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Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low — (CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high. — Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving …
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Cheney seen retiring after midterm elections — Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year. — Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step …
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Washington Post:
Iraq's Deadly Surge Claims 1,300 — Morgue Figure Eclipses Other Counts Since Shrine Attack — BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 — Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week's bombing of a Shiite shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest …
Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Exclusive: Dubai ports firm enforces Israel boycott — The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lou Dobbs told to Shut up! — Lou Dobbs told to Shut up! — Lou Dobbs reported today that "Dubai Ports World" officials have tried to silence him and get CNN to suppress his reports. — Video-WMP Video-QT — Mark Dennis, spokesman for Dubai Ports World: " CNN won't shut up Lou Dobbs."
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SOUND AND FURY — I reserved judgment on the UAE port controversy for quite a while, but it seems increasingly clear that this is one more in a long series of news stories where decibel level far exceeds substance. Much criticism of the "deal"—there actually isn't a deal …
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David Carr / New York Times:
Franklin Foer Is Named Top Editor of New Republic — For a small outfit, The New Republic has always gone long on drama. Its changes in leadership have usually arrived in the form of rolling coups or lightning bolts from above. So it is refreshing, if a bit underwhelming …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Bush, Speaking Up Against Bigotry — There are times when George Bush sorely disappoints. Just when you might expect him to issue a malapropian explanation, pander to his base or simply not have a clue about what he is talking about, he does something so right, so honest and, yes …
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Court Blocks DOD's New Rules for Workers — A federal judge blocked the Defense Department from implementing much of its new personnel system yesterday, handing the Bush administration a major setback in its efforts to streamline work rules and install pay-for-performance systems in federal workplaces.
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Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
U.S. Is Settling Detainee's Suit in 9/11 Sweep — Ehab Elmaghraby in Alexandria, Egypt, with his parents in April 2004. Mr. Elmaghraby, detained after 9/11, said he settled his lawsuit reluctantly. — The federal government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought …
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border — ADRÉ, Chad — The chaos in Darfur, the war-ravaged region in Sudan where more than 200,000 civilians have been killed, has spread across the border into Chad, deepening one of the world's worst refugee crises.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
High Court to Take Up Pressing Issues This Week — WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 — The most pressing and unsettled questions in election law are those that concern the role of money, the role of race and the role of partisanship. The Supreme Court this week will take up all three.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Veterans May Face Health Care Cuts in 2008 — WASHINGTON - At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half — if the White House is serious about its proposed budget.
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Postwar Iraq Chaos Blamed on Poor Planning — WASHINGTON - Poor prewar planning left the United States without enough skilled workers to efficiently rebuild Iraq's economy and public works, according to a report issued Monday. — The study by the Special Inspector General …
New York Times:
Lobbyist Turns Senator but Twists Same Arms — WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 — It might be said that Senator John Thune went through the revolving door — backward. — As a lobbyist in 2003 and 2004, Mr. Thune earned $220,000 from the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, a small but ambitious company in South Dakota.
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Minxin Pei / Foreign Policy:
The Dark Side of China's Rise — China's economic boom has dazzled investors and captivated the world. But beyond the new high-rises and churning factories lie rampant corruption, vast waste, and an elite with little interest in making things better. Forget political reform.
