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10:30 AM ET, February 2, 2007

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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Global warming man-made, will continue  —  PARIS - Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Friday saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will "continue for centuries" no matter how much humans control their pollution.
Richard Garner / Independent:   All pupils to be given lessons in climate change
Jerusalem Post:
Eleven Palestinians killed in ferocious Gaza fighting  —  Eleven Palestinians were killed, including two children - aged eight and five - in ferocious fighting Friday between Hamas and Fatah gunmen.  —  Also among the dead were a Palestinian Authority intelligence commander, his bodyguard …
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Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
Iranian agents nabbed in Gaza, 1 commits suicide  —  Palestinian security forces arrest sat least five Iranians at Hamas-linked university in Strip, say men sent by Iran to train Islamic group.  Hamas commander believed to have orchestrated kidnapping of Israeli soldier Shalit injured in raid, report says
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Gaza erupts in fatal clashes after truce
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
An Inarticulate Kickoff  —  What is it, exactly, that white people mean when they call a black person "articulate"?  —  I'll leave it to Joe Biden to explain (or figure out) why he used "clean" as one of a logorrheic string of adjectives describing his Senate colleague Barack Obama.
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Morning Call:
Gore ex-campaign chief wishes on her star  —  'Wait till Oscar night,' Donna Brazile says of a possible 2008 run.  —  By Daryl Nerl Of The Morning Call  —  Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are the hot early front-runners, while 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry has already bowed out.
Discussion: Liberal Values
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
So Far, Obama Can't Take Black Vote for Granted
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
coburn.senate.gov:
Dr. Coburn Votes to Protect Salaries of Low-Income Families from Flawed Wage Bill  —  (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) released the following statement today regarding his vote against, H.R. 2, the Minimum Wage Act:  —  "This bill is unfair to workers and …
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Associated Press:
FBI Agent Testifies Libby Learned About Plame from Cheney  —  WASHINGTON The "CIA leak" trial resumed today, after two critical days of testimony from reporters Judith Miller and Matt Cooper.  As in past days, E&P will provide running updates here.  —  After a long day or legal wrangling …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Failed Cover-Up  —  Why was the White House so nervous …
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David Corn:   Libby Trial:Was Scooter Set Up? Did Cheney Conspire?
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Exxon and Shell Report Record Profits for 2006  —  Oil prices have fallen, but Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell left their smaller competitors in the dust and reported record annual profits Thursday.  —  By making $180 million a day between them, the two largest publicly traded oil companies displayed …
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John Porretto / Associated Press:
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Annual Profit
Maya Angelou / Washington Post:
Molly Ivins Shook the Walls With Her Clarion Call  —  The walls have not come down, but they have been given a serious shaking.  —  That Jericho voice is stilled now.  —  Molly Ivins has been quieted.  —  The writer and journalist, dearly loved and admired by many, hated and feared by many …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Pottersville
Washington Post:
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns  —  A long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, presented to President Bush by the intelligence community yesterday, outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Senators Challenge Gen. Casey On Iraq War  —  Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Bush administration's nominee to be the Army chief of staff, got an unusually harsh reception yesterday from some members of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his performance as the top U.S. commander in Iraq …
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:   General Parries Senate Attacks on Iraq Record
Associated Press:
Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring  —  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.  —  Phil did not see his shadow on Friday, which, according to German folklore …
Discussion: Argghhh! and Suburban Guerrilla
Tom Lasseter / Real Cities:
Mahdi Army gains strength through unwitting aid of U.S.  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military drive to train and equip Iraq's security forces has unwittingly strengthened anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which has been battling to take over much of the capital city …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain, Giuliani Skipping Some Conservative Events  —  A speech given by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before a National Review-sponsored conference last week may have been panned as unfocused, but in the eyes of those who attended, he at least had one thing going for him: He showed up.
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New York Times:
Florida Shifting to Voting System With Paper Trail  —  Gov. Charlie Crist announced plans on Thursday to abandon the touch-screen voting machines that many of Florida's counties installed after the disputed 2000 presidential election.  The state will instead adopt a system of casting paper ballots counted …
Benedict Brogan / Daily Mail:
No 10 kept Blair's questioning by police secret for a week  —  Tony Blair's premiership was on the verge of complete paralysis last night after it emerged that he was interviewed a second time in secret by police investigating the cash for honours scandal.  —  Detectives questioned …
Discussion: One Hand Clapping
 
 
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Pawlenty drawing more national interest
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Border Policy's Success Strains Resources
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CNN:
Cost balloons when 'surge' support troops are counted
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Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Websites denounce British Muslim soldiers
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Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Right On: The straightforward arithmetic of jihad
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Cartoon promotion goes awry and causes bomb scare in Boston
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