TIME Europe Magazine: Power Struggle -- Nov. 22, 2004

TIME Europe Magazine | "Can America and Europe learn to work together during the Bush Administration's second term?"
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Report on Turkey

An "Independent Commission on Turkey" wrote a report on the Turkey entry into EU question. It is supported by the British Council and Open Society Institute.

Here it is...
Turkey in Europe:
More than a promise?
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Amazon Theater

"Welcome to Amazon Theater, a series of five original short films available exclusively at Amazon.com as a free gift to our customers. Every week for five weeks, beginning November 9, Amazon Theater will debut a new short film for your viewing pleasure. And each film features products you can purchase at Amazon. Click the Credits button to see our interactive credits, which include links to the featured products."
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Sorry Everybody

The world is reaching out in regret on this new site.

Americans are saying sorry electing Bush.

Some of us - hopefully most of us - are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us - hopefully most of us - are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't.

I'd like to use this sentence to thank Andrew, Andy, Aristotle, Charles, Graham, Jon, Jose, Juliana, and Micah for their invaluable help in running the site. Thanks also to everyone who has offered us assistance, everyone who has sent us kudos or words of encouragement, and especially those of you who have brightened our arduous night with scads of uproarious hate mail. We won't be publishing any of it, but thanks for asking. Keep it up, everybody.

Sorry Everybody
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Het rapport Kok

Over een succesvolle uitbreiding van de Europese Unie.

"Als de EU niet voortmaakt met de hervormingen en aanpassingen die de uitbreiding nu vereist, mist ze de kans -misschien voor altijd- om Europa sterker en veiliger te maken, in het belang van haar burgers, haar buren en de wereld."

Dit stelt oud-premier Wim Kok in zijn op 26 maart 2003 uitgebrachte rapport 'Uitbreiding van de Europese Unie: Resultaten en uitdagingen'. Het rapport is opgesteld in opdracht van de Europese Commissie. Kok deed met een team van experts uit verschillende landen onderzoek naar de consequenties van de uitbreiding ter ondersteuning van het publieke debat dat dit jaar moet losbarsten.

Het rapport Kok
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Steve Forbes calls for attack on Iran

On BBC World TV was a commentary from the publisher and conservative Steve Forbes that Bush would quickly attack on Iran, to disarm "the Mulahs of their bomb".

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Bush's Lost Year | James Fallows

The Atlantic Online | "By deciding to invade Iraq, the Bush Administration decided not to do many other things: not to reconstruct Afghanistan, not to deal with the threats posed by North Korea and Iran, and not to wage an effective war on terror. An inventory of opportunities lost "
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Joseph Stiglitz: Bush is dead wrong

Guardian Unlimited | "Many around the world are surprised at how little attention the economy is receiving in President Bush's re-election campaign. But I am not surprised: if I were Bush, the last thing I would want to talk about is the economy. Yet many people look at America's economy, even over these past three-and-a-half years, with some envy. Annual economic growth - at an average rate of 2.5% - may have been markedly slower than during the Clinton years, but it still looks strong compared with Europe's anaemic 1%.

But these statistics mask a glaring fact: the average American family is worse off than it was three-and-a-half years ago. Median income has fallen by over $1,500 in real terms, with families being squeezed as wages lag behind inflation. In short, all that growth benefited only those at the top of the income distribution, the same group that had done so well over the previous 30 years and benefited most from Bush's tax cut. "
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