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Cameron chosen as new Tory leader — David Cameron has been elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis. — The 39-year-old beat Mr Davis by 134,446 votes to 64,398 in a postal ballot of Tory members across the UK.
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Associated Press:
Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class — LAWRENCE - A professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he sent e-mails deriding Christian conservatives was hospitalized Monday after what appeared to be a roadside beating.
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David Lightman / courant.com:
Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet' — WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
German Sues Over Abduction Said to Be at Hands of C.I.A. — WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - A German citizen who says he was abducted, beaten and taken to Afghanistan by American agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003 filed suit in federal court today against George J. Tenet …
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ACLU:
Companies that Owned and Operated Airplanes Used in CIA Kidnapping Also Named in Lawsuit — WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the first ever lawsuit against former CIA director George Tenet challenging the CIA's abduction of a foreign national for detention and interrogation in a secret overseas prison.
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Vows No Return to 'Unjust' Court — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day. As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return.
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:Concealed Witness Tells of Torture By Hussein's Forces
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Robert Green / Reuters:
Professor acquitted of funding Islamist group — TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a former Florida professor not guilty of funding a banned Islamist group in a verdict likely to be seen as a stiff blow to the U.S. government in its attempts to prosecute terror suspects.
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Associated Press:
Poll finds broad approval of terrorist torture — Most in U.S., Britain, France, S. Korea say torture justified in rare instances — WASHINGTON - Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Throwing National Security Under the Bus — It's as if the whole Valerie Plame matter never happened. — ABC News is blowing their 'EXCLUSIVE' horn again in an ongoing investigation to 'out' a handful of secret CIA prisons where alleged "enhanced interrogation techniques" are authorized for use by 14 CIA officers.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Solomon Amendment likely to survive — Congress' demand that law schools give military recruiters equal access to their students, despite the military's policy of barring homosexuals from service, appeared to have survived quite easily its constitutional test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday …
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rushlimbaugh.com:
John Kerry Calls American Troops Terrorists — RUSH: John Kerry beginning to undermine the war in a big effort now, in a big way. Let's go the sound bite. This is Face the Nation yesterday. Bob Schieffer says, "Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, he takes a very different view, Senator Kerry.
NY Daily News:
Angry activists set to hound Hil — WASHINGTON - Anti-war activists furious with Sen. Hillary Clinton are vowing to bird-dog her everywhere she goes, starting with a swanky Manhattan fund-raiser tonight. — Clinton's letter last week clarifying her position on Iraq …
Pajamas Media:
Whose Internet is It Anyway? (Part 2) — Yesterday, our panel of experts weighed in on the issue of whether or not the UN should have a hand in internet governance. Today, several of Pajamas Media's member bloggers take a busman's holiday, discussing the topic from the "man on the street" perspective.
