Turkish troops pull out of Iraq

CUKURCA, Turkey - Turkey's military said Friday it has ended a ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, but said that foreign influence did not play a role in its decision.

It's Not About Iran

By Shibley Telhami
Monday, January 14, 2008; Page A21

As President Bush travels through the Middle East, the prevailing assumption is that Arab states are primarily focused on the rising Iranian threat and that their attendance at the Annapolis conference with Israel in November was motivated by this threat.

Serbs protesters attack UN police

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo - Serbs protested against Kosovo's independence for a fifth straight day Friday, attacking U.N. police guarding a key bridge in the province's north with stones, glass bottles and firecrackers