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Associated Press:
Castro Reportedly in Grave Condition — MADRID, Spain (AP) — Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection, a Spanish newspaper said Tuesday. — The newspaper El Pais cited two unnamed sources …
USA Today:
Poll: Bush's new Iraq strategy fails to rally public support — WASHINGTON — President Bush's address to the nation last week failed to move public opinion in support of his plan to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq and left Americans more pessimistic about the likely outcome of the war.
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Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
USAT Poll: Americans 'more pessimistic' after Bush's Iraq speech — "President Bush's address to the nation last week outlining a 'new way forward' in Iraq failed to move public opinion in support of his plan to increase U.S. troop levels and left Americans more pessimistic about the likely outcome …
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse — For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results. — In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse …
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Second Iraq Hanging Also Went Awry — Iraq's turbulent effort to reckon with the violence of its past took another macabre turn on Monday when the execution of Saddam Hussein's half brother ended with the hangman's noose decapitating him after he dropped through the gallows trapdoor.
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Washington Post:
Iraqi Hangings Bring More Condemnation — Head of Hussein's Half Brother Is Severed — By the time the corpses of Saddam Hussein's half brother and another top official, hanged before dawn Monday, arrived in the village of Auja for burial, the word had spread among the mourners …
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Glenn Reynolds / New York Times:
A Rifle in Every Pot — IT'S a phenomenon that gives the term "gun control" a whole new meaning: community ordinances that encourage citizens to own guns. — Last month, Greenleaf, Idaho, adopted Ordinance 208, calling for its citizens to own guns and keep them ready in their homes in case of emergency.
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: 34,452 Iraq civilians killed in '06 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nearly 35,000 civilians were killed last year in Iraq, the United Nations said Tuesday, a sharp increase from the numbers reported previously by the Iraqi government. — Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq …
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
'All Star Game' Taking Shape in Libby's Trial — The much-anticipated trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby begins tomorrow in Washington. What follows is a comprehensive spectator's guide to a legal drama that involves the White House, the CIA, and the press. — Who is the defendant?
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Kiyori Ueno / Bloomberg:
Al Gore Says U.S. States May Force Change in Climate Policy — Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said many businesses and state governments ``embrace'' the aims of the Kyoto Protocol, which may force President George W. Bush to alter his opposition to the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brian Dickerson / Detroit Free Press:
Adultery could mean life, court finds — That's what the law says in sex-drug case Cox appealed — In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct …
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria — In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria. — The main points of the understandings are as follows:
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fmqb.com:
Kucinich: Congress To Take On FCC — Over the weekend, the National Conference for Media Reform was held in Memphis, TN, with a number of notable speakers on hand for the event. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made an surprise appearance at the convention to announce that he would be heading …
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
UAE beats Americans' environmental harm — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When it comes to squandering the earth's natural resources, residents of this desert land of chilled swimming pools, monster 4x4s and air-conditioned malls are on a par with even the ravenous consumption of Americans, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
BLAME AMERICA FIRST: Check out this bogus Associated Press story.
BLAME AMERICA FIRST: Check out this bogus Associated Press story.
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