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H1 Washington
Post Iranian
Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist' U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard
The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,
the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially
designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that
allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances. Los Angeles Times U.S.
commanders weigh partial pullback of troops Intent on
demonstrating progress in Iraq, Gen. Petraeus is expected to call for a
withdrawal from several areas. A
balancing act of Iran's enemies Tehran seems
to play neighbors and foes against one another New York Times U.S.
Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards
The Bush
administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps,
a large branch of the military, is a foreign terrorist organization. Washington Post Global
Warming Simplicities By Robert J. Samuelson Global warming has clearly
occurred; the hard question is what to do about it. Gaddafi's
Libya: An Ally for America? By Benjamin R. Barber Moammar Gaddafi's Libya may turn out to be
a recipe for peace and partnership in the unlikeliest of places. Guardian Bombers
kill 175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq At least 175 people from
minority sect killed and 200 injured as suicide bombers detonate fuel
tankers, in one of the deadliest incidents since the US invasion in
2003. Financial Times COMMENT:
In a world of overconfidence, fear makes a welcome return The markets must regulate themselves. The only thing likely to persuade
them to do so is the certainty that players will be allowed to go bust,
writes Martin
Wolf COMMENT: How Rove won - and lost the party Bush’s
strategist may have lost more than just an election in 2006. He has lost an
entire generation for the Republicans, writes James Carville Rudolph
Giuliani / Foreign Affairs: Toward a Realistic
Peace — Summary: The next U.S.
president will face three key foreign policy challenges: setting a course for
victory in the terrorists' war on global order, strengthening the
international system the terrorists seek to destroy, and extending the
system's benefits. The
Times Israel braced for new war with Hezbollah Military analysts fear that the next
conflict could be complicated by the emergence of Gaza on Israel’s southern
flank One
Year Since the End of the Second Lebanon War (Intelligence and
Terrorism Information Center) Jerusalem Post A
Window of Opportunity for Israel-Palestinian Peace? - Barry Rubin FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: No longer a large, exotic basket
case IHT Poland's status
still "not equal," foreign minister saysForeign Minister
Anna Fotyga, in an interview, complained that "Poland's status is not
equal to other EU and NATO member states." The
Candidates Four Detention Camps By: Jonathan Rauch | Reason If, as he so
often points out, President Bush is a post-9/11 president, what the country
sorely needs in 2009 is a post-post-9/11 president. That would be a chief
executive who understands what Bush has not: The war on global jihadism is
too important to be run as a permanent military emergency. It needs a sustainable,
legislated legal architecture. From The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead on Faith and
Progress: The history of the world has been shaped decisively by the
exploits of English-speaking people. Anglo-American freedoms, which are
the very sources of worldly success, are rooted in religious faith. Iran
Plays the Central Asia Card By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran is a
key regional player that can be counted on by the SCO member states,
irrespective of China's recent misgivings about Iran's inclusion as a full
member. Slate Draft Numbers If we want to take on the world's problems, we may need
the draft. Still want to? McClatchy Prices for key foods are rising sharply Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices,
American consumers now face higher prices for foods they can't do without.
This little-known fact may go a long way to explaining why, despite healthy
job statistics, Americans remain glum about the economy SURROUNDED: Seeing the World From IRAN's
Point of View Military Review Ha’aretz - Israel, Syria exchange
messages over lack of desire to go to war Syrian VP Shara: We will always
be ready to respond to Israeli aggression, but we won't initiate war Barak has
complicated Rice's efforts to establish a diplomatic horizon with the
Palestinians. Netanyahu
wins Likud primary with 73% of vote The looming
American operation in Pakistan Suddenly, as the summer is
drawing to an end, Pakistan has returned to the top of the list of concerns
for the American administration. LA Times Karl
Rove: Bush's Napoleon Jonah Goldberg: Like the French emperor in
Russia, Rove's villainy was caused mostly by his failure to quit after his
high note in 2004. The rise and fall of Turd Blossom Sidney Blumenthal Karl Rove
departs the White House as damaged goods, a divider and dirty-trickster who
tried to distort US politics in his own image Country Analysis
Brief: Iraq Source: Energy Information Administration Foreign Policy The
New Myth About Climate Change |
H2 FT LEADER: Turkish democracy Abdullah Gul would be a more
than plausible president. As foreign minister he won international respect
and carefully defended Turkey’s interests FT Gul
defies Turkish military by standing again for presidency Guardian Turkey in
turmoil as ex-Islamist runs for president · Gul
renominated despite controversial past Back to
the Brink in Turkey? TIME Turkey
Watch [Michael Rubin] Avrupa'dan Gül'e destek, CHP'ye tepki Dış basında
çatışma vurgusu... The
Other 50 Years of Turkey's History Wall Street
Journal BBC Turkey's Gul vows secular agenda Gul says he will run again for president as
a secularist, but critics fear an Islamist agenda. Turkish press hesitant
over Gul New stage in Turkey's
transition By Roger Hardy Independent Gul pledges to
preserve secular state as president Turkish
candidate pledges secularism Turkey's Gul
Vows Will Be Impartial as President Dünya
basınında Gül'ün adaylığı Yabancı basına konuştu: Orduyla sorun yok Türkiye, ABD ve
İsrail ortak tatbikat yapacak RFERLTurkey: Ruling Party To Resubmit Gul's Name For
President Turkey's Presidential Elections American
Chronicle Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
BBC Monitoring [Yorum - Prof.
Dr. Mustafa Erdoğan] Kürt sorunu ve siyaset Middle East Quarterly Kamal
Said Qadir, Iraqi Kurdistan's Downward Spiral Mehmet
Barlas Irak’a Türk çözümü mü, Türkiye ye Irak
çözümü mü? Sadi Somuncuoğlu İyi niyet belgesinin anlamı Sağcı
Kürt siyasiler AK Parti’de, solcular DTP’de -
Haşim Söylemez Teröristler
Diyarbakır'da taş ocağını bastı Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 14 August 2007 Kürt sorununun çözümü içeride Howard Eissenstat Nabi Yağcı 'Asker cenazelerine de katılmak istiyoruz' PKK,
pasaportlu inşaat işçisi peşinde Turkey
signs 1.2 bln eur loan deal for Tigris dam project Ankara'dan Irak'taki Türkmenlere insanî yardım Türkiye'den Irak'a insani yardım "Petrol yasası geçmezse
Irak'tan çıkarız" PKK yandaşı, sahte kimlikle 6 yıl
belediyede çalışmış Hasankeyf için son imza atıldı Metin MÜNİR
Ilısu:
Kararlılığın mükâfatı Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Cengiz Aktar Avrupa
Birliği işleri yeniden?
Sami KOHEN Akdeniz'de Ege-vari kriz... 5 bin istihbaratçının
kimliği ortaya çıktı! - ANALYST
SAYS GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WON’T AFFECT US-TURKEY RELATIONS Yiğit Bulut Türkiye
“Avrupa’nın itileni” olmaktan kurtulmalı...
EU membership and migration -- the Eastern European
experience American Analyst Says Armenia To Benefit From Turkey's
EU Accession ABD:
"Bilgi için Türk hükümetine başvurun" Future leaders of EU countries debate in Turkey Kentlerimiz, AB’nin yaşam
kalitesi anketinde sonlarda AB anketine göre İstanbul güvensiz Yargıtay Evi’nde
esrarengiz ölüm İlginç iddia: Almanya'daki uyuşturucu
trafiğinde Muzaffer Tekin'in de rolü var 'Ağır ağabeyler' içeride volta atıyor Eğitim
ve Talim Terbiye Kurulu AHMET FİDAN – TSK’ya motivasyon
için din subayı önerisi ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ücret artışlarına kur ve Çin engeli Ercan Kumcu
Küresel
ücret farklılıkları Gül'e tepki ılımlı piyasada yönü siyasi
tansiyon belirleyecek Ege Cansen Milli gelir ölçmesi Tuncay Teksöz Şimdi sıra
mikro reformlarda [NEWS
ANALYSIS] Boron should be a competitive advantage Turkey is
the richest country when it comes to the mineral boron with 63 percent of
world reserves. Su ve elektrik kıtlığı
Mustafa Aysan Memurun
zam pazarlığı başlıyor Piyasalar Gül'ü
nasıl karşıladı? Kredi krizi küçümsenmemeli FED'in açmazı Metin
Ercan Salih Neftçi YTL, carry trade ve Euro-Yen OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Güngör URAS Çılgınlar
partisinin devam etmesine çalışılıyor Süleyman Yaşar Yaşananlar borç mu yoksa likidite krizi mi FDI in
Turkey: Quantity is OK, what about the quality? Oyakbank satışına onay, MİT'ten gelecek
'mayın' raporuna bağlı Volkan Akı Yeni dünya düzeni nasıl
şekilleniyor? İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Kapitalizm kendi krizini
yaratıyor Hakan Aygün Merrill Lynch Mehmet! |
H3 Ruşen Çakır Hep aynı
soru: Kriz çıkar mı? Gül seçilirse
ne olur? M.Ali Kışlalı Halka
verdiğim sözü tuttum kılavuzum Anayasa olacak Türkiye, Köşk'te
türbanlı first lady'ye hazır mı? Taha Kıvanç Dostlarım
böyle diyor Cengiz Çandar Türk demokrasisinin önemli virajı dönüldü Fikret BİLA Gül'den TSK'ya
mesajlar Ertuğrul
Özkök Ordusuz
başkomutan, başkomutansız ordu Ahmet Taşgetiren Abdullah
Gül'den korkmalı mı? Seyfettin Gürsel Abdullah Gül neden doğru aday değil Şamil Tayyar Gül nasıl bir cumhurbaşkanı
olmaz? M Ali Birand Gül,
daha duyarlı bir cumhurbaşkanı olacaktır Nuray Başaran Gül'süz dış politika ya da Çankaya’dan dış
politika Cengiz Aktar Avrupa
Birliği işleri yeniden?
Sami KOHEN Akdeniz'de Ege-vari kriz... Bilal Çetin Gül
gerilimi nasıl yumuşatacak?
YAVUZ DONAT Abdullah Gül'ün yeni yol haritası Demokrasi ve Gül
için sınav Murat Yetkin Normalleşmeye doğru İsmet
Berkan Yeni Gül, yeni Çankaya
Avni Özgürel Ahmet Taşgetiren Ak Parti için risk değerlendirmesi Ali Bulaç Başka çıkar yol! Gül'e tepki ılımlı piyasada yönü siyasi
tansiyon belirleyecek Sezer itiraz
ederse kabine Gül'ü bekleyecek İsmail Küçükkaya Şimdi çok iddialı kabine
listesi geliyor MUHARREM SARIKAYA Altı oy hesabı... ERDAL ŞAFAK Felaket tellalları ERGUN BABAHAN "Kendimi başkalarının yerine koyacağım" EMRE AKÖZ Nasıl bir tarafsızlık? Mehmet
Barlas Irak’a Türk çözümü mü, Türkiye ye Irak
çözümü mü? Sadi
Somuncuoğlu İyi niyet belgesinin anlamı CHP oylamaya ve Köşk’e
gitmeyecek Hürriyet
Emin Çölaşan’la yollarını ayırdı Cindoruk:
Köşk seçimi süreci durdurulabilir İlginç iddia: Bu
Meclis, seçemez Bakanlar
Kurulu'nda Gül tartışması çıktı Aksiyon Yeni yol üçüncü sol! - İbrahim Doğan Ferhat Boratav Meşguliyetle
Tedavi Yavuz Baydar Old
candidate but a new phase Bahçeli Baykal'a sordu: Meclis'e girmezsek
bir sonraki hamle ne olacak? İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası
Dış Basında Türkiye-AB
İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye
Bülteni
Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700
VOA Dış
Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google
News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit
Taha Kıvanç Dostlarım
böyle diyor Fehmi
Koru CHP'ye
yakışan Serdar Turgut Kişisel
AKP tarihi Serdar Turgut Tehlike
sinyalleri ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ - Moralini koru Türkiye TAMER KORKMAZ - Devlet'le Millet'in barışması yolunda en önemli
adım! MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Gül Çankaya yolunda Ahmet
Hakan İç çamaşırı fetvacısı Benim ordum darbe yapmaz! Cemil Müneccim Bekir Coşkun O benim ’cumhurbaşkanım’ olmayacak... Tufan Türenç Bir
manşet haberinin ortaya koyduğu gerçek Mehmet Yılmaz En
çabuk unutulan söz bu oldu Özdemir İnce Rüzgár
eken fırtına biçer Yılmaz Özdil Yeni
Osmanlılar! Yalçın Bayer Köşk
yoluna taşı kendisi koymuş! Rauf Tamer Şık olan Dikene katlanmalıyız! Türker Alkan Olsa da, olmasa da Haluk Şahin İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Dünyayı bile bölmüşüz! Gülay Göktürk Katlanacaksınız Mensur Akgün Kendiyle
barışık bir Türkiye'ye doğru MUHARREM SARIKAYA Altı oy
hesabı... ERDAL ŞAFAK Felaket tellalları ERGUN BABAHAN "Kendimi başkalarının yerine koyacağım" EMRE AKÖZ Nasıl bir tarafsızlık? NAZLI ILICAK Uzlaşma efsanesi! Burhan Ayeri Genelkurmay’a da uğramalı İlnur Çevik Why are they opposing Gul? [Yorum - Doç. Dr. Şaban Çalış] Cumhura
iade-i itibar Çetin ALTAN
Oligarşinin
urganlı sehpaları ve ezilmiş yığınların Gül'lü tepkisi Can Ataklı CHP
bu aymazlıkla bir yere varamaz
CHP'nin son
raporu: Örgüt bunalımda Mehmet Altan Asker
düşmanlığı... Eser Karakaş Medyada anlaşılması zor işler Nasuhi Güngör Türkiye’den sorumlu bir sorumsuz
adam Meral TAMER
Hükümet -
toto oynamak için son 24 saat CHP,
MHP’yi de dışarı çağırıyor Arsalan
Bulut Gül'e
yol açan Bahçeli, tarihe nasıl geçecek? Bahçeli: Artık kriz istemiyoruz Mehmet Tezkan ‘Dindar’
Cumhurbaşkanı adayının sırtındaki yük sadece eşinin türbanı mı?
From
republican meetings to general electionsby Prof. Dr. ATİLLA YAYLA* Yalçındağ:
Devamı gelmeli CHP’den muhtıra gibi sert çıkış Doğu
Ergil On
presidential elections Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği: Cumhuriyet artık
tehlikede değil MHP Grup Başkanvekili Şandır: Ülkücüleri sokağa çekmek
istiyorlar AKP'li vekillerin gözleri Başbakan Erdoğan'da MYK'da referandum
tedirginliği |
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H4 New York Times U.S.
Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards
The Bush
administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps,
a large branch of the military, is a foreign terrorist organization. Editorial China,
Unregulated
American
businesses and the Bush administration must send a clear message to Beijing
that it has to clean up its act or its export-led boom will falter. 4
Truck Bombs Kill 190 in Kurdish Area of Iraq The blasts destroyed houses and sent hundreds of the wounded to
at least six hospitals as far as 150 miles away, the Iraqi authorities said. Tired
of Energy Ills, Syrians Doubt the West Is to Blame After 60 Years,
Will Pakistan Be Reborn? By MOHSIN HAMID
My wish for our
national anniversary is this: that we finally take the knife we have turned
too often upon ourselves and place it firmly in its sheath. India’s Internal
Partition
By RAMACHANDRA
GUHA Despite their shared
culture, cuisine and love for the game of cricket, India and Pakistan seem
prepared to fight more wars. Bomb
Derailed Passenger Train in Russia, Officials Say White House
Memo: With Rove’s Departure, a New Era Memo From
New Delhi: Politics Is the New Star of India’s Classrooms |
H5 Washington
Post Global
Warming Simplicities By Robert J. Samuelson, Global warming
has clearly occurred; the hard question is what to do about it. Gaddafi's
Libya: An Ally for America? By Benjamin R. Barber Moammar Gaddafi's Libya may turn out to be
a recipe for peace and partnership in the unlikeliest of places. Iranian
Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist' U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard
The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,
the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially
designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that
allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances. Truck
Bombs Kill 175 in Iraq's North Religious Sect
Targeted By 4 Coordinated Blasts Editorial A
Wayward Missile The U.N. should get the whole story on what happened in
Georgia. Obama
Says He Can Unite U.S. 'More Effectively' Than Clinton Sense
on Secrecy A court weighs government's needs and Americans' rights. William Arkin Partisan Warfare 'Surge'
Has Led to More Detainees As Number in Iraq Soars, Debate on System's
Fairness Continues Terrorism Suspected In Russian Rail
Blast: Security to Be
Tightened Before Elections |
H6 Guardian Bombers kill
175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq At least 175 people from
minority sect killed and 200 injured as suicide bombers detonate fuel
tankers, in one of the deadliest incidents since the US invasion in
2003. The rise and fall of Turd Blossom Sidney Blumenthal Karl Rove
departs the White House as damaged goods, a divider and dirty-trickster who
tried to distort US politics in his own image. The march of devolution Iain
Macwhirter Scotland's independence will come in small
steps, not by a single bound. Iran's leader
makes first Afghan visit Ahmadinejad signals determination to counter US
global power by meeting Afghan counterpart. US
feels heat as Iranian leader visits Afghanistan Indian
identity is forged in diversity. Every one of us is in a minority Shashi Tharoor: The
nation born 60 years ago today is built on a bold idea of difference - and an
agreement that it's healthy to disagree. Leader
The
price of success India at 60: In a bid for success and superpower
status, India has thrown away some noble ideals without yet finding a
replacement. Sarfraz Manzoor: After the Raj:
Sixty years on from Pakistan's creation, the 'father of the nation' would be
deeply disappointed that his vision has not been realised. 'What we do
is really tough' Christiane Amanpour, reputedly the
world's highest-paid reporter, on filing from war zones and why there's more
to news than Paris Hilton. Muslim
hearts are hard to win after years of hypocrisy David Clark: Brown
must understand that we won't win the fight against terrorism until we live
up to our own high moral claims. |
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H7 National Security Archive Pakistan: "The Taliban's
Godfather"? Documents Detail Years of
Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists Why
Europe Has Leverage With Iran By: Roger Stern | The Wall Street
Journal (subscription required) European resistance to American
triumphalism has its uses. But with respect to Iran, Europe's behavior is
downright dangerous. Sarkozy could
change this. SURROUNDED: Seeing the World From IRAN's
Point of View Military Review On
the Brink By: Michael Ledeen | National Review Some might suspect
that our military leaders are presenting the case against Iran because they
want to expand the war, and march on Tehran, but nothing of the sort is
taking place. They are simply performing the task that theoretically lies
with the so-called intelligence community. Our leaders have to be told the
truth, even if it makes them scream. Iran
Blacks Out Day of Protest By: Amir Taheri | New York Post For Iran's
authorities, last Thursday brought bad news: demonstrations throughout the
country in support of jailed union leaders and labor activists. Where Does
the U.S. Get Its Oil?The answer may surprise you. Check out our
chart of of the top 15 source countries for U.S. oil imports. The changing face of energy securityby JOSEPH S. NYE Salon Bush's
Tangled Arms Deal Al Awsat King
Abdullah: The Figure, the Leadership and the Policies : Fouad
Siniora Oil vs.
Rice : Abdul
Rahman Al-Rashed Daily Star Let
the race to clean up Bush's presidential calamities begin Facing
up to an army of presidents By Michael
Young Jordan
gets a mixed report card on domestic reform By
Rami G. Khouri |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq stratfor US Papers
Wed: Truck bombs kill at least 175 Int'l oil firms ready, wait to
enter Iraq Iraqi Deputy Oil
Minister Kidnapped Iraq citizens cope without
electricity Oil
majors to meet with the Iraq Government at the world's leading ... London-Based Arabic Paper Writer Attacks Iraqi Sunni Leaders Iraqi Citizens Pessimistic About Political Leaders' Meetings - TV The
Crazy World of Colonel Gadhafi - Youssef Ibrahim Allawi
Calls for New Iraqi Govt New Coalition Launches
'Iraq Summer' Campaign Iraq
Moves to Send More Oil to Turkey, Iran Gen
Casey: US Can Sustain Surge until Spring |
H9 Ha’aretz - Israel, Syria exchange
messages over lack of desire to go to war Syrian VP Shara: We will always
be ready to respond to Israeli aggression, but we won't initiate war Barak has
complicated Rice's efforts to establish a diplomatic horizon with the
Palestinians. Netanyahu wins
Likud primary with 73% of vote The looming
American operation in Pakistan Suddenly, as the summer is
drawing to an end, Pakistan has returned to the top of the list of concerns
for the American administration. Rosner's Guest:
Don't call me a J.A.P Arens:
Israel, U.S. 'creating' Palestinian peace partner UK police believe ex-Mossad agent murdered Daily Alert.org
– Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine 'Big surprise awaiting
Israel' Nasrallah promises 'big
surprise that will change face of the region' if Israel attacks again BBC
Hezbollah's leader warns Israel Hezbollah
warns Israel against launching new attacks, on the anniversary of the end of
the 2006 war with Israel. Netanyahu wins Likud leadership Oslo
Revisited by Uri Avnery Washington Times Two-state, two-track solution Barak
study finds weakened army A focus on counterterrorism and guerrilla warfare in recent decades has
weakened Israeli ground forces by creating a mind-set averse to accepting
casualties, according to an initial assessment by Defense Minister Ehud
Barak. Hizbullah leader: 'If war
erupts Israel will be faced with larger surprises'... Liberalism, Democracy, and the Jewish State: A review
of Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in
Israel/Palestine by Joel Kovel; A Stranger in the Land: Jewish Identity
Beyond Nationalism by Daniel Cil Brecher; Walled: Israeli Society at
an Impasse by Sylvain Cypel; and Will Israel Survive? by Mitchell
G. Bard. The Hamas Dilemma: With all eyes focused on Palestine, will the Islamic
Resistance Movement choose violence and ideology or pragmatic rule? How it Began
by David Novak The Origins of Jewish-Christian
Animosity. |
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H10 Christian Science Monitor Global credit turmoil hits some US mortgages
Spotty credit records are out, bigger
down payments are in. THE MONITOR'S VIEW A verdict on Padilla - and the US Opinion: Why conspiracy theories won't die Opinion: A tipping point in Saudi Arabia On 60th anniversary of independence, Pakistanis
question their country's direction President Musharraf promised political stability and a course
that's driven by national, not American, interests. Faith gives Iraqis solace, not just a reason to fight
Evidence of deeper devotion can be seen
in all parts of Iraq. ASIA IHT India's
democratic path Pakistan made
religion its centerpiece. India, despite its overt religiosity, officially
swore by secularism. US military sees looming
China threat to satellites... FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: No longer a large, exotic basket
case FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Ostentatious spending and
extreme poverty FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Back office for the world FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: In search of the right mix of
influence FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: A confident new country FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Badly in need of a makeover FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: English: history's greatest gift
FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: There's no place like home FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Tide may be turning FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: Muddling along in the middle FT
REPORT - INDIA: 60 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE: A deep inconsistency Price of change
China's New Revolutionaries: U.S. Consumers By: Nathan
Gardels | Los Angeles Times A Border Mellowed by Necessity By: Kim Barker | The
Chicago Tribune Relations between India and Pakistan, one-time bitter
enemies, are friendlier than they have been in years. The threats of war and
of nuclear attack have largely faded since more than a million troops lined
the border five years ago. Rumble Down Under By: Mary Kissel | The Wall Street
Journal Bush and Karzai Show Signs of Divergence on Key Issues
By: Carl Robichaud | World Politics Review Getting
answers on Pakistan (By Mark Schneider)
Daily Star India
at 60: a democratic birthday worth celebrating By
Shashi Tharoor Japan's opposition flexes its muscles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party's recent
electoral defeat could spell the end for Japanese cooperation in the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa is adamant that the
Upper House he now controls will not allow continued participation in the
US-led coalition. Ozawa may be a conservative, but he doesn't want Japan to
be a handmaiden to the US. |
H11 IHT Poland's status
still "not equal," foreign minister saysForeign Minister
Anna Fotyga, in an interview, complained that "Poland's status is not
equal to other EU and NATO member states." EUROPE European press review What's Next for Warsaw? Der Spiegel The
Washington Realist Going out on a Limb on Kosovo |
H12 RFE/RL Anniversary Of Start Of Abkhaz War Marked Fifteen years ago, Georgian forces were
dispatched to restore government control over the breakaway region of
Abkhazia. While the fighting has stopped, the conflict remains unresolved Iran
Plays the Central Asia Card By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran is a
key regional player that can be counted on by the SCO member states,
irrespective of China's recent misgivings about Iran's inclusion as a full
member. Google News Azerbaijan Two books on the history
of Russian philosophy and the treatment of its intellectuals provide
chilling context for developments in the Vladimir Putin era, writes Carlin
Romano. From Japan Focus, an article on the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization: Toward a regional and global realignment? Ahmadinejad visits Turkmenistan Russian Claims to Pole Foreshadow More Arctic Disputes to
Come By: Adam Wolfe | World Politics Review EDM BALTIC
STATES CLOSE RANKS WITH GEORGIA, JOIN U.S. TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE INCIDENT
Asia Times Tajikistan mired in a great power game The World Bank
and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have consistently
preached transparency. But that was before they became embroiled in the very
messy affairs of a leading Tajikistan cash cow, aluminum company Talco. Why
are the two banks turning a blind eye to English court findings of
corruption relating to Talco? Look no further than the West's campaign
against Russia and the battle for influence in former Soviet
states. - John Helmer |
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H13 The Times Israel braced for new war with Hezbollah Military analysts fear that the next
conflict could be complicated by the emergence of Gaza on Israel’s southern
flank Rebuff to US as Karzai forges local ties It is unnecessarily provocative to deny the real help
Iran has given Afghanistan over drugs Bronwen Maddox Leader After Midnight India must now assume the responsibilities that go with success Pakistan and India mark split and independence Independence Day celebrations have
begun along the line where Britain divided up India and Pakistan 60 years ago Four-pronged suicide attack kills 175 in Iraq town At least another 200 people were wounded in the
bombings in one of the bloodiest atrocities since the fall of Saddam Hussein Iran denies arming the Taleban President Ahmadinejad, on a visit to
Afghanistan, has dismissed claims his regime is undermining US and British
efforts Wall Street Journal The Cheney
Imperative The surveillance and interrogation programs he helped
implement have prevented further attacks. |
H14 Financial Times COMMENT:
In a world of overconfidence, fear makes a welcome return The markets must regulate themselves. The only thing likely to persuade
them to do so is the certainty that players will be allowed to go bust,
writes Martin
Wolf COMMENT: How Rove
won - and lost the party Bush’s strategist may have lost more than just an election in 2006. He
has lost an entire generation for the Republicans, writes James Carville Weak
dollar propels US exports to high
Strong global growth is creating record demand for US
exports and providing a critical support for the US economy at a time of
heightened domestic risks, figures showed Turmoil
tests system that spreads risk The turmoil in financial markets is
providing the first test of the new securities-based global financial system
– and of claims that it is superior to the traditional bank-based systems
Suicide
bombers strike in northern Iraq WORLD
NEWS: Iraqis hold talks after cabinet rifts
Iraqi politicians and leaders have been holding a
series of meetings to try to find a way out of the latest political crisis,
Iraqi officials said COMMENT:
Biofuels should benefit the poor, not the rich Helping poor people to switch to affordable, home-grown
bio-power would mean a quantum leap in their development, writes Jacques
Diouf Russia
adds muscle to central Asian summit COMMENT: Superhot dragon Does the Chinese dragon need to take a cold bath? China’s growth has been, arguably, the biggest
economic success story of all time. But the next chapters may contain a twist
or two A
shake-out could help the markets
Record private equity buy-outs, record lows in volatility,
unprecedentedly low interest rates on risky loans. Recent years have seen
much speculation and excess, and a... Eurozone
growth falters
The eurozone’s economic upswing has faded markedly, according
to significantly weaker-than-expected growth figures that raised fresh
questions about the future path of interest rates Terrorists
blamed for Russia blast
Russian prosecutors have launched a terrorism
investigation after an improvised bomb derailed an overnight express train,
overturning carriages and injuring dozens of passengers
Editorial Salmond's leap Scotland can only decide whether its future lies in or
out of the Union when it has the tools and competence to ensure its
prosperity COMMENT:
Risk, like regulation, is a factof life in a democracy Several
‘once in 100,000 years’ events last week cost billions and point to flaws in
the design of quantitative trading strategies Egypt's
new energy pricing policy to cut subsidy costs
Egypt is introducing
a new pricing policy to phase out gas and electricity subsidies for energy
intensive industries as the government seeks to create pricing... Livni
urges west to shun Hamas
Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, said yesterday it would be a
"big mistake" if the international community were to engage in
dialogue with the militant group... |
H15 Los Angeles Times U.S.
commanders weigh partial pullback of troops Intent on
demonstrating progress in Iraq, Gen. Petraeus is expected to call for a
withdrawal from several areas. Have
consumers gone wobbly? Data details how gas prices, home values, and
credit woes may slow the economy. Editorial A
Wayward Missile The U.N. should get the whole story on what happened in
Georgia. A
balancing act of Iran's enemies Tehran seems
to play neighbors and foes against one another China's New Revolutionaries: U.S. Consumers By: Nathan
Gardels | Los Angeles Times Beijing must yield to market forces demanding the
rule of law and an end to corruption. Who would have thought
that tainted pet food and toys would threaten to unravel the authoritarian
export model of Chinese growth that the brutal Tiananmen Square crackdown in
1989 was partly meant to secure? Let the Mighty Liberal Hawks Soar By: Tim Cavanaugh | Los
Angeles Times |
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H16 American Politics LA Times Karl
Rove: Bush's Napoleon Jonah Goldberg: Like the French emperor in
Russia, Rove's villainy was caused mostly by his failure to quit after his
high note in 2004. Bush's key electoral
strategist is leaving, but will his divisive brandof politics linger? Back
to School for The GOP By Peter Beinart,
In the past few
years, Democrats have gotten pretty good at mimicking Republicans. They've
been training college activists, establishing think tanks and, more
generally, trying to turn their party into a movement -- just what
conservatives did during their years in the pre-Reagan wilderness. Rove's
Blind Spot By Harold
Meyerson, Page A11 Decades from
now, historians will have trouble fathoming why Karl Rove's contemporaries
hailed him as a genius. The
Rove Legacy As he packs his
desk just 15 steps from the Oval Office, Karl Rove says he will not join any
2008 presidential campaign. That's just as well because none of the
Republican candidates presumably could afford the association even if they
wanted his strategic smarts. Who
Will Be the Karl Rove Of the 2008 Campaign? realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp ROVE: Dems in danger of
repeating mistakes of Vietnam... |
H17 Daily
Telegraph Sarkozy,
Bush's new best friend Toby Harnden recalls how Bush greeted
Sarko the First Buddy - a title, uncontested by Gordon Brown, that has been
up for grabs since Tony Blair stepped down. Independence
vote for 'Scots only' English voters will be given no say over proposals that could end the
300-year-old union with Scotland, says Alex Salmond. Netanyahu
makes a political comeback The former Israeli prime minister, whose political career appeared
over last year, is on course to rise to high office again after being
reconfirmed leader of the Likud party. Employers
should bear cost of immigration Employers - the winners from immigration - should be required to
reimburse society - the losers - for the costs their decisions impose on it,
argues Irwin Stelzer. Pakistan
celebrations fail to mask rising tension Pakistan celebrates its 60th anniversary with military parades
against a backdrop of Islamist tensions and a struggling president. |
H18 Independent Suicide
bombers kill 175 in northern Iraq
In a savage
onslaught on the pre-Islamic Yazidi sect, four suicide bombers driving fuel
tankers blew themselves up in northern Iraq killing 175 people and wounding
200 others, according to officials Salmond's
independence plan puts PM on defensive
Scottish
independence was put back on the agenda yesterday by Alex Salmond, the First
Minister for Scotland, in a White Paper paving the way for a referendum on
the break-up of the Union Lebanese Militants Vow to Take Battle Outside Camp By:
Robert Fisk | The Independent Bush's
lethal legacy: more executions
The US already kills more of its prisoners than almost any other
country. Now the White House plans to cut the right of appeal of death row
inmates... |
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H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Sacred
Violence: Religion and Terrorism WSJ
A
U.S. move to expand access to data from spy
satellites is likely to reignite the privacy debate. The satellites, at
first, will be used to enhance border security, protect critical infrastructure
and help responses to natural disasters. US military sees looming
China threat to satellites... Terrorists Beyond Criminals By: Jonah Goldberg | The
Miami Herald |
H20 Slate Draft Numbers If we want to take on the world's problems, we may need the draft. Still want to?
The false choice between treating terrorists as criminals
or soldiers.
FrankenGoogle How to mash
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Psychologists
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Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006 |
H21 Portals:
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