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Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Suicidal Hand-Wringing — When you enter a boxing ring, you agree to abide by the rules of boxing. But when you are attacked from behind in a dark alley, you would be a fool to abide by the Marquis of Queensbury rules. If you do, you can end up being a dead fool.
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Los Angeles Times:
McCain Stand Comes at a Price — Battling Bush over rules for detainee treatment, senator jeopardizes his courtship of the right. — WASHINGTON — Conservative activists are heaping criticism on Sen. John McCain for fighting President Bush over proposed rules for the interrogation of terrorism suspects …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Torture Is Torture — Bush's 'Program' Disgraces All Americans — I wish I could turn to cheerier matters, but I just can't get past this torture issue — the fact that George W. Bush, the president of the United States of America, persists in demanding that Congress give him the right …
Washington Post:
McCain's Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid
McCain's Stand On Detainees May Pose Risk For 2008 Bid
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USA Today:
Poll finds rebound in Bush approval — WASHINGTON — Amid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year.
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Reuters:
Bush approval rating rebounds in new poll —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's approval rating has rebounded to 44 percent, the highest level in a year, in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the newspaper reported on Tuesday. — Bush's approval rating jumped five points …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush And GOP Gain Significantly In Newest Poll (UPDATED)
Bush And GOP Gain Significantly In Newest Poll (UPDATED)
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Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says — After Tip From Ally, U.S. Sent Muslim to Syria for Questioning — Canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to American agents about a Muslim Canadian citizen, after which U.S. authorities secretly whisked him to Syria …
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case — A government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report that faulted Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Senator's Gentile Rebuke — First came Sen. George Allen's Macaca Moment. Then we learned of challenger Jim Webb's thoughts on the "horny" women of the Naval Academy. — Now, just when you thought Virginia's U.S. Senate race couldn't get any weirder, the Jews of Tunis are making a cameo.
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Paul Taylor / Reuters:
Bush, Iran president to face off — UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will face off at a distance over Middle East democracy and nuclear weapons when both address the United Nations on Tuesday. — Bush faces growing international skepticism …
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BBC:
'Coup' sparks Thailand emergency — Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has declared a state of emergency in Bangkok amid reports of a coup attempt. — Soldiers have entered Government House and tanks have moved into position around the building. — Mr Thaksin, who is at the UN in New York …
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John Lichfield / Independent:
Chirac calls for threat of Iran sanctions to be lifted — President Jacques Chirac has broken ranks with the US and Britain by calling for the suspension of UN Security Council action against Iran during negotiations over its nuclear programme. — In a radio interview yesterday before flying …
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Des Moines Register:
Warner: Kerry wrong on tax cuts — The ex-Virginia governor claims Democrats could appeal to more voters if they'd stop alienating the wealthy. — Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said in Iowa on Monday that Democrats have taken the wrong approach in arguing against tax cuts enacted under President Bush …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Enough Apologies — Already, angry Palestinian militants have assaulted seven West Bank and Gaza churches, destroying two of them. In Somalia, gunmen shot dead an elderly Italian nun. Radical clerics from Qatar to Qom have called, variously, for a "day of anger" or for worshipers to "hunt down" the pope and his followers.
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MSNBC:
Bush owes us an apology — Sept. 11: A special comment about 9/11 five years after the terrorist attacks. — MSNBC TV — • Have you no sense of decency, sir? — Sept. 5: Keith Olbermann says Bush will regret following in the footsteps of Donald Rumsfeld in comparing war critics to Nazis.
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Senator Joseph Lieberman / Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman (I) 45% Lamont (D) 43% — In one of the country's most closely watched races, incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman (I) continues to sustain a bare lead, now 45% to 43%, over Democrat Ned Lamont (see crosstabs). — Lieberman is running as an Independent against the wishes of the Democratic establishment.
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Michael Powell / Washington Post:
Gore Unveils Global-Warming Plan — Cutting Emissions, Restructuring Industry and Farming Urged — Former vice president Al Gore laid out his prescription for an ailing and overheated planet Monday, urging a series of steps from freezing carbon dioxide emissions to revamping the auto industry, factories and farms.