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2:20 AM ET, June 12, 2006

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Agence France Presse:
Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup  —  Hardline Islamic courts shut cinema halls and barred residents from watching the World Cup, prompting scores of civilians to protest the ban in which two people were killed, court officials and residents have said.
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David Bamford / BBC:
Somali anger over World Cup ban  —  People in Mogadishu say an Islamist militia which has taken control of most of the city is preventing them from watching the football World Cup on TV.  —  Residents of the Somali capital say they are relieved the Islamist victory has led to calm and improved security.
Reuters:   Anti-Iran protesters rally in Nuremberg
CBC News:
Israel denies firing shell that killed Palestinians  —  A top Israeli general says the country's armed forces didn't cause the explosion that killed eight Palestinians on Friday and ended the fragile ceasefire in the region.  —  Hamas, which leads the Palestinian Authority parliament …
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CBC News:
Israel investigating deaths of Palestinians on beach  —  The Israeli military is still trying to determine if shells it fired killed seven members of a Palestinian family picnicking on a beach in Gaza on Friday.  —  The military has accounted for five of the six shells it fired into Gaza, and said they didn't kill the family.
Washington Post:
GO BACK TO WHAT WORKS (Be Like Bill)  —  As the 2006 and 2008 elections loom ever nearer, Democrats are racking their brains for a political philosophy that can return the party to power.  Everywhere, we hear the same lament: If only Democrats had a proven formula for winning elections and governing the country.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Always the Party of What-Went-Wrong
Associated Press:
Castro: Al-Zarqawi Killing a 'Barbarity'  —  Cuban President Fidel Castro Calls U.S. Airstrike That Killed al-Zarqawi a 'Barbarity'  —  HAVANA Jun 10, 2006 (AP)— President Fidel Castro called the U.S. airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a "barbarity," saying he should have been put on trial.
Discussion: Babalu Blog and THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
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Free Thoughts:   No suprise at all here: Zarqawi recruited hundreds for attacks abroad
Stefania Lapenna / Publius Pundit:   IRANIANS CHEER IRAN'S TEAM AND PROTEST THE REGIME
Reuters:
Iraqi residents say bodies in video from U.S. raid  —  HADITHA, Iraq (Reuters) - A video of civilians who may have been killed by U.S. Marines in an Iraqi town in November showed residents describing a rampage by U.S. soldiers that left a trail of bullet-riddled bodies and destruction.
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MSNBC:
Transcript for June 11  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead.What does this mean for Iraq, especially the 135,000 American troops still on the ground?  We'll ask NBC News analyst and retired General Barry McCaffrey.  —  Then, 1,000 political activists …
Discussion: The Huffington Post, TBogg and TalkLeft
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
'Warmongers' have a point: It's a war  —  Here are four news stories from the last week:  —  Baghdad: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi found himself on the receiving end of 500 pounds of U.S. ordnance.  —  London: Scotland Yard arrested a cell of East End Muslims allegedly plotting a sarin attack in Britain.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
In Texas Town, New Drug Plan Baffles Patient and Provider Alike  —  McALLEN, Tex. — In Washington, Bush administration officials say Medicare's new prescription drug program is humming along smoothly, filling more than three million prescriptions a day and cutting costs by an average of 50 percent for each beneficiary.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:   DONUTS, NOT DONUT HOLES....In Texas, Robert Pear reports …
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran accused of hiding secret nuclear weapons site  —  Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear programme.
BBC:
Guantanamo suicides 'acts of war'  —  The suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to acts of war, the US military says.  —  The camp commander said the two Saudis and a Yemeni were "committed" and had killed themselves in "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us".
Discussion: The Sideshow and Freedom for Some
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BBC:
Guantanamo suicides a 'PR move'
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Warming to A Candidacy?  —  A few years ago a Los Angeles television anchor said: "Dodgers and Angels highlights at 11.  Please watch anyway."  Some viewers probably thought ABC should have said something like that when announcing Al Gore's extended interview on "This Week" last Sunday.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Debra Saunders / Real Clear Politics:
Al Gore's Convenient Fiction
Des Moines Register:
Vilsack fourth in presidential poll  —  1 in 10 Iowans would back governor if he ran for White House  —  Edwards, Clinton top Democratic choices for president in 2008  —  Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina leads a list of potential Democratic presidential candidates while Iowa …
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:
Memorium  —  Sarge Just sent this:  —  It's been a little while since I've posted here, but Friday night all the  —  things in the world news that I'd been planning to write about suddenly  —  became completely unimportant.  Friday night a soldier from my company, from  —  my platoon, was killed by an IED.
Los Angeles Times:
Fear of Big Battle Panics Iraqi City  —  BAGHDAD — Fears of an imminent offensive by the U.S. troops massed around the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi intensified Saturday, with residents pouring out of the city to escape what they describe as a mounting humanitarian crisis.
 
 
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Just How Far Did They Go, Those Words Against Israel?
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Observer:
Lethally blonde  —  Ann Coulter has made a career out of saying the unthinkable.
Discussion: Hot Air, TigerHawk and Kitty Litter
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Taliban Surges as U.S. Shifts Some Tasks to NATO
Discussion: PoliBlog and The Agonist
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Newsweek:
Death of a Terrorist  —  The Americans had come close to killing …
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StrategyPage:
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Reid calls for more intelligence oversight
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
As Agenda Falters, Bush Tries a More Personal Approach in Dealing With Congress