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New York Times:
6 Missiles Fired by North Korea; Tests Protested — TOKYO, Wednesday, July 5 — North Korea test-fired at least six missiles over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, including an intercontinental ballistic missile that apparently failed or was aborted 42 seconds after it was launched, White House and Pentagon officials said.
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CNN:
Sources: North Korea tests missiles — Western concerns focused on preparation of long-range rocket — WASHINGTON (CNN) — North Korea tested at least two missiles early Wednesday but has not fired the long-range Taepodong-2 rocket Western observers suspect has been readied for launch, U.S. sources told CNN.
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.
New York Times:
North Korea Test-Fires Several Missiles — North Korea test-fired several missiles in the early hours of Wednesday, July 5 (Tuesday afternoon Eastern time), apparently including the Taepodong-2, the long-range missile at the heart of diplomatic tensions with the United States and its allies …
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.
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
U.S. chides N. Korea on missile testing — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Tuesday five missiles were fired by North Korea in what it called a provocation, but not an immediate threat to the United States. — "We do consider it provocative behavior," National Security Adviser said.
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:N. Korea fires long-range missile, others
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:Breaking: North Korea test- fires missile (Two missiles?)
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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.
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Marc Humbert / Newsday:
Sen. Clinton: Lieberman on own if he loses Dem primary — ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a longtime supporter of Sen. Joseph Lieberman, said Tuesday she will not back the Connecticut Democrat's bid for re-election if he loses their party's primary. — "I've known Joe Lieberman for more than thirty years.
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.
Omri / Mere Rhetoric:
Memo to World - Israel Not Occupying Gaza Any More. Please Stop Using That Excuse. — Obviously, no one expects pathological scapegoating to be rational. But is it also too much to ask that it actually make sense? >Blaming all things Palestinian on the Occupation …
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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.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Addressing Soldiers, Bush Denounces Early Pullout in Iraq — FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 4 — In a rousing Independence Day speech to hundreds of soldiers and their families, President Bush warned on Tuesday that setting an artificial timetable for withdrawal of Iraq would be "a terrible mistake" …
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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.
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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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