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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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Colin Randall / Telegraph:
Leaders fiddle as France burns  —  In pictures: Paris burns after week of rioting  —  France was struggling to overcome one of its gravest post-war crises last night as every major city faced the threat of fierce rioting that began 12 nights ago and now seems to have spun out of control.
James Button / The Age:
French riots claim first life as unrest grows
Bloomberg:
Berlin Car Fires May Be Inspired by French Rioters, Police Say
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Tom Heneghan / Reuters:
French integration model fails, no back-up in sight
Discussion: Cao's Blog
Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Rioters Set Fire to Bus in Southern France
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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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.
Discussion: In the Bullpen
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Reselling the Wars  —  America's ambassadors to Iraq and Afghanistan were both in Washington during the past 10 days.  They peddled plans for badly needed corrections of U.S. policy — and they listened to the furious debate over Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame and the handling of flawed intelligence three years ago.
Discussion: Greg's Opinion
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Russell Roberts / Cafe Hayek:
Alan Alda for President  —  I turned on the TV last night, hoping to see the opening of the Redskins-Eagles game, and I stumble on what appears to be Alan Alda, talking about drug company profits.  But it can't be Alan Alda.  I think of Alan Alda as someone who is hostile to drug company profits.
Daniel Benjamin / Slate:
President Cheney  —  His office really does run national security.  —  It has become a cliché to say that Dick Cheney is the most powerful vice president in American history.  Nonetheless, here is a prediction: When the historians really get digging into the paper entrails …
The Hill:
FBI called in on Hill  —  The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating the vicious attack of a top Senate staffer at her home last week amid concerns that the assault might be related to her work on the Finance Committee.  —  Emilia DiSanto, chief investigator for committee Chairman Chuck Grassley …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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.
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.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
At Some Magazines, Men Appear to Rule the Word  —  Earlier this year, the feminist writer Susan Estrich said that women's bylines appeared far less frequently than men's on newspaper opinion pages like those of The Los Angeles Times.  Now, a Condé Nast editor is making a similar case …
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
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Should Bush Fire Rove?  —  LAST FRIDAY, a memo to White House staffers was issued (and released to reporters): Time to go back to class!  All White House staffers with security clearances were instructed by the president to attend ethics briefings, including on "the rules governing the protection …

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