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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.
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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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.
Amit Varma / India Uncut:Bomb blasts in Mumbai's railway stations
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Audrey Gillan / Guardian:
Syd Barrett dies aged 60 — Syd Barrett, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd and one of the key figures of the 60s, has died at the Cambridgeshire home to which he retreated as a recluse more than 30 years ago. — The Guardian has learned that the singer, 60, who suffered …
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MSNBC:
U.N. council delays vote on N. Korea sanctions — Beijing threatens veto while Tokyo suggests preemptive strike — UNITED NATIONS - Supporters of a resolution that would impose limited sanctions against North Korea agreed to delay a vote in the hope that China can pressure Pyongyang …
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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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Associated Press:
Judge Rules FBI Raid on Rep. Jefferson's Office Was Legal — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into "a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime."
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.
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 …
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Attacks across Iraq kill at least 47 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arab representatives said Tuesday they will end their boycott of Iraq's parliament following a call for reconciliation by a radical Shiite cleric and promises that a kidnapped colleague will be released.
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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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.
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