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cpt.org:
CPT Statement: CPTers Released — Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community.
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Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Three Christian Activists Rescued in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. and British troops Thursday freed three Christian peace activists in rural Iraq without firing a shot, ending a four-month hostage drama in which an American among the group was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
3 Western Aid Workers in Iraq Rescued in Military Operation — Three Western peace workers who were held hostage in Iraq for four months were freed in a military operation today, two weeks after their American colleague was killed in captivity. — The three men - James Loney, 41 …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Taliban Man at Yale — The story thus far. — Something is very wrong at our elite universities. Last month Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard; today Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi will speak by video to a conference at Columbia University that his regime is cosponsoring.
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Clinton W. Taylor / Townhall.com:
The boola boola mullah — Greasing the Skids to the Gallows for Christians — Email to a friend - Print this page - Text size: A A — Leave Islam, go to the gallows. That's still the rule in Afghanistan, as we see in the sad case of Christian convert Abdul Rahman, on trial for his life there.
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PoliPundit.com, Power Line, The Shape of Days, Instapundit.com, JunkYardBlog, Betsy's Page and Stop The ACLU
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
For Afghans, Allies, A Clash of Values
For Afghans, Allies, A Clash of Values
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The RCP Blog, Penraker, The Political Pit Bull, realclearpolitics.com and Below The Beltway
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Roberts Dissent Reveals Strain Beneath Court's Placid Surface — WASHINGTON, March 22 — A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday in an uncelebrated criminal case did more than resolve a dispute over whether the police can search a home without a warrant when one occupant gives consent but another objects.
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Balloon Juice, Penraker, Norwegianity, Running Scared, TalkLeft, The Political Pit Bull and The Heretik
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
In Florida, 'Uniform' Foolishness — MIAMI — What Florida's teachers unions consider a menace, and what Florida's Supreme Court considers an affront to the state's constitution, weighs 105 pounds, smiles shyly, speaks softly and wants to be a nurse. Octavia Lopez, 17, an 11th-grader …
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Outside The Beltway, Betsy's Page, Hit and Run, Suburban Guerrilla and The Blogging of the President
New York Times:
Are Late Innings the Time for a Relief Pitcher? — Karl Rove, center, in the Cabinet Room last week with Senators Rick Santorum, left, of Pennsylvania and George Allen of Virginia. "I'm an idiot one day and a genius the next," he said about experts' views of him.
nbc5i.com:
Bar Sweep Sparks Controversy — Comedian Weighs In On Public Intoxication Arrests — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week. — TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication.
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Radio Blogger:
Christopher Hitchens on the media coverage of Iraq, and whether some on the other side are recognizing what they've wrought. — HH: Happy to have back to begin today's show Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair columnist, author of many books, including a recent bio of Thomas Jefferson.
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Shakespeare's Sister:
Worried About 2006 — Chris Bowers is. And with good reason. The Duckworth-Cegelis fiasco in Illinois (which I happened to be following closely for various reasons) is exactly what happened in Ohio with Paul Hackett. (Except, in this case, a war veteran was hand-picked by Rahm and Company …
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Firedoglake, UNCoRRELATED, Beltway Blogroll, Fact-esque, Alternate Brain, Brainster's Blog, Outside The Beltway and Upper Left
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Eric Pianin / Washington Post:
Iraq War Vet Wins in Illinois Race
Iraq War Vet Wins in Illinois Race
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Reid Threatens Filibuster on Immigration — As the Senate prepares to tackle the most sweeping immigration reforms in years, a top Democrat vowed Wednesday to do everything in his power, including filibuster, to thwart Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposed overhaul.
Agora:
Danish Imam Ahmed Akkari: Kill Naser Khader — Note: This first part is just a summary of the article attached to this post. When updates come in, I plan to add them and link to the original articles. The original article is nice to have for reference. — Imam Ahmed Akkari …
Will Lester / grandforks.com:
Poll: Acceptance of gay marriage up — WASHINGTON - The public backlash over gay marriage has receded since a controversial decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2003 to legalize those marriages stirred strong opposition, says a poll released Wednesday.
William Saletan / Slate:
Don't Do Unto Others — The difference between gay marriage and polygamy. — Uh oh. Conservatives are starting to hyperventilate again. You know the symptoms: In a haystack of right-wing dominance, they find a needle of radicalism, declare it a mortal danger to civilization, and use it to rally their voters in the next election.
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Specter Takes Senate Lead on Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON - A vocal Republican critic of the Bush administration's eavesdropping program will preside over Senate efforts to write the program into law, but he was pessimistic Wednesday that the White House wanted to listen.
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