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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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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 …
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.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Top Iraqi's White House Visit Shows Gaps With U.S. — Iraqis buried their dead Monday from another suicide bombing. Prime Minister Maliki has tried without success to end such violence. — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 24 — When Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki visits the White House on Tuesday …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats' Plan Focuses on Middle Class — Sen. Clinton Presents Domestic Agenda Featuring Tax Breaks and Tuition Help — DENVER, July 24 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) accused Republicans under President Bush of economic mismanagement and favoring the rich here on Monday …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Former President Joins Rally for Lieberman — WATERBURY, Conn., July 24 — Former president Bill Clinton joined a stage full of Connecticut officials Monday night in testifying to the Democratic credentials of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, whose 18-year tenure is threatened by the primary challenge of antiwar insurgent Ned Lamont.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
It's Disproportionate. . . Just my luck. I go away on vacation and it happens to be the week when George W. Bush's strategic view of the current world situation is revealed: Russia big. China big, too. World leaders boring. Lady world leaders need neck rub. Terrorism bad.
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Richard Cohen / Real Clear Politics:A Proportionate Response is Madness
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One Hand Clapping
New York Post:
TOO NICE TO WIN? ISRAEL'S DILEMMA — July 25, 2006 — WHAT if liberal democracies have now evolved to a point where they can no longer wage war effectively because they have achieved a level of humanitarian concern for others that dwarfs any really cold-eyed pursuit of their own national interests?
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Argghhh!
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
For One Senate Candidate, the 'R' Is a 'Scarlet Letter' — The candidate, immersed in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country, sat down to lunch yesterday with reporters at a Capitol Hill steakhouse and shared his views about this year's political currents.
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 …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Specter Prepping Bill to Sue Bush — WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.
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.
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Bush Job Approval at 37% — Similar to 37% average rating for all of June — PRINCETON, NJ — A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds 37% of Americans approving of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 59% disapproving. Despite many extraordinary events dominating the news over the past weeks …
Nicholas Wade / New York Times:
Nice Rats, Nasty Rats: Maybe It's All in the Genes — On an animal-breeding farm in Siberia are cages housing two colonies of rats. In one colony, the rats have been bred for tameness in the hope of mimicking the mysterious process by which Neolithic farmers first domesticated an animal still kept today.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Troops hurt in Maroun al-Ras clashes — Several IDF soldiers were wounded on Tuesday afternoon when troops encountered severe resistance in Maroun al-Ras, a Hizbullah stronghold the IDF believed it was in control of. — The number of casualties was unclear.
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