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10:10 AM ET, August 27, 2006

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Fox News:
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.
Discussion: The Corner and Wizbang
Michelle Malkin:
Fox crew: Freed, forced to convert at gunpoint; "Halec" and "Yaco"  —  ***scroll for updates***  —  Thank God.  Fox News Channel reporting: … What the hell was going on?  Associated Press reports: … Last night, Allah reported that Debka fingered Hamas.
DEBKAfile:
DEBKA-Net-Weekly 267 Revealed: Palestinian warlord Zakaria Dughmush (picture) kidnapped the Fox News journalists on behalf of Hamas  —  The Hamas team which abducted Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit on June 25 sought to ease the pressure for his release by staging a more spectacular snatch.
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:   PA: Kidnappers to free Fox newsmen
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 …
Discussion: PBD
TalkLeft:
Richard Armitage Named as Plame Leaker  —  Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and David Corn's new book, Hubris, names Richard Armitage as the leaker of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity and the source for both Bob Woodward and Bob Novak.  Isikoff reports in Newsweek that Armitage realized he was the leaker …
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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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:   Iran takes new nuclear step
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Surprise! Iran opens heavy-water production plant
Associated Press:
Iran, defying United Nations, opens plant for producing heavy water
Discussion: NewsHog
White House:
President's Radio Address  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  —  Earlier this week, I had coffee with Rockey Vaccarella in the White House.  Rockey is from Saint Bernard Parish in Louisiana, and he and his family lost everything they owned to Hurricane Katrina.
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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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Neil Vigdor / Stamford Advocate:   Hillary Clinton pledges to back Lamont
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Line Five, Party of One?
Discussion: The News Blog and BobGeiger.com
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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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.
Iain Dale / Iain Dale's Diary:
Fined for Being a Christian  —  I was listening to the news this morning and caught the tail end of a piece which I thought said that a footballer had been arrested to making the sign of the cross during a football match.  Nah, I thought.  Must have misheard.
Discussion: Cranmer and The Corner
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.
 
 
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