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7:40 AM ET, March 31, 2007

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Guardian:
Europe threatens action as Iran airs new 'confession'  —  EU foreign ministers support British position and warn of 'appropriate measures' if 15 sailors and marines not released  —  The EU threatened to act against Iran last night if it did not immediately and unconditionally release …
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Silent on British Hostage Crisis  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of the House left Washington on Friday for their two-week spring break without weighing in on the international crisis tormenting the nation's closest ally: the capture of 15 British sailors and marines by Iran.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Hindrocket / Power Line:
PELOSI TO BRITS: DROP DEAD!
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Unilateral: Pelosi to meet with Assad next week in Syria; Update …
Political Radar:
Speaker Pelosi Traveling to Middle East
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Washington Post:
Candor at the Capitol  —  THE TESTIMONY of a former top Justice Department aide before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday shifted the focus of the storm over the firing of U.S. attorneys squarely back to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.  That shift happened around 11:24 a.m. …
Discussion: Power Line
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White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
Discussion: Reuters, JURIST and First Draft
Mark Kukis / Time:
A Deadly U.S.-Iran Firefight  —  The soldiers who were there still talk about the September 7 firefight on the Iran-Iraq border in whispers.  At Forward Operating Base Warhorse, the main U.S. military outpost in Iraq's eastern Diyala Province bordering Iran, U.S. troops recount events reluctantly …
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
N.Y. gallery cancels naked chocolate Jesus exhibit  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan art gallery canceled on Friday its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture depicting a naked Jesus, after an outcry by Roman Catholics.  —  The sculpture "My Sweet Lord" …
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Washington Post:
Ex-Partner Of Giuliani May Face Charges  —  Kerik Counts Said To Include Deception During Cabinet Bid  —  Federal prosecutors have told Bernard B. Kerik, whose nomination as homeland security secretary in 2004 ended in scandal, that he is likely to be charged with several felonies …
Discussion: Mia Culpa
Popular Mechanics:
Rosie O'Donnell 9/11 Conspiracy Comments: Popular Mechanics Responds  —  Recently, Rosie O'Donnell, a co-host of ABC talk show The View, made comments on the show that renewed controversy over the collapse of World Trade Center 7.  —  While saying she didn't know what to believe …
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
Don'T Miss This / Associated Press:
Imams removed from flight may sue passengers  —  Lawyers step up to defend fliers who voiced concerns; chilling effect feared  —  Pat Snelson of suburban Minneapolis recalls on March 29, the concern he and his wife had about alleged suspicious behavior by six Muslim imams before the men …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Media Matters for America:
Citing more sex-change operations, increased lesbian fertility clinics, Savage said of 9-11: "That was God speaking"  —  On the March 27 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage complained that Americans currently live in "post-Christian times" in which "[t] …
Think Progress:
Bush Caught Hyping False Iraq Spending Deadline  —  The Bush administration has been trying to force Congress to abandon its support for an Iraq withdrawal time line by claiming that a "clean" Iraq spending bill must be signed by mid-April or U.S. troops will suffer.
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Australian to Serve 9 Months in Terrorism Case  —  David Hicks, the Australian high-school dropout whose detention became an international issue, will serve nine more months in custody, most of it in Australia, under the terms of a plea deal unsealed here Friday.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Michael Fullilove / Financial Times:
America's 'Seinfeld' strategy in Iraq  —  The history of US foreign policy is punctuated by a series of doctrines.  The Monroe doctrine (1823) declared that European powers would not be allowed to intrude into the western hemisphere.  The Truman doctrine (1947) committed Washington …
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Without America's might the options are few  —  The Government has few options if it wants to pressure Iran into releasing the captured Britons.  —  Military action is unfeasible without American support and so is a military blockade of the Gulf.  Unless the United Nations shows more rigour …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Verum Serum
Tom Coghlan / Telegraph:
Taliban flee Afghan-led Nato offensive  —  Complete success is being claimed for the largest Afghan-led operation yet against the Taliban.  —  Afghan army forces and police have now purged the Nad Ali district of Helmand of 400 Taliban fighters, following a series of chaotic battles.
 
 
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Libby Purves / Times of London:
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THE ABDUSSAMATOVIAN CANDIDATE! …
Iranian.com:
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Discussion: PoliPundit.com
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