memeorandum: Mumbai Inquiry Focuses on Militants (Amelia Gentleman/New York Times)

3:15 PM ET, July 13, 2006

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Hizbullah wants soldiers moved to Iran — Israel has information that Hizbullah guerrillas who captured two Israeli soldiers are trying to transfer them to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. — Regev did not disclose the source of his information.

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Haaretz:

Israel: Hezbollah plans to move abducted IDF soldiers to Iran — Israel has concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans to transfer the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted Wednesday to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Thursday. — "We have concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans …

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Jerusalem Post:

Hizbullah: Bomb Beirut, we'll hit Haifa — Hizbullah warned Israel Thursday afternoon that if the IDF attacked southern Beirut, where the organization's leadership is based, they would target Haifa. — "The Islamic resistance warns against targeting civilians and the infrastructure," a statement read on Hezbollah TV said.

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Washington Post:

Hezbollah Raid Opens 2nd Front for Israel — Israel Targets Lebanese Military Base, Beirut Airport in Response — BEIRUT, July 13 — Israel bombed Beirut's airport, a Hezbollah television station and other targets in Lebanon Thursday and imposed a blockade on Lebanon's ports and airspace …

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Fox News:
Israel Wages War on Hezbollah as Jets Strike Airbase

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BBC:
Rockets hit Israeli city of Haifa

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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israel Claims Hundreds of Hits in Lebanon

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Jerusalem Post:
One dead in Katyusha barrage in Nahariya and Safed

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Boston Globe:
Iran's trap for Israel

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Israel attacks Lebanese army (Update: Hostages being moved to Iran?)

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Sign That Crisis Is Regional, Not Just Israel vs. Palestinians

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Ynetnews:
Al-Aqsa leader: West Bank rocket war is on

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Breaking: Bush agrees to submit NSA wiretaps to FISA courts (Update: McCain says Gitmo gang will get courts-martial) — Announced by Arlen Specter, reported by CNN and Fox. Hasn't hit the wires yet but I should have a link soon. Specter called the negotiations with the White House "torturous."

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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:

Specter touts deal on eavesdropping review — WASHINGTON - The White House has conditionally agreed to a court review of its controversial eavesdropping program, Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday. — Specter said President Bush has agreed to sign legislation …

Amelia Gentleman / New York Times:

Mumbai Inquiry Focuses on Militants — NEW DELHI, July 12 — Senior police officials investigating Tuesday's murderous attacks on Mumbai's rail system said today that they were focusing on a Kashmiri militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, which has denied involvement in the attacks.

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Richard Thompson Ford / Slate:

Hate and Marriage — SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SETBACKS MAY NOT BE ALL BAD NEWS FOR GAY RIGHTS. — It's been a bad summer for same-sex marriage. Last week the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a state ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage. The same day New York's highest court rejected …

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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:

Not so SWIFT — WHY THE TIMES SHOULDN'T HAVE PUBLISHED ITS STORY. — In the latest battle between the press and the White House, opinions have tended to break along predictable lines. The ACLU, most Democrats in Congress, and Frank Rich contend that the New York Times did the right thing …

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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:

Anti-Missile Test 'Phenomenal' — The Army had a "phenomenal" success in the latest test of the American anti-ballistic missile defense system. Jason Gibbs reports for the Las Cruces Sun-News that a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile intercepted and destroyed a warhead and its contents:

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The Hill:

Cunningham to be honored — The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will hold a reception next week to honor a select group of lawmakers "for their hard work, service, time and the sacrifices made in upholding the office with which they were entrusted." — One of the people slated to receive …

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David Hirschman / Editor and Publisher:

'WaPo' Online Comments a Hit, Says Editor — Soon on All Stories — NEW YORK Washingtonpost.com, taking a bold step, has enabled user comments on many of its stories for over a month now — and the move has been deemed a success by the site's editors. But soon the feature will be put …

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Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:

Total Dysfunction at the New York Times — The New York Times's publication of two classified anti-terrorist programs and the Times's nose-in-the-air defense of its actions have inflamed conservative anti-media passions to a temperature not reached since Watergate.

CNN:

CNN LARRY KING LIVE — Interview with Dan Rather — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — LARRY KING, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, exclusive, Dan Rather, what happened? His first live in-depth interview on his life after CBS.

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Reuters:

Ken Lay's memorial attracts power elite — George H.W. Bush, James Baker among attendees at packed church for the Enron founder; reverend compares fallen energy titan to Jesus. — HOUSTON (Reuters) — Houston's political and business leaders, including former President George H.W. Bush …

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