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Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan — Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report: — Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News. — The surprising announcement comes …
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Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord With Pro-Taliban Militias — The government of Pakistan signed a peace accord Tuesday with pro-Taliban forces in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, agreeing to withdraw its troops from the region in return for the fighters' pledge to stop attacks inside Pakistan and across the border.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Compares Iran to Al-Qaeda — President Renews Pledge to Attain Victory Over Terrorism — President Bush today renewed his pledge to accept nothing less than "complete victory" in the war on terrorism and delivered a strong warning to Iran, which he described as the leader of a strain …
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Tim Albone / Times of London:
Border deal threatens to close trap on Taleban — THE leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan will attempt today to bury their differences and agree a joint strategy to combat Islamic militants operating on both sides of their border. — As Nato forces fought an estimated 700 Taleban rebels …
Sadaqat Jan / Associated Press:Pakistan denies al-Qaida 'sanctuary' comments
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GOP secretly channeled millions to Lieberman — The White House funneled millions of dollars through major Republican Party contributors to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary campaign in a failed effort to ensure the support of the former Democrat for the Bush administration.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Republican Rift Over Wiretapping Widens — Party at Odds on Surveillance Legislation — Deepening Republican divisions over the future of President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program may jeopardize GOP leaders' hopes of making terrorism surveillance legislation a centerpiece of their final legislative push this month.
Will Dunham / Reuters:
White House backs Rumsfeld, says he's no bogeyman — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday Democrats were trying to turn Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld into "a bogeyman" two months before U.S. congressional elections, and it dismissed their calls for his ouster.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
GOP Senators Differ With President on Military Trials — Terrorism Suspects' Right To Information Is at Issue — Key Republican senators have drafted a legislative plan for special military trials of suspected terrorists that diverges from a recent Bush administration plan …
Associated Press:
Harris wins Fla. GOP Senate nomination — MIAMI - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to easily claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis (news, bio, voting record) won the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased — Days before its scheduled debut, the first major television miniseries about the Sept. 11 attacks was being criticized on Tuesday as biased and inaccurate by bloggers, terrorism experts and a member of the Sept. 11 commission …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Okay, I'm watching the Katie Couric show. — It's so annoying to feel forced into it! She's standing up and wearing a weird white jacket buttoned conspicuously at the waist as if to argue with those who said she'd been photoshopped into semi-svelteness. Now, she's sitting down …
Verlyn Klinkenborg / New York Times:
Once a Progressive State, Minnesota Is Now a Fief of the N.R.A. — A couple of weeks ago, I checked into a hotel in Bloomington, a Minneapolis suburb framed by the airport and the Mall of America. On the hotel door was a sign: "Firearms Banned on These Premises."
PR Newswire:
USC Study: Celebrities Really Are More Narcissistic Than the General Public — LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrities have more narcissistic personality traits than the general population, and people with narcissistic tendencies seem to be attracted to the entertainment industry rather …
New York Times:
Time for Answers — For three years, Washington has been periodically consumed with the question of who unmasked a covert C.I.A. agent to the columnist Robert Novak. It has been a huge distraction for the White House, resulted in the unjustified jailing of one reporter …
Zogby:
Zogby Poll: 9/11 + 5 Reveals Dramatic Partisan Split — 9/11 + 5 finds a nation badly divided as GOPers back U.S. war on terror, wiretapping, and Saddam's role in 9/11; Dems, Indies suspicious of all three — Five years after 9/11, the bitter division between Republicans and Democrats …
expatica.com:
Hezbollah doubtful over German role in UN force — BERLIN - The Shiite Hezbollah militia has expressed "reservations" about Germany's involvement in the multinational UN force deploying for Lebanon, owing to German demands that its troops be allowed to stop and search boats bound for the country.
Josh Long / Casper Star Tribune:
Law school plans big project — LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming College of Law is poised to develop state-of-the-art facilities that could accommodate guest speakers during special events and serve as a location for actual trials and appellate proceedings. — But it first must find the money to pay for the project.
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