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Ned Parker / Times of London:
Al-Zarqawi spoke, then died as US medics tried to save him — IRAQI police discovered Abu Musab al-Zarqawi alive in the rubble of his bombed safe house, then watched him try to roll off a stretcher before dying, it emerged yesterday. — Announcing his death, US officials said on Thursday …
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Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
A Dying Al-Zarqawi Tried to Get Away — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi could barely speak, but he struggled and tried to get away from American soldiers as he lay dying on a stretcher in the ruins of his hideout. — The U.S. forces recognized his face, and knew they had the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZARQAWI SURVIVED STRIKE; PRESS CORPS SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY — General William Caldwell told a press conference this morning that Musab al-Zarqawi survived the bombing of this safe house, at least briefly, and was still alive when the first U.S. and Iraqi forces arrived on the scene.
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
Iraq war foe Murtha eyes Democratic leadership — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Iraq War Critic Surprises Democrats — Murtha Says He Will Run for Majority Leader if Party Wins — Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.), one of the Democrats' leading antiwar voices, startled his political colleagues yesterday by announcing he would seek a senior leadership position if the Democrats win control of the House in November.
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Coulter — A member of the Sept. 11 commission on Friday lashed out at conservative pundit Ann Coulter for a "hate-filled attack" in saying the widows whose husbands died in the World Trade Center used the deaths for their own political gain.
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Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Are Left-leaning Bloggers Ready for Their Close-up? — Dispatch: Inside the Yearly Kos fest in Las Vegas, progressives get lessons in going mainstream — Las Vegas has a slightly tinny feel, a bitter metallic tang that stems partially from the heat, partially from the over-oxygenated air …
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Kate Phillips / New York Times:Liberal Bloggers Gather in Las Vegas
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Gingrich May Run in 2008 If No Front-Runner Emerges — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) expects to run for president in 2008 if the contest for the Republican nomination still seems wide open late next year, he said yesterday. — In remarks that were critical of both parties' recent performance …
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Geoff Cumming / New Zealand Herald:
Pilot with 9/11 links found in NZ — EXCLUSIVE - A Saudi Arabian linked to one of the September 11 hijackers spent four months in New Zealand before being expelled as a national security risk. — The United States-qualified pilot, Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, was admitted to New Zealand …
Monte Whaley / Denver Post:
Poop prank has Musgrave staff fuming — A UNC emeritus professor is charged with returning the congresswoman's mailer - with interest. — A former professor of French at the University of Northern Colorado has been cited for allegedly making a special delivery to U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave that reeked of political partisanship.
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Patrick Walters / Associated Press:
Councilman asks Geno's to lose 'Speak English' sign — PHILADELPHIA - — At a City Council meeting Thursday, Councilman Jim Kenney asked Geno's Steaks to take down its sign that says, "This Is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING SPEAK ENGLISH." — That's just the latest example of how an English …
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Aftenposten:
Record meteorite hit Norway — As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima. — At around 2:05 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the northern part of Troms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball …
Guardian:
Secret report brands Muslim police corrupt — Fury over internal Met study which says Asians need special training — A secret high-level Metropolitan police report has concluded that Muslim officers are more likely to become corrupt than white officers because of their cultural and family backgrounds.
CBC News:
Teacher witnessed transformation of some bomb-plot suspects — A Muslim religious leader in Toronto who knows some of those charged in the suspected bomb plot says the young men underwent rapid transformations from normal Canadian teenagers to radicalized introverts.
Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Judge Dismisses Khobar Towers Case Against Iran — WASHINGTON — A magistrate judge in the District Court of Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit by the survivors and families of victims of the June 25, 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that sought millions of dollars …
Michael Horsnell / Times of London:
Family's fears at East London terror protest — Muslims demonstrated outside an East London police station today against last week's anti-terror raid by armed officers. — In a sometimes tense stand-off, about 100 protestors were heavily outnumbered by police as fundamentalists waved placards …
BBC:
Defeat for net neutrality backers — US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation. — Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use.
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