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12:50 PM ET, June 29, 2007

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CNN:
Manhunt on for London bomb suspect … LONDON, England (CNN) — A manhunt is under way in London for the driver of a car abandoned in the center of the city that police say was packed with explosives intended to cause huge numbers of casualties.  —  British police anti-terror chief Peter Clarke …
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Telegraph:
Car bomb found in London's West End  —  Police have defused a car bomb found near Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.  —  The "explosive device", discovered at 2am, posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area, according to a police source.
Telegraph:
Car bomb would have caused 'carnage'  —  A car bomb left in London's West End would have caused "significant injury or loss of life" if it had not been defused by police.  —  The explosive device, consisting of gas cyclinders and nails, was discovered at 2am outside a packed nightclub in The Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus.
New York Times:
Explosive Device Found in London, Police Say  —  British police said they discovered an explosive device in a car abandoned outside a nightclub in the West End theater and entertainment district of central London early today and began a terrorism investigation.
Guardian:
Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida  —  Vikram Dodd, Mark Tran, Hugh Muir and Sandra Laville  —  Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.
Atrios / Eschaton:   Wet Yourselves  —  Watching the CNN coverage of the thwarted …
Sky News:
Terror Car Packed With Petrol And Nails
Catherine Mayer / Time:
Probing the London Bomb Plot
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
BBC:   Police avert car bomb 'carnage'
David Stringer / Associated Press:
Explosives-packed car defused in London
Guardian:   The trial of David Copeland
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court switches, will hear detainee cases  —  In a startling turn of events in the legal combat over the war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to reconsider the appeals in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases.  It vacated its April 2 order denying review of the two packets of cases.
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
High court to hear terror detainee case  —  WASHINGTON - Rejecting Bush administration arguments, the Supreme Court reversed course and agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can use the civilian court system to challenge their indefinite confinement.
Discussion: Salon and KnoxViews
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
High Court to Hear Terror Detainee Case
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Obsidian Wings
New York Times:
Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate  —  For 90 minutes Thursday night, eight Democratic candidates debated before an audience made up largely of one of their party's most reliable and liberal constituencies, African-American voters, and used the stage to urge a revitalization of domestic programs …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners at the latest panderfest!  —  Who won the Democratic debate at Howard University Thursday night?  —  The American people.  As always.  —  But if you want a more reckless, immature and irresponsible view, you have come to the right place!  —  Once again, here are the winners …
Discussion: Hillary Is 44
Tapscott's Copy Desk:
An Incredible Week on the Long March to Right America  —  Winston Churchill once remarked that God takes care of drunks and the United States of America and so it seems to be as we approach the end of a remarkable week in which milestones of success for the conservative movement have come one after another.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Only Half The Battle Has Been Won
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Hillary concedes victory to Obama in dash for cash  —  WASHINGTON — With the second quarter closing on Saturday, Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a memo the campaign expects to take in at least $27 million, conceding that Barack Obama will be collecting "significantly" more in April, May and June.
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New York Times:
Fund-Raising for Clinton and Obama Nears Records
Discussion: MSNBC
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Why Do Cats Hang Around Us?  (Hint: They Can't Open Cans)  —  Genetic Research Suggests Felines 'Domesticated Themselves'  —  Your hunch is correct.  Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around.  The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.  —  But don't take this feline diffidence personally.
Daily Mail:
Putin's Arctic invasion: Russia lays claim to the North Pole - and all its gas, oil, and diamonds  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Mrs. McCain Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone  —  Cindy McCain on the presidential campaign trail in 2000 was mostly a cheerful sidekick to her husband, keeping her positions on national policy to herself.  —  When her husband, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona …
 
 
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