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Avi Issacharoff / Haaretz:
Gaza groups ready to deal on cease-fire, release of Shalit — All groups in Gaza, including Hamas, would now accept a cease-fire deal with Israel which would include releasing Gilad Shalit, according to the Palestinian Agriculture Minister, who also heads the coordinating committee of Palestinian organizations there.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Rice meeting with Olmert in Israel — JERUSALEM - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, leading the first high-level U.S. diplomatic mission since war broke out in Lebanon, said Tuesday the time has come for a new Middle East and an urgent end to the violence hanging over the region.
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah 'Had Control' of His Anti-Israel Piece — Better late than never? On CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday, CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson added all of the caveats and disclaimers that he should have included in his story last week …
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Coverage of Mideast Conflict — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: The media and the Mideast. As the death toll rises in Israel and Lebanon, are journalists being fair to both sides?
New York Times:
Nations Reluctant to Commit Troops to Lebanon — PARIS, July 24 — Support is building quickly for an international military force to be placed in southern Lebanon, but there remains a small problem: where will the troops come from? — The United States has ruled out its soldiers participating …
Haaretz:
Lebanese parliament speaker rejects Rice cease-fire proposal — Nabih Beri, Lebanon's parliament speaker and Hezbollah's de facto negotiator, rejected proposals brought by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, inisisting a cease-fire must precede any talks about resolving Hezbollah's presence …
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New York Magazine:
Joe Lieberman's War — The senator was looking to shake it off. He needed more people contact. So his driver pulled into a small shopping center nearby. Lieberman spied the Village Wine and Spirit store and walked in, saying, "I'm going back to my roots."
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Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats Lose if Lieberman is Defeated — The most interesting question about the possibility that Connecticut Democrats could deny Joseph Lieberman renomination is whether that would help or hurt the senator's political prospects. Or, for that matter, the Democratic Party's.
Jeff Douglas / Associated Press:
Massive blackout continues in St. Louis — AP — _ ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week's devastating thunderstorms. — The blackout has kept air conditioners from cooling homes since Wednesday …
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Chronicle of Higher Education:
Can Blogging Derail Your Career? — 7 Bloggers Discuss the Case of Juan Cole — With the debut of his Web log, Informed Comment, four years ago, Juan R.I. Cole became arguably the most visible commentator writing on the Middle East today. A professor of modern Middle East and South Asian history …
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
U.S. Says It Knew of Pakistani Reactor Plan — Congress Learned of Nation's Nuclear Expansion From Independent Analysts — The Bush administration acknowledged yesterday that it had long known about Pakistan's plans to build a large plutonium-production reactor, but it said the White House …
Reuters:
Talks on WTO's Doha round collapse — U.S. presidential 'fast track' trade authority to expire in 2007. — GENEVA (Reuters) — Talks by major trade powers to save the World Trade Organization's Doha Round collapsed on Monday, leaving the future of negotiations on a global free trade deal in doubt.
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Associated Press:
UN official accuses Hezbollah of 'cowardly blending' among civilians — LARNACA, Cyprus - The UN humanitarian chief accused Hezbollah late Monday of "cowardly blending" among Lebanese civilians and causing the deaths of hundreds during two weeks of cross-border violence with Israel.
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
The New King of Big TV's Is Queen-Size — Will buying a TV set one day involve choosing between full, queen and king sizes? — Panasonic said last week that it would begin selling a 103-inch flat-panel plasma television in the United States in time for the holiday season.
Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY — INCLUDES 3G FOR STYLIST — July 24, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.
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New York Times:
Raise Wages, Not Walls — THERE are two approaches to illegal immigration currently being debated in Congress. One, supported by the House, emphasizes border control and law enforcement, including a wall along the Mexican border and increased border patrols.
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