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8:40 AM ET, April 3, 2006

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New York Times:
Iraq's Premier Is Asked to Quit as Shiites Split  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 2 — Iraq's dominant Shiite political bloc fractured Sunday when its most powerful faction publicly demanded that the incumbent Shiite prime minister resign over his inability to form a unified government.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Carroll Reunites With Family  —  After 82 Days as a Hostage in Iraq, Freed Journalist Is Home  —  BOSTON, April 2 — Journalist Jill Carroll was back on U.S. soil Sunday, tearfully embracing her parents and twin sister after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq that she said gave her a deep appreciation for the myriad simple joys of freedom.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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Francis Harris / Telegraph:
Right-wing bloggers attack freed hostage for 'treason'  —  The freed American hostage Jill Carroll arrived home after 83 days of captivity in Iraq yesterday - to a barrage of criticism from Right-wingers who accused her of showing too much sympathy for her kidnappers.
John Noonan / The Officers' Club:   Carroll Release: What Can We learn?
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Says It Test-Fired Underwater Missile  —  TEHRAN, April 2 — Iran said Sunday that it had test-fired what it described as a sonar-evading underwater missile just two days after it announced that it had fired a new missile that could carry multiple warheads and evade radar systems.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Let Cooler Heads Prevail  —  So, "the debate is over."  Time magazine says so.  Last week's cover story exhorted readers to "Be Worried.  Be Very Worried," and ABC News concurred in several stories.  So did Montana's governor, speaking on ABC.  And there was polling about global warming, gathered by Time and ABC in collaboration.
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
U.S. Plan to Build Iraq Clinics Falters  —  Contractor Will Try to Finish 20 of 142 Sites  —  BAGHDAD — A reconstruction contract for the building of 142 primary health centers across Iraq is running out of money, after two years and roughly $200 million, with no more than 20 clinics …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Ivory Tower Stonewall  —  A 9/11 survivor asks Yale to explain why it admitted the Taliban Man.  —  Katherine Bailey and her sister, Margaret Pothier, have a bone to pick with Yale President Richard Levin over his university's admission of a former Taliban official as a student.
Discussion: dartblog.com and Power Line
cbc.ca:
Deadly blast in doughnut shop not a terrorist job: police  —  Police have ruled out terrorism as the cause of an explosion at a Tim Hortons doughnut shop that killed one man in a trendy downtown area of Toronto on Sunday.  —  The victim was likely an arsonist or attempting suicide …
Discussion: Daimnation!
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ctv.ca:
Gas can blamed for Tim Hortons explosion
Lauren La Rose / Globe and Mail:
Man dies in explosion at Toronto Tim Hortons
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
MARK STEYN: … Read the whole thing, especially the last paragraph.  Bush's problem on the war is that he's losing the Jacksonian base, which is no longer confident that he's willing to do whatever it takes to win, regardless of foreign or public opinion.  —  UPDATE: Reader Barry Dauphin emails:
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
WHAT'S THE PLAN?....Glenn Reynolds suggests today that George …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
John McCain: The Sell-Out Express  —  John McCain spent over five years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Vietnam.  He was given the choice to leave when the Vietnamese found out his dad was a senior Admiral in the US military.  He declined to leave his men behind and stayed for many more years …
Discussion: GOP Bloggers and Preemptive Karma
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Frist Is Treading a Perilous Path Leading to 2008  —  WASHINGTON, April 2 — History does not bode well for Bill Frist, and he knows it.  —  "Coming into this job, everybody said if you, in your future, ever want to consider running for president of the United States, people said, 'Do not do it …
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Ian Cobain / Guardian:
Revealed: victims of UK's cold war torture camp  —  Archive pictures of German prisoners held by the British following the second world war.  Photographs: Martin Argles  —  Photographs of victims of a secret torture programme operated by British authorities during the early days of the cold war …
Michele Greppi / tvweek.com:
Couric a Blink Away From Landmark Gig  —  'Today' Host's Move to Eye Net Puts Rival NBC in Talent Bind  —  Katie Couric's deal to move to CBS News is completed in principle, and an announcement that she is leaving NBC might come as early as this week.  —  That's the quiet buzz among sources familiar …
Discussion: Lost Remote TV Blog
Associated Press:
Key Players Leave Rep. Harris's Campaign  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 1 (AP) — Representative Katherine Harris's Senate campaign lost what was left of its core team when a top adviser, her campaign manager and her communications director resigned this weekend.
Discussion: NewDonkey.com
Drudge Report:
LAURA BUSH SAYS HILLARY KEPT BAD HOUSE; WEST WING DECORATIONS WERE GAUDY, OUTDATED  —  First Lady Laura Bush believes Hillary Clinton did not keep good house during her time as first lady, a new book will charge.  —  Ron Kessler, a former investigative reporter for the WASHINGTON POST …
Discussion: Norwegianity
Agence France Presse:
Saudi king vows to annihilate Al-Qaeda  —  RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi King Abdullah pledged to annihilate Al-Qaeda-linked militants who have plagued the oil-rich kingdom with a wave of terrorist attacks.  —  "We renew our pledge to annihilate the deviant group of the terrorist killers," …
Discussion: TigerHawk and SpeakSpeak News
 
 
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
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Globe and Mail:
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Times of London:
Desperate mothers throw away 20 babies a week as Zimbabwe starves
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Keeping It Secret as the Family Car Becomes a Home
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Stop It  —  So Sorry.  I didn't mean to go dark this week-end —
Discussion: Firedoglake and Bring it On!
Crooks and Liars:
General Zinni "I was hearing a depiction of the intelligence …
TigerHawk:
Flag waiving, political speech, and the censorship of violence
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Dan / Riehl World View:
911 Audio - Edited And Enhanced
Discussion: Hyscience
Kevin Phillips / Washington Post:
How the GOP Became God's Own Party