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Bomb tunnel, flood city — One man is busted in Beirut, others hunted across — globe and terrorists are seen linked to Zarqawi — BY ALLISON GENDAR in New York and JAMES GORDON MEEK in Washington — The FBI has uncovered what officials consider a serious plot by jihadists to bomb …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
FBI disrupts New York City tunnel plot — WASHINGTON - Authorities have disrupted planning by foreign terrorists for an attack on New York City tunnels, two law enforcement officials said Friday. — FBI agents monitoring Internet chat rooms used by extremists learned in recent months …
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CNN:
N.Y. tunnel terror plot uncovered — Plot surfaced via Internet postings — (CNN) — U.S. and Lebanese agents have foiled terrorist plans to attack New York's transportation system, U.S. authorities said Friday. — Counterrorism sources confirmed that a plot to blow up tunnels …
John O'Neil / New York Times:
N.Y. Plot Is Uncovered in Early Stage — Authorities in Lebanon have arrested a man in connection with a plot to blow up part of the New York transportation system, officials said today. — Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York Representative Peter T. King of Long Island confirmed a report …
David J. Silverman / cjp.org:
Lieberman's Support for Iraq War Creates Dilemma for Jewish Backers — WASHINGTON, July 5 (JTA) — Six years after Joe Lieberman presented Jewish Democrats with an unprecedented triumph, he may pose an intractable dilemma. — If the U.S. senator from Connecticut loses an Aug. 8 primary …
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Los Angeles Times:Purging antiwar Democrats
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:Lieberman comes out swinging in feisty debate
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
President Has a Smooth Ride on 'Larry King Live' — Two kinds of celebrities go on "Larry King Live" on CNN: those with something to sell and those with something to hide. — Al Gore and Brandon Routh, the young star of the newly released "Superman Returns," recently appeared on the show to promote their new movies.
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CNN:
Transcript of Larry King with President Bush, Laura Bush — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Good evening. We're in the Blue Room of the White House. This is the first presidential interview ever done …
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New York Times:
Algerian Tells of Dark Odyssey in U.S. Hands — ALGIERS — Two years ago, a motley collection of prisoners spent night after night repeating their telephone numbers to one another from within the dark and dirty cells where they were being held in Afghanistan.
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proteinwisdom.com:
More from the tolerant left — Fresh off this bit from John Wesley Hardin (aka "Lo Ping Wong," aka "shaved chubby"), I've been treated to yet another heaping helping of that famed progressive compassion, this time from someone purporting to be Dr. Debbie Frisch, adjunct instructor of psychology …
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Judy Bachrach / Vanity Fair:
Washington Babylon — California Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham traded military contracts for $2.4 million in antiques, cash, and other booty. He is now in jail, but his case exposed a world of bribery, booze, and broads that reaches into the Pentagon, the C.I.A., and Congress.
Niles Lathem / New York Post:
COULTER ON THE CARPET — PLAGIARISM PROBE — July 7, 2006 — WASHINGTON - The distributor of blond bomb-thrower Ann Coulter's columns announced yesterday it is investigating allegations of plagiarism that were raised in a recent Post report about her writings.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Ruling Keeps DeLay on Ballot — Judge Sides With Democrats, Says Former Lawmaker Can't Quit — A federal judge in Texas threw the political retirement of former House majority leader Tom DeLay into doubt yesterday, ruling that the Texas Republican Party must keep the indicted former congressman …
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John Kifner / New York Times:
Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts — A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racial hate groups, recruiting shortfalls caused by the war in Iraq have allowed "large numbers of neo-Nazis and skinhead extremists" to infiltrate the military, according to a watchdog organization.
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BBC:
Nation remembers 7 July victims — The UK has been paying tribute to the victims of the 7 July London attacks, one year after suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured nearly 800. — Cathedral bells have tolled, flowers have been laid near the blast scenes and at noon the country fell silent …
People.com:
Bush at 60: 'I Really Do Feel Young' — President Bush turns 60 on Thursday, but it hasn't slowed him down. On the run, he talks to PEOPLE about biking, bum knees and bad gifts. — What's the last body part that gave out on you? — My knee. My legs are probably next.
Agence France Presse:
UN debates draft resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza — UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council debated a draft resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of detained Palestinian officials but the United States described it as "unbalanced".
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: Almost Two-Thirds Want Iraq Withdrawal — NEW YORK A new Gallup poll finds that roughly 2 in 3 Americans urge a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, with 31% wanting this to start immediately. But it also found that while 64% feel they "understand" the Bush administraton's argument for staying in Iraq …
Reuters:
'Breast ironing' to stunt girls' growth widespread — 1 in 4 girls in Cameroon suffer this abuse to protect against rape — YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) — Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene …
John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Man indicted in phone jamming case will argue Administration approved election scheme — The fourth man indicted in a New Hampshire phone-jamming scheme — in which Republican operatives jammed the phone lines of Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts in a 2002 Senate race …
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