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Intifada in France — If President Chirac thought he was going to gain peace with the Muslim community in France by taking an appeasement line in the Iraq war, it certainly looks like he miscalculated. Today the streets of the French capital are looking more like Ramallah and less like the advanced …
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Sky News:
Disabled Woman Set Ablaze — A handicapped woman was doused with petrol and set on fire by youths during another night of rioting in Paris. — The 56-year-old suffered third degree burns to 20% of her body in the attack. — Witnesses said a youth poured petrol over the woman and then threw …
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Rioting Spreads in Paris Suburbs as Angry Youths Burn More Cars — PARIS, Nov. 3 - Angry youths clashed with police and firefighters outside Paris late Wednesday in the worst of seven straight nights of violence set off by the accidental death of two teenagers.
Reuters:
Tomlinson quits US public broadcasting board — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kenneth Tomlinson, the former board chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting accused by critics of trying to politicize public television and radio, has resigned from the board, it said on Thursday.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Distorting Sam Alito — Pop quiz: Which of the following abortion regulations is more restrictive, more burdensome, more likely to lead more women to forgo abortion? — (a) Requiring a minor to get the informed consent of her parents, or to get a judge to approve the abortion.
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:Why Does William Saletan Treat Women Like Girls?
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New York Times:
Prosecutor Narrows Focus on Rove Role in C.I.A. Leak — WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 - The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case has narrowed his investigation of Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, to whether he tried to conceal from the grand jury a conversation with a Time magazine reporter …
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John W. Dean / FindLaw's Writ:
A Cheney-Libby Conspiracy, Or Worse? Reading Between the Lines of the Libby Indictment — In my last column, I tried to deflate expectations a bit about the likely consequences of the work of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald; to bring them down to the realistic level at which he was likely to proceed.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Tries to Improve U.S. Image at Summit — MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - President Bush on Friday worked to smooth the United States' troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to improve its damaged economy. — "The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senate Passes Plan to Cut $35 Billion From Deficit — The Senate approved sweeping deficit-reduction legislation last night that would save about $35 billion over the next five years by cutting federal spending on prescription drugs, agriculture supports and student loans, while clamping down on fraud in the Medicaid program.
Kate Connolly / Telegraph:
Muslims march over cartoons of the Prophet — A Danish experiment in testing "the limits of freedom of speech" has backfired - or succeeded spectacularly - after newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked an outcry. — Thousands of Muslims have taken to the streets in protest at the caricatures …
Opinion Journal:
The Clare Luce Democrats — How they're lying about "he lied us into war." — Harry Reid pulled the Senate into closed session Tuesday, claiming that "The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this Administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq."
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Tom Elia / theneweditor.com:
More Fun With Polls ... Pollsters from CBS News, AP/Ipsos, and ABC/Washington Post have come out with their latest numbers — all of which show President Bush's approval rating at less than 40%. This of course does not appear to be good news for Bush. — However, a closer look …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
GOP mulls ending birthright citizenship — House Republicans are looking closely at ending birthright citizenship and building a barrier along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as they search for solutions to illegal immigration. — A task force of party leaders and members active on immigration …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
An Iraq Roundup — The assault on al Qaeda's network and leaders along the western Euphrates River Valley proceeds apace. Five regional leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq have been confirmed killed in an airstrike in Husaybah. Multinational Forces - West gives a breakdown on the leaders killed in the October 29th raids.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Voted in, Hamas Sets a West Bank City Astir — QALQILYA, West Bank, Oct. 29 - The mayor won a landslide victory from the inside of an Israeli jail, and still sits there today. The city banned a cultural festival from its grounds, in no small part because singing, dancing and the mixing of men and women reflects "a Western mentality."
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Don't Say It If You Don't Mean It, Tough Guy — Masquerading as First Amendment crusaders, the Wall Street Journal is already trying to mess with Patrick Fitzgerald's case. As Atrios would say, unleash the waaaaaahhh: … "Dominant political leanings?" Since when did the WSJ have a problem with abject capitalism?
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