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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.
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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 …
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
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
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 of the war in these statements.
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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Juan / Informed Comment:
One to Two Billion Dollars Missing at Ministry of Defense
One to Two Billion Dollars Missing at Ministry of Defense
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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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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.
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?
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.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Carter-Baker Panel to Call for Voting Fixes — Election Report Urges Photo IDs, Paper Trails And Impartial Oversight — Warning that public confidence in the nation's election system is flagging, a commission headed by former president Jimmy Carter and former secretary of state James …
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R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Off-beat humor made him a popular musician and novelist, but some are taking Friedman's run for governor seriously — WILL KINKY GET THE LAST LAUGH? — NEW BRAUNFELS - With an unlit stogie in his mouth and a Sharpie in his left hand, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman …
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Washington Post:
NAMES & FACES — The stars came out Saturday night in New York for Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Higher Ground" hurricane relief benefit concert, a five-hour event organized by Wynton Marsalis that included performances by Herbie Hancock , Allen Toussaint , Elvis Costello , Diana Krall , Jo n Hendricks , P aul Simon and Buckwheat Zydeco .
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