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White House:
Press Conference by the President — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Fancy digs you got here. Thanks for your hospitality. It's good to visit with you. I look forward to taking some of your questions.
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Warns It Would Be 'Disaster' to Leave Iraq — President Bush said Monday the United States would lose "our soul as a nation" if it gave up on the Iraq war now, warning it would be a "disaster" if U.S. troops left before the new Iraqi government can control the country.
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
Iran denies inspectors access to site — VIENNA, Austria - Iran has turned away U.N. inspectors wanting to examine its underground nuclear site in an apparent violation of the Nonproliferation Treaty, diplomats and U.N. officials said Monday. — The officials, who spoke on condition …
New York Times:
Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon — The ruins of southern Beirut Sunday, after being pounded by Israeli airstrikes for a month. Arab nations promised reconstruction aid. — The shaky, United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon suffered another blow on Sunday …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
British Authorities Charge 11 in Bomb Plot — Authorities Find Bomb Equipment and "Martyrdom" Tapes — British authorities today announced terrorism and murder-conspiracy charges against 11 people in the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, saying their searches since Aug. 10 …
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Sky News:
Charges Over Terror Plot — Eleven suspects in the alleged UK airport terror plot have been charged. — Police have also revealed that they found bomb-making equipment and martyrdom videos during their investigations. — They said eight people had been charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism.
CNN:
Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Opposition among Americans to the war in Iraq has reached a new high, with only about a third of respondents saying they favor it, according to a poll released Monday. — Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor …
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Channing Joseph / New York Sun:
Police Chief Says He Exaggerated Post-Katrina Crime — The New Orleans police chief during Hurricane Katrina, Eddie Compass, says he unnecessarily "heightened people's fears" by repeating unconfirmed reports of out-of-control crime in the city during the aftermath of the storm …
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Asa Eslocker Reports / The Blotter:
Is Tomorrow Doomsday? — Asa Eslocker Reports: — While no extra safeguards are in place, U.S. law enforcement are not ignoring the possible significance of tomorrow's date, August 22, a date that marks an important historic event on the Islamic calendar.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Bush Now Says What He Wouldn't Say Before War: Iraq Had 'Nothing' To Do With 9/11 — President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:Bush: We Never... During a long, wandering answer about his …
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New York Post:
NY'S LAMONT WANNABE — WILL NETROOTS TAKE ON HILLARY? — JONATHAN Tasini has less than a month to become New York's Ned Lamont. The Democratic primary is on Sept. 12, he's at 13 percent in the polls and he's just had his best fund-raising week ever online.
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New York Times:
British Law Against Glorifying Terrorism Has Not Silenced Calls to Kill for Islam — From his home on the northwest edge of this city, Muhamad al-Massari runs a Web site that celebrates the violent death of British and American soldiers. It is visited by tens of thousands of people every day, he said.
Matt S / The Only Republican in San Francisco:
And yet we still get stuck on the Van Wyck — Mike Godwin has a post comparing the NYC taxi system to net neutrality. I think the comparison is an apt one, but not for the reasons he cites. — Mike's argument is that measured regulation of the sort applied to NYC cabs makes a good model for the Internet:
Martin Asser / BBC:
Dangers await Lebanon returnees — When Um Ali Mihdi returned to her home in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil two days ago, she found a 1,000lb (450kg) Israeli bomb lying unexploded in her living room. — The shell is huge, bigger than the young boy pushed forward to stand reluctantly next …
CNN:
Judge drops Padilla terror charge — Padilla, codefendants faced double jeopardy, ruling says — MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A federal judge in Miami on Monday dismissed a terror count against Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen once identified as a "dirty bomb" suspect and detained as an "enemy combatant."
Associated Press:
Sunday school teacher dumped for being female — WATERTOWN, New York (AP) — The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job — outside of the church.
The Anchoress:
Anchoress called on to "retract" support for Rudy — I got a very nice email from Nate Nelson, who runs deuteronomy3019 and has recently put together Catholic Rudy Watch. Nate is calling on me both publicly and privately to retract my support for Rudy Giuliani, should hizzoner decide to run for the White House.
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