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Europe

The Observer, U.K.
Armed and Dangerous:
Anti-Terror Dolphins Go Missing

  Inter-Species Blowback?

“The 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns ... Divers and surfers risk attack from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest.”



Liberation, France
NASA Moon Mission is a
'Pumped-up, Irreverent' Diversion
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“At this price, even an expedition aimed at establishing a democracy amongst the penguins of the Arctic would be a better deal.”


El Pais, Spain
NASA Should Not Abandon
International Cooperation

Unilateral In Space?
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“Space exploration should not be the exclusive task of one nation, but the fruit of world-wide cooperation.”

—EDITORIAL, El Pais


The Independent, U.K.
Former U.S. Soldier Galvanizes
Anti-War Demonstrators

“I don't know how many innocents I killed with my mortar rounds ... I try to forget.”

—Hart Viges, Formerly With the 82nd Airborne Division


Le Monde, France
Many Problems are So Big, the
U.S. Alone Simply Cannot Cope

Our World
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“This should be considered a warning, in particular for the United States or China, which tend to treat the acceleration of climatic change carelessly.”


The Independent, U.K.
Top U.K. Scientist Says Katrina the
'Smoking Gun' for Global Warming

“If this makes the climate loonies in the States realize we've got a problem, some good will come out of a truly awful situation.”

—Sir John Lawton, Chairman, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution


Der Spiegel, Germany
American Internet Companies
Help China Spy on Its People

“According to the organization Reporters without Borders, Shi Tao could never have been arrested without the servile Americans.”


The Independent, U.K.
FBI Was Told John Lennon 'Too Stoned' to Start a Revolution

Too Tuned Out to Rebel?
Original Article (English)

“For months the agency had been fretting that the singer-turned-activist was preparing to disrupt the Republican National Convention.”



Novosti, Russia
U.S. 'Provoked' Crisis
With Iran, North Korea

Original Article (English)

“Both crises were in effect provoked by U.S. allegations - so far lacking solid evidence.”


Le Monde, France
U.S. Moon Mission a 'Dream
to Forget the Nightmare'
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“It will be necessary to demonstrate that the new mission does more than merely revisit the past.”

—EDITORIAL, Le Monde


NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
America Not Alone In Inadequate Disaster Planning
Edited English and Dutch Text
Home Page (Dutch)

“The slow pace of relief in this case is not a typical response for Americans.”


Liberation, France
Katrina: a Global Economic Shockwave
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“It is the growth itself that is at the heart of rising oil prices.”



Le Monde, France
Iran Promises to Sell Enriched
Uranium at a 30% Discount!
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“Nuclear energy is a gift of God.”

—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President


Guardian Unlimited, U.K.
'Grapple in the Big Apple': Galloway Beats Hitchens on Points
—VIDEO: George Galloway Debates Christopher Hitchens Over Iraq, Sept. 14, 01:54:24

“Galloway learned the hard way that there are things you cannot say about September 11 that are common currency in Britain.”


L'Humanite, France
America Miniaturizes and Trivializes Nuclear Weapons
  Bunker Busting
Original Article (French)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“Their real goal is the qualitative improvement of these weapons.”


MosNews, Russia
Putin Tells Bush 'Nyet' on Plan to Haul Iran Before Security Council
—UN VIDEO: Russian President Putin's Speech to U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 15, 00:04:47
— UNITED NATIONS VIDEO: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Speech [Condi Walks Out], Sept. 17, 00:29:07

“We do not want our careless actions to lead to the development of events along the North Korean variant.”

—Vladimir Putin, President of Russia


LeFigaro, France
North Korea Seems Intent on Confrontation
Edited English and French Text
Home Page (French)
Home Page in English (Machine Translation)

“Kim Jong-il is unprepared to give up the prestige that his capacity to blackmail confers to him.”


Braunschweiger Zeitung, Germany
Barbara Bush’s Most
Revealing Words

Original Article (German)
Article in English (Machine Translation)



Middle East & Africa

Al-Ahram, Egypt
American Jews Turn Their Backs
on Israel's Gaza Disaster Victims

—ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS VIDEO: Simon Weisenthal Laid to Rest, Latest Israeli News, Sept. 20, 00:13:12

“It's the right thing, the Jewish thing, to do - to help a stranger in need. But stop shunning the Israeli disaster victims who are your own mishpocha [kin]. That's just plain wrong.”



Al-Ahram, Egypt
The Lesson of North Korea and Iraq: Power Concedes Nothing to the Meek

“The U.S. does not want Iran - a country that opposes its policies in the Gulf, Iraq and Palestine - to acquire nuclear leverage.”



Arab News, Saudi Arabia
Hurricanes Prompt Saudis to Question
Influence of Big Business on Bush

Original Article (English)

“Big business supporters in the Republican Party feared the cost of reducing pollution would cripple America's global competitiveness.”

—EDITORIAL, Arab News


Sunday Monitor, Uganda
Must Ugandan Children Die So
Katrina Victims Can Survive?

Original Article (English)

“The $200,000 that Uganda gave the United States of America as aid for the victims of Hurricane Katrina was clearly not in Dr. Ezra Suruma's budget.”

—EDITORIAL, Sunday Monitor


Haaretz, Israel
Iraq Pullout Would Signal American Defeat
Original Article (English)

“In the Middle East, a hasty American withdrawal would be interpreted as a defeat, and would immediately affect the region’s oil states.”


Al-Qaeda Web Site,
Location Unknown, Via MEMRI
Al-Qaeda News Broadcast:
'Overjoyed' at Katrina



The 'New' Media
00:04:56, Sept., 2005

“Broken and completely humiliated, George Bush announced his obvious incapability to deal with the wrath of Allah.”

—Al-Qaeda News Broadcast


Al-Jazeera, Qatar, Via MEMRI
Video of Al-Zawahiri: Dismisses Afghan Polls, Praises London Bombings


Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri
00:05:35, Sept. 19

“What did (the Americans) accomplish in Afghanistan?”


Arab Times, Kuwait
The ‘Political Lunacy’
of Iran and Syria

Original Article (English)

“Does Iran really think it can challenge the sole superpower when it has no backing?”


Tehran Times, Iran
'New York Shock' Sets in After Iran President's Speech
Original Article (English)

“The stance adopted by Iran has created a new atmosphere in Vienna, which one might call the “New York shock.”


Azzaman, Iraq
America Brought This War,
But Iraqis Must Die In It

Original Article (English)

“Everyone who hates America and likes keeping it preoccupied with Iraq, now has a stake in this war.”


Al-Qaeda Web Site, Location Unknown
Audio of Al-Zarqawi: Katrina 'One of Allah's Soldiers'


Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi
Via MEMRI, 00:11:10, Sept. 14

“This hurricane ... has exposed the fragility of the foundations upon which it [America] is structured.”

—Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda Leader in Iraq



Israel National News, Israel
Bush Rejects Sharon's Plea for Release of Israeli Spy
—ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS VIDEO: Latest Israeli News, Sept. 15, 00:09:18

“ That's not the kind of help I promised you .”

—George W. Bush, Responding to Arial Sharon


Azzaman, Iraq
America Was Supposed to Be
More Than Just a Military Power

Original Article (English)

“We have seen nothing of America’s other side - the country that fights for equity, democracy, civilization … and other human values.”


Al-Jezeera TV, Qatar
Video of American
al-Qaeda Operative



Adam Gadahn, AKA Azzam the American
Via MEMRI, 00:02:00, Sept. 12

“If you ensure our security, you will have automatically ensured your own.”

—'Azzam the American,' al-Qaeda Operative



Khaleej Times, U.A.E.
Katrina a 'Lesson from Allah' to End Gambling
Original Article (English)

“Apart from gambling and other vices … many of the residents were completely oblivious to the teachings and commands of the Lord of the Nature.”


Tunis Hebdo, Tunisia
Batten Down the Hatches
for Post-Katrina Firestorm
Original Article (French)
Home Page in English (Machine Translation)



Daily Star, Lebanon
In Regard to Iran, ‘WMD Fables’ Will Not Suffice This Time
Original Article (English)

“Iran's right to enrich nuclear fuel is guaranteed under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

—EDITORIAL, The Daily Star


Haaretz, Israel
At Home and Abroad, Bush Has Wrought Devastation
Original Article (English)


MBC TV, Saudi Arabia
Video of Saudi Sheik: 'Gloating
Over Katrina Is Forbidden'



Saudi Sheik Saleh Al-Sidlan
Via MEMRI, 00:05:07, Sept. 2



Teshreen, Syria
Katrina Exposes America's Achilles' Heels
Edited English and Arabic Text
Home Page (Arabic)


Americas, Asia & Oceania

La Prensa, Nicaragua
Sham American President
'Stains' Nicaraguan History

President of Nicaragua?
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“How can it be that today ... we have seen in newspapers, displayed between our presidents, this cruel and vile conqueror?”



People's Daily, China
U.S. Has Nothing to Fear from China

Original Article (English)

“Beijing is worried that the United States, in order to sustain its dominant position, is bent on obstructing China's development.”

—Editorial, People's Daily


Korean News, North Korea
U.S. Planning Pre-Emptive
Nuclear Attack on North Korea

Original Article (English)

“North Korea is proud to see how wise it has been to have strengthened its deterrent force.”

—Rodong Sinmun, Communist Party Mouthpiece


La Jornada, Mexico
America 'Kidnaps' the
United Nations Summit

  'Welcome to My World'
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“The arrogance of the Everlasting Vacationer’s government is directly proportional to the magnitude of the political crisis he faces.”


El Mundo, El Salvador
Rita and Katrina Remind
Us All of Our Humanity
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“Although nature puts obstacles before us, it is this that makes us great.”

—EDITORIAL, El Mundo of El Salvador


PakTribune, Pakistan
Karzai Asks Washington to Halt 'Unauthorized' Air Raids and Searches
Original Article (English)


The Nation, Pakistan
Washington Unlikely to
Heed Karzai's Requests

Original Article (English)

“Hamid Karzai is fully justified in demanding that US-led troops in Afghanistan scale back their operations.”

—EDITORIAL, The Nation (Pakistan)


Korean News, North Korea
Kim Jong-il: 'We Keep Nukes
Until You Give Us Reactors'

Original Article (English)

“The U.S. should not even dream that North Korea would dismantle its nuclear deterrent before providing it with light-water reactors.”

—Statement, North Korean Foreign Ministry


El Universal, Venezuela
Chavez Talks of U.S. Invasion
to Distract Venezuelans
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)

“He thinks we are the naïve ones, and that we will accept such an outlandish story.”


Toronto Star, Canada
U.S. 'Shrugs' at Torture of Canadians
Original Article (English)

“[U.S. Ambassador] Wilkins' bluntness is refreshing. His indifference is appalling.”

—EDITORIAL, Toronto Star


Korea Herald, South Korea
It's All Just a 'Minor' Nuclear Misunderstanding, Seoul Says
Original Article (English)

“The United States sees the light-water reactor controversy as a continuation of alleged North Korean back-stabbing.”


Chosun Ilbo, South Korea
Pyongyang Gives Up Nukes,
After Washington Caves In

—READ: The Joint Statement


Chosun Ilbo, South Korea
MacArthur Debate Harms Korean Interests
Original Article (English)


El Ojo Digital, Argentina
Chavez Says U.N. Should
Leave the United States
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)


Asahi Shimbun, Japan
For Help With Washington, Pyongyang Lures Tokyo With Kidnapped Japanese


Frontier Post, Pakistan
Time Again for Bush to Admit Error: His Strategy Incites Terror
Original Article (English)

“The reality on the ground is too compelling to refute. ”

—EDITORIAL, Frontier Post


Chosun Ilbo, South Korea
'We Were Taught That Truman Was an Idiot, but MacArthur a Hero'
Original Article (English)

“Doesn't our anti-Americanism, too, contain the anger that arises from unrequited love?”


Chosun Ilbo, South Korea
'Leave MacArthur Statue in Place,' Says South Korean President
Original Article (English)


El Universal, Venezuela
'Pork Barrel Politics'
is America's Downfall
Original Article (Spanish)
Article in English (Machine Translation)


Korean News, North Korea
U.S. Built 'As a Result of Genocide'
Original Article (English)

The China Post, Taiwan
At Root of the Cycle
of Terror: An Eye for an Eye

Original Article (English)


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Major Foreign Media and their Home Pages

Central America

Belize — The Belize Times (English),   The Guardian News (English)  
Costa Rica — Al Dia (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Cuba — Granma (English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish),  
El Economista (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Juventud Rebelde (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Periodico 26 (English, Spanish)  

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  
   Nicaragua — La Prensa (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Panama — Critica (Spanish)   Auto-translation  

North America

Canada — Globe and Mail (English),   L'actualite - Quebec (French)   Auto-translation,   Le Devoir - Quebec (French)   Auto-translation,   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 Jornada (Spanish)   Auto-translation  

South America

Argentina — Diario Decuyo (Spanish)   Auto-translation,    Clarin (Spanish)  Auto-translation,    La Nacion Online (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Bolivia — Bolpress (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   La Razon (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Brazil — Diario Popular (Portugese)   Auto-translation,   Estadao (Portugese)   Auto-translation,   Folha Online (Portugese)   Auto-translation,   Gazeta Mercantil (English)

Chile — El Mercurio (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Universo (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   La Tercera (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Colombia — El Espectador (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Tiempo (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Pais (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Ecuador — Hoy Online (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   La Hora (Spanish) Auto-translation  
Honduras — La Tribuna (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Jamaica — Jamaica Observer (English)  
Peru — El Commercio (Spanish)   Auto-translation, La Republica (Spanish)   Auto-translation  
Uruguay — El Pais (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   MercoPress (English)
Venezuela — Cadena Global (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Correo Del Caroni (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Univeral.com (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   La Hora (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Venezuela Analysis (English)

Europe

Austria — Kurier (German) Auto-translation,   Die Presse (German)   Auto-translation  
Belarus — Belarus Today (English)  
Belgium — EU Observer (English)  
Bulgaria — The Sophia Echo (English)  
Czech Republic — The Prague Post (English)  
Denmark — Copenhagen Post (English),   Jyllands-Posten (English, Danish)  
France — Euro News (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian),   l'Humanité (French)   Auto-translation,   L'Express (French)   Auto-translation,   Le Figaro (French) Auto-translation, Liberation (French)   Auto-translation,   Le Monde (French)   Auto-translation,   Le Monde Diplomatique (English), Le Monde Diplomatique (French)

Georgia — Civil Georgia (English)  
Germany — Braunschweiger Zeitung (German) Auto-translation, Die Tageszeitung (German) Auto-translation, Die Welt (German) Auto-translation, Die Zeit (German)   Auto-translation,   Der Spiegel (German)   Auto-translation,   Financial Times Deutschland (German) Auto-translation,   Frankfurter Allgemeine (German)  Auto-translationMitteldeutsche Zeitung (German)   Auto-translation  

Greece — Kathimerini (English, Greek)  
Ireland — The Belfast Telegraph (English),   Irish Examiner (English)  
Italy — Corriere della Sera (English, Italian),   La Repubblica (Italian)   Auto-translation  
Luxembourg — Tageblatt (French) Auto-translation  
Malta — The Times of Malta (English)  
Norway — Aftenposten (English)  
Russia — Kommersant (English),   Mosnews (English),   Pravda (English),   Novosti (English),   The Moscow Times (English),   Russia Journal (English),   The St. Petersburg Times (English)  
Spain — El Diario Exterior (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Mundo (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Pais (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   El Semanal (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Ideal Digital (Spanish)   Auto-translation,   Sur (English)  

Sweden — The Local (English)  
Switzerland — 24 Heures (French) Auto-translation,   ISN Security Network (English),   The Tribune of Geneva (French) Auto-translation  
Ukraine — Ukrainian Pravda (English, Ukrainian, Russian)   Brama Ukraine News (English)  
United Kingdom — Financial Times (English),   The Guardian (English),   The Independent (English),   The Business Online (English),   The Times (English),    The Economist (English)  

Middle East

Egypt — Al Ahram Weekly (English),   Egypt Today (English),   Middle East Times (English)  
Iran — Iran News Daily (English),   IRIB News (English, Persian),   Islamic Republic News Agency (English, Persian, Russian),   Tehran Times (English)  
Iraq — Al Sabaaah (English, Arabic),   Azzaman (English, Arabic),   Kurdish Media (English)  
Israel — Debka File (English),   Haaretz Daily (English),   Israel Insider (English),   Israel National News (English, Hebrew, French, Russian),   The Jeruselum Post (English)  
Jordan — The Jordan Times (English)  
Kuwait —The Kuwait Times (English),   Arab Times (English)  
Lebanon — Daily Star (English),   Dar Al-Hayat (English, Arabic),   L'Orient Le Jour (French)   Auto-translation  
Oman — The Times of Oman (English)  
Qatar — Al Jazeera (English, Arabic),   The Gulf Times (English),   The Peninsula (English),  
Saudi Arabia — Arab News (English),   Arab View (English),   The Saudi Gazette (English)  
Syria — Syria Times (English)  
Turkey — Hurriyetim (English),   Turkish Weekly (English),   Zaman Online (English)  
United Arab Emirates — Khaleej Times (English)  
Yemen — Yemen Times (English)  

Africa

Botswana — Mmegi (English)  
Ghana — Ghana Web (English)  
Kenya — The Standard (English)  
Morroco — Al Bayane (French)   Auto-translation,   La Matin (French)   Auto-translation,   L'Opinion (French)   Auto-translation,   L'Economiste (French)   Auto-translation  
Nigeria — The Guardian (English),   The Punch (English),   This Day (English)  
South Africa — Cape Times (English), Financial Mail (English), The Star (English), The Sunday Times (English)  
Sudan — Sudanese Media Center (English),   Sudan News Agency (English)  
Tunisia — Tunis Hebdo (French)   Auto-translation   
Uganda — Sunday Monitor (English)     
Zimbabwe — The Daily News (English),   The Independent (English),   Zim Observer (English)  

Asia

Azerbaijan — Baku Today (English)   
Afghanistan — Bissirat (French)   Auto-translation  
Bangladesh — The Daily Star (English)   
China — China Daily (English, Chinese),   The People's Daily (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic),   Xinhua (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Arabic)  

Hong Kong — Asia Times (English, Chinese),    The Standard (English)   
India — The Central Chronicle (English),   Financial Express (English),   Greater Kashmir (English),   Outlook India (English),   The Times of India (English),   The Hindu (English),   The Hindustan Times (English)  

Indonesia — The Jakarta Post (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)  
Malaysia — The Star (English)   
North Korea — Korean Central News Agency (English)   
South Korea — Andongkim (English),   The JoongAng Ilbo (English),   The Korea Herald (English),
Dong-a Ilbo
(English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese),   The Choson Ilbo (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)  

Pakistan — Dawn (English),   Pakistan Today (English),   Pak Tribune (English),   The Nation (English),   The Frontier Post - Peshware & Quetta (English)  
Philippines — The Manila Times (English)  
Taiwan — The Taipei Times (English),   The China Post (English)  
Thailand — Bangkok Post (English),   The Nation (English)  
Vietnam — Thanh Nien News (English),   Vietnam News (English)  

Oceania & Antarctica

Australia — The Australian (English),   The Sydney Morning Herald (English)  
New Zealand — The New Zealand Herald (English)  
Antarctica — 70 South (English)  

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