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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
State of Emergency Declared in France  —  President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence.
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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.
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
French Authorize Curfews to Stop Violence  —  PARIS - France's Cabinet authorized curfews under a state-of-emergency law Tuesday in an extraordinary measure to halt the country's worst civil unrest in decades after violence raged for a 12th night.  —  Local officials "will be able …
New York Times:
French Officials Try to Ease Fear as Crisis Swells
Discussion: Rantingprofs and The Next Hurrah
New York Times:
President Bush's Walkabout  —  After President Bush's disastrous visit to Latin America, it's unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run.  An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front.
Peter Popham / Independent:
US forces 'used chemical weapons' during assault on city of Fallujah  —  Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
How Green Was The Room With Vallely?  —  General Paul Vallely (ret). caused a stir yesterday, and kept at it today.  From the always interesting, sometimes accurate World Net Daily: … Joseph Wilson may have over-reacted a bit: … Now, Wilson has a valid point, but perhaps not a strong enough point to justify litigation:
Discussion: Macsmind
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dailyprincetonian.com:
Nominee's missing thesis recovered  —  Alito '72 believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, adviser says  —  Chanakya Sethi  —  The senior thesis of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72, which along with some 300 others was lost during the 1970s, resurfaced Monday when Alito's thesis adviser provided a copy to the University.
Mike Corder / Associated Press:
Australians Say They Foiled Terror Attack  —  SYDNEY, Australia - Two Islamic terror cells were rushing to become the first to stage a major "jihad" terror bombing in Australia, a prosecutor said Tuesday after armed police arrested 17 suspects in a string of coordinated pre-dawn raids in two cities.
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strategypage.com:
The Real Problems With Urban Schools and Recruiters  —  November 7, 2005: The U.S. Department of Defense sees urban schools as ones of its biggest recruiting obstacles.  Not because leftist teachers in some of those schools try to keep recruiters out, but because so many potential recruits …
Discussion: BillHobbs.com and joannejacobs.com
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Middle class filling up military, study says
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
The CIA Disinformation Campaign  —  The CIA's disinformation campaign against President Bush — headlined in the Wilson/Plame affair — is more jujitsu than karate.  Instead of applying your own force to defeat your opponent, you turn his energy and momentum against him and bring him down.
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radioblogger.com:
Victor Davis Hanson on Muslim violence in France and Europe.  —  HH: I'm now joined by Victor Davis Hanson, military historian extraordinaire, and you can read him every Friday at National Review Online.  Victor, good to have you back on the program.  —  VDH: Glad to be here, Hugh.
Kit Jarrell / euphoricreality.net:
Drop Zone - OPEN POST  —  Yes folks, it's a quick roundup of all the things we haven't already talked about.  While leaving a trackback to a post (or two or three) that you like, feel free to check out the interesting stories we've left here for you today:  —  Blackfive and his Army team …
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Lyn Perry / Bloggin' Outloud:
Trackback & Links Policy
Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Becoming Part of Sherrod Brown Campaign Story  —  So a Sherrod Brown staffer used some lines from one of my blog posts.  Who frigging cares?  This is a ridiculous story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: … This is the post Brown used to list the cases where Alito has attacked workers rights.
Los Angeles Times:
Conservatives Also Irked by IRS Probe of Churches  —  The agency's warning to All Saints is part of a wider look into political activity by nonprofits.  —  The IRS threat to revoke the tax-exempt status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena because of an antiwar sermon there during …
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
The Arm of Decision  —  Four years into the Terror War, "What's the most important element for victory?" is a question long overdue.  It's also a question our national leadership, nearly all of our intellectuals, and none of our mainstream media have yet to answer.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
His Night in the Sun  —  After 25 Years, Ted Koppel Is Leaving the Show That Did It His Way  —  Given all the heat Ted Koppel took last year for reading the names of the hundreds of Americans killed in Iraq, he could be forgiven for claiming vindication over the huge coverage when the death toll hit 2,000 late last month.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Official Reveals Budget for U.S. Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - In an apparent slip, a top American intelligence official has revealed at a public conference what has long been secret: the amount of money the United States spends on its spy agencies.  —  At an intelligence conference …
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Fox News Is Accused in Bias Suit  —  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against the Fox News network, claiming it harassed and discriminated against its female employees, creating a "hostile work environment because of their sex."

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