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Associated Press:
North Korea says nuclear test successful — SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.
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CNN:
North Korea claims nuclear test … SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Monday claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test, according to that country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). — South Korean government officials also said North Korea performed its first nuclear test …
Associated Press:
North Korea claims nuclear weapons test — Official news agency says no radioactive leakage — SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. — U.S. and South Korean officials could not immediately confirm the report.
BBC:
North Korea in nuclear test claim — North Korea says it has carried out its first ever test of a nuclear weapon, the state news agency has reported. — It said the underground test, done in defiance of international warnings, was a success and had not resulted in any leak of radiation.
Washington Post:
N. Korea Claims Nuclear Test — Geologists in South Detect Man-Made Blast — North Korea declared on Monday that it had conducted its first nuclear test in defiance of international calls for restraint, claiming to be the world's newest nuclear power. — South Korean geological officials …
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Associated Press:
N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test and the blast had been successfully set off underground with no radioactive leakage from the site. — An official at South Korea's seismic …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000 — Page Shared Exchanges With GOP Rep. Kolbe — A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications.
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Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
Iraq's Dark Day of Reckoning — If you were a Shiite, having suffered through a brutal insurgency and an incompetent government, would you give up your weapons? — When Iraq's current government was formed last April, after four months of bitter disputes, wrangling and paralysis …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:NO MORE FRIEDMANS....Fareed Zakaria finally calls it quits:
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Associated Press:
AP: Allen didn't disclose stock options — RICHMOND, Va. - For the past five years, Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record), has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company. The Virginia Republican also asked the Army to help another business that gave him similar options.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Baker Sees Iraq Panel Departing From Bush Strategy — James A. Baker III , the Republican co-chairman of a bipartisan commission assessing Iraq strategy for President Bush, said today that he expected the group to depart from Mr. Bush's call to "stay the course."
Fisnik Abrashi / Associated Press:
NATO chief warns of Afghan tipping point — KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday the country was at a tipping point and warned Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if there are no visible improvements in people's lives in the next six months.
Frank Luntz / Time:
Foley: The Final Straw — In 1994, pollster Frank Luntz helped congressional Republicans sweep into power. Now he says the G.O.P. has become everything it once swore to destroy — Had enough? — America has. Anyone who reads the polls accurately and honestly will acknowledge …
Sadeq Saba / BBC:
Iran arrests controversial cleric — An Iranian cleric, Mohammed Kazemeini Boroujerdi, has been arrested amid clashes between his supporters and police outside his house in Teheran. — Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of his followers, who had formed a cordon around his residence.
Newsday:
Poll shows Reynolds lags behind Davis after connection to Foley scandal — BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) _ Rep. Thomas Reynolds is trailing behind his Democratic opponent after he was connected to the scandal involving former GOP Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, according to a poll released Saturday.
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WWB / Blog P.I.:
Photoshop: Still Harder Than You Think — Yesterday afternoon, Michelle Malkin and Charles Johnson reported more or less simultaneously on a curious image from the front page of the DNC website (since removed), purporting to show a U.S. soldier "hurting" because of "GOP broken promises." To wit:
Carol Rosenberg / Seattle Times:
Guantánamo defense lawyer forced out of Navy — NEWARK, N.J. — The Navy lawyer who took the Guantánamo case of Osama bin Laden's driver to the U.S. Supreme Court — and won — has been passed over for promotion by the Pentagon and must soon leave the military. — Lt. Cmdr.
David Holley / Los Angeles Times:
Acclaimed Reporter Killed in Russia — Anna Politkovskaya, known for writing about human rights abuses in Chechnya, is shot in an apparent assassination. — MOSCOW — A prominent Russian journalist known for reporting of human rights abuses in war-torn Chechnya was shot and killed Saturday …
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