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Scheherezade Faramarzi / Associated Press:
Hezbollah Says Israeli Response a Surprise — A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrilla group did not expect Israel to react so strongly to its capture of two Israeli soldiers. — Mahmoud Komati, deputy chief of Hezbollah's political arm, also told The Associated Press …
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Guardian:
Palestinian groups agree deal for return of Israeli — Hamas leaders in Damascus are last obstacle to Gaza ceasefire — Conal Urquhart in Ramallah — Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have agreed to stop firing rockets at Israel and to free a captured Israeli soldier …
Lucy Williamson / BBC:
Israelis accused of 'human shields' tactic — The Israeli army has been accused of using Palestinian civilians as human shields in an operation in northern Gaza. — According to the Israeli human rights group, B'tselem, six civilians including two minors were subjected to the illegal tactic during …
Fox News:
U.S. Gives Israel Timeline for Assault on Hezbollah, Official Says — NABATIYEH, Lebanon — The United States has given Israeli forces between 10 and 14 days to finish dealing Hezbollah "a strategic blow," a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official told FOX News, as both Israeli forces …
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CNN:
U.N.: Israeli airstrike hits U.N. observer post — Sources: Condoleezza Rice floats plan to end conflict — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike hit a United Nations post in southern Lebanon late Tuesday, killing at least two of the agency's observers, according to the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
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Associated Press:
8 IDF soldiers lightly wounded during fighting in Lebanon — Israel Defense Forces infantry and armored soldiers on Tuesday morning surrounded the Hezbollah stronghold in the south Lebanese town on Bint Jbail. — Military officials said Golani Brigade infantry troops had surrounded the village …
New York Times:
Israel Plans to Occupy Strip Inside Lebanon — JERUSALEM, July 25 — Almost two weeks into its military assault on Hezbollah, Israel said Tuesday that it would occupy a strip inside southern Lebanon with ground troops until an international force could take its place.
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Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
50 percent of U.S. says Iraq had WMDs — Half of Americans now say Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded the country in 2003 — up from 36 percent last year, a Harris poll finds. Pollsters deemed the increase both "substantial" and "surprising" …
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Peter W. Galbraith / New York Times:Our Corner of Iraq — WHAT is the mission of the United States …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Spazeboy and Me Get Chucked By Holy Joe, Bush-Style — I drove all the way up to Waterbury yesterday excited about the prospect of seeing Bill Clinton speak. Whatever one may think of Bill, his politics and his legacy, his defiance in the face of the right-wing hate machine onslaught are inspirational.
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spazeboy:
Access Denied — What do you do when the people you represent want to be represented by someone else? What do you do when the your highest approval ratings come from members of the party you claim to differentiate yourself from? What do you do when you're down and desperate?
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Clinton Releases Proposals to Help the Middle Class — DENVER, July 24 — With divisions in the Democratic Party on full display nationwide, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to stake out the center here on Monday, issuing a broad policy platform geared toward helping middle-class voters …
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:Why People Don't Think Democrats Believe What They Say
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Greenwald's sock puppets: The worst blog scandal ever? — I have friends involved in this so let me choose my words carefully. I'm not saying it wasn't worth doing. I'm not saying it's a bad thing; as with pizza, there's no such thing as a "bad" blog scandal. Alls I'm saying is, how does it compare?
Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Another Trip to the Curt Weldon Employment Agency — As I have previously noted here, being a friend or relative of Congressman Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican, appears to be a surer path to gainful employment than a Harvard MBA. To review: one of the congressman's daughters got …
The Hill:
50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill — #1 Michelle Persaud, 27 — Staff counsel — Michelle Persaud's delicate features burst into a smile as she describes the mistake many men make with her. — Seeing her dark eyes and mocha skin, her flowing black tresses and expansive lashes …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Steele Slams Party — WASHINGTON — A Republican in a competitive Senate race called his party affiliation "an impediment," said he'd "probably not" want President Bush to campaign for him and the GOP-controlled Congress should "just shut up and get something done."
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