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Washington Post:
Mr. Reid's Nondisclosure — The Senate minority leader's incomplete financial filings — THE BEST CASE for Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is that he was sloppy about financial disclosure rules in accounting for a real estate deal on which he made a $700,000 profit.
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Philadelphia Inquirer:
Reid's Land Deal — Practice what you preach — A lucrative land deal benefiting U.S. Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) deserves full scrutiny by the Senate ethics committee. — In 1998, Reid purchased undeveloped residential property on the outskirts of Las Vegas for $400,000.
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Senate Campaign Accusations Fly — Candidates Stay Above Fray, Letting Operatives Battle Over Misinformation — The U.S. Senate race continued its nasty spiral Thursday, with the campaigns of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and Ned Lamont debating who was nastiest and loosest with the facts.
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Associated Press:
Microloan Pioneer and His Bank Win Nobel Peace Prize — OSLO, Norway (AP) — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty.
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BBC:
Nobel for anti-poverty pioneers — Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. — Mr Yunus, an economist, founded the bank, which is one of the pioneers of micro-credit lending schemes for the poor in Bangladesh.
Cliff Kincaid / aim.org:
Republican Gays are Closeted Dems — The complex nature of the "dirty trick" against the Republicans over the Mark Foley scandal is beginning to emerge. It doesn't involve a George Soros-funded group or emails that had been in the possession of the media or shopped around by Democratic operatives.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Ratings Slip — President Bush's job-approval rating fell, with 34% of Americans voting him "excellent" or "good," down from 38% in September, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. — Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults now have a negative view of Mr. Bush's job performance …
Tim Shipman / Daily Mail:
Army chief declares war on Blair: 'We must quit Iraq soon' — The head of the Army is calling for British troops to withdraw from Iraq "soon" or risk catastophic consequences for both Iraq and British society. — In a devastating broadside at Tony Blair's foreign policy …
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Sarah Sands / Daily Mail:
Sir Richard Dannatt : A very honest General
Sir Richard Dannatt : A very honest General
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Sounds of Silencing — Why do Americans on the left think only they have the right to dissent? — Four moments in the recent annals of free speech in America. Actually annals is too fancy a word. This all happened in the past 10 days: — At Columbia University, members of the Minutemen …
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Jamie Court / The Huffington Post:
Beware of NBC, LA Times & Your Local Newspaper When You Cast Your Vote — NBC and its parent company General Electric's decision to invite Governor Schwarzenegger, but not his rival for governor onto the Tonight Show, just as absentee ballots arrived in California mailboxes …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
A Newspaper Investigates Its Future
A Newspaper Investigates Its Future
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Russia, China Oppose N. Korea Sanctions — UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China on Thursday opposed tough sanctions the U.S. wants to impose against North Korea this week for its claimed nuclear test, saying they want more time to work out a more moderate response to Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship.
Sharon Begley / Wall Street Journal:
When Terror Strikes, Liberals and the Right Vote Further Apart — On the weekend before Election Day 2004, al-Jazeera broadcast a videotape in which Osama bin Laden, addressing the U.S., boasted about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and tore into the Bush administration. Four days later, the president won re-election.
Ryan Sager / Miscellaneous Objections:
Armey: On Christians and Big Government — Dick Armey: "When it comes to James Dobson, my personal experience has been that the man is most interested in political power." — In the midst of this big fight with Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson, Dick Armey has released a truly remarkable letter.
Newsweek:
Tip Off — A new book says that a comment by former CIA director Porter Goss alerted a journalist to the agency's controversial rendition program. — An unsolicited remark from Porter Goss, then chairman House Intelligence Committee, led a British journalist to unravel many of the details …
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David Barboza / New York Times:
China Drafts Law to Boost Unions and End Labor Abuse — SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 — China is planning to adopt a new law that seeks to crack down on sweatshops and protect workers' rights by giving labor unions real power for the first time since it introduced market forces in the 1980's.
BBC:
French in Armenia 'genocide' row — The French parliament has adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered "genocide" at the hands of the Turks, infuriating Turkey. — The bill, proposed by the Socialists and opposed by the government, needs approval from the Senate and president.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable' — President Wields Word More Freely as His Frustration Rises and His Influence Ebbs — President Bush finds the world around him increasingly "unacceptable." — In speeches, statements and news conferences this year, the president has repeatedly declared …
James Carney / Time:
Why Did Mark Warner Quit? — A potential Democratic candidate for President says he'd rather spend more time with his family. For once, it might be the truth — Whenever a politician delivers an emotional speech announcing his withdrawal from the field of politics …