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Reuters withdraws all photos by Lebanese freelance — Source: Reuters — LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah.
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Reuters admits to more image manipulation — News organization withdraws photograph of Israeli fighter jet, admits image was doctored, fires photographer. Reuters pledges 'tighter editing procedure for images of the Middle East conflict' — Yaakov Lappin
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Michelle Malkin:
Breaking: Reuters withdraws all Hajj photos; second photo doctoring confirmed
Breaking: Reuters withdraws all Hajj photos; second photo doctoring confirmed
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Eliana Johnson / New York Sun:
Reuters Yanks Doctored Photograph
Reuters Yanks Doctored Photograph
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Reuters pulls all 920 of Adnan Hajj's photos
Breaking: Reuters pulls all 920 of Adnan Hajj's photos
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Martin Peretz / Opinion Journal:
Lieberman — The "peace" Democrats are back. It's a dream come true for Karl Rove. — We have been here before. Left-wing Democrats are once again fielding single-issue "peace candidates," and the one in Connecticut, like several in the 1970s, is a middle-aged patrician …
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Associated Press:
Lieberman shows signs cutting into Lamont lead, poll shows — HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, fighting for his political survival, appears to be cutting into challenger Ned Lamont's lead the day before Connecticut's Democratic primary election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
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New York Times:
Lieberman Explains His Stance on Iraq — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman directly confronted the anger roiling the Democratic Party over Iraq yesterday, making a last-ditch attempt to explain his support for the war and to win back doubting voters in Connecticut before the state primary election tomorrow.
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Eric Heyl / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Ney drops out of fall race — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Entangled in the scandals involving former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, embattled U.S. Rep. Robert Ney is ending his re-election bid. — Although Ney had vowed to stay in the race even if he is indicted, the Ohio Republican decided last week to bow out.
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Joe Danborn / Associated Press:
Rep. Bob Ney won't seek re-election
Rep. Bob Ney won't seek re-election
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CNN:
Lebanon's PM revises death toll from 40 to 1 — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla, not 40 as he had earlier reported. — "The massacre in Houla …
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
14 Hezbollah fighters killed in heavy exchanges of fire with IDF ground troops — Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed 14 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon combat early on Monday. — Infantry troops from the Nahal Brigade encountered a Hezbollah cell in the village of Houla and a fierce gun battle broke out.
Brett Arends / Boston Herald:
Hatin' on Hillary: N.H. Dems lambaste Clinton — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Dick Bennett has been polling New Hampshire voters for 30 years. And he's never seen anything like it. — "Lying b**** . . . shrew . . . Machiavellian . . . evil, power-mad witch . . . the ultimate self-serving politician."
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense — In the last year, 15 states have enacted laws that expand the right of self-defense, allowing crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to prosecution for murder. — Supporters call them "stand your ground" laws.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bush: Civil War this, civil war that... Who are you going to believe me, or your lying eyes? —Groucho Marx — An average of more than 100 civilians per day were killed in Iraq last month-NY Times — Video-WMP Video-QT later — BUSH: My attitude is that a young democracy has been born quite quickly.
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Critics Say Politics Driving Immigration Hearings — When House leaders announced their plan to hold 21 immigration hearings in 13 states during the August recess, they said it demonstrated a commitment to battling illegal immigration and securing the border.
New York Times:
A Disciplined Hezbollah Surprises Israel With Its Training, Tactics and Weapons — On Dec. 26, 2003, a powerful earthquake leveled most of Bam, in southeastern Iran, killing 35,000 people. Transport planes carrying aid poured in from everywhere, including Syria.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SPEECHLESS — When it comes to media bias, I'm a hard guy to surprise. That the Washington Post often sees the world in topsy-turvy terms, I take as a given. Nevertheless, the exchange between Howard Kurtz and Post reporter Tom Ricks, on yesterday's Reliable Sources, leaves me speechless:
New York Times:
Iraq Incident Was Fueled by Whiskey, G.I. Says — One of the soldiers accused in the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of the girl and her family said the incident took place after a morning of cards and whisky, when a member of his unit began pestering the group to kill some Iraqis …
Kirstin Downey / Washington Post:
Feeling Unwelcome, Some Gays Vacate Virginia — November Ballot Ban Helps Fuel Migration — Edel Quinones lived in Virginia for 10 years, but early this year, he sold his Arlington townhouse to move to the District. — "It felt like I wasn't welcome anymore," he said.
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Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Sheehan Resumes Protest Near Bush Ranch — A year after her first war protest in President Bush's adopted hometown attracted thousands and reinvigorated the nation's peace movement, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil Sunday. — Under the blazing Texas sun, Sheehan and more than 50 demonstrators again marched …
Joel Mowbray / Washington Times:
White washing Islamists — Hiding behind potted plants, Naveed Haq laid in wait for a 14-year-old girl he could use as a hostage. With a gun in her back, he pushed his way past security and through the door. He coldly, deliberately shot six women. When a wounded Pamela Waechter tried …
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