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 OpinionsThe New York Post Falling for Moscow's Syria trickery - - While some commentators are urging President Obama to arm the Syrian rebels, he may be doing the opposite — by trying to stop the flow of arms to them By Amir Taheri China The New York Times China's brutal one - child policy - - In China, the rich can pay a fine and have a second child. The poor face menstrual monitoring and state-mandated abortions By Ma Jian Iran Election The New York Times A founder of the revolution is barred from office, shocking Iranians - - A vetting panel rejected former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's By Thomas Erdbrink Analysis The Foreign Policy Texas hold 'em in Tehran - - Can the Supreme Leader bluff and bully his way to getting what he wants in Iran’s crucial upcoming presidential election? By Yasmin Alem Iran Election The Daily Telegraph Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounces Iran election decision - - Iran's ruling elite broke into open feuding yesterday after the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticised the country’s clerical establishment for stopping his chosen successor from running in next month’s elections By Colin Freeman Iran Election The Los Angeles Times From four Iranians, four views of the coming election - - Elections are scheduled in Iran for June 14, the first presidential balloting since the disputed 2009 vote. Iran’s Guardian Council, an oversight body, is expected to release the list of vetted candidates this week. The Times sought out the views of several Iranians as the country awaits the final list of candidates By Ramin Mostaghim Social Analysis The New York Post Anti - semitism and Islamophobia on the rise: U.S State Department report - - Anti-Semitism is on the rise in many parts of the Middle East and in pockets of South America while corresponding Anti-Muslim sentiments are increasing in Europe an Asia, according to an annual US State Department report By From Post Wire Services Analysis The New York Times Why is Russia still arming Syria? - - Doubts are growing about whether a promised peace conference will even come off By Editorial Boards  News AnalysisThe Christian Science Monitor Are tit - for - tat sectarian killings enough to tilt Iraq back to war? - - Bouts of sectarian fighting have worried observers many times over the past few years, but so far the worst has not come to pass By Dan Murphy  Latest NewsThe Washington Post In Iran, opponents use age to attack Rafsanjani campaign - - Having attacked Rafsanjani on every conceivable point, Iran's conservatives play the age card By Jason Rezaian Political Opinion The National Review The impeachment option - - Jason Chaffetz raises the prospect By Robert Costa Syria The New York Times Hezbollah aids Syrian military in a key battle - - Pro-government fighters are reported to hold more than half of the border city of Qusayr, in a critical setback for rebel forces By Anne Barnard & Hwaida Saad Iran Election The Guardian Iranian election: ' Opposition? there is no such word here ' - - Indifference, contempt, cynicism, disillusionment and fear seem to be the dominant emotions among young Iranians they prepare to got to the polls to vote for a new president – or not By Tehran Bureau Corresp.  OpinionsThe New York Times Without water, revolution - - The Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It's what happens when drought, a fast-growing population, a repressive and corrupt government, and sectarian and religious passions combine By Thomas L. Friedman  SyriaThe Daily Telegraph Al - Qaeda's Syrian wing takes over the oilfields once belonging to Assad - - Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing is helping to finance its activities by selling the product of oilfields that once helped to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad By Richard Spencer Iran Election The New York Times Trying unlikely comback, ex - Iran president strikes chord with public - - Fed up with Iran's stumbling economy, most Iranians yearn for policies that stimulate business while lowering prices By Thomas Erdbrink South America The Christian Science Monitor No more drug war in Latin America? Report explores new ways to fight drugs - - A new OAS report looks at alternatives to prohibiting the drug trade, including legal market regulation, reform of the UN drug convention, and smarter policing By Lauren Villagran Afghanistan The Daily Telegraph Angry Afghan MPs halt debate on women's rights - - Conservative lawmakers in Aghanistan halted a debate on women’s rights after just 15 minutes today, failing to approve a law that aims to protect women because parts of it violate Islamic principles, an Afghan legislator said By Venezuela The Foreign Policy Is Venezuela becoming a failed state? - - Being an oil producer, Venezuela can earn money in two ways: by sustaining high prices, or by increasing production By Juan Nagel Syria The Christian Science Monitor Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles - - Many see Russia's anti-ship missile sales and increased naval deployment to Syria as intended to deter Western powers from military intervention in the Syrian civil war By Whitney Eulich |
Middle East The Washington Post Iranian soldiers fighting for Assad, says U.S. official - - The U.S. allegation was a new acknowledgement that the Syrian conflict has become a regional war By Anne Gearan News Analysis The Foreign Affairs The persistence of Arab anti - Americanism - - In the Middle East, Haters Gonna Hate By Marc Lynch  OpinionsThe National Review Obama's ' idiot ' defense - - Scandal forces the president to drop the pose of omnicompetent know-it-all. By Jonah Goldberg Iran Election The Christian Science Monitor Exclusive: Iran's frontrunner for president speakes of his life battling U.S. power - - Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, has declared his candidacy for the June 14 presidential election. The forever revolutionary is fiercely loyal to hardliner Ayatollah Ali Khamenei By Scott Peterson Iran ElectionThe Washington Post Iranian presidential candidates announced; Rafsanjani disqualified - - Many people had anticipated Mashaei’s disqualification because of attempts he and Ahmadinejad had made to undermine the authority of Iran’s clergy. But Rafsanjani’s removal from the race was less expected By Jason Rezaian News Analysis The Foreign Policy What the hill was that all about? - - After scaring the world witless, has North Korea slunk back into its cave? By Aidan Foster - Carter  OpinionsThe New York Times What our words tell us - - Gradual shifts in language use over the centuries reflect tectonic shifts in culture By David Brooks Energy The Foreign Affairs America's energy opportunity - - An energy revolution is unfolding in the United States -- but unlike most past or promised revolutions, this one is not confined to a single fuel or technology By Michael Levi News Analysis The Daily Telegraph Syria: Dozens of Lebanese Hizbollah fighters killed in battle of Quasair - - Dozens of Lebanese Hizbollah fighters have been killed during an all-out offensive on the strategic border town of Qusair in Syria, a development that reveals the militia's unmitigated support for President Bashar al-Assad By Ruth Sherlock, Hermet & Richard Spencer Poverty The Los Angeles Times Move poor line in suburbs than in urbn areas, research shows - - But cities still have a bigger percentage, according to the Brookings Institution. The poverty shift has left many social service agencies unprepared By Emily Alpert Afghanistan The Foreign Affairs On the black way - - Traveling the World's Largest Underground Railroad for Afghan Refugees By Jere Van Dyke Algeria The Christian Science Monitor With Algeria's president ill, country prpares for new era - - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, believed to have suffered a stroke, has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The country must now prepare for their first leader from a generation too young to have fought for independence from France By Lamine Chikhi & MacDonald  War of IdeasThe Foreign Policy Why do some grops choose nonviolence? - - War of Ideas is a blog on the theory behind the practice of global politics. Foreign Policy associate editor Joshua E. Keating brings you the latest research, data, and intellectual debates from around the world By Joshua Keating Egypt The Christian Science Monitor Opposition groups protest proposed law regulating NGO's in Egypt - - Egypt's opposition parties and human rights groups say a proposed bill requiring NGOs to be vetted and receive special permissions by the government would restrict their work By Shaimaa Fayed  OpinionsThe Washington Post Obama's tapped - out trust - - Scandals hurt Obama’s campaign for trust By George F. Will Analysis The Foreign Policy The unstoppable force vs. the immovable object - - Could the United States really go to war with China? By Noah Feldman Egypt The Christian Science Monitor With conservative Islamists in power, blasphemy cases surge in Egypt - - Accusations of blasphemy, a criminal offense under Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution, have been leveled more frequently against writers, activists, and Christians in recent months By Maggie Michael Israel The Los Angeles Times Ultra - Orthodox protest military draft in Israel - - Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men protested Thursday night against a government proposal to, for the first time, draft them into the military By Edmund Sanders Turkey The New York Times Can Obama save Turkey from a Syrian quagmire? - - The war in Syria is spilling over into Turkey and threatening a decade of economic gains - and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political future By Soner Cagaptay & James F. Jeffrey Iran Election The Daily Telegraph Iranian cleric says a woman can never be president - - A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said on Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election By |