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Ian James / Associated Press:
Chavez Backs Sheehan Plan for Bush Protest — CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who just announced that she is weighing a run for Senate, plans to protest again outside President Bush's Texas ranch, Venezuela's president said Sunday with Sheehan by his side.
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MSNBC:
Transcript for January 29 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Hamas wins in the Middle East, domestic eavesdropping in America, the Jack Abramoff scandal, Hurricane Katrina, and more. With us: an exclusive interview with the majority leader of the United States Senate, Dr. Bill Frist, Republican from Tennessee.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
ABC Team Stabilized After Iraq Convoy Hit — BAGHDAD, Jan. 29 — A co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" and an ABC cameraman suffered serious head wounds Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in Taji, north of Baghdad. They were stabilized at a military hospital and were later flown to Germany …
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New York Times:
ABC News Anchor Is Badly Injured by Bomb in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 29 — One of the new co-anchors of ABC's evening newscast, Bob Woodruff, and a network cameraman suffered head wounds and other serious injuries on Sunday when a large roadside bomb struck the Iraqi military vehicle carrying them north of the capital.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Woodruff Injury Shows Journalism Is Dangerous Business
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Al Qaeda Detainee's Mysterious Release — Moroccan Spoke Of Aiding Bin Laden During 2001 Escape — RABAT, Morocco — For more than a decade, Osama bin Laden had few soldiers more devoted than Abdallah Tabarak. A former Moroccan transit worker, Tabarak served as a bodyguard for the al Qaeda leader …
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John Arquilla / San Francisco Chronicle:
Why we should take Osama's olive branch It's the first step in winning the peace — Osama bin Laden's offer of a truce has sunk from sight without leaving a ripple, but it should have made waves. — When the audiotaped proposal was made 10 days ago, the White House dismissed it out of hand.
Katrina vanden Heuvel / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers—Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem — Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the blogosphere about everything from Kaine's looks, style …
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Paul Boutin:
Chinese Google filter only works if you can spell — google.cn image search for Tiananmen: Gate of Heavenly Peace. — google.cn image search for Tianenmen, Tienanmen and Tiananman: Tanks, tanks, more tanks. — Try it yourself: Compare the same image search on google.com and google.cn.
John / AMERICAblog:
Why I Oppose the Filibuster — Before you post any searing criticism of me in response to this post, I ask you to at least give me the decency of actually reading my analysis below. Then go for it. Thank you, JOHN — I understand that my friend Cenk at the Young Turks radio show is taking me on …
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Sisyphus Shrugged:
well, no. — oh dear. … Oh, Senator. — I have to agree that the filibuster is probably the most problematic way to handle this situation. It would have been far better if Democrats had persuaded the American people that, in fact, their values are at stake.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
In Alito, G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in '82 — Last February, as rumors swirled about the failing health of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a team of conservative grass-roots organizers, public relations specialists and legal strategists met to prepare a battle plan to ensure any vacancies were filled by like-minded jurists.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Weak Ratings Confront Bush Ahead of State of Union — War Fatigue, Ethics Concerns Impact Approval Rating — Jan. 29, 2006 — A weakened George W. Bush faces the nation in his 5th State of the Union address beset by war fatigue, persistent discontent on the economy and other domestic issues …
DFH / Drinking From Home:
Mohammed Cartoons — The Brussels Journal reports that Norway's foreign minister has apologised to Muslims for the publication of cartoons of Mohammed in a Norwegian magazine (via Dhimmi Watch). In an email to Norwegian embassies he said: … What, something like "You stupid, cowardly Nordic cunt, Jonas Gahr Støre"?
James Wolcott:
PAJAMA PARTY SPRINGS A LEAK — When bloggers are in full war cry against Big Bad Butt-Ugly Mainstream Media, they demand transparency and accountability from these bureaucratic dinosaurs tottering on the bottom line of extinction; they want files thrown open, memos released, heads lopped, apologies tendered.
Observer:
Women demand tougher laws to curb abortions — · Poll reveals growing concern over late terminations — · Blair under pressure to agree review as MPs urge change — Denis Campbell and Gaby Hinsliff — A majority of women in Britain want the abortion laws to be tightened …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Election, a Fight to Lead the G.O.P. in a Crucial Year — WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — House Republicans will choose a leader to replace Tom DeLay this week in a private election that holds major significance for their party's public image as they head uneasily toward crucial midterm elections.
Matthew B. Stannard / San Francisco Chronicle:
THE WAR WITHIN — Pike County, Ky. — BATTLE SCARS: The photo of the 'Marlboro Man' in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict when it ran in newspapers across America in 2004. Now the soldier has returned home to Kentucky,where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress
