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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 …
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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%.
New York Times:
Anticipating Hamas Victory, Palestinian Cabinet Resigns — RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, and his government submitted their resignations Thursday as the radical Islamic faction Hamas appeared to have scored a major upset and defeated the ruling Fatah party in parliamentary elections.
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OxBlog, The Heretik, Associated Press, A Blog For All, The Duck of Minerva, TAPPED, Norwegianity, Stygius and The Blogging of the President
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:Waiting — Two items, the first from a European blog called …
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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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Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says — The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.
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Right Wing Nut House:
OH THOSE PESKY IRAQI WMD'S! — For almost three years, the conventional wisdom regarding Iraq WMD's prior to our invasion was that Saddam never had them, we knew it, Bush lied, and we invaded anyway because we wanted their oil, or to establish military bases, or because George Bush is a meany …
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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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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 …
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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.
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Media Blog on National Review Online:
The Left's Revolution Against the Media — I think this post, written by Salon's Peter Daou, captures the essence of a movement that is sweeping the liberal side of the blogosphere. In the past few weeks, liberal blogs have organized campaigns against Chris Matthews, Tim Russert and the the Washington Post …
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:Couric Deals Dean the Crazy Uncle Treatment; DNC Chair Compares USA to Iran
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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.
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Picks Up Second Democrat Supporter — WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito picked up his second Democratic supporter on Thursday, with Tim Johnson of South Dakota announcing he will vote for the conservative judge to become the nation's 110th justice.
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 …
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.
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David W. Moore / Gallup:
Hillary/Condi Polarize Electorate — But Clinton more objectionable to Republicans than Rice to Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll finds the two women who are most frequently mentioned as potential presidential candidates of their respective parties are each opposed by about half the electorate.
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Hugh Hewitt, reasoned audacity …, Shakespeare's Sister, Althouse, NewsBusters.org, TigerHawk and Flopping Aces
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Worst Beltway Incest Yet? — Tim Russert isn't doing his son any favor. — Earl Ofari Hutchinson contributes a forceful and admirably BS-free post on a dirty little un-PC secret of the Democratic coalition: Anti-illegal immigrant sentiment among blacks. ...
Lawrence Messina / Associated Press:
Wealthy Businessman to Challenge Byrd — Wealthy GOP Businessman to Challenge Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd in W.Va. — CHARLESTON, W.Va. Jan 25, 2006 — A multimillionaire businessman entered the GOP race to challenge Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday, hoping to deny the 88-year-old incumbent Democrat a record ninth term.
Terry Pristin / New York Times:
Bank to Deny Loans if Land Was Seized — BB&T, the nation's ninth-largest financial holding company, announced yesterday that it would deny loans to developers building shopping malls and other private projects on land acquired through eminent domain. — "The idea that a citizen's property …
