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1:30 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) …
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.
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
Michelle Malkin:
Italian nun killed; Pope sorry for Muslim reaction  —  ***scroll for updates...must-read for vital historical perspective: Andrew Bostom at The American Thinker on the Pope, the Byzantine Empire, jihad, and "dialogue"...***  —  Shot in the back three times.  Fox News says four times in the back by two "armed gunmen" with pistols.
BBC:
Pope sorry for offending Muslims  —  Pope Benedict XVI has apologised in person for causing offence to Muslims in a speech in Bavaria last week.  —  He said the medieval text which he quoted did not express in any way his personal opinion, adding the speech was an invitation to respectful dialogue.
Ron Coleman / Dean's World:
The Pope stands firm, sort of
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Jihad Watch
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 …
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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 …
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 …
CC Goldwater / Newsweek:
Goldwater Today  —  CC Goldwater on what her grandfather would make of today's GOP.  —  As the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater, I am often asked what I think my grandfather would have felt about the direction of today's Republican Party.  What I found in the past year I spent making …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
U.S. holds AP photographer in Iraq 5 mos  —  The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.  —  Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen …
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
Gateway Pundit:
Al Qaeda Orders Muslims to Leave US Before Nuclear Terror Strike!  —  My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy sends more news of a Nuclear Terror threat against the United States!  —  Be on the look out for this Al Qaeda terrorist, Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, who lived in the US for several years.
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 …
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 …
 
 
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