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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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Michelle Spitzer / Associated Press:
Hurricane Warnings Posted for Florida Keys  —  KEY WEST, Fla. - Residents were ordered evacuated from the lower Florida Keys on Monday as strengthening Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a potential 8-foot storm surge.
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Jlgolson / StormTrack:
They aren't called the Miami Hurricanes for nothing...
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.
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
Discussion: Daimnation!
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."
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
worldtribune.com:
Poll: Jordan top anti-Jew nation; Russia most pro-Christian  —  Jordan leads the Islamic world in its antipathy for Jews according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center.  —  The poll, which surveyed 17,000 people in 17 countries, said 100 percent of Jordanians viewed Jews unfavorably.
Discussion: Dhimmi Watch

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