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Associated Press:
Nasrallah speaks, vows surprises — Hizbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, spoke for the first Thursday since the beginning of the week, saying Hizbullah's entire infrastructure and leadership hierarchy were still intact and functional. — "I can confirm without exaggerating …
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Haaretz:
IDF searching for tunnels in south Lebanon — Two IDF soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in heavy clashes with Hezbollah just inside south Lebanon, close to Moshav Avivim, on Thursday afternoon. — Hezbollah fired mortar shells in the area in effort to disrupt the rescue of the wounded.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
To Save a Revolution — You could sense the hurt and anger as Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora pleaded this week to the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats in Beirut for a halt to Israeli attacks on Lebanese targets. "The country has been torn to shreds," he said. "I hope you will not let us down."
Ynetnews:
2 IDF choppers collide, then crash in north; casualties reported — (VIDEO) Two Apache combat helicopters on way to mission in Lebanon make contact in mid-air, crash south of Kiryat Shmona; casualties reported; circumstances of incident unclear at this time, but IDF believes crash caused by accident
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Amos Harel / Associated Press:
Four soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah; thousands of IDF troops in Lebanon
Four soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah; thousands of IDF troops in Lebanon
White House:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Annual Convention — Washington, D.C. — African American History — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Bruce, thanks for your introduction. Bruce is a polite guy — I thought what he was going to say, it's about time you showed up.
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Washington Post:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Convention — BUSH: Thank you very much. — Bruce, thanks for your introduction. — Bruce is a polite guy. I thought what he was going to say, "It's about time you showed up." — Ain't I glad I did? — See, I see this as a moment of opportunity.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
STOCHASTIC BLOGGING....I found myself uninspired by the news today and unable to find anything I felt like blogging about, so instead I played hooky for a couple of hours and went to see A Scanner Darkly. It turned out to be — interesting. And remarkably faithful to the book, too …
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MSNBC:
Bush to stem cell community: Drop dead — President's veto of embryonic research funding reflects incoherent policy — Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. — Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. — President Bush's embryonic stem cell policy began with lies and has now ended with one.
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Don Michak / journalinquirer.com:
Bill Clinton to campaign for Lieberman in Waterbury — U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is rolling out the big gun in his increasingly close primary battle with Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont. — Former President Bill Clinton is slated to campaign on behalf of the three-term incumbent Monday in Waterbury …
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David Wooding / The Sun:
Exiled Bakri in SOS plea — EXILED preacher of hate Omar Bakri has begged the Royal Navy to rescue him from war-torn Beirut. — The Muslim cleric who fled Britain last year, tried to board a ship full of women and children yesterday but was turned away. — He also wrote to the British …
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Reuters:
Iran leader asks Germany for help on Zionism — German government official says a letter written by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to German Chancellor Merkel asks her to help solve Palestinian problem, deal with Zionism. Official says letter 'rather weird'
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Andrea Shalal-Esa / Reuters:
Pentagon OKs $6 bln in arms sales to Saudi Arabia — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Thursday it approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, radios, armoured vehicles and other military equipment worth more than $6 billion (3.25 billion pounds).
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
In Mideast Strife, Bush Sees a Step To Peace — President Bush's unwillingness to pressure Israel to halt its military campaign in Lebanon is rooted in a view of the Middle East conflict that is sharply different from that of his predecessors. — When hostilities have broken out in the past …
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
The Allure of the Tool Belt — THE evening he made the awkward toast, David Mager was not aware — not consciously, at least — that his longtime girlfriend was involved with the contractor. As far as he was concerned, it was just a joke, a teasing reference to the amount …
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
US Journalists Must Condemn International Federation of Journalists — "Captain" Ed Morrissey, at CaptainsQuarters blog, features this news. … The International Federation of Journalists' general secretary twice condemned Israel for attacking Hezbollah's Al-Manar television network infratructure.
Eric / Classical Values:
WHERE'S GEORGE? AND WHERE'S DOUG? — My previous post about the much-quoted "George Harleigh" (said to be a SIU political science professor who worked for Nixon and Reagan administrations) has received enough attention that I thought it merited a new post.