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Associated Press:
Bush unaware of port deal until after approval  —  White House: President only learned recently of handover to Arab firm … Today show  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business …
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New York Times:
Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush, trying to put down a rapidly escalating rebellion among leaders of his own party, said Tuesday that he would veto any legislation blocking a deal for a state-owned company in Dubai to take over the management …
New York Times:
The President and the Ports  —  If President Bush follows through on his threat, he'll be making a strange choice for his first veto after more than five years in office.  After giving a pass to a parade of misbegotten Congressional initiatives and irresponsible budget packages …
Washington Post:
Bush Threatens Veto Against Bid To Stop Port Deal  —  State-Run Arab Firm Poses No Threat, President Says Amid Bipartisan Criticism  —  President Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports in Baltimore and five other cities …
Squiggler:
Dubai Port deal - good or bad?
Los Angeles Times:
Port hysteria  —  WHEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TAKE homeland …
Discussion: The RCP Blog and CNN
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Security fears about infiltration by terrorists
Reuters:
Bush defends ports deal, threatens veto
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Blast Destroys Golden Dome of Sacred Shiite Shrine in Samarra  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 22 - Insurgents dressed as police commandos detonated powerful explosives on Wednesday morning inside one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines, destroying most of the building, located in the volatile town of Samarra …
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BBC:
Iraqi blast damages Shia shrine  —  A bomb attack in Iraq has badly damaged one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, sparking furious protests.  —  Thousands of Iraqis have gathered at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, where two men blew up the famous golden dome in a dawn raid.
Discussion: Mark in Mexico
CNN:
Shiite 'Golden Mosque' heavily damaged  —  Prime minister calls attack an effort to incite sectarian violence  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Attackers dressed as Iraqi police commandos bombed the Al-Askariya "Golden Mosque" in Samarra Wednesday morning, heavily damaging the Shiite holy site …
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Holy Shia shrine bombed in Samarra.  —  As if we didn't have enough problems already!  —  The quality of the target and the timing of the attack were chosen in a way that can possibly bring very serious consequences over the country.  —  The situation in Baghdad is so tense now …
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Vote Due on South Dakota Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions  —  PIERRE, S.D., Feb. 21 — Lawmakers here are preparing to vote on a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in South Dakota, a measure that could become the most sweeping ban approved by any state in more than a decade, those on both sides of the abortion debate say.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Choice Republican (or Lieberman)  —  We knew it would happen sooner or later, and I guess it's going to be sooner: … Everybody who didn't seen this coming raise their hand.  Oh, is that you, Planned Parenthood? … Well, you might have f**king thought …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices to Review Federal Ban on Disputed Abortion Method
Discussion: Althouse and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
President of Harvard Resigns, Ending Stormy 5-Year Tenure  —  Lawrence H. Summers resigned yesterday as president of Harvard University after a relatively brief and turbulent tenure of five years, nudged by Harvard's governing corporation and facing a vote of no confidence from the influential Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Boston Globe:   Coup against Summers a dubious victory for the politically correct
Times of London:
Prosecutors say Irving jail term should be longer  —  Austrian prosecutors have filed an appeal against the three-year prison sentence handed to the British historian David Irving, arguing that he escaped too lightly for the crime of Holocaust denial.  —  Irving was left stunned and open-mouthed …
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Daniel Finkelsteim / Times of London:
The test that David Irving set me: do I really believe in the power of truth?
Discussion: Globe and Mail
Park Song-wu / KoreaTimes:
48% of Youth Would Support N. Korea in Case of US Attack  —  Survey Shows Half of Young Generation Are Progressive  —  Almost half of juniors surveyed, who will get their first voting rights in the 2007 presidential election, said in a recent poll that South Korea should side with North Korea …
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New York Times:
Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim  —  AMMAN, Jordan, Feb. 21 — In a direct challenge to the international uproar over cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, the Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani wrote: "What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures …
New York Times:
Force-Feeding at Guantánamo Is Now Acknowledged  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — The military commander responsible for the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, confirmed Tuesday that officials there last month turned to more aggressive methods to deter prisoners …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
GOP Achievers Want to Compile $5 Million for Libby Defense  —  A Who's Who of Republican heavy hitters and Bush administration supporters are lending their names to help raise $5 million for the defense of Vice President Cheney's former top aide in his criminal trial.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
From 'Connectedness' to Conflict  —  One of the baseline assumptions of U.S. foreign policy is that "connectedness" is a good thing.  Linkage to the global economy fosters the growth of democracy and free markets, the theory goes, and that in turn creates the conditions for stability and security.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Roger Ailes

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