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Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
NSA Web Site Places 'Cookies' on Computers
Marc Schulman / AMERICAN FUTURE:
Is There an International Community?  —  The first thing that came to my mind when Dr. Demarche posed the question that's the title of this post is Bill Clinton's most famous words: "it depends on what the meaning of is, is."  In this case, of course, it depends on the meaning of "community."
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Bush Team Rethinks Its Plan for Recovery  —  President Bush shifted his rhetoric on Iraq in recent weeks after an intense debate among advisers about how to pull out of his political free fall, with senior adviser Karl Rove urging a campaign-style attack on critics while younger aides pushed …
Reuters:
Would-be suicide bombers blown up in Afghan blast  —  Two would-be suicide bombers have blown themselves up while strapping on explosives in an Afghan town bordering Pakistan, police said.  —  No one else was hurt in the blast near the market in Spin Boldak, Afghan border force commander Abdul Raziq told Reuters.
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Kevin Anderson / BBC:
Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq  —  The war in Vietnam is often referred to as the first war on television, and the wars in Afghanistan and now in Iraq will be known as the first wars to be blogged.  —  A new generation of soldier bloggers in the US, known as milbloggers …
Newsweek:
Kos-Eye View  —  The creator of the left's favorite political blog, The Daily Kos, handicaps the 2006 elections and shares his advice for the Democratic Party.  —  Photos (from left): Keith Srakocic / AP; J.D. Cavrich / AP; David J. Phillip / AP; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images; Steve Nesius / AP; Matt Stroshane / Getty Images
Michael J. Totten / LA Weekly:
In the Land of the Brother Leader  —  Vacation in Libya?  Totalitarian tourism and the search for truth... and a good meal  —  Young men who like their comforts, and a dainty table, or who wish to pass their time pleasantly in the company of women, must not go to Arabia.
craigmurray.co.uk:
Damning documentary evidence unveiled.  Dissident bloggers in coordinated exposé of UK government lies over torture.  —  Help us beat the British government's gagging order by mirroring this information on your own site or blog! … - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, election hustings, Blackburn, April 2005
Joe Kot / ynetnews.com:
Brit Jew marries dolphin  —  Unusual wedding: British woman marries her beloved dolphin in Eilat ceremony  —  Till death do us part?  An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married …
Lisa Sandberg / mysanantonio.com:
Justices agree to consider hearing DeLay's money laundering case  —  AUSTIN — Media reports that U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay had convinced the state's highest court to hear his appeal were as widely circulated as they were, well, wrong.  —  Justices for the Texas Court Criminal Appeals agreed merely …
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
U.S. Says It Didn't Target Muslims  —  Mosques Among Sites Monitored For Radiation  —  Faced with angry complaints, U.S. officials defended an anti-terrorism program yesterday that secretly tested radiation levels around the country — including at more than 100 Muslim sites in the Washington area …
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Sandy Levinson / Balkinization:
Judge Alito and Executive Power  —  Samuel Alito may turn out, perhaps fortunately for the rest of us, to be a victim of cruel fate, being the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Here he is, a noted—and more than competent, in any conventional sense—ultra-conservative …
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for December 28  —  Read the transcript to the Wednesday show  —  Guest: Edward MacMahon; John Zwerling; Ron Christie; Nick Callio; Gary  —  NORAH O'DONNELL, MSNBC ANCHOR: Tonight, defense attorneys for a terror suspect plan to challenge the Bush administration …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and AMERICAblog
Bill Sam / Washington Times:
Cheney, Bush remain close  —  Vice President Dick Cheney has grown closer to President Bush as the two men prepare for their sixth year in office, according to White House officials who scoff at press speculation of a rift.  —  "I don't think the relationship is strained at all," …
Wall Street Journal:
Many Americans Still Believe Hussein Had Links to al Qaeda  —  Sizeable minorities of Americans still believe Saddam Hussein had "strong links to al Qaeda," a Harris Interactive poll shows, though the number has fallen substantially this year.  —  About 22% of U.S. adults believe …

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