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New York Times:
The Rush to Hang Saddam Hussein — The important question was never really about whether Saddam Hussein was guilty of crimes against humanity. The public record is bulging with the lengthy litany of his vile and unforgivable atrocities: genocidal assaults against the Kurds …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Three Years Later, A 'Rush' — A little more than three years after Saddam Hussein meekly came out of his spider hole, the Iraqis have finally removed the last obstacle to his execution. Saddam attempted, with some success, to transform his trial into a political showpiece …
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Paul J. Gough / Reuters:
TV plans tasteful coverage of Saddam execution — NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Television networks face a killer of a conundrum with the impending execution of Saddam Hussein, whose hanging could be videotaped and perhaps aired on Iraqi TV. — The timing of Saddam's date with the gallows was unclear …
MSNBC:
NBC: Saddam to be hanged by Sunday — Ex-dictator's execution expected to be carried out by start of Eid holiday — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, NBC News reported Thursday.
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CNN:
Lawyer told to pick up Hussein's personal effects … WASHINGTON (CNN) — With Iraqis braced for Saddam Hussein's execution, the former dictator's lawyer said Friday the U.S. military has asked that he arrange the pickup of Hussein's personal belongings. — But Hussein has not been handed …
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James Glanz / New York Times:
U.S. Is Being Told Hussein Hanging Seems Imminent — Preparations for the execution of Saddam Hussein began taking on a sense of urgency late Thursday as American and Iraqi officials suggested that he could be hanged within a span of days rather than weeks.
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Officials: Saddam still in U.S. custody — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein's half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.
Joseph Lieberman / Washington Post:
Why We Need More Troops in Iraq — I've just spent 10 days traveling in the Middle East and speaking to leaders there, all of which has made one thing clearer to me than ever: While we are naturally focused on Iraq, a larger war is emerging. On one side are extremists and terrorists led …
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Bush Considers Up to 20,000 More Troops for Iraq — The Bush administration is considering an increase in troop levels in Iraq of 17,000 to 20,000, which would be accomplished in part by delaying the departure of two Marine regiments now deployed in Anbar Province, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:Joe Lieberman's declaration of war on Iran
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Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times:
Marines deny airstrikes used against insurgents in Ramadi — BAGHDAD — A large-scale U.S. military operation in Ramadi last month did not target suspected insurgents with airstrikes, U.S. military officials said. — Witness statements reported by The Times on Nov. 15 indicated …
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Edwards Opens Presidential Campaign — Framed by two ruined houses and a dead tree, John Edwards inaugurated his 2008 presidential campaign here on Thursday with an appeal to citizens to take on challenges like the one represented by this still-devastated city.
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Washington Post:John Edwards Announces Bid for 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination
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CNN:
THE SITUATION ROOM — Saddam Hussein's Final Hours; James Brown's Life Celebrated at the Apollo — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — ED HENRY, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Thanks, Christine. And to our viewers …
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Somalia Forces Retake Capital From Islamists — Just hours after Islamist fighters abandoned Mogadishu, the capital from which they ruled much of Somalia, thousands of troops of the transitional government marched into the city on Thursday in a stunning reversal of fortune.
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River / Baghdad Burning:
End of Another Year... You know your country is in trouble when: — The UN has to open a special branch just to keep track of the chaos and bloodshed, UNAMI. — Abovementioned branch cannot be run from your country. — The politicians who worked to put your country in this sorry state …
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades — Months before Richard M. Nixon set a relatively unknown Michigan congressman named Gerald R. Ford on the path to the White House, Nixon turned to Ford, who called himself the embattled president's "only real friend," to get him out of trouble.
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Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson Improves, Is Expected to Miss Start of Congress — Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) turned 60 yesterday, two weeks after emergency surgery to repair a brain hemorrhage that has left him in critical condition. — Julianne Fisher, a spokeswoman for the senator, said Johnson …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Nifong In Trouble — Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong faces charges of ethical violations at the North Carolina Bar Association due to his inflammatory and misleading comments to the press during the rape investigation of three Duke lacrosse team members.
BBC:
Chavez to shut down opposition TV — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the licence for the country's second largest TV channel which he said expired in March 2007. — In an address to troops, Mr Chavez said he would not tolerate media outlets working towards a coup against him.
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Daily Mail:
Ken plans Trafalgar Square street party to celebrate 50 years of Castro — Ken Livingstone is planning a "massive festival" across London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. — The event, to be staged in 2009, will involve street parties …
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