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4:20 PM ET, August 18, 2006

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Bloomberg:
German Suitcase Bombs Were Primed to Go Off, Kill (Update2)  —  Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Two suitcases containing bottles of gasoline, propane gas and a detonating device that were found abandoned in German regional trains last month were bombs primed to go off and kill a ``high number'' of people, police said.
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David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
Suspects Sought in Near Terror Disaster on German Trains  —  (By Ray D.)  —  According to reports circulating throughout the German media today, two suitcase bombs placed by two unidentified men very nearly went off on regional trains in Dortmund and Koblenz at the end of July.
Deutsche Welle:
German Police Release Bomb Suspect Images, Set Reward  —  The German Criminal Police Office on Friday released images taken from a surveillance camera of the two suspects in the attempted bombing of two trains.  Police believe the plot was an attempted terror attack.
USA Today:
Officials: U.S. blocked missiles to Hezbollah  —  WASHINGTON — The United States blocked an Iranian cargo plane's flight to Syria last month after intelligence analysts concluded it was carrying sophisticated missiles and launchers to resupply Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, two U.S. intelligence officials say.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
U.N. Official Warns of Major New Sudanese Offensive in Darfur
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Moment to Be Seized in Lebanon
BBC:
Israel alarm at UN force members  —  Israel says it would be "difficult if not inconceivable" to accept nations which do not recognise its right to exist as part of a UN force in Lebanon.  —  Israeli UN envoy Dan Gillerman was speaking after Indonesia and Malaysia, which do not recognise Israel, pledged troops for the UN deployment.
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Associated Press:   France defends sending 200 troops
New York Times:
Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns  —  The civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired by Wal-Mart to improve its public image, resigned from that post last night after telling an African-American newspaper that Jewish, Arab and Korean shop owners had "ripped off" urban communities for years …
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Bernard McGhee / Associated Press:
Andrew Young Steps Down From Wal-Mart  —  ATLANTA — Civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. improve its public image, said early Friday he was stepping down from his position as head of an outside support group amid criticism for remarks seen as racially offensive.
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Would Party Forgive Joe?  —  Lieberman Says Democrats Can Count On Him If He Wins; Vice Versa Is Iffy  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman says he'll stick with the Democrats if he wins his third-party re-election bid - but will the Democrats stick with him?
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Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Democratic Senators on Lamont: The Last Tally
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
New Limits Set Over Marketing for Cigarettes  —  A federal judge ordered strict new limitations on tobacco marketing on Thursday after finding that cigarette makers deserved to be punished for a decades-old conspiracy to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking.
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Washington Post:
A Judicial Misfire  —  THE NATION would benefit from a serious …
Jeff Cohen / The Huffington Post:
TV News Vultures Circling JonBenet's Corpse — Again  —  The top story on TV news last night was not the Iraq war or tentative Lebanon peace, or major court rulings on tobacco and warrantless wiretapping, or oil prices or pension "reform" or any of a dozen stories that affect millions of citizens.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Mainstream TV Media Drops The Ball On NSA Ruling, Instead Devotes …
Jim Stratton / grandforks.com:
Katherine Harris sees endorsements fizzle  —  ORLANDO, Fla. - Katherine Harris' attempt to boost her campaign with a series of high-profile endorsements wilted Thursday when none of the officials appeared at her campaign rally and one of them said Harris wrongly included him on her list of supporters.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Flight passengers describe hours of bizarre behavior  —  A self-described peace activist responsible for the diversion of a London-to-Washington flight Wednesday acted bizarrely for hours, made references to al Qaeda and hijack training flights, and was restrained by two passengers after she urinated in the aisle.
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CNN:
Video provokes questions of Lebanese army  —  Lebanese forces move southward; Beirut airport reopens  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — A video showing Lebanese soldiers cordially offering Israeli troops glasses of tea during the military offensive earlier this month has hit Israeli and Hezbollah airwaves.
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Hagel awaits nation's mood  —  In the tenth August of his Senate career, this is a time of reflection for Chuck Hagel.  Decision time comes later, and it can wait.  —  Gliding above the green hills of northeastern Nebraska this week in a King Air bound from Norfolk to Sioux City, the shirtsleeved senator embraces the moment.
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Julian Sanchez / American Prospect:
My Summer Reading Journal  —  George W. Bush reads Camus (as told to Julian Sanchez).  —  August 4: For my summer vacation, I decided to read The Stranger by Albert Camus (in American).  I decided this for a couple reasons.  For one, there was this other book Terror and Liberalism …
 
 
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