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Pakistan Tells U.S. to ‘Vacate’ Air Base as Border Strike Inflames Tensions — Pakistan's government has ordered the U.S. to “vacate” an air base used for suspected drone attacks, in retaliation for a NATO strike that allegedly killed two-dozen Pakistani soldiers, Fox News has confirmed.
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Post and HotAirPundit
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Jon Boone / Guardian:
Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official — US-Pakistan relations strained further after attack allegedly kills up to 28 and prompts ban on Nato trucks crossing Afghan border — An attack by Nato aircraft on Pakistani troops that allegedly killed …
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The Long War Journal, The Atlantic Online, Associated Press, US Politics, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Reuters
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Tensions High After NATO Air Strikes Kill Pakistani Soldiers
Tensions High After NATO Air Strikes Kill Pakistani Soldiers
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Telegraph, Hot Air, The Agonist and Outside the Beltway
Edward Jay Epstein / media.nybooks.com:
What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn? — Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, in the courtyard of their Paris residence, September 2011 — May 14, 2011, was a horrendous day for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund and leading contender …
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Guardian, TalkLeft, EconomicPolicyJournal.com and New York Magazine
Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal:
Euro Zone Weighs Plan to Speed Fiscal Integration — BERLIN—Euro-zone countries are weighing a new plan to accelerate the integration of their fiscal policies, people familiar with the matter said, as Europe's leaders race to convince investors they can resolve the region's debt crisis and keep the currency area from fracturing.
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Credit Writedowns, naked capitalism, Business Insider and Calculated Risk
Juilan Pecquet / The Hill:
Supreme Court hearing on Obama health law sets up lobbying storm — Next year's Supreme Court decision on the healthcare reform law could be the most heavily lobbied ever. — Corporations, unions, trade groups and advocates are expected to spend millions of dollars over the next few months trying …
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Prairie Weather
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns — British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. — As the Italian government struggled to borrow …
Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
Taliban paid £100 a month to stop fighting — Members of the Taliban who give up their fight are being paid £100 a month and will be allowed to keep their guns in a new initiative to end the insurgency. — The “reintegration” programme, which has the full support of Nato …
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Jihad Watch and msnbc.com
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Villaraigosa announces impending shutdown of Occupy L.A. camp — The mayor says the City Hall park will close at 12:01 a.m. Monday but that police might not immediately begin removing protesters who linger. Occupy L.A. has issued a statement vowing to stay.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry ad features SuperPAC footage — The last shred of regulation preventing unlimited money from flowing into presidential campaigns is the requirement that campaigns not “coordinate” their communications with Super PACs and the other independent groups pouring money into that race.
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Obama promotes shops on “Small Business Saturday” — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, eager to spur growth and hiring, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday in Washington as the U.S. retail sector got its vital holiday season underway.
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USA Today and New York Magazine
Shocked / WSAZ-TV:
Man Dies on Black Friday; Shoppers Unfazed … SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A man collapsed while doing some Black Friday shopping in a crowded store, and people nearby continued to shop. — Witnesses tell WSAZ.com some shoppers walked around and even over the man's body.
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msnbc.com, The Political Carnival, Wonkette, The Other McCain and Mediaite
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Updated: The Shocking Truth About Naomi Wolf's Factless Assertions — In an article for The Guardian, Naomi Wolf wrote this: … This follows the ongoing meme that DHS has coordinated the Occupy crackdowns on a national level; that they are orchestrating the violence behind the clearing of Zuccotti Park and others.
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Joshua Holland's Blog, The PCTC Blog, Wonkette, American Times and The Moderate Voice
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama and family take in basketball game, chat with Bill Murray — President Obama and the First Family continued their post-Thanksgiving tradition by attending the Oregon State versus Towson game in Maryland on Saturday afternoon. Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson coaches …
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Weasel Zippers
A.Killough / CNN:
House Democrat to pass on seeking re-election — (CNN) - Rep. Charlie Gonzalez of Texas and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will forgo seeking an eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. — “I've been in Congress for 14 years and I want to do something else - what that is, I really don't know.
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Texas court refuses to hold GOP-contested redistricting map