NEWS

ICG: Kosovo: Toward Final Status
http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3226

Princess Linda of Yugoslavia letter to Ambassador Søren Jessen-Petersen
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/message/57916

Makedonija Denes: Pressure on Macedonia on eve of resolving Kosovo's status (by Ljupco Pancevski)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/md012105.htm
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Kathimerini: Interview: Macedonian President: Talks are the only way for finding a solution to the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\087-2301.htm

Croatian, Slovene PM's say problems can't overshadow good relations
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H1210886.4yc


The Croatian parliament adopts documents related to EU entry talks, establishes national committee
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H1190355.4yc

EU Draft Concerning Specific Difficulties Regarding Turkey's Accession (by Suleyman Kurt)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050124&hn=15858

Ankara Seeks Solutions for EU Demands (by Suleyman Kurt)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050124&hn=15859


Ukraine 'Torn Out Of Russia's Strategic Fold'
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\088-2301.htm

Zimbabwe Doesn't Require Lessons In Democracy From US, UK (by Tafataona P. Mahoso)
http://www.zimbabwemail.com/index.php?id=10071&pubdate=2005-01-23


Report: Reckless Post-War Spending Causes Corruption
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7402102

Just War and the Construct of the West (by Sam Vaknin)
http://samvak.tripod.com/justwar.html

NEWS

Europe's autonomy solutions (by Gabriel Partos)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4196101.stm

Meeting the minorities (by Tamas S. Kiss)
http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={6CAED117E0E1431D9D7804F0F89DC85A}&From=News
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2004 Annual Report on the Human Rights and Freedoms situation in Macedonia
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\085-2101.htm

State Department Changes Its Official Statement on Greece (by Galina Schneider)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4089


Albanian Sectors Seek Regional, European Integration (by Ardi Pulaj)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/21/feature-02?print=yes

AFP: Study nudges Bulgaria
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_263389_22/01/2005_52068

EU Enlargement Commissioner Outlines Next Steps in EU Enlargement
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/21/feature-01?print=yes

Erdogan Vows to Solve Screening Issue at Davos (by Edip Ali Yavuz)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050123&hn=15846

New EU member Poland opposes "core group" within bloc
http://story.europesun.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/ab2402315313d795/id/cc9ad641db5a20b2/


Italian base workers stage strikes to protest wages, pensions (by S. Jontz & K. Harris)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26709

Bulgaria Names Cross-Border Military Priorities
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=43803

China-Japan differences moving frictions to military field
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/23/print20050123_171612.html


Bush Has No Foreign Policy (by John Brown)
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/01/21/006-print.html

American Terror (by Chris Floyd)
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/01/21/120.html

NEWS

Getting Real on Kosovo (by Nicholas Whyte)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_538_5_eng.txt

Kosovo Opposition Flexes Its Muscles (by Tanja Matic)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_538_4_eng.txt

Police confiscate hidden weapons in South Serbia
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8189&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8189
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Serbia Pays High Price for Losing US Aid (by Milan Culibrk)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_538_2_eng.txt


Edward J. Erickson: Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913 (by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=492

Bulgaria's Warm Embrace (by Albena Shkodrova)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200501_537_1_eng.txt


UK to Act 'Fast' in EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey (by Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050122&hn=15838

Beyond the EU remit (by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_2796236_21/01/2005_52027


Georgia-Turkey relations set an example (by Kivanc Galyp Öover)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?webcat=diplomacy&enewsid=4163

The Kirkuk tinderbox (by K Gajendra Singh)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GA22Ak01.html


Belarus Rejects American 'Freedom, Drenched In Blood And Smelling Of Oil'
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5332644&startrow=1&date=2005-01-21&do_alert=0

The logic of the irrational: Bush's inaugural address and the global strategy of American imperialism (by David North)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/inau-j22_prn.shtml

NEWS

Loaded questions: Mr. Nice's cross-examination of professor Markovic
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg012005.htm
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Transplanting CIA Engineered Terrorism (by Kurt Nimmo)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/NIM501A.html


BKTV: Power shortage causes increase in infectious diseases in Kosovo
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_20/21.html?w=p

Kofi Annan to be informed about unbearable situation in Serb villages in Kosovo-Metohija
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8175&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8175

EU's Busek Says Kosovo Needs 'Europeanization' (by Patrick Moore)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/01/242debc9-ebaf-4ebc-87f2-5d44d25e4f51.html


'Why Turkey When There is Christian Ukraine?' (by Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050121&hn=15811

EU Constitution, Turkey and Principles (by Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20050121&hn=15815


Serbia-Montenegro Parliament Okays Role in International Peacekeeping (by Igor Jovanovic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/20/feature-03?print=yes

NATO To Conduct Extra-European Exercise With Europe's Five Former Neutrals
http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2005/p05-003e.htm

BYU alum says NATO to grow in importance (by Tad Walch)
http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,600106011,00.html


Battle For The CIS: Russian, Ukrainian Ambassadors Barred From Transdniester
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5328829&startrow=11&date=2005-01-20&do_alert=0

Moscow stands firm on Korean standoff (by Sergei Blagov)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GA21Ag01.html


American nationalism viewed from Bush's inauguration (by Huang Qing)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/21/print20050121_171460.html

NEWS

Professor Markovic testifies of the Rambouillet non-agreement (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg011905.htm
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A Broken Promise (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://antiwar.com/malic/


Dnevnik: Ahmeti and Xhaferi - Slaves or Slavers? (by Mariela Trajkovska)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4083


SRNA: Bosnia war from Biljana Plavsic's perspective
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86228

RTRS: Serb returnees warn of ethnic cleansing in western Bosnia
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_19/15.html?w=p

BiH Soldiers Begin Training for Iraq Mission (by Antonio Prlenda)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/19/feature-02?print=yes

SRNA: Mass training of Islamists in Bosnia-Herzegovina
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86227


Report: US, NATO Using Cyprus Base To Penetrate Black Sea, Spy On Russia
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/january/01_20_4.html

Nato and the Middle East (by Selwa Calderbank)
http://meionline.com/features/print318.shtml

'Stans' nations meet in Germany to talk about drugs, terrorism (by Charlie Coon)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26639


What did Sergei Ivanov bring back from the US? (by Victor Litovkin).
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=126&msg_id=5319495&startrow=1&date=2005-01-18&do_alert=0


Turkmenistan: US Pushes Trans-Afghan Pipeline Contra Russia
http://www.newscentralasia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1143

Oil politics and a mockery of democracy (by William Engdahl)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GA20Ag01.html

NEWS

Professor Markovic continues his examination in chief (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg011805.htm

Tanjug : The Hague syndrome - way for interference in internal affairs
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911428287&sort=d&start=36195
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IFRC: Serbia and Montenegro Annual Appeal No. 01.74/2004 Programme Update No. 5
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SZIE-68RT5J?OpenDocument&rc=4&cc=scm


BETA: Selimi: Death of Adem Jashari numerically reinforced KLA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86214

BETA: Crossland: KLA's goal was creation of second Albanian state
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86213

US Congress: H. Res. 24 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should declare its support for the independence of Kosovo
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_18/7.html?w=p

Albanians in Montenegro seek autonomy
http://www.csees.net/?page=news&news_id=40114&country_id=8


Dani: Multimedia invitation to Jihad (by by Eldin Hadzovic)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/dani011705.htm

War breaks out in Russia's Dagestan
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14830


From Russia to Turkey, with love (by Burak Bekdil)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_1485142_18/01/2005_51875

Editorial: Turks violate Greek waters, EU norms
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_1484974_18/01/2005_51879

Macedonia's Road to the EU (by Zoran Nikolovski)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2005/01/17/reportage-01?print=yes

Macedonia's Economy Top Concern in Recent Poll (by Marija Lazarova)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/01/18/feature-03?print=yes


Ukraine loses 4 million people in 13 years without war (by Yuri Solomatin)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14829


British Foreign Secretary: US, EU must manage China differences
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200501/19/print20050119_171193.html


Geopolitical Catch 22: Uncle Sam's Paper Tiger Dollar (by André Gunder Frank)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FRA501B.html

NEWS

How to Kill a Nation:

BETA: RTS: Unprotected witness: Kosovo Coordinating Center president: Hague is the key issue for Kosovo, south Serbia and Serbia-Montenegro
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/86184

Kostunica calls for resolving power supply problem in Kosovo Serb villages
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=8068&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D8068

Interview: Kosovo PM: Proud to be in the KLA and Kosovo will be independent within a year (by Matt Prodger)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4180835.stm
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CEE-foodindustry: Cash & Carry in Serbia
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/January_17/16.html?w=p


Human Trafficking as 21st Century Form of Slavery
http://lsa.unisa.ac.za/news/archive/august/vol4/human.html


ICG: EU Crisis Response Capability Revisited
http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3221

NATO Membership - Main Topic for Macedonia's Security Council (by Irina Gelevska)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4078

Bulgaria, Romania "Impatience" to Host US Troops Blighted
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=43660

Greek armed forces to participate in NATO exercise
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/18/content_2474530.htm

Anadolu News Agency: Atlantic Storm: *President* Albright, NATO Simulate Terrorist Attack In Turkey
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=national&alt=&trh=20050118&hn=15723

Moldova satisfied with military cooperation with USA
http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Mold&pg=0&id=5785714&req=

Germany: US Military Hosts Conference With 7 Central, South Asian Nations
http://www.uzreport.com/E/page_print.cfm?n_ID=15544

Russia sensitive to U.S. military in Georgia
http://www.civil.ge/eng/print.php?id=8814


Third World War menace looming
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14825

The Coming Wars (by Seymour Hersh)
http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/050124fa_fact

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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