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Ravi Nessman / Associated Press:
Israel strike hits Palestinian PM's office — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at the Palestinian prime minister's office early Sunday, just hours after a Palestinian official said the soldier whose abduction sent Israeli troops into Gaza is alive and in stable condition.
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Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Government to vote on supplying electricity to Gaza — The government will vote Sunday on a proposal to supply electricity from Israel to the Gaza Strip, in order to resume electricity to the area after an Israel Air Force strike on a Palestinian power station there.
Associated Press:
"No Matter What, the Violence Will Never Stop" — Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook is second in command of the political Hamas leadership in Syrian exile. In an interview, he tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that the agreement with Fatah on the foundation of a Palestinian state does not mean that his organization will recognize Israel.
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Solomonia
Reuters:
Israeli air strike targets Palestinian PM's office — Source: Reuters — GAZA, July 2 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed at least one person in helicopter missile attacks on the Gaza City office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and an office used by forces loyal to his governing party, witnesses said.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Conservative pundits reveal murderous plot by the Travel Section of the NYT! — (updated below) — I learned today from Michelle Malkin, Powerline's John Hinderaker, Red State, and David Horowitz, among others, that The New York Times not only wants to help Al Qaeda launch terrorist attacks …
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Washington Post:
Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm — EL CAMPO, Tex. — Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years.
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New York Times:
Hiring Federal Lobbyists, Towns Learn Money Talks — TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Rebuffed on several requests for state and federal financing to help rebuild its crumbling bridge, this small resort town was all but resigned to raising the money by doubling the 50-cent bridge toll, increasing property taxes and issuing bonds.
Washington Post:
The Power of Hillary — "Hillary Clinton really is one of the weakest . . . nominees with whom the Democrats could be saddled." — "Democrats are worried sick about her chances." — "Just give someone else a chance, so we in the Democratic Party can elect a Democrat." — "She cannot possibly, possibly win."
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Kerry faces hard road in presidential bid — DES MOINES, Iowa - Seeking the presidency is harder the second time around. As the race for 2008 builds, Democratic Sen. John Kerry has left little doubt about his intentions to try again after his narrow loss to President Bush in 2004.
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Beth Gardiner / Associated Press:
Defiant Blair hits back at his critics — LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, struggling to keep his hold on power after months of questions about when he intends to resign, snapped back at critics Saturday with a defiant declaration that "this is the time to hold firm."
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Discontent over Iraq may cost Republicans control of Congress, poll says — WASHINGTON — President Bush's job approval rating is up slightly, but discontent over the Iraq war, especially among women, is continuing to boost Democratic prospects in the struggle for control of Congress, a Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
Michelle Malkin:
SUPERMAN AND THE AMERICAN WAY — I sat through about half of Superman Returns yesterday. The movie was boring and gave me a headache. But that's just me. Guess I'm just one of those people who doesn't have the patience for Hollyweird escapism that pits softened not-so-superheroes against rootless, not-so-arch enemies.
bloomberg.com:
Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say — June 30 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court.
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The All Spin Zone
Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Woman of The Nation — Strident feminism can seem out of place — even tacky — in a world where women have come so demonstrably far. With Katie Couric at the anchor desk, Condoleezza Rice leading the State Department and Hillary Clinton aiming for the top of the ticket, many of the young …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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Adam Zagorin / Time:
At Guantanamo, Dying Is Not Permitted — A TIME Investigation: The Supreme Court handed the prisoners at Gitmo a victory, but authorities there continue to use harsh methods to break one of their most common methods of protest — the hunger strike — The prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba …
Todd Bishop / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
John Edwards courts tech crowd in Seattle — John Edwards, the former U.S. vice presidential candidate, sought common ground with bloggers and other hard-core techies in Seattle on Friday — conceding, among other things, that he's sometimes too polished for the unvarnished Internet age.