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Richard Adams / Guardian:
Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade — An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
Bank Rebukes Wolfowitz On Ethics — A World Bank investigating committee sharply rebuked President Paul D. Wolfowitz, concluding that he broke ethics rules and undermined the integrity of the institution in engineering a hefty pay raise for his girlfriend. — "These actions manifest a lack …
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Brian MacQuarrie / Boston Globe:
Son of professor opposed to war is killed in Iraq — Boston University professor Andrew J. Bacevich has been a persistent, vocal critic of the Iraq war, calling the conflict a catastrophic failure. This week, the retired Army lieutenant colonel received the grim news that his son had been killed on patrol there.
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Joseph Carroll / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33% — Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages — PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush. Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress …
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Byron York / National Review:
Poll: Congress 29, Bush 33 — In a new Gallup poll, just 29 percent of those surveyed say they approve of the way Congress is handling its job, versus 64 percent who disapprove. The approval rating is down from a high of 37 percent approval in February, just after Democrats took over.
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration — Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent — Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces …
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Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
Romney's South Carolina Embarrassment — There are two interesting things about the most recent poll out of South Carolina, done by Ayres McHenry & Associates: 1) Mitt Romney is in a weak fifth place, despite a massive effort in the state (though he is still ahead of Lindsay Lohan), and 2) …
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White House Edits to Privacy Board's Report Spur Resignation — The Bush administration made more than 200 revisions to the first report of a civilian board that oversees government protection of personal privacy, including the deletion of a passage on anti-terrorism programs …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Bloody Monday — In a blow to the Bush administration …
Bloody Monday — In a blow to the Bush administration …
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign — New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is prepared to spend an unprecedented $1 billion of his own $5.5 billion personal fortune for a third-party presidential campaign, personal friends of the mayor tell The Washington Times.
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Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Godwin's law and the New Right — I know that supporters of the currently ruling coalition of crooks, warmongers, torturers, incompetents, and theocrats are deeply, deeply hurt when they and their pet politicians are compared to Nazis. But could someone suggest to them — politely …
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Matthew Felling / CBS News:
Fox News Declines C-SPAN's Request To Carry Debate — If you're interested in catching Fox News Channel's GOP Presidential Debate tonight, you better make a point of tuning in or TiVo'ing it. Unlike the two earlier debates hosted by MSNBC, you won't be able to find the debate anyplace else on the TV or radio dial.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A Question Of Race Vs. Class — Barack Obama doesn't think anyone should cut his two daughters any slack when they apply to college — not because of their race, at least. In the unlikely event that the Obama family goes broke, then maybe. — In an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's …
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Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 24 in Pakistan — PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said. — The blast deepened instability in Pakistan …
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
New Detainees Strain Iraq's Jails — Sharp Rise Follows Start of Security Plan; Suspects Housed With Convicts — BAGHDAD — The capture of thousands of new suspects under the three-month-old Baghdad security plan has overwhelmed the Iraqi government's detention system …
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Dead Taliban Leader Was Training U.S. Recruits — Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report: — Thirty-six hours before he was killed by U.S. forces, Taliban Commander Mullah Dadullah said he was training American and British citizens to carry out suicide missions in their home countries …
Mark Thompson / Reuters:
Thomson, Reuters to forge global info leader — LONDON (Reuters) - Canadian publisher Thomson Corp. (TOC.TO: Quote, Profile, Research (TOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research has agreed to buy Reuters (RTR.L: Quote, Profile, Research for about $17.2 billion, creating the world's leading provider of news and data for professional markets.