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Guardian:
Galloway may face serious fraud office investigation — George Galloway faces the prospect of a criminal investigation into his activities by the serious fraud office, which has collected evidence relating to the oil-for-food corruption scandal in Iraq. — A four-strong SFO team returned …
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James Clench / The Sun:
My pal the psychopath — Crawling ... George with Saddam Hussein's son, Uday — CELEB Big Brother prat George Galloway is today exposed in his revolting true colours — fawning before Saddam Hussein's murderous son Uday. — An astonishing video shown in part on the Sun TV Bulletin depicts Galloway …
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Bush the Incompetent — Incompetence is not one of the seven deadly sins, and it's hardly the worst attribute that can be ascribed to George W. Bush. But it is this president's defining attribute. Historians, looking back at the hash that his administration has made of his war in Iraq …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers — WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 - The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan to turn over certain documents about Hurricane Katrina or make senior White House officials available …
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Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
ME, MYSELF, AND I(RAQ) — Hi, Joel Stein here. You know me, I'm the guy from Time who wrote about himself pretty much all the, heh, time. That's my thing. And just so you know I'm aware that I write about myself all the time, I make sure to point it out at least once per column.
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Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:L.A. Times writer defends incendiary Iraq column
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radioblogger.com:Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein today saying he doesn't support the troops.
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Washington Post:
Mr. Abramoff's Meetings — HERE ARE SOME things we know about Jack Abramoff and the White House: The disgraced lobbyist raised at least $100,000 for President Bush's reelection campaign. He had long-standing ties to Karl Rove, a key presidential adviser. He had extensive dealings …
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
New Tax Breaks for Medical Expenses — President Bush will propose that Americans be allowed to take tax deductions on more of their out-of pocket medical expenses, as part of an initiative the White House believes will rein in soaring health costs by shifting responsibility toward individuals …
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Kimberly Hefling / timesleader.com:
Casey announces endorsement of Alito — WASHINGTON - Sen. Rick Santorum's leading Democratic challenger, Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey, announced Tuesday that he endorses Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court. — For weeks, Republicans have called Casey "Silent Bob" …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:On Party Lines, Panel Approves Alito for Court
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Michelle Malkin:
DOWDIFYING BEN FRANKLIN — Take a close look at the protest banner held up by a petulant bunch of Georgetown University kids who disrupted a speech by Attorney General Al Gonzales defending the NSA's terrorist surveillance program yesterday: — Notice anything missing?
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Reuters:
Iraqi insurgents unite against al-Qa'ida — BAGHDAD: Iraqi insurgents in the Sunni city of Ramadi have turned against their al-Qa'ida allies after a bomb attack killed 80 people, sparking tit-for-tat assassinations. — Residents yesterday said at least three prominent figures on both sides …
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MSNBC:
Bush to visit spy agency, defend surveillance — Sen. McCain, uncertain if president exceeded authority, welcomes hearings … WASHINGTON - President Bush heads to the National Security Agency on Wednesday for another speech defending his controversial spying program …
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Audit Describes Misuse of Funds in Iraq Projects — A new audit of American financial practices in Iraq has uncovered irregularities including millions of reconstruction dollars stuffed casually into footlockers and filing cabinets, an American soldier in the Philippines who gambled away cash belonging …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:The stunning debacle on Iraq 'reconstruction'
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Kofi A. Annan / Washington Post:
Darfur Descending — When I visited Darfur last May, I felt hopeful. Today I am pessimistic, unless a major new international effort is mustered in the coming weeks. — I visited a village whose people had returned after fleeing from violence and were living in relative safety …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Democrats in Md. Try to Limit Fallout Of Gay Union Case — Parties Try to Curb Ruling's Effect on Chance in Election — Maryland Democrats concerned about the political fallout from last week's court ruling on same-sex marriage are considering a plan to block any final court ruling …
Brian C. Anderson / Opinion Journal:
Shut Up, They Explained — The left's regulatory war against free speech. — The rise of alternative media—political talk radio in the 1980s, cable news in the '90s, and the blogosphere in the new millennium—has broken the liberal monopoly over news and opinion outlets.
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Marc Frank / ABCNEWS:
Castro: U.S. Billboard Is 'a Gross Provocation' — Cubans Protest U.S. Ticker Flashing Anti-Castro Messages — HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 24, 2006 — Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched by the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana to protest a U.S. ticker tape flashing messages.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Al-Qaida Is Losing — There's desperation in Osama's voice. — I once hypothesized that Osama Bin Laden might be dead. The induction went like this: Proof of life is easy to furnish, but some of the tapes allegedly showing him could easily have been cobbled from earlier releases.
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Associated Press:
Men in Mexican Army Uniforms in Border Standoff, Official Says — SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Men in Mexican military-style uniforms crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on a marijuana-smuggling foray, leading to an armed confrontation with Texas law officers, authorities said Tuesday.
