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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.
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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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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 …
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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. …
New York Times:
6 Missiles Fired by North Korea; Tests Protested
6 Missiles Fired by North Korea; Tests Protested
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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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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.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Polling Right-Of-Center Bloggers On Illegal Immigration
Polling Right-Of-Center Bloggers On Illegal Immigration
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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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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.)
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Addressing Soldiers, Bush Denounces Early Pullout in Iraq
Addressing Soldiers, Bush Denounces Early Pullout in Iraq
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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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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.
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.
Carrie Sheffield / The Hill:
McCain panel's Abramoff report retribution for 2000, Norquist says — Conservative activist Grover Norquist says a Senate report connecting him with convicted felon Jack Abramoff is a personal attack from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that could hurt the senator's recent efforts to woo the right for a presidential bid.
Leonard David / space.com:
Tourism Update: Jeff Bezos' Spaceship Plans Revealed — The public space travel business is picking up suborbital speed thanks to a variety of private rocket groups and their dream machines. — Joining the mix is Blue Origin's New Shepard Reusable Launch System.