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Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast — Nebraska's Sen. Hagel calls for immediate cease-fire — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward "ending this madness," a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mideast.
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Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: Giving the war an image of victory, not a draw — Borrowing from the world of soccer beloved to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the Israel Defense Forces operation in Lebanon went into overtime on Monday. — Olmert wants to take another stab at a decisive conclusion before the UN Security Council blows the final whistle.
Jerusalem Post:
No half measures — On Sunday morning, after an Israeli strike killed some 60 people at Kafr Kana, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the cabinet, "I have no intention of requesting a change in the direction of the fighting, or in reducing the action of the security forces."
Lebanon.Profile / Lebanese Political Journal:
When is Israel Wrong? — A Rant. As I've said, what does Israel realistically hope to accomplish? — I'm serious in asking this question. If Israel isn't wrong right now, when will the US, the international community, the rest of the world, and Israelis ever admit that Israel does horribly atrocious things?
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Jaws of Defeat — The United States and Israel and every sentient being in the path of the Islamist crusade are teetering on the brink of a massive defeat in Lebanon and thus in the war on terror. Lest it be forgotten, this is a war that began with the Ayatollahs' revolution in Iran in 1979 …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Ned Lamont on the Colbert Report — Stephen Colbert interviewed Ned Lamont tonight about the upcoming Connecticut primary. — Some rough transcript quotes from Ned: … Ned did an outstanding job at handling the tough interviews Stephen Colbert gives. He was quick with the responses and presented his platform very well.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Primary Lesson for Lieberman — Consider the uncanny similarity between Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign for reelection in Connecticut last weekend and a certain political weekend in New York 26 years ago. — In Connecticut, four Senate Democrats pleaded with the party's rank and file …
Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
Lieberman's shameless race baiting flyer (and a few words) — Here's the racist flyer from team Joementum that everyone is dying to see. Read it and puke. — Front side: — Back side: — Now on the back side, notice the key race baiting phrase "He didn't pay as much attention to race...until he got into the sente race"
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Will the Center Hold? — A moderate senator and a far-left congresswoman face tough Democratic primary challenges. — Two primaries next week will tell a lot about the strength of the hard-left wing of the Democratic party. In Connecticut, moderate Sen. Joe Lieberman faces …
Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Castro relinquishes power before surgery — HAVANA - Fidel Castro temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul on Monday night and told Cubans he underwent surgery. — The Cuban leader said he had suffered gastrointestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress …
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Val Prieto / Babalu Blog:
fidel castro Death Watch, Take 2846 — BREAKING NEWS: — Local news is reporting that fidel castro has "temporarily" handed power of the communist nation over to his brother Raul. Details are sketchy at the moment, but reports are that he was suffering from "intestinal ailments."
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Democrats Unite on Iraq Withdrawal Demands — Twelve Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have urged President Bush in a strongly worded letter to begin withdrawing the 130,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by year's end, a sign that Democrats may be uniting on a key election-year issue that has divided the party.
Haaretz:
Assad calls on Syrian army to prepare for 'regional challenges' — By Haaretz Service and News Agencies — Syrian President Bashar Assad called on his army Monday to increase readiness to cope with "regional challenges." — The president's comments came during an annual address …
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Pew Research Center:
Section 3: Attitudes Toward the News — A narrow majority of Americans say they enjoy keeping up with the news "a lot," and this attitude is one of the strongest predictors of how much news people actually seek out. Enjoyment of the news has been very stable over the past dozen years.
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Analysis: Bush Mideast stance may flop — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration may have badly miscalculated in insisting that any Mideast cease-fire be tied to long-term objectives. As the toll on Lebanese civilians has soared, even moderate Arab governments have turned into U.S. critics …
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Scott Guiterrez / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Suspect in Jewish Federation shootings recently baptized — Man who grew up Muslim drifted from Christianity — RICHLAND — Naveed Haq, now widely portrayed as a Muslim American so angry at Israel that he shot up a Jewish charity in Seattle, had recently converted to Christianity.
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Tax Cheats Called Out of Control — So many superrich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct, according to a Senate report that provides the most detailed look ever at high-level tax schemes.
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