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2:45 PM ET, October 16, 2006

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Telegraph:
Navy 'too weak' for big role in Korea blockade  —  By Thomas Harding, Damien McElroy in Washington and Richard Spencer in Beijing  —  Plans to impose a blockade of North Korea to prevent the regime acquiring nuclear weapons were thrown in disarray last night.
Discussion: QandO and EU Referendum
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Michael Sheridan / Times of London:
Nation under a nuclear cloud  —  'Racially impure' children killed  —  THE North Korean regime's obsession with racial purity has led to the killing of disabled infants and forced abortions for women suspected of conceiving their babies by Chinese fathers, according to a growing body of testimony from defectors.
Michael Sheridan / The Australian:
China may back coup against Kim  —  THE Chinese are openly debating "regime change" in Pyongyang after last week's nuclear test by their confrontational neighbour.  —  Diplomats in Beijing said at the weekend that China and all the major US allies believed North Korea's claim that it had detonated a nuclear device.
Discussion: The Corner
Philly.com:
Agents raid homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter, close friend  —  Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning.  —  The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Lawyer Is Due for Sentencing in Terror Case  —  Lynne Stewart in her former law office.  She was convicted in 2005 of aiding a high-profile terrorist.  —  Lynne F. Stewart, the firebrand lawyer known for defending unsavory criminals, now faces the possibility of living out her life like many of them …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Maryland Senate: Cardin Maintains 7-Point Lead  —  Steele (R) 43% Cardin (D) 50%  —  Despite a late and bitter Democratic primary, Democratic Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin is maintaining a moderate lead of 50% to 43% over Lieutenant Governor Michael S. Steele (R) (see crosstabs).
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Rasmussen Reports:   Missouri Senate: McCaskill, Talent Neck-and-Neck
Rasmussen Reports:   Virginia Senate: Allen Lead Down to 3 Points
Rasmussen Reports:   Ohio Senate: Brown Holds On to 5-Point Edge
USA Today:
Iraq will wait to disarm militias  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in an interview with USA TODAY that his government will not force militias to disarm until later this year or early next year, despite escalating violence in Baghdad fueled by death squads and religious warfare.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush tells Iraq PM: Ignore deadline talk
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
2 GOP senators urge new Iraq strategy
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Kiko's House
Associated Press:
Saddam prosecutor's brother shot dead in Iraq  —  Gunmen ambush kin in front of his wife; Saddam verdict to be read Nov. 5  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The brother of the chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's second trial was shot dead in front of his wife at his home in the capital Monday …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Saddam Verdict Is Expected on Nov. 5
Washington Times:
Jihadists and Jews  —  Democratic strategist and former Michael Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, and the former American Civil Liberties Union president in Massachusetts, Harvey Silvergate, recently joined the attorneys representing two alleged Boston al Qaeda funders.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush's Press Secretary Is Raising Money, and Some Eyebrows  —  Tony Snow draped his lanky frame across a wooden lectern, leaned forward and gazed out at 850 adoring Republicans who had paid $175 apiece to hear him speak.  There was a conspiratorial gleam in his eye, as if he was about to reveal …
Julie Cart / Los Angeles Times:
Congressman Defends Provision That Would Cut Oil Shale Royalties  —  Tucked into a massive energy bill that would open the outer continental shelf to oil drilling are provisions that would slash future royalties owed to the federal government by companies prospecting in Rocky Mountain oil shale deposits.
Discussion: Angry Bear
iraqbodycount.org:
Reality checks: some responses to the latest Lancet estimates  —  Hamit Dardagan, John Sloboda, and Josh Dougherty  —  Summary … - On average, a thousand Iraqis have been violently killed every single day in the first half of 2006, with less than a tenth of them being noticed by any public surveillance mechanisms;
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
GOP on a Mission to Save Santorum  —  Republicans go all-out to boost the trailing Pennsylvania senator, a key social conservative.  —  ROSYLN, Pa. — Keith Hollenberg, a member of the evangelical Assemblies of God church, is worried that one of his political heroes is about to lose his bid for reelection.
Telegraph:
BBC mounts court fight to keep 'critical' report secret  —  The BBC has spent thousands of pounds of licence payers' money trying to block the release of a report which is believed to be highly critical of its Middle East coverage.  —  The corporation is mounting a landmark High Court action …
Discussion: Kesher Talk and Riehl World View
Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb / Washington Post:
Gerry Studds; Gay Pioneer in Congress  —  Gerry E. Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress and a longtime proponent of environmental protection, New England fishermen and human rights, died Oct. 14 at Boston Medical Center, several days after he collapsed while walking his dog.
Reuters:
Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life  —  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Ed Morrissey / New York Post:
REID'S SMELLY WINDFALL  —  BACK-$CRATCHING WITH DEVELOPERS  —  SENATE Minority Leader Harry Reid's ethics woes continue to mount.  An Associated Press expose shows that Reid pushed through changes in federal law that helped the senator get rich - via complex land deals with a lobbyist who's also tied up in a federal bribery case.
 
 
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Inexplicably upbeat  —  The White House is reportedly …
Joe Kaufman / Front Page Magazine:
Keith Ellison's Mysterious CAIR Meeting
Discussion: Power Line
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
COMMUTING IN AMERICA....Via James Joyner, it appears …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Authors describe shambles of Congressional system
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Klobuchar still leads big over Kennedy
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Center Fails  —  With Mark Warner out of the 2008 Demstakes …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Susie / Suburban Guerrilla:
Farther Along  —  Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
Reuters:
One in 10 Indonesia Muslims back violent jihad: poll
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Don't Expect a Political Realignment
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Specter's Role in Passage Of Detainee Bill Disputed
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Doubts over Iraq drive a volatile U.S. campaign
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Duke Rape Case: Skanks, Greed, and Shattered Lives
Discussion: CBS News and Don Surber
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month's Toll to 53
Washington Post:
Hastert's Team Mentality to Be Tested as Foley Scandal Unfolds
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Panel to Seek Change on Iraq
Washington Post:
Dozens Of Iraqis Killed in Reprisals