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New York Times:
4 Held in Scottish Attack as British See Broader Plot — British officials raised the country's terrorism threat alert to its highest level on Saturday after two men slammed an S.U.V. into entrance doors at Glasgow Airport and turned the vehicle into a potentially lethal fireball.
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The Blotter:
US Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago — Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport infrastructure or aircraft," a senior US law enforcement official tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
CNN:
UK on highest alert — LONDON, England (CNN) — Two people were arrested in Cheshire, England, in connection with terrorist incidents in England and Scotland, bringing the total number of people in custody to four, Scotland Yard said early Sunday. — On Saturday, a sport utility vehicle …
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Sky News:
Two Held As Burning Jeep Strikes Airport — Two people have been arrested after a burning Jeep smashed through the terminal building at Glasgow airport. — Holidaymakers reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle.
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David Nitkin / Baltimore Sun:
White House rejects Senate subpoenas … WASHINGTON // The White House, citing executive privilege, rejected congressional subpoenas yesterday regarding the firings of seven U.S. attorneys late last year and signaled that it intended a similar fight to withhold information …
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James M. Taylor / Chicago Sun Times:
Alarmist global warming claims melt under scientific scrutiny — In his new book, The Assault on Reason, Al Gore pleads, "We must stop tolerating the rejection and distortion of science. We must insist on an end to the cynical use of pseudo-studies known to be false for the purpose …
StrategyPage:
Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media — U.S. troops have been mystified at how differently the war they fight in Iraq is portrayed by the U.S. media back home. Most just shrug it off as "politics," and yet another reason to not trust what the mass media presents as reliable reporting.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right — It was the Supreme Court that conservatives had long yearned for and that liberals feared. — By the time the Roberts court ended its first full term on Thursday, the picture was clear. This was a more conservative court …
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Thomas Catán / Times of London:
Waiters join the war on drugs as cocaine use soars in Spain — Madrid has unveiled its latest weapon in the war on drugs: the humble Spanish waiter. — Alarmed by soaring cocaine use, the Spanish Government plans to train waiters and barmen in the subtle art of spotting punters who may be using the lavatories too often.
Al Gore / New York Times:
Moving Beyond Kyoto — WE — the human species — have arrived at a moment of decision. It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us. — Our home — Earth — is in danger.
Human Events:
TAXES AND THOMPSON — Dropping into what will be the key state of South Carolina for his prospective presidential campaign, Fred Thompson was ambushed Wednesday by advocates of the "Fair Tax" plan to repeal the federal income tax and replace it with a national sales tax.
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Nicholas Watt / Observer:
Blair launches stinging attack on 'absurd' British Islamists — Tony Blair has launched a powerful attack on 'absurd' British Islamists who have nurtured a false 'sense of grievance' that they are being oppressed by Britain and the United States. — In his most outspoken remarks on Islamists …
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Reuters:
Australia plans to withdraw troops from Iraq: report — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday. — The Sunday Telegraph, quoting an unnamed senior military source …
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Think Progress
Freeman Dyson / New York Review of Books:
Our Biotech Future — 1. — It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. Two facts about the coming century are agreed on by almost everyone.
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The American Scene
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton slams GOP rival's Cuba remark — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Taking a swipe at a potential GOP presidential rival, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred Thompson for suggesting illegal Cuban immigrants pose a terrorist threat. — "I was appalled when one of the …
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Riehl World View
Ruy Teixeira / Center for American Progress:
Public Opinion Snapshot: The Verdict on the Surge — A number of key Republican Senators—Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Voinovich of Ohio, and John Warner of Virginia—notably expressed skepticism of their own administration's plans in Iraq this week. Lugar said the military escalation …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
After Bill's Fall, G.O.P. May Pay in Latino Votes — Many Republican lawmakers returned to their home districts in triumph this week, having beat back a comprehensive immigration bill that many of their constituents had denounced as untenable. — But the bill's demise may have greatly damaged …
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