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3:05 PM ET, August 25, 2006

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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 …
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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."
Ron Popeski / Reuters:
Russia rules out UN sanctions against Iran  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia rejected talk for now of sanctions against Iran and France warned on Friday against conflict with Tehran, raising doubts whether it will face swift penalties if nuclear work is not halted by an August 31 deadline.
Juan / Informed Comment:
Republican Congressional Report on Iran Riddled With Errors
Discussion: First Draft
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Iran nuclear response leak reveals demands
Discussion: Hot Air and Captain's Quarters
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
FDA Approves Plan B's Over-the-Counter Sale  —  No Prescription Will Be Required for Women 18 or Older  —  By the end of the year, American women will be able to walk into any pharmacy and buy emergency contraceptive pills without a prescription as a result of a Food and Drug Administration decision announced yesterday.
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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 …
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Syria objects to U.N. troops on border
Discussion: TigerHawk and Outside The Beltway
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 …
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.
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.
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 A Blog For All
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.
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
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
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 …
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
Pew Research Center:
Katie Couric: Perky and Cute, But Smart, Informed and Liberal, Too  —  All Three Commercial Evening News Anchors Viewed Positively  —  Summary of Findings  —  Though Katie Couric has yet to take her seat as the new CBS Evening News anchor, the former Today show co-host is already …
Discussion: The Corner
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Family Time at Kennebunkport  —  President Bush returned to his parents' century-old oceanfront retreat here Thursday for the first time in his second term, putting aside the troubles of the world to some extent for a brief spell of fishing and family.  —  After a morning flight on Air Force One …
Discussion: The Heretik and BlondeSense
 
 
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Mean Streets  —  So in the last few days WaPo ran a story asserting …
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