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Hindrocket / Power Line:
VERDICT: THE NEW YORK TIMES BLEW THE STORY — Yesterday, five former judges of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the subject of the amendments to FISA that have been proposed by Senator Arlen Specter.
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White House:
President Discusses Democracy in Iraq with Freedom House — Washington, D.C. — Fact Sheet: Strategy for Victory: Freedom in Iraq — In Focus: Renewal in Iraq — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please be seated. I shouldn't be so instructive to the Diplomatic Corps. (Laughter.)
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Associated Press:
Bush blames Iraq's instability on Hussein — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Wednesday that Saddam Hussein, not continued U.S. involvement in Iraq, is responsible for ongoing sectarian violence that is threatening the formation of a democratic government.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
'Get Governing,' Bush Tells Iraqis — President Bush urged quarreling Iraqi leaders yesterday to set aside disagreements and forge a coalition government that will rein in illegal militias. His comments signaled increased frustration with the political deadlock in Baghdad more than three months after landmark parliamentary elections.
Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Borders, Waldenbooks Won't Carry Magazine — Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries. — "For us, the safety and security …
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thefire.org:
NYU Surrenders to the Heckler's Veto in Mohammed Cartoon Dispute — NEW YORK, March 29, 2006—In violation of its own policies, New York University (NYU) is refusing to allow a student group to show the Danish cartoons of Mohammed at a public event tonight.
Ezra Levant / Western Standard:Western Standard sued for publishing cartoons
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Washington Post:
Journalist Jill Carroll Released in Iraq — BAGHDAD, March 30 — American journalist Jill Carroll, abducted in early January by gunmen in Baghdad, was released to a Sunni Arab political party in the capital Thursday morning after 82 days in captivity. — "I was never hurt, ever hit," she told a Washington Post reporter.
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Mariam Fam / Associated Press:
Kidnapped U.S. Reporter Jill Carroll Freed — BAGHDAD, Iraq - American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, police said, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator. Her editor said she was "fine." — Carroll, 28, was handed …
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Toronto Star:
Canada cuts ties to Palestinian Authority — OTTAWA — Canada has become the first country after Israel to cut funding and diplomatic ties to the Palestinian Authority over the new Hamas government's refusal to renounce violence. — The Conservatives say they will still offer humanitarian aid …
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Maria Sanminiatelli / Associated Press:
Afghan Christian Given Asylum in Italy — ROME - The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity received asylum in Italy Wednesday, despite requests by lawmakers in Afghanistan that he be barred from fleeing the conservative Muslim country.
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11alive.com:
McKinney Allegedly Punches Cop — According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing to pass through a metal detector. — Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors.
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Editor and Publisher:
Congressional Candidate Slams Press Coverage of Iraq—With Bogus Photo — NEW YORK How far will critics of media coverage of the Iraq war go to prove reporters are wrongly focusing on the negative? — One answer came this week, in a shocking if amusing episode featuring one Howard Kaloogian …
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Senator John Cornyn / National Review:
Real Insecurity — This afternoon, congressional Democrats will, at long last, unveil their security "agenda," something they call "Real Security." Unfortunately, the culture of obstruction they have created on important matters of national security demonstrates a profound misunderstanding …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senate Approves Lobbying Limits by Wide Margin — WASHINGTON, March 29 — The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the first major restrictions on lobbying in more than a decade, banning lobbyists from giving gifts and meals to lawmakers and tightening rules for pet projects known as earmarks.
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:Abramoff Gets Nearly 6 Years in Prison
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Teddy Davis / ABCNEWS:
McCain Woos the Right, Makes Peace With Falwell — Possible 2008 Presidential Contender Makes Inroads With GOP Base — March 28, 2006 — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., still breaks from GOP orthodoxy on such issues as torture and immigration. But operating below the radar …
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Erring Republican Authority — Kevin Phillips is wrong about everything. Why is he taken so seriously? — In 1969, an obscure Republican political strategist named Kevin Phillips published a nerdy, statistics-laden book titled The Emerging Republican Majority that offered …
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The Big Pinata — SOMETIMES EVEN MICHELLE MALKIN misses, in THE AMERICAN FLAG COMES SECOND, what's right in front of her eyes. It's understandable that with the disturbing images of misplaced loyalties represented by the much discussed "flag issue" of the last few days …
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Debra Saunders / realclearpolitics.com:
The 'Immigration Backlash' — Of course America needs immigrants. This is a country founded by immigrants and made richer by the imprint of newcomers in search of a land that rewards their hard work and determination to make a better life for their families.
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