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Njadvara Musa / Associated Press:
Cartoon Protests Leave 15 Dead in Nigeria  —  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
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BBC:
Nigeria cartoon protests kill 16  —  Sixteen people have been killed in northern Nigeria during protests by Muslims over the cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.  —  Most of the deaths occurred in rioting in Maiduguri, capital of north-eastern Borno state.  One person died in similar riots in north-central Katsina state.
Flemming Rose / Washington Post:
Why I Published Those Cartoons  —  Childish.  Irresponsible.  Hate speech.  A provocation just for the sake of provocation.  A PR stunt.  Critics of 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad I decided to publish in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten have not minced their words.
Claudia Rosett / Weekly Standard:
Cash-for-Kofi  —  DESPITE FREQUENT DECLARATIONS OF REFORM, it seems that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has learned nothing from the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food scandal, in which Saddam Hussein's billions corrupted the U.N.'s entire Iraq embargo bureaucracy.
Washington Post:
Bush Calls For More Muscle In Darfur  —  ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 17 — President Bush on Friday called for doubling the number of international troops in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan and a bigger role for NATO in the peacekeeping effort.  —  Bush has concluded that peace talks …
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Newdonkey / NewDonkey.com:   Movement on Darfur?
Telegraph:
Poll reveals 40pc of Muslims want sharia law in UK  —  Four out of 10 British Muslims want sharia law introduced into parts of the country, a survey reveals today.  —  The ICM opinion poll also indicates that a fifth have sympathy with the "feelings and motives" of the suicide bombers …
Washington Post:
Dems Need A Newt Of Their Own  —  The Party Can't Have a Revolution Without the Revolutionaries  —  Back in 1992, seven upstart Republican freshmen forced real change in the House of Representatives.  —  Egged on by a more senior revolutionary, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) …
Simon Jenkins / Times of London:
Bush and Blair have brilliantly done Bin Laden's work for him  —  Is Osama Bin Laden winning after all?  Until recently I would have derided such a thought.  How could a tinpot fanatic who is either dead or shut in some mountain hideout hold the world to ransom for five years?
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Abu Ghraib and Salon  —  By continuing to publish documentation of the abuse, we hope to shed light on a chapter in American history that this administration has tried to keep in the shadows.  —  Pages 1 2  —  Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++  —  An "unknown man handcuffed naked to cell door," according to the CID report.
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New York Times:
The Shame of the Prisons  —  Who needs sophomoric cartoons …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and TalkLeft
Rocky Mountain News:
Temple: Readers thank News for cartoons  —  The images of rampaging mobs are almost unbelievable.  —  How can it be, we ask ourselves, that people think it's justified to burn and destroy over what they perceive as an offense to their religion?  —  In the face of such madness …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Canada Braces as More Troops Head for the Perils of Afghanistan  —  TORONTO, Feb. 17 — When Glyn Berry, a Canadian diplomat, was killed by a suicide bomber last month in Afghanistan, many here saw it as a sign of more bloodshed to come.  —  Canada, which has stayed out of the Iraq war …
Discussion: Daimnation!
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
Why No Nukes for Iran?  —  The rules of the game.  —  National Review Online  —  How many times have we heard the following whining and yet received no specific answers from our leaders?  —  "Israel has nuclear weapons, so why single out Iran?"  —  "Pakistan got nukes and we lived with it."
Discussion: Decision '08
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Crossing the Line on a Cable Show?  —  Dana Milbank can be controversial with readers.  The Post reporter has his fans — and I can be one of them — but I think his appearance on MSNBC last week was a mistake in judgment.  —  Milbank wore hunting gear — an orange stocking cap and striped vest …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Thayer Evans / New York Times:
Testimony on 2 Air Marshals Hints at Wider Drug Inquiry  —  HOUSTON, Feb. 17 — Testimony on Thursday at the arraignment of two federal air marshals charged with using their credentials to engage in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy suggested that the case might involve other marshals as well.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TalkLeft
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Of Greymail, CIPA, Scooter and Fitz  —  Crooks and Liars has graciously offered to host the hearing transcript (PDF) from the February 3, 2006, Libby scheduling conference and hearing.  (For some contemporaneous notes on the Feb. 3rd hearing, see this post and several others on this page.)
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Fish Or Cut Bait
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