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New York Times:
Musharraf Leaves White House in Lurch — For more than five months the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush's promotion of democracy in the Muslim world.
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The Corner:
re: Pakistan Emergency — Things were certainly heating up a lot last week in Pakistan though the various jihadi attacks didn't get much coverage in the West. — In the Punjab, far from the frontier there was a major suicide bomb attack against the Pakistani Air Force, killing eight officers and cadets …
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Molly Ivors / Whiskey Fire:
Idiot Princess™ — Seems like we just did this, doesn't it? — But then, MoDo must be telling herself the same thing. — Yes, the Idiot Princess™ is at it again, sharpening her tools for her paymasters who clearly fear Hillary with a pathology that must be based on some deep Freudian s**t …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Gift of Gall — Girlfriend had a rough week. — First Hillary got brushed back by the boys in the debate. Then some women bemoaned Hillaryland's "Don't hit me, I'm a girl" strategy. — The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus deplored the "antifeminist subtext" of Hillary's campaign playing the woman-as-victim card.
Times of London:
Saudi Arabia is hub of world terror — The desert kingdom supplies the cash and the killers — Nick Fielding and Sarah Baxter, Washington — It was an occasion for tears and celebration as the Knights of Martyrdom proclaimed on video: "Our brother Turki fell during the rays of dawn …
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Washington Post:
Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change — One year out from the 2008 election, Americans are deeply pessimistic and eager for a change in direction from the agenda and priorities of President Bush, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Rebuts Accusations of Secrecy — As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton began a four-day swing through Iowa on Saturday, her political camp struck back against accusations that she and her husband were being overly secretive about discussions they had during their White House years.
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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
Beyond Those Health Care Numbers — WITH the health care system at the center of the political debate, a lot of scary claims are being thrown around. The dangerous ones are not those that are false; watchdogs in the news media are quick to debunk them. Rather, the dangerous ones …
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Corey Levitan / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
FORECLOSURE FALLOUT: Home Sour Home — Housing crisis leads some former owners, tenants to take anger out on property — The orange "no trespassing" sticker is faded, the seal it once formed over the doorway broken for at least six months. Joseph Kraemer twists the lockbox key and issues a warning to be prepared.
Mark Oppenheimer / New York Times:
The Turning of an Atheist — Unless you are a professional philosopher or a committed atheist, you probably have not heard of Antony Flew. Eighty-four years old and long retired, Flew lives with his wife in Reading, a medium-size town on the Thames an hour west of London.
Daniel Boffey / Daily Mail:
Passengers revolt after being told to fly on jet with its wing tip missing — An airline crew faced a rebellion when they told passengers they were going to fly on a jet that had lost its wing tip in a runway crash. — The SriLankan Airlines customers had been on the Airbus A340 a day earlier …
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Matt / Think Progress:
Bush 41 Gets His News From Fox News; Warns More Bushes May Run For Public Office — Fox News Sunday launched a new series this week called "American Leaders" that seeks to engage "prominent business, cultural and social figures in candid discussion." The first "leader" featured by Fox …
Tina Rosenberg / New York Times:
The Perils of Petrocracy — I. — Who holds the world's oil? You might assume it's in the hands of big private oil companies like ExxonMobil. But in fact, 77 percent of the world's oil reserves are held by national oil companies with no private equity, and there are 13 state-owned oil companies …
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
A Battle Rages in London Over a Mega-Mosque Plan — LONDON — Disputes over mosques have broken out across Europe. Residents from Belgium to France to Germany have expressed unease at minarets competing in the urban landscape with the spires and stones of centuries-old cathedrals.
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