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A Batcave Of Censorship-Breaking Technology With 120 bloggers and citizen journalists locked up around the world, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has decided to fight back by opening an "anticensorship shelter." More   The 'Mystery' Behind Iran's Economic Numbers A prominent Iranian economist based in Paris says Iran's economic growth rate is a veritable "mystery." More   'Basij Thugs' Harass Iran Opposition Leader Karrubi At Memorial Service Iranian opposition leader and reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi has again been harassed by a group of apparent hard-liners who verbally assailed him at the Sharif University mosque on June 29. Karrubi was reportedly shouted down upon entering the mosque to attend a mourning ceremony for the father of former reformist official Mohammad Reza Aref. More   Obama, Saudi King Agree On Iran U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah have voiced "strong support" for international efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program, which the West says masks a secret drive to develop an atomic bomb-making capability. More   Missing Iranian Scientist And A Fourth Mysterious Video Just as we posted an item about his third video -- in which he says he might get killed for refusing to betray his country -- a fourth video emerged on YouTube in which a man identifying himself as Amiri says he will soon return home. More   Missing Iranian Scientist Appears In Another Mysterious Video A new video has surfaced in which a man who identifies himself as Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing about a year ago during a trip to Saudi Arabia, says he is being held in the United States against his will. More   Baha'i Houses Demolished In Iran Some 50 houses owned by members of Iran's Baha'i religious minority have been demolished in a village northeast of Tehran, according to an eyewitness report to Radio Farda. More   Armenia Seeks Chinese Funding For Rail Link To Iran An Armenian government minister says Yerevan is seeking as much as $1 billion in loans from China to finance a railway link to neighboring Iran, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More   Rafsanjani Criticizes Iranian Politics Former Iranian President Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, a top Iranian cleric who has supported the opposition, has severely criticized the country's political situation. More   UN Chief Urges Renewed Nuclear Talks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he favors a negotiated settlement on the Iran nuclear nonproliferation issue even after the UN Security Council voted earlier this month for a fresh round of sanctions on Iran. More   France's Total Halts Iran Shipments French oil company Total today said that it has halted oil shipments to Iran, just days after the U.S. passed new sanctions on Tehran. More   Iran's Intelligence Ministry Urges Moving Away From Russia Iran's Intelligence Ministry has called for a "decrease" in ties with Russia, according to Hossein Ebrahimi, a parliament deputy and a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee. More   Iran 'Fines' West By Delaying Nuke Talks Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says his country will continue to hold talks with the West over its suspect nuclear program but will delay them until August in retaliation for a recent round of UN sanctions. More   Mottaki And The Megaphone This video of a press conference by Iran's Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki is several weeks old, but it's becoming very popular among Iranians. More   Iran To Boost Gasoline Production Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Ali-Reza Zeighami says emergency plans will help boost the country's gasoline output sharply by early 2012. More   Battle Over Azad University Deepens Iran's Divisions Iran's largest private university has become a battleground in a power struggle between factions of the Islamic establishment. More   Watchdog Blasts Iranian 'Blogfather' Trial The trial of Hossein Derakhshan, known as the "Blogfather" for helping to popularize blogging in Iran, began on June 23. More   Iran's Musavi Tiptoes Across The Rubicon -- Maybe Supporters of Iran opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi greeted his latest statement -- labeled as a "charter" for the Green Movement -- as a radical departure from his previous caution. Finally, they believe, Musavi has broken with his loyalty to the Islamic republic and declared his desire for a secular state and a changed constitution. But has he? Other observers insist that, far from being radical, the statement is hedged and heavily qualified - and that Musavi's aims remains fundamentally distinct from those of many of his followers in the Green Movement. More   Wife Of Missing Scientist Calls For International Help To Bring Him Home Iran’s state television has aired a report that includes an interview with a woman who is introduced as the wife of an Iranian nuclear scientist who Iran says has been kidnapped by the United States. More   Kurdish Affairs Expert Offers Regional Perspective On Growing Violence In Turkey With violence linked to Kurdish militants increasing in Turkey in recent weeks, the likelihood appears to be growing for a cross-border ground assault into northern Iraq by Turkish military forces. RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz spoke with Michael Gunter -- an authority on Kurdish affairs in Turkey, northern Iraq, Syria, and Iran -- for a regional perspective on what is happening. Gunter, a political science professor at Tennessee Tech University and the International University in Vienna, has written nine books about the Kurdish people of the region -- including some of the first analyses in English of Kurdish unrest in the Middle East. More   Iran Warns On U.S. Role In Karabakh An Iranian diplomat says Tehran is strongly opposed to U.S. involvement in a multinational peacekeeping force that would be deployed around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in the event of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace accord. More   Oxford Student Activist In Solitary Confinement In Iran An Iranian doctoral student at Oxford who campaigned in Iran last year for opposition leader Mir Hussein Musavi is being held in solitary confinement by Iranian authorities, according to his wife. More   Trial Of Iran’s 'Blogfather’ Begins, 20 Months After His Arrest Iran’s hard-line Fars news agency reports that the trial of controversial blogger Hossein Derakhshan, known as Iran’s “Blogfather" for helping to popularize blogging in the Islamic republic, began in Tehran on June 23. More

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Son of Hamas Founder Granted Asylum in U.S. - Eli Lake (Washington Times)
    Mosab Hassan Yousef, who spied against Hamas for Israel, won an immigration case Wednesday that will allow him to avoid deportation and stay in the U.S.
    The ruling came after the Department of Homeland Security abruptly withdrew its contention that Yousef should be kicked out of the country because of his ties to Hamas.
    His father, Sheik Hassan Yousef, is one of the founders of Hamas.
    Mosab's handler for the Shin Bet, Gonen Ben-Itzhak, traveled to San Diego to testify on behalf of his former agent.

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The Arab-Israeli Military Balance in 2010 - Anthony H. Cordesman and Aram Nerguizian (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
    Hizbullah has not only rearmed, it has acquired longer-range and more effective rockets, greatly improved its command and control capabilities, and has augmented the survivability of its power structure in Lebanon.
    Iran is a declared chemical weapons power, and Syria almost certainly has been developing and producing some chemical weapons for several decades.
    Iran and Syria have at least unitary warheads and bombs that can be armed with nerve gas, and may have warheads and bombs with cluster munitions.

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Iran to Boycott Coca Cola, Intel and "Zionists" - Dudi Cohen (Ynet News)
    Iranian President Ahmadinejad signed a law Wednesday that forbids the airing of advertisements for "Zionist companies" that operate branches in Israel.
    Among those on the list are Coca Cola, Nestle, Intel, and IBM.
    Iran also plans on bringing a resolution to boycott Israel in the UN and in other international forums.

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U.S. Estimates Al-Qaeda Strength at Fewer than 500 - David E. Sanger and Mark Mazzetti (New York Times)
    Michael E. Leiter, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, said Wednesday that American intelligence officials now estimated there were somewhat "more than 300" al-Qaeda leaders and fighters hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas.
    Taken together with the recent estimate by CIA Director Leon Panetta that there are about 50 to 100 Qaeda operatives now in Afghanistan, American intelligence agencies believe that there are most likely fewer than 500 members of the group in the region.
    However, American officials say al-Qaeda has forged close ties with a number of affiliated militant groups.
    Leiter said "we've had some incredible successes" against al-Qaeda's leadership, and that the group "is weaker today than it has been at any time since 2001."
    But he quickly added, "Weaker does not mean harmless."

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News Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia:

• Iran Arms Syria with Radar - Charles Levinson
  Iran sent Syria a sophisticated radar system in mid-2009 that could threaten Israel's ability to launch a surprise attack against Iran's nuclear facilities, and could also benefit Hizbullah, say Israeli and U.S. officials. Any sharing of radar information by Syria could increase the accuracy of Hizbullah's own missiles and bolster its air defenses. The move was described as part of a dramatic increase in weapons transfers and military coordination among Iran, Syria and Hizbullah. (Wall Street Journal)
• U.S. Envoy Welcomes Israeli Steps to Relax Gaza Blockade - Joel Greenberg
  Israel's first steps toward easing its blockade of Gaza were welcomed Wednesday by U.S. special envoy George Mitchell as he visited the Kerem Shalom crossing where goods are transferred to the Palestinian territory. Trucks carried glass kitchenware, baked goods and cables, and drivers said they were now bringing in chocolates, soft drinks, clothing and shoes that had been barred in the past. Military officials said home appliances, such as refrigerators and microwave ovens, were also being allowed in.
      "I saw firsthand today that progress is being made," Mitchell said after touring the crossing. "We welcome these changes. As implementation proceeds, these arrangements should significantly improve conditions for Palestinians in Gaza." "Israel has legitimate security concerns," Mitchell said. "The United States strongly reaffirms Israel's right to self-defense, and we support international efforts to prevent the trafficking of arms and ammunition into Gaza." He also called the continued detention of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas "deplorable and unacceptable."  (Washington Post)
• Turkish and Israeli Officials Meet Secretly on Flotilla Crisis - Dina Kraft
  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Israeli Industry Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer met secretly in Zurich Wednesday to try to defuse tensions resulting from the Gaza flotilla incident, Israeli television reported. While Turkey has demanded a formal apology, Israel has refused, saying its troops acted in self-defense after being attacked by a group of passengers on a Turkish ship which was part of a flotilla trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. (New York Times)
• British Court Clears Activists Who Broke into Brighton Arms Factory in Anti-Israel Protest - Bibi van der Zee and Rob Evans
  Five activists who caused £180,000 damage to a Brighton arms factory were acquitted after they argued they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes. A jury found them not guilty after they sabotaged the factory, which they believed was selling military equipment to the Israelis. They are the latest group of peace and climate-change activists to successfully use the "lawful excuse" defense - committing an offense to prevent a more serious crime. In his summing up, Judge George Bathurst-Norman suggested to the jury that "you may well think that hell on earth would not be an understatement of what the Gazans suffered" at the time of Israel's 2009 Gaza operation. (Guardian-UK)

News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:

• Netanyahu to Mitchell: Time to Put Aside PA Preconditions and Begin Direct Talks for Peace
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting U.S. envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday: "It's time to put aside posturing. It's time to put aside preconditions. It's time to get on with direct talks - formal direct talks for peace....This is the only way that we'll solve the intricate problems that we're discussing...if we actually sit down, face one another in the same place and actually engage in serious deliberations for a solution....The best way that the Palestinian Authority can persuade the Israeli public that they're ready to live in peace with us is to talk peace with us - to talk directly."  (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Report: Saudi Arabia Wants U.S. to Press Iran - Roee Nahmias
  After the meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the Lebanese paper an-Nahar, quoting a source in Washington, reported Wednesday that, "Saudi Arabia is not convinced that the economic sanctions on Iran will bear fruit, and it believes the alternative measures available to the Obama administration must be examined, since there is no guarantee that the current policies will stop Tehran from moving forward with its nuclear program."
      Despite the differences of opinion, the report said Washington and Riyadh were in talks towards the signing of an extensive weapons deal, in which the Saudis are to purchase two squadrons of F-15 fighter jets, as well as maintenance and development services for similar products acquired in the past, at a cost of $20 billion. (Ynet News)
      See also Report: Saudi King Abdullah Wants to Wipe Israel and Iran Off the Map - David Kenner
  On June 5, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah reportedly told French Defense Minister Herve Morin that "There are two countries in the world that do not deserve to exist: Iran and Israel." Georges Malbrunot, a French journalist with Le Figaro, said two sources have confirmed the story. (Foreign Policy)

Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of U.S., UK, and Israel):

• Michael Oren: Israel Remains a Strategic Asset for the U.S. - Herb Keinon
  In an interview published on Friday, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren stressed, "Our security relationship with the U.S. is very important for the U.S., not just for us. We provide security benefits that the U.S. can't get from any other country in the world, whether in intelligence sharing, weapons development or just the mere fact that Israel has a sizable army that is highly trained, highly motivated, highly disciplined and under the authority of a democratically elected government that can field that army in a matter of 12 hours. Think about that. What other country in the Middle East can remotely do that - remotely. There is no substitute for Israel in the American security universe - nothing."
      Oren dismissed as "nonsense" the so-called "realist" foreign policy camp in the U.S. which argues that Israel is a strategic liability for America. "What are they going to do, build a strategic alliance with Syria, with Kuwait - where is the benefit? There are people in Washington who say this, there are think tank people who say it, but I have never heard anyone in the administration remotely intimate it."  (Jerusalem Post)
      See also "Tectonic Rift" or "Tectonic Shift" in U.S.-Israeli Ties? - Herb Keinon
  Newspapers around the world ran reports Monday quoting Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, as saying there was a "tectonic rift" in U.S.-Israeli ties. Oren denied ever having said anything of the kind, telling the Jerusalem Post: "There are tectonic shifts - not rifts - in America's foreign and domestic policies, reflecting President Obama's commitment to changing the status quo, and these are posing new challenges for Israel. There is no rift in Israel's relations with the Obama administration, and no crisis."
      A few days earlier, at a briefing with the Jerusalem Post editorial board, Oren painted a much brighter picture of relations with the U.S., saying that the Obama administration was "as good if not better" on Israel than "many previous administrations." "We have had disagreements with other administrations in the past, and the litmus with the relationship is not whether there are disagreements, but how you approach the disagreements."  (Jerusalem Post)
• Could Jihadists Overthrow the Syrian Government? - Nibras Kazimi
  The Obama administration has signaled in word and deed that it would accommodate the Syrian regime and normalize relations with it. This is premised on the notions that the Assad regime is stable and that by drawing closer to the regime, Washington will make it more stable, not less. What these assertions ignore is the potential role that jihadism could play in undermining the Assad government.
      In Syria, the hated minority Alawite Shia sect rules. Islamists arguing for a jihad in Syria believe that in the Syrian regime they have an enemy that is at once tyrannical, secular, and heretical. Members of the jihadist internationale are asking themselves where to go after Iraq and Afghanistan. On jihadist online discussion forums, they have been authoring what amount to policy papers calling on the jihadist leadership to take the fight to Syria. The writer is a visiting scholar at the Hudson Institute. (New Republic)

Observations:
Only Israel Is Making the Effort Toward Peace - Lee Rosenberg and Alan Solow (JTA)

• Like the people and governments of Israel, the pro-Israel community in the U.S. has long sought a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct negotiations between the parties that would lead to a lasting peace agreement and Israel's acceptance by all its neighbors. The Israeli people dream of peace, and their governments have worked and sacrificed for it.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his vision for peace - for two states - last June in a landmark speech at Bar-Ilan University, saying he supported the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish State of Israel. Netanyahu declared a 10-month moratorium on all Israeli construction in the West Bank - a concession that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called "unprecedented" in advance of negotiations.
• Israel also has taken significant steps to ensure that life improves for Palestinians in the West Bank, such as dismantling hundreds of West Bank roadblocks and checkpoints, which have helped produce double-digit economic growth at a time of global recession.
• While the current Israeli government has proven its desire for peace, the leader of the Palestinian Authority refuses to meet or even speak on the phone with his Israeli counterpart, despite American demands that he do so. Abbas has said that his strategy is not to make concessions in negotiations but to encourage the U.S. and the international community to pressure Israel for unilateral concessions.
• In recent months, the PA has intensified its efforts to delegitimize Israel in the international arena and increased the incitement against Israel. The PA media carries outrageous programs portraying Israel and Jews in the most negative ways.
• As American friends of Israel we must continue to remind our leaders about how badly Israel wants peace - and how tragically the PA has only increased its demands and pulled away from the negotiating table. Don't blame Israel for the lack of progress. Lee Rosenberg is president of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Alan Solow is chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

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Somália lidera ranking de “Estados falidos” pelo 3º ano

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

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Mulher e crianças somalis esperam em fila após chegarem a complexo de refugiados em Dadaab, no Quênia (Foto: Getty Images)

A Somália aparece na primeira posição da edição deste ano do ranking de Estados falidos elaborada pelo revista americana Foreign Policy e pelo Funda para a Paz das Nações Unidas. Este é o terceiro ano consecutivo que o país africano lidera a lista, divulgada desde 2005.
Segundo o Foreign Policy, o ranking deste ano foi feito a partir da análise de 90 mil fontes públicas sobre 177 países, que foram avaliados de acordo com 12 critérios, que incluem o impacto da saída de refugiados na economia, violação de direitos humanos, ameaças de segurança, etc.

Nos seis anos de existência da lista, 15 países já apareceram nas dez primeiras posições. Confira o Top 10 deste ano:
1) Somália
A Somália ficou em primeiro lugar ao somar 114.3 pontos de um total de 120 possíveis. De acordo com a FP, o país registrou outro ano de caos e ausência de leis, com piratas ocupando a costa do país e militantes islâmicos as ruas da capital Mogadíscio. Em 2009, piratas lucraram US$ 89 milhões com o pagamento de resgates.
2) Chade
O Chade ficou em segundo lugar com 113,3 pontos. Entre os principais problemas do país, a reportagem aponta que um conflito tribal obrigou aproximadamente 200 mil pessoas a deixarem suas casas e que o governo “paranóico” do presidente Idriss Déby tem aumentado os índices de miséria no país. Déby é acusado de prender opositores e redirecionar recursos de ajuda humanitária para o Exército.
3) Sudão
Na terceira posição, com 111,8 pontos, o Sudão vive às voltas com uma das piores crises humanitárias da atualidade, o sangrento conflito na região de Darfur. Segundo a FP, este ano será decisivo para o país à medida que o Sudão do Sul, onde se concentram as maiores fontes de petróleo da nação, realizará referendo em janeiro de 2011 para decidir se continuará uma região autônoma ou proclamará sua independência.
4) Zimbábue
Zimbábue ocupa a quarta colocação no ranking com 110,2. Segundo a FP, a vida no país melhorou consideravelmente após o presidente Robert Mugabe, que governa desde 1980, aceitar dividir o poder com o opositor Morgan Tsvangirai, o atual primeiro-ministro, em fevereiro de 2009. Contudo, Mugabe e Tsvangirai estariam operando de forma independente entre si, o que resulta em poucos avanços em relação à expropriação de terras, prisão de opositores e liberdade de imprensa, entre outras coisas.
5) República Democrática do Congo
A RDC aparece em quinto lugar ao somar 109,9 pontos. A reportagem aponta que o país, apesar de possuir uma das mais abundantes reservas minerais do mundo, sofre historicamente com exploração de suas riquezas, que iniciou com os belgas e hoje segue disputada pelo Exército e grupos rebeldes. Um levantamento da organização International Rescue Committee indica que 5,4 milhões de pessoas morreram em conflitos no país desde 1998.
6) Afeganistão
O primeiro país não africano na lista é o Afeganistão, que somou 109,3 pontos. A FP aponta que o frágil e fragmentado governo do presidente Hamid Karzai, reeleito em agosto de 2009 em uma eleição marcada por suspeitas de fraude, tem prejudicado os esforços da Otan no combate ao Talibã e que dificilmente conseguirá ser cumprida a meta de retirada das tropas internacionais do país no meio do ano que vem.
7) Iraque
Logo após o Afeganistão, aparece outro país ocupado por forças internacionais, o Iraque, que somou 107,3 pontos. De acordo com a FP, 2 milhões de pessoas deixaram o país devido aos conflitos que sucederam a queda de Saddam Hussein e muitos deles ainda não retornaram. E, apesar de a violência ter diminuído, o país continua polarizado entre disputas étnicas e religiosas. A reportagem aponta que as recentes eleições parlamentares iraquianas foram uma das mais transparentes do mundo árabe, mas foram marcadas por uma série de atentados suicidas.
República Centro Africana
A República Centro Africana ocupa a oitava posição do ranking com 106,4 pontos. De acordo com o texto da FP, a violência no país deveria ter diminuído após os acordos de paz assinados entre rebeldes e governo em 2007 e 2008. Contudo, o país ainda sofre com conflitos e atualmente estaria abrigando o violento grupo rebelde africano Lord’s Resistance Army, expulso de Uganda. A FP também afirma que o presidente François Bozizé, que chegou ao poder após um golpe militar em 2003, é acusado de utilizar grande parte dos recursos do país em benefício próprio.
9) Guiné
A nona posição é ocupada pela Guiné, um pequeno país no oeste da África, que somou 105 pontos. Um conflito pelo poder tomou conta do país após a morte do então presidente em dezembro de 2008, que foi sucedida por um golpe comandado por soldados renegados, que nomearam Moussa Dadis Camara como novo governante. Em setembro de 2009, militares massacraram 150 opositores em um estádio. Um mês mais tarde, Camara foi baleado por um guarda-costas e abandonou o país para buscar tratamento médico. O vice-presidente, Sékouba Konaté, assumiu o poder e nomeou um premiê civil. O país realizou eleições para eleger um governo permanente em 27 de junho.
10) Paquistão
Fechando o Top 10, com 102,5 pontos, aparece o Paquistão, que segundo a FP é considerado por alguns como o país mais perigoso do mundo. A região norte do país abriga insurgentes do Talibã paquistanês e provavelmente da Al-Qaeda, enquanto outros grupos militantes atuam em áreas urbanas. Mais de 3 milhões de pessoas ficaram desabrigadas devido a operações de contra-insurgência em 2009. Segundo a reportagem, outro problema do país é a dificuldade do governo democrático do presidente Asif Ali Zardari em conseguir assumir qualquer tipo de comando civil sobre o Exército, que seria obcecado por entrar em guerra com a Índia e é acusado de financiar talibãs afegãos.

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Banken senden Bullen-Signal Die Banken scheinen die Hilfe der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) nicht mehr so nötig zu haben wie befürchtet: Die Institute haben sich am Mittwoch überraschend wenig bei EZB-Chef Jean-Claude Trichet (Foto) geliehen: 132 Milliarden Euro. Und das, obwohl sie heute Kredite über 442 Milliarden Euro an die Notenbank zurückzahlen müssen. Aus Sicht der Financial Times ist dies ein Erfolg für die EZB, die offenbar die Abhängigkeit der Banken reduziert habe. Doch dies sei nicht das Ende der Bankenkrise in der Eurozone. Denn dass 171 Banken Kredite von der Notenbank zu 30 Basispunkten über dem Dreimonats-Libor abgerufen haben, zeige deutlich, dass ihre Situation noch nicht rosig sei. Das Wall Street Journal ist optimistischer. Offenbar seien die Banken in einer besseren Form als vom Markt befürchtet. Dies sei jedenfalls ein "Bullen-Signal" und eine Bestätigung für die Entscheidung der EZB, dem Markt allmählich Liquidität zu entziehen. Ähnlich argumentiert die Börsen-Zeitung: Von dem Ergebnis gingen beruhigende Signale bezüglich des Zustands des europäischen Bankensystems aus. Handelsblatt » NYT » Financial Times » FT2 » Wall Street Journal » WSJ2 » Börsen-Zeitung »