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BBC:
Cameron chosen as new Tory leader  —  David Cameron has been elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis.  —  The 39-year-old beat Mr Davis by 134,446 votes to 64,398 in a postal ballot of Tory members across the UK.
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Brian Wheeler / BBC:
The David Cameron story
Discussion: Kesher Talk
Conservativehome.Com / toryleadership:   How Cameron Won... And Davis Lost
Associated Press:
Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class  —  LAWRENCE - A professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he sent e-mails deriding Christian conservatives was hospitalized Monday after what appeared to be a roadside beating.
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David Lightman / courant.com:
Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
German Sues Over Abduction Said to Be at Hands of C.I.A.  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - A German citizen who says he was abducted, beaten and taken to Afghanistan by American agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003 filed suit in federal court today against George J. Tenet …
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ACLU:
Companies that Owned and Operated Airplanes Used in CIA Kidnapping Also Named in Lawsuit  —  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the first ever lawsuit against former CIA director George Tenet challenging the CIA's abduction of a foreign national for detention and interrogation in a secret overseas prison.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and The Heretik
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Vows No Return to 'Unjust' Court  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day.  As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return.
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Concealed Witness Tells of Torture By Hussein's Forces
Robert Green / Reuters:
Professor acquitted of funding Islamist group  —  TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a former Florida professor not guilty of funding a banned Islamist group in a verdict likely to be seen as a stiff blow to the U.S. government in its attempts to prosecute terror suspects.
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Jerusalem Post:
Troops catch suicide bomber's relatives
Associated Press:
Poll finds broad approval of terrorist torture  —  Most in U.S., Britain, France, S. Korea say torture justified in rare instances  —  WASHINGTON - Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Throwing National Security Under the Bus  —  It's as if the whole Valerie Plame matter never happened.  —  ABC News is blowing their 'EXCLUSIVE' horn again in an ongoing investigation to 'out' a handful of secret CIA prisons where alleged "enhanced interrogation techniques" are authorized for use by 14 CIA officers.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Solomon Amendment likely to survive  —  Congress' demand that law schools give military recruiters equal access to their students, despite the military's policy of barring homosexuals from service, appeared to have survived quite easily its constitutional test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday …
NY Daily News:
Angry activists set to hound Hil  —  WASHINGTON - Anti-war activists furious with Sen. Hillary Clinton are vowing to bird-dog her everywhere she goes, starting with a swanky Manhattan fund-raiser tonight.  —  Clinton's letter last week clarifying her position on Iraq …
Pajamas Media:
Whose Internet is It Anyway?  (Part 2)  —  Yesterday, our panel of experts weighed in on the issue of whether or not the UN should have a hand in internet governance.  Today, several of Pajamas Media's member bloggers take a busman's holiday, discussing the topic from the "man on the street" perspective.

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Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Plame Is Set to Leave the CIA
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Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
A BUSH REVIVAL?  —  Are the Bush job approval numbers reviving?
Jia-Rui Chong / Los Angeles Times:
Police Baffled by Booby-Trapped Pens
Discussion: Mark in Mexico
Debbie Schlussel:
Al-Arian Walk Watch …
Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
Birds Of Baghdad
Max Cleland / The Huffington Post:
Speaking the Truth  —  The angry rhetoric on Fox News Monday …
Drudge Report:
KING KONG TO CHALLENGE ALL-TIME BOXOFFICE CHAMP
Chicago Tribune:
Obama: Iraq war splits Democrats

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MSNBC:
Trading bibles for porn in San Antonio
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
Baghdad Police Academy Attacked; 43 Dead
worldtribune.com:
U.S. Army report: Israel can't stop Iran nukes
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
CLEANING THE HOUSE:  —  I'm on deadline so I can't come anywhere …
National Review:
Fear and Loathing Wal-Mart
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Saudi prince gives Sharon 'benefit of the doubt' for peace
Lindsey Graham / Washington Post:
Rules for Our War  —  In my view, the attacks of Sept. 11 …
 
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