merakı ABD’ye pahalıya patlar
Barney
Ronay: Turks leave it late again The Times Bilic and Croatia crash out on penalties FT SPORT:
Turkey break Croatian hearts with late miracle Avrupa basını: En deli maç,
Türk mucizesi Dünya basını: Bu Türkler kaç
canlı [YORUM - H.D.S. GREENWAY] Türkiye'nin
dağılan hayali Taraf exposes army’s covert operations plan Avrupa'da
Türkiye'nin esamesi yok İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası Dış
Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
UN Proposal Provokes Anger Iraqi Groups Oppose De Mistura Plan for
Different Reasons Kurdish Paper Serhat
Erkmen İsrail-HAMAS Ateşkesi
Taktik Bir Ateşkes mi Kalıcı Barışa Giden Yol mu? Hamas
leader wishes to visit Turkey Cevdet Aşkın Öcalan: Marx'ın hatalarını düzeltiyorum Kürtçe
televizyon ve TRT Irak, Türkiye’ye benzedi DTP, sözlü savunma için ek süre aldı PKK'lıların görüntülerine yayın yasağı
geldi Kurdish minority prepares
genocide case Kirkuk suggests delaying provinces elections Ankara says U.S. intel on
PKK not shared Iraq is
ready for Turkish investment GOING FOR
A SONG: TURKISH COURT ACQUITS CHILDREN OF TERRORIST PROPAGANDA Türkiye'ye
arabuluculuk çağrısı Meeting on Armenian and Kurdish genocide to be held in London Washington, Suriye'ye diplomat gönderiyor Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dış
Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Unilateral
moves derail Cyprus peace process No Lisbon treaty, no enlargement, say Sarkozy, Merkel TURKEY’S
RESPONSE TO OBAMA’S MESSAGE AND FRIED’S SPEECH US ambassadorial nominee refuses to call
"genocide" Mensur Akgün Hukuki temeli olmayan bir izolasyon
hikâyesi Rauf Denktaş Yaşayabilir-çalışabilir ABD'nin yeni Erivan büyükelçi adayı
ısrarlara rağmen 'soykırım' demedi Sami Kohen AB’nin kafası karışık! ‘Soykırım’ demedi
‘etnik temizlik’ dedi Kıbrıs�ta
liderler zirvesi 1 Temmuz�da
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
Serdar Turgut Futbol ve oyun
teorisi |
Ankara’yı sarsan belge
Taraf:
Psikolojik savaş, Asker: Ucuz bir iddia Genelkurmay:
Onaylı bir plan yok Komuta
kademesi E-Andıç'ı sahiplenmedi Ankara’da
Lahika-1 planı tartısması
Genelkurmay’a
‘topyekûn müdahale planı’ iddiası Taraf'tan şok iddia: TSK, sivil hayata
müdahale planı hazırladı G.Kurmay'dan şok
iddialara yalanlama! G.Kurmay
Başkanlığı'dan, Taraf gazetesinde çıkan habere yalanlama geldi
DTP
davasına bak, AKP davasını anla PKK'nın
hain baskınına göz mü yumuldu? İnanılmaz gaflet. PKK'lılar göz göre göre karakolu bastı! Savunmadaki çelişki
‘Köstebek’ soruşturması
Babacan, cemaat
okulunu ziyaret etti 450 erkek öğrencinin eğitim gördüğü yatılı okulda
40 öğretmen görev yapıyor
Erdoğan’a
290 milyon YTL’yi ‘nerede, nasıl harcadın’ sorusu 'Biz yapınca düzen değiştirme, TÜSİAD
yapınca entel işi oluyor' Türbanlı, eşcinsel ve solcu
darbeye karşı yan yana Türkiye'de halk hoşgörülü gerilim elitler
arasında Mesut
Yılmaz, sanki başka yüzyıldan sesleniyordu Tuncay Özkan, Sarıgül ve Cem'in
koltuklarını da istemiş Yılmaz Türkiye’ye
darbe başbakanı olmak istiyor Bu
gazete devletin çıkarlarına aykırı yayın yapıyor
BBP: Belge
varsa savcılık el koymalı DTP: Siyaset kurumu tavır almalıdır
Çiçek’ten anayasa değişikliği yorumu
Biz İslamiyetimizden memnunuz, AKP değil
21 rektör için gözler YÖK ve Gül’de
Son Dakika Milliyet
Hürriyet Zaman Ertuğrul Özkök Bir belge üzerine Murat Yetkin Genelkurmay çalışması ve düşündürdükleri Ahmet
Taşgetiren İddianame
ve millet gerçeği Taha Akyol Kemal
Derviş komplosu Fikret Bila Temel
çatışma sürüyor Hasan Cemal İsmet Berkan Üzüm
yemek, bağcı dövmek Fehmi Koru Mesut
Yılmaz'ın tarafı Taha Kıvanç
Öf be,
bıktım artık! Şamil Tayyar Ali Bayramoğlu Hukuk alanının daraltılması Şahin Alpay "İslamcılığın yenilgisinin benzersiz ürünü" Derya
Sazak Askerin
‘eylem planı’ Sabahattin Önkibar Ara
rejim ya da milli mutabakat hükümeti ihtimali var mı? Turan Alkan Türkiye, "askerî bir cumhuriyet" midir? M Ali
Birand Herkes Türkiye'den söz ediyor... KÜRŞAT BUMİN AYM parlamentonun 'lala'sı mıdır? HAKAN ALBAYRAK Yürüyelim arkadaşlar! Can Ataklı Asıl Cumhurbaşkanı adayı Vecdi
Gönül’dü
Mehmet Altan ‘Kamuoyunu TSK çizgisine
getirmek’... MUHARREM
SARIKAYA Org.Büyükanıt:
Üzüntü verici ERDAL ŞAFAK Zıkkımlar - zakkumlar ENGİN ARDIÇ Sermaye yeni anayasa istiyor, işçiden tık yok ERGUN BABAHAN
Halkı yenileyin... TÜSİAD’s
constitutional convention move by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE İsmail Küçükkaya [YORUM - DR.
LÜTFÜ ÖZŞAHİN] Korku cumhuriyeti ve sanal merkez Mehmet Kamış Düşünce özgürlüğü yok,
seçim var Ekonomi Hedefler
şaştı, istihdam ve ücret politikaları sil baştan Yaman Törüner Merkez Bankamız kimin için karar
veriyor? Güven Sak Müjdeler
olsun, hastamız doğruldu |
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H4 New York Times Big
Gains for Iraq Security, but Questions Linger The government
is making great strides in tamping down violence, but Iraq still lacks the
formal rules to divide its power and spoils News
Analysis: Bush May End Term With Iran Issue Unsettled SATURDAY
INTERVIEW; Oil’s Perspective on What’s Behind the Energy Crisis Limelight
to Shine on Saudis at Energy Forum as Oil Prices Continue to Soar Former
Bush Aide Testifies About C.I.A. Leak Editorial A
Global AIDS Campaign Stalled President
Bush should press for cooperation in an expeditious vote on a bill that would
increase American funding to combat AIDS
ON
THE WHITE HOUSE; The Costs and Benefits of Agreeing With the President How
to Complicate Habeas Corpus By RICHARD A. EPSTEIN Issues as important as habeas corpus
should turn not on fancy intellectual footwork but on a candid appraisal of
the relevant facts and legal principles.
Ready
to Attack Obama, if Some Money Arrives
One activist’s
struggles could indicate that independent groups on the right may be less
successful than in 2004 The
Saturday Profile: For Yemen’s Leader, a Balancing Act Gets Harder World
Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Poll Shows Support for Negotiating With Militants
World
Briefing | Europe: Georgia Accuses Russian Company of Expanding Into
Separatist Area |
H5 Washington
Post Calm in Basra May Offer A Guide for Iraqi
Security Rebuilt Army Controls City Militias Once Held Sunni Group Announces Execution of 2 Iranian
Policemen McCain Defends Trade Pact As
Candidate Visits Canada, His Team Bashes Obama on NAFTA Editorial Air Force Adrift Israel Conducted War Games, U.S. Officials
Report Sami Moubayed: Syria's
Uninspired Youth New Data Found On North Korea's Nuclear
Capacity Intelligence on Enriched Uranium Revives Questions About
Weapons McClellan Testifies About Bush Team
Former Spokesman Says Little Beyond Details in His Book White House disregard for legal warnings about its
detainee strategy leads to more judicial scrutiny Colbert I. King: A Heretic's
Advice to Obama |
H6 Guardian
UK
tops world table of weapons sales
Controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapults Britain to top of last
year's world arms export league The
great petrol gamble Dilip
Hiro: By increasing the Saudi petroleum output and calling an oil
summit, King Abdullah has raised hopes of dampening the market The
answer lies in oil Robert
Fox: The multinationals negotiating deals to exploit oilfields in
Iraq should reflect on the gloomy historical precedents Time
out for Hamas Jonathan Spyer: The 'period of calm'
between Hamas and Israel is a period of rest, strengthening and consolidation
before hostilities begin again Britain's
deadly businessEditorial: Britain won a dubious new
accolade this week: it became the world's number one arms exporter The
age of scarcity Duncan Green: The huge challenges of
dwindling resources and climate change can only be met by a global New Deal Revealed:
UK's blueprint for a green revolution Government unveils 12-year plan to
cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% Israeli jet
exercise is warning to Iran over nuclear facilities, Pentagon says
'Sabre-rattling' display of capabilities could pressure Tehran into accepting
uranium ultimatum Obama
rejects public election funds Attacks from all sides of the party divide, as
Barack Obama reneges on promise to accept public funding PM
tries to persuade Opec to go green
Gordon Brown to plead with oil producers to channel profits into tidal
and nuclear power in western countries Browne casts
doubt on Nato's long-term future Solving
the incendiary problem Quietly spoken man from humble background exerts
greatest influence over worldwide energy costs A
bad deal on surveillance Mark
Agrast: Congress's compromise on warrantless wiretapping fails to
curb the Bush administration's abuse of power What
happens after Kyoto? David Thorpe: Short-term responses
and lack of any real leadership are sending the wrong messages on climate
change We
must leave the fossil century behind to reach the golden age of renewable
energy, Mr Brown George Monbiot: We
have begun to glimpse the green holy grail: reliable renewable electricity |
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H7 Asia Times 'President'
Larijani: A star is born Thanks to the patronage of
Iranian heavyweights like Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, the
speaker of Iran's parliament, is the man most likely to challenge President
Mahmud Ahmadinejad in elections next year. Unless, that is, Ahmadinejad can
reverse his sliding fortunes by turning the economy around. - Sami
Moubayed 'Breakthrough' in Iraq pact Iran and
religious diplomacy Iran: Leader of the Sunni Movements in the Region By:
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat Paradoxically, Iran, an extremist
theocratic Shiite regime with Ahmadinejad at its helm, is orchestrating and
funding the activities of extremist Sunnis in the region Boston Globe Threats
to and from Iran AN EXERCISE by Israel's air force
over the Mediterranean earlier this month ought to set off alarm bells around
the world, for the refueling operations and evasive maneuvers suggested a
practice run for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites. (Boston Globe) India Tiptoes to the New Middle East By: M.K. Bhadrakumar
| Asia Times Amid Worsening Wars, Brown Spins By: Michael Glackin |
The Daily Star Rifts Are Growing in Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood By:
Ibrahim Gharaibeh | The Daily Star Iraq and US: the Path of the Future |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq Saudi Writer Rebukes Syria for Seeking to
Break Isolation Via France, Israel Iraqi oil pipeline sabotage drops sharply BBC Burst of optimism Sworn
Mid-East enemies engage in talks and truces Can
Saudi meeting find an answer to rising oil prices? 'Al-Qaeda' members
killed in Iraq The US military says four militants have been killed
during operations against the al-Qaeda in Iraq network. |
H9 Ha’aretz – IAEA Chief vows to
resign if Iran is attacked Oil prices jump on report of Israeli drill
preparing for Iran attack; Iran cleric: Israel to get slapped if it strikes Hamas: Arms
smuggling to continue despite truce PMO: Anyone saying end to smuggling
not part of Gaza truce is trying to destroy calm before it begins Hamas
spokesman voices rare optimism regarding Gaza truce N.Y. Mayor
urges Jewish voters to denounce Obama Muslim rumors Bradley
Burston: Peace dead? Send us your own plan Will we see a record number of Jewish lawmakers? (2) Comparing Obama and Chamberlain (WTR) Jerusalem Post
ElBaradei:
I'll resign if West launches military strike on Iran
IAEA chief says offensive would turn the Middle East into
"fireball" and make the Islamic Republic more determined to obtain
nuclear power Temporary
lull before the storm?
[ YAAKOV KATZ Iran:
We'll hit back with 'strong blow' Top cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
stresses the Iranian nation's mentality is "to fight foreigners."
Yedioth Ahronoth 'Jews cannot be trusted' Gaza source: Militants to use
lull for Islam workshops, expect Israel to violate truce No need to know everything/
Haber Daily Alert.org
– Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress
- EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine Olmert gambles
with the 'devil' Forward In Espionage Trial of Ex-Aipac
Employees, Appeals Court Sets High Bar for Prosecution Two former
American Israel Public Affairs Committee employees facing espionage charges
won a procedural victory June 20, when a federal appeals court ruled against
the prosecution’s request to lower the burden of proof in their upcoming
trial |
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China Debunks 'Domino Theory' in World Markets By:
William Pesek | Bloomberg News China's currency gains aren't playing out in
Asia as expected. Domino theories turn heads in Asian markets. One of the
phrase's earliest incarnations referred to the spread of communism in
Southeast Asia in the 1950s and '60s. In 1997, Thailand's devaluation touched
off a domino effect that knocked over markets in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia
and elsewhere Tribute to the Good Sense of a Brighter Bush By: Tom
Plate | The Japan Times The just-published "China Diary," by U.S.
President George W. Bush's father, is one of the most sensible perspectives
on China ever written by a powerful U.S. figure Awaiting
Japan's global vision THERE WERE times when Japanese
leaders knew exactly what to do. In the late 19th century they knew Japan
needed to build a "rich nation and strong army," so they mobilized
the population and took them on a forced march to industrialization and
international prominence. Fueled by their success, they agreed in the 1930s
that Japan should be a great ... (By Richard J. Samuels, Boston Globe) China and Africa By: Hany Besada | International Herald
Tribune In its dealings with Africa, Beijing has behaved no differently than
other great powers acting in their own self-interest Taiwan Courts Big Brother By: Mark O'Neill | Asia
Sentinel |
H11 IHT RELIGION
AND AMERICA Back to
basics By ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER AND TOD LINDBERG We have lost
sight of the ways in which turning back to America's founding values -
including faith - can once again unite us in the face of common problems. EU
leaders argue over whom to blame for Irish treaty vote The leaders
delayed efforts to salvage the treaty until autumn after a two-day meeting
that produced an attack by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on the
handling of trade negotiations. Soccer
becomes a game to love again By JOHN VINOCUR In the European
Championships, the Dutch team brings back the romance of old to the Beautiful
Game. Unfinished
business in Afghanistan President Bush should work with European, Afghan and Pakistani leaders
to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat the Taliban-Qaeda threat in
Afghanistan. EU
to look at how biofuels affect food output European Union leaders
planned Friday to call for study on how Europe's use of more biofuels might
affect global food production. EUROPE European press review Europeans Don't Want a United States of Europe By:
Michael R. Sesit | Bloomberg News Macedonian Parties Slam Albanian Leader's
Insistence on Multiethnic Name Leaders Stress EU Perspective As Key for
Western Balkans Stability Czech threat looms for
EU treaty EU leaders meeting in Brussels admit that the Czechs, as
well as the Irish, may not ratify the Lisbon Treaty Le Monde Nicolas
Sarkozy et l'OTAN : gaulliste ou gaullien ?, par Patrick Jarreau No Clear Answer to the 'Irish Problem' By: Bronwen Maddox
| The London Times What do the Irish have to be offered to vote “yes”? A lot
more than they’ve been offered so far, clearly -- and even then it might not
do the trick. As the European Union summit wraps up today, the gift bag that
other countries were irritably putting together looked skimpy Why the Irish Were Right to Say No By: Samuel Brittan |
Financial Times |
H12 RFE/RL Armenia 'Shall Overcome' In an exclusive
commentary, President Serzh Sarkisian acknowledges that Armenia is a country
in transition, but says Yerevan is working hard to deepen reforms and strengthen
democratic institutions Google News Azerbaijan Armenian Opposition Rallies;
PACE Says Reforms "Inadequate" |
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H13 The Times
There are no winners in
Afghanistan Historically, British defiance turns to compromise.
Why should it be different in Afghanistan? Matthew Parris Why Times reports in 1863 were a shade unreliable
In The Times archive: the Gettysburg
battles were not quite the Confederate success our correspondent imagined David Aaronovitch Archive: Old Times The Times Archive, now available online, is a window into 200 years of
history The Times
Archive since 1785 J’accuse: Mandelson rounds on Sarkozy Britain’s Trade Commissioner accuses the French
President of seeking to exploit the image of starving African children Israel conducts 'Iran attack' drill Israeli fighter jets take part in a
long-range training mission to prepare for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear
facilities Wall Street Journal Bernanke's
Market Week Military-Industrial Complications East China Sea Sense By Philip Klein From The American Spectator: Obama would return to
a law-enforcement approach to terrorism. Sen. Webb Emerges as Military Point Man
With
his two Purple Hearts, three tattoos and spoiling-for-a-fight attitude, Sen.
Jim Webb is seen by many as the best person to go into battle against McCain,
a fellow war hero. Yet the rising Democratic star has been a politician for
less than two years, and he could be a risky combatant for the party. Soros
Sees a 'Superbubble' George Soros's predictions in his books
have fallen short of his track record as a hedge-fund operator. Twice he's
foreseen doom -- and now he's predicting it again. In an interview, the famed
speculator explains his forecast and why he succeeds financially when his
world view has been wrong. Video |
H14 Financial
Times Security
fears over food and fuel crisis Western countries have upgraded the food and fuel crisis into a national
security concern as they fear record high energy and agriculture commodity
costs are destabilising key developing regions of the world A
Choice of Enemies This account of US engagement
with the Middle East gives a sense of the pressures and trade-offs facing
American presidents, writes Gideon
Rachman Czech
refusal on treaty hits unity hopes The European Union’s
efforts to limit the damage from Ireland’s rejection of a landmark EU reform
treaty ran into trouble on Friday when the Czech Republic refused to give an
explicit promise to approve the document Italy’s
left warns of authoritarianism Italy under Silvio Berlusconi is moving towards
authoritarianism, a veteran voice of the left has declared, as the opposition
broke off talks on constitutional reform with the centre-right government IMF
says US economy is set to ‘stagnate’ The US
economy is likely to “stagnate” in the second half of this year, the
International Monetary Fund warned, as stock markets in the US and Europe
fell to their lowest levels since March and US bank shares hit a five-year
low McCain
attacks Obama’s ‘cowboy diplomacy’ John McCain has accused Barack Obama of “cowboy
diplomacy” over free trade that threatened to undermine relations with Canada
and reverse the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement Democrats
press on tracking of arms parts Democratic senators
called on Robert Gates, US defence secretary, to explain how the US Air Force
lost track of hundreds of sensitive components for nuclear weapons FT
MAGAZINE: The Undercover Economist: The Profits Of Political Connections Italy
is right to curb its politicised judges A
proposed law providing immunity from prosecution for high-ranking members of
the Italian government could allow Berlusconi to dodge a trial. That is not
reason enough to oppose it, writes Christopher
Caldwell Why
stagflation will be different this time Britain
is far from how it was in the 1970s, says Chris Giles Cut
oil subsidies China’s move will encourage conservation of fuel
and make it easy for producers to invest in new supply. It is a first step in
the right direction
A
terminal case Despite its location and dismal facilities, there
is no option but to expand Heathrow. London is a world-class city: it
deserves world-class air links |
H15 Los Angeles Times Israel's
peace efforts widen
Talks with
Syria and Hezbollah are a shift from a U.S.-backed isolation strategy. Some
accuse Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of trying to divert attention from his
domestic troubles Iran
is offered conditional nuclear talks
A European
incentive proposal includes an offer for a six-week period for preliminary
talks to resolve the nuclear standoff if Tehran refrains from increasing its
enrichment capacity. Iraq
crackdown in Amarah continues; harassment alleged
At least 45 are
arrested. Muqtada Sadr's followers accuse security forces of random shootings
and beatings McClellan
testifies he was wary of Libby's leak denial but went along McCain
and Obama camps are open to Gates By Douglas
Frantz and Catherine Collins Pakistan
denies that any 'foreigner' has access to its nuclear blueprints Editorial |
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US lawmakers pass
wiretaps bill US lawmakers
pass a bill shielding telephone companies who helped in the White House's
controversial warrantless wiretap programme. It's
the economy Can John McCain turn this key issue to his advantage? realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp McClellan: Cheney should testify about CIA leak Bloomberg Criticizes ‘Whisper Campaign’ Around Obama Clinton ends
May $22.5 million in debt; Obama raises near same Born
again? John McCain woos uneasy evangelical Christians |
H17 Daily TelegraphThe Conservative's Big Idea will be a hard
sell Just as Margaret Thatcher in 1979 identified the broken
economy as Britain's biggest problem, David Cameron is correct to focus on
our broken society, says Charles Moore US
floods threaten global food prices Cornbelt disaster will be felt worldwide, warn US farmers. Brown
plans to resign after election Prime Minister has told close allies next election would be his last
as Labour leader Clinton
to join Obama campaign Senator Hillary Clinton is to join Barack Obama on the campaign trail
to present a strong image of party unity. Israel
rehearses air assault on Iran Israel has carried out a full rehearsal of an air assault on Iran's
nuclear sites involving scores of aircraft, US officials have said |
H18 Independent Israel's
dry run 'attack on Iran' with 100 jet fighters Israel has mounted a major long-range military air exercise – involving more than 100 F15 and F16 fighters – as a rehearsal for a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, American officials have indicated. Anne Penketh: Iranians don't believe that military strikes are
coming Fury
as Mandelson is made scapegoat for Irish 'no' vote The EU's attempt to present a united front
over Ireland's rejection of its treaty of Lisbon was scuppered by an
explosive row between Nicolas Sarkozy and the EU trade commissioner, Peter
Mandelson Europe
warms to GM crops as possible solution to food crisis |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Reconsidering
the Rules for Space Security (PDF; 964 KB) "If the Detainee Dies, You're Doing It Wrong"
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code in Sistine Chapel A new book claims Michelangelo insulted the pope
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