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BBC:
Hamas sweeps to election victory  —  Islamic militant group Hamas has won a stunning victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections.  —  According to preliminary results, Hamas won 76 seats to 43 for the ruling Fatah party, giving them a majority in the 132-seat chamber.  The turnout was 77%.
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CNN:
Palestinian PM says government will quit after Hamas win  —  Israeli PM: 'Will not negotiate' with those who won't fight terrorism  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) — In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Thursday he and others …
Emanuele Ottolenghi / National Review:
Hamas Without Veils
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Hamas Victory Stuns Palestinian Pols
Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press:
Arabs jubilant at Hamas victory
Discussion: Israellycool
New York Times:
Bush Wants Abbas to Remain Palestinian Leader
Khaled Abu Toameh / Associated Press:
Hamas rules out talks with Israel
Discussion: Clarity & Resolve and Solomonia
Etgar Lefkovits / Jerusalem Post:   Carter calls for funding Palestinians
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Hamas Claims Victory in Palestinian Elections
CNN:
Sen. Kerry calls for filibuster of Alito  —  Unclear if Massachusetts Democrat has votes needed to block nominee  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John Kerry has decided to support a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN's Congressional Correspondent Ed Henry reported Thursday.
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Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
BREAKING: KERRY WILL LEAD FILIBUSTER!!!!!  —  Update 5:50 pm: AP reports "The Senate will vote Monday on cutting off debate.  If Alito's supporters get 60 votes in the 100-member body, the confirmation vote will follow on Tuesday."  —  Update 4:23 pm: CNN confirms my report from 1 pm and says Ted Kennedy is supporting Kerry.
Michelle Malkin:
THE CHINA-GOOGLE PROTEST LOGO ALBUM  —  I'm collecting photoshopped/altered Google logos by bloggers and others in response to the search engine company's decision to kowtow to China.  Let a thousand protest icons bloom!  —  Here was mine:  —  Murdoc:  —  Pam at Atlas Shrugs, who's calling on you to divest from Google:
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Thomas Lipscomb / Editor and Publisher:
The Real Cost of Google's Sellout to China
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times:
US congressman takes Google to task on China
Discussion: Slate and Kudlow's Money Politic$
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Washington Post:
President Bush Holds a White House Press Conference  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: I thank you all very much.  Look forward to answering some of your questions here in a minute.  —  I'm also looking forward to going up to Capitol Hill next Tuesday to give my State of the Union address.
Discussion: First Draft
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White House:
Press Conference of the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to interrupt.  (Laughter.)  Thank you all very much.  I look forward to answering some of your questions here in a minute.  I'm also looking forward to going up to Capitol Hill next Tuesday to give my State of the Union address.
David Donnelly / THE DAILY DELAY:
Photograph Company President that "scrubbed" Abramoff photo with Bush gave to Bush  —  Josh has a post in which he interviews the President of Reflections Photography on why their photos of Abramoff and Bush are no longer available.  From his post: … Business decision.  Yeah, I bet.
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David Stout / New York Times:   Photos With Lobbyist Are 'Not Relevant,' Bush Says
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush Confident Warrantless Wiretaps Legal
Discussion: TAPPED
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Power-Madness of King George  —  Is Bush turning America into an elective dictatorship?  —  It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights.  President Bush believes he has the legal authority …
Leslie Baldacci / Chicago Sun Times:
Thousands apply for jobs at new Wal-Mart  —  Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits.
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Opinion Journal:
Hard Line State
Discussion: BizzyBlog.com
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The Fix-It Myth  —  Almost everyone agrees that we ought to "fix the health care system" — a completely meaningless phrase despite its popularity with politicians, pundits and "experts."  Indeed, it is popular precisely because it is meaningless.  The people who proclaim it rarely tell you the discomforting choices it might involve.
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Oprah Calls Defense of Author 'a Mistake'  —  In an extraordinary reversal of her strident defense of the author whose book she catapulted to the top of the best-seller list, Oprah Winfrey said today she believed that the author James Frey "betrayed millions of readers" by making up elements …
Tracy Jan / Boston Globe:
Schoolboy's bias suit  —  Argues system is favoring girls  —  At Milton High School, girls outnumber boys by almost 2 to 1 on the honor roll.  In Advanced Placement classes, almost 60 percent of the students are female.  —  It's not that girls are smarter than boys, said Doug Anglin, a 17-year-old senior at the high school.
canada.com:
Gore accuses big oil of bankrolling Tories  —  Election laws only allow $1,000 corporate donations  —  Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore has accused the oil industry of financially backing the Tories and their "ultra-conservative leader" to protect its stake in Alberta's lucrative oilsands.
neo-neocon:
A mind is a difficult thing to change—Part 6 B (After 9/11: war is interested in you)  —  You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.  —  Leon Trotsky  —  INTRODUCTION  —  This segment of the story begins with a shock to the system: 9/11.
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST

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