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John Vidal / Guardian:
US rejects all climate proposals — The US has rejected any prospect of a deal on climate change at the G8 summit in Germany next month, according to a leaked document. — Despite Tony Blair's declaration on Thursday that Washington would sign up to "at least the beginnings" …
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New York Times:
U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts — The United States has rejected Germany's proposal for deep long-term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, setting the stage for a battle that will pit President Bush against his European allies at next month's meeting of the world's richest countries.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
U.S. Rejects G-8 Greenhouse Climate Proposals — Despite recent press reports suggesting that the United States might at least start to inch towards the same page on greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. has rejected a German proposal that reportedly enjoyed great support in Europe …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
U.S. Rejects G-8 Climate Proposal — Germany Urges Limiting Emissions, Temperature Increase — U.S. officials have raised a second round of unusually bluntly worded objections to a proposed global-warming declaration that Germany prepared for next month's Group of Eight summit, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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New York Times:
White House Is Said to Debate '08 Cut in Iraq Troops by 50% — The Bush administration is developing what are described as concepts for reducing American combat forces in Iraq by as much as half next year, according to senior administration officials in the midst of the internal debate.
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The Daily Howler:
DEVIL OR ANGEL? When Gore is still trashed—while Thompson is praised—the system is blindingly obvious: — THE WAGES OF SIN: The wages of sin are all around us this week as Campaign 08 is being shaped. The dainty lads at our liberal journals have played ostrich for the past eight years concerning …
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Andy McCarthy / National Review:
Sen. McCain, Keep Giving 'Em Flak ... er, Flack — Good for Senator McCain on his sharp rebuttal to Senator Obama. May I add one point, though, that continues to make me nuts? — Senator Obama says: " It is time to end this war so that we can redeploy our forces to focus on the terrorists …
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L. Lavi / MEMRI:
Al-Azhar Lecturer Suspended after Issuing Controversial Fatwa Recommending Breastfeeding of Men by Women in the Workplace — The head of the Hadith Department in Al-AzharUniversity, Dr. Izzat Atiyya, recently issued a controversial fatwa dealing with breastfeeding of adults.
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Christopher Hayes / In These Times:
Who's Afraid of Democracy? — Believing that "people are rational as consumers and irrational as voters," many conservatives would favor free markets without democracy — SHARE Digg del.icio.us Reddit Newsvine — Behavioral economists at UC San Diego recently conducted a study …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Sadr Reappears With Nationalist Ambitions — The influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr emerged publicly on Friday for the first time in months, calling for U.S. forces to leave Iraq and vowing to defend Sunnis and Christians. His appearance, and remarks, seemed part of an ongoing tactical shift …
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Matthew Yglesias / Washington Monthly:
Memoirs of the man who thrice saved us from a Democratic presidency — Walking around Washington, D.C., telling people you're reading Bob Shrum's forthcoming memoir turns out to be a fantastic small-talk gambit. People are astounded, confused, sympathetic. Someone gave him a book deal?
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
William Peters, 85, Journalist Who Examined Race in U.S., Dies — William Peters, a journalist and award-winning documentary film producer who chronicled American race relations during the turbulent years of the mid-20th century, died on Sunday in Boulder, Colo. He was 85.
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Washington Post:
Top Talent Could Lose Fast Track to U.S. — Under Bill, Foreign Luminaries Would No Longer Skip Immigration Line — NEW YORK — Would America open its doors for the next Albert Einstein? Under the new immigration bill, the answer is maybe, but maybe not.
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Seth Mydans / International Herald Tribune:
Thailand set to make Buddhism the state religion — BANGKOK: In a step that could sharpen divisions in its increasingly violent, largely Muslim southern provinces, Thailand appears ready for the first time to make Buddhism the state religion in a new constitution.
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Shaun Waterman / UPI:
LIBBY TRIAL JUDGE JOINS SECRET FISA COURT — The judge who presided over the trial of vice presidential aide Lewis Libby has been appointed to the secret court that oversees U.S. intelligence wiretaps. — Reggie Walton, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia …
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