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If Any / Gay Patriot:
If Iraq is like Vietnam, how come the rallies keep getting smaller? — While anti-war activists hoped their rally yesterday would be the "largest peace rally in the nation's capital since the Vietnam War," it doesn't seem they reached their goal. In order to make the rally seem larger than it was …
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Sights and Sounds — Scenes from the underground: the ANSWER, etc. Anti-War, Anti-Bush Protests were conducted all across the country today to coincide with same in the DC area, so I went to observe some leftists in their natural habitat. — Keeping in mind that I'm no great judge of numbers of people …
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MSNBC:
Anti-war demonstrators stage day of protest — Tens of thousands rally in marathon day of song, remembrance — WASHINGTON - Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.
Houston Chronicle:
Thousands getting jump on three-day plan for return — Hoping to beat gridlock as over 2.5 million evacuees try to make their way back to Houston and the Gulf Coast, thousands have begun their journeys home. — What they didn't wait to find out: Most schools, including …
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CNN:
Rita growing weaker, slower — Wind, threat of more flooding halts rescue operations — LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (CNN) — The remnants of what had been Hurricane Rita dragged closer to their demise, but residual winds, flooding threats and darkness have forced an end to search-and-rescue efforts in southwest Louisiana.
Washington Post:
Rita Lands Weakened Punch — Catastrophe Is Avoided, but Wary Eyes Look to Flooding — LAKE CHARLES, La., Sept. 24 — Hurricane Rita, packing 120-mph winds and torrential rains, bulldozed up the Texas-Louisiana corridor Saturday, leaving scarred countryside and mugged towns in its wake, but apparently causing little loss of life.
Mark Townsend / Observer:
Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600 — An extraordinary appeal to Americans from the Bush administration for money to help pay for the reconstruction of Iraq has raised only $600 (£337), The Observer has learnt. Yet since the appeal was launched earlier this month …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Frist Has Some Explaining To Do — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist faces a serious investigation into his finances after apparently directing the sale of stock while his assets supposedly remained in a blind trust — and dumping family-business stock just before the bottom dropped out.
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Observer:
Britain to pull troops from Iraq as Blair says 'don't force me out' — · Defence Secretary confident withdrawal will start in May — · Plan follows pressure for exit strategy — Peter Beaumont and Gaby Hinsliff — British troops will start a major withdrawal from Iraq next …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Who Is Dr. Preisser? — Dr. Eileen Preisser has come up several times in the past few days as a key analyst in the Able Danger project. Originally unnamed in Col. Tony Shaffer's assertions of the determinations of the project, he said that a female PhD reminded him that Mohammed Atta …
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Washington Post:
Bush Faces Pressure to Diversify Supreme Court — Hispanic Group Says Votes Are at Stake as Some Conservatives Urge a Nomination on Philosophy Only — As John G. Roberts Jr. sails toward almost certain confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States, President Bush faces conflicting pressures …
Billmon:
Heart of Darkness … I didn't go to the big anti-war demo in Washington today — and not just because I have the normal responsibilities of a middle-aged parent with a house, a mortgage, a dog and a backyard that badly needs mowing. I could have evaded all of those things.
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets — Demonstration Is Largest in Capital Since U.S. Military Invaded Iraq — Tens of thousands of people packed downtown Washington yesterday and marched past the White House in the largest show of antiwar sentiment in the nation's capital since the conflict in Iraq began.
Telegraph:
Women bypass sex in favour of 'instant pregnancies' — Women are increasingly seeking inappropriate IVF treatment because they do not have the time or inclination for a sex life and want to "diarise" their busy lives. — Wealthy career women in their 30s and early 40s …
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Justin Webb / BBC:
Katrina prompts charity not change — When Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans three weeks ago, the authorities were criticised for not doing enough for those least able to help themselves. — With the spotlight shining on the country's social and economic inequalities …
Michael Scherer / Salon:
Get his robes ready — Conservatives gloat, senators posture and NPR's Nina Totenberg lobbies to protect her vacation plans as John Roberts' nomination sails through. — WASHINGTON — The leading generals in the fight to defeat the Supreme Court confirmation of John G. Roberts Jr. could not even get a seat in the room.
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