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9:20 AM ET, August 27, 2006

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Kidnapped Fox journalists convert to Islam on video —Text+GAZA (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape released by their captors on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, in which the reporters said they had converted to Islam, the Fox News Channel said.

Discussion: Wizbang

Michelle Malkin:

Fox crew: Freed; forced to convert at gunpoint — Thank God. Fox News Channel reporting: … What the hell was going on? Associated Press reports: … Last night, Allah reported that Debka fingered Hamas. — FoxNews.com has video of Centanni and Wigg, plus Roger Ailes, who calls the release a "tremendous relief."

Discussion: Ms Underestimated

DEBKAfile:

DEBKA-Net-Weekly 267 Revealed: Palestinian warlord Zakaria Dughmush (picture) kidnapped the Fox News journalists on behalf of Hamas — The Hamas team which abducted Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit on June 25 sought to ease the pressure for his release by staging a more spectacular snatch.

Discussion: Liberty and Justice

Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post: PA: Kidnappers to free Fox newsmen

Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:

The Man Who Said Too Much — A book coauthored by NEWSWEEK's Michael Isikoff details Richard Armitage's central role in the Valerie Plame leak. — Katsumi Kasahara / AP (l.) ; Lawrence Jackson / AP — According to a new book, the State Department has known for years that Armitage (left) outed Plame

Discussion: The Next Hurrah, Althouse and Liberal Values

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Swopa / Needlenose:

The trapping of the accidental leaker — Via Raw Story, hot Plamemania news tonight from Michael "Spikey" Isikoff at Newsweek: … I guess you can say hello to a lawsuit or two, Mr. Armitage. As I said Tuesday evening: … Even so, and despite the damning quotes from Armitage's co-workers …

TalkLeft: Richard Armitage Named as Plame Leaker

Associated Press:

Iranian President Says Nuclear Program Poses No Threat — KHONDAB, Iran — Iran's hard-line president on Saturday inaugurated a heavy-water production plant, a facility the West fears will be used to develop a nuclear bomb, as Tehran remained defiant ahead of a U.N. deadline that could lead to sanctions.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and protein wisdom

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Sarah Baxter / Times of London: Iran takes new nuclear step

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Surprise! Iran opens heavy-water production plant

Discussion: Slapstick Politics

Associated Press:
Iran, defying United Nations, opens plant for producing heavy water

Discussion: NewsHog

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Surprise! — Iran has unveiled its surprise and its answer …

Discussion: New York Times, Liberty and Justice, A Blog For All and The Glittering Eye

Maggie Farley / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. May Curb Iran

Discussion: Daily Kos

White House:

President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. — Earlier this week, I had coffee with Rockey Vaccarella in the White House. Rockey is from Saint Bernard Parish in Louisiana, and he and his family lost everything they owned to Hurricane Katrina.

Discussion: The Mahablog, The American Street and Associated Press

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Talking Points Memo:

I used the word "refugees" in an earlier post to describe those who were dispaced by Katrina. TPM Reader DW objects: … I am aware of that concern, which was raised frequently in the weeks following Katrina. The "negative connotation" that DW and others refer to is that "refugee" suggests second-class citizenship.

Discussion: The Mahablog and The American Street

Washington Post:
Katrina's Damage Lingers For Bush

Discussion: Blogcritics, The Left Coaster, AMERICAblog and Raising Kaine

Jennifer Medina / New York Times:

Mrs. Clinton Offers to Raise Money for Lamont Campaign — In a private meeting at her Chappaqua, N.Y., home on Friday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton offered to help Ned Lamont in his battle to unseat Senator Joseph I. Lieberman by sponsoring a fund-raiser, campaigning by his side and lending him one of her top political strategists.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Democratic Daily, Night Bird's Fountain and Daily Kos

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Neil Vigdor / Stamford Advocate: Hillary Clinton pledges to back Lamont

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Line Five, Party of One?

Discussion: BobGeiger.com and The News Blog

Michael Portillo / Times of London:

France about-turns into a bigger military mess — 'Il faut aller à Gorazde. " ("We must push through to Gorazde. ") The French defence minister would repeat it like a chant. It was 1995. In Srebrenica, a United Nations so-called safe haven in Bosnia, 8,000 men had been slaughtered by Bosnian Serbs.

Discussion: The Belmont Club and Blue Crab Boulevard

Iain Dale / Iain Dale's Diary:

Fined for Being a Christian — I was listening to the news this morning and caught the tail end of a piece which I thought said that a footballer had been arrested to making the sign of the cross during a football match. Nah, I thought. Must have misheard.

Discussion: Cranmer and The Corner

Wesley J. Smith / Weekly Standard:

Science by Press Release — "NEW STEM CELL METHOD avoids destroying em-bryos," the New York Times headline blared. "Stem cell breakthrough may end political logjam," chimed in the Los Angeles Times. "Embryos spared in stem cell creation," affirmed USA Today.

Discussion: The American Thinker

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Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
Critic Alleges Deceit in Study On Stem Cells

Discussion: The Corner and A Chequer-Board of Nights …

Michelle Roberts / Associated Press:

Army Corps worries about Big Easy levees — NEW ORLEANS - Despite aggressive efforts to repair the New Orleans levee system following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, it isn't clear yet whether it could withstand a hurricane with heavy storm surge this year, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday.