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William J. Broad / New York Times:
U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Guide — Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who said they hoped to …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
So I Guess The FMSO Documents Are Legit — Over the past year or so, I have provided CQ readers with a number of translations from key Iraqi Intelligence Service documents that have been translated by either the FMSO or by Joseph Shahda of the Free Republic website.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
November surprise! NYT plans page-one Iraq WMD splash for tomorrow; Flashback: Operation Merlin — So says the teaser on Drudge. Well, on the bright side, at least they're not making a pretense of being impartial anymore. — Only two possibilities here:
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Curt / Flopping Aces:
The Grey Lady Discovers Saddam Had Nuclear Aspirations
The Grey Lady Discovers Saddam Had Nuclear Aspirations
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Church Leader Says Haggard Admits To Some Indiscretions — Interim Senior Pastor Says Haggard Admits Indiscretions — Raw Interview — Colorado Springs — A sudden about-face in the scandal facing New Life Church's pastor. — After Pastor Ted Haggard went public Wednesday night denying allegations …
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Denver Post:
Haggard steps down amid gay affair inquiry — Ted Haggard, one of the most prominent evangelical pastors in the nation, resigned today as president of the National Association of Evangelicals amid allegations that he carried on a three-year sexual relationship with a male prostitute.
Jeffrey Wolf / KUSA-TV:
Voice expert believes Haggard contacted male escort — and Nicole Vap Executive Producer Investigative — DENVER - A nationally known voice recognition expert says he believes voice mails left for a male escort are from a pastor in Colorado Springs. — Mike Jones, a gay man …
Democracy Project:
Penn President Poses with "Suicide Bomber" — University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann threw her annual Halloween costume party at her home Tuesday night. Among the guests was Saad Saadi, who came dressed as a suicide bomber, complete with plastic dynamite strapped to his chest and a toy automatic rifle.
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office — Investigations led by a Republican lawyer named Stuart W. Bowen Jr. in Iraq have sent American occupation officials to jail on bribery and conspiracy charges, exposed disastrously poor construction work by well-connected companies like Halliburton …
The Australian:
Sheik wants trial by 'ethics court' — EMBATTLED senior Muslim cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly has hit back at the storm of controversy surrounding his comments comparing women to meat by suggesting an "ethical court" be set up to try him. — Sheik al-Hilaly has called for a judge …
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Adam Zagorin / Time:
An Abu Ghraib Offender Heads Back to Iraq — Exclusive: A military dog handler convicted for his role in the prisoner abuse scandal has been ordered back to help train the country's police — As if the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal weren't bad enough for America's image in the Middle East …
DPA / Jerusalem Post:
Saudi court sentences rape victim to 90 lashes — A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a car with a man to whom she was not married. — The sentence was passed at the end of a trial in which the al- Qateef high criminal court …
Julian Glover / Guardian:
British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il — America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters — A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored.
Richard Black / BBC:
'Only 50 years left' for sea fish — Environment correspondent, BBC News website — There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study. — Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries …
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota unit behind 'Irak' sign — Members of the 1/34 Brigade Troops Battalion from Minnesota's National Guard devised the retort to Sen. John Kerry after his comments about those who get sent to Iraq. — A photograph mocking Sen. John Kerry that has gotten enormous TV …