Recommendation: WPR's Media Roundup
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 12:02AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

World Politics Review has started its own daily media roundup and it's great. First, I thought to myself, "No, another compilation to wade through!" But after using it for several days now, I'm beginning to dig it.

Bonus: it's free.

You can read it on their site or sign up to get it by email. Comes every morning, and has approximately 20 news and 15-20 opinion pieces

Here are the top 3 stories from yesterday:

U.S. Says Iran Has Ability to Expedite a Nuclear Bomb

By: David E. Sanger | The New York Times

American
intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has
created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint for a
nuclear weapon. But new intelligence reports delivered to the White
House say that the country has deliberately stopped short of the
critical last steps to make a bomb.

Sudan Opposition Parties Forge Alliance

By: Scott Baldauf | The Christian Science Monitor

A
new deal between former southern rebels who hope to secede in 2011 and
a northern opposition group could threaten President Omar al-Bashir's
grip on power if fair elections are held next year.

Mideastern Oil Will Continue to Shape International Politics

By: Shlomo Ben-Ami | The Daily Star

No
matter how important rising oil powers outside the Middle East are
becoming, the region will continue to be the world's main source of
energy for years to come.

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