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Richard / EU Referendum:
Milking it? — Certainly, the photographs are distressing, and indeed they are meant to be. As this piece tells us: … But the photographers, it seems, are not too fussy about how they go about "adding to the shock value". These two sequences illustrate the extent to which photographers …
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Ynetnews:
IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike — IDF continuing to check difficult incident at Qana village, and attempting to account for strange gap between time of the strike on the building - midnight - and eight in the morning, when the building collapsed
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Crisis Could Undercut Bush's Long-Term Goals — The Israeli bombs that slammed into the Lebanese village of Qana yesterday did more than kill three dozen children and a score of adults. They struck at the core of U.S. foreign policy in the region and illustrated in heart-breaking images …
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
US: IAF to suspend activity over Lebanon for 48 hours — Israel agreed to a 48-hour suspension of aerial activity over southern Lebanon after it bombed a Lebanese village on Sunday and a number of children died, a US official said. — The attack marred US Secretary of State Condoleezza …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUST WONDERING — This AFP photograph shows Beirut demonstrators with a giant poster of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that was used in a rally protesting the accidental killing of civilian human shields, along with terrorists, in Qana: — What seems odd about this is that the banner …
Gideon Levy / Haaretz:
Days of darkness — In war as in war: Israel is sinking into a strident, nationalistic atmosphere and darkness is beginning to cover everything. The brakes we still had are eroding, the insensitivity and blindness that characterized Israeli society in recent years is intensifying.
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Lebanese crowd breaks into U.N. HQ in Beirut — BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese protesters broke into the United Nations headquarters in Beirut on Sunday, smashing windows and ransacking offices, after an Israeli air strike killed at least 40 people in south Lebanon.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Israel OKs temporary aerial suspension — JERUSALEM - Israel agreed to a 48-hour suspension of aerial activity over southern Lebanon after its bombing of a Lebanese village on Sunday that killed a number of children. — The attack marred Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's mission to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Vital Perspective:
Responding to the Tragic Consequences of Hezbollah Firing Rockets From Qana — If a location is a legitimate military objective, it does not cease to be one because civilians are in the vicinity. As Article 28 of the 4th Geneva Convention provides:
Washington Post:
More Than 50 Killed in Israeli Airstrike
More Than 50 Killed in Israeli Airstrike
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Haaretz:
Peretz: Fighting in Lebanon to continue at least two weeks
Peretz: Fighting in Lebanon to continue at least two weeks
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Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Report: Hezbollah used UN post as cover prior to deadly attack
Report: Hezbollah used UN post as cover prior to deadly attack
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Associated Press:
Annan Calls Emergency Meeting on Mideast — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday after an Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese village killed at least 56 people, most of them children. — The meeting was called, at the request …
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Seattle Times:
Community responds with sorrow, unity — The man accused of barging into the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and killing one woman and wounding five others will be prosecuted on state murder and attempted-murder charges rather than federal hate-crime laws, officials said.
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Craig Howie / Scotsman:
Jewish groups call for hate-crime probe on Mel Gibson — JEWISH groups have demanded Mel Gibson be investigated for hate crimes after the Hollywood star allegedly made anti-Semitic comments to US police officers when he was stopped on suspicion of drink-driving and speeding.
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Tom Lasseter / theolympian.com:
Officials: There 'aren't enough troops' to fix problems in Iraq — Military says 3,700 more troops are headed to Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Bush administration's decision to move thousands of U.S. soldiers into Baghdad to quell sectarian warfare before it explodes into outright civil war underscores …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Connecticut Rallies for Lamont — Here's a MyDD picture tour of the campaign. — After last week's positive movement for Lieberman, the dynamic has shifted perceptively against Lieberman once again. Maxine Waters, who is enormously well-respected in the black community …
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Slips Imperil Senate Career
Slips Imperil Senate Career
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Susan Levine / Washington Post:
Bills Soar As Many Hit Gap in Drug Plan — The calls are starting to come in from shocked or angry seniors. They have just learned that their Medicare drug plans are maxing out on early coverage and that they must now spend $2,850 from their own pockets before coverage will resume.
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Professionalization of war is ghettoization of war — The other day National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez went to see Oliver Stone's new movie ''World Trade Center'' and remarked: — "It's about our love of family, and the work we'll do for them, and the joy they bring us.
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Report on Prewar Intelligence Lagging — Information Democrats Want Most Might Not Come Out Until After Election — When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid …