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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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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:
N. Korea Agrees to Stop Building Nukes — BEIJING — North Korea on Monday agreed to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international inspections in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances, in a first step toward disarmament after two years of six-nation talks.
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 …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Der Stillstand — German voters get a chance for reform but choose gridlock instead. — BERLIN—It was a bad omen when Angela Merkel, the candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union chose the Rolling Stones' "Angie" as her campaign theme song. It is actually a sad song about a breakup.
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Bertrand Benoit / Financial Times:Germany slides into political chaos after election
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Captain's Quarters, GOP Bloggers, Six Meat Buffet, service.spiegel.de and Ex-Donkey Blog
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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NewsHog, AMERICAblog, Middle Earth Journal, The Agonist, The Road To Surfdom, War and Piece and King of Zembla
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Juan / Informed Comment:One to Two Billion Dollars Missing at Ministry of Defense
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Daimnation!
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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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.
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 …
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The Astute Blogger
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.
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?
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.
Dominic Evans / Reuters:
Iraq invasion radicalized Saudi fighters: report — RIYADH (Reuters) - Hundreds of Saudi fighters who joined the insurgency in Iraq showed few signs of militancy before the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein, according to a detailed study based on Saudi intelligence reports.
