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Mubarak Reportedly Leaves NDP Role; Mubarak's Son, Party Chief Also Exit; U.S. Signals Support for VP to Head Transition — CAIRO - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party has resigned is what is seen as a major concession to try to appease protesters who have demonstrated against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
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New York Times:
West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition — MUNICH — The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt, backing attempts by the country's vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman, to broker a compromise with opposition groups without …
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Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather and Washington Post
Aljazeera:
Egypt protesters hold their ground — With protests demanding end to Mubarak's rule entering the 12th day, people in Tahrir Square prepared to wait him out. — Demonstrators are still standing their ground in Cairo hours after hundreds of thousands of people gathered to call for Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to quit.
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msnbc.com, Firedoglake and World Blog
Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog Feb 5 - Egypt protests
Live blog Feb 5 - Egypt protests
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Firedoglake, Babylon & Beyond, AMERICAblog News, The Huffington Post and Newshoggers.com, more at Mediagazer »
Fox News:
Egypt VP Target of Assassination Attempt That Killed Two Bodyguards …
Egypt VP Target of Assassination Attempt That Killed Two Bodyguards …
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Guardian, NEWS.com.au, Emptywheel, Sky Dancing, Egyptian Chronicles, Corrente, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, CANNONFIRE, Scared Monkeys, World Blog and msnbc.com
Glenn Davis / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin's Full Speech At Event Marking Ronald Reagan's 100th Birthday — Tonight, Young America's Foundation held a banquet honoring the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. Sarah Palin delivered the keynote. Palin lovers will love it. Palin haters will hate it.
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Politics Daily, No More Mister Nice Blog, NPR, sisu, Hot Air, Israpundit and The Gateway Pundit
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
10 Things Conservatives Don't Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan — Tomorrow will mark the 100th anniversary of President Reagan's birth, and all week, conservatives have been trying to outdo each others' remembrances of the great conservative icon. Senate Republicans spent …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, StarkReports.com, Crooks and Liars, NPR and Sky Dancing
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
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Ben Smith's Blog and Conservatives4Palin
BBC:
State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron — David Cameron said Britain had encouraged different cultures to live separate lives — David Cameron has criticised “state multiculturalism” in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Siege of Planned Parenthood — As if we didn't have enough wars, the House of Representatives has declared one against Planned Parenthood. — Maybe it's all part of a grand theme. Last month, they voted to repeal the health care law. This month, they're going after an organization …
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National Review, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media and Media Matters for America
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Adele M. Stan / AlterNet.org:
The Right-Wing Dough Supporting the ‘Stings’ at Planned Parenthood
The Right-Wing Dough Supporting the ‘Stings’ at Planned Parenthood
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National Review, The Mahablog, Big Journalism, Media Matters for America and Da Techguy's Blog
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Bush cancels Switzerland visit under threat of protests, efforts to arrest him — President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there. — Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva.
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion — The controversy over “forcible rape” may be over, but now there's a new Republican-sponsored abortion bill in the House that pro-choice folks say may be worse: this time around, the new language would allow hospitals …
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Jodi Jacobson / RHRealityCheck.org:
(UPDATED) Protecting Life? New Bill Says Its OK to Let Women Die
(UPDATED) Protecting Life? New Bill Says Its OK to Let Women Die
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Little Green Footballs and Daily Kos
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Obama: Businesses have responsibility to help economy grow — President Obama called on U.S. businesses to do more to help grow the economy, saying that while the unemployment rate is getting better and jobs are being added, the U.S. needs “to get there faster.”
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The Powers That Be, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Sister Toldjah, The Politico and JammieWearingFool
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Kristol rebukes ‘hysterical’ Beck, conservatives on Egypt — Sharpening the divide on the right over whether Egypt's uprising should be viewed with fear or optimism, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol writes in the magazine's new edition that conservativism must support democracy in the largest Arab country:
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Weekly Standard and Swampland
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Everybody Does It? Really? — Common Cause's “condemnation” is even more damning than its supporters' monstrous behavior. — (Best of the Tube this weekend: We're discussing the latest setbacks to ObamaCare on “The Journal Editorial Report,” Fox News Channel, Saturday at 2 and 11 p.m. ET.)
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protein wisdom and Don Surber
Carolyn Fiddler / Democratic Legislative …:
GA State Rep.: There's No Such Thing as a Rape Victim — U.S. House Republicans have received a great deal of attention over the past week since seeking to qualify the crime of rape with the term “forcible” in a high-profile piece of legislation. Such a distinction could create classes of rape victims …
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DownWithTyranny!, Grim's Hall, Brilliant at Breakfast, RHRealityCheck.org and Balloon Juice