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Guardian:
Revealed: the tough interrogation techniques the CIA wants to use — Ed Pilkington in New York and Clare Dyer — Details emerged yesterday about the seven interrogation techniques the CIA is seeking to be allowed to apply to terror suspects. Newsweek magazine reported that a New York lawyer …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Leak: CIA interrogation techniques revealed — They're seeking Congressional authorization for seven discrete procedures, each more brutal than the last. The Guardian has a complete list. Click here if you want to see, but be forewarned — they're extremely graphic.
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:
The REAL Secret Interrogation Techniques
The REAL Secret Interrogation Techniques
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Iranian leader urges more papal protests — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam.
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Donald Sensing / Winds of Change.NET:
Muslims bomb, burn, shoot and threaten for being called "violent" — Work with me here. Am I understanding this correctly? — Pope Benedict gives a speech in his native Germany in which he states that "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul," …
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Exiled Muslim Cleric Behind London Protest Calling for Pope's Death
Exiled Muslim Cleric Behind London Protest Calling for Pope's Death
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Washington Post:
McCain's Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid — Opposition to Bush Could Alienate Republican Base — Sen. John McCain's bid to position himself as the natural heir to President Bush as a wartime commander in chief and to court conservative leaders in advance …
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Washington Post:
Bush Detainee Plan Adds to World Doubts Of U.S., Powell Says — Ex-Secretary of State Defends Conventions — Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he decided to publicly oppose the Bush administration's proposed rules for the treatment of terrorism suspects in part …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann: "The President of the United States owes this country an apology" — Keith Olbermann delivered another stunning special comment tonight, this time attacking Bush's Rose Garden press conference from last Friday. — Olbermann: Finally tonight, a Special Comment about the Rose Garden news conference last Friday.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
White House to revise terror proposal — WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday it was revising its proposal for dealing with terrorism suspects as indications grew that President Bush's plan was meeting increased resistance among Republicans in both chambers of Congress.
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BBC:
Budapest clashes as protest grows — Police in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters who threw bottles and stones and set cars alight. — Thousands of demonstrators had gathered in the city, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany.
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Surge in Anti-Muslim Incidents Reported — Md., Va. and D.C. Among Top 10 Locations for Harassment — A national Muslim advocacy organization yesterday blamed a "negative and politically charged" environment on the Internet and talk radio for the 30 percent jump in anti-Muslim incidents reported to the group last year.
Senator Bill Frist:
Americans Deserve Secure Borders — Bringing the "Secure Fence Act of 2006" to the Floor — A nation that can't secure its borders can't secure its destiny or administer its laws. And the reality is that America's borders today are inexcusably porous. — One of the most important …
Debbie Schlussel:
BREAKING/Exclusive: Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today — I've been writing about LIFE for Relief and Development for years, and I think my columns (especially this one, a shorter version of which appeared in the New York Post), have finally made a difference.
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Papal Bull — JOSEPH RATZINGER'S LATEST OFFENSE. — There are many popes within Christianity—the Coptic Church has one, and the Eastern Orthodox Church also boasts a patriarch or holy father—but we have acquired the habit of using the term to describe only the bishop of Rome …
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FIRST THINGS, Hot Air, Andrew Sullivan, BrothersJudd Blog, Daimnation! and ++ relapsed catholic …
Business Week:
What's Really Propping Up The Economy — Since 2001, the health-care industry has added 1.7 million jobs. The rest of the private sector? None — If you really want to understand what makes the U.S. economy tick these days, don't go to Silicon Valley, Wall Street, or Washington.
Rasmussen Reports:
Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 47% DeWine (R) 41% — In Ohio's edge-of-seat Senate race, Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown now claims a six-point lead of 47% to 41% over Republican Senator Mike DeWine (see crosstabs). — The tables have turned slowly but dramatically in this hard-fought campaign.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
What Did You Get For It, Joe? — It seems every time No-Show Joe opens his mouth these days, he is touting the virtues of bipartisanship and decrying Ned Lamont for engaging in partisan politics. It's a nice sound bite if you can get away with it, and the press have certainly let him do so.
CTV.ca:
Four Canadians killed in Afghan suicide bombing — The first of four Canadian servicemen killed by a bicycle bomber targeting troops in southern Afghanistan was identified on Monday as a Manitoba-based soldier. — An undisclosed number of Canadian soldiers and at least 27 Afghan civilians …
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