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4:39 AM ET, July 1, 2006

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The Australian:
Israel warns: free soldier or PM dies  —  Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov  —  ISRAEL last night threatened to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh if Hamas militants did not release a captured Israeli soldier unharmed.  —  The unprecedented warning was delivered …
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CNN:
Israeli TV: Doctor treated kidnapped soldier  —  Palestinian leader: Israel aims to destroy Hamas government  —  JERUSALEM (CNN) — A doctor told Israeli TV on Friday that he has seen kidnapped 19-year-old army Cpl. Gilad Shalit and treated him for injuries.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Warner Is Uncertain on Legislation for Tribunals  —  WASHINGTON, June 30 — A leading Senate Republican said Friday that he was not sure that Congress should pass legislation to create new military tribunals for terror suspects, a stance that raised doubts about prospects for a White House plan …
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Mark Moller / Cato-at-liberty:
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: A (Tentative) Guide for the Perplexed  —  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the recent Supreme Court case concerning the use of special military commissions to try Guantanamo prisoners, is a bear to boil down, accurately, in a single blog post.  It touches on a perfect storm of arcane questions …
Pete Yost / Associated Press:   Experts: Ruling weakens Bush spying plan
Washington Post:   GOP Seeks Advantage In Ruling On Trials
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Foreign Policy Tries a Little Shake, Rattle and Roll  —  MEMPHIS, June 30— In the annals of international diplomacy, it was not exactly Yalta.  But today's visit to Graceland — the ticky-tacky Elvis Presley mansion here — by President Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan brought …
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Jerusalem Post:
New UN rights body targets Israel  —  GENEVA  —  The new UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to make a review of alleged human rights abuses by Israel a permanent feature of every council session.  —  The resolution, which was sponsored by Islamic countries, was passed by a vote of 29-12, with five abstentions.
Discussion: Yourish.com and JOSHUAPUNDIT
USA Today:
A note to our readers  —  On May 11, USA TODAY reported that the National Security Agency, with the cooperation of several of America's leading telecommunications companies, had compiled a database of domestic phone call records in an effort to monitor terrorist activity.
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Associated Press:   USA Today: Call Database Not So Broad
Walter Olson / New York Post:
N.Y. JUDGE WARS: HIDDEN '06 ISSUE  —  June 30, 2006 — AT least three of the seven seats on the Court of Appeals, the state's top court, will fall open early in the term of Gov. George Pataki's successor.  So either Democrat Eliot Spitzer (or maybe Tom Suozzi) or Republican John Faso …
Bull Moose:
What a Country!  —  The Moose responds to the Hamdan decision.  —  As we approach Independence Day, the Moose waxes rhapsodic about the wonder and glory that is America.  He recalls the Russian-born comic Yakov Smirnoff who was hot back in the eighties.  When he was confronted with another marvel …
Megan Twohey / JSOnline:
Sept. 11 claim stirs UW probe  —  Instructor says U.S. planned the attacks to provoke war  —  mtwohey@journalsentinel.com  —  The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday that it would launch a review of an instructor who argues that the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks for its own benefit.
Jennifer Nix / The Nation:
How to Create a Liberal Bestseller  —  As a book publisher, it is the best phone call you can make to an author: "Hi, there.  Just wanted to let you know that your book has hit the New York Times bestseller list!"  I made that call to Glenn Greenwald, author of How Would a Patriot Act? …
New York Times:
Kerik Pleads Guilty for Gifts and a Loan  —  Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, pleaded guilty today to two misdemeanor charges as the result of accepting tens of thousands of dollars of gifts and a loan while he was a city official in the late 1990's.
Discussion: The Heretik, TBogg and PrawfsBlawg
Washington Post:
Medicaid Rule Called A Threat To Millions  —  Proof of Citizenship Needed for Benefits  —  A Medicaid rule takes effect tomorrow that will require more than 50 million poor Americans to prove their citizenship or lose their medical benefits or long-term care.
Tkarr / Save the Internet:
Stopping the Big Giveaway - by John Kerry  —  Editor's Note: The following is a guest blog for SavetheInternet.com by Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.):  —  On Wednesday in the Senate Commerce Committee I warned that those of us who believe in net neutrality will block legislation that doesn't get the job done.
 
 
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