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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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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."
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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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Byron Calame / New York Times:
Secrecy, Security, the President and the Press — THE Bush administration's unusually harsh attacks on The New York Times for exposing a secret banking-data surveillance program have turned a glaring spotlight on the paper's decision to publish the article.
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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.
Jerusalem Post:
Designer who rescued 406 Jews in Nazi-occupied Netherlands dies — Jaap Penraat, an architect and industrial designer who helped 406 Jews sneak out of Nazi-occupied Netherlands and withstood torture to protect fellow members of the resistance, has died, his daughter said.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Roberts Is at Court's Helm, but He Isn't Yet in Control — WASHINGTON, July 1 — As the dust settled on a consequential Supreme Court term, the first in 11 years with a change in membership and the first in two decades with a new chief justice, one question that lingered was whether …
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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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Charles J. Hanley / Associated Press:
Journalists and 'leakers' feel heat — NEW YORK - Headline by headline, a trickle of news leaks on Iraq and the antiterror campaign has grown into a steady stream of revelations, and from Pennsylvania Avenue to Downing Street, Copenhagen to Canberra, governments are responding with pressure and prosecutions.
Times of London:
Brown revives plan to hold terror suspects for 90 days — GORDON BROWN is to revive controversial government plans to hold terrorism suspects for 90 days without charge as one of his "early pledges" in advance of becoming prime minister. — In the week of the anniversary of the July 7 attacks on London …
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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.
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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Tom Tomorrow / This Modern World:
The sound of one hand slapping a forehead — Okay, I think I've figured it out: Ana Marie Cox is the female David Brooks. Actually, that's not quite fair to David Brooks, who's positively insightful by comparison. Reading Ana Marie's review of Katha Pollitt's new book is more like reading Britney Spears' thoughts on Noam Chomsky.
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Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Woman of The Nation — Strident feminism can seem out of place …
Woman of The Nation — Strident feminism can seem out of place …
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