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Middle East & Africa

Americas, Asia & Oceania

The Independent, U.K. Commercial Forces Born in the U.S.

Guardian, U.K. Bibi's Snub to Biden May Misfire

Guardian, U.K. Inside Alan Greenspan's Nightmare

ABC, Spain The Silent Election Original Article (Spanish) "It is clear that the scant echo from this election is due to the shame felt by the many people who declared that Iraq could never become a democracy. "

Le Figaro, France Iraq: George W. Bush's Victory Original Article (French) "If the anti-war brigade had had their way, democracy would not have come into being in Iraq. "

Der Tagesspiegel, Germany Negotiating the Negotiations Original Article (German)

La Stampa, Italy Obama Forgets About Japan Original Article (Italian) "... why is Japan not often spoken of today when we talk about global balances? It's discussed far less than China, and even less than India or Brazil; this, despite Japan being so much more financially and industrially powerful. "

The Belfast Telegraph, Ireland Obama: Iraq Must Be Free to Chart Its Own Course

The Irish Times, Ireland Irish and U.S. Regulators Did Not Do Their Jobs

Novosti, Russia Moscow Blames U.S. Negotiators For Slow Progress on Arms Deal

Novosti, Russia The Armenian Genocide: A Case of Selective Memory

Pravda, Russia Cuba Does Not Accept Pressure Or Blackmail

Pravda, Russia The Slow and Beige Rise of the U.S. Economy

The Moscow Times, Russia An Energy Superpower By Default

The Moscow Times, Russia Prudence Is Better Than Sovereign Borrowing

La Razon, Spain Obama Needs Healthcare Vote Now Original Article (Spanish)

der Tagesspiegel, Germany Not Without My Colt Original Article (German)

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The Jordan Times, Jordan Genetic Property Rights on Trial

The Jerusalem Post, Israel The New American Jew on Israel

The Jerusalem Post, Israel Dysfunctional Government

Haaretz, Israel Israelis Degrade Israel By Humiliating Joe Biden

Hurriyet, Turkey Israel's Secret Report on Obama Original Article (Turkish) "Peace is not Obama's first priority. "

Al Quds, Palestine Washington’s Promises Original Article (Arabic)

The Daily Star, Lebanon U.S. Mediation May Just Be a Con Game

Le Quotidien, Senegal Creating An American Military Command in Africa: AFRICOM, the U. S.’s Failure Original Article (French)

Milliyet, Turkey The Same Genocide Movie Is Starting to Run Again… Original Article (Turkey)

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey Who Lost Ergenekon: the View From Washington

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Oscar Glory and the Iraq War

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Take Blackwater to Task

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. U.S. Policy is not Working

Le Quotidien, Senegal Robin Diallo, Adviser at the American Embassy: “What We Are Doing With AFRICOM” Original Article (French)

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey A Game of Chicken for Turkey and America

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey Looking at the Genocide Bill Voting from Yerevan

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey The Rough Cowboy

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Clarín, Argentina Relations With The United States Original Article (Spanish) "The gestures toward the region indicate that Argentina does not occupy a place of importance in Washington’s agenda. "

Asahi, Japan Report on Secret U.S.-Japan Pacts

Yomiuri, Japan Probe of Past Deals Must Shape U.S.-Japan Alliance

New Strait Times, Malaysia History Not Siding With China Over U.S. Arms Sale

Global Times, China Lone Wolves May Turn Maneaters in Fearful U.S.

The Nation, Pakistan Not Words, But Results

China Daily, China Google Incident Does Not Break WTO Rules

China Daily, China Portland Hurts Tibetans

ND Daily, China Why the Chinese Worship Money More Than Americans Original Article (Chinese )

China Daily, China Is U.S. Nuke-Free World Pledge Sincere? "For years, the US has been refusing to consider adopting a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, citing the needs of its strategic allies as an excuse. So there is reason to believe that the appeal of its two important allies in Asia and Europe may have prompted the Obama administration to carry out a "nuclear posture review". "

Argenpress, Argentina The U.S. Will Not Give Up Preemptive Strikes Original Article (Spanish)

Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Has the United States Lost Its Self-Confidence? Five Unlikely Consequences Original Article (Chinese)

Tokyo Shimbun, Japan The Academy Awards: A Glimpse into America’s Grief Original Article (Japanese) "For the past few years, whenever Oscar season would roll around, it has been the habit to despair of the sinking quality of Hollywood films. Yet, cinema has not lost its place as one of the symbols of the United States. "

Hurriyet, Turkey Israel's Secret Report on Obama Original Article (Turkish) "Peace is not Obama's first priority. "

Argenpress, Argentina Hillary Clinton Denies that the U.S. is Orchestrating a Campaign Against Venezuela Original Article (Spanish)

Segye, South Korea Nuclear Iran "The limited courses of action being discussed in Washington are irrelevant. The Iranian nuclear issue will be decided by others. "

Korea Herald, S. Korea U.S.-South Korea Joint Exercises

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Major Foreign Press Sources and their Home Pages

Europe

Middle East

Africa

Algeria — L'Expressions (French) Auto-translation
Liberte (French) Auto-translation

Angola — Apostolado (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Botswana — Mmegi (English)

Cape Verde — Expresso das ilhas (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Cameroon — The Post News (English)

Congo — Le Potentiel (French) Auto-translation
Djibouti — La Nation (French) Auto-translation

Gabon — Gabon Eco (French) Auto-translation

Ghana — Ghana Web (English)

Kenya — Daily Nation (English)
The Standard (English)

Liberia — The Analyst (English)
The Liberian Observer (English)

Libya — Libya Jeel (Arabic) Auto-translation
The Tripoli Post (English)

Morroco — Al Bayane (French) Auto-translation
Al Massae (Arabic) Auto-translation
La Matin (French) Auto-translation
L'Opinion (French) Auto-translation
L'Economiste (French) Auto-translation

Malawi — The Nation (English)

Mozambique — Zambeze (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Namibia — Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia (German) Auto-translation
Informante (English)
The Namibian (English)

Nigeria — The Daily Independent (English)
The Guardian (English)
The Punch (English)
This Day (English)
This Sun (English)

South Africa — Business Day (English)
Cape Times (English)
Financial Mail (English)
Mail & Guardian (English)
The Star (English)
The Sunday Independent (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Sudan — Sudanese Media Center (English)
Sudan News Agency (English)

Tunisia — La Presse (French) Auto-translation

Zimbabwe — The Herald (English)
The Independent (English)
The Sunday Mail (English)
Zim Observer (English)

Central America

North America

Canada — Globe and Mail (English)
L'actualite - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Devoir - Quebec (French) Auto-translation
Le Droit (French) Auto-translation
MacLeans (English)
Ottawa Citizen (English)
The Canadian (English)
Toronto Star (English)
The Toronto Sun (English)
The National Post (English)
The Calgary Sun (English)

Mexico — El Universal (Spanish, English) Auto-translation
Excelsior (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Cronica De Hoy (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Jornada (Spanish) Auto-translation

South America

Asia

Azerbaijan — Baku Today (English)
Azer News (English)
Zaman (Azerbaijani)

Afghanistan — Bissirat (French) Auto-translation

Bangladesh — The Daily Star (English)
The New Nation (English)

Brunei — The Brunei Times (English)

China — China Daily (English, Chinese)
China News (English, Chinese)
Creaders (English, Chinese)
Guangming Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation
Huanqiu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Oriental Morning Post (Chinese) Auto-translation
PLA Daily (English, Chinese)
The People's Daily (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Sina (Chinese) Auto-translation
Shanghai Daily (English, Chinese)
Sohu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)

Hong Kong — Asia Times (English, Chinese)
Ming Pao (Chinese) Auto-translation
The Standard (English)
Takungpao (Chinese) Auto-translation
Wen Wei Po (Chinese) Auto-translation
Yazhou Zhoukan (Chinese) Auto-translation

India — The Central Chronicle (English)
Financial Express (English)
Greater Kashmir (English)
Indian Express (English)
NDTV Khabar (Hindi)
Outlook India (English)
The Times of India (English)
The Hindu (English)
The Hindustan Times (English)
The Tribune (English)

Indonesia — The Jakarta Post (English)
Tempo Magazine (English)

Japan — Asahi Shimbun (English, Japanese)
Daily Yomiuri (English, Japanese)
Kyodo News Service (English, Japanese, Chinese)
Mainichi Daily News (English, Japanese)
The Japan Times (English)
Sangyo Keizai (Japanese)
Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japanese)

Macau — Hoje Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation
Journal Tribuna of Macau (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Malaysia — Bernama (English)
New Straits Times (English)
Sin Chew Daily (Chinese) Auto-translation
The Star (English)

North Korea — Korean Central News Agency (English)

South Korea — The JoongAng Ilbo (English)
The Korea Herald (English)
The Korea Times (English)
Dong-a Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)
The Choson Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)

Pakistan — Daily Jang (Urdu)
Dawn (English)
Khabrain Daily (Urdu)
Nawa-i-waqt (Urdu)
The Nation (English) (English sister paper of Nawa-i-waqt)
Pak Tribune (English)
The Frontier Post - Peshawar & Quetta (English)
The News (English)

Philippines — The Manila Times (English)

Singapore — The Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

Sri Lanka — The Sunday Observer (English)
The Sunday Times (English)

Taiwan — China Times (Chinese) Auto-translation
The China Post (English)
The Taipei Times (English)
TVBS (Chinese) Auto-translation
The United Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation

Thailand — Bangkok Post (English)
The Nation (English)

Vietnam — Thanh Nien News (English)
Vietnam News (English)

Oceania & Antarctica

Australia — The Age (English)
The Australian (English)
The Daily Telegraph (English)
The Sydney Morning Herald (English)

New Zealand — The New Zealand Herald (English)

Antarctica — 70 South (English)

"It is clear that the scant echo from this election is due to the shame felt by the many people who declared that Iraq could never become a democracy. "

"If the anti-war brigade had had their way, democracy would not have come into being in Iraq. "

"... why is Japan not often spoken of today when we talk about global balances? It's discussed far less than China, and even less than India or Brazil; this, despite Japan being so much more financially and industrially powerful. "

"Peace is not Obama's first priority. "

"The gestures toward the region indicate that Argentina does not occupy a place of importance in Washington’s agenda. "

"For the past few years, whenever Oscar season would roll around, it has been the habit to despair of the sinking quality of Hollywood films. Yet, cinema has not lost its place as one of the symbols of the United States. "

"Peace is not Obama's first priority. "

"The limited courses of action being discussed in Washington are irrelevant. The Iranian nuclear issue will be decided by others. "