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Ramola Talwar Badam / Associated Press:
Death toll at 105 in India train bombings — BOMBAY, India - Seven bombs hit Bombay's commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, killing at least 105 people and wounding more than 300 in what authorities called a well-coordinated attack. — India's major cities were put …
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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. …
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BBC:
Scores dead in Mumbai explosions — Scores of people have been killed in at least seven blasts on trains in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), police say. — The city's police Chief AN Roy said on Indian TV as many as 100 people were feared killed and more than 250 hurt.
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.
Fox News:
Seven Explosions Hit India Train Stations During Rush Hour — MUMBAI, India — Seven explosions hit Mumbai's transit system on Tuesday, killing at leat 131 people and injuring more than 300, in what officials described as a well-coordinated terrorist attack.
Pajamas Media:
Mumbai Blasts — UPDATE 8:00am Pacific: CNN-IBN: "At least 100 killed." — Jihad Watch: "The bombings show signs of being the work of Kashmir jihadists." Reuters blames "Suspected Islamist "militants"" — Bill Roggio @ The Counterterrorism Blog: "The major Indian cities have been placed on high alert after the bombings.
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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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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US reverses policy on military detainees — The Pentagon has decided in a major policy shift that all detainees held in US military custody around the world are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions, according to two people familiar with the move.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
U.S. will give detainees Geneva rights — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Tuesday that all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in U.S. military custody everywhere are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions. — White House spokesman Tony Snow said the policy …
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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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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.
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.
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Associated Press:
Colo. OKs Toughest U.S. Immigration Bills — DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers ended a five-day special session on illegal immigration with a resounding approval of several bills that Democrats call the toughest in the nation and Republicans say don't go far enough.
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Matt Hughes / Times of London:
Read my lips: the taunt that made Zidane snap — Our correspondent finds out what may have caused a great player to lose his head in such spectacular style — WITH his monkish mien backed by a sense of brooding menace, Zinédine Zidane has always been something of an enigma …
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
MSNBC's Star Carves Anti-Fox Niche — Keith Olbermann, in his office: "You don't punch down. If you're in my position, you punch upwards." — He is either the leading man of MSNBC or its leading agent provocateur, but Keith Olbermann has no problem embracing either role.
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.
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 …
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Washington Post:
Lawmaker Criticized for PAC Fees Paid to Wife — In the past two years, campaign and political action committees controlled by Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) paid ever-larger commissions to his wife's one-person company and spent tens of thousands of dollars on gifts at stores …
Peter Urban / connpost.com:
Commercial fudges facts on campaign — Lieberman, Lamont trade barbs over false and doctored images — WASHINGTON — "No More Joe." — That's the bumper sticker appearing in the latest campaign advertisement airing across Connecticut in the ongoing Democratic primary battle for U.S. Senate.
statehousenews.com:
THE STATE HOUSE NEWS POLL — The following are key findings from The State House News Poll, a telephone poll conducted among 410 adults living in Massachusetts by KRC/Communications Research for The State House News Service. The poll was conducted from June 28-30, 2006 …
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