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Captors Release Two FOX News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza Aug. 14 — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Two FOX News journalists were released by their kidnappers Sunday, nearly two weeks after they were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip. — The freeing of FOX correspondent Steve Centanni, 60 …
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Reuters:
Kidnapped Fox journalists convert to Islam on video —Text+GAZA (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape released by their captors on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, in which the reporters said they had converted to Islam, the Fox News Channel said.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Centanni, Wiig freed (Update: Conversion video added) — The boss never sleeps. — "Khaled" celebrates his freedom: — There'll be some sort of video here soon. Stand by for updates. — Update: There are four different video clips in the sidebar of Fox's article on this.
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CNN:
Kidnapped Fox journalists released — GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) — Two Fox journalists kidnapped by militants two weeks ago in Gaza have been released and appear to be in good health. — Fox reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig were released shortly after noon Sunday and dropped off …
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Fox News Journalists Released in Gaza — Two Fox Television journalists held for 13 days in the Gaza Strip were released Sunday after they were shown on a videotape saying they converted to Islam. — The two journalists, American Steve Centanni, 60, and New Zealand cameraman Olaf Wiig …
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Michelle Malkin:
Fox crew: Freed, forced to convert at gunpoint; "Halec" and "Yaco" — ***scroll for updates...Fox News Sunday interviewing Centanni...Allah with all the latest and the conversion vid (thanks to Rusty)...we've YouTubed the conversion video...embedded below...*** — Thank God. Fox News Channel reporting:
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
The Man Who Said Too Much — A book coauthored by NEWSWEEK's Michael Isikoff details Richard Armitage's central role in the Valerie Plame leak. — Katsumi Kasahara / AP (l.) ; Lawrence Jackson / AP — According to a new book, the State Department has known for years that Armitage (left) outed Plame
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Swopa / Needlenose:
The trapping of the accidental leaker — Via Raw Story, hot Plamemania news tonight from Michael "Spikey" Isikoff at Newsweek: … I guess you can say hello to a lawsuit or two, Mr. Armitage. As I said Tuesday evening: … Even so, and despite the damning quotes from Armitage's co-workers …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Just A Plame Waste Of Time — Michael Isikoff and David Corn have a new book coming out that reveals the inside details of the leak that allowed Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent to be uncovered. As widely speculated, the leak came from Richard Armitage, Colin Powell's key deputy, and it came without malicious intent:
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
The War Tourists — My profession is an easy one to kick around.It isn't brain surgery: going places, asking questions, taking pictures, writing it up, broadcasting it.There are some skills.There are some things you have to learn.But it isn't hard for anyone, looking at what we do, to say, "I could do that."
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Michael Portillo / Times of London:
France about-turns into a bigger military mess — 'Il faut aller à Gorazde. " ("We must push through to Gorazde. ") The French defence minister would repeat it like a chant. It was 1995. In Srebrenica, a United Nations so-called safe haven in Bosnia, 8,000 men had been slaughtered by Bosnian Serbs.
Talking Points Memo:
I used the word "refugees" in an earlier post to describe those who were dispaced by Katrina. TPM Reader DW objects: … I am aware of that concern, which was raised frequently in the weeks following Katrina. The "negative connotation" that DW and others refer to is that "refugee" suggests second-class citizenship.
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Washington Post:
Democrats Split Over Timetable For Troops — In Close Races, Most Reject Rapid Pullout — Most Democratic candidates in competitive congressional races are opposed to setting a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, rejecting pressure from liberal activists to demand a quick end to the three-year-old military conflict.
Michelle Roberts / Associated Press:
Army Corps worries about Big Easy levees — NEW ORLEANS - Despite aggressive efforts to repair the New Orleans levee system following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, it isn't clear yet whether it could withstand a hurricane with heavy storm surge this year, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Iranian President Says Nuclear Program Poses No Threat — KHONDAB, Iran — Iran's hard-line president on Saturday inaugurated a heavy-water production plant, a facility the West fears will be used to develop a nuclear bomb, as Tehran remained defiant ahead of a U.N. deadline that could lead to sanctions.
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Mrs. Clinton Offers to Raise Money for Lamont Campaign — In a private meeting at her Chappaqua, N.Y., home on Friday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton offered to help Ned Lamont in his battle to unseat Senator Joseph I. Lieberman by sponsoring a fund-raiser, campaigning by his side and lending him one of her top political strategists.
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