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Reuven Koret / Israel Insider:
Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged — It was to be a perfect Hollywood ending for Hezbollah. Just as the Israeli bombing of the village of Qana in 1996 brought a premature end to Israel's Operation "Grapes of Wrath," so too a sequel of Qana II could change …
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Confederate Yankee:
Were the Qana Bodies Staged? — These questions and others are beginning to mount as the discrepancies in Hezbollah's versions of events start to fall apart: … Assuredly, Hezbollah's supporters will accuse those questioning the Qana attacks as conspiracy theorists, so I simply advise …
Associated Press:
Israeli Strikes Resume After Brief Lull — JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, hours after agreeing to temporarily halt raids while investigating a bombing that killed nearly 60 Lebanese civilians, mostly women and children seeking shelter.
Guardian:
'They found them huddled together' — More than 60 people, including 34 children, killed by Israeli attack on home where families were sheltering — Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Jonathan Steele and Clancy Chassay in Qana; Rory McCarthy at the Israel-Lebanon border; Wendell Steavenson in Beirut and Julian Borger in Washington
CNN:
Israel: No cease-fire in coming days — Hopes dim for quick end to Mideast crisis — JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday there would be no cease-fire in the coming days to fighting between his nation's forces and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia.
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
IDF says it may not be responsible for Qana deaths
IDF says it may not be responsible for Qana deaths
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Associated Press:
Israeli air force continue Lebanon strikes
Israeli air force continue Lebanon strikes
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Haaretz:
France says Iran is respected, stabilizing force in Middle East — Iran is a significant, respected player in the Middle East which is playing a stabilizing role, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday, during a visit to Lebanon. — "It was clear that we could never accept …
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Henry A. Kissinger / Washington Post:
The Next Steps With Iran — Negotiations Must Go Beyond the Nuclear Threat to Broader Issues — The world's attention is focused on the fighting in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, but the context leads inevitably back to Iran. Unfortunately, the diplomacy dealing with that issue is constantly outstripped by events.
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Iran Hangs in Suspense as War Offers New Strength, and Sudden Weakness
Iran Hangs in Suspense as War Offers New Strength, and Sudden Weakness
John Solo / Associated Press:
Gitmo Guards Often Attacked by Detainees — The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons, Pentagon reports say.
R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Appeals court hears from lawyers in DeLay ballot battle — NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals panel indicated today that the ability of Republicans to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom Delay on the ballot rests on whether there was "conclusive" evidence that he had moved to Virginia.
Argus Leader:
Statewide poll: Without key exceptions, more South Dakotans oppose abortion ban — Amid the often hostile rhetoric that pierces South Dakota's closely watched abortion debate, a new survey shows that more residents of the largely conservative state oppose a ban on the pregnancy-ending procedure …
David Abel / Boston Globe:
Romney apologizes for use of expression — To some, `tar baby' is racial pejorative — Governor Mitt Romney yesterday apologized for using the expression ``tar baby" — a phrase some consider a racial epithet — among comments he made at a political gathering in Iowa over the weekend.
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Passing Down the Legacy of Conservatism — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Headed for what she called "conservative boot camp," Christina Pajak grabbed the essentials: dress sandals, her Bible and "The Politics of Prudence" by Russell Kirk, the celebrated writer who a half-century ago gave the conservative movement its name.
New York Times:
Men Not Working, and Not Wanting Just Any Job — ROCK FALLS, Ill. — Alan Beggerow has stopped looking for work. Laid off as a steelworker at 48, he taught math for a while at a community college. But when that ended, he could not find a job that, in his view, was neither demeaning nor underpaid.
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housedemocrats.gov:
Dear Mr. President, Simply Staying the Course in Iraq is Not Working — Washington, DC—With violence exploding in Iraq, there is little evidence that the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans have a coherent strategy to stabilize Iraq. Thousands have been killed in sectarian …
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
AMATEUR HOUR — On the Internet, everybody is a millenarian. Internet journalism, according to those who produce manifestos on its behalf, represents a world-historical development—not so much because of the expressive power of the new medium as because of its accessibility to producers and consumers.
Martin Lederman / Georgetown Law Faculty Blog:
Untangling the Debate on Signing Statements — This post has been co-written by the following, all of whom have served in the Office of Legal Counsel: — David Barron (Harvard Law School) — Walter Dellinger (Duke Law School) — Dawn Johnsen (Indiana School of Law, Bloomington)
Russell Berman / New York Sun:
Schumer Says Bolton Won't Face Filibuster — A Democratic filibuster of John Bolton's nomination as United Nations ambassador is "unlikely," Senator Schumer said yesterday. — Mr. Schumer supported an effort last year to block Mr. Bolton's nomination from gaining a full Senate vote …
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