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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Donors say Lieberman will be well-funded — Supporters of Israel from both parties will be crucial to senator's effort — Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., campaigning last Thursday in Waterbury, Conn., a city he won with 60 percent of the vote in last week's primary. — WASHINGTON -
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David / Crooks and Liars:
Dean Defends Lamont, Slams Lieberman — Today on NBC's Meet the Press, David Gregory asked DNC Chairman Howard Dean, about his support for Ned Lamont vs. Joe Lieberman. — MR. GREGORY: Let me ask you about the big political news of the week, that of course related to Senator Joe Lieberman.
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Dems worry Sharpton, Jackson could send Lamont voters to Lieberman's …
Dems worry Sharpton, Jackson could send Lamont voters to Lieberman's …
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Daniel McGrory / Times of London:
Lebanon's 'real' soldiers are put in their place — TODAY was supposed to be the day when the muchmaligned army of Lebanon took control of its borders and policed the UN ceasefire. — Instead, its military commanders were left humiliated and its troops stranded as Hezbollah told them not to try to disarm its fighters.
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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Lebanese return home after cease-fire — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese civilians streamed back to their homes Monday after a U.N.-imposed cease-fire halted fighting in a monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Israel's defense minister said that, barring isolated skirmishes, the cease-fire was holding.
Daniel McGrory / The Australian:
Army can't disarm Hezbollah fighters — IT was supposed to be the day the maligned Lebanese army took control of the country's borders and policed the UN ceasefire. — Instead, the military commanders were left humiliated and troops stranded as Hezbollah told them not to disarm its fighters.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MR. SNOW: Let me run you through a bit of what's going on with the President's day. Then we will get to questions. First, let me — I'll run through the President's day. — He is meeting right …
William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Plot Shows Rise of Extremism in Europe — Britain's struggle to contain Muslim extremism points up a chilling trend across Europe: the rise of radical Islam, and with it, a willingness among a small but dangerous minority of young people to answer the call to jihad.
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Associated Press:
Iranian Censors Clamp Down on Bloggers — Categories: Global / world / Middle East / economy, business and finance / religion and belief / Islamic politics, banking and law / islam / online media / media / punishment / crime, law and justice / law and the judiciary (system of justice) …
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Yael K / Step-by-Step:
Pres. Ahmadinejad trying to infect Israelis with web viruses? — Information forwarded to me: — The Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, has opened his very own blog. You can read the news here. Wouldn't it be nice to pay him a visit and tell him what you think about his terror-supporting regime?
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, A Saint For Our Times — Today is the feast day of my favorite saint (yes, I know, Catholic alert!), Father Maximilian Kolbe. The patron saint of journalists, families, and prisoners died in Auschwitz in 1941, taking the place of another selected for death.
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CBS News:
Poll: Americans Back Air Restrictions — CBS Survey: 75% Say Ban On Liquids And Gels Is Necessary — (CBS) Americans are signaling strong support for air travel restrictions in the wake of last week's foiled terror plot in Britain, a CBS News poll finds.
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah 'victory' boosts extremists — RAMALLAH — At least 50 newborn babies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been named after Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah over the past month, sources in the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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Doug Ireland / DIRELAND:
IRAN'S PRES. AHMADINEJAD LAUNCHES HIS OWN BLOG — Not satisfied with the Tehran regime's attacks on websites and bloggers — a number of whom have been jailed — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo left) has now started his own blog. Reuters reported yesterday that Ahmadinejad …
Associated Press:
All missing Egyptian students in custody — WASHINGTON - The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were apprehended Sunday in Richmond, Va., customs officials said. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray …
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Paul Stokes / Telegraph:
Passport photograph of girl's bare shoulders rejected 'as it may offend' — A five-year-old girl's passport application was rejected because her photograph showed her bare shoulders. — Hannah Edwards's mother, Jane, was told that the exposed skin might be considered offensive in a Muslim country.
Michael J. Totten:
The Storm Before the Calm — The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12. — METULLA, ISRAEL - Israel scrapped the proposed ceasefire agreement on August 11 and launched a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon. Presumably the Israeli Defense Forces wanted to rapidly snap …
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Wall Street Journal:
Which Travelers Have 'Hostile Intent'? Biometric Device May Have the Answer — At airport security checkpoints in Knoxville, Tenn. this summer, scores of departing passengers were chosen to step behind a curtain, sit in a metallic oval booth and don headphones.
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast — Incumbents Shy From Party and President — PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. — When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood." — That's why when it comes …
The Blotter:
Raul Castro: Cocaine Connection? — Brian Ross and Vic Walter Report: — Federal prosecutors in Miami were prepared to indict Raul Castro as the head of a major cocaine smuggling conspiracy in 1993, but the Clinton Administration Justice Department overruled them, current and former Justice Department officials tell ABC News.
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Barry Rubin / Jerusalem Post:
The Region: Syria and Iran get off scot-free — What is the impact of the Lebanon war on the Arab world? A good way to analyze this incredibly important question is to focus on Israeli deterrence - Jerusalem's ability to prevent a war by persuading the enemy that an attack is too costly.
Donald J. Boudreaux / PittsburghLIVE.com:
The case for neglecting global warming — In the July 30 edition of The New York Times, Gina Kolata reports on recent research findings on the health of modern citizens of industrialized countries. You might expect that this research reveals us denizens of early 21st-century capitalist economies …