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Forbes:
Pakistan denies rumours Musharraf under house arrest - UPDATE  —  ISLAMABAD (Thomson Financial) - Pakistan's government on Monday denied rumours sweeping the country that the deputy army chief had placed military ruler President Pervez Musharraf under house arrest.  —  'This is not true.
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New York Times:
Police Battle Lawyers in Pakistan  —  Police armed with tear gas and clubs attacked thousands of protesting lawyers in the city of Lahore today, and rounded up lawyers in other cities as the government of the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, faced the first signs of concerted resistance to the imposition of emergency rule.
Discussion: Law Blog
New York Times:
U.S. Is Likely to Continue Aid to Pakistan  —  The Bush administration signaled Sunday that it would probably keep billions of dollars flowing to Pakistan's military, despite the detention of human rights advocates and leaders of the political opposition by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the country's president.
Ben Feller / Associated Press:   Bush's faith in Musharraf tested
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests
John O'Connor / The State:
Giuliani a surprise hit in S.C.  —  New Yorker among leaders in S.C. poll  —  Rudy Giuliani was not supposed to compete in South Carolina.  —  The New York Yankee, pundits said, could not overcome his stances favoring gay rights, abortion or gun control.  Social conservatives, they said, would torpedo him in the Palmetto State.
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Frank James / The Swamp:
Swamp Gas, November 5, 2007
Discussion: The Hill
Robert Stacy McCain / Washington Times:
Poster relates Che's dark side  —  One of the most famous faces of communism is getting a makeover this week, with a new poster designed to teach students the whole story about Cuban revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara.  —  "The Victims of Che Guevera" poster, produced …
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Michelle Malkin:   The victims of Che Guevara
John Ashcroft / New York Times:
Uncle Sam on the Line  —  FOR almost two years, the country has debated whether the Bush administration acted properly and lawfully in undertaking emergency surveillance operations of suspected foreign terrorists on presidential authorization in the wake of 9/11.
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Living in a glass house  —  WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who is making government transparency a centerpiece of the latest phase of his campaign, does not always practice what he preaches when it comes to his own business.  —  Obama is accusing chief rival …
Discussion: New York Times
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John McCormick / The Swamp:
Newsweek's Obama interview: Challenging Clinton
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker, QandO and ABCNEWS
Wall Street Journal:
Frustration Builds for Democrats  —  Reversal of Fortune for Mukasey  —  Highlights Struggles on Security Issues  —  Washington — The way in which Senate Democrats wavered and then consented to the confirmation of Michael B. Mukasey as attorney general reflects the party's broader struggle …
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Avi Klein / Washington Monthly:
The mysterious death of Lyndon LaRouche's printer  —  For forty years, the Lyndon LaRouche movement has been a ubiquitous, if diminishing, presence in the political landscape of America, and of Washington.  LaRouche has made eight runs for the presidency, including one campaign from prison.
Discussion: The Corner
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:
First FAS-FAX Numbers: Many Top Papers Take Big Hits  —  NEW YORK The Audit Bureau of Circulations released circulation numbers for more than 700 daily newspapers this morning for the six-month period ending September 2007.  Of the top 25 papers in daily circulation (see chart, separate story), only four showed gains.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
RWN's Ann Coulter Interview #4  —  John Edwards' campaign has fallen on such tough times that he has had to accept public financing.  Do you think the damage that you did to him in the running feud you two have gotten into has something to do with that?  —  If by "running feud" …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
2007 Toll Nears Highest for US in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — With just under two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in U.S. deaths.  —  At least 847 American military personnel have died in Iraq …
Stephen Brook / Guardian:
Times editor headed for WSJ  —  Rupert Murdoch plans to install Times editor Robert Thomson as publisher of the Wall Street Journal next year, according to a senior US media executive.  —  The transfer of Mr Thomson, who has edited the Times for five years, to a senior role at the Journal …
Discussion: Media Blog and BuzzMachine
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
An Unlikely Partnership Left Behind  —  It felt familiar, as if the past five years had not happened — the Republican president and the Democratic senator together again, plotting ways to reshape the nation's education system.  As they sat in the Oval Office that day back in January …
 
 
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