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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam's Trial Resumes, but Without Him — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed Wednesday after a lengthy delay but without the former president, who had declared the day before that he would not take part in an "unjust" court. — The seven other defendants and Saddam's lawyers …
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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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Richard Bernstein / New York Times:
Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice — BERLIN, Dec. 6 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did what was expected, many people in Europe said Tuesday, after her meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German officials. She gave reassurances that the United States …
Joel Brinkley / New York Times:Rice Is Challenged in Europe Over Secret Prisons
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Associated Press:Poll finds broad approval of terrorist torture
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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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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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Joe Kaufman / Front Page Magazine:Acquitting a Terrorist — "Today, the United States Department …
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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: … No, it's worse than that. Flag burning legislation is kinda like the flu, it comes and it goes, usually syncing to season. Right now, we're out of the woods, at least till we get closer to 2006.
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Left in the West
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."
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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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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Paul -V / Brainshrub.com:
Carnival of the Liberals Number 1 — Hurr-y, hurr-y, hurr-y — Step right up ladies and gentleman, boys and girls ... for the greatest blog carnival* on the internet! My name is Paul -V-, and I'll be your carnival barker today as we explore the best of the Liberal blogosphere.
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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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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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 …
