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Douglass K. Daniel / Associated Press:
Murtha: Iraq killings may hurt war effort — WASHINGTON - The deaths of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians and an ensuing cover-up threaten to do more harm to U.S. efforts in Iraq than even the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, a prominent congressman and war critic says.
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Mr. Murtha's Rush to Judgment — A year ago I was charged with two counts of premeditated murder and with other war crimes related to my service in Iraq. My wife and mother sat in a Camp Lejeune courtroom for five days while prosecutors painted me as a monster; then autopsy evidence blew …
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Four marines singled out in Iraq massacre investigation — A four-man team of United States Marines led the killing rampage in the Iraqi town of Haditha which resulted in the deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians, military investigators believe. — The troops went from house to house shooting …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
A Few Years, and Then Another Bush? — WASHINGTON — Bush III? Or has the dynasty run its course? — Those are the questions some Republicans are asking themselves as political talk bubbles up yet again about President Bush's brother Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and his interest in the White House.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Vargas, Exiting Stage Center — Elizabeth Vargas says she's at peace with her decision to walk away from one of the highest-profile jobs in America. But not everyone is so thrilled about it, especially some women. — Vargas, 43, stepped down as the co-anchor of ABC's …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Pentagon Seeks Nonnuclear Tip for Sub Missiles — WASHINGTON, May 28 — The Pentagon is pressing Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out nonnuclear missile strikes against distant targets within an hour.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Frist Backs Search of Congressman's Office — WASHINGTON — In a break with his counterparts in the House, the Senate's leader said Sunday the FBI was within its right to search the office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery case. — "No House member, no senator …
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Ellen Bork / Weekly Standard:
China Syndrome — The Limits of Developmental Autocracy by Minxin Pei — A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR. At first, he finds nothing unusual about the noisy, convivial atmosphere, but then he realizes something is a little different. Numbers are being called out, one at a time, eliciting laughter from the patrons.
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Blair Bowed to U.S. Pressure in Speech, Paper Says — British Leader Said to Make 'Significant' Changes on Iran, Global Warming in Address at Georgetown — LONDON, May 29 — Prime Minister Tony Blair caved in to White House pressure by sharpening language on Iran and softening …
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Charles S. Johnson / helenair.com:
Tester, Morrison deadlocked — HELENA — John Morrison and Jon Tester are running neck-and-neck in their race for the June 7 Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Conrad Burns, a Lee Newspapers poll taken last week shows. — Morrison received 42 percent …
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
New Witness Describes Alleged Iraq Atrocity — Girl, 12, Was Sole Survivor When Her Family Was Killed in Haditha; Congressman Says 'Mass Murder' Was Covered Up — May 28, 2006 — After a small group of Marines stormed the Younis family home in Haditha last November, everybody inside was killed — except one person.
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
If Power Shifts In 2008 — A Democrat Might Not Be as Different as You Would Think — Could the United States be better off with a Democrat in the White House in 2009? Here are a couple of reasons the answer might be yes, even if you're not a Democrat.
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Times of London:
MI5 at full stretch as 20 Islamist terror plots revealed — TWENTY "major conspiracies" by Islamist terrorists in Britain have been uncovered by the security services, John Reid, the home secretary, has disclosed. — Reid said that the existence of so many plots means that the police …
Lois Rogers / Times of London:
Babies with club feet aborted — MORE than 20 babies have been aborted in advanced pregnancy because scans showed that they had club feet, a deformity readily corrected by surgery or physiotherapy. — According to figures from the Office for National Statistics covering the years from 1996 to 2004 …
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