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11:05 PM ET, March 9, 2006

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Washington Post:
Dubai Port Company to Divest Itself of American Holdings  —  The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests.  —  The announcement appears to head off a major confrontation …
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CNN:
Ports deal opens rift between Bush, House GOP  —  Committee votes 62-2 to block approval of UAE takeover  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House faced a major rupture with House Republicans on Thursday after a House committee overwhelmingly voted to block a deal that would allow …
Michelle Malkin:
BREAKING PORT NEWS: DUBAI YIELDS  —  ***scroll for updates...230pm EST Dem Senators Schumer, Clinton, Reid scrambling to organize press conference...248pm EST.  Harry Reid looks irked at being outmaneuvered: "We want an up-and-down vote...the devil is in the details."
MSNBC:
Dubai to give up control of U.S. ports  —  Deal ran into tough opposition in Senate over security concerns … MSNBC TV  —  MSNBC staff and news service reports  —  WASHINGTON - A top Senate Republican says a Dubai-owned company has decided to give up its management stake in U.S. ports.
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Dubai threat to hit back  —  Dubai is threatening retaliation against American strategic and commercial interests if Washington blocks its $6.8 billion takeover of operations at several U.S. ports.  —  As the House Appropriations Committee yesterday marked up legislation …
New York Times:
Dubai Company to Transfer U.S. Ports to American Company  —  WASHINGTON, March 9 — DP World, the United Arab Emirates state-owned company that had agreed to buy several port terminals in the United States, said today that it will transfer those properties to an American-owned company …
Discussion: State of the Day
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
DUBAI-BAI: IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE WHIMPERING  —  That thud you heard coming from the White House today was the sound of Karl Rove's invincibility hitting the floor.  —  The UAE was either asked or decided on their own to nix the ports deal thus heading off a certain veto override by Congress …
The Anchoress:   DPW: A hand poorly played by EVERYONE
ABCNEWS:
Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Blast 'Humiliating' Katrina Cleanup  —  Country Stars Lash Out in Anger Over Conditions in Storm-Ravaged States  —  March, 8, 2006 — Faith Hill and Tim McGraw — two stars who usually stay out of politics — blasted the Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort …
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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Report posits that Chris Matthews has accepted hefty speaking fees from conservative groups  —  A new report advanced to RAW STORY Thursday suggests that Chris Matthews, the star of the Sunday talk show circuit's Hardball, has accepted hefty speaking fees from an array of conservative trade associations.
Ezra Klein:
Klein Awards  —  Koufax awards are up and you guys should all go vote and do your thing.  I want to use the opportunity, though, to hand out a couple awards of my own and give you guys an opportunity to add some terrific new links to your list.  And I even kept the list short so you'd actually use it:
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MB Williams / Wampum:
First round Koufax 2005 voting ending soon!
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count  —  BAGHDAD, March 8 — Days after the bombing of a Shiite shrine unleashed a wave of retaliatory killings of Sunnis, the leading Shiite party in Iraq's governing coalition directed the Health Ministry to stop tabulating execution-style shootings …
Michael J. Totten:
Zarqawi Was Here  —  BIARA, IRAQ - The PUK's Minister of the Interior ordered 20 heavily armed Peshmerga soldiers to go with me to the borderland mountain village of Biara.  For years the village was occupied by Ansar Al Islam, the Kurdish-Arab-Persian branch of Al Qaeda in Northern Iraq.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and In the Bullpen
Krempasky / RedState:
Kos/Krempasky to Congress: Pass HR 1606  —  Markos and I have sent a letter to every Member of the House this morning - urging them to pass HR 1606 as soon as possible.  While there is a promising proposal from the Center for Democracy & Technology floating about - it's imperative …
Teri Figueroa / nctimes.com:
Woman sues for alleged firing over talk show bumper sticker  —  VISTA —  A San Diego County woman is suing her former employer, accusing her manager of firing her on the spot when she saw the woman's car had a bumper sticker advertising a progressive talk radio station.
Discussion: The Sideshow and SpeakSpeak News
BREITBART.COM:
World box office dipped 7.9 pct to 23 billion dollars last year : study  —  Hollywood movie ticket sales around the world dropped by 7.9 percent last year to 23 billion dollars, with the US box office accounting for nearly 40 percent of the haul, a study showed.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Alastair Macdonald / Reuters:
US says to close Abu Ghraib prison  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military will close Abu Ghraib prison, probably within three months, and transfer some 4,500 prisoners to other jails in Iraq, a military spokesman said on Thursday.  —  The prison in western Baghdad was a torture center under Saddam Hussein …
 
 
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