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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
French Riots Come After Multiple Warnings Of Islamist Attacks — The riots in France have little connection to the Islamist terrorist offensive against the West, if the American media coverage gives any indication. However, alert CQ reader Mr. Michael points out that both American …
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French Muslim group issues fatwa against rioting — PARIS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - One of France's largest Islamic groups issued a fatwa against rioting on Sunday after officials suggested Muslim militants could be partly to blame for violent protests scarring poor neighbourhoods around the country.
Molly Moore / Washington Post:
'Shock Wave' of Violence Spreads Across France for Eleventh Night — PARIS, Nov. 7 — France's national police chief warned Monday that a "shock wave is spreading across the country" as rioting intensified in cities throughout France during an eleventh night of violence.
Angela Doland / Associated Press:Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture' — PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture. — "There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said.
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Washington Post:
Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy — As Pressure Mounts to Limit Handling Of Terror Suspects, He Holds Hard Line — Over the past year, Vice President Cheney has waged an intense and largely unpublicized campaign to stop Congress, the Pentagon and the State Department from imposing …
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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 …
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Laurence H. Tribe / Boston Globe:
Alito's world — YOU CAN'T help doing a double-take when you read Judge Samuel Alito's opinion holding Congress powerless to compel states to provide family medical leave to their employees. It was a position the Supreme Court rejected in a nearly identical case when it held three years later …
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New York Times:
Delays Hurting U.S. Rebuilding in Afghanistan — TURMAI, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 - Islamuddin Ahmadiyar, a 22-year-old student, remembers the excitement in this dusty farming hamlet in central Afghanistan when American contractors broke ground two years ago. — A one-story, 12-room health clinic …
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Two-Year Blogiversary — Last Saturday marked the second year I've been blogging. I was too busy with my 20th high school reunion to notice. What can I say? It's been a great ride. — While I consider myself a pure blogger, one who enjoys (and in my case, craves) the act of blogging itself …
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Gateway Pundit:
Massive Muslim Demonstration Against Al Qaida!! — * 150,000 Demonstrate Against Al Qaida in Morocco — * Protesters Pledge Unity with Iraq! — * "All Moroccans are with Iraq, all Moroccans are innocent," the marchers chanted. — * Rally draws people cutting across political lines
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation — WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 - In their long and frustrated efforts pushing Congress to pass legislation on global warming, environmentalists are gaining a new ally. — With increasing vigor, evangelical groups that are part of the base of conservative support …
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Court Choice Is Conservative by Nature, Not Ideology — In an office two doors away from Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Samuel A. Alito Jr. found himself at the heart of the Reagan revolution. He was a 35-year-old deputy assistant attorney general and it was 1985.
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Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
For Many in Iraq, Death Is Quick and Capricious — Platoon Sergeant's Fate Turned on Factors He Could Not Calculate — KIRKUK, Iraq — His men called him "Big Daddy," and, for many of them, Sgt. 1st Class Robbie D. McNary was larger than life. — He stood more than six feet tall …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A DEADLY INTERROGATION — Can the C.I.A. legally kill a prisoner? — At the end of a secluded cul-de-sac, in a fast-growing Virginia suburb favored by employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, is a handsome replica of an old-fashioned farmhouse, with a white-railed front porch.
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