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Burt Herman / Associated Press:
North Korea Pledges to Drop Nuke Programs  —  BEIJING - North Korea agreed Monday to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international inspections in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances, a breakthrough that marked a first step toward disarmament after two years of six-nation talks.
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CNN:
Bush: NK nuke deal positive step  —  Pyongyang agrees to drop nuclear program, including weapons  —  (CNN) — U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday called North Korea's decision to abandon its nuclear program a positive step, but he questioned whether all parties would "adhere to the agreement."
Steve Clemons:
North Korea Breakthrough?
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
CNN:
U.S. optimistic about N. Korea nuke deal
Discussion: danieldrezner.com
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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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Toothless Taliban  —  Afghanistan has successfully conduct its second round of elections since its liberation from the Taliban in 2001.  Turnout is estimated at over fifty percent.  Despite promises to disrupt the election from al Qaeda and the Taliban, the violence on election day was insignificant.
Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Germany Weighs Next Move After Election  —  BERLIN - Conservative leader Angela Merkel and the chairman of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats said Monday they both had initiated contacts with potential coalition partners as they wrestled over what government will emerge from Germany's inconclusive parliamentary election.
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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.
Jesse Taylor / Pandagon:
Stupid S**ts  —  PowerLine may be the dumbest sacks in the history of dumb sackdom.  It's not just that they're dumb sacks, it's that they're dumb sacks the threads of whose existence are drawn from high-dumbass worms found in rare and near-impassable mountains, spun by monks of s**theadery trained …
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J.D. / evolution:
rino sightings XI: hornitarian jihad  —  [Editor's note: This post will remain first for the time being.  New posts are below this one.]  —  Feel the point of the horn, infidel extremists!  Your Kool-Aid will stain the carpeted halls and Herman Miller walls of your party headquarters!
Discussion: Diggers Realm and Argghhh!
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.
Juan / Informed Comment:
One to Two Billion Dollars Missing at Ministry of Defense  —  Hannah Allam of Knight Ridder broke the story this past summer that a billion dollars was missing at the ministry of defense, according to a government audit.  —  Patrick Cockburn of the Independent now confirms that report based …
Discussion: Daimnation!
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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.
Cathy Young / Boston Globe:
Muslims and the Holocaust  —  RECENTLY IN England, four Muslim-staffed committees appointed to advise Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Cabinet on issues related to Islam have come up with a recommendation: Get rid of an official event viewed as offensive to Muslims.  What event would that be?
Discussion: Dhimmi Watch and Solomonia
Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
'Extreme' tragedy  —  'Ugly' mom sues ABC for nixing makeover  —  LOS ANGELES - The producers of "Extreme Makeover" promised Deleese Williams "a Cinderella-like" fix for a deformed jaw, crooked teeth, droopy eyes and tiny boobs that would "transform her life and destiny."
Robert A. George / RAGGED THOTS:
Why Am I (Still) A Republican?  —  That's a good question.  —  The president finally spoke to the country Thursday to outline his plans for rebuilding the Gulf region — at a cost of well over $200 billion: "As emergency expenditures soar — with new commitments as high as $2 billion a day …
Kelly Simmons / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Proposals shut college doors to illegal immigrants  —  Dalton, the "Carpet Capital of the World," is a magnet for unskilled laborers, many of them Latinos who entered the United States illegally.  —  More than 11,000 undocumented Hispanic residents were living in Dalton in 2000, according to Census Bureau figures.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Number 2 Pencil
MSNBC:
An emotional moment and a misunderstanding  —  Story of a mother's desperate calls from nursing home skewed  —  WASHINGTON - The Jefferson Parish president's emotional retelling of a mother's desperate calls from a New Orleans nursing home included details that conflict with the timeline of the tragedy.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ

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