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IAEA, ElBaradei win peace prize — OSLO, Norway (CNN) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its head, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons. — ElBaradei told a news conference it was "a shot in the arm" …
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Washington Post:
ElBaradei, IAEA Share Nobel Peace Prize — Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear watchdog agency he heads, won the 2005 Nobel Prize for Peace today. — The Norwegian Nobel Committee called ElBaradei "an unafraid advocate" for nuclear nonproliferation …
Reuters:
ElBaradei: Peace Prize a "shot in the arm" — VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Friday winning the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize would give him and his agency a much-needed "shot in the arm" as they tackle nuclear crises in Iran and North Korea.
Doug Mellgren / Associated Press:
IAEA, ElBaradei Share Nobel Peace Prize — OSLO, Norway - Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he heads won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. — ElBaradei, a 63-year-old lawyer from Egypt …
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
Officials Shut Down Part of Penn Station — NEW YORK - Authorities closed part of Penn Station on Friday and commuters headed to work under the watchful eyes of police after a newly disclosed terror threat against the New York subway system. — Workers in hazardous material suits inspected …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
DeLay Meeting, RNC Actions Coincided — Financial Transactions Began on Day Texan Met With Fundraiser — Former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) met for at least 30 minutes with the top fundraiser of his Texas political action committee on Oct. 2, 2002, the same …
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WorldNetDaily:
Oklahoma bombing search warrant sealed — Justice Department requests action in case of 'jihad' student's suicide — The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel "Henry" Hinrichs III's apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found …
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
U.S. Obtains Treatise By Bin Laden Deputy — The United States has obtained a letter from Osama bin Laden's deputy to the leader of Iraq's insurgency that outlines a long-term strategic vision for a global jihad, with the next phase of the war to be taken into Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, according to U.S. officials.
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Opinions:
Withdraw This Nominee — When in 1962 Edward Moore Kennedy ran for his brother's seat in the Senate, his opponent famously said that if Kennedy's name had been Edward Moore, his candidacy would have been a joke. If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States …
Washington Post:
Rove to Testify Again in Grand Jury's CIA Leak Probe — Prosecutor's Warning That Bush Adviser Could Be Indicted Suggests New Information May Have Emerged — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove will again testify to a grand jury that is in the final stages of investigating whether …
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Mark Kleiman / Mark A. R. Kleiman:The New York Times says "espionage"
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CBS News:
Poll: Bush Ratings Hit New Low — (CBS) This CBS News Poll finds an American public increasingly pessimistic about the economy, the war in Iraq, the overall direction of the country, and the President. Americans' outlook for the economy is the worst it has been in four years.
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Mystery Pollster, Billmon, The Carpetbagger Report, Big Brass Blog, ParaPundit, The Moderate Voice, Yellow Dog Blog, skippy the bush kangaroo, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Crooks and Liars, Pam's House Blend, DC Debate, Taegan Goddard's …, MoxieGrrrl.com, Middle Earth Journal and WTF Is It Now??
Michael Graves / Welcome to the Infrablog:
Weblogs 2.0 — Word is out, and it's true: VeriSign has acquired the assets of Dave Winer's weblogs.com. I'm sure Dave will have plenty to say on the subject, but weblogs.com this past year has reached a point where Dave needed to either a) invest significant capital into the development of Weblogs 2.0 …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:What a day! — These notes were written on the flight …
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Report Warns Democrats Not to Tilt Too Far Left — The liberals' hope that Democrats can win back the presidency by drawing sharp ideological contrasts and energizing the partisan base is a fantasy that could cripple the party's efforts to return to power, according to a new study by two prominent Democratic analysts.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Right Sees Miers as Threat to a Dream — If there has been a unifying cause in American conservatism over the past three decades, it has been a passionate desire to change the Supreme Court. When there were arguments over tax cuts and deficits, when libertarians clashed with religious conservatives …
James Sturcke / Guardian:
White House denies Bush God claims — A senior White House official has denied that the US president, George Bush, said God ordered him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. — A spokesman for Mr Bush, Scott McClellan, said the claims, to be broadcast in a TV documentary later this month, were "absurd".
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Rupert Cornwell / Independent:Bush: God told me to invade Iraq
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Faith-Based Hypocrisy — Now we know: President Bush's supporters are prepared to be thoroughly hypocritical when it comes to religion. They'll play religion up or down, whichever helps them most in a political fight. — Shortly after Bush named John Roberts to the Supreme Court …
Washington Post:
Miers Makes Rounds On Hill — Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers left a mixed impression in one-on-one meetings yesterday with Senate Judiciary Committee members, raising the stakes for her upcoming confirmation hearing as the White House scrambled to defend Miers from a barrage of criticism from the right.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DeLay accuses Earle of taking corporate funds — Rep. Tom DeLay said District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who is prosecuting him for trying to involve corporate money in Texas politics, has taken such contributions himself. — "It's real interesting he has this crusade against corporate funds.
