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Poll: Zarqawi Death Has Little Impact — Most Americans Still Say War's Going Badly; Bush's Ratings Remain Low — (CBS) The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has done little to improve views of how things are going for the U.S. in Iraq or boost President Bush's approval ratings, a CBS News poll finds.
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New York Times:
White House Hones a Strategy for Post-Zarqawi Era — President Bush, flanked by Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other advisers, discussed Iraq at Camp David on Monday. At the end of the day, Mr. Bush began …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush: Democracy in Mideast is worth price — CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush declared Monday to a nation weary of war that democracy in the Middle East is worth the high price to the United States. He also said Iraq's neighbors should be doing more to help.
Olivier Knox / Agence France Presse:
Bush opens Iraq strategy overhaul — CAMP DAVID, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said talk of a US withdrawal from Iraq was premature but placed new leaders in Baghdad squarely in charge of ultimately pacifying their country. — Bush suggested that the fledgling government …
Jerusalem Post:
Report: IDF didn't shell Gaza beach — The IDF probe investigating the deaths of seven Palestinian civilians, caused by an explosion on a beach in Gaza on Friday evening, concluded that chances were slim that the accident was caused by IDF shelling. — According to the findings …
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
Clinton Links GOP Policies to More Storms — As Tropical Storm Alberto threatened to strengthen into the ninth hurricane in 22 months to affect Florida, former President Clinton predicted Monday that Republican environmental policies will lead to more severe storms.
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PittsburghLIVE.com:
Roethlisberger seriously injured — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is in serious but stable condition and underwent surgery following a serious head injury he suffered this morning when his motorcycle collided with a car on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge, police said.
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Michael A. Fuoco / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Roethlisberger exits surgery after serious motorcycle crash
Roethlisberger exits surgery after serious motorcycle crash
Allison Romano / Broadcasting & Cable:
MSNBC Management Shifts Continue — MSNBC's new management team includes one NBC News veteran and, in a surprise move, one of its best-known talents moving into a management role. — As expected, NBC News senior VP Phil Griffin, also a vet of MSNBC, will be the executive in charge of the network, NBC said Monday.
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Associated Press:
Armor on Iraq Humvees Is Linked to Deadly Rollovers — DAYTON, Ohio, June 11 — Thousands of pounds of armor added to military Humvees in Iraq have made the vehicles more likely to roll over and kill or injure soldiers, a newspaper reported. — "I believe the up-armoring has caused …
Mohammed Daraghmeh / philly.com:
Abbas loyalists attack offices in West Bank — OF SPECIAL INTEREST — U.S. / WORLD NEWS FROM THIS MORNING'S INQUIRER — A war council included talks with four who backed the invasion but fault the war's handling. — Looking for new ideas on Iraq, President Bush sought advice …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Asks Judge to Drop Suit on N.S.A. Spying — DETROIT, June 12 — A National Security Agency program that listens in on international communications involving people in the United States is both vital to national security and permitted by the Constitution, a government lawyer told a judge …
BBC:
Iran police beat women activists — Police in Iran have beaten a small group of women activists trying to hold a protest for greater legal rights in the biggest square of the capital. — Several people were arrested by the security forces who moved in almost as soon as activists started gathering.
Toronto Star:
Terror suspects 'tortured,' lawyers say — Tiny solitary cells under constant illumination, a mere 20 minutes of fresh air daily, and beatings at the hands of guards are indicative of the "torture" endured by some of the 17 people accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Canada, lawyers for the group said Monday.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Time Magazine Launches Bukkake Festival — At one point during our FDL caucus on the first day of the convention, Ana Marie Cox was standing out in the hallway with Byron York and Pach hailed them inside. York came in and sat down, but as Wankette teetered through the crowd on a pair …
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Sealed vs. Sealed — Four weeks ago, during the time when we reported that White House political adviser Karl Rove was indicted for crimes related to his role in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, the grand jury empanelled in the case returned an indictment that was filed under seal …