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Maariv, Israel Barack Nixon	Original Article (Hebrew)
We’ve watched Obama’s presidency enter a downward spiral over the past two weeks, reminiscent of what happened to Nixon when the Watergate scandal broke out in 1973.

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Cronica de Hoy, Mexico Obama: Your Children and My Children are Our Children Original Article (Spanish)

Die Tageszeitung, Germany Turning a Completely Blind Eye Original Article (German)

Le Nouvel Observateur, France Obama, Syria and Chemical Weapons: The Conflict's Impossible Resolution Original Article (French)

Siglo21, Guatemala A Huge Challenge for Immigration Reform Original Article (Spanish )

La Tribune, France Obama Dismisses Head of IRS for Some Agents' Excessive Zeal Original Article (French)

Politiken, Denmark Why Can't Obama Govern? Original Article (Danish)

Corriere Della Sera, Italy Obama’s Card in Syria: Putin Original Article (Italian) "Europe is once again divided. Obama is trying to stall, but the torment of both sides is already at the breaking point "

Kurier, Austria Still Normal? Original Article (German) "The lesson is clear: Anyone who is not 'normal' must be sick and should be adjusted as soon as possible. "

Die Welt, Germany Angelina Jolie Is Brave — but Not a Role Model Original Article (German)

Estadao , Brazil Guantanamo, the Name of Betrayal Original Article (Portuguese) "Guantanamo damages the fight for human rights and for civil liberties the world over. "

die Welt, Germany Intervention in Syria: Too Big a Gamble Original Article (German) "Everyone says the civil war in Syria must be stopped. Agreed — but anyone who intervenes risks starting an even greater conflagration, one of gigantic proportions. Do we want to accept that responsibility? "

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany Obama's Sought-After Guest Original Article (German)

Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy Sigonella: Marines in Sicily for Libya, the Next Iraq Original Article (Italian)

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany With Your Government's Permission Original Article (German) "Being paraded in front of the senators and the media world as a suspect can endanger the company itself. Many a CEO therefore changes their tune 'voluntarily,' at least publicly. "

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Al-Misry al-Yawm, Egypt America, the Brotherhood and Their Followers Original Article (Arabic)

China News, China The Absurd Logic of the United States’ Investment in War Original Article (Chinese) "Unfortunately, the European experience and lessons learned did not become the experience and lessons of the Asia-Pacific region, to say nothing of the experience and lessons of the United States "

Huanqiu, China Eavesdropping on AP Injures West's Freedom of the Press Original Article (Chinese)

Gandul, Romania Iraq: The Ghosts Between Rivers Original Article (Romanian)

DW News, China The Rich and Poor in China vs. the US Original Article (Chinese)

al-Sharq al-Awsat, United Kingdom US Intervention: Between Acceptance and Rejection Original Article (Arabic)

Huanqiu, China Intercollegiate Cooperation Strengthens American Higher Education Original Article (Chinese)

El Watan, Algeria Why America Backtracked: Western Sahara Dossier Original Article (French)

Jornal de Angola, Angola Guantanamo Is an Obama Failure Original Article (Portuguese)

People's Daily, China US Enjoys Freedom of the Press ... to a Point Original Article (Chinese) "The U.S. has always lacked absolute freedom of the press, especially in this 'age of terrorism.' Of course, this is not to say that the U.S. government can exceed the bounds of its authority as it pleases. "

People's Daily, China US Gun Disaster: Democratic Nightmare Original Article (Chinese) "Today, it is difficult to imagine that Americans are still willing to possess firearms. "

Sankei Shimbun, Japan Mother’s Day Shooting: Repeated Tragedies Are Not Normal Original Article (Japanese)

Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland Obama Angry at His Subordinates – for the Scandals Original Article (Polish)

Tabnak, Iran Do Russia and the US Agree on Syria? Original Article (Persian)

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The Japan Times, Japan Park's Triumphant US Visit

The Japan Times, Japan Super Global English Schools

The JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea How to Build Trust? "The problem is that the foreign policies of Washington and Pyongyang have changed drastically while the trust-building process on the peninsula was being discussed and drafted since the end of last year. "

The JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea One China Dilemma

The JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea Park's Diplomacy Faces a Test

Moscow Times, Russia Despite Cheap Wigs, the CIA Are Big Spenders

Arab News, Saudi Arabia Scholarly Work Debunks Islam-West Divide "There is a need across the Atlantic to rebuild national narratives to include Muslims and Islam as part of the memory and culture of the national communities they belong to. "

Arab News, Saudi Arabia Why Don't We Speak for Ourselves? "Arab countries have the assets and the intellectuals who have the ability to open up not just to America, but also to the whole world. "

Arab News, Saudi Arabia It's Time for the West to Act in Syria "For the last two years, Washington and its allies have carried out a half-intervention. They provide enough aid to prolong the conflict but not enough to end it. "

Daily Maverick, South Africa Obama's Foreign Policy Pivot

National Post, Canada Forget the Sexting Scandal. New York Could Never Endure Electing 'Mayor Weiner'

National Post, Canada Obama Wants To Reduce the Battlefield in Global War on Terror

Daily Maverick, South Africa Barack Obama Coming to Africa — a Trip Alive with Possibilities

Financial Post, Canada Big Business: The New Un-American Activity "With the attacks on JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Apple’s Tim Cook, the U.S. left has settled in on a new definition of un-American activity: big business. "

Financial Post, Canada On the Nature of Scandals: Don't Blame Capitalism

Toronto Sun, Canada Could This Week Be Even Worse for Obama?

The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand US NZ Relationship on a New Plane " More than anything in recent years, it reinforced the perception of New Zealand operating an independent foreign policy. Whether the support offered is ever taken up remains to be seen. What is certain is that New Zealand made a strong impression with the new Secretary. "

The Globe and Mail, Canada Fewer Drones, Less Guantanamo: Obama Starts To Head His Critics

The Globe and Mail, Canada Watergate? No, This Is Something Uniquely Obama

Escambray, Cuba Church Conference Condemns US Blockade of Cuba

Granma, Cuba A Ghost from the Bush Era Pursues Obama

China Daily, China China-US Summit Prospects

Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates Of Smart Governance "In the US, democracy appears as unable to self-correct as free markets — which the 2008-09 financial crisis testified. "

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey Road from the White House to Turkey "When viewed from the U.S. point of view, it is not too difficult to understand why Obama is gravitating toward Erdoğan. "

The Economist, UK Los Angeles’s Mayoral Election: Who? "America’s second city meets its new mayor. Now do something about the congestion. "

Financial Times, UK How Barack Obama Has Tried To Open Up the One-sided Drone War

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Europe

Middle East

Africa

Algeria — La Nouvelle Republique (French) Auto-translation
L'Expression (French) Auto-translation
Liberte (French) Auto-translation

Angola — Apostolado (Portuguese) Auto-translation
Jornal De Angola (Portuguese) Auto-translation

Botswana — Mmegi (English)

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

Cameroon — The Post News (English)

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

Gabon — Gabon Eco (French) Auto-translation

Ghana — Ghana Web (English)

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

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

Libya — Libya Herald (English)
The Tripoli Post (English)

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

Malawi — The Nation (English)

Mozambique —

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

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

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

Sudan — Sudanese Media Center (Arabic, English, French) Auto-translation
Sudan News Agency (English)

Tunisia — La Presse (French) Auto-translation

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

Central America

Belize — Amandala (English)
The Belize Times (English)
The Guardian News (English)
The Reporter (English)

The Bahamas — The Nassau Guardian (English)

Costa Rica — Al Dia (Spanish) Auto-translation
Capital Financiero (Spanish) Auto-translation

Cuba — Ahora (Spanish) Auto-translation
Granma (English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish)
El Economista (Spanish) Auto-translation
Escambray (English, Spanish)
Juventud Rebelde (Spanish) Auto-translation
Periodico 26 (English, Spanish)
Radio Havana (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)

Dominican Republic — El Caribe (Spanish) Auto-translation
El Nacional (Spanish) Auto-translation

El Salvador — Diario Co Latino (Spanish) Auto-translation
El Mundo (Spanish) Auto-translation

Guatemala — Prensa Libre (Spanish) Auto-translation
Siglo Vientiuno (Spanish) Auto-translation

Haiti — Honduras — La Prensa (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Tribuna (Spanish) Auto-translation

Jamaica — Jamaica Observer (English)

Nicaragua — El Nuevo Diario (Spanish) Auto-translation
La Prensa (Spanish) Auto-translation

Panama — Critica (Spanish) Auto-translation
Panama America (Spanish) Auto-translation
Prensa (Spanish)

Trinidad & Tobago — The Trinidad Guardian (English)
Trinidad & Tobago Express (English)

North America

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

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

South America

Asia

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

Afghanistan — Bissirat (French) Auto-translation

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

Brunei — The Brunei Times (English)

Burma (Mynamar)
The Irrawaddy (English, Burmese)

China — The Beijing News (Chinese) Auto-translation
The Beijing Times (Chinese) Auto-translation
China Daily (English, Chinese)
China News (English, Chinese)
Creaders (English, Chinese)
Guangming Daily News (Chinese) Auto-translation
Huanqiu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Nanfang Daily (Chinese) Auto-translation
Oriental Morning Post (Chinese) Auto-translation
PLA Daily (English, Chinese)
The People's Daily (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
QQ.com (Chinese) Auto-translation
Sina (Chinese) Auto-translation
Shanghai Daily (English, Chinese)
Sohu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Southern Weekend (Chinese) Auto-translation
Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

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

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

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

Japan — 373 News (Japanese) Auto-translation
Asahi Shimbun (English, Japanese)
Daily Yomiuri (English, Japanese)
Hokkoku Shimbun (Japanese) Auto-translation
Kyodo News Service (English, Japanese, Chinese)
Mainichi Daily News (English, Japanese)
The Japan Times (English)
The Okinawa Times (Japanese) Auto-translation
Nishi-Nippon Shimbun (Japanese) Auto-translation
Ryukyu Shimpo (Japanese) Auto-translation
Sankei Shimbun (Japanese) Auto-translation
Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japanese) Auto-translation
Tokushima Shimbun (Japanese) Auto-translation
Yomiuri Shinbun (Japanese) Auto-translation

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

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

North Korea — The Choson Sinbo (Korean) Auto-translation
Korean Central News Agency (English)

South Korea — The JoongAng Ilbo (English)
The Korea Herald (English)
The Korea Times (English)
Dong-a Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) Auto-translation
The Choson Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)
Hankyung (Korean) Auto-translation
Kyunghyang (Korean) Auto-translation
Segye (Korean) Auto-translation
Yonhap News (English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, Arabic)

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

Philippines — The Manila Times (English)

Singapore — The Straits Times (English)
The Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

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

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

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

Vietnam — Lao Dong (Vietnamese) Auto-translation
Thanh Nien News (English)
Saigon Times Daily (English)
Sai Gon Giai Phong (Vietnamese) Auto-translation
Tuoi Tre (English, Vietnamese)
Vietnam News (English)

Oceania & Antarctica

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

New Zealand — The New Zealand Herald (English)

Antarctica —

We’ve watched Obama’s presidency enter a downward spiral over the past two weeks, reminiscent of what happened to Nixon when the Watergate scandal broke out in 1973.

"Europe is once again divided. Obama is trying to stall, but the torment of both sides is already at the breaking point "

"The lesson is clear: Anyone who is not 'normal' must be sick and should be adjusted as soon as possible. "

"Guantanamo damages the fight for human rights and for civil liberties the world over. "

"Everyone says the civil war in Syria must be stopped. Agreed — but anyone who intervenes risks starting an even greater conflagration, one of gigantic proportions. Do we want to accept that responsibility? "

"Being paraded in front of the senators and the media world as a suspect can endanger the company itself. Many a CEO therefore changes their tune 'voluntarily,' at least publicly. "

"Unfortunately, the European experience and lessons learned did not become the experience and lessons of the Asia-Pacific region, to say nothing of the experience and lessons of the United States "

"The U.S. has always lacked absolute freedom of the press, especially in this 'age of terrorism.' Of course, this is not to say that the U.S. government can exceed the bounds of its authority as it pleases. "

"Today, it is difficult to imagine that Americans are still willing to possess firearms. "

"The problem is that the foreign policies of Washington and Pyongyang have changed drastically while the trust-building process on the peninsula was being discussed and drafted since the end of last year. "

"There is a need across the Atlantic to rebuild national narratives to include Muslims and Islam as part of the memory and culture of the national communities they belong to. "

"Arab countries have the assets and the intellectuals who have the ability to open up not just to America, but also to the whole world. "

"For the last two years, Washington and its allies have carried out a half-intervention. They provide enough aid to prolong the conflict but not enough to end it. "

"With the attacks on JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Apple’s Tim Cook, the U.S. left has settled in on a new definition of un-American activity: big business. "

" More than anything in recent years, it reinforced the perception of New Zealand operating an independent foreign policy. Whether the support offered is ever taken up remains to be seen. What is certain is that New Zealand made a strong impression with the new Secretary. "

"In the US, democracy appears as unable to self-correct as free markets — which the 2008-09 financial crisis testified. "

"When viewed from the U.S. point of view, it is not too difficult to understand why Obama is gravitating toward Erdoğan. "

"America’s second city meets its new mayor. Now do something about the congestion. "