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12:50 AM ET, July 12, 2006

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Times of India:
LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai blasts  —  [ 11 Jul, 2006 2329hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]  —  NEW DELHI: The terror attack on Mumbai trains was carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba and local Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists and was designed to trigger communal conflagration …
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CNN:
40 killed in Mumbai train blasts  —  MUMBAI, India (CNN) — At least 40 people have been killed in seven explosions on crowded rush-hour commuter trains in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, police said.  —  More than 100 people were injured in the blasts, which took place between 6:20 and 7 p.m. …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Six Seven explosions at Bombay train stations (Update: Prime suspect emerges)  —  During rush hour, says Drudge, who has the siren up.  Nothing yet on Fox.  —  What is it with the eleventh of the month?  —  Stand by.  —  Update: There were six explosions in Srinagar this morning, too.
Financial Times:   Mumbai commuter train blasts least 170
Fox News:
Seven Explosions Hit India Train Stations During Rush Hour
Discussion: Assorted Babble and Daimnation!
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:   7 Bombs detonated on Bombay Rail System
Gateway Pundit:   Bombs in Mumbai!  —  The bombs went off during rush hour in India's financial center,
Washington Post:
Bomb Attacks in Bombay Kill at Least 139
Robert Novak / Human Events:
My Leak Case Testimony  —  Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after two and one-half years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded.  That frees me to reveal my role in the federal inquiry that …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Robert Novak Acknowledges Confidential Administration Sources  —  Syndicated columnist Robert Novak acknowledged for the first time today that he identified three confidential administration sources during testimony in the CIA leak investigation, saying he did so because they had granted …
Alexis Simendinger / National Journal:
Who's Making What In The White House  —  President Bush's most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of "assistant to the president" — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White House list of staff salaries.
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Think Progress:   The Four Most Overpaid White House Staffers
New York Times:
In Big Shift, U.S. to Follow Geneva Treaty for Detainees  —  WASHINGTON, July 11 — In a sweeping change of policy, the Pentagon has decided that it will treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standards spelled out in the Geneva conventions, a senior defense official said today.
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New York Sun:
Bring Back the Neocons  —  So look where President Bush's decision to sideline the neoconservatives has gotten him.  Instead of worrying about America, Iran now holds the upper hand, choosing which U.N. officials will inspect it as America begs Tehran to accept an offer of negotiations and …
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David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
Bush, Congress Consider North Korea "Free" Trade Pact
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market?  —  WASHINGTON, July 11 — It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified "Beach at End of a Street."
Joel Havemann / Los Angeles Times:
Deficit's Good News Less Than Meets the Eye  —  WASHINGTON — When President Bush releases the traditional midsummer update on the budget today, he is expected to announce that federal revenue has soared above predicted levels and that the deficit is headed for a welcome decline from earlier estimates …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Prominent right-wing blogger today calls for the murder of Supreme Court Justices - the Right fails to condemn it  —  If your only source for news was reading right-wing blogs, you would have thought that the most significant world event in the last few days was that some crazy woman …
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Lieberman's Real Problem  —  I am about to become a traitor to my class.  Among my estimable colleagues in the Washington commentariat, the idea that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat over Lieberman's support for the Iraq war seems to evoke incredulity and exasperation.
Discussion: MyDD and LamontBlog
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Bush Job Approval Edges Up to 40%  —  First time since February that Bush approval in the 40% range  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President George W. Bush's job approval rating has edged up slightly higher in Gallup's latest poll, and is now at 40% for the first since early February.
Associated Press:
Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett dies  —  Troubled musician, 60, lived final years largely as recluse  —  LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday.  He was 60.
Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
Rocky Mountain Low  —  The battle over illegal immigration moves to the states.  —  The spotlight in the illegal immigration debate has been on Congress's field hearings.  But the action has been in Colorado, where the state legislature spent the weekend haggling over whether to cut government services to illegal aliens.
Discussion: Hot Air, BizzyBlog.com and Daily Pundit
 
 
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