America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.

In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media.

Quietly, the Mideast Goes Nuclear — Tom Peter, Global Post

The China-India Border Brawl — Jeff Smith, Wall Street Journal

Amazon Uprising More Urgent Than Iran’s — Johann Hari, The Independent

Burqa Politics in France — Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect

Twitter: Tyranny’s New Nightmare — Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times

The Mideast’s New Spring of Freedom — Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Wall Street Journal

Iran’s Opposition Weighs Its Options — Tony Karon, Time

Britain and Iran’s Fraught History — Paul Reynolds, BBC

Khamenei Says Iran Will Not Yield — Nazila Fathi & Alan Cowell, NY Times

A Weak American President — Anne Bayefsky, Forbes

Obama is Right to Talk with Ahmadinejad — Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation

Provocation From Iran — Daily Telegraph editorial

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend a regional summit in Russia next week, an official said Friday, amid speculation he could meet Pakistan’s president for the first time since the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/Raveendran)

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India’s prime minister will attend a regional summit in Russia next week, an official said Friday, where he is expected to meet Pakistan’s president for the first time since the Mumbai attacks.

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