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10:35 AM ET, August 22, 2006

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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 …
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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 …
Edmund Blair / Reuters:
Iran hands over reply to nuclear incentives offer  —  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday handed over its reply to an incentives package by world powers aimed at allaying Western fears that Tehran seeks to build atomic bombs, Iran's state-run Arabic-language Al-Alam television reported.
Cameron Abadi / Spiegel Online:
Ignoring the Propaganda in Tehran
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.
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: Booman Tribune and King of Zembla
Examiner:
Who's the senator who wants spending kept secret?  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - A Senate staffer — who shall remain nameless here — must have awakened on the wrong side of the bed Monday morning.  Said staffer exploded in response …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and The Corner
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 …
Cornelia Dean / New York Times:
A Man, a Plan, a Dam.  Then, an F.B.I. Call.  —  On July 25, Jim Bensman of Alton, Ill., attended a public meeting on the proposed construction of a bypass channel for fish at a dam on the Mississippi River.  Less than a week later, he was under investigation by the F.B.I. — the victim …
Daily Mail:
Obsessed Bin Laden wanted to kill Whitney Houston's husband  —  Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden is so obsessed with singer Whitney Houston he thought about killing her husband, Bobby Brown, it was claimed last night.  —  The suggestion is made by Sudanese poet and novelist Kola Boof …
Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: Policing in Gaza has blunted IDF fighting abilities  —  One of the main conclusions of the war against Hezbollah will be the  —  fact that the fighting abilities of the ground forces deployed by the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon have been blunted by years of police action in the territories.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Election Push, Bush Faults Talk of Iraq Pullout  —  President Bush seized on Monday on Democratic calls for withdrawal from Iraq to make an election-year case that his political rivals did not properly understand the threats to the nation and would create a more dangerous world.
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan and AMERICAblog
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.
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 …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
At Guantanamo, Caught in a Legal Trap  —  6 Algerians Languish Despite Foreign Rulings, Dropped Charges  —  SARAJEVO, Bosnia — On Jan. 18, 2002, six men suspected of plotting to attack the U.S. Embassy were seized here by U.S. troops and flown to Cuba, where they became some of the first arrivals …
Discussion: The Heretik, Amygdala and The Arabist
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
Julian Glover / Guardian:
Tories open nine-point lead as Labour drops to 19-year low  —  David Cameron is on course for a possible general election win, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today that shows support for the Conservatives climbing to a lead that could give them a narrow majority in the Commons, while Labour has plunged to a 19-year low.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Iran's Navy Attacks and Boards Romanian Rig in Gulf (Update3)
Gene Weingarten / Washington Post:
Yo, Tony! I'm Talkin' About You!
Discussion: FishBowlDC
BBC:
Russian plane crashes in Ukraine
Times of India:
Eatery named after Hitler
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Jay Root / Knight Ridder:
Battle for DeLay's seat could help tilt balance of power
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
The Fame Motive  —  Money and power are handy, but millions …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Agence France Presse:
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stuff.co.nz:
Diplomat admits no progress in Wiig's kidnapping
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Jack Risko / Dinocrat:
Big economy, small deficits
Richard Willing / USA Today:
1 in 8 murderers halted their appeals to speed execution
Discussion: Althouse and TalkLeft
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bush lied, JonBenet died?  (Update: Absurdly biased AFP photo series added)
MSNBC:
Sec/Def Lieberman?  —  Plus Steely Dan, Hot Tuna and more
Associated Press:
Calendars show Armitage met reporter
Terence J. Daly / New York Times:
Killing Won't Win This War