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Associated Press:
Negotiators: N. Korea to halt nuke programs — In breakthrough, Pyongyang vows to rejoin arms treaty, allow inspectors — BEIJING - North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties in a unanimous agreement Monday at six-party arms talks …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Iran's President Does What U.S. Diplomacy Could Not — U.N. Speech Raises Doubts About Nuclear Program — NEW YORK, Sept. 18 — Five weeks ago, Iran's new president bought his country some time. Facing mounting criticism after walking away from negotiations with Europe and restarting part …
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
N. Korea Vows to Quit Arms Program — Nuclear Agreement Set at 6-Nation Talks — BEIJING, Sept. 19 — China announced Monday that negotiators from six nations have reached agreement under which North Korea pledged to dismantle its nuclear arms program in return for recognition and aid from the United States and its Asian allies.
Associated Press:
North Korea Vows to Drop Nuclear Programs — North Korea Pledges to Drop Nuclear Programs at Six-Party Arms Talks — BEIJING Sep 19, 2005 — North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties in a unanimous agreement Monday at six-party arms talks.
Burt Herman / Associated Press:North Korea Vows to Drop Nuclear Program
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly: NORTH KOREA BLINKS?....This is via email, but there ought to be a link soon:
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:North Korea Gives Up Its Nuclear Program
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Secular Blasphemy
Agence France Presse:
Clinton launches withering attack on Bush on Iraq, Katrina, budget — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton sharply criticised George W. Bush for the Iraq War and the handling of Hurricane Katrina, and voiced alarm at the swelling US budget deficit.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
UNCHARTED TERRITORY, ONCE AGAIN — In recent years, the Democrats have violated many of the tacit conventions of civility that have enabled our political system to work for more than two centuries. Yesterday another barrier fell, and once again, we entered uncharted waters …
Chester / The Adventures of Chester:
Clinton the Strategist: A Dissection — Something's not quite right here . . . Bill Clinton on 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos': … Continue reading for a complete fisking. … Clinton betrays his lack of understanding of both the strategic and operational details war in these statements.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Divided German Voters Leave New Leadership Uncertain — BERLIN, Sept. 18 — German voters dumped Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government Sunday but split their ballots among so many different parties that none was able to muster enough support to replace it.
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Don Surber
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Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
What has happened to Iraq's missing $1bn? — One billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq's defence ministry in one of the largest thefts in history, The Independent can reveal, leaving the country's army to fight a savage insurgency with museum-piece weapons.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO THE EARLIER PORK POST — in which various bloggers posted and emailed about pork in their states — looked kind of promising, and N.Z. Bear and I got together to figure out a way to take it up a notch. — How are we going to mobilize the blogosphere in support of cuts in wasteful spending to support Katrina relief?
Stephen Moore / Opinion Journal:
The GOP's New New Deal — The bill for Katrina may fall due next November. — There's an old adage that no one in Washington can tell the difference between $1 million and $1 billion. Seldom has that Beltway learning disability been more vividly demonstrated than in the weeks since Katrina.
Jay / Stop the ACLU:
Give Us The Memos — Certain memos that could very well play an instrumental part in the confirmation process of John Robert's are being concealed from the public. But we are not talking about the Solicitor General's memos that are protected under a attorney-client type protection.
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US News:
A Different Path for Hurricane Campbell — It's probably the most important story about the media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina that you didn ' t read: Today, Weekend Edition coanchor Campbell Brown 's gutsy and heartfelt reports cemented her position as NBC's top choice to replace the Today show's Katie Couric.
Agence France Presse:
Breast-flashing video proceeds donated to Katrina victims — SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Video makers notorious for filming women flashing their breasts said they will donate revenues from "Girls Gone Wild" episodes tied to Mardi Gras to the Red Cross to help Hurricane Katrina victims.
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
U.S. Claims Success in Iraq Despite Onslaught — BAGHDAD — Using enemy body counts as a benchmark, the U.S. military claimed gains against Abu Musab Zarqawi's foreign-led fighters last week even as they mounted their deadliest attacks on Iraq's capital. — But by many standards …
BBC:
Bishops suggest apology for war — Church of England bishops have suggested Christian leaders apologise to Muslim leaders for the war in Iraq. — A report from a working group of bishops says the war was one of a "long litany of errors" relating to Iraq.
