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Hamas leaders arrested; Israeli executed — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces rounded up dozens of Palestinian Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from Hamas, increasing pressure on the Islamic militants to release a captured Israeli soldier, and witnesses said tanks moved into northern Gaza …
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France blasts Hamas members' arrest — French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy condemned on Thursday the arrest of over 60 Hamas members by Israeli forces early in the morning. He said that diplomacy was the only solution to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians …
Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:Into Hamastan — Unless he is extraordinarily lucky …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Behind Bush's Fury, a Vow Made in 2001 — WASHINGTON, June 28 — Ever since President Bush vowed days after the Sept. 11 attacks to "follow the money as a trail to the terrorists," the government has made no secret of its efforts to hunt down the bank accounts of Al Qaeda and its allies.
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Washington Post:
Bush Seeks to Use Media Leaks to His Advantage — Attack on Newspapers Continues as Some Democrats Accuse White House of Trying to Divert Attention — President Bush rallied Republicans with another attack on the media last night, in remarks that highlighted efforts at the White House …
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Terrorist funds-tracking no secret, some say — Cite White House boasts of tighter monitoring system — WASHINGTON — News reports disclosing the Bush administration's use of a special bank surveillance program to track terrorist financing spurred outrage in the White House and on Capitol Hill …
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The Daily Muck — DeLay: Who Can Resist The Call of the Shaved Beaver? — Ah, the freedom that comes from leaving elected office. — A few weeks after departing the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay served as charity auctioneer at a fundraiser for Safari Club International …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Uphold Most Remapping in Texas by G.O.P. — WASHINGTON, June 28 — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a broad challenge to Texas's controversial Congressional redistricting plan, giving a victory to the Republican Party and the architect of the plan, Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader.
Nathaniel Persily / Washington Post:
Court Upholds Much of Texas Redistricting — University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor — The transcript follows. — Read: Court Nixes Part of Texas Political Map — Supreme Court ruling — Tampa, Fla.: Does this decision give a road mp to other states wanting to do the same thing?
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Effort to Secure Texas Led to Fall Of Tom DeLay
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Iraq War Ends Silently for One American Soldier — RAMADI, Iraq, June 28 — A soldier was dead, and it was time for him to go home. — The doors to the little morgue swung open, and six soldiers stepped outside carrying a long black bag zippered at the top. — About 60 soldiers were waiting to say goodbye.
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Dave Drake / david-drake.com:
JIM BAEN — Jim Baen called me on the afternoon of June 11. He generally phoned on weekends, and we'd usually talk a couple more times in the course of a week; but this was the last time. — In the course of the conversation he said, "You've got to write my obituary, you know."
Patrick J. Buchanan / The American Conservative:
Time for an "Agonizing Reappraisal" — Gazing across what Zbigniew Brzezinski once called the "arc of crisis," U.S. foreign policy appears to be disintegrating. — On the Horn of Africa, Islamic warriors have seized Mogadishu. The warlords, our allies, are on the run.
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James C. Dobson / CNN:
Commentary: Media provides cover for assault on traditional marriage — Editor's note: James C. Dobson is founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action. He has a Ph.D. in child development and is author of the best-selling book, "Bringing Up Boys." He's currently working on a follow-up, "Bringing Up Girls."
Washington Post:
Official Charged in Abramoff Scandal — An Interior Department official who has acknowledged receiving meals and tickets to sporting events from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been charged with filing a false financial disclosure report. — Roger G. Stillwell, an employee …
George Conger / Jerusalem Post:
BBC rejects call to change terminology — LONDON — The BBC has rejected a call made by an independent panel studying charges of bias in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to change its editorial policies on the use of the word "terrorist" and appoint a senior editor to oversee its Middle East coverage.
Shaun Schafer / Associated Press:
Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial — BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience. — Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench …
Sholnn Freeman / Washington Post:
Pollution in Overdrive — New Report Cites U.S. Motorists For Production of Greenhouse Gases — When it comes to greenhouse gases, U.S. drivers are getting more of the blame. — Americans represent 5 percent of the world's population but contribute 45 percent of the world's emission of carbon dioxide …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Stop Telling Me What To Write — In late September of 2004, MyDD's average daily traffic had just passed 40,000 readers a day. However, the traffic surge was new, and I was still finding it very difficult to live off the $650 in ad revenue I had pulled in for the previous month …
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