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Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
U.N. Official Faults U.S. Detentions  —  Terrorism Fight Hurts Torture Ban, Human Rights Chief Says  —  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 7 — The U.S.-led fight against terrorism is eroding the time-honored international prohibition of torture and other forms of cruel or degrading treatment of prisoners …
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Washington Post:
In Cities Bush Cited, Progress Is Relative  —  In a tale of two cities, President Bush yesterday heralded progress in northern Mosul and southern Najaf as new models for rebuilding Iraq.  —  But last Friday, Iraq's government imposed emergency law and a curfew in Sunni-dominated Mosul …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Lauds Progress in Iraq, Rejects Timetable  —  Democrats Release Report Highlighting Shortfalls  —  President Bush asserted today that despite insurgent attacks and problems such as corruption, the United States is making "steady progress" in helping Iraq rebuild its economy …
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Shoe Bomber Alert Preceded Airport Shooting  —  Egyptian Man Had Been Stopped at New York Airport; Shoes Tested Positive for Explosive  —  Dec. 7, 2005 — Federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News they had been on the alert for a possible shoe bomber when a federal air marshal opened fire …
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Shooting Is Defended But Gets Mixed Reviews
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Signs of Political Evolution  —  Parties That Shunned January Vote Are Now Embracing the Process  —  BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 — Tucked into a bunker-like former headquarters of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, a type of war room unfamiliar in this country buzzed with life Wednesday.
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Chair Lift  —  Howard Dean is being vilified again—not only by Republicans in the White House and Congress, but by his fellow Democrats as well.  And once again it's for making a critical comment about the administration's conduct of the Iraq war.  In an interview Monday with a San Antonio radio station …
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Andrew Sullivan / The New Republic:
The Abolition of Torture
Burt Prelutsky / Townhall.com:
The Jewish Grinch who stole Christmas  —  I never thought I'd live to see the day that Christmas would become a dirty word.  You think it hasn't?  Then why is it that people are being prevented from saying it in polite society for fear that it will offend?
NY Daily News:
Rummy exit rumored; Lieberman eyed for job  —  WASHINGTON - White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said yesterday.  —  Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England …
New York Times:
Economy Lifts Bush's Support in Latest Poll  —  After months of political erosion, President Bush's approval rating improved markedly in the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, largely tracking Americans' more positive attitudes toward the economy.  —  But his presidency is still plagued …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Passes 3 Tax Cuts, Plans a 4th  —  Cost Would Outstrip Recent Action on Deficit  —  The House passed three separate tax cuts yesterday and plans to approve a fourth today, trimming the federal revenue by $94.5 billion over five years — nearly double the budget savings that Republicans muscled through the House last month.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The American Way  —  What does it mean that your first act on entering a country is breaking its laws?  —  As Congress considers the Bush administration's guest-worker plan, as Republicans try to figure out what their immigration philosophy is, and as political observers parse the implications …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Inalienable Right to a Remote  —  Feeling, evidently, flush with (other people's) cash, the Senate has concocted a novel way to spend $3 billion: create a new entitlement.  The Senate has passed — and so has the House, with differences — an entitlement to digital television.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Four Years After the Fall of the Taliban, Afghans Optimistic About the Future  —  Despite Deep Challenges in Daily Life, Afghans Express a Positive Outlook  —  Dec. 7, 2005 — Four years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghans express both vast support for the changes that have shaken …

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