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Financial Times Wall Street banks fight for life
Wall Street was in turmoil on Sunday night as Merrill Lynch found shelter in
a $44bn takeover by Bank of America and Lehman Brothers headed towards filing
for bankruptcy. The Federal Reserve is making it easier for financial
institutions to access Fed liquidity by easing terms on its borrowing
facilities and accepting a much wider range of assets as collateral Full
coverage: Crisis on Wall Street WSJ Wall Street Crisis as Lehman Totters
Lehman
faces the possibility of liquidation and Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of
America on a day in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to its core.
The federal government's refusal to provide support to potential Lehman
buyers prompted Barclays and Bank of America to walk away from talks Wall Street
Journal Wall
Street Reckoning IHTNYT Frantic day on Wall Street as banks teeter Merrill Lynch
agreed Sunday to sell itself to Bank of America for about $50 billion, while
Lehman Brothers headed toward bankruptcy. Boston Globe Democracy on the wane In country after country, democratic reforms are in
retreat. The surprising culprit: the middle class. (By Joshua
Kurlantzick, Boston Globe)
Obama's
Worldview Closer to Reality - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek Washington
Post Bush's
Overseas Policies Begin Resembling Obama's Barack Obama contends that a
John McCain presidency would amount to little more than President Bush's
third term. But as it turns out, an Obama presidency might look a bit like
Bush's second. Writers
Posit That Foreign Policy Could Be a Bush Legacy The
Battle For Hope In Iraq By Fred Hiatt,
It's thanks to Bush's national security adviser that the next
president will take office with at least a prospect of success in Iraq. A
Mideast Crisis to Avert By Dennis Ross,
Condoleezza Rice is focusing on the wrong problem Guardian
This
is not a cold war Fareed Zakaria: History doesn't repeat
itself. It only seems to do so to people who don't know the details Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the
world's most dangerous city Pakistani
chiefs threaten to join Taliban US warned of uprising if armed incursions
continue as new counter-terror policy backfires An
Afghan 'October Surprise'? - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times Jerusalem Post
Olmert reportedly offers 98.1% of West Bank
to Palestinians Offer said to include return of 5,000 refugees to
Israel; PM: vision of 'Greater Israel' outdated; cabinet discusses voluntary
evacuation.
US
Moving Closer to Iran Blockade Independent
on Sunday Iraq:
Violence is down – but not because of America's 'surge'
Ha’aretz – Olmert: There's no
such thing as 'Greater Israel' anymore US to Sell
Israel New Bunker-Buster Bombs Deal for 1,000 smart bombs
approved despite U.S. reservations about possible Israeli strike on Iran Abbas to Haaretz: We
will compromise on refugees The world after the Caucasus war , Rein Müllerson Russia's way: the Putin factor, Dmitri Travin NYT Editorial Not
Safe Enough If President Bush truly wants to keep America safe, then why
hasn’t his administration enforced a comprehensive national security
strategy?
THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN Making
America Stupid Unless we make America the country most able to innovate,
compete and win in the age of globalization, our leverage in the world will
continue to slowly erode. With
White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Rise Sharply Sales of weapons to foreign governments have risen to more than
$32 billion, up from $12 billion in 2005. 'The
Limits of Power' Andrew J. Bacevich plays the prophet for a fat,
self-indulgent America. Washington
Post Editorial
The
War in Pakistan U.S. attacks on
Taliban and al-Qaeda targets are risky -- and necessary By David
Ignatius OUR MAIN MAN IN
BAGHDAD He
Came, He Cut Deals, He (May) Conquer By Linda Robinson, Democrats and
Republicans are both peddling their own story about Iraq's extraordinary
turnaround -- and both are wrong This
Time, Things Are Looking Up By John A. Nagl, The war is far from won, but
the way ahead is becoming clea Power Barometer:
Pipeline
Politics in Russia Quagmire,
Phase 2: The Invasion of Pakistan
by William Pfaff Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan and the U.S. -- The Crisis
Begins Russia: The Challenges of Modernizing the Military IRAN, ISRAEL: Locked in potentially deadly dance A
year on, Israel still won't discuss Syria strike TPM US Policy, Obama, and The Hebrew Republic IHT GEORGIA'S
FUTURE What
the West wants By DENIS CORBOY, WILLIAM COURTNEY,
AND KENNETH YALOWITZ The current crisis involving Russia, Georgia and
the West should not be an excuse for arrogance and abuse of power in Tbilisi. Ex-Minister:
Saakashvili 'Planned South Ossetia Invasion' RFERL Next
In Line? Possible Successors Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili won the right to a
five-year term in early presidential elections in January 2008. But Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev's recent likening of Saakashvili to a
"political corpse" has fueled speculation the Georgian leader may
serve only a fraction of that time. Who are his likely successors
Daily Star Israel's
multiple personalities are too much for the region to bear The
US should accept that its Iraq time is up By
Geoffrey Aronson Sunday Timers Sarah
Palin: the most underqualified vice-president ever? By Andrew Sullivan Marwan
Muasher The
Arab Centre: The promise of moderation Daily
Star The
valor and failures of the 'Arab center' By Rami G. Khouri It's
unwise to poke an angry bear in Ukraine By
F. Stephen Larrabee Not Just A Rigmarole Newsweek Is
Pakistan Helping the Taliban? MESH ‘After
Bush’ symposium at Harvard Russia
and a New Democratic Realism As peace talks sputter, Israelis and
Palestinians eye Plan B Forming a single binational state is among the alternatives being
raised to the two-state solution. Raids into Pakistan: What U.S. authority?
Bush's orders to send special forces
after Taliban militants have roots in previous presidencies. With pope's visit, Sarkozy challenges
French secularism French politicians
don't talk about faith openly. But President Sarkozy wants a more open
discussion of the role of religion. An innovation nation once more To compete globally, the US workforce needs
presidential leadership to bolster math, science, and engineering education. Russia takes a bite out of state
sovereignty The real clash with Georgia is sovereignty vs.
self-determination. By Mackubin
Thomas Owens FT Democratic
activists should stop digging If Barack Obama loses this
election to John McCain, history will point to August 29 as the moment when
Mr McCain announced Sarah Palin would be his running-mate and when livid
Democrats gravely harmed their candidate’s prospects, writes Clive
Crook ‘Damascus
spring’ fades from memory Syria has enjoyed a remarkable
recent turnround on the diplomatic front, but activists say people continue
to be detained and that little has changed on human rights US
in Pakistan: 'The Gloves Have Come Off' US
Army General Warns Pakistan of 'New Kind of War' The
Asquith Analogy: Georgia Is the New Belgium
by Daniel Koffler Seeing
Iranian Gains in the Caucasus - Council on Foreign Relations Oil's
Trouble Spots - Council on Foreign Relations Riedel: US Needs to Tread Carefully in Pakistan - Council on
Foreign Relations Slate The Sorrow and the Pity When it comes to foreign policy, Sarah Palin doesn't know what she's talking about.George W. Palin Sarah Palin may not know the Bush Doctrine, but she sure
sounds like Bush. CSIS Decision 2008: The Candidates' Positions |
H2 [MONDAY TALK]Lesser:
Turkey to face tough foreign policy choices
McClatchy Armenia: Obscur issue
could challenge a President Obama If Obama wins,
he'll face tremendous pressure from the State Department, the Pentagon, and
other countries -- and maybe even his own advisers -- to back away from
emphatic endorsement of language that Turks perpetrated a genocide against
Armenians during the last century
Washington
Post Strip
of Iraq 'on the Verge of Exploding'Kurds Extend Role Beyond
Autonomous Borders, Angering Arabs Stratfor Turkey:
Energy Cooperation With Armenia and Azerbaijan? ABD Genelkurmay Başkanı'yla Boğazları
konuştu Der Spiegel Caucasus
Crisis: Turkey Walks a Tightrope Between Russia and the West RFERL Lousy
Timing Could Overshadow Turkey's Logical Caucasus Solution BY LIZ FULLER Passenger ferry sinks in
Turkey Gurbetçiler İçin
Yeni Strateji Türk Hükümeti,
gurbetçilerin yurt içi ve dışında karşılaştıkları sorunlarının çözümüne
yönelik bir strateji planı hazırladı US Adm. Mullen visiting Turkey at critical time Caucasian conflict improves Russia-Turkey relations Iran's Azerbaijan to Start Cooperation with Iraqi Kurdistan EDM TURKEY
LAUNCHES KARABAKH PEACE INITIATIVE Top US
military official on surprise visit Ingmar Karlsson: Lack of constructive opposition most
crucial problem in Turkey Troyka’nın gündemi reform ve Kafkasya İç Basında Türk Dış
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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
Many
of Iraq's Big Dilemmas Are Now Colliding in Kirkuk Guardian Iraq: Al-Qaida intensifies its stranglehold in the
world's most dangerous city Kurdish dissidents call for
world support (UPI) -- The militant Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan,
PJAK, called on the international community to stand in solidarity against
the torture of its members by Iran. Powder Keg: Kurds in Iraq encroach on Arab enclaves American Thinker Turkey’s
AKP faces tough choice between Kurdish votes, terror fight Turkey Confronts Issues In Kurdish Areas Kurds Cited for
Iraq Expansion (View Article) Turkish
FM Says Fifth Round of Israel-Syria Talks May Be Held 18-19 September Turkey,
Egypt Agree to Boost Cooperation on Bilateral, Regional Issues Iraqi
Kurdish Press Highlights (in Arabic) 13 Sep 08 Bomb
Kills 8 Kurdish Soldiers, Inflaming Iraqi Regional Dispute Talabani’s
Health and Kurdish Unity Halit
Kakınç Hain
Pusu neymiş bana bir anlatıverin Iraqi Deputy Premier and al-Sistani Discuss Kurdish Crisis Curiosity puts Iraq's north on the tourist map Displaced
Iraqis live under stands in soccer stadium Iraq F-16 Purchase Roils Relations with Kurds; Bush's Minimal
... Elections
committee discusses SRSG proposal on Kirkuk (Voices of Iraq) Kurdish PJAK dissidents call for world support DTP hakkındaki kapatma davasında yarın sözlü savunma
verilecek 9 Peshmarga killed in Khanaqin “DTP, bölücü değil birleştirici bir partidir” Türk politikası, Türkiye'deki Kürd sorununu çözebilseydi daha
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