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Qassim Abdel-Zahra / Associated Press:
Muslims Again Protest Muhammad Caricatures — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Thousands of Iraqis protested after Friday prayers against caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad reprinted in European papers and the country's top Shiite cleric denounced the drawings. — A roadside bomb killed …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ANGER" — Watch out. The London Telegraph reports: … Qaradawi heartily endorses terrorist suicide bombings. Previous coverage of Red Ken Livingston's terrorist sympathies here. — Just as a visual reminder that this Islamist conflagration is a violent global phenomenon, look and learn:
Michelle Malkin:
BIN LADEN AS CHRIST — Guess what's passing for "art" at the National Black Fine Art Show in New York City? This: — Morry Alter reports for WCBS2 News (Hat tip: In the Bullpen): … The difference between Us and Them: No one's proclaiming an International Day of Anger and issuing fatwahs over this odious piece of "art."
Washington Post:
Tension Rises Over Cartoons of Muhammad — Publication Widens In Europe as Protests Grow in Islamic World — PARIS, Feb. 2 — Protests against European newspapers' publication of cartoons lampooning the prophet Muhammad gained momentum across the Islamic world Thursday …
Telegraph:Day of anger threatened over cartoons of Prophet
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National Review:
Fitzgerald: Was Any Damage Done By the Valerie Wilson Leak? I Don't Know. — Watchers of the CIA leak investigation are buzzing over a series of letters between prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and lawyers for former Cheney chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Dozens of Bodies, Survivors in Red Sea — An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,300 people sank in the Red Sea early Friday during bad weather, and rescue ships and helicopters pulled dozens of survivors and bodies from the water. Some 180 escaped on lifeboats, an official said.
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Jerusalem Post:
Egyptian cruise ship sinks in Red Sea — CAIRO, Egypt — Some hundred survivors have been rescued from the wreck of the Egyptian cruise ship Salaam 98, and at least 100 more passengers' bodies have been retrieved, CNN reported reported Friday evening. — Egypt has thus far declined …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Session on Security Erupts in Spying Debate — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Senate Democrats on Thursday angrily accused the Bush administration of mounting a public relations campaign to defend the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program while withholding details …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Cry of Concern by Republicans at Voter Unease — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — The surprise election of Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio as House majority leader was a cry of concern by an entrenched Republican majority, acutely worried that voter unease about corruption and partisan excesses …
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WorldNetDaily:
NAACP chairman compares GOP to Nazis — Bond delivers blistering partisan speech in North Carolina — Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party …
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Commentary:
Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act? — "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts." Thus ran the headline of a front-page news story whose repercussions have roiled American politics ever since its publication last December 16 in the New York Times.
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Associated Press:
Rumsfeld likens Venezuela's Chavez to Hitler — Defense chief expresses concern at 'populist leadership' in Latin America — WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler, reflecting continuing tension in relations between …
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Surveillance Prompts a Suit: Police v. Police — The demonstrators arrived angry, departed furious. The police had herded them into pens. Stopped them from handing out fliers. Threatened them with arrest for standing on public sidewalks. Made notes on which politicians they cheered and which ones they razzed.
Lisa De Pasquale / Human Events:
BusinessWeek's 'Payola' Reporter Partied With Lobbyists — The activity du jour for Business Week's Capitol Hill correspondent Eamon Javers seems to be systematically "outing" conservative columnists as corporate shills. On January 13, BusinessWeek's web edition ran an article by Javers deceptively titled …
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Is the Veterans' Administration a good health care model? — Last week Paul Krugman defended the VHA as a model for national health care policy; Brad DeLong has some critical excerpts. I am skeptical for a few reasons: — 1. It is widely acknowledged that this system did not work well for a long time.
Los Angeles Times:
What isolationism? — In his speech, the president presented a fiction to avoid a debate on tough policy questions. — IN HIS STATE of the Union address on Tuesday, President Bush worked himself into a lather about the dangers of "retreating within our borders."
tcsdaily.com:
Nuts with Nukes — There is an important law about power that is too often overlooked by rational and peace-loving people. Any form of power, from the most primitive to the most mind-boggling, is always amplified enormously when it falls into the hands of those whose behavior is wild, erratic, and unpredictable.
Tony Batt / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Tribes gave to Reid after hiring Abramoff — WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada began receiving campaign contributions from at least four American Indian tribes only after they hired Jack Abramoff, Republicans charged this week in an effort to tie the Senate Democratic leader to the disgraced lobbyist.
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Sick of Sausage — Today's voters crave ideology. — The most significant moment in Tuesday evening's State of the Union speech did not occur while President Bush was speaking. It was just before the speech, when TV cameras caught the two new Supreme Court justices, John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
Tony Pugh / Knight Ridder:
Windfall for drug industry raises questions — WASHINGTON - The new Medicare drug benefit will give drug companies up to $2 billion in extra profits this year because they're no longer required to pay rebates on drugs bought by the government for the elderly poor.
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
$120 Billion More Is Sought For Military in War Zones — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — The Bush administration said Thursday that it would seek about $120 billion in additional financing to pay for continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through 2006.
BREITBART.COM:
N. Zealand filmmaker arrested in drag in US prostitution sting — New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori, who directed the James Bond movie "Die Another Day," has been arrested in a Hollywood prostitution sting while dressed in drag. — Tamahori, 55, was arrested on January 8 when he allegedly sought sex …
Associated Press:
Lesbian accuses doctor's office of passing anti-gay literature — ORLANDO — A 36-year-old lesbian has filed a state complaint against a doctor and physician's assistant alleging she was given literature condemning homosexuality as "sinful and sexually impure" after a routine appointment.
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