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Reuters:
Absent Saddam defies court with empty chair — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein boycotted his own trial in Baghdad on Wednesday, causing hours of chaotic delay before the court resumed with the former Iraqi president's chair empty. — His lead counsel told the judge Saddam …
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:Saddam's Trial Resumes, but Without Him
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New York Times:
White House and McCain Are Near Deal on Torture Bill — WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - The White House has all but abandoned its effort to persuade Senator John McCain to exempt Central Intelligence Agency employees from legislation barring inhumane or degrading treatment of prisoners in American custody.
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Joel Brinkley / New York Times:Rice Is Challenged in Europe Over Secret Prisons
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Washington Post:
Democrats Fear Backlash at Polls for Antiwar Remarks — Strong antiwar comments in recent days by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have opened anew a party rift over Iraq, with some lawmakers warning that the leaders' rhetorical blasts …
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List — What's missing from the White House Christmas card? Christmas. — This month, as in every December since he took office, President Bush sent out cards with a generic end-of-the-year message, wishing 1.4 million of his close friends and supporters a happy "holiday season."
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Some Megachurches Closing for Christmas — This Christmas, no prayers will be said in several megachurches around the country. Even though the holiday falls this year on a Sunday, when churches normally host thousands for worship, pastors are canceling services, anticipating low attendance on what they call a family day.
White House:
Fact Sheet: Rebuilding Iraq — Today's Presidential Action: — To Defeat The Enemy, The United States Is Helping Iraqis Rebuild. Over the course of this war, the Coalition has learned that winning the battle for Iraqi cities is only a first step. The Coalition has adjusted to win the …
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New York Times:
Senator Clinton, in Pander Mode — Hillary Clinton is co-sponsoring a bill to criminalize the burning of the American flag. Her supporters would characterize this as an attempt to find a middle way between those who believe that flag-burning is constitutionally protected free speech …
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Ezra Klein / TAPPED:THE WRONG SIDE OF CLINTONISM. The New York Times writes:
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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Remember Pearl Harbor — Last May my wife and traveled to Oahu. On Memorial Day Sunday we visited the USS Arizona Memorial. The ship was sunk on Dec. 7, 1941, along with many others. — This is the original ship's bell of USS Arizona, recovered from the sunken vessel and now on display …
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Mean Dean / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
The attack on Pearl Harbor remembered 64 years later — But for the incompetence of Admiral Kimmel and General Short, the defenses at Pearl would have been ready and the toll much lower. And if MacArthur had reacted earlier the Air Corps in the Philipeans would have been dispersed …
CNN:
Official: Marshal shoots passenger on Jetway at Miami airport — MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A person was shot and wounded on the Jetway to an American Airlines passenger jet that was at the terminal at Miami International Airport, an airline official said. — A federal official told CNN …
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Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Anti-Unionism is the Date Rape of Corporate Crime — Even most liberals deny anti-union crime is widespread or deny that it's even a serious crime at all and anyways the folks doing it are such swell people, we can't expect us to like treat them like criminals, do you?
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National Review:
Funny Girl — Chanukah came early for the Goldberg household last month. On November 23, Barbra Streisand wrote a letter to the editor complaining that the Los Angeles Times picked me up as a columnist. As gleeful as I was, I declined to respond. But now, just last night …
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Washington Post:
Fla. Professor Is Acquitted in Case Seen as Patriot Act Test — A federal jury acquitted former Florida professor Sami al-Arian yesterday of conspiring to aid a Palestinian group in killing Israelis through suicide bombings, dealing the U.S. government a setback in its efforts …
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Jean O. Pasco / Los Angeles Times:
Republican Tops Border Activist in O.C. Election — A Republican state senator sailed to victory Tuesday in a special congressional election in coastal Orange County featuring a maverick, third-party candidate who sought to capitalize on growing fears of illegal immigration.
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Associated Press:
CIA leak prosecutor again goes before grand jury — WASHINGTON (AP) — Six weeks after White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was indicted in the CIA leak case, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was back at work Wednesday before another grand jury in the drawn-out federal probe.
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:He's Baaaaack — Guess who? Fitzy is back before the grand …
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Guardian:
It's called Apophis. It's 390m wide. And it could hit Earth in 31 years time — Scientists call for plans to change asteroid's path Developing technology could take decades — Alok Jha — In Egyptian myth, Apophis was the ancient spirit of evil and destruction …
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Editor and Publisher:
'Vanity Fair' Offers Fresh Details on Judith Miller Saga — NEW YORK In a lengthy feature piece on this autumn's Judith Miller saga forthcoming in the January issue of Vanity Fair (on sale Dec. 13), writer Seth Mnookin covers much familiar ground but also reveals new details and complaints …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
It's Not Whether You 'Win' or 'Lose' . . . In recent months it has become common practice to talk about what it will take to "win" — or what it would mean to "lose" — the war in Iraq. Recently the pace of that talk has accelerated. Just last week President Bush published a …
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The Blogging of the President
