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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal — Voting Rights Finding On Map Pushed by DeLay Was Overruled — Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act …
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CNN:
10 Marines killed near Falluja — Marines conducting 'counter-insurgency' operations — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A roadside bomb Thursday killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 others while they were on nighttime "foot patrol near Falluja," the Marine Corps said Friday.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
10 Marines Killed in Bombing Near Fallujah — WASHINGTON - Ten Marines on foot patrol were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah, Iraq, in one of the deadliest attack on American troops in recent months, the Marine Corps announced on Friday.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democratic Lawmakers Splinter on Iraq — Many Surprised as Pelosi Calls for a Fast Pullout — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's embrace Wednesday of a rapid withdrawal from Iraq highlighted the Democratic Party's fissures on war policy, putting the House's top Democrat at odds …
Arab News:
UAE to Hold Elections to National Council — DUBAI, 2 December 2005 — The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced partial elections to the Federal National Council (FNC). The announcement was made on the eve of the country's national day and 13 months after the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahayan, passed away.
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New York Times:
Senate Summons Pentagon to Explain Effort to Plant News Stories in Iraqi Media — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee summoned top Pentagon officials to a closed-door session on Capitol Hill on Friday to explain a reported secret military campaign in Iraq …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Newly Released Papers Energize Alito's Critics — Newly released documents by Samuel A. Alito Jr. touching on abortion and other issues have pumped new life into efforts to sharply challenge his nomination to the Supreme Court, liberal activists said yesterday.
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New York Times:
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - A conversation between Karl Rove's lawyer and a journalist for Time magazine led Mr. Rove to change his testimony last year to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, people knowledgeable about the sequence of events said Thursday.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Lobbyist's Role in Hiring Aides Is Investigated — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - With a federal corruption case intensifying, prosecutors investigating Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist, are examining whether he brokered lucrative jobs for Congressional aides at powerful lobbying firms in exchange …
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Profusion of Rebel Groups Helps Them Survive in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 1 - Here is a small sampling of the insurgent groups that have claimed responsibility for attacks on Americans and Iraqis in the last few months: — Supporters of the Sunni People. The Men's Faith Brigade. The Islamic Anger.
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Openly Gay Student's Lawsuit Over Privacy Will Proceed — In a case involving a California high school girl who was openly gay at school, a federal judge has ruled that the girl, Charlene Nguon, may proceed with a lawsuit charging that her privacy rights were violated when the principal called her mother and disclosed that she is gay.
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Get Real — Talk about "lost perspective" - now Matt Welch thinks friendly propaganda is as bad as weapons of mass destruction: … (OK, I admit - Welch didn't quite say what I said he said. The difference between my strawmen and his is that I fess up to mine.) — But Matt has an interesting point.
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Walter Jajko / Los Angeles Times:
It's propaganda time — CRITICS OF THE Iraq war are outraged over the revelation that the U.S. military has been paying millions of dollars to plant pro-American, Pentagon-written propaganda articles in Iraqi newspapers and to buy off Iraqi journalists with monthly stipends. — But in my opinion, it's about time.
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Business As Usual: Corrupt — It used to be said that the moral arc of a Washington career could be divided into four parts: idealism, pragmatism, ambition and corruption. You arrive with a passion for a cause, determined to challenge the system. Then you learn to work for your cause within the system.
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Yes, we have opened Pandora's box in Iraq - but freedom has sprung free — ON BOTH SIDES of the Atlantic, the Stop The War cries are deafening now. Fold the tents; cut the losses; bring them home. — Some of the pleading comes from people whose motives are purely mischievous.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Progress in The Mideast — Because we Americans tend to gauge Middle East success by White House signing ceremonies complete with dignitaries, three-way handshakes and pages of treaty provisions, no one seems to have noticed how, in the absence of any of that, there has been amazing recent progress in defusing the Arab-Israeli dispute.
