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9:50 AM ET, August 22, 2006

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Haaretz:
UN: Int'l force may fail without European participation  —  The reinforcement of UNIFIL and deployment of an international force in South Lebanon in accordance with Resolution 1701 are on the verge of collapse, unless European member states immediately declare their participation and the extent …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Iran Rejects Offer For Nuclear Talks  —  The Iranian government has told senior European officials that it will not accept the only condition set by the Bush administration and its Western allies for talks on the country's nuclear program and will continue enriching uranium …
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.
WUSA-TV:
Exclusive Poll Results Show Allen Losing Ground  —  GOP Allen's Once Large Lead Evaporates: In an election for the United States Senate in Virginia today, 8/21/06, incumbent Republican George Allen edges Democrat challenger James Webb 48% to 45%, according to an exclusive SurveyUSA poll conducted for W*USA-TV in Washington, DC.
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Judge Orders Justice Department Investigation of Leak to CBS Report  —  A federal judge has ordered a Justice Department probe into how CBS News obtained a story two years ago disclosing an FBI investigation into a pro-Israel lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
New York Times' Eavesdropping Story Wasn't The Only One Squashed For Bush During 2004 Campaign  —  This Sunday the New York Times' Bill Keller got dresed down on the paper's letters page, with scores of readers taking the executive editor to task for being evasive in his previous explanations regarding why …
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New York Times:   Other Voices: In Search of Honesty on the Eavesdropping Story …
stuff.co.nz:
Diplomat admits no progress in Wiig's kidnapping  —  A senior New Zealand diplomat has admitted there are no firm leads or information about kidnapped New Zealand cameraman Olaf Wiig but says officials are prepared to stay in the Middle East for as long as it takes to secure his release.
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USA Today:
Poll: GOP up after terror arrests  —  WASHINGTON — The arrest of terror suspects in London has helped buoy President Bush to his highest approval rating in six months and dampen Democratic congressional prospects to their lowest in a year.  —  In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday …
Paul Bedard / US News:
Washington Whispers  —  Don't laugh, but a loaner training kayak in the pool of the House of Representatives gym made the difference in President Bush's House victory for a pork-busting line-item veto.  "That's spot on," says Colorado Rep. Mark Udall, who helped talk 34 other Democrats into backing the measure 247 to 172.
Discussion: King of Zembla
Metehan Demir / Jerusalem Post:
Israel, US foil Iran arms transfer  —  ANKARA, Turkey  —  Israeli and American intelligence agencies alerted Turkish authorities last Friday that several Lebanon-bound Iranian planes, loaded with military hardware meant for the Hizbullah, were making their way through Turkish airspace, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Scientists Offer Proof of 'Dark Matter'  —  Analysis of Galactic Collision Said to Reveal Mysterious Substance  —  For decades, many scientists have theorized that the universe is made up of nearly undetectable mysterious substances called dark matter and dark energy.
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Faster, Pantywaist!  Shill!  Shill!  —  Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dan Gerstein, Joe Lieberman's director of media relations and Public Enema No. 1.  —  This very enlightening piece at LamontBlog lays out a list of his crimes, in order, and one has to wonder, exactly …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
President on Another Planet  —  For a moment there, I was almost encouraged.  George W. Bush, the most resolutely incurious and inflexible of presidents, was reported last week to have been surprised at seeing Iraqi citizens — who ought to be grateful beneficiaries of the American occupation …
Discussion: Norwegianity
Associated Press:
Calendars show Armitage met reporter  —  WASHINGTON - Then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in mid-June 2003, the same time the reporter has testified an administration official talked to him about CIA employee Valerie Plame.
Radley Balko / The Agitator:
Cause and Effect  —  Much as I agree with the gist of this Thomas Frank column on lobbying and the culture of corruption in Washington, reading stuff like this from leftists make me want to grab 'em by the lapels and shake 'em around a little.  —  Do they not understand that lobbying is the inevitable …
Mike Collett-White / Reuters:
Smoking cuts for classic cartoons after UK complaint  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Turner Broadcasting is scouring more than 1,500 classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including old favorites "Tom and Jerry," "The Flinstones" and "Scooby-Doo," to edit out scenes that glamorize smoking.
Discussion: Say Anything
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data  —  United States and European authorities, looking for more tools to detect terrorist plots, want to expand the screening of international airline passengers by digging deep into a vast repository of airline itineraries, personal information and payment data.
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MSNBC:
Sec/Def Lieberman?  —  Plus Steely Dan, Hot Tuna and more  —  Frank Rich writes here of these same folks who gave us the catastrophe that is Iraq and cheered Israel toward its folly who now "apoplectically fret that Mr. Lamont's victory signals the hijacking of the Democratic Party by the far left …
 
 
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