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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP: U.S. to Give Iran Nuclear Technology — A package of incentives presented Tuesday to Iran includes a provision for the United States to supply Tehran with some nuclear technology if it stops enriching uranium _ a major concession by Washington, diplomats said.
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Nazhila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Reacts Cautiously to Trade Offer — TEHRAN, June 6 — Iran reacted cautiously today to a European proposal for resolving the standoff over its nuclear program, with a senior official saying the plan contained both "positive steps" and "ambiguities that should be cleared up."
Matthew Hickley / Daily Mail:
Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings' — Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour of strap-on stealth wings. — The lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings will allow them to jump from high altitudes …
Crooks and Liars:
Coulter on the Today Show: Attacks 9/11 Widows — Coulter on the Today Show: Attacks 9/11 Widows — "I have never seen people enjoying their husband's death so much." — Even her idiotic writing stunned Lauer. The last time she was on the show he treated her as a normal person.
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CNN:
Baghdad targeted civilian killings soar in May — Most were victims of execution-style murders, Iraqi official says — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Nearly 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in a wave of targeted killings in Baghdad last month, according to a high-ranking Iraqi Health Ministry official.
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Opinion Journal:
Fitzgerald, Scooter and Us — The special prosecutor wants to use our editorial as evidence. Sorry. … Those words appeared in this column on July 17, 2003, under the headline "Yellowcake Remix." Three years later they show we were right about Joe Wilson and his false allegation …
BLACKFIVE:
D-DAY REMEMBERED — "The wind is cold, the spray is miserable. The clothes are soaked thru, and the landing craft is pitching and yawing like a kite in a windstorm. The boys vomit from the rollercoaster aaffects of the seas and smashing waves that jar your teeth out of your head.
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Amir Taheri / Commentary:
The Real Iraq — Spending time in the United States after a tour of Iraq can be a disorienting experience these days. Within hours of arriving here, as I can attest from a recent visit, one is confronted with an image of Iraq that is unrecognizable. It is created in several overlapping ways …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
A WORD ABOUT COURAGE — It was 62 years ago that US Rangers stormed the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc near Omaha Beach. And as the veterans of that day grow oh so gray and bent, mere shadows of the lithe and limber youths who pulled themselves up the jagged bluffs, one hand over another …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Base Assumptions — This month's offensive by President Bush and his allies in Congress against gay marriage and flag burning proves one thing: The Republican Party thinks its base of social conservatives is a nest of dummies who have no memories and respond like bulls whenever red flags are waved in their faces.
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Lindsey Tanner / Associated Press:
Study says millions have 'rage' disorder — CHICAGO - To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it — intermittent explosive disorder — and a new study suggests it is far more common than they realized, affecting up to 16 million Americans.
Felicity Barringer / New York Times:
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift — The 44 wind turbines near Thomas, W.Va., have been lethal to bats. The turbines are owned FPL Energy, the wind industry's dominant player. — OAKLAND, Md. — Dan Boone has no doubt that his crusade against wind energy is the right way to protect the Allegheny highlands he loves.
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Michelle Malkin:
THE GEORGIA CONNECTION — I obtained the unsealed March 2006 affidavit detailing charges against Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, one of the two Georgia-based Muslim men tied to the Canada terror bust. There are many interesting tidbits included—note the encrypted CD that FBI technicians are unable …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Privately Funded Trips Add Up on Capitol Hill — Over 5 1/2 years, Republican and Democratic lawmakers accepted nearly $50 million in trips, often to resorts and exclusive locales, from corporations and groups seeking legislative favors, according to the most comprehensive study to date on the subject of congressional travel.
NY Daily News:
Treat me like I'm black, sez Teddy's son — Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill. — Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police …
BBC:
1944: D-Day marks start of Europe invasion — Thousands of Allied troops have begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. — Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops have also been dropped behind enemy lines …