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Attacks at U.S.-Based Hotels in Amman Were Minutes Apart — AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three U.S.-based hotels in the Jordanian capital Wednesday night, killing at least 57 people and wounding 115 in what appeared to be an al-Qaida assault …
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Hotel blasts kill dozens in Jordan — Al-Zarqawi 'prime suspect' in nearly simultaneous suicide attacks — AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) — Three apparent suicide attackers detonated nearly simultaneous explosions Wednesday night at hotels in downtown Amman, Jordan, killing at least 67 people …
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Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings
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Times and Reporter Reach Agreement on Her Departure — The New York Times and Judith Miller, a veteran reporter for the paper, reached an agreement today that ends her 28-year career at the newspaper and caps more than two weeks of negotiations. — Ms. Miller went to jail this summer rather …
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Ablution Exclusive: Weapons Expert Challenges White Phosphorus Claims — Predictably, the "US used chemical weapons at Fallujah" story is spreading like phosphorus fire, and the Independent reprises its coverage today. — Interestingly, a careful reading of the latest Indy article …
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An Important Indictment — The flailing Bush presidency continues to spin off new compelling story lines almost daily; yesterday it was torture, today it's Bush as electoral albatross. It's almost inevitable that the media will let some fall by the wayside.
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The Carpetbagger Report, Pam's House Blend, Brendan Nyhan, The Moderate Voice and First Draft
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Bush, GOP mired in political quicksand — NBC/WSJ poll shows president at new lows in all job approval categories — WASHINGTON - Democrats might be overstating that their gubernatorial victories Tuesday in New Jersey and Virginia are glaring signs for next year's midterm congressional elections …
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Rantingprofs, The Moderate Voice, The Left Coaster, Taegan Goddard's … and Oliver Willis
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Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting — WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - The lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked for $9 million in 2003 from the president of a West African nation to arrange a meeting with President Bush and directed his fees to a Maryland company now under federal scrutiny, according to newly disclosed documents.
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House GOP makes concession on Arctic drilling — Leaders drop hotly debated ANWR drilling plan from omnibus budget bill — WASHINGTON - House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling …
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Ousted CBS Producer Comes Out Swinging — After a year of silence about the biggest scandal in CBS News history, Mary Mapes has plenty to say — about George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Les Moonves, her father, bloggers, the mainstream press and others who she believes contributed to her downfall.
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White House to 'hit back' at Democrats — Aides plan aggressive response to claims intelligence misused — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Top White House officials say they're developing a "campaign-style" strategy in response to increasing Democratic allegations that the Bush administration twisted intelligence to make its case for war.
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Gangs of La France — Here are some commentaries on the French riots that probably won't be linked on rightie blogs. — Jonathan Freedland writes for The Guardian: … Freedland goes on to describe France as a deeply racist society that refuses to recognize its own racism.
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Chalabi in DC — I've just returned from a circus-like appearance by Ahmed Chalabi at the American Enterprise Institute. This was Chalabi's first visit to the U.S. in two and a half years and the first since he has been accused of passing American codes to the government of Iran …
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Dear Governor: — There is no such thing as a fusion candidate, no such thing as a bipartisan campaign or a non-partisan issue, and come election night, — there are just two parties, one at the GOP HQ and one at the Dem HQ. There's a winners' party and a losers' party. Last night you were