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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mexican Presidential Rivals Both Claim Win in Tight Vote — MEXICO CITY, July 2 — Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Felipe Calderón each claimed victory in Mexico's presidential election late Sunday night, even though the country's electoral commission said the race …
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Traci Carl / Associated Press:
Mexico Presidential Race Too Close to Call — Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative free-trader both declaring themselves the winner. Officials said they won't know who won for days.
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Big Lizards
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
War on terror ruling worries GOP lawmakers — WASHINGTON - Two Republican senators said Sunday that Congress must rein in the Supreme Court ruling that international law applies to the Bush administration's conduct in the war on terror. — Thursday's Supreme Court decision embracing Article 3 …
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Associated Press:
Statement demands prisoner release by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert officially rejected on Monday an ultimatum released Monday morning by the kidnappers of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit that set a 6:00 a.m. Tuesday deadline for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
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New York Times:
A New Partnership Binds Old Republican Rivals — John McCain and George W. Bush had notable differences in the 2000 Republican primary season, left. But by Mr. Bush's re-election bid in 2004, the relationship had mellowed, at least publicly. — After years of competitive and often contentious dealings …
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Richard Stengel / Time:
No One Gets a Blank Check — The tension between liberty and security is as old as the Republic—and as new as the latest high-tech listening device. In wartime, that tension very often plays itself out as a battle between the White House and the press. It is doing so again now.
T. F. Boggs / t.f. boggs:
Interview With An Iraqi General — I wrote a story for Michael Yon's Frontline Forum a week ago about the town I am stationed in right now named Qayyarah. Qayyarah is a model for other Iraqi cities because it was once a haven for terrorists but is now safe enough for anyone to travel around in without fear of terrorists.
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Washington Post:
The Unstoppable Cuban Spring — By Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas — HAVANA — In March 2003 dozens of leaders of Cuba's Varela Project and other human rights defenders were detained, subjected to summary trials, condemned to many years in prison, and confined in the most inhumane and cruel conditions.
Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
We Need Fewer Secrets — The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turns 40 tomorrow, the day we celebrate our independence. But this anniversary will not be a day of celebration for the right to information in our country. Our government leaders have become increasingly obsessed with secrecy.
Christopher Mason / New York Times:
Canada to Upgrade the Military and Its Mobility — TORONTO, July 1 — Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has announced the most aggressive upgrade of Canada's military equipment in decades, laying out new expenditures of $15.3 billion to improve transportation capacities.
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Associated Press:
Al-Zarqawi's cell phone reportedly yields surprises — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator. — Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party …
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Outside The Beltway
Raymond Bonner / New York Times:
A Terror Strike, Choreographed on a Computer — JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 2 — The bombs should be small and placed in day packs, making them harder to detect. The bombers should dress like tourists. They should not bother targeting hotels because security is too tight.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Holy. Crap. — Reader Dover Bitch ran across a Ted Stevens extravaganza that I have to share with everyone. As you read the following quote, remember that Senator Ted Stevens — ultra-powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee — is in charge of the bills that, among other things, control the internet.
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
On Right and Left, a Push for Government Openness — WASHINGTON, July 2 — Exasperated by his party's failure to cut government spending, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, is seeking cyberhelp. — Mr. Coburn wants to create a public database, searchable over the Internet …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
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