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7:45 PM ET, September 19, 2006

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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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2bangkok.com:
Thaksin government overthrown in coup
Discussion: Bangkok Pundit
CNN:
Thai army chief leads coup while prime minister away
Discussion: Exit Zero
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CNN:   Bush to U.N.: Choose between freedom or extremism
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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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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centcom.mil:   CNN Transcript - The Situation Room
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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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
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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.
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.
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 …
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.
news24.com:
Pope asked to convert to Islam  —  Tripoli - The elder son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called on Pope Benedict XVI to convert to Islam immediately, dismissing last week's apology from the pontiff for offending Muslims.  —  "If this person were really someone reasonable …
 
 
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The Nation:
At the UN, Bush Cites Human Rights Declaration
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This Is London:
THE UNHOLY PAST OF THE MUSLIM CLERIC DEMANDING THE POPE'S EXECUTION
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James R. Healey / USA Today:
Prices at the pump keep tumbling
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Michael Powell / Washington Post:
Gore Unveils Global-Warming Plan
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Democrat, Republican and a Bond of Addiction
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Reuters:
Bush approval rating rebounds in new poll
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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