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The Christian Science Monitor
India - Pakistan tensions renew over Keshmir - -
Indian officials accuse Pakistan of violence in the disputed Himalayan border region. The allegation coincided with bombings in Jaipur
By Mian Ridge
The Washington Post
Gates: U.S. should engage Iran with incentives - -
The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran
By Karen DeYoung
The New York Post
Lebanon at the edge - -
If President Bush really wants to do more to help Lebanon, he will need to talk with Hezbollah’s masters in Syria and Iran
By Editorial
The Wall Street Journal
Maliki's victory - -
the Basra campaign is a sign that Iraqis are in fact "standing up" for their own security
By Editorial
The New York Times
The new cold war - -
The right question for the next U.S. president isn’t whether we talk or don’t talk with Iran. It’s whether we have leverage or don’t have leverage
By Thomas L. Friedman
The Washington Post
U.S. colonel says Iran is assassinating Iraqi officials - -
has also armed large numbers of militia members in Iraqi cities such as Basra, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah and Sadr City, in Baghdad
By Ann Scott Tyson
The Christian Science Monitor
Iran shifts attention to brokering peace in Iraq - -
Details from a secret meeting between top Iranian and Iraqi officials signal Iran's aim to 'stop arming' militias
By Scott Petersen & Howard LaFranchi
The Washington Times
Hezbollah 'redrawing' Mideast map - -
Hezbollah's dramatic gains in Lebanon last week are just part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip and will continue in Jordan and Egypt, a Hamas official in the West Bank told The Washington Times
By Joshua Mitnick
The New York Times
Drive in Basra by Iraqi army makes gains - -
Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old
By Stephen Farrell & Ammar Karim
The Christian Science Monitor
As Pakistan changes, should U.S. policy ? - -
The US is increasingly out of sync with Pakistan's newly-elected government, say analysts
By Gordon Lubold
The Washington Post
Spread of nuclear capability is feared - -
Global Interest in Energy May Presage A New Arms Race
By Joby Warrick
The New York Times
As Bush term vans, Mideast peace appears as elusive as ever - -
Shiites in Parliament and in the Sadrist movement agreed to a truce that would end fighting in the vast, crowded Sadr City section of Baghdad
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
The New York Post
Iran's winning Latin power play - -
Tehran has signed contracts worth $40 billion with Caracas - in Media: The first step here has come in a $1 billion Iranian investment in developing a Spanish-language TV network
By Amir Taheri
The Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon unrest widens amid government, Hizbullah tensions - -
A strike originally called over high food prices and low wages spirals into confrontation and violence
By Julien Spencer
The Washington Post
Islamic divorce ruled invalid - -
Custom Allowing Men to End Marriage With Oral Declaration Lacks 'Due Process'
By Ruben Castaneda
The New York Times
Iranian exiles are not terrorist group, British court says - -
A British court said the government was wrong to include the People’s Mujahedeen on a list of banned terrorists
By David f. Burns
The Washington Post
Lebanon's political conflict turns violent - -
Supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah blocked main roads in the Lebanese capital with blazing tires, old cars and heaps of earth, paralyzing the city
By Laila Bassam
The New York Times
The democratic recession - -
We need to do everything possible to develop alternatives to oil to weaken the petro-dictators
By Thomas L. Friedman
The New York Times
Hezbollah trains Iraqis in Iran, officials say - -
An American official said the account of Hezbollah’s role was provided by four Shiite militia members who were captured in Iraq late last year and questioned separately
By Michael R. Gordon
The Christian Science Monitor
Is the Sunni - Shiite rift mostly politics & media hype ? - -
A panel discussion Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, was dominated by the perception that the Western media hypes up tensions by focusing too much on the minority of radicals
By Nicholas Blanford
The National Review
Cleaning up Mesopotamia - -
General Petraeus's promotion is good news for us, and bad news for the radical Islamists
By Peter Hegseth
The Washington Post
Global food crisis: Siphoning off corn tofuel our cars - -
As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil
By Steven Mufson
The Christian Science Monitor
In Saudi Arabia, moderate article on Islam draws death fatwa - -
The response to threats against Abdullah Bejad al-Oteibi exposes a shifting balance between moderate and extremist versions of Islam in Saudi society
By Caryle Murphy
The Yahoo News
U.S. envoy slams Iran's alleged destabilizing role in Iraq - -
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, known as Qods Force, "continues to arm, train, and fund illegal armed groups in Iraq."
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The Christian Science Monitor
U.S. pushes utilities to counter Moqtada al - Sadr - -
US general in Baghdad says bringing basic services to Sadr City to weaken Sadr and his militia can work this time
By Howard LaFranchi
The Washington Post
McCain's radical proposal - -
his speech McCain proposed that the United States expel Russia from the G8, the group of advanced industrial countries
By Fareed Zakaria
The New York Times
Pariah diplomacy - -
It is counterproductive for Washington to isolate governments that refuse its mandate, as exemplified by recent events in Nepal and the Middle East
By Jimmy Carter
The Washington Post
A full plate Today, uncertanity Tomarrow - -
Scenes from the ground in the global fight to feed a family
By Faith D'Aluisio & Peter Meznel
The Washington Post
Try 'Pakistan first' - -
Pakistan, with its two dozen nuclear weapons, popular and official support for Kashmiri and Taliban terrorism, and political instability, is ultimately a greater threat to world peace than Afghanistan and Iraq combined
By Jim Hoagland
The Asharq Alawsat
Why Ahmadinejad want Russian troops in Iran ? - -
Motakki has gone further by suggesting that Iran abandon the Persian name for the Caspian Sea, that is to say the Sea of Mazandaran, and adopt the Russian name mentioned in the treaties
By Amir Taheri
The Washington Post
Iranian Americans raise profile - -
Lobbying Group Seeks to Promote Heritage, Build Political Clout
By Pamela Constable
The Christian Science Monitor
With Syria 'reactor' video, U.S. sends a warning - -
It lets potential nuclear proliferators Iran and North Korea know it's watching
By Peter Grier
The Christian Science Monitor
Iraq's simmering ethnic war over Kirkuk - -
Tensions are rising between Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen factions over power and populations in the province, the heart of northern Iraq's oil industry
By Sam Dagher
The Washington Post
Israelis claim secret agreement with U.S. - -
Americans Insist No Deal Made on Settlement Growth
By Glenn Kessler
Christian Science Monitor
British ex - Jihadis form ranks for tolerance - -
The Quilliam Foundation was launched Tuesday as a counterweight to political Islam among young Muslims
By Mark Rice - Oxley
The Asharq Alawsat
Yesterday & Tomarrow: the wrong debate on Iraq - -
It is what is happening now that makes new Iraq worth fighting for, not only for the Americans but also for all those who dream of a free, pluralist and prosperous Middle East
By Amir Taheri
The Christian Science Monitor
Roots of Asia's rice crisis - -
Tight supplies reflect population boom and neglect of farming
By David Montero
The New York Post
Murder's mess for Muqtada Sadr - -
Iraq has said goodbye to rule by fiat and is in no mood to succumb to rule by fatwa. The militias must be disarmed so that the new Iraqi state can grow
By Amir Taheri
The Christian Science Monitor
In Zambabwe, bread costs Z$10 million - -
With inflation at 100,000 percent, few can afford even basic goods
By Scott Baldauf
The Washington Post
Why I have new hope for the Middle East - -
The issue in the Middle East is no longer whether to seek political change. It's how to make it happen
By Robin wright
The Washington Post
5% of new cases of tuberculosis worlddwide don't react to some drugs - -
Some Regions of Former Soviet Union Have Higher Resistance Rate
By David Brown
The Washington Post
Two winnabale wars - -
We either need long-term commitments, effective long-term resources and strategic patience -- or we do not need enemies. We will defeat ourselves
By Anthony H. Cordesman
The Washington Post
Hearts and minds on the Durand line - -
To defeat extremism, we need a global response -- an independent public and private partnership aimed at improving the lives of the people in the region
By Ashley Bommer
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