January 17, 2005

NEWS

Not all votes are equal (by Tara McCormack)
http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/0000000CA872.htm
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IHF:  Report on antipersonnel mines in Serbia and Montenegro
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-68L8SA?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm


Racak revisited (by Chris Soda)
http://www.bernal.co.uk/Research/Racak.html

Kosovo: United Nations, ICRC, call for renewed dialogue on missing persons
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-68N7YF?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm

IHT: Kosovo's forgotten victims: The Roma (by Marek Antoni Nowicki)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/iht011205.htm


Re-elected President Mesic calls for consensus on strategic goals
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H1179482.4yc


Is it not time to reconsider and prepare for self-sustaining settlement and stability (by Ergun Olgun)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=3806

Erdogan to Ask Annan for Solution Plan in Davos (by Erdal Sen)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050115&hn=15663


Possibility to join EU by 2012
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8040&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8040

Ukraine Might Join EU before Turkey
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20050116075610854

CIA report: EU and NATO to dissolve (by Nicholas Christian)
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=56762005


West's 'Velvet Revolution' Plans For Armenia (by Charlotte Vande)
http://www.azg.am/?lang=EN&num=2005011501


Editorial: An Asian Century?
http://www.indianexpress.com/print.php?content_id=62828





























January 16, 2005

NEWS

SRNA: Memory lapse or printing error
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86139

New Bosnian Serb Government Underwhelms (by Gordana Katana)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_536_4_eng.txt
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Kostunica in Kosovo (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/comments.php?id=1631_0_1_0_C

Their Royal Highnesess, Crown Prince Alexander II and Princess Katherine visited Kosovo and Metohija
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/January_15/4.html

UN Chief Restores Faith in Kosovo Mission (BY Artan Mustafa)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_536_3_eng.txt


Vjesnik: New Calls for Islamization of Bosnia (by Alenko Zornija)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/vjesnik011305.htm

Irish Times: Warning on Balkan bases for al-Qaeda (by Daniel McLaughlin)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/it011205.htm

Saff:Fight for survival, advertisement for tragedy (by Fatmir Alispahic)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/staff010105.htm


The other side of the Cyprus coin (by Ergün Olgun)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=3805

Settlement of the Transnistrian Conflict Is One of the New OSCE Presidency's Priorities
http://www.azi.md/print/32605/En


Marine general says base agreements with Romania, Bulgaria nearly complete
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26561

Sofia_News_Agency: US Troops Move to Bulgaria, Romania in 2005, Russia Concerned
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2005/1/15&artno=18&dMode=7

Eastern Europe: From Soviet Satellites to American? (by William Blum)
http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=293&print=true


'China and the U.S.: Competing Geopolitical Strategies' (by Immanuel Wallerstein)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=commentary&trh=20050116&hn=15637






January 15, 2005

NEWS

Vecernje Novosti: Interview: Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan: Life in a "Valley of Tears"
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/January_14/1.html
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HRW World Report 2005: Serbia and Montenegro
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/01/13/serbia9859_txt.htm

The Conservative Caucus: US-Nato Attack on Kosovo and Serbia
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_14/28.html?w=p

Albanian Death Fuels Presevo Secession Calls (by Skender Latifi)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_536_2_eng.txt

Kosovo Worries Behind South Serbia Army Changes (by P. Obradovic, D. Nikolic-Solomon & M. Hajrullahu)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_536_1_eng.txt

Nezavisna Svetlost: Interview: Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan: Kosovo is guarded by faith
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/January_15/3.html


SRNA: Bosnian Croat indictee responsible for Sarajevo market shelling-Croatian weekly
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_14/29.html?w=p


Will Cyprus plane finally land? (by Yusuf Kanli)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/article.php?enewsid=3741

Russian overtures (by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_1356400_14/01/2005_51744


AP: US eyes bases in Romania (by Alexandru Alexe)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_1356785_14/01/2005_51739

Russia Warns Against US Deployment Of Missile Defense System In E. Europe
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5307802&startrow=1&date=2005-01-14&do_alert=0

Russia-NATO Council Accepts Antiterrorist Action Plan, Says Russian Defense Minister
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5306991&startrow=1&date=2005-01-14&do_alert=0


Georgia: Soros Foundation, Foreign NGOs Pay Leaders, 12,000 Officials (by Keti Sikharulidze)
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0781_january14_2005/news_0781_2.htm

US Prepares Next 'Revolutions' In Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0781_january14_2005/press_scanner_0781_cis.htm

Chechen guerrillas finance The Economist?
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14820

Struggle for mastery in Asia (by Martin Walker)
http://www.wpherald.com/print.php?StoryID=20050113-104124-8360r


January 14, 2005

NEWS

Dr. Markovic gives testimony regarding the Constitution (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg011305.htm

NYT: The international court in decline (by Eric A. Posner)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/01/12/opinion/edposner.html
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The story of a child forced to flee his homeland (by Iota Myrtsioti)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_862654_13/01/2005_51706


AFP: PM: Kosovo independent by year-end
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_862934_13/01/2005_51684

Kosovo is becoming poorer everyday
http://www.terrelibere.it/terrediconfine/index.php?x=completa&riga=0131#

Powell Withholds from Serbia-Montenegro $10 million in Assistance
http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/2005/Jan/13-279562.html


NATO Rapid Strike Force Advances; Germans, Dutch Take Over Command
http://www.jfcnaples.nato.int/releases/2005releases/PR_01_05.htm

US/NATO To Redeploy To 'Strategically Positioned' Black Sea
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=598325&C=america

Abizaid to meet with top Turkish officials (by Terry Boyd)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26521

"Active Endeavour": NATO In Four Continents
http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2005/s050113a.htm


''Croatia Enters a Problematic Phase of Development''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=256&language_id=1

10 Golden Rules for Turkey's Accession Negotiations (by Charles Grant)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=commentary&trh=20050114&hn=15566

EP President: Poland, Lithuania were U.S. Trojan horse
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/redir.php?jid=b6f472f436ae3aed&cat=ab2402315313d795

EU wants membership for Ukraine
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/14-01-2005/world/w5.htm

Yushchenko's position crucial for common economic space
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5304029&startrow=11&date=2005-01-13&do_alert=0


US should stop the crocodile tears: Tsunami disaster fertile ground to advance their own interests (by Tafataona Mahoso)
http://www.zimbabwemail.com/index.php?id=9938&pubdate=2005-01-09

The Financial Immorality of American Generosity (by Lucinda Marshall)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7662.htm












January 13, 2005

NEWS

Tribunal blocks evidence regarding Srebrenica and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg011205.htm

The long war against 'the Infidel' left a lasting mark on European culture (by Michael Binyon)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-47-1435398,00.html
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Fighting Tenancy Rights (by Michael Logan)
http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=98&NrSection=3&NrArticle=13271


Unprepared for Challenges Ahead (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/

Congress of the United States expressing deep concern over the appointment of Ramus Haradinaj as the new Prime Minister of Kosovo
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_12/38.html?w=p

Glas javnosti: Leader of Minor Party GSS Says Kosovo is Lost to Serbia
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_12/31.html?w=p

War Looms in South Serbia (by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/more.php?id=1622_0_1_0_M

Deputy Parliament Speaker Hisni Shakiri, resignes
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\125-1201.htm

Macedonia and Albania to focus on economic cooperation in 2005
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\123-1201.htm


Russian Leader Putin: Isolation of Turkish Cypriots is not Fair
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=1877

A new era with the EU (by Kivanc Galip Over)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=3617


Russia sets forth proposal on meeting on the construction of the Burgas-Alexandrupolis oil pipeline
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5301921&startrow=1&date=2005-01-12&do_alert=0


Charting a new geopolitical reality: Ukraine in 2005 (by Yevgeny Bendersky)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14805


EU lawmakers back disputed constitution
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/13-01-2005/world/w5.htm


Ireland not to take part in EU battlegroups (by Honor Mahony)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18087&print=1

Militarizing the Black Sea, the American Way (by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=486

NATO Steps Up Global Expansion As Its Eyes India
http://www.newkerala.com/printpage.php

China 'threat' strengthens US-Japan military ties (by Kosuke Takahashi)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GA13Dh01.html


Tsunami Media (by David Edwards)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7007§ionID=21



January 12, 2005

NEWS

French nurse: The Assassination of a People (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg011105.htm
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In Kosovo's camps, a story waits for an ending (by Marek Antoni Nowicki)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/01/11/opinion/ednowicki.html

Rep. Lantos again reintroduces Independence of Kosovo resolution!
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_11/18.html?w=p

Isolated incident or domino effect?
http://www.b92.org/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=31054&order=priority&style=headlines

Putin's Cyprus Gesture: We Support Solution (by Mirza Cetinkaya)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050112&hn=15554

Lord Paddy Ashdown's Abuse of Power Threatens the Long-term Stability in Bosnia-Herzegovina (by Andy Verich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/press/suc307.html?w=p


Who's changing? (by Gündüz Aktan)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=3488


EU's military capability is 'worrisome' (by Honor Mahony)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18095&print=1

NATO Commandos Trained in Bulgaria
http://www.standartnews.com/stnews/english/bulgaria/s4317_4.htm

Bulgaria: All 4 Branches Of US Military, NATO Permanently In Black Sea
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=43489

AFP: Top US general asks Turkey to use key air base
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35853

Iraq, Turkey, US discuss steps against Kurdish rebels
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/12-01-2005/world/w7.htm


WTO, Big Mac and the tsunami: three sides of the same coin (by Ashok Malik)
http://www.indianexpress.com/print.php?content_id=62495

Guangming Daily: Coaxing and Coercion in international politics (by Shi He)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/12/print20050112_170381.html

















January 11, 2005

NEWS

NATO and Beyond: The "Wars of the Future" (by E. Ray & B. Schaap)
http://covertaction.org//content/view/103/75/

Albanians in the south of Serbia request international military or police forces
http://www.blic.co.yu/danas/broj/E-Index.htm
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Information on the Jasenovac Research Institute (by Stella Jatras)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_10/6.html?w=p

Groundless allegations (by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_1103861_10/01/2005_51559


No change imminent in Cyprus
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_1104032_10/01/2005_51563


Turks or Trojans? (by Alex Penman)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A10&aa=4


AP: Humanists to stay in gov't in Romania
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_1103557_10/01/2005_51552

EU auditors question Balkans projects (by Andrew Bounds)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b41b68c8-6343-11d9-bec2-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html

Ukraine goes West, Russia surrenders
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14795


Political wrestles behind tsunami disaster relief
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/11/print20050111_170273.html








January 10, 2005

NEWS

Haradinaj situation threatens to  unleash massive violence in Kosovo(by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg-rpt011005.htm
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The Spectator: Globophobia (by Ross Clark)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317316/posts

Reuters: Romania's ailing energy sector seen as the biggest obstacle to EU entry (by Dina Kyriakidou)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_economy_621077_08/01/2005_51530


Radio Naba: Bosnian Islamic radio notes fine on TV station, refers to official's ethnicity
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/rn010705.htm

Europe Retreats From America's Quagmire (by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.antiwar.com/deliso/?articleid=4306

Torture and International Human Rights (by Mark Levine)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=6987§ionID=80


'Forgotten' war (by Bruce Cumings )
http://mondediplo.com/2004/12/08korea











January 09, 2005

NEWS

The battle al-Qaeda hasn't lost yet (by M. Bozinovich)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/032.shtml
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Probe into Serbian border killing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4157901.stm

Reuters: Albanians protest teenager's death in south Serbia
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08306235.htm


Serb boycott hits Kosovo school
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4150027.stm

Romania in ethnic tiff
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_239598_08/01/2005_51507


Search begins for Greek Cypriot mass graves in Turkish-held north
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35743

Cyprus settlement a must, but... (by Yusuf Kanli)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=3327


The big EU issues in 2005
http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-133726-16&type=News


AMBO Pipeline Moves Forward: Interview with Gligor Tashkovich
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=482


Kyrgyzstan: Western-Backed 'Yellow Revolution' Begins (by Yulia Orlova)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5289159&startrow=1&date=2005-01-08&do_alert=0

Reuters: Belarus rules out rose, orange or banana revolutions (by Andrei Makhovsky)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050106-0647-belarus-revolution.html

Forces Behind the Orange Revolution (by Erhan Basyurt)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050109&hn=15410


Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?
http://www.vialls.com/subliminalsuggestion/tsunami.html










January 08, 2005

NEWS

Unfounded Opinion (by Todd Thompson)
http://www.sitnews.us/0105Viewpoints/010605_todd_thompson.html
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Nicosia objects to port move
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2207475_07/01/2005_51470


EU Offers Balkan Farmers a Bleak Harvest (by Jehona Gjurgjeala)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_535_1_eng.txt

Macedonia's Foreign Affairs Minister Scolded the Ambassadors (by Ivica Antevski)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4054

Reuters: Romanian president wants snap elections for strong government (by D. Kyriakidou & R. Marinas )
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_2205672_07/01/2005_51460


RFE/RL: Kyrgyz President blasts Clandestine International
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911367104&sort=d&start=35920

Central Asia Speaks: SOROS Falls from Grace in Central Asia
http://www.newscentralasia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1122


The other, man made tsunami (by John Pilger)
http://pilger.carlton.com/print

Tyranny, Government 'Charity,' and the Tsunami (by Christopher Manion)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/manion/manion58.html

Power play in tsunami's wake (by Siddharth Srivastava)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GA08Df03.html




January 07, 2005

NEWS

Blic: Is March 17 going to be repeated: 20,000 terrorists under arms
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/blic010704.htm
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An Open Letter to Lord Paddy Ashdown (ex-SAS) (by Raymond K. Kent)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_06/26.html?w=p

Communique from the Meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the Bishops of Republika Srpska and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_06/28.html?w=p

Ashdown: Dayton Must Be Respected in Full (by Igor Jovanovic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/06/feature-01?print=yes


ECMI: Language Instruction in Macedonia Can Foster Ethnic Understanding (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/06/feature-03?print=yes

Swiss-owned Romanian Paper Hit by Mass Resignations
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/06/feature-02?print=yes

Slaves of the 21st century (by Urban Fox)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-16149-1428074-16752,00.html

Passing of NGOs Bill timely
http://www.zimbabweherald.com/index.php?id=39499&pubdate=2005-01-07


Bulgarian Government Approved Security Strategy Project for Bulgaria
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP

Poles oppose transfer of US military bases to Poland
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/06/content_2422582.htm


Preemptive Anti-Coup Moves: Central Asian Nations Thwart Soros Foundation
http://www.irinnews.org/print.asp?ReportID=44953

US, Germany Lead Nine Nation Conference On Central, South Asian Security
http://www.uzreport.com/E/page_print.cfm?n_ID=15447


Will China, US Have to Compete in Global Search for Oil? (by Stephanie Ho)
http://www1.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=9A9ADA8F-4ACE-454E-B007AF824C94E3FD&title=Will%20China%2C%20US%20Have%20to%20Compete%20in%20Global%20Search%20for%20Oil%3F&catOID=45C9C785-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Business

China Daily: Forging sounder Sino-US ties
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/07/print20050107_169967.html


Spectator: The Littoral Truth (by Andrew Gilligan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315536/posts


January 06, 2005

NEWS

Global Network: A new theory of war: knowing everything all the time (by Bruce K. Gagnon)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/GAG501A.html
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Blic: Covic and Krstic warns: Haradinaj into the Hague Tribunal, then attacks on Serbs
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/blic010505b.htm

Kosovo Serbs: Christmas amidst fears of new violence and prolonged blackouts
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/January_05/4.html

Kosovo-Metohija is the government's chief concern in 2005
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7801&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7801


Entities in Bosnia-Herzegovina are basis of Dayton agreement
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7810&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7810


Utrinski Vesnik: Macedonia Doesn't Understand the World, As the World Understands Itself (by Branko Trichkovski)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4051

Imperialism in Samaritan's clothing (by Bill Van Auken)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/powl-j061_prn.shtml


Romania: elections in Europe's poorhouse (by Markus Salzmann)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/roma-j06_prn.shtml

Turkey and the West: from the Ottomans to the EU, Part 3 (by Frederick Reece)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A10&aa=1

EU politics: Pausing at the crossroads
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_print&doc_id=197913219

European Union continues to build a "fortress Europe" (by Richard Tyler)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/asyl-j06_prn.shtml


Orange challenge for CIS countries
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0775_january_5,2005/opinion_0775.htm

Changes in the CIS: What to expect in 2005 (by Stephen Blank)
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav010505_pr.shtml

IFPA: Central Asia in U.S. Strategy and Operational Planning: Where Do We Go From Here?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1314442/posts













January 05, 2005

NEWS

NATO's Reign of Terror in Kosovo (by Michel Chossudovsky)
http://covertaction.org//content/view/73/75/

Practising what is preached
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/04/content_405698.htm
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Serbia Faces Mounting Pressure to Co-operate With Hague Tribunal (by Davor Konjukusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/04/feature-02?print=yes


Conference of European Churches protests against attacks on Orthodox churches in Albania
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/January_04/7.html


Independent candidate terms Croatian elections a fraud
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/05-01-2005/world/w4.htm


Cyprus: Won't get fooled again (by George Gilson)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A07&aa=1

Again? (by Gündüz Aktan)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/article.php?webcat=opinions&enewsid=2947


WP: Bulgaria, Romania Form Neo-Europe Bloc
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=43221

Greece and the Security Council (by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_2140553_04/01/2005_51370

Uzbekistan and the Great Powers: courting instability (by Michael A. Weinstein)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14783


Bulgaria Extends Deadline for Bids in Defence Holding Sale
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2005/1/4&artno=42&dMode=7

Defense News: Pentagon To Seek $438 Billion for 2006 Budget (by William Matthews)
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911347440&sort=d&start=35862


Russia looks East as West disappoints (by Arkady Ostrovsky)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3a2326f4-5d2c-11d9-bb9c-00000e2511c8.html











January 04, 2005

NEWS

The Future of the European Security and Defense Identity (by Alyson J K Bailes)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=commentary&trh=20050104&hn=15241

European-styled enlargement and US-styled expansion
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/04/print20050104_169631.html
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Blic: ICG: Kosovo more dangerous than Iraq
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/blic010305.htm

Editorial: Ukrainian Drama
http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/04/stories/2005010402131000.htm

Light shed on Cyprus events
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_1639619_03/01/2005_51332


Foreign policy (by Giorgos Bourdaras)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_1639247_03/01/2005_51340

Latvia is Open to Turkey (by Artis Pabriks)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=commentary&trh=20050104&hn=15295


Croatian president to face rival in runoff vote
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/04-01-2005/world/w3.htm


Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina Governor Urges Continued Reforms (by Antonio Prlenda)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2004/12/27/reportage-01?print=yes

Experts Focus on Need for Greater Foreign Direct Investment in Macedonia (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/03/feature-02?print=yes

Adria Airways and Croatia Airlines join Star Alliance as Regional
http://www.star-alliance.com/star_alliance/star/frame/main_10.html

Germany's jobless feel budget pinch (by Luke Harding)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5095287-103681,00.html


No cheap oil if you join the west: Russia (by Vladimir Radyuhin)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/04/stories/2005010402211300.htm

Reuters: Russia approves Pacific oil pipeline
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1C463F76-845D-4BC0-B0EE-C16E0FF00DB9.htm


Kofi gets a cuddle from his friends (by Wesley Pruden)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050104-120817-2757r


Unnatural disaster? - Part II (by Lila Rajiva)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/04-01-2005/world/w8.htm






January 03, 2005

NEWS

Turkey's EU Membership: End of 'Balkanisation'? (by Sedat Laciner)
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=1330
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Tanjug: French Journalists' Captors Were Bin Ladin's Veterans From Bosnia-Herzegovina
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/tanjug122904.htm


AP: Croatian president forced into run-off as he seeks a second term
http://www.balkanpeace.org/hed/archive/jan05/hed6860.shtml

Ukraine's Popularity Gurus: the revolutionary role of pollsters
http://www.bhhrg.org/LatestNews.asp?ArticleID=57


Schröder rouses sleepy Fatherland (by Roger Boyes)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1424312,00.html

Torture practices in the German army (by Lucas Adler)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/germ-j03_prn.shtml


Exporting Unhappiness (by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray)
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050110&fname=2BCol+Sunanda&sid=1




January 02, 2005

NEWS

Perpetual War for a Lasting Peace (by Richard Peet)
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0105peet.htm
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Genocide in Vojvodina and Greater Hungary, 1941-1944 (by Carl Savich)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/savich/058.shtml

Turkey and the West: from the Ottomans to the EU: Part 2 (by Frederick Reece)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A04&aa=1

UK planned sending troops to Cyrpus in '74
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/02-01-2005/world/w13.htm


Croatians vote in presidential elections
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/02-01-2005/world/w1.htm


Imports to Become Cheaper in Macedonia (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2004/12/30/feature-03?print=yes

New Romanian Government Lowers Income, Corporate Profit Tax
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2004/12/30/feature-01?print=yes

Protests loom as German reform begins
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/02-01-2005/world/w10.htm


FEP President: Idea of curbing Russia's influence is unacceptable
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5261778&startrow=1&date=2004-12-28&do_alert=0

Danger of N-war mounting on Korean peninsula: North Korea
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/02-01-2005/world/w2.htm

Unnatural disaster? - Part I (by Lila Rajiva)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/02-01-2005/world/w6.htm

Ultimate Terrorist (by Charley Reese)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese149.html


Editorial: The Failure of Empire
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0105editors.htm








January 01, 2005

NEWS

Prime Minister sends New Year's greetings to citizens
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7755&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7755

Politika: Interview: Serbian PM: Government's priorities for 2005
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7764&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7764
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2004: Drawing the line (by Oleg Artyukov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14780

Macedonia in 2004
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\mia%20RETRO%20mkd%202004.htm

It was a wonderful year (by Mehmet Ali Birand)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/birand.htm

A European Turkey (by Ansar Mahmood Bhatti)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/01-01-2005/oped/o5.htm


Bulgaria Joins NATO Supply Organization
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=43120


The pipeline game (by Stavros Lygeros)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_100020_31/12/2004_51287


Lukashenko recommends Russia to correct policy on Belarus
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1616209&PageNum=0

Abkhazia: Presidential Election
http://www.bhhrg.org/Print.asp?ReportID=225&CountryID=10

Third Round of Ukrainian Presidential Election
http://www.bhhrg.org/Print.asp?ReportID=240&CountryID=22

Kyrgyzstan's leading pro-government party accuses West of meddling
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/pdetail.php?newsId=en75588&F_catID=&f_type=source

Not a good way to start a democracy (by Jonathan Steele)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5093917-103677,00.html


Edith Sitwell: The primal matter was broken... (by Kaleem Omar)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/01-01-2005/world/w9.htm







December 31, 2004

NEWS

The Evil of Banality (by Srdja Trifkovic)
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic04/NewsST123004.html
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Kostunica Continues To Delay Cooperation With The Hague (by Davor Konjukusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2004/12/30/feature-02?print=yes

Macedonia - a Promised Land for Criminals (by Irina Gelevska)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4038


New Year's Greetings of Macedonian President
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\171-3012.htm

Greek Proposal for a Sovereign Macedonia (by Aleksandar Donski)
http://www.maknews.com./html/articles/donski/donski.html


Editorial: Another round
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_4137342_30/12/2004_51242


Tajik Administration Complains about Soros (by Cihan Dushanbe)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20041231&hn=15153

The price of Ukrainian democracy (by Peter Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/ukra-d31_prn.shtml









December 30, 2004

NEWS

Train of Abuses (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://antiwar.com/malic/
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And What After the Elections? (by Spomenka Deretic)
http://www.artel.co.yu/en/izbor/jugoslavija/2004-12-29.html

Council and Fund for Kosovo-Metohija will help Kosovo Serbs live more peacefully
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7731&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7731

Kosovo Serbs are even Deprived of the Right to Live, Says Patriarch Pavle
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2004/December_29/5.html

Kosovo's Future Status (by Ibrahim Aslan)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20041229&hn=15134

Glas javnosti: Kosovo: A Paradise For Gangsters
http://www.serbianna.com/press/008.shtml


Susan Sontag: Theater of the Absurd (by Carl Savich)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/savich/059.shtml


AMBO Trans-Balkan Pipeline Agreement Finally Signed
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=478


Moldova Becoming Another US/NATO Military Outpost
http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Mold&pg=0&id=5782521&req=


Self-isolation of Belarus will not solve strategic development issues
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5264492&startrow=11&date=2004-12-29&do_alert=0

CIS Anxious About 'Orange Revolution' (by Mirza Cetinkaya)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20041229&hn=15112

Orange Revolution eyes Belarus (by Mark MacKinnon)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041229/UKRAINE29/TPInternational/Europe


Moscow and multipolarity (by Vladimir Radyuhin)
http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/30/stories/2004123000391000.htm

The Next Nuclear Wave (by Jon B. Wolfsthal)
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050101fareviewessay84114c/jon-b-wolfsthal/the-next-nuclear-wave.html?mode=print

Rebelión: The Empire in the Year 2005 (by James Petras)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PET412A.html







December 29, 2004

NEWS

Remember Kosovo? (by Cliff Kincaid)
http://www.aim.org/media_monitor_print/2393_0_2_0/
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Bosnian war dead myth debunked (by Srdja Trifkovic)
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic04/NewsST122804.html


Croatia's Co-operation With UN War Crimes Tribunal Now Deemed Crucial (by Miranda Novak)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2004/12/28/feature-02?print=yes

President Mesic says he will win elections, lead Croatia into EU
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2004-daily/29-12-2004/world/w3.htm


Turk EU bid revives Cyprus plan (by George Gilson)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A02&aa=1

Turkish PM: No to lethargic Cyprus policy
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/for.htm#f2

Turkish PM: EU is a new start
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/for.htm#f4

Turkey-EU talks divide parties (by George Gilson)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A03&aa=1


Macedonian, Bulgarian and Albanian Prime Ministers sign a political declaration on a trans-Balkan oil pipeline
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\175-2812.htm


2005 - Key Year for Macedonia's NATO Membership (by Irina Gelevska)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4036

Statement following the elections in Ukraine by NATO Secretary General:
Ukraine is an important strategic partner for the Alliance
http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-175e.htm

Director of the Institute of CIS Countries: Ukraine's accession to NATO affects Russia's interests
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5261813&startrow=1&date=2004-12-28&do_alert=0


Ukraine election: A fight between millionaires and billionaires (by Patrick Richter)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/kiev-d29_prn.shtml


NGO's: Bureaucracies Legitimizing Oppression and Corruption (by Ibrahim Sajid Malick)
http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=267&print=true


Interview: Michael Albert: Life After Capitalism (by Val Todorov)
http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/feature/display/1145/index.php