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11:35 AM ET, June 29, 2007

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Telegraph:
Car bomb found in London's West End  —  Police have defused a car bomb found near Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.  —  The "explosive device", discovered at 2am, posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area, according to a police source.
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CNN:
Bomb 'packed with nails' found in London … LONDON, England (CNN) — A manhunt is under way in London for the driver of a car abandoned in the center of the city that police say contained a bomb intended to cause huge numbers of casualties.  —  British police anti-terror chief Peter Clarke …
New York Times:
Explosive Device Found in London, Police Say  —  British police said they discovered an explosive device in a car abandoned outside a nightclub in the West End theater and entertainment district of central London early today and began a terrorism investigation.
Guardian:
Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida  —  Vikram Dodd, Mark Tran, Hugh Muir and Sandra Laville  —  Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.
Associated Press:
Police Discover, Defuse Bomb in London  —  LONDON — Police defused an explosive device found in a parked car in central London on Friday, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack.
Sky News:
Terror Car Packed With Petrol And Nails  —  The car bomb found in London's West End contained 60 litres of petrol, a large amount of nails and several gas canisters, police have revealed.  —  Detectives believe they have foiled a major terror attack after the "big" explosive device was discovered in a Mercedes early this morning.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and On Deadline
Telegraph:
Car bomb would have caused 'carnage'
Atrios / Eschaton:
Wet Yourselves  —  Watching the CNN coverage of the thwarted …
Discussion: Guardian
James Forsyth / Spectator:   THE FOILED LONDON BOMB
BBC:   Police avert car bomb 'carnage'
David Stringer / Associated Press:
Explosives-packed car defused in London
New York Times:
Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate  —  For 90 minutes Thursday night, eight Democratic candidates debated before an audience made up largely of one of their party's most reliable and liberal constituencies, African-American voters, and used the stage to urge a revitalization of domestic programs …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners at the latest panderfest!  —  Who won the Democratic debate at Howard University Thursday night?  —  The American people.  As always.  —  But if you want a more reckless, immature and irresponsible view, you have come to the right place!  —  Once again, here are the winners …
New York Times:
Fund-Raising for Clinton and Obama Nears Records
Discussion: MSNBC
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration  —  With competing blocs of justices claiming the mantle of Brown v. Board of Education, a bitterly divided Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rehear detainee cases  —  In a startling turn of events in the legal combat over the war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to reconsider the appeals in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases.  It vacated its April 2 order denying review of the two packets of cases.
Discussion: ACSBlog
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo cases
Discussion: KnoxViews
New York Times:
Immigrant Bill Dies in Senate; Defeat for Bush  —  President Bush's effort to overhaul the nation's immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed Thursday in the Senate, with little prospect that it can be revived before Mr. Bush leaves office in 19 months.
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
An Incredible Week on the Long March to Right America  —  Winston Churchill once remarked that God takes care of drunks and the United States of America and so it seems to be as we approach the end of a remarkable week in which milestones of success for the conservative movement have come one after another.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Only Half The Battle Has Been Won
Byron York / The Hill:
Fragile immigration compromise shatters loudly  —  Wow, that was a squeaker.  —  We heard for several days that the big immigration cloture vote was going to be really, really close.  "Razor-thin," as the highly trained professional pundits like to say.  —  I thought so, too.
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Why Do Cats Hang Around Us?  (Hint: They Can't Open Cans)  —  Genetic Research Suggests Felines 'Domesticated Themselves'  —  Your hunch is correct.  Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around.  The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.  —  But don't take this feline diffidence personally.
Daily Mail:
Putin's Arctic invasion: Russia lays claim to the North Pole - and all its gas, oil, and diamonds  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
 
 
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