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3:10 PM ET, August 14, 2006

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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.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Sideshow
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Free Press Release for Senate Democrats on Lamont-Lieberman
Discussion: Democrats.com and DownWithTyranny!
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Dems worry Sharpton, Jackson could send Lamont voters to Lieberman's …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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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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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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.
Reuters:
Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza: witness  —Text+GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two foreign journalists working for the Fox News television channel in Gaza on Monday, a witness said.  —  The witness, a Palestinian who worked with the two journalists, said one of them …
Josh White / Washington Post:
Chertoff: No U.S. Terror Link Seen  —  As DHS Lowers Threat Level, Chief Calls for Continued Vigilance  —  There is no evidence that terrorists were working within the United States as part of a plot to detonate explosives on airliners, but U.S. officials remain on guard after last week's arrests …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Movie Review: World Trade Center  —  When I first heard that Oliver Stone planned on making a film about 9/11, I admit that I had misgivings — big misgivings.  Not only did I worry about his predilection for conspiracy theories and bad history, but also about his style of filmmaking — showy, pretentious, egotistical, and distracting.
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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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William Shawcross / Jerusalem Post:
Yes, the problem is 'Islamic fascism'
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
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 …
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 …
Discussion: One Hand Clapping
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.
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.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Wonkette
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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