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Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France  —  PARIS - Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a 61-year-old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday.
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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
First Death Is Reported in Paris Riots as Arson Increases  —  PARIS, Monday, Nov. 8 - France's urban unrest claimed its first life today when a 61-year-old man died of injuries sustained last week when he was beaten by a hooded youth in the Parisian suburb of Stains .
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
French Riots Come After Multiple Warnings Of Islamist Attacks
Bloomberg:   Berlin Car Fires May Be Inspired by French Rioters, Police Say
James Button / The Age:
French riots claim first life as unrest grows
Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Rioters Set Fire to Bus in Southern France
Jerusalem Post:
Riots in France claim first fatality
Discussion: Cold Fury
Tom Heneghan / Reuters:
French integration model fails, no back-up in sight
Discussion: Cao's Blog
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture'  —  PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture.  —  "There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said.
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
BUSH DIGS IN DEEPER:
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Bush: "We do not torture"  —  PANAMA CITY (Reuters) …
Discussion: Steve Clemons
David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Military Tribunals  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - The Supreme Court agreed today to take a case involving Osama bin Laden's driver that presents a major test to the Bush administration's military tribunals for foreign terror suspects.
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Associated Press:   Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Military Tribunals
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to Hear Tribunals Challenge
Discussion: firedoglake and TalkLeft
James Lewis / The American Thinker:
There are an amazing number of French fingerprints all over the Plame-Wilson affair.  While it is not easy to penetrate the dark fog of lies, there is a highly consistent pattern pointing to French government involvement with a Watergate-style assault on the American Presidency, fronted by Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV.
Los Angeles Times:
Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning  —  All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena risks losing its tax-exempt status because of a former rector's remarks in 2004.  —  The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing …
National Review:
The French Connection  —  You never know with ouija boards, especially mine, which I bought in one of those kinda ratty antiques-and-esoterica shops in the French Quarter before New Orleans got blown away.  I suppose I should be grateful that it works at all, but I had been trying for several days …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Morale, and Profits, Down At the Times  —  New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says his paper should have corrected its flawed reporting on whether Iraq had illegal weapons far sooner than it did, calling this an "institutional failure."  —  Judith Miller, accused by Editor Bill Keller …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A DEADLY INTERROGATION  —  Can the C.I.A. legally kill a prisoner?  —  At the end of a secluded cul-de-sac, in a fast-growing Virginia suburb favored by employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, is a handsome replica of an old-fashioned farmhouse, with a white-railed front porch.
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 - In their long and frustrated efforts pushing Congress to pass legislation on global warming, environmentalists are gaining a new ally.  —  With increasing vigor, evangelical groups that are part of the base of conservative support …
Norm Coleman / Wall Street Journal:
Beware a 'Digital Munich'  —  It sounds like a Tom Clancy plot.  An anonymous group of international technocrats holds secretive meetings in Geneva.  Their cover story: devising a blueprint to help the developing world more fully participate in the digital revolution.
Discussion: Random Numbers and News Blog
New York Times:
Delays Hurting U.S. Rebuilding in Afghanistan  —  TURMAI, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 - Islamuddin Ahmadiyar, a 22-year-old student, remembers the excitement in this dusty farming hamlet in central Afghanistan when American contractors broke ground two years ago.  —  A one-story, 12-room health clinic …
John M. Smith / dailyprincetonian.com:
A grand slam nomination  —  For the Red Sox, the White Sox and now Princeton's heavy-hitters in the law, the curse has finally been broken.  If the Senate confirms Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. '72 to the U.S. Supreme Court as expected, it will end a 35-year drought of Princetonians on the nation's highest court.
White House:
President Bush Meets with President Torrijos of Panama  —  Trip to Latin America: Panama  —  PRESIDENT TORRIJOS: (As translated.)  A very good morning, esteemed journalists.  I'm pleased to welcome the President of the United States to Panama.  —  On this rainy morning …
Discussion: Amygdala and Obsidian Wings

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