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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Lebanon prime minister condemns Israel — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Standing in the midst of the rubble of south Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora called the Israeli bombing campaign "a crime against humanity," and Lebanon's defense minister warned any group that breaks the Middle East cease-fire will be dealt with harshly.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Israel Committed to Block Arms and Kill Nasrallah — French troops arrived at a United Nations base in southern Lebanon Saturday. Israel says it will still pressure Hezbollah despite a cease-fire deal. — Despite a cease-fire agreement, Israel intends to do its best to keep Iran and Syria …
Agence France Presse:
Lebanese PM accuses Israel of crimes against humanity
Lebanese PM accuses Israel of crimes against humanity
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Ed O'Keefe / ABCNEWS:
Kerry Calls Lieberman the New Cheney — Senator Labels Bush Iraq Policy 'Disaster,' Lieberman Bid 'Huge Mistake' — Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., blasted fellow a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, for continuing his bid in the Connecticut Senate race despite a narrow loss to newcomer Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
Washington Post:
What Next? — The debate is over: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war. Indeed, the only thing standing between Iraq and a descent into total Bosnia-like devastation is 135,000 U.S. troops — and even they are merely slowing the fall. The internecine conflict could easily spiral …
Matthew Kalman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hezbollah night-vision gear was from Britain, Israel says — It's believed to be an export to Iran in drug-fighting effort — (08-20) 04:00 PDT Kiryat Shemona, Israel — Israeli intelligence officials have complained to Britain and the United States that sensitive night-vision equipment recovered …
BBC:
Hamas plea over seized deputy PM — Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has appealed to the international community for help to secure the release of his deputy. — Nasser al-Shaer was detained by the Israeli army early on Saturday. — The Israeli army said it had detained Mr Shaer …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Pundits Renounce The President — For 10 minutes, the talk show host grilled his guests about whether "George Bush's mental weakness is damaging America's credibility at home and abroad." For 10 minutes, the caption across the bottom of the television screen read, "IS BUSH AN 'IDIOT'?"
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Jerusalem Post:
Arab media slam Syrian president — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria's president sparked a wave of anger after he knocked Mideast leaders as "half men" in a televised speech, underlining the divisions as Arab nations try to form a unified front in the wake of the Lebanon crisis.
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Michelle Malkin:
Kidnapped Fox News crew: prayers and outrage — ***scroll for updates*** … I've tried to stay away from the computer and the news as much as possible during my time off, but I couldn't help checking in every day for word of Fox News correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig since their kidnapping last Monday.
Seattle Times:
JonBenet suspect a patient at Thai sex-change center — BANGKOK, Thailand — The man who confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey had another bizarre secret up his sleeve in the months before his arrest: he was visiting a surgical center that specializes in sex-change operations.
Lenny Ben-David / Jerusalem Post:
The lessons of Lebanon - II — The war did not go well. It's easy to point to Hizbullah's six years of preparations, its fanatic devotion to death, and an endless supply of technologically advanced Iranian and Syrian weapons. But the analysis of what went wrong must first be focused on ourselves.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
It's News, Right? — Thank God for the JonBenet story. We may not be getting any closer to solving the disaster in the Middle East, but at least we didn't have to hear much about it last week. Hezbollah, Hamas, Sunnis, Shiites, Iran, Iraq, it's all so complicated, such — as Bush says — "hard work."
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
With doublespeaking France, honor gets lost in translation — French is the traditional language of diplomacy. Diplomacy is the art of saying one thing while doing another. — In recent weeks, France stepped forward to act as a broker of peace in Lebanon.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Culture Of Corruption Redux — When the Democrats adopted the "culture of corruption" meme as their campaign theme earlier this year, we noted that the culture hardly respected party lines. The leader of the Senate Democratic caucus, Harry Reid, took contributions from clients …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Rise of Shrinking-Vacation Syndrome — In August, when much of the world is hard at work trying to do nothing, Jeff Hopkins and his wife, Denise, usually take a week to chase fish in Olympic National Park — a ferry ride and two tanks of gas from here with a boat in tow.
MSNBC:
Transcript for Aug. 20 — MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues this Sunday: Day 1,251 of the war in Iraq. Indications the insurgency has gotten worse, as the number of roadside bombs and attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces reach record levels; sectarian violence now claiming an average of more than 100 Iraqi civilians a day.
The Australian:
Mark Steyn: It's breeding obvious, mate — Australia and the US can avoid the bleak future awaiting dying old Europe — I'M honored to be asked to give the C D Kemp lecture before members of the Institute he founded and which lives on after him. I've been in Australia for a couple …
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