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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
STEPHEN GREEN HAS POSTED more pictures from the Danish Embassy rally, which has also gotten coverage, and photos, at Wonkette.  —  And reader Patrick Rockefeller sends the photo at bottom below, which I liked, along with this report: "It was a decent sized crowd full of good people …
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:
Time to Stand With Denmark For Americans' Freedom of the Press, Speech; Sitzpinklers Stay Away from Danish Embassy Demo  —  Journalist Christopher Hitchens recently called for a demonstration of support today at the Danish Embassy for Denmark and the principles of freedom of speech and the press.
Discussion: Hyscience, DCist, Squiggler and mediabistro
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
ONE MORE PHOTO from the Danish Embassy rally.  Reader Jonathan G. Williams, who sent it, writes: "Yes, those things they've got are danishes.  (Cherry, I think.)"  —  Mmm.  Cherry.  —  And Mark Tapscott notes an email from Linda Seebach of the Rocky Mountain News: … It's that whole Army of Davids thing.
Edelfenbein / Your Guide to Financial Success:
Danish Embassy Rally
Corsair the Rational Pirate:
Hey Ho Danish Protest Today... Gotta Go
Discussion: Kesher Talk and Daily Pundit
David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:   Signs of Solidarity: Photos from the Danish Embassy
Luis David / Age of Hooper:   ANTI-HOOPER RALLY AT DANISH EMBASSY FEB. 24, 2006
time.blogs.com:
Standing With Denmark
Discussion: Althouse
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:   D.C. Rally for Denmark at Noon (Updated)
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Photoblogging  —  Some days, it's really good to be a blogger.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and sisu
National Review:
It Didn't Work  —  "I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes — it is America."  The New York Times reporter is quoting the complaint of a clothing merchant in a Sunni stronghold in Iraq.  "Everything that is going on between Sunni and Shiites, the troublemaker in the middle is America."
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Anger Tinged Calls for Peace in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — Political and religious leaders in Iraq scrambled today to halt the country's slide toward sectarian civil war, renewing for tomorrow an extraordinary daytime curfew that was temporarily relaxed to allow a small measure of respite for the country.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
White House 'Discovers' 250 Emails Related to Plame Leak  —  The White House turned over last week 250 pages of emails from Vice President Dick Cheney's office.  Senior aides had sent the emails in the spring of 2003 related to the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Libby Loses a Round in Court  —  Ex-Cheney Aide Is Denied in Bid to Learn Leaker's Identity  —  Vice President Cheney's former top aide is not entitled to know the identity of an anonymous administration official who revealed information about CIA operative Valerie Plame to two journalists …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, TalkLeft and firedoglake
MSNBC:
Slacker Friday  —  Think Again is here.  It's called "Second, Third and Fourth Thoughts about the President."  —  Not a joke: Later today, the Pentagon expects to release its quarterly Iraq Progress Report entitled "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq."
Discussion: The Big Picture
Tim Worstall:
Ken Livingstone Suspended  —  So Ken Livingstone is suspended from office for a month for his (subjectively) racist remarks to a reporter.  Harry's, Brighton Regency, A Councillor, The Torygraph, well, use the search engines yourselves to find more views.  Myself, if I actually thought …
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news24.com:
Cartoon-newspaper wins prize  —  Copenhagen - Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which angered the Muslim world by publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad last year, has won a Danish critical journalism award for its initiative, the jury said.  —  Denmark's largest daily was honoured …
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Goel Pinto / Haaretz:
Chirac, de Villepin attend memorial ceremony for slain Jewish youth  —  PARIS - Cries of "vive la France" and "la justice" accompanied President Jacques Chirac, his wife Bernadette and Premier Dominique de Villepin last night as they left the memorial evening held here yesterday for Ilan Halimi.
Discussion: GOP Bloggers
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Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Column One: Ilan Halimi and Israel
Discussion: Power Line
Hasan Jamali / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida Claims Attack on Saudi Refinery  —  ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia - Suicide bombers carried out a bold attack on the world's largest oil processing facility Friday but were stopped from breaking in by guards who fired on their cars, exploding both vehicles and killing the attackers.
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Sara Agnew / showmenews.com:
'48 Hours' apologizes for altered image  —  The executive producer of CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" has apologized for airing an altered image of the front page of the Tribune in an episode about the murder trial of Ryan Ferguson that aired Saturday night.  —  The producer, Susan Zirinsky …
Molly / Molly Saves the Day:
For the women of South Dakota: an abortion manual  —  I understand that you're probably really angry right now.  Maybe you're reading a blog expressing that anger — the anger that your state thinks it knows better than you what to do with your body.  Maybe you're anxiously wondering …
Lance Mannion:
Life begins at conception...or within six months of it...more or less...maybe...  Not that it will do me any good to say it, but...  I am pro-choice.  —  Now...  No argument for unrestricted abortion holds water unless it includes the argument that at no point is a fetus anything …
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and Pandagon
Zeyad / Healing Iraq:
Fierce streetfighting at my doorstep for the last 3 hours.  Rumor in the neighbourhood is that men in black are trying to enter the area.  Some armed kids defending the local mosque three blocks away are splattering bullets at everything that moves, and someone in the street was shouting for people to prepare for defending themselves.

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