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Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Israel Fading, Iran's Leader Tells Deniers of Holocaust — A two-day gathering of Holocaust deniers and white supremacists ended Tuesday with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcoming participants in his office and telling them Israel would not survive long. — "The Zionist regime …
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KKK'S DAVID DUKE TELLS IRAN HOLOCAUST CONFERENCE THAT GAS CHAMBERS NOT USED TO KILL JEWS — Dec. 12: David Duke, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and former state representative in Louisiana, attends a conference on the Holocaust in Tehran. — TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud …
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:Holocaust Conference in Iran Provokes Outrage
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops — The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
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Associated Press:
White House: Bush's new Iraq policy largely decided … WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Tuesday put off until early next month announcing a new approach to the Iraq war, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Bush should take whatever time necessary to decide his next steps.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Just Call Him Tony 'I Don't Know' Snow — To paraphrase Howard Baker's immortal question: What didn't Tony Snow know, and when didn't he know it? — The answer: A lot, and frequently. — When will President Bush roll out his new Iraq policy? "We do not know," Snow said at yesterday's White House briefing.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudis Give a Grim What If Should U.S. Opt to Leave Iraq — Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq's Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, according to American and Arab diplomats.
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Greg Jefferson / MySanAntonio.com:
Rodriguez defeats Bonilla — U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla conceded defeat to former congressman Ciro Rodriguez in a stunning upset that completed the Democratic takeover of Congress. — The Republican incumbent lost Bexar County for the first time in his political career Tuesday night …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton hires faith guru — Burns Strider, one of the Democratic Party's leading strategists on winning over evangelicals and other values-driven voters, will join Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as she prepares to launch her 2008 presidential campaign.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Muslim pilgrims urged to complain — American Muslims making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca are being encouraged to file civil rights complaints if they feel discriminated against by airlines. — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), citing what it called the "airport profiling" …
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - The Shiites and the Sunnis — 1) Who are the Sunnis and the Shiites? — They are the two main sects of Islam. And generally speaking, they're not crazy about each other. — 2) What are the differences between them? — Historically, they suffered their fissure 13 centuries ago …
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Washington Post:
Illegal Workers Arrested In Identity Theft Sweep — Federal agents targeting illegal immigrants raided meatpacking plants in six states yesterday, arresting hundreds of workers on the uncommon charge of identity theft and shutting down the world's second-largest meat processing company for much of the day.
Ilene Lelchuk / San Francisco Chronicle:
'Convert or die' game divides Christians — Some ask Wal-Mart to drop Left Behind — Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart …
Chicago Boyz:
The Allende Myth, by Vladimir Dorta — My friend Val Dorta originally published this outstanding historical essay on his blog in 2003. With the death of Augusto Pinochet, much attention is again being given to the Allende period, the military coup and the dictatorship that followed.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
FROM THIS MOMENT ON — What is to be said about Frank Sinatra on the occasion of the ninety-first anniversary of his birth? William Ruhlman provides an excellent overview of Sinatra's long career. Twin Cities disc jockey Pete Lee calls Sinatra "Saint Francis of Hoboken," …
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