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12:55 PM ET, August 25, 2006

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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Syria objects to U.N. troops on border  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel is demanding that U.N. troops patrol the Syria-Lebanon border to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms shipments.  But even if Israel overcomes Syrian objections to the idea, policing the mostly mountainous frontier could prove nearly impossible.
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Molly Moore / Washington Post:
France Sets Big Force for Lebanon  —  2,000 to Serve As Peacekeepers; 'Clarifications' Set  —  French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that France would commit 2,000 troops to a new international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.  The decision breaks a stalemate that has held …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Perils Of Using 'The Allies'  —  The cowboy has been retired.  Multilateralism is back.  Diplomacy is king.  That's the conventional wisdom about George W. Bush's second term: Under the influence of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the administration has finally embraced "the allies."
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Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Iran nuclear response leak reveals demands
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Juan / Informed Comment:
Republican Congressional Report on Iran Riddled With Errors
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New York Times:
Wanted: Scarier Intelligence  —  The last thing this country needs as it heads into this election season is another attempt to push the intelligence agencies to hype their conclusions about the threat from a Middle Eastern state.  —  That's what happened in 2002, when the administration engineered …
Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Fairfax Native Says Allen's Words Stung  —  S.R. Sidarth had built an impressive record of achievements for such a young man: straight-A student at one of Fairfax County's finest high schools, a tournament chess player, a quiz team captain, a sportswriter at his college newspaper …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
TAPPED  —  WHY WAL-MART MATTERS.  I'm of the opinion that how to handle Wal-Mart is among the two or three most important issues facing the country.  The conversation hasn't caught up to it, and the arguments being had mostly miss the mark and collapse in their own short-sightedness …
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Elaine Kurtenbach / Associated Press:   Wal-Mart Gets Communist Branch in China
Associated Press:
Morning-after pill to be available without prescription  —  Buyers must prove they're 18 or older  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Women can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, the government declared Thursday, a major step that nevertheless failed to quell the politically charged debate over access to emergency contraception.
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
FDA Approves Plan B's Over-the-Counter Sale
Amir Taheri / Opinion Journal:
Hezbollah Didn't Win  —  Arab writers are beginning to lift the veil on what really happened in Lebanon.  —  The way much of the Western media tells the story, Hezbollah won a great victory against Israel and the U.S., healed the Sunni-Shiite rift, and boosted the Iranian mullahs' claim to leadership of the Muslim world.
David Ammons / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
GOP Senate challenger McGavick reveals drunken driving incident  —  OLYMPIA, Wash. — Republican U.S. Senate challenger Mike McGavick, in a remarkable confession of what he called his personal and political shortcomings, on Thursday revealed a drunken driving incident and discussed his divorce …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Rasmussen Reports:
Washington Senate: Cantwell By Six
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
New Yorker Arrested for Providing Hezbollah TV Channel  —  A New York man was arrested yesterday on charges that he conspired to support a terrorist group by providing U.S. residents with access to Hezbollah's satellite channel, al-Manar.  —  Javed Iqbal runs HDTV Corp. …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Reuters
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Man charged with relaying Hezbollah TV
Anushka Asthana / Washington Post:
Shays Urges Iraq Withdrawal  —  A Former War Backer, GOP Congressman Calls for Timetable  —  Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), once an ardent supporter of the war in Iraq, said yesterday that the Bush administration should set a time frame for withdrawing U.S. troops.
CBS News:
New Orleans Mayor Takes Swipe At NYC  —  Nagin Cites Failure To Rebuild Ground Zero While Defending Katrina Clean-Up  —  (CBS) Confronted by accusations that he's taking too long to clean up his city after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin defended himself by remarking on New York City's failure to rebuild Ground Zero.
Paul Rincon / BBC:
Pluto vote 'hijacked' in revolt  —  Pluto (L), pictured with its largest moon, Charon, is now a dwarf planet  —  A fierce backlash has begun against the decision by astronomers to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.  —  On Thursday, experts approved a definition of a planet that demoted Pluto to a lesser category of object.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times:
Cfius overhaul back in spotlight  —  When US lawmakers return from their summer recess next month they will be faced with an issue that has dogged them since the Dubai Ports World debacle earlier this year: whether to pass legislation that could create significant barriers to foreign investment in the US.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Sadr's Militia and the Slaughter in the Streets  —  'We Don't Need a Verdict,' One Commander Says  —  BAGHDAD — In a grungy restaurant with plastic tables in central Baghdad, the young Mahdi Army commander was staring earnestly.  His beard was closely cropped around his jaw, his face otherwise cleanshaven.
Chicago Tribune:
Davis' Tamil trip scrutinized  —  Terror group funded visit, law officials say  —  WASHINGTON — Chicago congressman Danny Davis and an aide took a trip to Sri Lanka last year that was paid for by the Tamil Tigers, a group that the U.S. government has designated as a terrorist organization …
Discussion: Redstate, Flopping Aces and Wizbang
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Joe Down Low On Ballot  —  Two weeks after losing the Democratic primary, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman has qualified for a place on the November ballot as a petitioning candidate, the secretary of the state said Wednesday.  —  But on a ballot crowded with at least five Senate candidates …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Bush Administration Opposes Integration Plans  —  The solicitor general urges the Supreme Court to scrap schools' voluntary programs that exclude some students because of their race.  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has urged the Supreme Court to strike down voluntary school …
Discussion: The Corner and Althouse
 
 
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