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10:30 AM ET, July 5, 2006

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Associated Press:
North Korea tests 7th missile amid furor  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.
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Washington Post:
North Korea Test-Fires Seventh Missile  —  Launch Comes After Controversial Long-Range Rocket Fails; U.N. Session Set After U.S., Japan Condemn Action  —  North Korea test-fired another missile today, at least its seventh such launch in 48 hours, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters in Tokyo.
CNN:
North Korea test-fires 7th missile  —  (CNN) — North Korea test-fired a seventh missile Wednesday — amid international furor over the regime's launch of six missiles just hours earlier.  —  The Japanese Defense Agency said one ballistic missile was fired from southeastern North Korea around 5:20 p.m. …
Joseph Coleman / Associated Press:
World condemns North Korean missile tests  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea test-fired a seventh missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor that began when the reclusive regime defied international protests by launching a long-range missile and at least five shorter-range rockets earlier in the day.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
North Korea launches missile show  —  North Korea launched a volley of missiles yesterday, including a long-range Taepodong-2, which can strike U.S. territory, and five others, including one that landed near Russian territory.  —  A Pentagon official said there were "multiple launches …
StrategyPage:
Forget the Missiles, This is Even More Bizarre  —  July 5, 2006: While everyone's attention was focused on North Korean missiles, the real story is the North Korean economy.  It continues to fall apart, and more North Koreans are unhappy about that.  Worse yet, more North Koreans are finding …
Discussion: A Blog For All
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:   U.S. chides N. Korea on missile testing
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Security Cabinet approves deeper incursion into Gaza  —  The Security Cabinet called for prolonged and gradual military action in Gaza and the West Bank, at a meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the Shalit crisis and how to respond to Tuesday's rocket attack on Ashkelon.
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Olmert Issues Veiled Threat Against Syria
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Ravi Nessman / Associated Press:
Palestinian rocket hits Israeli city
Discussion: Reuters and Mere Rhetoric
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IAF strikes school building in Gaza
Discussion: Big Lizards and Israellycool
Haaretz:
Security cabinet approves broader IDF operation in Gaza
Discussion: Yourish.com
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman Tries to Reassert Commitment to Democrats  —  WILLIMANTIC, Conn., July 4 — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman tried to reassert his commitment to the Democratic Party today, after announcing on Monday that he would run independently for reelection if he loses the state Democratic primary next month.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mia Culpa
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Signaling Shift in Stance on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, July 4 — On the eve of nationwide hearings that could determine the fate of his immigration bill, President Bush is signaling a new willingness to negotiate with House Republicans in an effort to revise the stalled legislation before Election Day.
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Global Warming's Real Inconvenient Truth  —  "Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the next century, but — regardless of whether it is or isn't — we won't do much about it.  We will (I am sure) argue ferociously over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it.
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Former regime said at core of insurgency  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government's list of the 41 most wanted fugitives suggests that former members of Saddam Hussein's regime form the backbone of the insurgency despite attention paid to the role of religious extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Judicial nominee asked about club  —  Just six months after quitting the all-male social club to which he belonged for 50 years, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is questioning one of President Bush's nominees to the federal bench about his membership in an all-male dining club.
White House:
President Bush Thanks Military on Independence Day at Fort Bragg, North Carolina  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  (Laughter.)  It's a pleasure to be back here at Fort Bragg — "Home of our Airborne and Special Forces."  (Applause.)
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and The Rude Pundit
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Addressing Soldiers, Bush Denounces Early Pullout in Iraq
Discussion: Blog for Bell
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
In Ramadi, Fetid Quarters and Unrelenting Battles  —  RAMADI, Iraq, July 4 — The Government Center in the middle of this devastated town resembles a fortress on the wild edge of some frontier: it is sandbagged, barricaded, full of men ready to shoot, surrounded by rubble and enemies eager to get inside.
Discussion: Mia Culpa and Needlenose
USA Today:
Iraq considers arming insurgents  —  BAGHDAD — Iraq's government is studying a request from some local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the heavily armed foreign fighters who were once their allies, according to two Iraqi lawmakers.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Mia Culpa
Chantal Valery / Agence France Presse:
US 'flag epidemic' reaches peak on Fourth of July  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - It's a true epidemic: the red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes banners are everywhere in the United States - on house facades, front lawns, cars and clothes.  —  Hitting an high point on the July 4 US Independence Day holiday …
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