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12:40 PM 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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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 …
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:
PM Olmert: Israel determined to continue fight against Hezbollah
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Former President Joins Rally for Lieberman  —  WATERBURY, Conn., July 24 — Former president Bill Clinton joined a stage full of Connecticut officials Monday night in testifying to the Democratic credentials of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, whose 18-year tenure is threatened by the primary challenge of antiwar insurgent Ned Lamont.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats' Plan Focuses on Middle Class  —  Sen. Clinton Presents Domestic Agenda Featuring Tax Breaks and Tuition Help  —  DENVER, July 24 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) accused Republicans under President Bush of economic mismanagement and favoring the rich here on Monday …
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.
Joseph Carroll / Gallup:
Bill Clinton's Image Now More Positive Than Hillary Clinton's  —  More than half of men rate Hillary Clinton unfavorably  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Former President Bill Clinton now has a more favorable image in the eyes of Americans than does his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, according to a June 23-25 USA Today/Gallup poll.
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Democrats offer new economic policy plan
Discussion: Say Anything and Hartford Courant
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.
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Richard Cohen / Real Clear Politics:
A Proportionate Response is Madness  —  If by chance you have the search engine LexisNexis and you punch in the words "Israel'' and "disproportionate,'' you run the risk of blowing up your computer or darkening your entire neighborhood.  Just limiting the search to newspapers and magazines …
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.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Troops hurt in Maroun al-Ras clashes  —  Several IDF soldiers were wounded on Tuesday afternoon when troops encountered severe resistance in Maroun al-Ras, a Hizbullah stronghold the IDF believed it was in control of.  —  The number of casualties was unclear.
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Jerusalem Post:
IAF strikes 15 Katyusha launchers
Discussion: Israel Matzav
New York Post:
TOO NICE TO WIN?  ISRAEL'S DILEMMA  —  July 25, 2006 — WHAT if liberal democracies have now evolved to a point where they can no longer wage war effectively because they have achieved a level of humanitarian concern for others that dwarfs any really cold-eyed pursuit of their own national interests?
Discussion: Argghhh!
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New York Times:
Global Trade Talks Break Down Over Farm Issues
Discussion: TAPPED and Cato-at-liberty
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.
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 …
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
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 and The Big Pharaoh
Nicholas Wade / New York Times:
Nice Rats, Nasty Rats: Maybe It's All in the Genes  —  On an animal-breeding farm in Siberia are cages housing two colonies of rats.  In one colony, the rats have been bred for tameness in the hope of mimicking the mysterious process by which Neolithic farmers first domesticated an animal still kept today.
 
 
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James Bone / Times of London:
War crimes warning as civilian deaths increase
Discussion: normblog
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Two Views of the Same News Find Opposite Biases
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Judd / Think Progress:
Cliff May: National Review Bloggers Are 'Fighting a War' That Is …
Discussion: Once Upon a Time and Unfogged
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Urge Funds for U.S. Attorneys
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Dennis Prager / Real Clear Politics:
Israel's War Separates Decent Left From Indecent Left
Yoav Stern / Reuters:
Hezbollah envoy in Iran says will leave 'no place' safe for Israelis
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rep. Hefley defends Mollohan
Discussion: MyDD and The Stakeholder
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Lebanon
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Jeff Douglas / Associated Press:
Massive blackout continues in St. Louis
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Despair as forced marriages stay legal
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Democrats Lose if Lieberman is Defeated
 

 
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