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US intelligence classified white phosphorus as 'chemical weapon' — The Italian journalist who launched the controversy over the American use of white phosphorus (WP) as a weapon of war in the Fallujah siege has accused the Americans of hypocrisy. — Sigfrido Ranucci, who made the documentary …
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Frank Gaffney: Bomb the Bad Media. . .If the Shoe Fits, Bomb Al-Jazeera — Just about every government in the Middle East has been ticked off at the reporting by Al-Jazeera. This fact, more than anything else, indicates that Al-Jazeera is doing a lot right.
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Jessica Wehrman / Dayton Daily News:
Schmidt blames media for storm — State legislator says she misquoted him in her comments — WASHINGTON | Rep. Jean Schmidt says her comments Friday on the floor of the U.S. House have been misinterpreted and that she has been made a scapegoat by a media disappointed that Congress didn't vote to withdraw troops from Iraq.
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Wall Street Journal:
Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows — A majority of U.S. adults believe the Bush administration generally misleads the public on current issues, while fewer than a third of Americans believe the information provided by the administration is generally accurate, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Ruth M. Siems, Inventor of Stuffing, Dies at 74 — Ruth M. Siems, a retired home economist whose best-known innovation will make its appearance, welcome or otherwise, in millions of homes tomorrow, died on Nov. 13 at her home in Newburgh, Ind. Ms. Siems, an inventor of Stove Top stuffing, was 74.
NY Daily News:
What you might hear if Scalia held court — Who knew that Antonin Scalia does a hilarious sendup of schoolkids visiting the Supreme Court? — Well, if he did, it would be a killer. — "The Constitution is a living document, the Constitution is a living document," the very conservative associate justice …
Rep. John Murtha / The Huffington Post:
Time for a White House Meeting on Iraq — It's been less than a week since I spoke out calling for the redeployment of our troops to the periphery of Iraq in the most timely manner consistent with protecting their safety. I've been moved by the immediate outpouring of support I've received …
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The Nation:
Alito CAPs His Bid — Campus newspapers aren't generally known for making waves inside the Beltway. Recently, however, the Daily Princetonian published a story that merits attention from senators gearing up for the confirmation hearings of Samuel Alito, George W. Bush's nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq's a lost cause? Ask the real experts — WHEN IT COMES to the future of Iraq, there is a deep disconnect between those who have firsthand knowledge of the situation — Iraqis and U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq — and those whose impressions are shaped by doomsday press coverage and the imperatives of domestic politics.
Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Protesters Arrested Near Bush's Ranch — Protesters Arrested Near President Bush's Texas Ranch — CRAWFORD, Texas Nov 23, 2005 — A dozen war protesters were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp near President Bush's ranch in defiance of new local bans on roadside camping and parking.
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
In Legal Shift, U.S. Charges Detainee in Terrorism Case — WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - The Bush administration brought terrorism charges on Tuesday against Jose Padilla in a criminal court after holding him for three and a half years in a military brig as an enemy combatant once accused in a "dirty bomb" plot.
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Insight:
East Asia allies doubt U.S. could win war with China — The overwhelming assessment by Asian officials, diplomats and analysts is that the U.S. military simply cannot defeat China. It has been an assessment relayed to U.S. government officials over the past few months by countries such as Australia, Japan and South Korea.
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Nikki Finke / LA Weekly:
Deadline Hollywood — Silent Steve: Little Oscar Marketing or Publicity for Spielberg's Munich — There will be no press junket, no premiere and, most importantly, no Oscar marketing campaign beyond trailers and posters for Steven Spielberg's movie Munich, I have learned.
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AMERICAN DIGEST:
Midtown Manhattan Madness: Launching the Yahoo of Blogs — Roger Simon Launching OSM: "Okay, break's over. Everybody back in their Pajamas." … — Marty Stuart, Same Old Train — ROGER SIMON is looking hatted, happy and haggard as we stand on the edge of a crowd that is, in its variations …
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime — MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17 - As three men sat nervously on a stage, preparing to recount their nightmarish journeys through a justice system that had sent them away for crimes they had not committed, the moderator had a plea for the crowd in an auditorium here.
NY Daily News:
Mag tells 'Nazi' singers: Heil, no! — Teen People nixed a story about Hitler-loving teenybopper twins Prussian Blue - amid outrage that the glossy had promised to avoid the words "hate," "supremacist" and "Nazi" in its piece on the racist singing sisters. — A Web-based teaser …
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Deaths After Abortion Pill to Be Studied by Officials — WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Federal drug regulators have discovered that all four women in this country who died after taking an abortion pill suffered from a rare and highly lethal bacterial infection, a finding that is leading to new scrutiny of the drug's safety.
