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New York Times:
Musharraf Declares State of Emergency — The Pakistani leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency tonight, suspending the country's constitution, blacking out all independent television news reports and filling the streets of the capital with hundreds of police and soldiers.
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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Musharraf Declares State Of Emergency — Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, apparently not content to wait for the Supreme Court decision on his presidential election victory last month. So far, he has given no reason for the declaration, although the military activity …
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Washington Post:
Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule in Pakistan — Provisional Constitution Instituted, Leader Expected to Address Nation Saturday — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule Saturday, suspending the constitution amid a heavy security presence including armored personnel carriers on the streets of the capital.
CNN:
Musharraf declares state of emergency — LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) — Faced with increasing violence and unrest, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday declared a state of emergency, government sources told CNN. — Musharraf issued a provisional constitutional order proclaiming …
ABCNEWS:
Bush Administration Blocked Waterboarding Critic — Former DOJ Official Tested the Method Himself, in Effort to Form Torture Policy — A senior Justice Department official, charged with reworking the administration's legal position on torture in 2004 became so concerned …
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Alice Miles / Times of London:
The Petraeus Curve — Serious success in Iraq is not being recognised as it should be — Is no news good news or bad news? In Iraq, it seems good news is deemed no news. There has been striking success in the past few months in the attempt to improve security, defeat al-Qaeda sympathisers …
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
Loyal to Kerik, Giuliani Missed Warning Signs — If the rise of Bernard B. Kerik under the mentorship of Rudolph W. Giuliani was meteoric, the speed of his fall was breathtaking. — In December 2004, President Bush nominated Mr. Kerik, a former New York police commissioner, to head the federal Department of Homeland Security.
Gateway Pundit:
Al Qaeda Threatens American Poodle... Libyan leader Gadhafi(?) — Al Qaeda lost in Iraq... Now they've lost their minds. — This image from video released by IntelCenter on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 shows a photo of Ayman al-Zawahri as part of an audiotaped speech harshly criticizing Libyan …
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
The Religious Left Runs Against Porn — I like Tom Perriollo, though I find this diatribe on the common good very annoying. … There's lots of stuff that undermines women's rights, sexual health and 'the common good', from legal economic penalties to cultural norms to the sick gender bias …
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National Review:
The Toughest, Most Effective Web Ad I've Seen This Campaign So Far — It's very rare that I find myself in total agreement with Markos Moulitsas, creator of Daily Kos. But he calls John Edwards' response to Hillary Clinton's "pile-on" video "devastating," and I have to agree.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Dean on Mukasey — Friend of TPM and former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean knows a few things about lawless presidents. He just sent us his thoughts on the now certain confirmation of Judge Mukasey ...
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The Big Blog:
Video: Clinton takes on Russert, says letter was no cover-up — "Breathtakingly" misleading. That's what former president Bill Clinton called a question Tim Russert asked his wife at this week's Democratic presidential candidates' debate. And boy was he mad.
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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Obama: Cheney is 'the crazy uncle in the attic' — SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (CNN) - At a campaign event Saturday, Sen. Barack Obama called his distant cousin, Vice President Dick Cheney, "the crazy uncle in the attic." — Obama was referencing the recent revelation by the Vice President's wife …
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Kate Michelman / Open Left:
We've Come A Long Way — Remember the commercial: — We've come a long way baby. — Well, have we? That's the question American women need to ask themselves. — We earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. — We are 48% more likely to live in poverty than men.
Joshua Keating / FP Passport:
It's official: Putin has just stopped pretending — It's safe to say that no one really expects this December's Russian elections to be a fair contest. All the same, the Kremlin's decision to cut the number of international observers invited by two thirds is a particularly brazen demonstration …
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