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New York Times:
France Declares 12-Day State of Emergency to Curb Crisis — PARIS, Nov. 8 - France declared a 12-day state of emergency today in an attempt by the government to curb the worst civil disturbances in the country in nearly four decades. — The government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin used …
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
State of Emergency Declared in France — President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence.
Adloyada:Paris is burning — Via Roger Simon, an incredible page …
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Clive Davis:STILL LOST IN THE CLOUDS OF FRENCH TEAR-GAS
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:FRANCE'S INTIFADA — November 8, 2005 — FRANCE has cancer and insists it's just a rash.
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:How Empires End — Known collectively as the Paris riots …
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Daily Kos:
Trent Lott says GOP Senator guilty of leaking story re: secret torture prisons — Too funny! Hastert and Frist make a big show of calling for an investigation into a leak allegedly affecting national security — the locations of secret "black site" torture prisons. And then — BOOM!!!
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Drudge Report:
GOP LEADERS TO LAUNCH NEW 'LEAK' PROBE; INFO TO WASH POST 'DAMAGED NATIONAL SECURITY' — Sources tell Drudge that early this afternoon House Speaker Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Frist will announce a bicameral investigation into the leak of classified information to the WASHINGTON POST regarding the …
Editor and Publisher:
Another Leak Probe? GOP Calls for Investigation into 'Wash Post' Scoop on CIA 'Black Sites' — NEW YORK Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a congressional investigation into who told Washington Post reporter Dana Priest about previously undisclosed CIA interrogation centers.
Peter Popham / Independent:
US forces 'used chemical weapons' during assault on city of Fallujah — Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians …
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Tom Regan / Christian Science Monitor:Did the US military use chemical weapons in Iraq?
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New York Times:
President Bush's Walkabout — After President Bush's disastrous visit to Latin America, it's unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run. An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front.
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Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Becoming Part of Sherrod Brown Campaign Story — So a Sherrod Brown staffer used some lines from one of my blog posts. Who frigging cares? This is a ridiculous story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: … This is the post Brown used to list the cases where Alito has attacked workers rights.
California Conservative:
"Judgment Day": Coverage Of California'S Special Election — We have a historic opportunity to vote for critical reforms. — TODAY, Californians are heading to the polls to vote on several major propositions that shall dramatically affect both the political and economic future of our state.
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Dubya-Cheney ties frayed by scandal — 'There has been some distance for some time' — WASHINGTON - The CIA leak scandal has peeled back the veil on the most closely held White House secret of all: the subtle but unmistakable erosion in the bond between President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Pew Research Center:
Alito Viewed Positively, But Libby Takes a Toll — Bush Ratings Fall Further — Summary of Findings — President George W. Bush's approval ratings have fallen to another new low, amid a growing focus on alleged ethical lapses in his administration. Just 36% now believe that Bush …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
"Husaybah has been cleared and secured" - An Interview with Col Davis — This afternoon I conducted an interview with Colonel Stephen W. Davis, the Commander of Marine Regimental Combat Team - 2 currently operating in western Iraq and engaged in Operation Steel Curtain in the border town of Husaybah.
dailyprincetonian.com:
Nominee's missing thesis recovered — Alito '72 believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, adviser says — Chanakya Sethi — The senior thesis of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72, which along with some 300 others was lost during the 1970s, resurfaced Monday when Alito's thesis adviser provided a copy to the University.
Think Progress:
Sleeping With the Enemy: Chalabi's Sordid History — "I can't substantiate [Chalabi's] claims. He makes new ones every year." — Colin Powell, 6/12/03 — Today, Ahmed Chalabi arrives in the United States. The Guardian reports: … Here's a short rap sheet on the man …
wdbj7.com:
Voters report problems with voting machines in Roanoke Co. — Election day voting is going on across the Old Dominion, but everything has not gone smoothly in Roanoke County. — News 7 has received calls from several voters in at least four different precincts who say their votes for Tim Kaine …
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Fired CBS News Producer Unrepentant — Journalist at Center of Controversial Report on Bush's National Guard Duty Speaks Out … Nov. 8, 2005 — In her first interview since being fired, former CBS News producer Mary Mapes maintains that her controversial "60 Minutes II" …
