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Richard / EU Referendum:
Milking it? — For an update on this post, see here. — 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".
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Guardian:
As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis — Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, south of Tyre — Inside a well-furnished apartment in a village on the outskirts of Tyre, with shelves of books piled from floor to ceiling, a black turbaned cleric and three men sit sipping bitter coffee.
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 …
Associated Press:
Israeli air force continue Lebanon strikes — JERUSALEM - The Israeli air force carried out strikes Monday in southern Lebanon despite an agreement to halt raids for 48 hours after nearly 60 Lebanese civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing, the army said.
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Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah's Coup d'État — The fog of war makes it impossible for me or anyone else to determine whether or not Israel's war against Hezbollah is succeeding of failing militarily. But it's painfully obvious that Israel's attempt to influence Lebanese politics in its favor is an absolute catastrophe right now.
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Reuven Koret / Israel Insider:Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged
Helene Cooper / New York Times:From Carnage in Lebanon, a Concession
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THE WAR IN CONTEXT
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:Rice to Seek Mideast Cease-Fire Through UN
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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
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Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
'The Putting of First Things First' — The revival of the romance of the antiwar left is a potential disaster for the Democrats. It's what gave the world Richard Nixon in 1968. — To the consternation of my children, I once spent an afternoon with Monica Lewinsky.
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New York Times:
Fooling the Voters — The two bills passed by the House last Friday and Saturday reflect a single Republican electoral strategy. Representatives want to appear to have accomplished something when they face voters during their five-week summer break, which starts today …
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Henry / Crooked Timber:
Lieberman-Lamont and the blogs — Mark Schmitt has the best blog-overview of the Lieberman-Lamont race that I've seen so far. … There's just one thing that I'd add to this. As Mark said in a previous post, the netroots aren't a critically important force on the ground in Connecticut …
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.
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.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Ned Lamont's First Video Blog: Let's Talk About Iraq — Over the weekend Ned filmed his first video blog. Since Joe Lieberman doesn't want to talk about his war in Iraq, I guess it's up to the rest of us. — If you think there is more to be said on the topic and things aren't going quite …
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.
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
And Now, The Good News — The world seems aswirl. Where do we stand today? — Let's use the analysis of bestselling author Thomas Barnett, who divides the world into a functioning "Core" (North America, Europe, East Asia, rising China and India) and a nonfunctional "Gap" (the Middle East …
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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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
It Pays to Be a Print Journalist — in Films — In "Scoop," Woody Allen's latest film, Scarlett Johansson plays a cub newspaper reporter who teams with a bumbling magician (Allen) and the ghost of a dead journalist (Ian McShane) to catch a serial murderer. — Although we can't vouch …
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