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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Looters raid Arafat's home, steal his Nobel Peace Prize — Enraged Fatah leaders on Saturday accused Hamas militiamen of looting the home of former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat in Gaza City. — "They stole almost everything inside the house, including Arafat's Nobel Peace Prize medal …
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Arafat's Children — Gaza's mayhem is the bitter fruit of terror as statecraft. — Scores of Palestinians were killed this week in Gaza in factional fighting between loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and those of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.
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Little Green Footballs:
Palestinians Flee to Israel — According to the international left and the paleo-right, Israel is a fascist apartheid state, a brutal occupier, universally despised by the oppressed Palestinian people. — So where do the oppressed Palestinians look for sanctuary, when the terrorist government …
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Dean's World
Duff Wilson / New York Times:
Prosecutor in Duke Case Is Disbarred for Ethics Breaches — In a case that has brought one surprise after another, a disciplinary hearing panel found Michael B. Nifong, the Durham County district attorney, guilty today of ethical violations while pressing a false accusation of sexual assault …
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Dan Hart / Bloomberg:
Duke Prosecutor Nifong Disbarred in Ethics Case (Update1) — Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred by the North Carolina State Bar for breaking rules of professional conduct while handling rape allegations against Duke University lacrosse players.
ABCNEWS:
N.C. State Bar: Nifong Guilty of Ethics Violations — Panel Reaches Verdict as Exonerated Duke Players Watch — Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has been found guilty by the North Carolina State Bar for a battery of ethics violations in the Duke Lacrosse case.
New York Times:
Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran's nuclear program …
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979 — Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:The NYT on the administration's "debate" over whether to attack Iran
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The Newshoggers
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Daniel Pulliam / Tech Insider:Agencies Asked to Preserve Electronic Info
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The Next Hurrah
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War — As Security Work Increases, So Do Casualties — BAGHDAD — Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks …
Fox News:
Hispanic Leaders Blast Schwarzenegger's Advice to Turn Off Spanish TV — Some Hispanic leaders lashed out Friday at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's advice that immigrants should "turn off the Spanish television set" to better learn how to speak English.
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Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
An Also-Ran in the GOP Polls, Ron Paul Is Huge on the Web — On Technorati, which offers a real-time glimpse of the blogosphere, the most frequently searched term this week was "YouTube." — Then comes "Ron Paul." — The presence of the obscure Republican congressman from Texas on a list …
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The Newshoggers, Oliver Willis, Liberal Values, ParaPundit, A Blog For All, Hot Air, The Caucus, Donklephant and Reason
Emily Wax / Washington Post:
A Sacred River Left in Peril by Global Warming — VARANASI, India — With her eyes sealed, Ramedi cupped the murky water of the Ganges River in her hands, lifted them toward the sun, and prayed for her husband, her 15 grandchildren and her bad hip. She, like India's other 800 million Hindus …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Hannity's new BFF is Tim Russert... Tim Russert appeared on H&C the other night and repeated Roger Ailes talking points on the Democratic Party's refusal to debate on the propaganda network. — Download (2072) | Play (1615) Download (1328) | Play (932) … Roger Ailes:
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Atrios / Eschaton:Timmeh — Could The Nation team up with Air America and offer …
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