Here is the Saturday May 10th 2008 edition of interesting reads from around the world.

The Countdown to $200 Barrel Oil
The French energy blogger Jerome a Paris starts the countdown to $200 a barrel of oil in The Oil Drum. We are now $1.31 from reaching my forecast of $125 barrel of oil before the end of May. Oil did skirt pass the $124 barrel barrier before closing at $123.69 per barrel.

V-E Day in Moscow
It has been 16 years since this sort of military parade in Moscow, but as a new Russia arises it is also flexing its muscles. Der Spiegel has the story with a photo gallery of Russia’s military might.

Identity Crisis for Westernized Egyptians
Egypt Today looks at bi-cultural Egyptians who feel neither at ease in Europe nor in Egypt.

Sino-Japanese Summit Concludes
Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday said his five-day visit to Japan, which has seen the traditional rivals commit to closer ties but also met protests over Beijing’s rule in Tibet, was a success. Coverage from Agence France-Presse and the Christian Science Monitor.

The Fix is In but Fixing Up the Place Ain’t
The governing military junta in Myanmar will go ahead with their constitutional referendum today, certain of victory. The New York Times has more. Meanwhile the disaster relief efforts are, well, a disaster. Stories from the New York Times, Germany’s Der Spiegel and Singapore’s Straits Times.

The Widening Gap
The New York Times reports on Obama’s generational gap problem. In my view, Obama has several demographical problems that will cost him the Presidency but one of the severest is the lack of support among one of the highest turnout voters, seniors over 65.

Obama Must Have Flunked US History
I wrote earlier this week on Obama and Presidential History. Well apparently in his victory speech the other night in North Carolina came a few more historical errors.