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10:00 AM ET, July 25, 2006

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Avi Issacharoff / Haaretz:
Gaza groups ready to deal on cease-fire, release of Shalit  —  All groups in Gaza, including Hamas, would now accept a cease-fire deal with Israel which would include releasing Gilad Shalit, according to the Palestinian Agriculture Minister, who also heads the coordinating committee of Palestinian organizations there.
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New York Times:
Nations Reluctant to Commit Troops to Lebanon  —  PARIS, July 24 — Support is building quickly for an international military force to be placed in southern Lebanon, but there remains a small problem: where will the troops come from?  —  The United States has ruled out its soldiers participating …
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Rice meeting with Olmert in Israel  —  JERUSALEM - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, leading the first high-level U.S. diplomatic mission since war broke out in Lebanon, said Tuesday the time has come for a new Middle East and an urgent end to the violence hanging over the region.
Haaretz:
Lebanese parliament speaker rejects Rice cease-fire proposal  —  Nabih Beri, Lebanon's parliament speaker and Hezbollah's de facto negotiator, rejected proposals brought by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, inisisting a cease-fire must precede any talks about resolving Hezbollah's presence …
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Iran soldiers killed in Lebanon transferred to Tehran via Syria  —  Follows info Revolutionary Guard units assisting Hezbollah against Jewish state  —  JERUSALEM - The bodies of Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers who were killed by the Israeli army in Lebanon have been transported to Syria …
CNN:   CNN RELIABLE SOURCES
Financial Times:   Olmert vows to continue Hizbollah fight
Dan / Riehl World View:
No Deal  —  That's probably wishful thinking.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats Lose if Lieberman is Defeated  —  The most interesting question about the possibility that Connecticut Democrats could deny Joseph Lieberman renomination is whether that would help or hurt the senator's political prospects.  Or, for that matter, the Democratic Party's.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Specter Prepping Bill to Sue Bush  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.
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Tristero / Hullabaloo:
ABA Report On Signing Statements
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Bush Job Approval at 37%  —  Similar to 37% average rating for all of June  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds 37% of Americans approving of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 59% disapproving.  Despite many extraordinary events dominating the news over the past weeks …
Discussion: PSoTD and Think Progress
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
U.S. Says It Knew of Pakistani Reactor Plan  —  Congress Learned of Nation's Nuclear Expansion From Independent Analysts  —  The Bush administration acknowledged yesterday that it had long known about Pakistan's plans to build a large plutonium-production reactor, but it said the White House …
Jeff Douglas / Associated Press:
Massive blackout continues in St. Louis  —  AP — _ ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week's devastating thunderstorms.  —  The blackout has kept air conditioners from cooling homes since Wednesday …
Discussion: iol.co.za, Gateway Pundit and BOPnews
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Jordan Robertson / Associated Press:   Heat Prompts Power Emergency in Calif.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
It's Disproportionate. . .  Just my luck.  I go away on vacation and it happens to be the week when George W. Bush's strategic view of the current world situation is revealed: Russia big.  China big, too.  World leaders boring.  Lady world leaders need neck rub.  Terrorism bad.
Associated Press:
UN official accuses Hezbollah of 'cowardly blending' among civilians  —  LARNACA, Cyprus - The UN humanitarian chief accused Hezbollah late Monday of "cowardly blending" among Lebanese civilians and causing the deaths of hundreds during two weeks of cross-border violence with Israel.
Discussion: AbbaGav, normblog and The Big Pharaoh
Reuters:
Talks on WTO's Doha round collapse  —  U.S. presidential 'fast track' trade authority to expire in 2007.  —  GENEVA (Reuters) — Talks by major trade powers to save the World Trade Organization's Doha Round collapsed on Monday, leaving the future of negotiations on a global free trade deal in doubt.
Discussion: The Washington Note
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New York Times:
Global Trade Talks Break Down Over Farm Issues
Discussion: TAPPED and Cato-at-liberty
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
For One Senate Candidate, the 'R' Is a 'Scarlet Letter'  —  The candidate, immersed in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country, sat down to lunch yesterday with reporters at a Capitol Hill steakhouse and shared his views about this year's political currents.
Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY  —  INCLUDES 3G FOR STYLIST  —  July 24, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.
SEIXON:
The Digital Brown Shirts  —  I don't know who Al Gore had in mind when he spoke of Nazi-like tactics being used against the media two years ago; it's usually best not to give examples when you're making things up.  When it comes to finding examples of the mythical digital Brown Shirt …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Top Iraqi's White House Visit Shows Gaps With U.S.  —  Iraqis buried their dead Monday from another suicide bombing.  Prime Minister Maliki has tried without success to end such violence.  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 24 — When Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki visits the White House on Tuesday …
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rep. Hefley defends Mollohan
James Wensits / South Bend Tribune:
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TD Blog Interview with Michael Ratner
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
From Planning to Warfare to Occupation, How Iraq Went Wrong
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Lebanon
Shivam Vij / national highway:
Resistance is Futile  —  (An edited version of this article …
New York Times:
Raise Wages, Not Walls
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Evidence of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
Michael Abramowitz / Mercury News:
Conservatives turn against Bush for going soft on foreign policy
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Andrew Norfolk / Times of London:
Despair as forced marriages stay legal
Associated Press:
Snow apologizes for stem cell comment
thefire.org:
SUNY Fredonia Punishes Professor for Political Expression
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
The New King of Big TV's Is Queen-Size
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
The Boxer Meltdown  —  Maura and CTBob had quite the face off …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Connecticut Bob
 

 
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