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Olivier Guitta / Weekly Standard:
Paris When It Sizzles  —  THE FRENCH USE THE EUPHEMISM "quartiers sensibles"—sensitive neighborhoods—for the troubled, predominantly Arab and African working-class suburbs of Paris and other cities that increasingly resemble a ticking bomb at the heart of their society.
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Rioting Spreads From Paris Across France  —  AUBERVILLIERS, France - Widespread riots across impoverished areas of France took a malevolent turn in a ninth night of violence, with youths torching an ambulance and stoning medical workers coming to the aid of a sick person.
The Brussels Journal:
The Fall of France  —  If Nicolas Sarkozy had been allowed to have his way, he could have saved France.  Last Summer the outspoken minister of the Interior was France's most popular politician with his promise to restore the law of the Republic in the various virtually self-ruling immigrant areas surrounding the major French cities.
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Immigrant Rioting Flares in France for Ninth Night
Editor and Publisher:
Smoking Gun on Manipulation of Iraq Intelligence?  'NY Times' Cites New Document  —  NEW YORK Ever since the Democrats briefly closed the U.S. Senate from view earlier this week, to protest alleged Republican foot-dragging in probing Bush administration pre-war manipulation of intelligence …
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Douglas Jehl / New York Times:
Report Warned Bush Team About Intelligence Suspicions  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 - A high Qaeda official in American custody was identified as a likely fabricator months before the Bush administration began to use his statements as the foundation for its claims that Iraq trained Al Qaeda members …
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Alan Clendenning / Associated Press:
Summit Leaders Deadlocked on Free Trade  —  MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - Leaders from across the Americas, wrapping up a two-day summit overshadowed by rampaging protesters, faced a deadlock Saturday over the future of a U.S.-backed free trade zone spanning the Western Hemisphere.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Real Teen
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Staffers Ordered To Attend Ethics Meetings  —  HONESTLY, folks, why can't we all admit it and say at the outset that this news item should be filed in the CYA And Get-Something-On-Paper-To-Improve-Our- Image Department? … Basically, a senior White House aide has given the Post this memo …
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Associated Press:
Cheney urges exception to torture ban for CIA  —  Vice president makes closed-door appeal to GOP senators  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney made an unusual personal appeal to Republican senators this week to allow CIA exemptions to a proposed ban on the torture of terror suspects in U.S. custody …
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Holy Crap! Cheney Leaves a Big, Slimy Trail
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Jarhead - a review  —  My wife, being a MOM (mother of a Marine), was keen to see the released-today movie, Jarhead, an adaptation of Anthony Swafford's book of the same name.  So I took a couple of hours off (that I'll have to make up tonight and tomorrow) to go with her.
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James Joyner / » Outside The Beltway:
Jarhead Suffers Typical Military Movie Flaws
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ANOTHER CIA LEAK; WHO CARES?  —  For the last two years, we have been complaining about the CIA's war against the Bush administration, which has been fueled by one leak after another on the part of CIA officials.  These leaks, all or most of which involved classified information …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Townhall.com:
MONEY FOR MCCAIN  —  Sen. John McCain, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, has gotten a tepid response to a New York City fund-raiser Monday for his "Straight Talk America" political action committee.  —  McCain signed a Sept. 27 letter announcing his appearance at the St. Regis Hotel Nov. 7.
Discussion: QandO, Donklephant and Decision '08
Drudge Report:
JERSEY GOVERNOR RACE TURNS UGLY: CHARGES OF ABORTION, AFFAIRS DRIVE LAST DAYS  —  New Jersey Public Radio & Television aired a report Friday night in which New Jersey Democratic Candidate for Governor Jon Corzine was grilled about whether a staffer he allegedly had an affair with — had an abortion.
Associated Press:
Dutch police foil attack on El Al plane  —  A Dutch terrorism suspect arrested in October allegedly hoped to shoot down an El-Al airliner at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, a Netherlands television program reported Friday, citing police and secret service documents.
Kofi A. Annan / Washington Post:
The U.N. Isn't a Threat to the Net  —  The main objective of the World Summit on the Information Society to be held this month in Tunisia is to ensure that poor countries get the full benefits that new information and communication technologies — including the Internet — can bring to economic and social development.
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Gov.'s Effort to Engage Voters Stalls  —  SACRAMENTO — With only days before Tuesday's special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to jolt the campaign by taking unscripted questions from voters on live television appears to be stumbling, with little sign that he is persuading …

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