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Riot erupts in French city centre — Police in the French city of Lyon have fired tear gas to break up groups of youths who hurled stones and bins hours before a curfew was due to begin. — Police on the city's famous Place Bellecour square made two arrests in what state news agency AFP …
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Ferdinand T Cat / Conservative Cat:
Have the French Lost Touch Again? — When I last discussed the Paris riots, I thought that the whole mess was on the verge of dying out completely. After all, the Chirac government had declared a state of emergency and the number of incidents had declined for two straight nights.
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Lawhawk / A Blog For All:
Sixteen Candles — One for each day of rioting in France. How many of those days received serious scrutiny by the US media? Three? Four? Yet, the rioting continues unabated despite the media lack of interest. — How would civil rights groups in the US respond to a ban on all public meetings in a major metropolitan area.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Democrats Losing Race For Funds Under Dean — The Democratic National Committee under Howard Dean is losing the fundraising race against Republicans by nearly 2 to 1, a slow start that is stirring concern among strategists who worry that a cash shortage could hinder the party's competitiveness in next year's midterm elections.
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John Edwards / Washington Post:
The Right Way in Iraq — I was wrong. — Almost three years ago we went into Iraq to remove what we were told — and what many of us believed and argued — was a threat to America. But in fact we now know that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction when our forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
Dave Price / Dean's World:
The War Over The War — Well, Bush is finally defending the decision to go to war, and Glenn stirs up quite a blogstorm with this post arguing Bush should question the patriotism of those making false claims about the misuse of pre-war intelligence, because they are being unpatriotic.
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Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Autumn of Discontent — The latest NEWSWEEK poll shows serious political trouble for President Bush. — Nov. 12, 2005 - In the wake of the bombings in Jordan by suspected followers of Iraq's Al Qaeda chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the indictment of top White House aide I. Lewis (Scooter) …
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Management Visionary Peter Drucker Dies — Peter F. Drucker, 95, who was often called the world's most influential business guru and whose thinking transformed corporate management in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov. 11 at his home in Claremont, Calif. No cause of death was reported, but he was under hospice care.
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New York Times:
Playing With Fire — It certainly is a relief that the Senate is finally getting around to doing the job it so shamefully refused to do four years ago, after the 9/11 attacks: requiring the administration to follow the law and the Geneva Conventions in dealing with prisoners taken by the military and intelligence operatives.
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
U.S. To Sue Southern Illinois University For Anti-White Bias — Update: Welcome to LBC. Bookmark. Grab a feed. Visit often. — It's about time the Bush administration did something to stop blatant skin color preferences and to uphold the Constitution.
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California Conservative:
Why We Love Bill O'Reilly — He says it like it is, and takes the heat. — "You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium and I say, 'Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting …
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Opinion Journal:
A 'Tortured' Debate — A ban on aggressive interrogation would amount to unilateral disarmament in the war on terror. — If Osama bin Laden is alive and looking for signs of flagging U.S. will to fight the war on terror, he need look no further than our national debate about interrogating …
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New York Times:
Relying on Computer, U.S. Seeks to Prove Iran's Nuclear Aims — Iran's uranium conversion plant at Isfahan, where work resumed in August. Work remains suspended at its uranium enrichment plant at Natanz. — In mid-July, senior American intelligence officials called the leaders …
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Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction:
Mitt Romney and the anti-gay movement — How in God's name did Romney become governor of Massachusetts? Was it just that he seemed to be more moderate than he really is? Or was it his all-American good looks and charisma? I went to college there back in the early-'90s.
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Marc Perelman / Forward:
Ex-Powell Aide Suggests Pre-War Memo Was Kept From Bush — A former top official in the Bush administration is suggesting that a White House memo outlining the need for hundreds of thousands of troops for the Iraq invasion was kept from the president. Lawrence Wilkerson …
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Many in Jordan See Old Enemy in Attack: Israel — ZARQA, Jordan, Nov. 11 - The Maktoum Mosque was crowded with worshipers for Friday Prayer as the imam sharply criticized the suicide attacks on three hotels in Amman, saying those who committed the crimes were not Muslims, no matter what they called themselves.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Meeting of Muslim Nations Ends in Discord — MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 12 - A meeting of Muslim nations initiated by the Bush administration ended in discord on Saturday after objections by Egypt blocked a final declaration supporting democracy. — The administration did, however …
Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
The Second Front — I've got an important point, but bear with me, because I want to tell you a story first. — A couple of years after Desert Storm, I had the opportunity to do some research at the Air Force Historical Research Agency, located on Maxwell Air Force Base.
