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Daniel Cooney / Associated Press:
Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian — KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said. — The announcement came as U.S.-backed President …
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ABDUL RAHMAN TO BE RELEASED — ***scroll for updates*** — Just in...But this story is far from over: … Rahman's life remains in danger: … Pope Benedict XVI addressed Rahman's case today during his Sunday blessing: … BBC reports on the Christians-are-insane ploy:
Amir Shah / Associated Press:
Pressure Grows to Free Afghan Convert — KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government faced heavy international pressure to reconsider the charges against an Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity — and reports emerged that the man might be freed soon.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Rahman Unbound — ABC News reports this morning that the …
Rahman Unbound — ABC News reports this morning that the …
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St. Petersburg Times:
Harris puts her faith in religion … As Katherine Harris' rocky Senate campaign takes an increasingly evangelical Christian bent, her remaining top campaign staffers are preparing to jump ship. — Colleagues say Harris' closest confidante lately appears to be spiritual adviser Dale Burroughs …
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Jim Stratton / orlandosentinel.com:
Harris disputes reports of defections — The Senate candidate, at a gun show in Orlando, says a key adviser is not leaving. — U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris slogged through another political morass Saturday when she suggested that one of her most senior advisers had fed embarrassing information to the press.
Los Angeles Times:
More Than 500,000 Rally in L.A. for Immigrants' Rights — Joining what some are calling the nation's largest mobilization of immigrants ever, hundreds of thousands of people boisterously marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants …
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Cynocephalus / Samizdata.net:
The pro-freedom of expression rally in London — The rally in Trafalgar Square today was attended by about 1,000 (at most by my estimate) very disparate people and was a worthy effort for a poorly funded ad-hoc team of folks. — My main criticism would be that most of the speakers seemed …
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
A G.O.P. Split on Immigration Vexes a Senator — HOUSTON — The telephone lines in the unassuming offices of Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, have been sizzling here in recent weeks as anxious Republican voters call to find out precisely where their tough-minded senator stands on illegal immigration.
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Peter Prengaman / Associated Press:
Immigration March Draws 500,000 in L.A.
Immigration March Draws 500,000 in L.A.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
McCain, Feingold Air Views in Iraq — Visiting Legislators Debate U.S. Policy as Violence Rages — BAGHDAD, March 25 — The increasingly rancorous public debate in the United States over the war spilled into Iraq during a news conference Saturday with two visiting lawmakers who are outspoken in their opposing stands on the issue.
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Times of London:
Putin accused of plagiarising his PhD thesis — THE career of President Vladimir Putin of Russia was built at least in part on a lie, according to US researchers. A new study of an economics — thesis written by Putin in the mid-1990s has revealed that large chunks of it were copied from an American text.
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Moscow spies tipped Saddam on U.S. war plan — Moscow had informants inside U.S. Central Command whose information on the March 2003 invasion of Iraq was relayed to dictator Saddam Hussein days before American troops ousted him from power, according to a Defense Department history released yesterday.
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit — A top adviser to former House Whip Tom DeLay received more than a third of all the money collected by the U.S. Family Network, a nonprofit organization the adviser created to promote a pro-family political agenda in Congress, according to the group's accounting records.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Testing Presidential Waters as Race at Home Heats Up — CULPEPER, Va., March 21 — George Allen makes little secret that he is bored with life in the Senate. — "I made more decisions in half a day as governor than you can make in a whole week in the Senate," Senator Allen said earlier …
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Dose of Tenacity Wears Down a Horrific Disease — OGI, Nigeria — Whatever secrets the turgid brown depths of the Sacred Pond of Ogi may keep, there is one they betray quite easily: why it is so infuriatingly hard to wipe even one disease off the face of the earth.
George / SEIXON:
Michael Ware: Terrorist Propaganda Works! — Michael Ware, Australian Time Magazine Baghdad Bureau Chief, got on the Bill Maher show last night to tell Maher what he wanted to hear. Ian Schwartz recounts them talking about American soldiers, and how they apparently abuse Iraqi women.
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Time:
The Democrats' plan for midtern elections — If the elections were held today, top strategists of both parties say privately, the Republicans would probably lose the 15 seats they need to keep control of the House of Representatives and could come within a seat or two of losing the Senate
James Langton / Telegraph:
Saddam planned to deploy 'camels of mass destruction' — Saddam Hussein planned to use "camels of mass destruction" as weapons to defend Iraq, loading them with bombs and directing them towards invading forces. — The animals were part of a plan to arm and equip foreign insurgents drawn …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Court Case Challenges Power of President — Military Tribunals' Legitimacy at Issue — Seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur is now seeking victory over President Bush in a new arena: the Supreme Court.