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12:10 AM ET, July 21, 2006

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Associated Press:
Nasrallah speaks, vows surprises  —  Hizbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, spoke for the first Thursday since the beginning of the week, saying Hizbullah's entire infrastructure and leadership hierarchy were still intact and functional.  —  "I can confirm without exaggerating …
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Haaretz:
IDF searching for tunnels in south Lebanon  —  Two IDF soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in heavy clashes with Hezbollah just inside south Lebanon, close to Moshav Avivim, on Thursday afternoon.  —  Hezbollah fired mortar shells in the area in effort to disrupt the rescue of the wounded.
Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
New Israeli-Hezbollah fighting breaks out  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - A large fight between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas broke out Thursday evening on the Lebanese side of the border, the Israeli army said, adding that its troops suffered casualties but did not elaborate.
Ynetnews:
2 IDF choppers collide, then crash in north; casualties reported
Discussion: Times of London
Don Michak / journalinquirer.com:
Bill Clinton to campaign for Lieberman in Waterbury  —  U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is rolling out the big gun in his increasingly close primary battle with Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont.  —  Former President Bill Clinton is slated to campaign on behalf of the three-term incumbent Monday in Waterbury …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Joe Lieberman: Running Against Himself  —  Joe Lieberman's appropriation of the Rovian politics of projection in this race has been acute.  He's accused Ned Lamont being a flip-flopper on Iraq, when in fact it was Joe who voted for a permanent presence there and has now changed his mind.
Associated Press:
Lamont Pulls Even With Lieberman In Latest Poll
White House:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Annual Convention  —  Washington, D.C.  —  African American History  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Bruce, thanks for your introduction.  Bruce is a polite guy — I thought what he was going to say, it's about time you showed up.
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Washington Post:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Convention  —  BUSH: Thank you very much.  —  Bruce, thanks for your introduction.  —  Bruce is a polite guy.  I thought what he was going to say, "It's about time you showed up."  —  Ain't I glad I did?  —  See, I see this as a moment of opportunity.
Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:
Bush woos NAACP
Ignacio Russell Cano / Ynetnews:
In Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend  —  Spanish Jews knew there were hard times ahead.  Prime Minister Zapatero has not disappointed them  —  Madrid: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain and Secretary General of the Socialist Party, arrived to power at a time nobody expected, not even inside the Party.
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Reuters:
Iran leader asks Germany for help on Zionism  —  German government official says a letter written by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to German Chancellor Merkel asks her to help solve Palestinian problem, deal with Zionism.  Official says letter 'rather weird'
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
The Allure of the Tool Belt  —  THE evening he made the awkward toast, David Mager was not aware — not consciously, at least — that his longtime girlfriend was involved with the contractor.  As far as he was concerned, it was just a joke, a teasing reference to the amount …
Discussion: Unfogged, Feministing, Althouse and Gawker
Ryan Lenz / Associated Press:
U.S. Says Attacks in Iraq Up 40 Percent  —  Iraq's top Shiite cleric urged his followers Thursday to refrain from reprisal violence against Sunnis, his strongest call yet for an end to increasing sectarian bloodshed.  The statement by Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani came as U.S. military officials reported …
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Marriott Hotels Ban Smoking In Rooms  —  Marriott International Inc., the nation's largest hotel chain, said yesterday that it will ban smoking in its nearly 400,000 hotel rooms in the United States and Canada, casting the decision as less about public health and more about taking care of the bottom line.
MSNBC:
Bush to stem cell community: Drop dead  —  President's veto of embryonic research funding reflects incoherent policy  —  Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.  —  Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.  —  President Bush's embryonic stem cell policy began with lies and has now ended with one.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FEC COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. DELAY PAC - ARMPAC - RESULTS IN $115,000 FINE  —  One of Largest Fines in FEC History  —  Washington, DC - Last night, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) released a conciliation agreement reached with Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Ohio 2nd Blog
 
 
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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
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New York Times:
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