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Grant Peck / Associated Press:
Thai military launches coup, backs king — BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.
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Pajamas Media:
Military Coup A Done Deal in Thailand — Ousted Thai PM cancels tomorrow's UN General Assembly speech. (AP) — Fast Work—September 19: A blog devoted to Thailand's coup. — Thai PM cancels speech at UN: Thaksin, was in New York at the U.N. General Assembly and had been scheduled to address the General Assembly.
White House:
President Bush Addresses United Nations General Assembly — Fact Sheet: Address to the UN General Assembly: A More Hopeful World Beyond Terror and Extremism — THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Secretary General, Madam President, distinguished delegates, and ladies and gentlemen: I want to thank …
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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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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 …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
If We Don't Turn Out Our Base, We Will Lose — This should be obvious to anyone watching polls for this election, but I just wanted to point it out for the benefit of any Democrats who are in a position of decision-making power for this election. There is no way we can win this election unless we turn out Democrats at high levels.
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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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 …
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Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Suicidal Hand-Wringing — When you enter a boxing ring …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Torture Is Torture — Bush's 'Program' Disgraces All Americans
Torture Is Torture — Bush's 'Program' Disgraces All Americans
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Gen. says U.S. may boost forces in Iraq — WASHINGTON - The U.S. military will likely maintain or possibly even increase the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top US. commander in the Middle East said Tuesday in one of the gloomiest assessments yet …
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Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
American becomes first woman space tourist — An American who fled Iran's Islamic revolution two decades ago has fulfilled a childhood dream when she became the first woman to pay for her own journey into space. — Anousheh Ansari, a 40-year-old Iranian American telecommunications entrepreneur …
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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.
Matthew Yglesias:
War Clouds, Plus — Worst Idea Ever — Fred Kaplan wonders if the "prepare to deploy" order that's "been sent out to U.S. Navy submarines, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers, and two mine-hunting ships" means we're going to war with Iran. Sam Gardiner, former US Air Force Colonel …
James R. Healey / USA Today:
Prices at the pump keep tumbling — Gas wars spring up as gallon dips below $2.50 — Gasoline prices continue to tumble briskly, dropping Monday to a U.S. average of less than $2.50 a gallon for the first time since March. — Service stations even are beginning old-fashioned gas wars …
Associated Press:
Race may be a motive in abortion kidnap case — SALEM, New Hampshire (AP) — A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter, throwing her in their car and driving her out of state to get an abortion were upset because the baby's father is black, a Maine sheriff said Tuesday.
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate set to consider fence bill — The Senate, which has been the major obstacle to strict border-security legislation this year, will take up a bill this week that calls for constructing 700 more miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. — "It's time to secure the border with Mexico …
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 …
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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