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Chris Wattie / canada.com:
Iran eyes badges for Jews — Law would require non-Muslim insignia — Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.
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Amir Taheri / National Post:
A colour code for Iran's 'infidels' — While the Iranian economy appears to be heading for recession, one sector may have some reason for optimism. That sector is the garment industry and the reason for hopefulness is a law passed by the Islamic Majlis (parliament) on Monday.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Is the Iranian yellow badges story true? — Israeli politicians are sounding some very dire notes, but as far as I know, no one's independently confirmed this morning's story in the National Post yet. Neither Stephen Harper nor John Howard had heard anything about it until today.
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Washington Post:
Senate Votes English as 'National Language' — After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the "national language" of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law.
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Reid calls language proposal racist — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called a proposal to make English the official language "racist" on the Senate floor yesterday. — "This amendment is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish," the Democrat said during …
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Associated Press:
'National' or 'common'? Senate ponders what to call English — WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether English is America's "national language" or its national "common and unifying language" was a question dominating the Senate immigration debate. — The Senate first voted 63-34 Thursday to designate English as the …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Set English as National Language
Senate Votes to Set English as National Language
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
U.N. Panel Backs Closing Prison at Guantánamo — A United Nations panel on torture called on the United States today to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and expressed concern over reports of secret detention centers and of a practice of sending terror suspects to countries with poor human rights records.
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
USA Today Reporter a Democratic Donor; Phone Company Demands Retraction — Leslie Cauley, the USA Today reporter who last week "broke" the news that three major U.S. telecommunications companies were assisting the National Security Agency in building a database to more easily track …
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Illegals granted Social Security — The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment — even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents. — "There was a felony they were committing, and now they can't be prosecuted.
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
The Inaccurate Taliban Offensive; Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah reported captured — The news reports of a major Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan are inaccurate, as Coalition offensives and Taliban attacks have been lumped together to give the impression of a coordinated Taliban assault in multiple provinces.
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Insiders: Richard Armitage Will NOT Be Indicted — Bobby Ray Inman's claims are "BS", claimed one very prominent Washington insider after reading TWN's report on Inman's claim that Richard Armitage would be indicted in the Valerie Plame Wilson outing probe.
Michael J. Totten:
The Other Side of the Green Line — RAMALLAH - I rode in an Israeli taxi with Palestinian journalist Sufian Taha from the American Colony Hotel to the Qalandia checkpoint on the road to Ramallah, capital of nascent Palestine, in the hills of the West Bank over Jerusalem.
White House:
Press Gaggle by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: All right, thank you. Welcome all. Since there will be no on-air briefing today, we will publish the gaggle a bit later so you can all consult. — Q Great. No bupkis list, then? — MR. SNOW: Well, if there's a bupkis list, we will attach the answers in the form of footnotes.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
As Death Stalks Iraq, Middle-Class Exodus Begins — Roula Kubba, 13, whose family plans to leave Baghdad because of the rising sectarian violence. They live in the wealthy Mansour district. More Photos > — BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 18 — Deaths run like water through the life of the Bahjat family.