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Original Article (Spanish)	El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua A Visit Without Pain or Glory
	Obama's objective was fulfilled: Greetings, pictures and illusory hopes had been placed on the table — hopes that went beyond even the original false expectations

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Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany Obsessing over Benghazi-Gate Original Article (German) "Our prognosis: The subject of Benghazi will dominate U.S. politics for the foreseeable future — and the same arguments will be constantly repeated. "

Die Welt, Germany Barack Obama Lacks the Gift of Statesmanship Original Article (German)

Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden A 100-Day Uphill Struggle Original Article (Swedish)

Le Nouvel Observateur, France Google Officially Recognizes Palestine: Eric Schmidt and Obama, Same Fight? Original Article (French) "The decision not to condemn Google ... suggests that Google may be seen as backup for American authorities when they themselves are blocked by more complex political and diplomatic considerations. "

Le Monde, France Obama’s 'Crusade' Against Terrorism Original Article (French)

Le JDD, France Syria: Has Obama Fallen into His Own Trap? Original Article (French) "Between threats and prudence, American diplomacy nevertheless finds itself in a complex position. "

La Presse, Canada 'Zero Dark Thirty': Co-Written by the CIA Original Article (French) "Doesn't a movie that claims to be serious in its examination of an organization that has been immersed in one of the most hotly debated controversies of the last decade lose all its credibility when the organization in question admits that they are 'absolutely comfortable' with the film? "

Göteborgs Posten, Sweden The Rule of Law Has No Exceptions Original Article (Swedish) "Democracies have no special right to violate human rights. "

Il Giornale, Italy Pivot to Asia: Here’s Obama’s Agenda for the Far East Original Article (Italian)

Le Figaro, France The Delayed Remorse of the US Supreme Court Original Article (French)

Die Welt, Germany The Poisoned Fruits of American Fear Original Article (German) "It appears as if American society could tolerate a society in which school children and other innocents are regularly murdered by the mentally ill with freely available weapons. If, however, the attacks are perpetrated by persons designated as 'terrorists,' collective hysteria breaks out "

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany Nothing To Gain but a Great Deal To Lose Original Article (German)

La Stampa, Italy US: Boom of 'Corporate Espionage' Predicts Stock Market Trends Original Article (Italian) "'Political intelligence' is the new specter haunting Washington. "

El País, Spain Like Bush, but in Reverse Original Article (Spanish)

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Hespress, Morocco Uncle Sam's Wars and Anesthesia Original Article (Arabic) "The media often repeats that the U.S. administration has lost its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because it could not maintain control after the invasions, but the truth is the complete opposite "

Al-Raya, Qatar An Illumination: Terrorists or Journalists? Original Article (Arabic)

Polit, Russia Penpals Original Article (Russian)

El Watan, Algeria America and the Anti-Assads Original Article (French)

Kitabat, Iraq US Administration, Its Approach to Crisis Management Original Article (Arabic) "The world is facing a difficult choice between pluralism and international law and absolute U.S. hegemony. "

Milliyet Gazetesi, Turkey Does the US Support the Solution Process? Original Article (Turkish)

Vzgliad Daily, Russia On the Question of Chechen Terrorism Original Article (Russian) "Fighting our common enemy together is not merely common sense; it is a moral imperative "

Ryukyu Shimpo, Japan Breaking and Entering by US Soldier: Too Much Crime To Ignore Original Article (Japanese)

Sohu, China The US Should Stop Baseless Speculations Against China Original Article (Chinese)

Sabah, Turkey Americans Getting Bigger, Cars Getting Smaller Original Article (Turkish) "Americans, who have not given up their eating habits during the crisis, have been shrinking their cars to save money on fuel. The biggest problem: trying to squeeze obese teens into tiny automobiles. "

The China Times, Taiwan US Must Respond Carefully to Abe's Missteps Original Article (Chinese) "Abe's attempts to outflank Beijing diplomatically in order to force concessions from it are evidently a product of his own wishful thinking. "

Nawai-Waqt, Pakistan Karzai Offers To Maintain Nine Army Bases Following US Evacuation Original Article (Urdu)

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia The Tsarnaev Brothers Original Article (Arabic)

KM, Russia Russia and the US Have Come to an Agreement on Syria Original Article (Russian) "But the agreement on an international conference will not guarantee an end to the war. "

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The Daily Star, Bangladesh Don’t Expand the War on Terror

Fars News Agency, Iran US Think Tank: Iran Will Balance Middle East If Ever Moves toward Military N. Capability

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel The Russian Card: S-300 To Prevent Intervention in Syria "Russia's concern that the US and the West are approaching a military intervention in the Syrian civil war is the reason Moscow pulled out its most effective pressure card – the intent to deliver S-300 missiles to Assad's army. These missiles are capable of damaging long-range aircrafts and ballistic missiles, thus making it difficult for foreign forces in the country. "

Israel National News, Israel Mitigating Islam "Would al-Qaeda have stopped after 9/11 if in response America had given them a portion of California to create their own state? "

Al Jazeera , Qatar Not Buying the Bush Library Lies

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Moral Indifference "US Republicans must realize many Syrian rebels despise West just as much as they despise Assad. "

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Thank You George W. Bush "Having once had the highest approval rating going back to Truman, George W. Bush left office with an appalling 34 percent approval rating. "

Israel National News, Israel Europe's Muslims Are Fighting the World Jihad War "In Iraq many European muslims detonated themselves against US troops, Iraqi soldiers and Shia pilgrims. "

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Sunni Muslim States Must Send Troops to Syria "The standing armies – not including reserves forces – of only five countries who share a deep concern about the Syrian crisis (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE and Egypt) total over 1.3 million, and all of them are substantially supplied by American-made arms and equipment. A relatively modest deployment of these forces will make a big difference on the ground. Also, with the exception of Turkey, all these troops speak Arabic, which is of vital importance for effective deployment in Syria. "

Al Jazeera , Qatar Rape Culture in the US Military "There is a lot of talk but little action when it comes to combating rape in the American military. "

Israel Hayom, Israel Even Stuxnet Didn't Set Back Iran "Indeed, according to a new report, published in the Royal United Services Institute journal, Stuxnet may have done more harm to the West than good. "

Israel Hayom, Israel Obama's America

Al Jazeera , Qatar The US and Enemy Prisoners Post 9/11

Haaretz Daily, Israel Angelina Jolie's Powerful Message About the Ultimate Symbol of Womanhood "Rationally speaking, Angelina Jolie is clearly a real human being. But sometimes it seems that she is nothing more than a human laboratory for testing – and shattering – the abundant myths about femininity, body image, motherhood, beauty and so on. "

Al Jazeera , Qatar The Logic of Democracy

Al Jazeera, Qatar Why Iran Sanctions Aren't Working

The Daily Star, Lebanon From Revolt to Nearly Intractable Syrian Conflict

The Daily Star, Lebanon Look At the Big Picture in Syria "The big question being asked by many in the international, especially American, media is whether the United States will now respond and engage militarily in Syria, due to the reports of the use of chemical weapons there. "

The Daily Star, Lebanon Hollow Rhetoric "This new position of the U.S. is basically what Russia has been saying all along – that talks between the opposition and the regime should take place, but that Assad should not be excluded from the political system entirely. "

The Korea Times, South Korea North Warns of Dangerous Tensions "North Korea warned Thursday that dangerous tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula in May due to naval drills conducted by South Korea and the United States. "

The JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea North May Have 200 Missile Launchers

The Economist, UK Nevada’s Economy: Silver Dollars

The Economist, UK Debt and the Deficit: Priority Report "Republicans have a plan to force lower spending without risking default. "

The Economist, UK Notes on Three Scandals

The Japan Times, Japan Hashimoto Remarks Outrageous

The JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea The President Is Too Vague

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Obama's objective was fulfilled: Greetings, pictures and illusory hopes had been placed on the table — hopes that went beyond even the original false expectations

"Our prognosis: The subject of Benghazi will dominate U.S. politics for the foreseeable future — and the same arguments will be constantly repeated. "

"The decision not to condemn Google ... suggests that Google may be seen as backup for American authorities when they themselves are blocked by more complex political and diplomatic considerations. "

"Between threats and prudence, American diplomacy nevertheless finds itself in a complex position. "

"Doesn't a movie that claims to be serious in its examination of an organization that has been immersed in one of the most hotly debated controversies of the last decade lose all its credibility when the organization in question admits that they are 'absolutely comfortable' with the film? "

"Democracies have no special right to violate human rights. "

"It appears as if American society could tolerate a society in which school children and other innocents are regularly murdered by the mentally ill with freely available weapons. If, however, the attacks are perpetrated by persons designated as 'terrorists,' collective hysteria breaks out "

"'Political intelligence' is the new specter haunting Washington. "

"The media often repeats that the U.S. administration has lost its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because it could not maintain control after the invasions, but the truth is the complete opposite "

"The world is facing a difficult choice between pluralism and international law and absolute U.S. hegemony. "

"Fighting our common enemy together is not merely common sense; it is a moral imperative "

"Americans, who have not given up their eating habits during the crisis, have been shrinking their cars to save money on fuel. The biggest problem: trying to squeeze obese teens into tiny automobiles. "

"Abe's attempts to outflank Beijing diplomatically in order to force concessions from it are evidently a product of his own wishful thinking. "

"But the agreement on an international conference will not guarantee an end to the war. "

"Would al-Qaeda have stopped after 9/11 if in response America had given them a portion of California to create their own state? "

"US Republicans must realize many Syrian rebels despise West just as much as they despise Assad. "

"Having once had the highest approval rating going back to Truman, George W. Bush left office with an appalling 34 percent approval rating. "

"In Iraq many European muslims detonated themselves against US troops, Iraqi soldiers and Shia pilgrims. "

"There is a lot of talk but little action when it comes to combating rape in the American military. "

"Indeed, according to a new report, published in the Royal United Services Institute journal, Stuxnet may have done more harm to the West than good. "

"Rationally speaking, Angelina Jolie is clearly a real human being. But sometimes it seems that she is nothing more than a human laboratory for testing – and shattering – the abundant myths about femininity, body image, motherhood, beauty and so on. "

"The big question being asked by many in the international, especially American, media is whether the United States will now respond and engage militarily in Syria, due to the reports of the use of chemical weapons there. "

"This new position of the U.S. is basically what Russia has been saying all along – that talks between the opposition and the regime should take place, but that Assad should not be excluded from the political system entirely. "

"North Korea warned Thursday that dangerous tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula in May due to naval drills conducted by South Korea and the United States. "

"Republicans have a plan to force lower spending without risking default. "