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Associated Press:
2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza — Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.
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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 …
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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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Did Cheney Go Too Far? — By insinuating that the sizeable majority of American voters who oppose the war in Iraq are aiding and abetting the enemy, Vice President Cheney on Wednesday may have crossed the line that separates legitimate political discourse from hysteria.
Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Senate rivals' lieutenants launch ideological salvoes
Senate rivals' lieutenants launch ideological salvoes
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Says Israel Defeated Hezbollah — President Bush said Monday that Hezbollah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their monthlong Mideast war. — "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon," Bush said. — The president also said the war was part …
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Tim Hames / Times of London:
If this was a defeat, the Israelis must be praying for a lot more of them
If this was a defeat, the Israelis must be praying for a lot more of them
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Lebanese return home after cease-fire
Lebanese return home after cease-fire
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Jerusalem Post, Washington Post, Outside The Beltway, Blue Crab Boulevard and The New Editor
Janet Daley / Telegraph:
'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism — The anti-war-on-terror lobby has had a bad week. Not that it hasn't kept its end up. Oh no. Faced with a threat so devastating that it seemed more like a world-domination plot from a Superman comic than a hard-headed act of war …
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Washington Post:
Sen. Allen's Remarks Spark Ire — Democrat James Webb's Senate campaign accused Sen. George Allen (R) of making demeaning comments Friday to a 20-year-old Webb volunteer of Indian descent. — S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera …
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 …
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 …
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?
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Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:
A Hawk for All Seasons — When it comes to foreign policy, Joe Lieberman's hawkish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind. — It took all of two days for Joe Lieberman to jettison the high-minded justifications for his post-primary campaign against Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.
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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Media Matters for America:
Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"? — Dear Messrs. Klein and Santos: — I am writing to express my great concern over an incident that occurred on your network Friday, August 11, 2006.
Maria Aspan / New York Times:
Ease of Alteration Creates Woes for Picture Editors — The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj, had manipulated pictures he took for Reuters has raised questions about the standards of photojournalism at a time of widespread digital photography.
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.
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.
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