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Colin Randall / Telegraph:
Leaders fiddle as France burns — In pictures: Paris burns after week of rioting — France was struggling to overcome one of its gravest post-war crises last night as every major city faced the threat of fierce rioting that began 12 nights ago and now seems to have spun out of control.
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Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France — PARIS - Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a 61-year-old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday.
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Angela Doland / Associated Press:French Rioting Worsens With First Fatality
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Associated Press:France Sets Curfews, Deploys 9,500 Cops
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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:First Death Is Reported in Paris Riots as Arson Increases
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Bloomberg:Berlin Car Fires May Be Inspired by French Rioters, Police Say
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Daniel Benjamin / Slate:
President Cheney — His office really does run national security. — It has become a cliché to say that Dick Cheney is the most powerful vice president in American history. Nonetheless, here is a prediction: When the historians really get digging into the paper entrails …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Military Tribunals — WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - The Supreme Court agreed today to take a case involving Osama bin Laden's driver that presents a major test to the Bush administration's military tribunals for foreign terror suspects.
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James Lewis / The American Thinker:
There are an amazing number of French fingerprints all over the Plame-Wilson affair. While it is not easy to penetrate the dark fog of lies, there is a highly consistent pattern pointing to French government involvement with a Watergate-style assault on the American Presidency, fronted by Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.
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Russell Roberts / Cafe Hayek:
Alan Alda for President — I turned on the TV last night, hoping to see the opening of the Redskins-Eagles game, and I stumble on what appears to be Alan Alda, talking about drug company profits. But it can't be Alan Alda. I think of Alan Alda as someone who is hostile to drug company profits.
Norm Coleman / Wall Street Journal:
Beware a 'Digital Munich' — It sounds like a Tom Clancy plot. An anonymous group of international technocrats holds secretive meetings in Geneva. Their cover story: devising a blueprint to help the developing world more fully participate in the digital revolution.
The Hill:
FBI called in on Hill — The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating the vicious attack of a top Senate staffer at her home last week amid concerns that the assault might be related to her work on the Finance Committee. — Emilia DiSanto, chief investigator for committee Chairman Chuck Grassley …
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National Review:
The French Connection — You never know with ouija boards, especially mine, which I bought in one of those kinda ratty antiques-and-esoterica shops in the French Quarter before New Orleans got blown away. I suppose I should be grateful that it works at all, but I had been trying for several days …
John M. Smith / dailyprincetonian.com:
A grand slam nomination — For the Red Sox, the White Sox and now Princeton's heavy-hitters in the law, the curse has finally been broken. If the Senate confirms Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. '72 to the U.S. Supreme Court as expected, it will end a 35-year drought of Princetonians on the nation's highest court.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
At Some Magazines, Men Appear to Rule the Word — Earlier this year, the feminist writer Susan Estrich said that women's bylines appeared far less frequently than men's on newspaper opinion pages like those of The Los Angeles Times. Now, a Condé Nast editor is making a similar case …
White House:
President Bush Meets with President Torrijos of Panama — Trip to Latin America: Panama — PRESIDENT TORRIJOS: (As translated.) A very good morning, esteemed journalists. I'm pleased to welcome the President of the United States to Panama. — On this rainy morning …
Bob Brigham / Swing State Project:
VA-Gov: Republican Governor's Association Misleads for Jerry Kilgore — UPDATE (David): An MP3 of the call is available here. (Thanks for hosting it, Markos.) The sound quality isn't exactly great, so make sure you check out the transcript while you listen.
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Los Angeles Times:
Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning — All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena risks losing its tax-exempt status because of a former rector's remarks in 2004. — The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing …
