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Europe

Middle East & Africa

Americas, Asia & Oceania

Izvestia, Russia Tehran Threatens to Deprive Europe of Oil for a Long Time Original Article (Russian)

die Presse, Austria Cultural War Over Religion and the Pill Original Article (German)

L'Express, France A Denial Named Gingrich Original Article (French)

La Tribune, France Mitt Romney's Income Tax Original Article (French)

The Guardian, U.K. The Conservative Crowd Refuses to Settle "What do the real conservatives of CPAC want? The ones who distribute the creepy, unsigned "Is Marco Rubio pro-immigrant?" fliers, run the NRA booth, gift every person within a mile radius free copies of supreme birther Joseph Farah's Tea Party Manifesto, and generally refuse to "settle. "

The Guardian, U.K. Islamophobia Is America's Real Enemy "We know that the bulk of the American public recognizes the truth of Islamic moderation and tolerance. The hysterical invective may be well-funded, but it does not capture the heart of the nation. "

The Guardian, U.K. Election 2012: The Return of 'Culture Wars' "No wonder the Republicans have lost their way. For a party that considers itself socially conservative with a base that takes the bible literally its moral compass is seriously askew. "

Le Figaro, France Are the Bushes Still Republicans? Original Article (French)

Le Figaro, France Newt Gingrich: The Republicans' Great Shame Original Article (French )

Jeune Afrique, France Shower of Dollars on the Presidential Campaign Original Article (French)

der Standard, Austria Romney's Republican Primary Dilemma Original Article (German) ""...religious conservatives and the tea party movement still don't trust the party establishment's choice. While they can't endanger Romney's nomination, he still needs those people in his battle against Barack Obama in November...." "

The Telegraph, U.K. Obama's War on the Catholic Church Isn't Just Insensitive – It's Un-American "It’s one thing to ask Catholic organizations to provide contraception coverage. It’s another thing to order them to do it. "

The Economist, U.K. The Santorum Surge "More importantly, this Santorum surge, after his earlier victory in Iowa, is the latest reminder that Mr Romney has a problem with evangelical and blue-collar conservatives in general, and with the midwest in particular. "

The Economist, U.K. A Game of Two Halves "The report was greeted with relief bordering on joy by the stockmarket and, no doubt, by Mr Obama’s campaign team. But their happiness should be tempered by the reflection that in both 2010 and 2011, job growth started out briskly only to fizzle out again. "

The Economist, U.K. Closer to Take-Off "Mr Obama will be mindful that an attack would dominate his bid for re-election in November—though it is unclear whether he would gain as a war president or lose ground because of a surge in oil prices and an economic reversal. "

The Moscow News, Russia Whither Entrepreneurship in Russia? "'Corruption, lack of patent enforcement, rule of law issues and lack of transparency discourage investment. English-language skills are lacking. Any venture that hopes to come to the U.S. or Europe for capital must be fluent in English. Skolkovo Foundation recently brought 12 of their 100 Information Technology companies to the Valley for a chance to pitch. Were they chosen on merit? No, they were the only ones who spoke English.' "

The Moscow Times, Russia Putin Chasing Imaginary American Ghosts "'Here we go again — another round of anti-Americanism from the Kremlin and state-controlled media. We have heard claims that the United States is trying to orchestrate an Orange Revolution in Russia many times before, but it was never this intense.' "

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Sotal Iraq, Iraq Will Iran be the Beginning of American Empire? Original Article (Arabic)

As-Safir, Lebanon Obama and the New US Strategic Superiority: The Path of Regression Original Article (Arabic) "The American withdrawal from Iraq represents a great strategic failure and signals America's withdrawal from the entire Arab East. "

Al Arab Al Yawm, Jordan The Success of the King's Visit to Washington: Some Are Troubled and America Asks Four Questions to the Brotherhood Original Article (Arabic)

Al Dustour, Jordan Once Again, Syria in the International Security Council Original Article (Arabic )

Al Ghad, Jordan Ignorance is Worse than “American Conspiracy”! Original Article (Arabic)

The Herald, Zimbabwe The ‘Arab Spring’ Backfires

Al-Manar, Lebanon US Soldiers Before the Mirror of Psychology: A Defeated Face and a Poor Will Original Article (Arabic) "In reality, however, we found [theU.S. Army is] a psychologically defeated, weak-kneed, depressed army that has also drowned in post-traumatic disorders! "

Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia Russia is Battling America, Not the Arabs Original Article (Arabic) ""Perhaps the West has not yet realized that Russia wishes to return to the old manner of speaking, a coarse pre-1988 language of bartering and speaking openly about strategic interests. And Tartus [a Syrian port city, home to a Russian naval base] is by no means the greatest of these interests." "

Gulf Daily News, Bahrain Demonstrators Rap Foreign Interference "We can select our own democracy by ourselves without the help of anyone but we have to be left alone to be able to solve our problems. "

Dar al-Hayat, U.K. American Coercion Original Article (Arabic) "This test of relations between the two countries is the first since the regime change in Egypt, but coercion and threats of cutting aid are not new. "

The Jerusalem Post, Israel American Military Spending and Oil Dependency

The Jerusalem Post, Israel A New American Strategy "The Mubarak-Pentagon axis must be replaced by a Tahrir-Harvard one. "

Israel National News, Israel The Anti-Obama Silent Majority

Yedioth Ahronot , Israel Will America Sacrifice Israel?

Yedioth Ahronot , Israel Obama's Russia Failure "America’s Russia policy badly out of whack, falsely sees Moscow as defeated power. "

The Daily Star, Lebanon American Democracy Cannot Exist with Islamophobia

Arab News, Saudi Arabia Russia Stands to Lose

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Huanqiu, China The US Military’s Fast-Paced Development in China is a Big Threat Original Article (Chinese)

ArgenPress, Argentina Bolivia: President Morales Disregards US Agency Allegations Original Article (Spanish)

Nanfang Daily, China US Curbing Public Funds to End Mouth-Based Corruption Original Article (Chinese)

Huanqiu, China America's Domestic "War" Will Overshadow Its Foreign Ones Original Article (Chinese)

The Manila Times, Philippines U.S. Visit Marks 11th-Hour Test for China’s Heir Apparent " China’s Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai this week warned of a “trust deficit” between Beijing and Washington and expressed hopes Xi’s visit would strengthen ties. "

The People's Daily, China Outlook for U.S. Economy Still Not Optimistic "Employments have indeed increased a lot in the U.S. private sector, especially in such industries as service, manufacturing, medical care and construction, but the United States' net jobs have decreased by more than 5 million compared to that before the financial crisis. "

National Post, Canada The Obama Creed of Contradictory Theologies "To flatter his faith-breakfast guests and justify his tax policies, Obama declares good works to be the essence of religiosity. Yet he turns around and, through Sebelius, tells the faithful who engage in good works that what they’re doing is not religion at all. You want to do religion? Get thee to a nunnery. You want shelter from the power of the state? Get out of your soup kitchen and back to your pews. Outside, Leviathan rules. "

National Post, Canada Obama Has Stolen GOP Advantage on National Security "Obama says that even with his proposed cuts, the defense budget would increase at about the rate of inflation through the next decade. Republicans who think America is being endangered by 'appeasement' and military parsimony have worked that pedal on their organ quite enough. "

The Age, Australia US Scrambles back to Burma in Race for Influence

National Post, Canada CPAC Reveals Deep Divisions in the Republican Party "If Romney bombs at CPAC, expect the Republican race to continue past Super Tuesday and into the spring, and heightened talk of a brokered convention. It is no longer inconceivable to think that the 2012 Republican nominee could be someone not currently in the race at all. "

Ottawa Citizen, Canada Does the U.S. Know Something about China We Don’t?

Ottawa Citizen, Canada Religious World Leaders Don’t Always Welcome Armageddon

The Globe and Mail, Canada Obama’s Push for Contraception Coverage Ignites Republican Furor "Yet, in the United States, sex, politics and religion are explosive enough on their own that the President must have known the mischief he would sow by raising an issue that amalgamates all three. And sure enough, he has set off a new battle in the culture wars. "

Huanqiu, People's Republic of China In Asia, America May Be the Security Guarantor, but It Isn't the Boss Original Article (Chinese) "...because of a number of constraints, the ambitious policy of “returning” to Asia is not sustainable. As U.S. policy changes, we should maintain a calm state of mind when looking at these shifts. "

Nanfang Daily, China US Return to Asia: How Can We Avoid Conflict? Original Article (Chinese)

Juventud Rebelde, Cuba Responsibility of the Irresponsible Original Article (Spanish) "The United States is responsible for the unpredictable consequences of its actions. "

Proceso, Mexico Impossible Bipartisanship Original Article (Spanish)

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Major Foreign Press Sources and their Home Pages

Europe

Middle East

Africa

Algeria — La Nouvelle Republique (French) Auto-translation
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 Jeel (Arabic) Auto-translation
The Tripoli Post (English)

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

Malawi — The Nation (English)

Mozambique —

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)
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 — Haiti Press Network (French) Auto-translation

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

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

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

China — 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)
Sina (Chinese) Auto-translation
Shanghai Daily (English, Chinese)
Sohu (Chinese) Auto-translation
Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)
Zaobao (Chinese) Auto-translation

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Korea — Korean Central News Agency (English)

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

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

Philippines — The Manila Times (English)

Singapore — The 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 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)
Tuoi Tre (English, Vietnamese)
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 —

"What do the real conservatives of CPAC want? The ones who distribute the creepy, unsigned "Is Marco Rubio pro-immigrant?" fliers, run the NRA booth, gift every person within a mile radius free copies of supreme birther Joseph Farah's Tea Party Manifesto, and generally refuse to "settle. "

"We know that the bulk of the American public recognizes the truth of Islamic moderation and tolerance. The hysterical invective may be well-funded, but it does not capture the heart of the nation. "

"No wonder the Republicans have lost their way. For a party that considers itself socially conservative with a base that takes the bible literally its moral compass is seriously askew. "

""...religious conservatives and the tea party movement still don't trust the party establishment's choice. While they can't endanger Romney's nomination, he still needs those people in his battle against Barack Obama in November...." "

"It’s one thing to ask Catholic organizations to provide contraception coverage. It’s another thing to order them to do it. "

"More importantly, this Santorum surge, after his earlier victory in Iowa, is the latest reminder that Mr Romney has a problem with evangelical and blue-collar conservatives in general, and with the midwest in particular. "

"The report was greeted with relief bordering on joy by the stockmarket and, no doubt, by Mr Obama’s campaign team. But their happiness should be tempered by the reflection that in both 2010 and 2011, job growth started out briskly only to fizzle out again. "

"Mr Obama will be mindful that an attack would dominate his bid for re-election in November—though it is unclear whether he would gain as a war president or lose ground because of a surge in oil prices and an economic reversal. "

"'Here we go again — another round of anti-Americanism from the Kremlin and state-controlled media. We have heard claims that the United States is trying to orchestrate an Orange Revolution in Russia many times before, but it was never this intense.' "

"The American withdrawal from Iraq represents a great strategic failure and signals America's withdrawal from the entire Arab East. "

"In reality, however, we found [theU.S. Army is] a psychologically defeated, weak-kneed, depressed army that has also drowned in post-traumatic disorders! "

""Perhaps the West has not yet realized that Russia wishes to return to the old manner of speaking, a coarse pre-1988 language of bartering and speaking openly about strategic interests. And Tartus [a Syrian port city, home to a Russian naval base] is by no means the greatest of these interests." "

"We can select our own democracy by ourselves without the help of anyone but we have to be left alone to be able to solve our problems. "

"This test of relations between the two countries is the first since the regime change in Egypt, but coercion and threats of cutting aid are not new. "

"The Mubarak-Pentagon axis must be replaced by a Tahrir-Harvard one. "

"America’s Russia policy badly out of whack, falsely sees Moscow as defeated power. "

" China’s Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai this week warned of a “trust deficit” between Beijing and Washington and expressed hopes Xi’s visit would strengthen ties. "

"Employments have indeed increased a lot in the U.S. private sector, especially in such industries as service, manufacturing, medical care and construction, but the United States' net jobs have decreased by more than 5 million compared to that before the financial crisis. "

"Obama says that even with his proposed cuts, the defense budget would increase at about the rate of inflation through the next decade. Republicans who think America is being endangered by 'appeasement' and military parsimony have worked that pedal on their organ quite enough. "

"If Romney bombs at CPAC, expect the Republican race to continue past Super Tuesday and into the spring, and heightened talk of a brokered convention. It is no longer inconceivable to think that the 2012 Republican nominee could be someone not currently in the race at all. "

"Yet, in the United States, sex, politics and religion are explosive enough on their own that the President must have known the mischief he would sow by raising an issue that amalgamates all three. And sure enough, he has set off a new battle in the culture wars. "

"...because of a number of constraints, the ambitious policy of “returning” to Asia is not sustainable. As U.S. policy changes, we should maintain a calm state of mind when looking at these shifts. "

"The United States is responsible for the unpredictable consequences of its actions. "