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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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Michelle Malkin:
ABDUL RAHMAN TO BE RELEASED — ***scroll for updates...Video: Condi Rice thinks Afghanistan has "come a long way" because when the Taliban ruled, they "wantonly" executed people for playing music (as opposed to now, you know, where executions of people for abandoning Islam are contemplated in a much more civilized, non-wanton manner.)
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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The Officers' Club
Peter Prengaman / Associated Press:
Size of L.A. March Surprises Authorities — LOS ANGELES - Thousands of immigration advocates marched through downtown Los Angeles in one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in recent U.S. history. — More than 500,000 protesters — demanding that Congress abandon attempts …
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Tamar Jacoby / Washington Post:
'Guest Workers' Won't Work — A Path to Permanent Citizenship Would Benefit Everyone — The conventional wisdom is all but unanimous, so much so that even those who hold the opposing view pay homage to it. Sure, some people dispute even the notion that we need foreign workers to keep the U.S. economy growing.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
A G.O.P. Split on Immigration Vexes a Senator
A G.O.P. Split on Immigration Vexes a Senator
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The Agonist
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:
Campaign says Harris won't turn to inheritance
Campaign says Harris won't turn to inheritance
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The Sideshow
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 …
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.
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
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Classical Values
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.
Judith / Kesher Talk:
Report on the London Anti-Toonophobia Rally — [ UPDATE: Kesher Talk has a new category for announcements and reports of rallies and protests: Power to the People, where you can find previous entries about rallies for Denmark, Sudan, Protest Warrior actions, etc. ]
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Betsy / Betsy's Page:
The New York Times Magazine has a story on Michael Steele's candidacy to replace Paul Sarbanes as senator from Maryland. The title tells you the tone of the piece. … There is that whole marveling tone as if the author is observing a circus performer and just can't figure the whole act out.
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 …
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Jews in France Feel Sting as Anti-Semitism Surges Among Children of Immigrants — SARCELLES, France — In working-class Parisian suburbs like this one, heavily populated by North African immigrants, the word "Jew" is now a standard epithet. It appears in graffiti on middle school walls …
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.
Bill Harlan / Rapid City Journal:
Tribal leader rallies for abortion clinic on reservation — Oglala Sioux Tribe President Cecelia Fire Thunder says a clinic on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation could provide abortions if South Dakota's new abortion ban goes into effect. — "We're working on it," Fire Thunder said in a telephone interview Friday.