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Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike — DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was the target of a U.S. airstrike near the Afghan border but he was not at the site of the attack, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday. At least 17 people were killed.
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CNN:
Source: Al-Zawahiri not among 18 killed in airstrike — (CNN) — Ayman al-Zawahiri — Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in the al Qaeda terrorist network — was not killed in a CIA airstrike on a remote Pakistani village, according to a Pakistani intelligence official.
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Washington Post:
U.S. Airstrike Targets Al Qaeda's Zawahiri — Ayman Zawahiri, the second-ranking al Qaeda leader and chief deputy to Osama bin Laden, was targeted by a deadly U.S. missile strike on a compound in Pakistan yesterday, but U.S. intelligence could not confirm whether he was killed …
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Military Sources Say Zawahiri May Be Dead
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B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
Did the NSA Leak Lead to a Surge in Disposable Phone Sales? — That's what the feds would like to know: … The story points out that the Madrid bombers used pre-paid cell phones in their work. It doesn't point out that the last time the press leaked operational information like this …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Wider Fight Is Seen as Alito Victory Appears Secured — WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - Democrats and Republicans say Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but certain, yet the fight over his nomination heated up on Friday as both sides seized on it as a flashpoint …
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Washington Post:
Web Site Attacks Critic of War — Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. — In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth assault on Sen. John F. Kerry …
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Andrew Exum / New York Times:
All Dressed Up With No Way to Fight — THIS week Senator Hillary Clinton, citing a secret Pentagon report that suggested some marines killed in Iraq might have survived had they been wearing more body armor, became the latest in a long line of politicians to castigate the Pentagon …
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Associated Press:
Iranian Leader Defends Nuclear Research — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president on Saturday denounced Western nations threatening to refer his country to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program, saying the international community has no legal basis for restricting Tehran's right to research.
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Ariz. Congressman Joins House Leader Race — WASHINGTON — Arizona conservative Rep. John Shadegg jumped into the contest to become the No. 2 Republican in the House on Friday, shaking up a touchy contest about the party's direction in what could be a difficult election year.
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Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
The States Step In As Medicare Falters — Seniors Being Turned Away, Overcharged Under New Prescription Drug Program — Two weeks into the new Medicare prescription drug program, many of the nation's sickest and poorest elderly and disabled people are being turned away or overcharged at pharmacies …
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical — Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims — ISTANBUL — The plan was to fly a hijacked plane into a national landmark on live television. The year was 1998, the country was Turkey, and the rented plane ended up grounded by weather.
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
We found Padilla's al Qaeda application, U.S. says — Prosecutors said the U.S. government discovered alleged terrorist José Padilla's written application to join al Qaeda. — jweaver@MiamiHerald.com — After the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan to oust its Taliban rulers …
Telegraph:
Galloway loses respect with cat charade — George Galloway plumbed new depths when he pretended to be a cat as part of a task set for him during his appearance on the television show Celebrity Big Brother. — The Repect Party MP, who last year lambasted the United States Senate over the war in Iraq …
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Howard W. French / New York Times:
Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China — FUYANG, China - When Jin Guilian's family took him to a county hospital in this gritty industrial city after a jarring two-day bus ride during which he drifted in and out of consciousness, the doctors took one look at him and said: "How dare you do this to him?
Michael Cabanatuan / San Francisco Chronicle:
BAY AREA — Anti-abortion ad on BART angers activists — Many placards have been defaced or destroyed — Bay Area abortion-rights activists say a Roman Catholic group's advertisements on hundreds of BART trains and in scores of stations — attacking the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision and asking …
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