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Josh Margolin / New Jersey Online:
Two N.J. men arrested at JFK airport before boarding plane to join Islamist terrorist group, authorities say — NEWARK — Two New Jersey men intent on killing American troops were arrested Saturday as they boarded flights to link up with a virulent jihadist group in Somalia, authorities said.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Washington Asks What to Do About Israel — WASHINGTON — Some topics are so inflammatory that they are never discussed without first inserting a number of caveats. And so, when Anthony Cordesman, a foreign policy dignitary in this town's think tank circuit, dropped an article on Wednesday headlined …
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Karin Laub / The Huffington Post:
Rachel Corrie, Aid Ship, Seized By Israel With No Resistance
Rachel Corrie, Aid Ship, Seized By Israel With No Resistance
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Clarification/Correction Regarding Audio Transmission Between …
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Washington Post:
Turkey's Erdogan bears responsibility in flotilla fiasco
Turkey's Erdogan bears responsibility in flotilla fiasco
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Paul Krugman:
Lost Decade, Here We Come — The deficit hawks have taken over the G20: … It's basically incredible that this is happening with unemployment in the euro area still rising, and only slight labor market progress in the US. — But don't we need to worry about government debt?
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Don't Get Mad, Mr. President. Get Even. — IT turns out there is something harder to find than a fix for BP's leak: Barack Obama's boiling point. — The frantic and fruitless nationwide search for the president's temper is now our sole dependable comic relief from the tragedy in the gulf.
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Get the Waaaaaaahmbulance, stat! …
Get the Waaaaaaahmbulance, stat! …
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
Thomas under fire for Israel remarks — Longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas is coming under fire after a video circulated widely on Friday of her saying that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Poland and Germany. — The Hearst newspaper columnist …
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Lauren Johnston / NY Daily News:
Rush Limbaugh to wed gal pal Kathryn Rogers today in lavish Palm Beach ceremony — It's wedding bells for Rush Limbaugh - for the fourth time. — The conservative firebrand, 59, will exchange vows Saturday in Florida with Kathryn Rogers - a blond bombshell half his age …
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BBC:
“We will stop the leak” — On Sunday 6 June Andrew Marr interviewed Chief Executive of BP, Tony Hayward. — Please note ‘The Andrew Marr Show’ must be credited if any part of this transcript is used. — ANDREW MARR: — And so to a man I'm afraid described as “the most hated face in America” …
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BBC:
BP ‘capturing half Gulf oil leak’ — A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil a day, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward says. — The amount has risen since Saturday, and implies more than half the estimated 12,000 to 19,000 barrels leaking each day is now being captured.
Beth Reinhard / St. Petersburg Times:
Jim Greer's lawyer says Gov. Crist okayed diversion of GOP funds — Gov. Charlie Crist personally signed off on his former Republican party chairman's confidential fundraising role with the state party - according to Jim Greer's attorney, whose allegation contradicts the governor's statement that he …
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE RACE: Angle takes lead in GOP primary — Percentage of undecided Republicans goes up — Continuing her stunning rise, Sharron Angle has shot into a clear lead in the U.S. Senate Republican primary, according to a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal that shows …
Washington Post:
In gulf oil spill's long reach, ecological damage could last decades — Snorkeling along a coral reef near Veracruz, Mexico, in 2002, Texas biologist Wes Tunnell spotted what looked like a ledge of rock covered in sand, shells, algae and hermit crabs. He knew, from years of research at the reef, that it probably wasn't a rock at all.
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
With U.S. Aid, Warlord Builds Afghan Empire — A security post on the road controlled by Matiullah Khan in southern Afghanistan. He leads a private army that earns millions of dollars guarding NATO convoys. More Photos » — TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan — The most powerful man …