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January 31
Feature: Islam on rise in Syria 25 years after revolt crushed
Ilene Prusher: After victory, Hamas faces money crunch
Analysis: West faces difficult choices in dealing with Hamas
Analysis: Hamas' Political Strategy
Analysis: Al-Zawahiri's New Tape
Iraq: Drop in Bombings Could Signal a Growing Rift
Uri Dan: Iran already has the bomb
Geopolitical Diary: Merkel in the Middle East
Helena Cobban: Hope for a Mideast resolution could grow with Hamas
Muqtedar Khan: Hamas's victory - good for all
Travel Security: Common-Sense Measures for Leisure Time
Yoel Marcus: We don't need any favors
Amir Oren: Bay of Pigs to come
Ilene Prusher: After victory, Hamas faces money crunch
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January 30
Russia's Sweetheart Deal for Iran - Valerie Lincy and Gary Milhollin
Analysis: Arab neighbours will work with Hamas-led cabinet
Jackson Diehl: Bush's Choice on Iran
Feature: Impoverished Gazans fear end of foreign aid
Walid Phares: The Hamas Gate..
Dean Barnett: All Jihad All the Time
Kevin Peraino: Extreme Victory
Fareed Zakaria: Caught by Surprise. Again
Michael Slackman: A New Face in Iran Resurrects an Old Defiance
Steven Weisman: Rice Admits U.S. Underestimated Hamas Strength
Charles Levinson: Ballot-box win boosts Iraqi radical
Josh Mitnick: Israeli right may gain ground
Azzam Tamimi: Hamas will make a deal
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January 29
David Grossman: Can fanatics become pragmatists?
Gershon Baskin: The Hamas electoral victory
Jeff Jacoby: Hamas victory is good news
James Glanz: A Little Democracy or a Genie Unbottled
Jonathan Raban: 'My Holy War'
William Rugh: Anti-Americanism on Arab TV: Outsider Observations
Robert Kagan: It's the Regime, Stupid
Scott Wilson: Some Palestinians See End of Secular Dream
Analysis: Wave of democracy pits Israel against 'Arab street'
Zvi Bar'el: Give them the money
Gideon Levy: Only the right can
Con Coughlin: Don't blame Bush, this is Arafat's fault
Feature: Baghdad's newborn Siamese twins face long odds
Niall Ferguson: For all those who miss the Cold War, some bad news…
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January 28
Saudis: U.S. paved way for Hamas victory
Report: Iraq's WMD secreted in Syria, former Iraq general says
Glenn Kessler: U.S. Policy Seen as Big Loser in Palestinian Vote
Victor Davis Hanson: Deconstructing bin Laden's talking points
Policy Watch: America and Hamas
Gerald Kaufman: A triumph for Sharon
To Tame Tehran - Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani
Jim Hoagland: Living With Hamas's Victory
Sol Sanders: Bush never promised us a rose garden
E. J. Dionne Jr.: Two Elections and a Lesson
Feature: Dubai's 'Dragon' mall promotes Chinese products
U.K.-Russia: Terrorism Intelligence Caught Between a 'Rock' and a Hard Place
Kevin Matthews: Slouching Towards Lebanon
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January 27
Anton La Guardia: Victory leaves Hamas with a dilemma
Alec Russell: Bush makes the best of ballot box blow
PNA: Hamas' New Predicament
Geopolitical Diary: Hamas at the Polls
Monica Duffy Toft: When terrorists go mainstream
Who's who in Hamas
Mark Sappenfield: Is the US Army prepared to fight another Iraq-style war?
Feature: Iran's Jews uneasy over Holocaust-denier Ahmadinejad
Ilene R. Prusher: Hamas win shatters status quo
Iran trying to ruffle Britain's feathers: analysts
Ze'ev Schiff: Terrorists en route to government
Nazir Majali: A heavy burden on Israel
Jonathan Spyer: Radical Islam - with sovereignty
Bradley Burston: Spin Cycle / And do they still want us dead?
Howard LaFranch: Is democracy empowering Islamists?
Leader: The West and Hamas must talk to each other
Travel Security: Protecting Sensitive Information in 'Essential' Travel Devices
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January 26
Profile: Hamas's Meshaal: hardliner who escaped Israeli assassins
Profile: Hamas: legitimate resistance movement or terror group?
Fact File: Iran, a major player in the global oil market
Analysis: Hamas faces political reality check after vote win
OPEC set to ignore Iranian call to reduce output: analysts
Fred Burton: The Bin Laden Tape and the Strike in Damadola
Iran: Prolonging the Controversy
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: The Mullah Wars
Glenn Kessler: Hamas Emerges as Significant Force Despite U.S. Efforts
Mark Levine: A truce with Muslims
Peter Baker: The Realities of Exporting Democracy
Feature: Women bear brunt of poverty in post-invasion Iraq
Palestinians cast historic vote - Ilene R. Prusher and Joshua Mitnick
Walid Phares: Osama's unmistakable message
A. McLaughlin: In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending
Jeff Jacoby: Don't go wobbly on Iran
Hind Khoury: A six per cent democracy
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January 25
Analysis: Taboo-breaking Kuwait blazes trail for Gulf
Palestinian parties running for parliament
Major events in Palestinian history
Factfile on Palestinian territories
Main players in Palestinian poll
Iran: Unrest Within the Islamic Republic?
George Friedman: Osama's Vietnam Syndrome
Ilene Prusher: Why Hamas is gaining in Palestinian polls
John Hughes: In dealing with Iran, no method is sure, but save combat for last
Yossi Sarid: In a darkened seventh-floor room
Travel Security: Minimizing the Risk of Falling Victim to Crime
Sergio Della Pergola: A question of numbers
U.S.: Seizing Pirates, Watching for Terrorists, in the Horn of Africa
Analysis: A step forward for Palestinian democracy
Analysis: IDF doesn't know the outcome of the PA elections
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January 24
Analysis: Reshuffling of judges damages credibility of Saddam trial
Fareed Zakaria: Time to Face Reality on Iran
Flynt Leverett: The Gulf Between Us
Peter Grier: Why US doesn't trust Iran on nukes
Tod Lindberg: The complexities of nuclear Iran
Douglas Borer: Why not test bin Laden's 'truce' offer?
Michael O'Hanlon: We Can't Stop Rebuilding Iraq
Claude Salhani: US must engage Hamas
H.D.S. Greenway: Muslim undesirables need not apply
Palestionain Election: Hamas steps into a complex landscape
Aaron David Miller: The Palestinians' Crisis of Leadership
Monitor's View: A Palestinian pivot
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January 23
Profile: Sheikh Sabah: Kuwait's seasoned strongman
Profile: Kuwait's emir: an ailing liberation hero
Interview: Iran stands by threat of retaliation
Main players in Palestinian poll
Danny Rubinstein: How Fatah responds to Hamas
Israel: Winners and losers: A preview
Baruch Kimmerling: The fence will never be a border
Alan Dershowitz: Spielberg's fictions
Iraq's next big hurdle: unity government
Palestinian Elections: Between zeal and pragmatism
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January 22
Jeff Jacoby: Defeating Islamist extremism
Daoud Kuttab: Inside Palestinian elections
Mendel Zilberberg: The price of being accepted by the world
Gideon Levy: A state held hostage by organized crime
Zvi Bar'el : Tzipi Livni's complaint
Interview: Fatah would win with Arafat: Shaath
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January 21
Coming Soon: Nuclear Theocrats?
Analysis: Iraqis Urging Unity, but Rifts May Be Too Deep
Martin Walker: Israel's new dependence
Stephen Hayes: Prewar Iraqi documents are of more than academic interest
Factfile on Palestinian territories
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed : A post-Sharon Middle East
Salama A Salama: Tehran stands its ground
Azmi Bishara: A monstrous rehabilitation
Iraq Eelctions: A step towards peace or abyss of civil war?
Iraq's Election: New Government, Negotiations and Violence
Telegraph Editorial: Democracy in Iraq doesn't mean unity
The Bin Laden Tape: Inconsistencies and Revelations
New Nations Bulletin: Immediate dangers - early 2006
Mark Almond: Russia is in retreat
Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor
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January 20
Iraq's parliament -- who's in, who's out
Osama bin Laden Tape: Taking Credit for Others' Work
Palestinian parties running for parliament
By Ze'ev Schiff: From Iran, a nuclearized Mideast?
Daniel Byman: Targeted killing, American-style
Bin Laden message: 'I'm still here.'
Analysis: Bin Laden re-appears
Dan Darling: Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist
David Ignatius: Containing Tehran
Analysis: Bombing shows Islamic Jihad has done its homework
Analysis: Bomb in Tel Aviv shatters hopes
Analysis: PA's Dahlan and Hamas locked in personal vendetta
Joshua Mitnick: Can moderate Abbas weather Hamas's rise?
Sanford Gottlieb: US spying isn't new
Travel Security: The Risks of Public Transportation
Charles Marsh: Wayward Christian Soldiers
Map Wars: The UAE Reclaims Lost Territory from Saudi Arabia
Palestine's election: Hamas ahoy!
Guardian Editorial: In the shadow of Bin Laden
Telegraph Editorial: Diplomatic shake-up
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January 19
Assad: London student who failed to live up to the West's expectations
Patrick Bishop: Assad releases Damascus Spring rebels
Beware of 'Kramer': Tradecraft and the New Jihadists
Major events in Palestinian history
Switzerland: Securing the World Economic Forum
Faiza Saleh Ambah: Saudi Arabia tries to create a safer hajj
Hilary Leila Krieger: Out in the open
Eliyahu Stern: Unkosher in Washington
Deepak Chopra: A proposal to 'rebrand' peace
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January 18
George Friedman: Iran's Redefined Strategy
Julian Borger: US agency paints dire picture of 'out-of-control' Iraq
Howard LaFranchi: On Iran, West looks for a Plan B
Simon Heffer: Doing nothing in Iran is not an option
Simon Jenkins: The west has picked a fight with Iran that it cannot win
Daniel Pipes: The pope and the Koran
Graig Smith: Warm and Fuzzy TV, Brought to You by Hamas
Charles Krauthammer: The Iran Charade, Part II
John Hughes: To progress, Islamic countries must advance women's rights
Travel Security: Mitigating the Risk at Overseas Hotels
Jpost Editorial: Humanizing terrorism
Pakistan: Musharraf Speaks Out
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January 17
Charles Levinson: US tries to loosen Shiite grip in Iraq
Jeffrey Steinberg: Cheney and Netanyahu Pushing For War Against Syria
War's stunning price tag - Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz
Nytimes Editorial: Disarray Among the Palestinians
Jpost Editorial: Time for 'Libya-plus' sanctions on Iran
Neil MacFarquhar: In tiny Arab state, Web takes on ruling elite
Charles Krauthammer: The cunning deceit behind `Munich'
Analysis: Al-Zawahiri and the Trail of Tapes
Feature: Prague's Jewish Museum launches "Year of Jewish Culture"
Ghassan Khatib: Undermining the Palestinian peace camp
Yossi Alpher: Another crisis temporarily averted
Mark Steyn: Let's give Iran some of its own medicine
Munich: fact and fantasy
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January 16
Con Coughlin: Iran 'could go nuclear within three years'
Oil market alarmed by Iranian warning over higher prices: analysts
Report: Bush and Sharon Agreed to Let Hamas Win
Feature: Hamas and Fatah battle it out in Gaza town
Brent Scowcroft: Focusing on 'Success' In Iraq
Tariq Ali: Iraq's destiny still rests between God, blood and oil
Christine Spolar: Middle East democracy a goal, not a reality
Elliot Jager: Iran - all that we don't know
Kevin Peraino: The Making of a Candidate
Leonardo Mauger: The Saudis May Have Enough Oil
Joe Klein: Israel's Quiet Crisis
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January 15
Niall Ferguson: The origins of the Great War of 2007
Peter Beaumont: Palestinians at war as blood feuds follow Israeli pullout
Massoud Ansari: 'We will cut them until Iran asks for mercy'
Mark Helprin: The myth that shapes Bush's world
Politics: Iraq occupation a turning point for Kuwait diplomacy
Reforms: Kuwaitis press for wider democratic reform
Economy: Kuwait rides road to prosperity as oil prices soar
Profile: Kuwait's new emir: a now ailing liberation hero
Profile: Sheikh Sabah: Kuwait's seasoned strongman
Kuwait factfile
Yossi Klein Halevi: Israelis Must Continue What Sharon Began
Marianna Belenkaya: Russian Islamic radicalism
Aparasim Ghosh: Why Iran Won't Back Down
Charles Moore: There's method in the Mahdi madness of Iran's president
William Kristol: And Now Iran
Risky Business: HAS THE AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL from Iraq begun?
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January 14
Emily Flynn Vencat: ‘Bleed the Enemy’
Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical
Andrew Klavan: Why God chose the Jews
David Van Biema: What Was Robertson Thinking?
Globe Editorial: Iraqi fractures
Csmonitor: Avoiding critical mass with Iran
Feature: Hebron settlers vow to resist eviction
Sol Sanders: Fatal disconnect? Sort of searching for 'moderate' Islam
Travel Security: Self-Preservation Techniques for Airline Passengers
Merkel, Bush: Getting Cozy in Washington
Iran: A New Phase of Diplomacy?
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January 13
David Hirst: Iran and Israel will be kings of the Middle East jungle
Timeline of Iran nuclear standoff
Paul Bremer: In Iraq, Wrongs Made a Right
Analysis: China faces dilemma over Iran standoff
Yoel Marcus: Sharon's extra-large shoes
Ze'ev Schiff : Olmert's strategic options
Feature: Sex and the electricity
PNA: Hamas' Changing Goals
Joshua Mitnick: Israel's epic generation passes torch
Nimrod Raphaeli: The Syrian Economy Under Bashar al-Assad
Travel Security: The Importance of Understanding the Risks
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January 12
Chronology of deadliest incidents during hajj in Saudi
Israel's issues that Sharon left hanging
Kathleen and Bill Christinson: How Quickly They Forget the Real Sharon
Feature: Muslims promote tolerant Islam at hajj
John Keegan: We should be very worried about Iran
Timothy Ash: Let's make sure we do better with Iran than we did with Iraq
Leader: Tangling with Tehran
Analysis: Europe's Other Turkey Problem
Sudan: Not So Quiet on the Eastern Front
Peter Ford: Iran crosses last red line; UN sanctions ahead?
Rafael Frankel: Sharon's legend grows among Israelis
Helena Cobban: Keep Israeli-Palestinian progress steady at this critical hour
Ana;ysis: Thailand and the Possible Terrorist Threat to Tourists
Charles Grant: India tilts to the west as the world's new poles emerge
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January 11
Iran-UN: Details of UN Security Council referral procedure
Iran nukes: Utmost political risk in 2006
Samuel Freedman: Christian Zionist support - a mixed blessing
Daniel Pipes: Mission and mysticism
Robert Satloff: Good for Nothing
Fatah’s Prospects in the Legislative Elections
Max Boot: Ariel Sharon's unending legacy
Telegraph Editorial: The West must call Russia's bluff on Iran
The next phase of Sharonism might have defeated Sharon himself
Feature: Mideast Barbie dolls don Islamic veil
Analysis: Dissecting the 'Chinese Miracle'
Analysis: The Thriving 'Gray' Arms Market
Ebrahim Moosa: Pilgrims at Heart
John Hughes: Absent Sharon, the US should keep the peace process moving
Mark Sappenfield: Stakes in Iraq are high, but how high?
Tough response may seem inevitable but could play into Tehran's hands
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January 10
Iran's VIP Plane Crash: Sabotage or Accident?
Embassy Closures in Jordan: The Militant Threat Remains
Fareed Zakaria: The Things That Have Not Changed
Reuel Gerecht: 'Hearts and Minds' in Iraq
Arnauld De Borchgrave: Israel's new doctrine
H.D.S. Greenway: Peace -- on a warrior's terms
Ramit Plushnick-Masti: A Survivor, Sharon Now Faces Long Odds
Yossi Alpher: The immediate challenges after Sharon
Ghassan Khatib: Potential for change after Sharon
Yisrael Harel: Not the end of an era
Hisham Ahmed: At a crossroads after Sharon
Ze'ev Schif: Nuclear Iran? An Isreali perpective
Sadegh Zibakalam: Iranian nationalism and the nuclear issue
Sharon and the battle for Jewish demographics
Charles Krauthammer: What's ahead for the state of Israel?
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January 9
Aaron Belkin: Just a coup away
Howard LaFranchi: Peace prospects after Sharon
Lally Weymouth: For Sharon, A Fearless Crossing
Saree Makdisi: The whitewashing of Ariel Sharon
Tim Butcher: 'It is hard for Palestinians to feel anything but hatred for him'
James Carroll: The arc of Ariel
Heart of a Nation - Kevin Peraino, Dan Ephron and Jeffrey Bartholet
Sharon: A personal portrait
Rami Khouri: The Measure Of the Man
Max Hastings: Israel-Palestine conflict might be resolved by thinking globally
Iran's top mullah may be on our side - Dariush Zahedi and Ali Ezzatyar
Jackie Spinner: Hussein-Era Symbols Disappear Under Edict
Jpost Editorial: Message of the haj
Key dates since Abbas's election
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January 8
Abbas one year on: security chaos, political uncertainty
Timeline of Sharon's health woes
Post Sharon:Ten Voices on the New Era
Steven Erlnager: With Sharon Ill, Palestinians Face Own Travails
Iraq replaces Afghanistan as centre of global terrorism: analyst
James Bennet: History Interrupted
Alan Cooperman: Among Evangelicals, A Kinship With Jews
Bernard Wasserstein: The heir who can make Sharon's dream a reality
Analysis: In bitter hindsight
Globe Editorial: The Cairo massacre
Jpost Editorial: Restraint and maturity
Jonathan Mahler: The Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan
Feature: Afghan immigrants dominate Saudi prayer mat market
Mary Riddell: Bullying Iran is not an option
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January 7
Gideon Levy: The journey to Gaza
Doron Rosenblum: The magic is gone
Bradley Burston: The lie of Palestine
Aaron Klein: The Man Who Would Succeed Sharon
Peter Berkowitz: Ariel Sharon's Legacy
Amos Oz: Sharon, From muscle to mystery
Uri Dan: The Jewish Gulliver
Marvin Zonis: Iran and the crash of 2006
U.S.: Aiding Intelligence with Secret Wiretaps
Stephen Hayes: Saddam's Terror Training Camps
Editorial: Egypt's farce
Israel: A sense of insecurity
Pamela Hass: Anbar province slowly getting police force
Uri Dromi: Sharon -- father figure
Jonathan Finer: With Promise of Airport, Investment in Najaf Takes Off
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January 6
Likely contenders to succeed Sharon
Fact File: Israel in a nutshell
David Grossman: How Sharon won Israel's trust
Iran, U.S.: Heading Off Post-Sharon Opportunism
Europe, Meet the Turkmenbashi
Israel: Change Agent
Israel: Sharon's last battle
Colin Coughlin: Sharon's unlikely legacy of peace will be hard to overturn
Matthew Wagner: Most, but not all, heed call to prayer for Sharon
Analysis: Sharon's legacy
Analysis: Olmert can win
Joshua Brilliant: 'Sharon illness hardly affects his party'
Charles Krauthammer: A Calamity for Israel
Times Online: After Sharon
Finacial Times: A troubled Legacy
James Brandon: As Dubai thrives, an eye on political reform
Evelyn Gordon: Fatah is no better than Hamas
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January 5
Survey: Saudi Arabia, A long walk
Analysis: The acting Israeli prime minister
Analyis: Mideast facing turmoil after Sharon stroke
Analysis: Sharon's Condition Causes Turmoil
Analysis: The stroke that felled Sharon
Sharon: the burly warhorse turned man of peace
Analysis: A tragic end to Ariel Sharon's one-man show
Glenn Kessler: Bush at Risk of Losing Closest Mideast Ally
Sharon, Israel's seemingly indefatigable leader
Israel Must Learn to Live without Ariel Sharon – at Least for a While
Comment: What now?
James Risen: Did the CIA give Iran the bomb?
Tony Karon: Without Sharon, an Epic Gap
Lisa Anderson: Mideast democracy after the honeymoon
America's waning clout in Iraq - Jill Carroll and Dan Murphy
Howard LaFranchi: For pariah nations, 'rogue' status pays off
Michael Mandelbaum: David’s Friend Goliath
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January 4
Profile: New ruler of Dubai vies to associate Islam with modernity
Profile: Late Dubai ruler had a passion for horse racing
United Arab Emirates factfile
Rafael Frankel: After Israel, who can run Gaza?
Scott Peterson: True believers dial messiah hotline in Iran
Intelligence report claims nuclear market thriving
Analysis: Is U.S. planning to hit Iran?
Al Qaeda in 2006: Devolution and Adaptation
Iraq: Toward a Government of National Unity
Analysis: The return of the nightmare for Ariel Sharon
Gideon Samet: Balance the power
Secure the US against bloodless terrorist warfare - M. Ijaz and J. Abrahamson
Mark Sappenfield: US allies in Iraq, valuable but dwindling
EU: Exploring Its Energy Options
Charmaine Seitz: Meet the Islamist vanguard
Yossi Alpher: Three devastating failures
Daniel Litvin: Oil, gas and imperialism
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January 3
Syria: Clamour for reform drowned out by a tide of patriotism
Gershom Gorenberg: West Bank buildup
Samuel Segev: Arab unity a mirage in Mideast
H.D.S. Greenway: ... And reading the year ahead
Gideon Bachar: Blame the Mossad
Yoel Marcus: Four comments for 2006
Yossi Sarid: Make them drink their sea of oil
Yoram Schweitzer : Hamas' participation: strategic or tactical?
Ghazi Hamad: Palestinian elections are vital
Dan Murphy: Few choices for Egypt's Sudanese migrants
Jpost: Finish the fence
Gary Schmitt: Constitutional Spying The solution to the FISA problem
William Kristol: The Paranoid Style In American Liberalism
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January 2
Jeff Jacoby: Questions the Islamic Society should answer
Brian Bennett: The Sunni Backlash
Death in Cairo: Anatomy of a Debacle
Madeleine Bunting: Last year, the politics of global inequality came of age
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January 1
Rami Khouri: A mixed year for a valiant Arab people
Zvi Bar'el: There is Arab public opinion
Avi Beker: American Jews' split personality
Michael Slackman: Making a Push on Pocketbook Issues
Gary Bass: Are Democracies Really More Peaceful?
Craig Whitlock: Trial of French Islamic Radical Sheds Light on Converts' Role
Rethinking Nation-Building - Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart
War on Terror: The global war
Profile: Abdul Halim Khaddam
Economist: Gaza slides closer to chaos
Jonathan Powers: Behind veil of Iraq war, winds of peace
Analysis: The Year in Iraq
With no Palestinian state in sight, aid becomes an adjunct to occupation

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