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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.
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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.
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 …
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Rethinking Embattled Tactics in Terror War — Courts, Hill and Allies Press Administration — Five years after the attacks on the United States, the Bush administration faces the prospect of reworking key elements of its anti-terrorism effort in light of challenges from the courts …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Beheading Desecration Video of Dead U.S. Soldiers Released on Internet by al Qaeda (Video/Images) — A brutal video showing the desecration of the bodies of two U.S. soldiers has been released on the internet by an al Qaeda linked group. The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Insurgent Group Posts Video of 2 Mutilated U.S. Soldiers — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 10 — Insurgents posted an Internet video on Monday showing the mutilated bodies of two American soldiers abducted in June and found murdered days later during a search by American and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad.
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J. Michael Kennedy / Chicago Tribune:Iraq jolted by burst of sectarian violence
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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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Kate Phillips / New York Times:
Judge Upholds F.B.I. Search of Lawmaker's Office — WASHINGTON, July 10 — While acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the F.B.I. search of Representative William J. Jefferson's legislative offices, a federal judge ruled Monday that the seizure of records there was legal and did not violate …
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Paul Blustein / Washington Post:
Smaller Budget Deficit Projected — Tax Cuts Credited; Long-Term Outlook Still Seen as Bleak — The Bush administration is planning to trumpet today a midyear revision of its budget estimates projecting that a recent surge in tax revenue will help to shrink this year's federal deficit below $300 billion …
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Susan Haigh / Newsday:
Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate — HARTFORD, Conn. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman filed paperwork Monday that will allow him to collect signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot if he loses an August primary. — Lieberman's campaign announced the move in an e-mail to reporters.
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Salon:
Tastes great, less filling — Remember preemption? — It seems like just a few months ago — and it was — that the Bush administration laid out a National Security Strategy in which it said that the United States held itself free to use force "before attacks occur," even if the time and place of such attacks isn't yet known.
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Washington Post:
General Speaks of Immigrant Father — MIAMI, July 10 — A congressional hearing on immigration came to a dramatic pause Monday when Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choked up as he talked about his Italian immigrant father and the opportunities that America had given to his family.
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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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Kos The Democratic Keyboard Kingpin — Welcome to the newly inaugurated All Things Beautiful! — To those of you who have waited patiently for the last couple of days, thank you, I hope it was worth the wait, and thank you for all the wonderful e-mails of encouragement and offers of technical support, it was much appreciated.
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Associated Press:
Chechen Terror Leader Shamil Basayev Killed in Russia — MOSCOW — Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for modern Russia's worst terrorist attacks, was killed Monday, Russia's top intelligence official said. — Federal Security Service head Nikolai Patrushev told …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP's Looming Battle — As it looks beyond the elections of 2006, a Republican Party known for ideological solidarity is on the cusp of a far more searching philosophical battle than are the Democrats, historically accustomed to bruising fights over the finer points of political theory.
Ismail Haniyeh / Washington Post:
Aggression Under False Pretenses — GAZA, Palestine — As Americans commemorated their annual celebration of independence from colonial occupation, rejoicing in their democratic institutions, we Palestinians were yet again besieged by our occupiers, who destroy our roads and buildings …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The UW 9/11 denialist appears on "Hannity and Colmes." — The day the university announced its decision to permit Kevin Barrett to teach the one course he was hired to teach, he appeared on "Hannity and Colmes," introduced by Alan Colmes as "University of Wisconsin professor Kevin Barrett."
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