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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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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
How would the MSM cover "Chocolate Mohammed" at Ramadan? — Updated below — How would the MSM cover an artist exhibition of a "Chocolate Mohammed" timed to coincide with Ramadan? — They wouldn't. — But find an artist to mock Jesus at Easter with a chocolate sculpture...
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Chocolate Jesus Meltdown As Controversial Exhibit Cancelled — The highly controversial art exhibit in New York of "My Sweet Lord," a naked, anatomically correct chocolate Jesus has reached meltdown: the exhibit has been canceled. — Is this a bittersweet moment for those who argue "art" …
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" …
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.
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White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MS. PERINO: Good morning. Good Friday afternoon, I'm sorry. It's been 53 days since the President requested funding for the troops. We sent up the budget on February 5th, and in addition to sending up the budget we sent the supplemental, as well.
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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.
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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 …
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Hot Air
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 …
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 …
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 …
White House:
President Bush Visits Troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington, D.C. — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please be seated. Thank you all for joining me. Every time I come to Walter Reed my spirits are lifted. They're first lifted by the soldiers and Marines who are recovering from some very tough wounds.
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Bill Hess / svherald.com:
Kurd describes 'traumatized' Iraq, why his people worry about U.S. — SIERRA VISTA — The Kurds in Iraq are afraid they will again be left in a lurch if American troops are forced to leave next year, the Kurdistan representative to the United States said Thursday.
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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Michael P.F. van der Galiën
Libby Purves / Times of London:
Olmert: Arab peace plan "revolutionary" — David Byers and Richard Beeston of The Times, in Riyadh — The Israeli Prime Minister today described an Arab plan to make peace with the Jewish State as "revolutionary" and said the region could sign a final deal within five years.