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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden — Historian 'Glad' of Mention As Sales of Book Skyrocket — Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting.
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MichaelMoore.com:
EXCLUSIVE: JIHADBALL! — CHRIS MATTHEWS AND OSAMA BIN LADEN — A "SPECIAL" FRIENDSHIP — Some believe Osama and Chris Matthews tried to sabotage Lance Armstrong's win in France last year. — "I find it the safest course of action to always let Osama have a strike, even when he throws a gutter ball."
Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — The anger over Chris Matthews' comment that Osama bin Laden in his new video sounds like Michael Moore, and the resulting campaign demanding that Matthews apologize, arises from much more than a single comment, and has little to do with Moore himself.
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Tucker Carlson: Bin Laden Getting 'Talking Points' from 'NY Times' — NEW YORK While much of the liberal blogosphere, and political figures such as Sen. John Kerry, remain inflamed over comments by MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" on Thursday—in which he suggested that Osama bin Laden …
Jukeboxgrad / dailykos.com:Here they are: the 42 blog posts WaPo wants to hide from you
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rove Offers Republicans A Battle Plan For Elections — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove offered a biting preview of the 2006 midterm elections yesterday, drawing sharp distinctions with the Democrats over the campaign against terrorism, tax cuts and judicial philosophy …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Libby Team to Subpoena Media — Defense Plans to Go After Journalists' Notes in CIA Leak Case — Attorneys for Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff told a federal court yesterday that they plan to subpoena several journalists and news organizations to obtain their notes …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:Rove Lays Out Road Map for Republicans in Fall Elections
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John / AMERICAblog:
ABC/Disney may have killed new TV show because gay couple won and they didn't want to anger religious right — This is bad. The NYT article below provides a lot of evidence that the religious right got "Welcome to the Neighborhood," a reality TV show, killed before it even aired a single episode …
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Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Reagan Revolution Weekend Trackbacks — 25 years ago, the revolution began! If you haven't done so yet, Join the Reagan Conservatives. … At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan looked back with satisfaction at the achievements of his time in office, known as the Reagan Revolution …
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David Rennie / Telegraph:
Red tape 'turning best firms away from Europe' — Europe's most successful companies are turning their backs on EU markets because of red tape, a high-level report said yesterday. — The companies that Europe needed to survive were instead investing more money than ever in the United States and Asia …
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Anti-U.S. Tack Backfires On Canada's Liberals — BURLINGTON, Canada — Rob Hlohinec, 58, doesn't see what's so bad about Americans. He even admits to knowing some. — "I've talked to Americans. They want the same things we want," Hlohinec said as he watched a Conservative Party campaign rally in this Ontario town last week.
New York Times:
Pakistan's Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter — PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 19 - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down …
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Reuters:
Report says ransom money found on Osthoff — BERLIN (Reuters) - Part of the ransom money alleged to have been paid by the German government to win the freedom of Iraq hostage Susanne Osthoff last month was found on Osthoff after her release, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.
Warren Hoge / New York Times:
Heeding Pakistani Protest, U.N. Blocks Talk by Rape Victim — UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 - Mukhtar Mai, the Pakistani woman whose defiant response to being gang-raped by order of a tribal court brought her worldwide attention, was denied a chance to speak at the United Nations on Friday …
Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistan Tells U.S. Not to Repeat Attack — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's president told a senior American official Saturday the United States must not repeat airstrikes like the one that apparently was aimed at al-Qaida but killed civilians in a remote village, as officials sought to soothe public outrage over the attack.
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Jennifer McKee / missoulian.com:
Burns changed vote on bill about the Marianas islands — HELENA - U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., met with a Marianas official who had close ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in the weeks before Burns received an Abramoff-related $5,000 contribution from the Marianas and reversed …
