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France to replace youth job law — French President Jacques Chirac has announced that the new youth employment law that sparked weeks of sometimes violent protests will be scrapped. — He said it would be replaced by other measures to tackle youth unemployment.
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Gateway Pundit:
France Surrenders! — It was only a matter of time... The kids did not care for the new plan... It had to go. They were forced to take their fight to the streets. (France-Echos) — After putting up a brave fight, France surrendered today to the young socialist thugs on the street.
Elizabeth Pineau / Reuters:
France to scrap disputed youth job contract — PARIS (Reuters) - France will scrap a planned youth job contract that has provoked weeks of protests and a political crisis, President Jacques Chirac said on Monday. — Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who has championed the job law …
kvoa.com:
Latinos divided on immigration issue — Contrary to scenes of hundreds of thousands of united Latinos marching across the country in support of immigration reform, a sizable number of the ethnic group opposes the marches and strongly objects to illegal immigration.
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Random Numbers:Dallas Protest AAR: No pics, I'm afraid, since the prostestors smashed my camera.
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Kim Priestap / Wizbang:DEMOCRATS RECRUITING AT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PROTESTS
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Bush and Cheney Discussed Plame Prior to Leak — In early June 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney met with President Bush and told him that CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson was the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson and that she was responsible for sending him on a fact-finding mission …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Show Your Teeth — WHEN CHIDED for a sharp or acerbic remark, Pat Moynihan used to invoke an old aphorism: "This animal is vicious; when he's attacked, he bites back." Moynihan would quote the French verse, which made the point seem more elegant (cet animal est très méchant; quand on l'attaque, il se défend).
New York Times:Bush Ordered Declassification, Official Says
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Bush's Job Approval Rating Continues to Swoon — Forty-Seven Percent of Americans 'Strongly' Disapprove of Handling of the Presidency — Political reversals at home and continued bad news from Iraq have dragged President Bush's standing with the public to a new low and boosted Democratic chances …
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Bush Approval Rating at New Career Low — ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Only 38 Percent of Americans Approval of Bush's Overall Job Performance, the Lowest of His Presidency — April 10, 2006 — President Bush's job approval rating is at a career low in this latest ABC News/Washington …
Lieut. General Greg Newbold / Time:
Why Iraq Was a Mistake — A military insider sounds off against the war and the "zealots" who pushed it — Two senior military officers are known to have challenged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the planning of the Iraq war. Army General Eric Shinseki publicly dissented and found himself marginalized.
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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Young Officers Leaving Army at a High Rate — WASHINGTON, April 9 — Young Army officers, including growing numbers of captains who leave as soon as their initial commitment is fulfilled, are bailing out of active-duty service at rates that have alarmed senior officers.
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USA Today:
Army surpassing year's retention goal by 15% — WASHINGTON — Two of every three eligible soldiers continue to re-enlist, putting the Army, which has endured most of the fighting in Iraq, ahead of its annual goal. — The Army was 15% ahead of its re-enlistment goal of 34,668 …
Washington Post:
Christian Coalition Shrinks as Debt Grows — In an era when conservative Christians enjoy access and influence throughout the federal government, the organization that fueled their rise has fallen on hard times. — The once-mighty Christian Coalition, founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson …
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USA Today:
CEO pay soars in 2005 as a select group break the $100 million mark — Even after a decade of sharply rising CEO pay, 2005 proved a watershed for a select group of executives. Their paydays — or potential paydays — broke $100 million. — Led by Capital One Financial's Richard Fairbank …
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
DeLay looks to worthy successor — Departing Rep. Tom DeLay, Texas Republican, says any of three colleagues could some day assume his role as leader of conservatives in the House. — Asked who might be the House's "next Tom DeLay," the former majority leader, once considered …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Path Forward for Lieberman — Lieberman is considering running as an independent. Because of CT election law, it will be very hard for Lieberman to compete in the primary and get on the ballot as an independent. The likeliest path forward for him is to test his strength at the convention …
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Gossip Writer Says, 'I Was Set Up' — Jared Paul Stern Claims Billionaire Targeted Him — April 9, 2006 — Embattled New York Post gossip writer Jared Paul Stern has come out swinging against the billionaire he's been accused of trying to extort $220,000 from in return for favorable coverage on the powerful gossip page.
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Neil Munro / nationaljournal.com:
Real Or Fake? … Thanks to digital technology, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most photographed in history. Photographers with digital cameras have provided, almost instantaneously, an enormous flood of accurate, dramatic, and even shocking images to people around the world.
Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies — Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue. — ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant. — Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality.
MSNBC:
Polls: Berlusconi trailing challenger in Italy vote — Conservative premier is seeking third term; leftist Prodi is ex-ECU president — ROME - Center-left leader Romano Prodi looks set to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's general election, winning a majority in both houses of parliament …
Giovanna Dell'Orto / Associated Press:
Immigration Advocates Rally Around U.S. — ATLANTA - Thousands of demonstrators wearing white T-shirts and waving signs and American flags filled the streets of an immigrant neighborhood Monday for the first of dozens of marches planned in a national day of action billed as a "campaign for immigrants' dignity."
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