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8:30 PM ET, August 11, 2006

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Jerusalem Post:
US, France agree on cease-fire draft; UNSC vote at 1 am  —  France and the United States reached a deal Friday on a final draft resolution that would authorize the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws.
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Haaretz:
Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Friday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to implement an expanded ground operation in Lebanon.  —  The cabinet approved an operation Wednesday calling for a push to the Litani River …
CNN:
U.N. vote on Lebanon cease-fire resolution expected  —  UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — France and the United States said Friday they have agreed on a final text of a resolution that would end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.  —  It will be distributed …
Vital Perspective:
Vital Perspective Exclusive: Leaked Copy of the Security Council Resolution  —  Vital Perspective exclusive: We have obtained a copy of the draft Security Council resolution to be presented for a vote in New York, possibly as early as tonight.  This, to our knowledge, is the first outlet to present it publicly.
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Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Israeli PM has accepted cease-fire deal  —  JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accepted an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal and informed the United States of his decision, Israeli officials said Friday.  —  Olmert will recommend that his government approve the deal in its meeting on Sunday …
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Up to 40,000 troops could enter s.  Lebanon in new push  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the IDF on Friday to send ground forces into Lebanon and up to the Litani river, some 30 kilometers from Israel.  —  Olmert's spokesman, Asaf Shariv …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Mixed Bag Cease Fire  —  It appears that Ehud Olmert has accepted in principle the cease-fire proposal offered by the US and France, who apparently recovered somewhat from the swoon it experienced over Arab criticism of the original proposal.  The UN Security Council meets shortly to debate …
Discussion: Jay Currie
Paul Burkhardt / Associated Press:   U.S., France agree on Mideast resolution
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Peter Wilson / The Australian:
British police find martyrdom video
Sam Licavoli II / WNEM-TV:
Three Middle Eastern Men Found With 1000 Cell Phones  —  (TV5) — Around 1:00am August 11th three men purchased cell phones from the Wal-Mart store on M-81 near the corner of M-24 in Caro.  Wal-Mart places a limit on the number of cell phones that can be purchased at once, that number is three.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Democrats assail GOP fundraising effort  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats assailed the Republicans Friday for e-mailing a fundraising appeal mentioning the war on terror hours after British authorities disclosed they had disrupted a plot to blow up aircraft headed to the United States.
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Philadelphia Daily News:
BUSH AND CHENEY'S REIGN OF ERROR  —  VEEP SAYS CONN. VOTERS AIDING AL QAEDA.  NOW, THAT'S SCARY.  —  THESE PEOPLE have no shame.  Their contempt for democracy is so great they will stop at nothing to undermine it.  Their adherence to fundamentalist beliefs that blinds them to reality is frightening.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The War and the Democrats  —  A reader writes: … My only substantive quarrel with this is as follows: the proclaimed Bush policy was not mere deployment of brute force, torture, bombs and swagger as a response to the civil war within Islam.  It was ostensibly to create a beach-head for modernity and democracy in Iraq.
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The Poor Man Institute:   Getting serious about terror
Little Green Footballs:
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?  —  An LGF reader who worked for Associated Press TV News sent me the following article explaining how APTN works, and suggesting a reason why their coverage of the Middle East is so overwhelmingly biased against Israel:
Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Burns Bouncing Back  —  Candidates Tied at 47%  —  The most recent Rasmussen Reports election poll in Montana shows incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns and Democrat Jon Tester tied at 47% (see crosstabs).  This month's results mark an improvement for Burns …
Hartford Courant:
State Still Checking Lieberman's Petitions  —  U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman is acting like he is a candidate in November's general election, but it won't be known for several days whether his petition drive to gain a spot on the ballot is successful.  —  The morning after his primary defeat to Ned Lamont …
Ynetnews:
Peace activist murdered by Palestinian  —  Angelo Frammartino, a 24 year-old Italian student, planned to set up summer camp for Palestinians; He was attacked and murdered by Arab knifeman  —  Angelo Frammartino, a 24 year-old student from Italy who arrived in Israel as a human rights organization activist …
 
 
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