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9:55 PM ET, September 19, 2006

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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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MSNBC:
In NBC interview, Ahmadinejad claims U.S. still stuck in Cold War mindset  —  President Bush's policies in the Middle East are "moving the world toward war," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, maintaining that Iran was a peaceful nation that merely wanted to be left alone to "stand on its [own] feet."
Discussion: Macsmind
New York Sun:
Arrest Ahmadinejad  —  Hardliners in the war on Islamic extremist terrorism have long called for it to be treated as a war rather than a law-enforcement issue.  Yet by allowing, in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of an Axis regime to come to New York and stay on Park Avenue …
Scheherezade Faramarzi / Associated Press:
Iran Tells U.N. Nuclear Program Peaceful  —  Iran's nuclear activities are "transparent, peaceful and under the watchful eye" of United Nations inspectors, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.  —  Taking the world stage at the U.N. General Assembly hours after President Bush …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Reproaches Iran and Syria in U.N. Speech
Discussion: Eteraz and AMERICAblog
CNN:
Bush to U.N.: Choose between freedom or extremism
Discussion: State of the Day
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.
CNN:
Thai army chief leads coup while prime minister away
Discussion: Exit Zero
2bangkok.com:
Thaksin government overthrown in coup
Discussion: Bangkok Pundit
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.
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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 …
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and LamontBlog
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:   U.S. Commander Sees No Troop Cuts in Iraq This Year
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Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
When Miranda Met Osama  —  Will terrorists get lawyers the moment they're captured on the battlefield?  —  WASHINGTON—At the start of the congressional debate over military tribunals for terrorists, I offered House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter a prediction …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Redstate
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web
Discussion: TigerHawk
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.
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 …
 
 
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THE UNHOLY PAST OF THE MUSLIM CLERIC DEMANDING THE POPE'S EXECUTION
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The Australian:
Pope row in past, PM tells Muslims
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Campaign Gifts From Big Insurer Elude the Limit
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Pope asked to convert to Islam
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Prices at the pump keep tumbling
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Senate set to consider fence bill
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