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4:36 AM ET, September 18, 2006

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Joee Blogs / a Catholic Londoner:
A very rushed post  —  Just outside Westminster Cathedral today...  I thought I'd refrain from posting anything substantial about this uproar about the Pope's speech, since I'm sure other bloggers can put things more eloquently than me.  ( here and here and here : "If the Pope does not appear …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Little Green Footballs:
Islamists at Westminster Cathedral  —  Worshippers coming out of services at London's Westminster Cathedral today were greeted by a gang of Islamists, reports Joee Blogs - a Catholic Londoner.
Agence France Presse:
Israeli-US plot behind pope's remarks: Iran hardline press  —  Iranian hardline newspapers said there were signs of an Israeli-US plot behind remarks by Pope Benedict XVI that linked Islam to violence and created a wave of anger across the Muslim world.  —  The daily Jomhuri Islami said Israel …
Discussion: Redstate, Mere Rhetoric and Dinocrat
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Pope Apologizes for Uproar Over His Remarks
Discussion: Is That Legal?
Paul H.B. Shin / NY Daily News:
Threats of an attack on Vatican
Rod Liddle / Times of London:
You've said sorry, Holy Father - now demand a price
Discussion: ParaPundit and INDCJournal
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Senators Seek Compromise on Terror Cases  —  The Bush administration and three prominent Republican senators opposing its effort to codify broad standards for terror-detainee treatment gave signs of seeking compromise today, as both sides face intense political pressures over their positions.
Discussion: LiberalOasis and Truthdig
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Tortured Compromise  —  The outlines of the torture debate …
Discussion: State of the Day
New York Times:
Bush Untethered  —  Watching the president on Friday …
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Times:
Sweden's Governing Party Voted Out After 12 Years  —  Sweden swept away 12 years of center-left government on Sunday, voting to reject its longtime prime minister, Goran Persson, in favor of a conservative candidate who has pledged to revise the Swedish welfare state.
Discussion: Power Line and Obsidian Wings
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Cyrus Nowrasteh / Opinion Journal:
The Path to Hysteria  —  My sin was to write a screenplay accurately depicting Bill Clinton's record on terrorism.  —  I am neither an activist, politician or partisan, nor an ideologue of any stripe.  What I am is a writer who takes his job very seriously, as do most of my colleagues …
Discussion: Hot Air and Ed Driscoll.com
Paul Bedard / US News:
Washington Whispers  —  A father's influence on his son can be incredible, from shaping a boy's outlook on life to the tiny, seemingly unimportant things like choosing between Bic and Sharpie.  That's certainly been the case in the Bush family, where President Bush has sometimes gone Texas-big with his dad's lessons.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Washington Post:
Gore's 2008 Plans May Become Clearer After Release of Book  —  Although saying he has no plans to run for president in 2008, former vice president Al Gore has nonetheless left the door ever so slightly ajar.  It's a good bet that door will swing open a good bit wider come next May.
Ezra Klein:
The First Refuge Of The Scoundrel  —  I've been a little loathe to enter the furor over Ann Althouse's repulsive smear of Jessica, if only because Althouse's point was so self-evidently cruel and unfair that it seemed unworthy of further publicity.  But PZ Myers' post reminds me that there's a larger issue at stake.
Drudge Report:
BUSH BASHING PIG HITS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN  —  ROGER WATERS [PINK FLOYD] CONCERT TOUR HITS NORTH AMERICA AND NYC WITH FLYING PIGS, URGING DEM VOTES IN ELECTION, 'IMPEACH BUSH' WRITTEN ON REAR OF PIG FLOATING OVER AUDIENCE... One concertgoer writes: 'Seeing Bush's name written across the pig's arse made me howl'... The pig had graffiti.
NEWS.com.au:
Muslims read riot act  —  AUSTRALIA'S Muslim leaders have been "read the riot act" over the need to denounce any links between Islam and terrorism.  —  The Howard Government's multicultural spokesman, Andrew Robb, yesterday told an audience of 100 imams who address Australia's mosques …
BBC:
Italian nun shot dead in Somalia  —  Gunmen have shot dead a 65-year-old Italian nun and her bodyguard at a hospital in Somali capital, Mogadishu.  —  The attackers shot the nun three times in the back at the women and children's hospital in the south of the city before fleeing the scene.
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Hewlett Review Is Said to Detail Deeper Spying  —  A secret investigation of news leaks at Hewlett-Packard was more elaborate than previously reported, and almost from the start involved the illicit gathering of private phone records and direct surveillance of board members and journalists …
Sherko Raouf / Reuters:
Iraq attackers kill 30, aggravate ethnic tensions  —  KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents killed at least 30 people and aggravated Iraq's hostile ethnic divide with a string of bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk, as well as attacks in volatile Anbar province and in Baghdad on Sunday.
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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NATO Faces Growing Hurdle As Call for Troops Falls Short
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The excuses keep on coming for Ellison's behavior
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Sally B. Donnelly / Time:
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Coverage of 9/11 anniversary was too wimpy
Discussion: Dinocrat
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
The Liberals' War  —  Why is the left afraid to face up to the threat of radical Islam?
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BBC:
World rallies for peace in Darfur
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
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Fisnik Abrashi / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
U.S., Afghan troops launch offensive
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
If It Was a Prize Fight, It Would Have Been Stopped at the First Commercial Break
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A liberal hawk strikes back
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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