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IRI President addresses students at Colombia University — Despite entire US media objections, negative propagation and hue and cry in recent days over IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled address at Colombia University, he gave his lecture and answered students questions here on Monday afternoon.
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Columbia University in the City of New York:
President Lee C. Bollinger's Introductory Remarks at SIPA-World Leaders Forum with President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — I would like to begin by thanking Dean John Coatsworth and Professor Richard Bulliet for their work in organizing this event and for their commitment to the role …
Matt / Think Progress:
Hunter: I Will Try To 'Cut Off Funds To Columbia University' Because Of Ahmadinejad Speech — Earlier today, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said in a statement that if Columbia University President Lee Bollinger "follows through with this hosting of the leader of Iran, I will move in Congress …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: There are no gays in Iran, says Ahmadinejad; Update: Photos — Iran executes gays — I've got Bollinger's surprising, much-lauded speech coming up, but enjoy this as a snack. Some rare derisive laughter from the audience greets this little pearl. — Maybe it was a translation error …
Juan Cole / Salon:
Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1
Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Bollinger's rebuke to a "petty and cruel dictator"; Update …
Video: Bollinger's rebuke to a "petty and cruel dictator"; Update …
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CNN:
Iran's president: We don't have gays
Iran's president: We don't have gays
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P. — I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week. But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Shuster to Rep. Blackburn: "When was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody?" — Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh's Senator Betrayus smear …
Rasmussen Reports:
23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove — Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times "that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us." A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton campaign kills negative story — Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president learned that the men's magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland. — So Clinton's aides pulled a page from the book …
Tom Hester Jr / Associated Press:
Poll: Democrats sit strong with voters despite corruption — TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters link government corruption more with Democrats, but they're not necessarily planning to vote Republican, a poll released Tuesday found. — And they're unsure whether they want a top corruption-buster …
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Editorial Cartoons:
Union Doozy — Sorry to everyone who was expecting a new cartoon last Friday. I do page design on top of cartooning, and there were two big projects that monopolized my day on Thursday. My original plan was to draw an O.J. Simpson cartoon after I was done with the first project, but, alas, it wasn't meant to be.
Sydney Morning Herald:
Aussie diggers injured and dog killed — THREE Australian soldiers were wounded and an explosive-detection dog killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks by Taliban extremists in southern Afghanistan last week. — A special operations task group vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Court Advances Military Trials for Detainees — A special military appeals court, overturning a lower court ruling, on Monday removed a legal hurdle that has derailed war crime trials for detainees at Guantanámo Bay, Cuba. — The ruling allows military prosecutors to address …
Armando Acuna / Sacramento Bee:
Public Editor: Suspect-description restraint prompts debate — Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E3 — One of The Bee's most controversial practices for several years has been when and how the paper identifies the race of suspects in crime stories. — The paper has set a high standard …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
IF GORE WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, WILL HE RUN FOR PRESIDENT? — I am occasionally asked why it is that so many Europeans display reflexive anti-Americanism, and I force myself to choose from a salad of possible answers. One of these is the resentment that I can remember feeling myself …