NEWS

Mr. NotNice cross-examines Jovanovic
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg022205.htm
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The "Unfinished War" Rages On (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://antiwar.com/malic/

Taking a Hard Look (by Marek Antoni Nowicki)
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=104&NrSection=2&NrArticle=13612

Kosovo problem cannot be solved without direct participation of Belgrade
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9270&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9270

Radio Kontakt Plus: Kosovo Serb leader urges Serbian MPs to pass new constitution
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_23/11.html?w=p


Albanian sex trade gangmaster jailed for 11 years (by Sandra Laville)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5132989-103690,00.html

Bulgaria's Connection to IRA's Money Refuted
http://www.standartnews.com/stnews/english/bulgaria/index.htm


Slovenian company "Merkur" invests Euro 1,2 million in Macedonia
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\021-2302.htm

Russia to Pay Off Macedonia Debt with Skopje Gas Pipeline
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=502


Macedonian President meets associates of US congressmen and senators
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\020-2302.htm

Bush: Former Socialist Countries Give NATO a New Life (by Antoaneta Markova)
http://www.standartnews.com/archive/2005/02/23/english/features/s4359_2.htm

US troops to remain in Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4292269.stm


Ankara's Cyprus attitude incomprehensible (by Mehmet Ali Birand)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6718

Britain and other EU partners to recognize Macedonia's constitutional name
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\019-2302.htm

EC Approves Bulgaria, Romania Accession Bids
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/23/feature-01?print=yes

European Commission: Conclusions on Western Balkans
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-69VQKB?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm

U.S.-EU Cooperation in the Balkans
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/42534.htm

Bulgaria: New Member Serves NATO In Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2005/2/23&artno=51&dMode=7


Ballooning Westward? (by Aurel Stratan)
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=103&NrSection=1&NrArticle=13589

Moscow Hedges (by Hamid Toursunof)
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=103&NrSection=1&NrArticle=13590


UPI:Crucial meet ahead for Bush (by Richard Tomkins)
http://www.wpherald.com/print.php?StoryID=20050223-040233-4494r

Bush on the "Freedom Trail"- Destination Moscow?
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_print&doc_id=548065654

It's an order: Everyone is to love America! (by Burak Bekdil)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6633

Mr. Bush, don't demonize Russia (by Yuri Ushakov)
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1109113847504&call_pageid=968256290204

Putin rebuttals Western criticism
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15009

When two powers meet (by Alexander Konovalov)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/24/stories/2005022401551000.htm

When the imposition of Western democracy causes a backlash (by Yevgeny Bendersky)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15007


Bush: Ties with Germany key to Europe relations (by Kevin Dougherty)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27368

When the trust is gone
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_print&doc_id=128062212

U.S.-EU: A Union of Purpose (by Donald H. Rumsfeld)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=12890#

Japan as the new US 'lap dog' (by Kosuke Takahashi)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GB24Dh03.html


Space Colonization: The Quiet Revolution (by Leonard David)
http://space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_colonization_050223.html

NEWS

Shutting Down the Milosevic Defense in The Hague (by Tiphaine Dickson)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/DIC502A.html

A virtual death sentence (by Bob Nichols)
http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml
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Blic: Who and what took from BIA and gave to CIA
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_22/3.html?w=p


Glas javnosti: Serbs Cannot Participate In Kosovo Institutions
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/ticker/2005/February_22/2.html

Vrapciste Turks to Boycott Macedonia Local Elections
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=501


Pope receives Croatian PM
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2228922.4yc


Talat's Victory, Papadopoulos' Isolation (by Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050223&hn=16824

Now there's a Cyprus crisis in NATO (by Mehmet Ali Birand)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6645

Old problems persist in a changing world (by John Psaropoulos)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A99&aa=9


Serbia seeks to halve poverty by 2010
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9210&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9210

Serbia Suffers "Brain Drain" (by Davor Konjikusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/22/feature-03?print=yes

Serbia and Montenegro Quarterly Bulletin - 4/2004
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_22/33.html


Belarus Traces Money Trail From 'Orange/Violet' Forces To Western Paymasters
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5439340&startrow=1&date=2005-02-22&do_alert=0

Ukrainian Scenario Planned For Kyrgyzstan And Throughout C. Asia (by Dmitry Kosyrev)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5439304&startrow=1&date=2005-02-22&do_alert=0.


International co-chairman of DRC: Defence Reform in BiH is Accelerating (by Antonio Prlenda)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2005/02/21/reportage-01?print=yes

Global Posture Realignment Will Better Support Future Ops (by Donna Miles)
http://www.defenselink.mil/cgi-bin/dlprint.cgi?http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2005/n02222005_2005022203.html


Greatest Geo-Strategic Acquisition In NATO's 56 Year History: Ukraine
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2005/02-february/e0222b.htm

London Times: Ukraine bid to join Nato threatens wider rift with Russia (by A. Browne & J. Page)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348913/posts

Is everyone in the USA free to talk nonsense about Russia in very popular TV shows? (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15001

Russia torn (by Sergei Blagov)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GB23Ag01.html


US-Japan Joint Statement on Taiwan might trigger off crisis
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/23/print20050223_174441.html


Europe can talk, the US can act (by Richard Laming)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18468&print=1

EU Constitution a threat to America? (by Andrew Stuttaford)
http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/stuttaford/stuttaford200502220745.asp

NEWS

Column forgot small matter of genocide (by William Dorich)
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/editorial/10952464.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Fund for Genocide Research: Remembering Armenian, Greek, Serbian, Jewish and Roma (Gypsy) Victims of Genocide
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_21/12.html?w=p
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CEC Visit Addresses Kosovo Religious Freedom & Social Reconstruction
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_21/20.html?w=p

Kosovo: Standards Undergo New Round Of High-Level Scrutiny (by Robert McMahon)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/2/18F7EBAC-6E6D-484C-BE6D-78377AC49F0A.html

Basic Framework for a Kosovo Constitution
http://s95376427.onlinehome.us/SNN/Kosovo/Kosovo_Constitution_2005.pdf


Reuters: Slovenia's "erased" on hunger strike for rights
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5552947

STA: Official to call on Slovenia to recognize Serbian minority
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_21/8.html?w=p


EU calls on Croatia to locate Gotovina as soon as possible
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2218785.4yc

Croatian President: There is no information at all that Gotovina is in Croatia
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2218738.4yc

Luxembourg FM calls on Croatia to realise 100% cooperation with Hague tribunal
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2218675.4yc

Lack of Co-operation Has Economic Consequences for Serbia (by Davor Konjikusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/21/feature-02?print=yes

Serbian PM: Voluntary surrender protects interest of the state and indictees
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9197&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9197


London Telegraph: IRA is 'trying to buy Bulgarian bank' (by T. Harding & B. Carlin)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348312/posts


In focus: British Ambassador: Good will and flexibility needed on all sides (by Nikos Konstandaras)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_14863742_21/02/2005_53220

Victory of the Talat-Denktaþ duo (by Mehmet Ali Birand)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6556


The primacy of NATO (by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=story_22-2-2005_pg3_4&ndate=2/22/2005%2011:33:36%20AM

Bush in Europe: tensions boil beneath talk of transatlantic unity (by Bill Van Auken)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/bush-f22_prn.shtml

Arrogance instead of diplomacy before summit (by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14999


Russia concerned over US interests in Caspian
http://www.azernews.net/eng/gizli/view.php?d=9469

Battle For a Barrel (by Teymur Huseyinov)
http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=352&print=true

China Daily: US, Japan meddling in China's internal affair
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/22/print20050222_174238.html

China Faces Threat of the U.S. in Three Directions (by Yoo-Seong Hwang)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2005022274848


"Ramrodding freedom" (by Fred Weston)
http://www.marxist.com/MiddleEast/iraq_twain_deleon.htm


The DynCorp-Government Connection (by Uri Dowbenko)
http://www.artel.co.yu/en/izbor/us_ca_au_nz/2005-02-21.html

NEWS

Who are the War Criminals?

German Intelligence and the CIA supported Al Qaeda sponsored Terrorists in Yugoslavia
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/BEH502A.html

When Fun is equated with Destruction and Murder (by John Kelly)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KEL502A.html
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SRNA: Serbian forests cut down, Serbs left without firewood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86873

Serbs scared to return to devastated Kosovo town (by Matthew Robinson)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0940731.htm

Column ignored Serbians' anguish (by Stella L. Jatras)
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/opinion/10946644.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Tanjug: "Eagles" branch of KLA has formations throughout Kosovo and Metohija
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86871


AP: Macedonians Clog Bulgaria With Citizenship Applications
http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=18

Afp: Tempted by higher salaries, Hungarian doctors go west
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050220054654.g0v6qdfm


Makfax: Bulgaria: Parliament Hails Land Selling to Foreigners
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4121

Observer: Cyprus villa row hits Britons who 'could lose everything' (by Helena Smith)
http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=17


Low Turnout in Critical Elections in TRNC
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050221&hn=16731

Xinhua: Turkish Cypriot PM claims victory in general elections
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/21/print20050221_174135.html


East European nations keep Iraq role small (by Bruce I. Konviser)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050219-110441-3924r

I serve in shame
http://www.traveling-soldier.org/1.05.money.php


Bush in EU: The alliance of Europe and North America is the main pillar of our security in a new century
http://drudgereport.com/flash3gwb.htm

Pre-Summit Posturing by Russia and US (by Mirza Cetinkaya)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050221&hn=16730

"Joint statement" makes one vigilant
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/21/print20050221_174148.html


World War IV Strategy (by James Atticus Bowden)
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/jbowden_20050220.html

NEWS

"Kosovo's Perspectives"
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Buckovski%20Taci.htm

Report of the UN Secretary General on UN Interim Administration in Kosovo
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/sgrep05.htm
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Nezavisne novine: Verification requested for Pogorelica indictment (by A. Sisic)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/nn021605.htm


AFP: Greek Cypriots indifferent to outcome of vote in north
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_13787706_19/02/2005_53156

New Russian and American signals over Cyprus problem (by Yüksel Söylemez)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6264

Iraqi Kurds flex muscles (by K Gajendra Singh)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6050


Macedonian PM meets delegation of International Balkan Committee
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Buckovski%20sredba.htm

Macedonian-German program for scholarships in M.A. Euro-Integration studies
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20sekerinska.htm

Donald H Rumsfeld: A vital and enduring alliance
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=story_19-2-2005_pg3_4&ndate=2/20/2005%2012:19:21%20PM

Xinhua: Bush rejects moves to boost EU military might
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/20/print20050220_174033.html


Georgia deliberately provokes political scandals with Russia (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14986


Russia determined to continue nuclear cooperation with Iran
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14988

Globalsecurity: North Korea-Iran Comparison
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346947/posts

The United States' Hypocritical Nuclear Policy (by Ken Sanders)
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb05/Sanders0217.htm


Geopolitical Chessboard Heating Up With New East-West Conflict (by Sudhir Chadda)
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/1638.asp

NEWS

Jovanovic Continues His Examination-In-Chief (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg021505.htm

Serbian poll shows positive attitude toward Milosevic rising
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/beta021705.htm
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The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children
http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?id=940


Muslim region adopts a 'new' language: Bosnian (by Nicholas Wood)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/17/news/yugo-4810765.html


Kosovo's Wild West (by J. Xharra, M. Hajrullahu & A. Salihu)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200502_542_1_eng.txt

dpa: Interview: OSCE chairman: No way back in Kosovo (by Leon Mangasarian)
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/ticker/2005/February_18/34.html

Radio Kosova: Kosovo Assembly Chairman: No One Can Guarantee Stability If Independence Train Does Not Arrive This Year
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/ticker/2005/February_18/55.html

'Kurdish Leaders Demand Independence Under the Name of Autonomy'
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050219&hn=16707

Macedonia: Poll Violence Concerns (by Muhamed Zekiri)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200502_542_3_eng.txt

Reuters: Shadow falls over Turk-Cypriot vote (by Gareth Jones)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_13061812_18/02/2005_53108

It's decision time for Turkish Cypriots (by Yusuf Kanli)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6387

AFP: Trip to occupied Cyprus by US businessmen irks Nicosia
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_13061359_18/02/2005_53109


Farce over FYROM? (by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_13060787_18/02/2005_53111

PM: Macedonia to Strive for EU Membership by 2010 (by Zoran Nikolovski)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/18/feature-02?print=yes

Project to prepare public for EU accession to be launched
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9128&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9128

World Markets Analysis: WTO Approves Separate Membership Applications for Serbia and Montenegro (by Valerie Talacko)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_18/22.html?w=p


Inauguration address of Croatian President
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2188094.4yc

Croatian President holds bilateral meetings after the inauguration ceremony
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2188145.4yc


US calls for fair elections in Moldova
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2005-daily/19-02-2005/world/w6.htm

Duma urges govt to consider possible retaliation against Moldova
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1758183


FM: Ukraine to step up efforts to join NATO
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1755776&PageNum=0


The Bear Is Back (by Ilan Berman)
http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/comment/berman200502180741.asp

The New Battleground: Central Asia & the Caucasus (by Ilan Berman)
http://www.twq.com/05winter/docs/05winter_berman.pdf


What the European Union does (by Nicole Gnesotto)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/18/opinion/edgnesotto.html

Russia Responds to Holbrook: US Thinks it Owns the World (by Mirza Cetinkaya)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050218&hn=16686

NEWS

Shukan Kinyobi: 'It is the Same Here as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki' (by Akira Suemori)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7262§ionID=200

U.S.A, Inc.(by Jeremy R. Hammond)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8101.htm

False Pride of the 'super outlaw state' (by Raymond Ponziny)
http://www.trinicenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=989
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Serbian government committed to improving rights and particularities of national minorities
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9087&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9087

UN Secretary General: Progress in Kosovo Insufficient for Final Status Review http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/17/feature-01?print=yes


Former member of Croatian Parliament suspected of assisting Hague Tribunal indictee
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2177875.4yc

Hague Tribunal hears argument for referral of Ademi and Norac trial in  Croatia
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2177904.4yc


Croatia appoints former Commissioner for EU talks (by Lucia Kubosova)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18433&print=1

Bulgaria to help 10 Balkan, Caucasus nations join EU, NATO
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2005/2/17&artno=53&dMode=7

Turkey's Erdogan Visits Albania (by Ardi Pulaj)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/17/feature-02?print=yes

Schröder demands role for Germany as world power (by Peter Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/muni-f18_prn.shtml


IPS: A Glimpse at the Coming Kurdistan (by Aaron Glantz)
http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=4873

Military Solution is No Solution (by Sahin Alpay)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050218&hn=16675


Argumenty i Fakty: Planning a tulip revolution (by Andrey Uglanov)
http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=13

Russia And The Great Game For Caspian Sea Energy Resources
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911615666&sort=d&start=36957


First, They Attack the Past (by John Pilger)
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/pilger.php?articleid=4871

US Subversion of Diplomacy and North Korea's Phantom Nukes (by Gregory Elich)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ELI502A.html

A veteran of US subversion and dirty wars (by Bill Van Auken)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/negr-f18_prn.shtml

Sword Play (by Chris Floyd)
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/18/120.html

NEWS

Shukan Kinyobi: 'It is the Same Here as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki' (by Akira Suemori)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7262§ionID=200

U.S.A, Inc.(by Jeremy R. Hammond)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8101.htm

False Pride of the 'super outlaw state' (by Raymond Ponziny)
http://www.trinicenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=989
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Serbian government committed to improving rights and particularities of national minorities
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9087&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9087

UN Secretary General: Progress in Kosovo Insufficient for Final Status Review http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/17/feature-01?print=yes


Former member of Croatian Parliament suspected of assisting Hague Tribunal indictee
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2177875.4yc

Hague Tribunal hears argument for referral of Ademi and Norac trial in  Croatia
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2177904.4yc


Croatia appoints former Commissioner for EU talks (by Lucia Kubosova)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18433&print=1

Bulgaria to help 10 Balkan, Caucasus nations join EU, NATO
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2005/2/17&artno=53&dMode=7

Turkey's Erdogan Visits Albania (by Ardi Pulaj)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/17/feature-02?print=yes

Schröder demands role for Germany as world power (by Peter Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/muni-f18_prn.shtml


IPS: A Glimpse at the Coming Kurdistan (by Aaron Glantz)
http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=4873

Military Solution is No Solution (by Sahin Alpay)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050218&hn=16675


Argumenty i Fakty: Planning a tulip revolution (by Andrey Uglanov)
http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=13

Russia And The Great Game For Caspian Sea Energy Resources
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911615666&sort=d&start=36957


First, They Attack the Past (by John Pilger)
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/pilger.php?articleid=4871

US Subversion of Diplomacy and North Korea's Phantom Nukes (by Gregory Elich)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ELI502A.html

A veteran of US subversion and dirty wars (by Bill Van Auken)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/negr-f18_prn.shtml

Sword Play (by Chris Floyd)
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/18/120.html

NEWS

Vladislav Jovanovic testifies for the defense (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg021405.htm

Witness for both sides
http://www.sense-agency.com/portal/english/printnews.php?pid=6178
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A European Success Strategy For the Balkans (by Giuliano Amato)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86807


Belgrade Paralyzed (by Srdja Trifkovic)
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/newsviews.cgi/The%20Balkans/Serbia/Belgrade_Paralyzed.printer

Response to Wesley Clark's opinion article from the WSJ titled: "Set Kosovo Free" (by Andy Verich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/press/suc310.html?w=p

SRNA: Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija "have everything" except freedom and a life (by Sonja Lakic)
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/February_16/4.html


George Soros, Ted Turner Pay for Journalism Prizes (by Cliff Kincaid)
http://www.aim.org/special_report/2656_0_8_0_C/

UNESCO to Stop US Cultural Imperialism (by Ali Ihsan Aydin)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=national&alt=&trh=20050217&hn=16598

Russia does not need USA's help in building democracy
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14970


Macedonian PM meets Euro enlargement commissioner, NATO Secretary General
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Brisel%20Evroprasa.htm

Bulgaria Developing New National Security Strategy
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/16/feature-01?print=yes

Aviano ceremony marks 50th year of U.S. partnership with Italy (by Kent Harris)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27210

Schröder stands by NATO proposals (by Lisbeth Kirk)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18420&print=1


The American Turkish Council-US Association helps create new world order (by John Stanton)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14972

Anti-Americanism in Turkey (by by Semih Ydyz)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=6181

CSM: "Metal Storm " (by Yigal Schleifer)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2326&u=/csm/20050215/ts_csm/ometalstorm&printer=1


Serbia and Montenegro, Russia's strategic partner in the Balkans
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=159&msg_id=5420885&startrow=1&date=2005-02-16&do_alert=0

Stability in Caucasus benefits Russia, Armenia
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1751381&PageNum=0

Russia and China become part of strategic alliance - Putin now looks at BRICS alliance (by Sudhir Chadda)
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/1627.asp


Russians restrict foreign access to its oilfields
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14968

FT: US warned of east-west oil bidding war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344331/posts

NEWS

Dialog and respect for rights of others are fundamental for progress in Kosovo
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/February_16/2.html

Serbian PM calls on unity in passing new constitution
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9017&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9017

Italian FM: Independent Kosovo "highly destabilising" for region
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-69N3J5?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm
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Philadelphia Inquirer slanders embattled U. of Penn Prof. Gil-White - Here's the refutation (by Jared Israel)
http://emperors-clothes.com/phil.htm


Fraud Office looks into British energy firm's role in Balkans (by D. Leigh & R. Evans)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5127087-103690,00.html

Macedonian Government to Sell Majority Stake in State-Owned Utility (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/15/feature-03?print=yes

Croatian PM confident EU entry talks will begin on March 17
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2157166.4yc

Foreign banks prepare to conquer Russia (by Sergei Malinin)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14962


Europe? (by Frieder Otto Wolf)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7253§ionID=74


Noble Marlin 2005(by Sandra Jontz)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27186

NATO General Wants Cash for Rapid Reaction Force
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7631631


Georgia and Russia face off in Munich (by Warren Hedges)
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0802_february_15_2005/news_0802_2.htm

Russia to be involved in new war between Georgia and Abkhazia (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14965


Cihan News Agency: Kurds are the Key
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050216&hn=16595


Pyongyang's nuke talk tests Beijing's diplomacy (by Jing-dong Yuan)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/GB16Dg03.html

Norh Korea without hysterics (by Dmitry Yevstafyev)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5415281&startrow=1&date=2005-02-15&do_alert=0


"It's the Crude, Dude"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021405Y.shtml

NEWS

Europa: "Islamicizing" the Balkans (by Z. Petrovic Pirocanac)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BUN502A.html
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Serbian President Visits Kosovo (by Igor Jovanovic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/14/feature-02?print=yes


Cypriots 'committed' to talks
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_8949300_14/02/2005_52939

Friendly persuasion (by Spyros Payiatakis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_8948313_14/02/2005_52931


Death sentences in the KLA
http://www.sense-agency.com/portal/english/printnews.php?pid=6166


Croatia Gets Tough in Hunt for Gotovina (by Drago Hedl)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200502_541_1_eng.txt

Croatian FM: It is not fair to judge Croatia on the basis of just one case
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2146978.4yc


Diplomat hypes high hopes for native Bosnia-Herzegovina (by Ashley Singh)
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle_print.asp?ID=22266&pid1254


Albania Seeks to Privatise State-Owned Companies (by Ardi Pulaj)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/14/feature-03?print=yes

Macedonian Government Publishes the Answers to EU Questionnaire
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4114

Macedonian PM submits answers to EU Questionnaire
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\070-1102.htm

Russia's Kaliningrad enclave to become part of EU and euro zone
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14958


US secretary of state offers Europe a "partnership" (by U. Rippert & P. Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/rice-f15_prn.shtml

Forecast Calls for US Dominance, European Disintegration (by Susan Jones)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200502\NAT20050214b.html

NEWS

Serbian president makes landmark visit to Kosovo, rejects independence
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/February_13/4.html

German State Radio Promotes Illegal Kosovo State
http://www.freenations.freeuk.com/news-2005-02-11.html

Democratic Reforms in Kosovo "Cannot Wait," United States Says
http://usinfo.state.gov/utils/printpage.html
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Radio Kontakt Plus: Kosovo village without electricity as Serb company banned from repairing fault
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/kp021205.htm


The Roots of Al-Qaeda in Bosnia (by Miroljub Jevtic)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/jevtic/006.shtml


Exhibition of Infirmity (by Etyen Mahcupyan)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050214&hn=16537


Macedonian FM at Munich Conference on Security Policy
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\076-1102.htm

AFP: Moscow warns Romania over NATO on eve of Basescu visit
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050213183312.10pvb6jp.html


Harnessing the power of the multinationals (by Paul Lewis)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/13/opinion/edlewis.html

Reuters: Russia 'tired of West's lectures'
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/13/russia.ivanov.reut/

Russia's foreign policy challenges (by Dmitry Kosyrev)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/14/stories/2005021402791000.htm

Japan outbids China for Siberian pipeline (by John Chan)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/pipe-f14_prn.shtml


Iran warns US: our atomic technology is peaceful, but don't provoke us (by Trevor Royle)
http://www.sundayherald.com/print47719

North Korea pulls out of nuclear talks (by Peter Symonds)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/nkor-f14_prn.shtml


A Peek Behind Bush II's 'War on Tyranny' (by F. William Engdahl)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ENG502A.html

NEWS

Was it the Serbian-American vote? (by TV Weber)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/weber/017.shtml
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Penn prof says views may get him fired
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42820


Allegations Shake Public Confidence in Serbia's Military (by Davor Konjukusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/11/feature-02?print=yes


Luxembourg PM and ICTY chief prosecutor comment on Croatia's cooperation with ICTY
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2116379.4yc

Croatian PM says Luxembourg's PM statement expected; Entry talks perhaps on 17 March
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2116409.4yc


Solana Report Notes Significant EUPM Progress
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/11/feature-01?print=yes


Nicosia says Annan offer unfair
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_6567664_12/02/2005_52902


American press makes ridiculous comments about post Soviet states (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14957


How was NATO created? (by Carl K. Savich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_11/19.html?w=p

The Pentagon's 'NATO Option' (by Lila Rajiva)
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0210-22.htm

London Times: Schröder aide 'passed Nato plans to East' (by Justin Sparks)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341988/posts

dpa: Schröder's NATO Proposal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1341912/posts

'New' Rumsfeld calls for transatlantic unity
http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050212111907.d0iuopbg.xml


Kalashnikov criticizes U.S. for Venezuela arms export statement
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=10749184

NEWS

Blic: ANA announces hot spring (by M. Mijailovic)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/blic020805.htm
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Radio Kontakt Plus : Serbian Church branch proposes status of holy land for Kosovo
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_10/17.html?w=p

UNMIK: Kosovo: SRSG address to the OSCE Permanent Council
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JWIN-69HJDC?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm

Nations still mull Kosovo's progress, future (by Ward Sanderson)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27115

Koha Ditore: Who will decide on Kosovo' future
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911583228&sort=d&start=36844

Kosovo Will Be Independent, General Clark Says During a Meeting with NAAC Representatives
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_11/16.html?w=p


Shall we listen to the foreign minister of Montenegro? (by Yusuf Kanli)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=5822


Cyprus: Injustice cannot be legitimized through EU membership - Part 2 (by Ergün Olgun)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=5725

Seizures of property by Turkish State threatens tiny Greek community ( by Stavros Lygeros)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_5660594_11/02/2005_52861

Where are the Kurds Making a Mistake? (by Erhan Basyurt)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050212&hn=16481


More evidence of US government's torture by proxy (by Joseph Kay)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/rend-f12_prn.shtml


Arsenal of Hypocrisy (by Randy Atkins)
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m9529&l=i&size=1&hd=0

Bush budget calls for $430.3M for construction at U.S. facilities in Europe (by Charlie Coon)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27112


What kind of Ukraine does the West need? (by Alexei Kovalev)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14954

Silencing the Media (by Tom Gallagher)
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=102&NrSection=2&NrArticle=13537

Migrant women forced into cheap sex trade (by Rosie Cowan)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5124488-103690,00.html

Russia will help Ukraine become independent (by Anatoly Belyayev)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5403844&startrow=1&date=2005-02-11&do_alert=0


World looks to China on nuclear issue (by P. S. Suryanarayana)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/12/stories/2005021202201400.htm

The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target (by William Clark)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CLA410A.html


The new US century is over (by Michael Lind)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/07/content_415840.htm

NEWS

The Death of "The Death of Yugoslavia" (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg020904.htm
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Pressure Mounts for Gotovina's Arrest (by Miranda Novak)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/10/feature-03?print=yes

German & French EU affairs ministers: Gotovina must end up in the Hague before croatia's EU entry talks
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2106013.4yc

Del Ponte Proposes Transferring Trial of Vukovar Suspects (by Jelena Tusup)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/10/feature-02?print=yes


No genocide in Kosovo (by Stella L. Jatras)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_10/19.html?w=p

KosovaLive: Kosovo Corps pleads for foreign financial help as US assistance dries up
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_10/11.html?w=p

Simmons sends team to Kosovo
http://www.legalweek.com/PrintItem.asp?id=22975



Greek Cypriot Opposition Leader Calls for Reconciliation
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/10/feature-01?print=yes

Cyprus: Injustice cannot be legitimized through EU membership - Part 1 (by Ergün Olgun)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=5582


EU and U.S. compete for economic clients (by Daniel Altman)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/10/news/letter.html

U.S. PR Firm Claims Involvement in Ukraine's Orange Revolution
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/02/09/prfirm.shtml


Nato welcomes Russian offer on peacekeeping
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/02/10/story188817.html#

NATO: 2005 Italy to take command in Kosovo, Bosnia and Kabul
http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200502101325-1108-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

Rumsfeld on NATO: 'Everyone Does Not Have to Do Everything' (by John Banusiewicz)
http://www.defenselink.mil/cgi-bin/dlprint.cgi?http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2005/n02102005_2005021009.html

Hundreds of US Nukes Still in Europe
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1484206,00.html

N Korea's statement in full
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4252515.stm

NEWS

Coup d'État in Disguise:

Quislings Do It Better (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://antiwar.com/malic/

Washington's New World Order "Democratization" Template (by Jonathan Mowat)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MOW502A.html
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Southern Serbia priority of government's regional policy
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8825&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8825

Ministry of Defense Claims that the Changes in the Directive Don't Eliminate Conscientious Objection
(by Dejan Milovac)
http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/102991/1/3260?PrintableVersion=enabled


Vreme: The Spying Game (by Jason Miko)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4112


EBRD to invest an additional ?200 million in Serbia
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8903&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8903

Reuters: Europe needs more migrants
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3182689a12,00.html

Cure for fundamentalism is EU membership (by Mehmet Ali Birand)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=5637

Behind New Europe's facade (by Neil Clark)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5123551-103677,00.html


''Turkish-Russian Relations: Implications for Eurasia's (by Bulent Aras)
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=265&language_id=1

Belarus: Union With Russia To Stave Off Western-Backed Coup?
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5393559&startrow=11&date=2005-02-09&do_alert=0

Chicago Council on Foreign Relations: Ukraine and the United States: The Challenges Ahead
(by John Tefft)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339767/posts

Ukraine Steel Giant: First Installment Of Payback To Western Backers
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1727231&PageNum=0

The USA to start funding 'democratic reforms' in Russia and CIS
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14941


France touts its role in NATO and ties to U.S. (by Judy Dempsey)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/02/09/news/allies.html

Pentagon's $500 Billion Annual Spending Highest Since World War II (by Gopal Ratnam)
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=648784&C=america


Gingrich and Mitchell To Head New Task Force on UN Reform
http://www.usip.org/newsmedia/releases/2005/0209_prun.html

Georgia: US Considering 'Alternative' Means Of Patrolling Russian Border
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0798_february_9_2005/news_0798_brief.htm#2

Elliot Abrams: defender of death squads to direct US "democracy" crusade (by Bill Van Auken)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/abra-f10_prn.shtml


Danse macabre (by Wayne Brown)
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20050205T220000-0500_74541_OBS_DANSE_MACABRE.asp

NEWS

Milosevic trial resumes with Mitar Balevic's Testimony (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg020805.htm

BiH War Crimes Chamber to Take Cases This Month (by Beth Kampschror)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/02/08/feature-02?print=yes

Hungary will seek evidence of Croatia's failure to fully cooperate with ICTY
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2085323.4yc

Germany welcomes conference of war criminals, witch-hunts their opponents (by Justus Leicht)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/germ-f09_prn.shtml
------------------------------------------------------------

US paid scribes for Balkan websites (by Srdja Trifkovic)
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic05/NewsST020705.html


Epoka e Re: Haradinaj on the verge of resignation
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/ticker/2005/February_04/34.html

Kosovo: Bringing Peace To A Troubled Province (by Frances Maria Peacock)
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/February_08/1.html

Kosovo: The Triumph of Ignorance (by Brendan O'Shea)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_08/29.html?w=p


MHRMC Condemns Remarks by Secretary General of the Council of Europe About Recognition of the Republic of Macedonia
http://www.mhrmc.ca/press/05/davis_print.html

MHRMC Condemns Statements by Greek President Kostis Stephanopoulos During Visit to Belgium
http://www.mhrmc.ca/press/05/stephanopoulos_print.html


AP: Report: Slovenia re-examines Italian airforce protection deal
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050208110231.fhtaelb7.html

NATO Top General "Pleased" with Bulgarian Military Bases
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=44422

Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers: Reviewing NATO's operations, transformation
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2005/02-february/e0209a.htm

US Wants to Eliminate Restrictions on NATO Operations (by  Al Pessin)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-07-voa59.cfm

NATO prepared to assist protection of BTC pipeline (by M. Alkhazashvili)
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0797_february_8_2005/economy_0797_1.htm

UPI: Russia, China boost joint defense plans (by Martin Sieff)
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050207-045504-8153r.htm

Interests and aspirations clash in region of frozen conflicts (by Simon Tisdall)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5121608-103681,00.html


Just how allied are Turkey and the USA while tensions over Kurds in Iraq persist? (by Burak Bekdil)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_2912016_08/02/2005_52704

True love tends to forget? (by Burak Bekdil)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=5488

Shifting >From East to West (by Nevval Sevindi)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050209&hn=16380


EU urged to see Russia as "big Norway"
http://www.russiajournal.com/print/russia_news_47341.html

EU economy: Reinventing Lisbon
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_print&doc_id=1098017709

NEWS

Kosovo: Final Status in 2005? (by Daniel Serwer)
http://www.usip.org/newsmedia/releases/2005/0204_nbkosvo.html
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Radio Netherlands: "Kosovo's dangerous limbo - Could the province slip back into war?"
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_07/15.html?w=p

Kosovo Serbs demand urgent talks with Belgrade after Contact Group assessment
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/February_07/23.html?w=p

No progress in Kosovo without full implementation of standards
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8758&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8758


Shar Mountain Tragedy: Macedonian Army Captain Found Dead (by Irina Gelevska)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4111


They kill children too, don't they? (by Biljana Vankovska)
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2005/Vankovska_Maced-Iraq.html


British Ambassador: Great Britain welcomes appeal to arrest general Gotovina
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H2075030.4yc


Romanian president outlines foreign policy priorities
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/07/content_2556369.htm


No 'Orange Revolution' for Moldova (by Sergei Markedonov)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5385888&startrow=1&date=2005-02-07&do_alert=0

Kyrgyz President: 'Orange, Yellow Viruses' Seek To Engender US-Russia Conflict
http://www.kyrgyzinfo.kg/eng/?art=1107769053

Ukraine casts Russia aside on the way to Europe and USA (by Aleksei Kovalev)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14926

The new friends of Georgia
http://www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=717

Georgia to integrate further in European, Euroatlantic structures
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1717724&PageNum=1


US Understands Turkey's Fears, Offers no Guarantee
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050208&hn=16323

If Kurds are not free, Tayyip Erdogan will not be free either. (by Ahmet Altan)
http://www.kurdmedia.com/printarticles.asp?id=2368