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Haaretz:
Tense calm across Lebanon as UN-brokered truce takes effect — A tense calm took the place of more than a month of bitter fighting between Israel and Hezbollah Monday morning, as a UN-brokered cease-fire went into effect. — Tension was high before and after the deadline.
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Daniel McGrory / Times of London:
Lebanon's 'real' soldiers are put in their place — TODAY was supposed to be the day when the muchmaligned army of Lebanon took control of its borders and policed the UN ceasefire. — Instead, its military commanders were left humiliated and its troops stranded as Hezbollah told them not to try to disarm its fighters.
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Lebanese return home after cease-fire — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese civilians streamed back to their homes Monday after a U.N.-imposed cease-fire halted fighting in a monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Israel's defense minister said that, barring isolated skirmishes, the cease-fire was holding.
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BBC:Lebanon falters over truce detail
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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Lamont Decries Lieberman Terror Remarks — WASHINGTON — Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary, says he was surprised by Lieberman and Vice President Dick Cheney's claims that his victory could embolden terrorists.
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Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
Give It Up, Joe — Sore loser Lieberman is fighting for his job, not the good of his party. — THE LONGER Sen. Joe Lieberman's reelection campaign in Connecticut goes on, the harder it gets to detect any rationale for his candidacy that's persuasive to anybody who isn't Joe Lieberman.
Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
Hezbollah torpedoes Lebanese gov't meeting on disarmament — A meeting of the Lebanese government on the disarming of Hezbollah south of the Litani River was canceled on Sunday following an announcement by the Shi'ite organization that it was not willing to discuss the subject.
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Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
J'lem expects cease-fire deal to fail — Israel intends to abide by the cease-fire when it takes effect on Monday morning, even though senior Israeli officials assume that Hizbullah will not honor it, officials close to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday night.
Josh White / Washington Post:
Chertoff: No U.S. Terror Link Seen — As DHS Lowers Threat Level, Chief Calls for Continued Vigilance — There is no evidence that terrorists were working within the United States as part of a plot to detonate explosives on airliners, but U.S. officials remain on guard after last week's arrests …
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News of the World:
IF YOU'RE A MUSLIM - IT'S YOUR PROBLEM — WHEN will the Muslims of Britain stand up to be counted? — When will they declare, loud and clear, with no qualifications or quibbles about Britain's foreign policy, that Islamic terrorism is WRONG? — Most of all, when will the Muslim community …
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NEWS.com.au:
Keelty shocked at suicide-baby bomb plot — AUSTRALIA'S top police officer has described an alleged plan to use a baby in the foiled British terror bombing plot as a chilling development. — But Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty has backed away from tougher security measures at airports …
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Michael Gerson / MSNBC:
The View From the Top — A former Bush adviser on 9/11, Iraq and the lessons of five tumultuous years-for the president and the public. — Five Washington Augusts ago, for me, is not just a different time; it is a distant country. At the White House, we debated the nuances of stem-cell research.
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William Shawcross / Jerusalem Post:
Yes, the problem is 'Islamic fascism' — It took President George W. Bush to tell the truth to Britain about the massive plot to blow US-bound airliners out of the sky. In his first comment on the apparently foiled attempt to explode airliners flying from Britain to the US, Bush put it simply …
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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:Hizbullah 'victory' boosts extremists
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast — Incumbents Shy From Party and President — PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. — When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood." — That's why when it comes …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes — It killed me to cut the part where Mike Wallace told him how good he looked. Fair use, as I've often said, is a stern mistress. — I also deliberately cut the part that's available in the sidebar at CBS (see update below).
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Barry Rubin / Jerusalem Post:
The Region: Syria and Iran get off scot-free — What is the impact of the Lebanon war on the Arab world? A good way to analyze this incredibly important question is to focus on Israeli deterrence - Jerusalem's ability to prevent a war by persuading the enemy that an attack is too costly.
Reuters:
Iranian president lambasts US on new blog — TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president has launched a Web log, using his first entry to recount his poor upbringing and ask visitors to the site if they think the United States and Israel want to start a new world war.
New York Times:
5 Bombs Kill at Least 57 in Baghdad — As American forces conducted a new security sweep in western Baghdad on Sunday, five apparently coordinated bombings in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood on the city's south side killed at least 57 people and wounded 148, an Iraqi government official said.
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CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — How Much Coverage of Terror Plots is Too Much? ; Is Coverage of Mideast Conflict Fair? — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Thwarting terror. The media are confronted with a potential 9/11 …
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