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Reuters admits altering Beirut photo — Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs, photographers point out 'blatant evidence of manipulation' — A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs.
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Jerusalem Post:
Reuters admits to doctoring Beirut photo — In the most recent in a series of online controversies to take on the mainstream media, a series of Web sites discredited a Reuters photograph of the fighting in Lebanon, forcing the news agency to issue an apology and remove the image from their archives.
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New York Times:
Hezbollah Rocket Kills 12 in Deadliest Blow to Israel — A Hezbollah rocket killed 12 Israeli soldiers today in the deadliest single blow to Israel in nearly a month of fighting, while Israel again pounded Lebanon with airstrikes, killing at least 16 people in another intense …
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Ynetnews:
Haifa: 3 killed in heavy rocket barrage — (VIDEO) After relatively quiet week, large number of rockets hit Haifa. One rocket directly hits apartment building, causing it to collapse; body of one woman recovered. Two people die of wounds in hospital; more than 30 wounded in attack
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel strikes Qana after rocket barrage — KFAR GILADI, Israel - Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest rocket attack on northern Israel on Sunday, killing 12 reserve soldiers with a single missile at this kibbutz and killing at least three people and wounding dozens more with a barrage against Haifa.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Worth a Thousand Words... Is that so hard? Reaching across the campaigns for a little mutual respect and snow cones among Democrats? Guess not. So much for that whole "angry Lamont supporters" malarky — in the heat of the campaign, a snow cone across the candidate lines is an awfully nice gesture.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Gingrich: There Is An 'Insurgency' in CT Which Says 'Can't We Come Home And Hide?' — This morning on Fox News, Newt Gingrich claimed there is a "legitimate insurgency in Connecticut, which needs to be met head on," made up of people who say Iraq "is so hard, it is so frightening, it's so painful, can't we come home and hide?"
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
What You Need To Know About Diplomacy And Journalism In War — We have been granted a unique opportunity this morning to see the problem with double standards in diplomacy and journalism in war, especially a war that involves Israel and terrorists. Earlier we recounted the utter idiocy …
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Associated Press:
Hezbollah rockets strike Israel's third-largest city, killing at least 1 — HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A barrage of Hezbollah rockets crashed into Haifa on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than 30, officials said, in the heaviest attack on the port city since fighting …
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Advocates of 'proportion' are just unbalanced — "Disproportion" is the concept of the moment. Do you know how to play? Let's say 150 missiles are lobbed at northern Israel from the Lebanese village of Qana and the Israelis respond with missiles of their own that kill 28 people.
David Yonke / Toledo Blade:
Creation Museum puts biblical spin on Earth's history — PETERSBURG, Ky. - Steve McConaughy gets goose bumps when he tells people about the Creation Museum. — The $26.4-million facility will not open until spring, but the air-traffic controller from Toledo already has made nine pilgrimages to the suburban Cincinnati site.
Media Matters for America:
ABC's Roberts: "Disaster" for party if Democrats nominate candidate who agrees with Americans on Iraq … During a panel discussion on the August 6 broadcast of ABC's This Week, ABC News chief congressional analyst Cokie Roberts asserted that it would be "a disaster for the Democratic Party" …
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Classified intelligence bills often are unread — Secret process can discourage House debate — WASHINGTON — Nearly all members of the House of Representatives opted out of a chance to read this year's classified intelligence bill, and then voted on secret provisions they knew almost nothing about.
New York Times:
A Timetable Isn't an Exit Strategy — As America's military experience in Iraq grows ever more nightmarish, it is becoming clear that President Bush's strategy comes down to this: Keep holding to a failing course for the next 29 months and leave it to the next administration to clean up the mess.
Wathiq Khuzaie / MSNBC:
Exclusive: Iraq-Plans in Case of a Civil War — A Nation Divided: An Iraqi man is injured in a car bomb explosion — The Bush administration insists Iraq is a long way from civil war, but the contingency planning has already begun inside the White House and the Pentagon.
Omar Sinan / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 welcomes Egyptian group — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader said in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network. — It was the first time that al-Qaida has announced a branch in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation.
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