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12:10 PM ET, September 17, 2006

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Associated Press:
Italian nun shot dead by Somali gunmen  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Italian nun was shot dead at a hospital by Somali gunmen Sunday, hours after a leading Muslim cleric condemned Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam and violence.  —  The nun, who was not immediately identified …
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Pier Paolo Cito / Associated Press:
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks  —  CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he was "deeply sorry" about the angry reaction to his recent remarks about Islam, which he said came from a text that didn't reflect his personal opinion.  —  "These (words) …
Ynetnews:
Security around pope beefed up  —  Italian media report security around Benedict XVI tightened following harsh responses to his remarks on Islam; pope expected to deliver weekly sermon from his summer home on Sunday, but it remains unclear whether he will address international uproar
Discussion: Redstate and Outside The Beltway
National Post:
Rioters' madness shames Muslim world  —  Reactions of some fanatics does not help open dialogue  —  Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post  —  The eruption of rage in some quarters of the Islamic world against Pope Benedict XVI requires that several tough things be said.
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Vatican Says Pope Benedict Regrets Offending Muslims  —  Palestinian firefighters in the West Bank city of Nablus responded to the bombing of an Orthodox church Saturday.  It was just one case of violence in the area after remarks made by the pope last week.
Discussion: Hit and Run, Prometheus 6 and Althouse
Ron Coleman / Dean's World:
The Pope stands firm, sort of
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Jihad Watch
CNN.com:
Pope to address Muslim furor
Discussion: Informed Comment and Hot Air
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Save Yourself, Blame Bush  —  I can't help but feel sorry for my old Republican friends in Congress who are fighting for their political lives.  After all, it must be tough explaining to voters at their local Baptist church's Keep Congress Conservative Day that it was their party that took …
TalkLeft:
John Yoo's Falsehoods  —  Back to the stage returns the utterly discredited John Yoo as he pens one of the most audaciously mendacious columns seen on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times this side of David Brooks.  The man is truly shameless: … The Administration has gone to war?
Discussion: The Heretik and Rising Hegemon
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John Yoo / New York Times:
How the Presidency Regained Its Balance  —  FIVE years after 9/11, President Bush has taken his counterterrorism case to the American people.  That's because he has had to.  This summer, a plurality of the Supreme Court found, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, that Congress must explicitly approve military commissions …
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Life's miracles renew dreams  —  At what age did you stop dreaming?  I'm not talking about whatever goes through your mind at night when you sleep.  —  I'm talking about what you were going to do.  What you were going to be.  The things that were going to happen to you, and the things you would have done.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
The AP's Switcheroo  —  Here's an email we received yesterday morning at 10:26 am: … The emailer is right that if you look at the AP headline now, it reads "Poll Shows GOP Not Making Its Case:"  —  Since I was the one who published the AP story yesterday and was 100% sure that I copied …
Washington Post:
Major Problems At Polls Feared  —  Some Officials Say Voting Law Changes And New Technology Will Cause Trouble  —  An overhaul in how states and localities record votes and administer elections since the Florida recount battle six years ago has created conditions that could trigger a repeat …
Ed Koch / Real Clear Politics:
Losing Our Will to Win  —  The Islamic terrorists or as President Bush calls them — Islamic fascists — are continuing their ruthless bombing campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The casualty numbers are staggering.  —  Nearly every day in Iraq alone, 50 or more civilians are found tortured …
Discussion: Say Anything
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Na Na Ney Ney Goodbye  —  Bob Ney became the first lawmaker to admit corruption in connection with Jack Abramoff yesterday, pleading guilty to conspiracy and false statements regarding gifts he received.  Ney came up with a new excuse for his abrupt fall as he entered his plea:
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Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Ney Deal Raises Pressure on Capitol Hill
Discussion: All Spin Zone and TPMmuckraker
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   Ney Admits to Lobbying Florida Senator
New York Times:
Iraq Stumbling in Bid to Purge Its Rogue Police  —  Shiite militiamen and criminals entrenched throughout Iraq's police and internal security forces are blocking recent efforts by some Iraqi leaders and the American military to root them out, a step critical to winning the trust …
Associated Press:
Iranian-born woman to be space tourist  —  DALLAS — Since long before leaving her native Iran as a teenager in 1984, Anousheh Ansari stared at the stars and dreamed of traveling closer to them.  Now at age 40, after an improbable journey that's included learning a new language …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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