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November 2004 |
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| November
30 |
| Sharon's
tightrope, a timeline: Can foes save him? - Bradley Busrton, Haaretz |
| Analysis: Creating one crisis to
escape another - Aluf Benn,
Haaretz |
| Anton La Guardia: The UN must sort itself out before it can take on the
world |
| Ukraine on a knife-edge - Leader, Telegraph |
| PR man to Europe's nastiest regimes - David Aaronovitch, Guardian |
| Coordination with the U.S. - Leader, Haaretz |
| A pseudo-event - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| Longing for Napoleon - Daniel Ben Simon, Haaretz |
| Either war, or the bomb - Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz |
| Tehran
must leverage its diplomatic successes to assist Iraq - Dstar |
| Sufi
or not Sufi? Was Shakespeare a Muslim? - Dstar |
| Religious
bigotry and history reinvented in Egypt - Kamel Labidi, Dstar |
| Contradictory
ambitions of gunboat democracy in Iraq - Ralf Dahrendorf, Dstar |
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| November
29 |
| Ukraine: Here the
crowd is the kingmaker - Nick
Paton Walsh, Guardian |
| Abu Mazen's minimum - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Today we are saving you, Mr. Sharon
- Yossi Beilin, Haaretz |
| Pulling out - in Jerusalem, too
- Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| Delay
elections if division is the upshot - Raad Alkadiri, Dstar |
| Patrick Seale: The dire potential fallout from
Tehran's bomb |
| David
Ignatius:A 'yes-able' proposal must be crafted on Iran's nuclear program |
| Sectarian
electoral maneuvers may break Iraq apart - Mustafa Malik, Dstar |
| Words worth pondering from an experienced and
impartial mediator - Dstar |
| Do
We Hate Jews and Christians? -
Khaled Batarfi , Arab News |
| Peace
is nowhere in sight - Michael
Goodwin, Nydaily |
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| November
28 |
| A new iron curtain now threatens
Europe - Anne
Applebaum, Telegraph |
| Syria must be wary of
Zionist trickery - Hassan
Hanizadeh, Teheran Times |
| Ukrainians
alone should choose - Leader,
Guardian |
| Guide to age
- Alexander Chancellor, Guardian |
| Analysis: Barghouti had no choice
but to support Abbas -
Danny Rubinstein |
| Replying to Assad - Haaretz |
| Another reason for refusal to serve
- Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| Syria-Israel: Ripeness is all - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| This melody has to be stopped - Yossi Sarid Haaretz |
| A new Russian revolution - Ina Shapiro, Haaretz |
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| November
27 |
| Wayne Madsen: Saudis, Enron money helped pay for US rigged election |
| Palestinian elections: Last challenge to moving the peace
process forward - LW |
| One week on, democracy burns brighter in Ukraine - Leader, Telegraph |
| Ukraine's destiny decided on streets, in courts - and in
the Kremlin - Telegraph |
| The revolution televised - John Laughland, Guardian |
| Set the world in motion - Michael Nazir-Ali, Guardian |
| The
European Union needs Turkey -
Soner Cagaptay, Daily Star |
| Sectarian
electoral maneuvers may break Iraq apart - Mustafa Malik, Daily Star |
| True
security rests in sustained Christian-Muslim dialogue - Jason Erb, DStar |
| Sharm El-Sheikh conference: Addressing
the possible - Ibrahim Nafie,
Ahram |
| The neo-con coup - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram |
| America's loss, the world's gain - Immanuel Wallerstein, Ahram |
| Sharon's provocations - Salama A. Salama, Ahram |
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| November
26 |
| Naomi
Klein: Smoking while Iraq burns - Guardian |
| Analysis: US
campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev - Ian Traynor, Guardian |
| Ze'ev Schiff: A threat to the West Bank pullout |
| Hamas and the EU
- Leader, Telegraph |
| A warning signal from the churches
- Nathan Guttman, Haaretz |
| Shrinking expectations to bring
democracy to the region - Haaretz |
| 70 percent of religious hate crimes
directed against Jews - Nathan
Guttman |
| Are credible elections a universal or a
discretionary phenomenon? -
Editorial |
| Arafat's
legacy: a broken leadership -
Barry Rubin, Daily Star |
| Rest
house to battleground: Spain's terrorist revelations - James Badcock |
| Arab
judicial reform: bold visions and few achievements - Nathan Brown, DStar |
| Intifada
Dictionary: The language of the enemy - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Ukraine: Is the
future orange? - Leader, Guardian |
| Ukraine's postmodern coup d'etat - Jonathan Steele, Guardian |
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| November
25 |
| Ukraine has chance to fulfil its democratic pledge - Leader, Telegraph |
| In a joined-up
world, upheaval is everybody's problem - S. Tisdall, Guardian |
| Ukraine: Freedom's
front line - Timothy Garton Ash,
Guardian |
| One gulp, and Bush was
gone - Sidney
Blumenthal, Guardian |
| 'We face a real
opportunity today' - Press Review, Guardian |
| The
Ayatollah and the transsexual -
Independent |
| Between Raful and Arik - Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| Iran-US: At least let there be
diplomacy - Haaretz |
| David Ignatius: A fuzzy '80 percent' solution in
Iraq |
| Khalil Shikaki: Palestinian legislative elections
must be held to avoid infighting |
| Necessary
signposts toward an Arab renaissance - Mohamed Galal, Daily Star |
| After
kidnapping, party's over for foreigners in Afghan capital - Editorial, Dstar |
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| November
24 |
| Iran: Where Next on the Nuclear Standoff? - Ineternational Crisis Group |
| Sharm meeting ' a triumph to US' - Editorial Review, Lebanonwire |
| Ukraine's stolen poll - Leader, Telegraph |
| Daniel Pipes: Who's a (moderate) Muslim? |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Time to act against the extremists |
| Weapon
of the weak? - Evelyn Gordon,
Jpost |
| Organic
terrorism - Marc Sageman, Jpost |
| Take
the polite conversation forward -
Editorial, Daily Star |
| Lessons to make the present round of ME diplomacy
succeed - Rami Khouri |
| Fallujah
did not break the Iraqi insurgency's back - Anthony H. Cordesman |
| Isolate the extremists through a public 'peace
process' - Shamil Idriss |
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| November
23 |
| Anton La Guardia: Regime change may be better than a nuclear-armed Iran |
| WMD in Iraq and Iran:
Spotting the differences -
Leader, Guardian |
| No one is taken in by
the US lies - Rana Kabbani,
Guardian |
| Iraq: 'A gamble worth
making' - Press Review, Guardian |
| Old habits and
fears die hard in Ukraine - Simon
Tisdall, Guardian |
| Moshe
Arens: A lesson in diplomatic history |
| Back to the argument of the 1967
lines -Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Intifada Hebrew, a glossary - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Analysis: Absolutely illegal - Amos Harel, Haaretz |
| Socrates would have opposed - Yehoshua Gitay, Haaretz |
| Providing an example of cohesiveness for the Arabs - Editorial, Daily Star |
| Iraqi
science: The war within the war - Alan I. Leshner, Daily Star |
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| November
22 |
| Greg Dobbs: The forgotten
realities of the Palestinian-Israreli conflict |
| Cinnamon Stillwell:
Moderate Muslims and Arabs Emerge from the Shadows |
| Save us from an EU army - Leader, Telegraph |
| Iraq: Death threats and
sectarian splits - Guardian |
| Iraq: To get the whole
picture we need embeds on both sides - Guardian |
| US risks a downhill
dollar disaster - Larry
Elliott, Guardian |
| Listening to religious soldiers
- Amos Harel, Haaretz |
| We miss
you, Mr. `There's-no-partner' - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| Quiet on the Palestinian front - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| When IDF `successes' are failures
- Reuven Pedatzur, Haaretz |
| David Ignatius: A shake-up or purge in Washington? |
| Yossi Alpher: An unlikely best-case scenario for
Israeli-Palestinian relations |
| Partick
Seale: A coming battle over the shape of the Middle East |
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| November
21 |
| Blood
from a stone? Palestinians must make the most of every drop - Editorial |
| Why America has got it so wrong on Iran - Peter Beaumont,
Guardian |
| Democracy - the new excuse - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Inside Trac: Gaza litmus test - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
| The realization of Sharon's dream?
- Uzi
Benziman, Haaretz |
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| November
20 |
| The Iran-Israel 'balance of terrror' - Lebanonwire |
| Persecuted
Christians - Leader, Telegraph |
| Security Council's move yields little to help Sudan - Leader, Telegraph |
| Terror just part of
army routine - Jamie Wilson,
Guardian |
| Iran's nuclear gamesmanship - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| The EU carrot, not the US stick - Ian Black, Guardian |
| 'Dr Khan isn't taking calls today' - Declan Walsh, Guardian |
| Mustafa Al-Labbad:
Jubilee celebrations in Iran -
Ahram Weekly |
| Coming to grips with the loss of Arafat - Graham Usher, Ahram |
| Sharon,
now a dear old softy - Editorial,
Daily Star |
| An opening at Sharm el-Sheikh - Phebe Marr, Daily Star |
| Van
Gogh's murder brings out Holland's contradictions - Peter Speetjens, DStar |
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| November
19 |
| The Americanization of Islam - Jennifer Friedlin, Jerusalem Report |
| George Friedman:The Crisis in the CIA |
| From
fear to freedom - Natan Sharansky,
Sirra Times |
| This fatal compromise
- Ian
Brown, Guardian |
| Time for Europe
to believe in itself - Simon Tisdall, Guardian |
| For Germany,
being right is an unbearable burden - Jonathan Steele, Guardian |
| Analysis: Show me the money -- Arafat's - Claude Salhani, UPI |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Was there danger of a coup? |
| What kind of a Rice? - Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz |
| Envious of the Dutch system - Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| Bush's
ambush of human rights -
Aryeh Neier, Daily Star |
| A
religious dialogue can help mend U.S.-Saudi relations - Aryeh Neier, DStar |
| With
Turkey in the EU, Middle East will be better off - Eberhard Rhein, DStar |
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| November
18 |
| Egyptian Columnists: We Do Not Regret the Death of
Arafat |
| Simon Tisdall: Islamists shift focus to Europe as jihad enters third phase |
| Seumas Milne:
Without Arafat, a Middle East peace settlement is far less likely |
| Iran's nuclear ambition - Leader, Telegraph |
| Colin and the crazies
- Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian |
| American blues - Timothy Garton Ash , Guardian |
| Ze'ev Schiff: The navy is well prepared |
| The changing face of American Jewry
- Avi Beker, Haaretz |
| The voices of the brave - Alexander Yakobson, Haaretz |
| A new democratic paradigm - Ari Shavit, Haaretz |
| Michael Young: After Saint Colin, an unprincipled doctor |
| Time
is now for Palestinians to renew their body politic - Editorial, Daily Star |
| David Ignatius: The U.S. and France, mutual
irritants, intend to cooperate |
| Hold
elections to usher in a legitimate Palestinian order - Ali Abunimah, DStar |
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| November
17 |
| The supertanker who kept Yeltsin from the gates - Alec Russell, Telegraph |
| The rise of Miss Rice - Leader,Telegraph |
| Optimism unrestrained - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian |
| We salute the fighters
in flip-flops - Haifa Zangana,
Guardian |
| Rice has the chance to
recast her department - Times Online |
| Why Powell had to go - Elaine Monaghan, Times Online |
| The rise and rise of
Bush's guru - Roland Watson, Times
Online |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Don't learn from the Americans |
| Now we need pressure on America
- Gideon Samet, Haaretz |
| After his death, still the
occupation - Amira Hass,
Haaretz |
| The cliches about Arafat - Yair Sheleg, Haaretz |
| The
paradox of anti-Americanism in Iran - Nicholas Schmidle, Daily Star |
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| November
16 |
| Pro-Arafat Gunmen to Abbas: Next Time Well Shoot to
Kill - Debka File |
| Two
US Protectorates: Israel and the Future Palestinian State - F. Schurmann |
| Powell's departure gives Bush a fresh chance - Leader,Telegraph |
| Mission impossible for Powell's successor - Simon Tisdall, Guardian |
| Falujah: wish
there had been another way -
Barham Salih, Guardian |
| Colin Powell:
Soldier who lost the will to fight -
Rupert Cornwell, Independent |
| In America we trust:
we have to - Geremy Greenstock,
Times Online |
| Leader: bridging the
Atlantic - Simon Tisdall, Guardian |
| And the fence is still not built - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Solving the three axes of crises
- Shlomo Ben-Ami, Haaretz |
| The peace motif on a new scale - Daniel Barenboim, Haaretz |
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| November
15 |
| Analysis: Who gets Arafat's money? |
| Iraq is not Bush's Vietnam. But it is becoming
Blair's - Max Hastings, Guardian |
| Analysis: When Arafat's foes
inherit - Danny Rubenstein,
Haaretz |
| Arafat-free at last, Sharon hints at flexibility - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Inflammatory legends - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Time to implement Bush's vision
- Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| Calls for a nuclear all clear - Yossi Melman, Haaretz |
| Peace Index: Arafat's leaving won't
change things - Haaretz |
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| November
14 |
| The prudent President - Leader,Telegraph |
| Change course: it's the first rule of the re-elected - Edward Luttwak,Telegraph |
| Labour voters look at Blair but see only Bush - Quentin Letts,Telegraph |
| Terrorists must not
hijack our cities - Hoshyar
Zebari, Observer |
| The two-state
solution has to work this time -
David Aaronovitch, Observer |
| Assault on Falluja, The
final battle - Peter Beaumont,
Observer |
| Blair
makes the best of a 'special relationship' - Gaby Hinsliff, Observer |
| A chance for peace
- Leader, Observer |
| Apparently Dahlan was the target
- Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Turning back the clock - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| Settling accounts with Palestinians
- Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| Rejoice in the fall of this enemy - Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| Analysis: Diplomatic attention will focus on impending Palestinian
elections |
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| November
13 |
| The many sides of Yasser Arafat - Lebanonwire |
| Rivalries, accusations blemish Arafat's succession - Lebanonwire |
| The life and times of Yasser Arafat - Lebanonwire |
| America listens to its strongest ally - Leader, Telegraph |
| The fall of Fallujah - Leader, Telegraph |
| Die, then vote. This is Falluja - Naomi Klein, Guardian |
| Talking tough in Gaza - Guardian |
| The other half
of America pleads innocent - Simon
Hoggart, Guardian |
| Missing Arafat - Ari Shavit, Haaretz |
| Arafat and Peres - a near romance - Daniel Ben Simon, Haaretz |
| Arafat's
rival heirs - a field guide -
Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Midterm changes |
| Can
Arafat's mistakes be learned from? - Massoud A. Derhally, Daily Star |
| Harness
the energy of the Palestinian people and cause - Editorial, Daily Star |
| David
Ignatius: Peace can't happen in secret |
| A
new Israeli-Palestinian agenda -
Debra Delee, Daily Star |
| Arafat's
legacy must be a Palestinian State -
Pete Mccloskey, Daily Star |
| The
Palestinian struggle is greater than Arafat - Sam Bahour, Daily Star |
| Journalists
can play a significant role in Syrian reform - Rhonda Roumani, Dstar |
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| November
12 |
| Geopolitical Intelligence Report: The Death of Arafat |
| Analysts voice fear of post-Arafat vacuum |
| Beyond the humbug: Arafat's life is testimony to his ultimate failure-Telegraph |
| Arafat's ultimate failure was that he never dared to let go of the gun-Telegraph |
| A hero - and a
villain: Arafat's death opens new chapter of history - Guardian |
| The Palestinian heart
is here! - David Cornwell,
Guardian |
| After Arafat - Ewen MacAskill, Guardian |
| What now? Struggle
enters its third phase - David
Hirst, Guardian |
| Israel's death festival - Daphna Baram, Guardian |
| Our own Palestinian De Gaulle - Afif Safieh, Guardian |
| The man they
called Mr Palestine - Independent |
| Arafat,
father of the Palestinian cause -
Independent |
| Yasser Arafat, 1929-2004: Father of
the Palestinian nation -
Haaretz |
| With their enemy dead, Israelis breathe a huge sigh of relief - Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff: It's just the start |
| Aluf Benn: The new reality |
| Time
to complete the noble mission that Yasser Arafat started - Daily Star |
| The
man who was loyal only to Palestine - Khairallah Khairallah, Daily Star |
| Egypt's
human rights model: fine or flawed? - William Fisher, Daily Star |
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| November
11 |
| Analysis: What future for the Palestinians? - Paul Reynolds, BBC |
| Analysis: Arafat's condition has finally given PM control over security
forces |
| Yasser Arafat: a Saga of Reincarnations |
| 'The only place I am
going from here is heaven' - Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Guardian |
| The lowest ignorance
takes charge - Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian |
| 'There is no rationale
for the invasion' - Press Review, Guardian |
| Confronting a new leadership - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Missiles over the Middle East - Reuven
Pedatzur, Haaretz |
| Why the Orthodox voted Bush - Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| American fundamentalism - Yuval
Dror, Haaretz |
| Iraq beyond tragedy: A country gripped in the twin
jaws of absurdity - Editorial |
| Bridging
the great divide - Meena
Sharify-Funk, Daily Star |
| Which
way is west for Turkey? -
Soli Ozel, Daily Star |
| Of
Bush, Arafat and coinciding transitions - Dr. Bernard Sabella, Daily Star |
| US
should consider the lessons of the last 4 years - Ghassan Khatib, Daily Star |
| Arab-Israeli conflict: barely 3rd on Bush's MidEast
agenda - Yossi Alpher, DStar |
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| November
10 |
| Background:
The man who lived too long - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Falluja's defiance of a new empire - Sami Ramadani, Guardian |
| Death will be
his witness - Jonathan Freedland, Guardian |
| Analysis: Tough battle for city - Nick Childs, BBC |
| Analysis: Palestinians try to give Arafat's death national symbolic value |
| Ze'ev Schiff: A symbolic maneuver |
| Ze'ev Schiff: New tune,
different disengagement |
| The partner, and the price - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Non-violence frightens the army
-
Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| Kerry's wild geese - Yossi Sarid, Haaretz |
| The
opportunities and dangers of the post-Arafat era - Editorial, Daily Star |
| The
Abu Ammar burial site polemic - Adnan Abu Odeh, Daily Star |
| Looking
forward to winning the next round - Alia Malek, Daily Star |
| After Arafat, policies count more than personality |
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| November
9 |
| Aspirants seen using Arafat's wife to
succeed the ailing leader |
| We weren't dumb enough to vote Kerry - Mark Steyn, Telegraph |
| Chirac rushes in - Leader, Telegraph |
| Fearful in Falluja - Leader, Guardian |
| Press review: 'This is
now the battle for Iraq' - Guardian |
| Puritanism of the rich - George Monbiot, Guardian |
| Focus: The televised rantings
of Suha Arafat are more than just about money |
| Moshe Arens: Bush's victory, and Israel's |
| Carpe diem - Ami Ayalon, Haaretz |
| Battling for the soul of Islam |
| Arafat's leaving won't change
things - Ephraim Yaar, Tamar Hermann, Haaretz |
| Why
I engaged Arafat over the years - Paul Findley, Daily Star |
| The
remarkable legacy of Sheikh Zayed -
Patrick Seale, Daily Star |
| Egypt
needs a president, not a latter-day pharaoh - Saadeddin Ibrahim, DStar |
| The
Iranian-European nuclear accord is good news on several fronts - Editorial |
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| November
8 |
| Falluja screams will not be heard - Madeleine Bunting , Guardian |
| Keep the pressure on
Khartoum - John Ryle,
Guardian |
| Nato is a threat
to Europe and must be disbanded -
Jonathan Steele, Guardian |
| Second chance with an old-new
partner - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| After Arafat, an off-balance Gaza - Danny Rubinstein,
Haaretz |
| Fear underlies Palestinian worry
- Amira
Hass, Haaretz |
| Affirm
the law in Iraq, even as the law is curtailed - Editorial, Daily
Star |
| Bush
II and democracy in the Mideast: anger and hope - Chibli Mallat, DStar |
| U.S. public diplomacy falls short of reaching
English-speaking Arabs |
| Can
the Arab League invigorate Arab-Israeli peacemaking? - Elias H. Tuma |
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| November
7 |
| Analysis: The
IDF after Arafat - Amos Harel, Haaretz |
| The United States has re-elected 'an
enemy of Israel' as its president |
| Max Hastings: We are in this together: if America fails, we
fail - Telegraph |
| Arafat: Bitter legacy
of a flawed leader - Sam Kiley,
Guardian |
| US
elections: No, it wasn't God - David Aaronovitch, Guardian |
| Focus: How Bush tapped into
a well of faith - Paul
Harris, Guardian |
| Focus: The Lancet and
the bodies in question - Jamie
Doward , Guardian |
| The risks of battle
- Leader, Guardian |
| A chance for conciliation - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Right of return - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Palestinian
dividends: Death declared by successors - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| The tyranny of disengagement - Nadav Shragai,
Haaretz |
| A cold shoulder to Assad - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
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| November
6 |
| Analysis: End of the Arafat Era |
| Action
on Mideast should flow as quickly as the rhetoric - Editorial, Daily Star |
| U.S.
and the Middle East: The next 4 years - Maggie Mitchell-Salem, Daily Star |
| Palestine
will be no worse off the day after Arafat - Adnan Abu Odeh, DStar |
| David Ignatius: New term in office brings Bush new
chance in Iraq |
| David
Hirst: One final task for Arafat |
| One day soon, 'values voters' will decide the
election in Britain, too -
Telegraph |
| A time of outrage and loss - Ahmad Samih Khalidi , Guardian |
| Jonathan Freedland: Democrats can't win until their politics are born again |
| Bush, an optimistic
view - Philip Bobbitt , Guardian |
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| November
5 |
| Analysis: The Second Term - George Friedman, Stratfor |
| Analysis: Israel must prepare for a new reality |
| Analysis: Rivalries among
Palestinian factions may soon reemerge |
| Sudanese fear they will become the next Iraq - Alice Thomson, Telegraph |
| Despite Arafat, Iraq is still the key - Leader, Telegraph |
| Arafat demise: A
tragedy and an opportunity -
Jonathan Steele, Guardian |
| Onward
Christian soldiers - Simon
Schama, Guardian |
| Bush will now
celebrate by putting Falluja to the torch - Robin Cook, Guardian |
| Iraq: Deadly routine - Leader, Guardian |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Time for an Israeli initiative
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| Fear of what the future holds
without Arafat - Meron
Benvenisti, Haaretz |
| When the brain forgets the brawn - Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz |
| The KISS principle - Emanuel Sivan, Haaretz |
| Bush victory has dire
Mideast implications |
| One
final task for Arafat - David Hirst, Daily Star |
| Arabs
must assess Arafat honestly - Editorial, Daily Star |
| Bush
has a rare chance to bring Tehran in from the cold - Trita Parsi, Dstar |
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| November
4 |
| No power on Earth can intimidate a free nation - Leader, Telegraph |
| Can the Tories figure out how Bush won again? - Charles Moore, Telegraph |
| If only Britain had the problems that beset American
democracy - Telegraph |
| Analysis: America prefers it simple. That was Kerry's big problem |
| Jonathan Freedland: This is no passing phase. This is now an era |
| Four
more years - Leader, Guardian |
| A moral dilemma - Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian |
| Nicholas Blanford: An ominous watershed? 4 more
years of trauma? |
| Patrick Seale: And now ... 4 more years of war? |
| Bush may
press Israel next. So why is Sharon smiling? |
| Israelis should understand November
2 - Ari Shavit, Haaretz |
| Iraq
and the prospect of perpetual small wars - Elias Hanna, Daily Star |
| The
United States and the world: a new start? - Editorial, Daily Star |
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| November
3 |
| Bush's 'crime'? Just being a patriot - Janet Daley, Telegraph |
| Low expectations
and lasting wounds - Simon
Tisdall, Guardian |
| Middle East: 'The situation is deteriorating'
- Press Review, Guardian |
| US: Knowing how to intervene - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Sadat's secret pipeline to
Kissinger |
| Is everything his fault? - Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| Gamal
Mubarak's journey to power -
Joshua A. Stacher, Daily Star |
| David Ignatius: Osama bin Laden and the 'October
surprise' |
| Images
and tasks: before and after the U.S. election - Rami Khouri, Daily Star |
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| November
2 |
| Messages
from Tel Aviv - Abdullah Iskandar,
Al-Hayat |
| Bin
Laden II (and Bush II?) - Hazem
Saghieh, Al-Hayat |
| Wayne Madsen:
Getting it About the Importance of this Election |
| Joy of US
political fever - Leader,
Telegraph |
| It's not just the economy, stupid - Mark Steyn, Telegraph |
| US
Elections: Verdict of a divided nation on one man - Gary Young, Guardian |
| The Manchurian cover-up - Naomi Klein, Guardian |
| The fervour behind the push to put 'America first' - Martin Kettle, Guardian |
| Why even a hawk like me is backing Kerry - David Aaronovitch, Guardian |
| Why we are still backing Arafat - Karma Nabulsi, Guardian |
| Analysis: Just business as
usual - Amos Harel, Haaretz |
| Bush according to the world - Adar Primor, Haaretz |
| Wanted: A serious American peace
policy - Aaron David
Miller, Haaretz |
| Engage
the next American president - Editorial, Daily Star |
| We
want to elect the American president - Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, Daily Star |
| Bin
Laden's 'October surprise? - Omar Barghouti, Daily Star |
| Algeria's
forgotten 'mudjaheedats' - Khatoun Haidar, Daily Star |
| Losing
the Cold War, one election at a time - Abdul Aziz Said, Daily Star |
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| November
1 |
| US Elections: Playing With Fire - George
Freedman, Startfor |
| Bush must be
allowed to finish the war on terror
- Leader, Telegraph |
| Why Blair secretly wants his partner in war to lose - R. Sylvester,
Telegraph |
| Bin Laden tape: a
scoop and a mystery - Jason Burke,
Guardian |
| The war on Iraq has
made moral cowards of us all -
Scott Ritter, Guardian |
| Bin Laden's surprise - Leader, Guardian |
| Behind Arafat's mask - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| Analysis: Hamas sees itself as a substitute for the Palestinian Authority |
| An American horizon needed - Leader, Haaretz |
| Nostalgia for the disengagement - Lily
Galili, Haaretz |
| Background:
Arafat the wizard, Arafat the goat - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| Learning
from Arafat's legacy - Nadia
Hijab, Daily Star |
| Patrick Seale: George W. Bush and the 'politics of
fear' |
| Ten
years of cold peace - for obvious reasons - Hasan Abu Nimah, DStar |
| Osama
bin Laden: Still devious and contradictory - Massoud Derhally, DStar |
| Pro-Middle
East, pro-Bush: an unusual anomaly - Khalid Itum, DStar |
| David Ignatius: An ailing Arafat signals an end to
the Age of Immobilism |