The Missing Issues . . .
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By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A17
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. -- Two questions from Sunday's Democratic debate: Does
Joe Biden have to set himself on fire to get serious attention? And
whatever happened to the lunch-bucket issues that once made Democrats
the dominant political party in America?
Maybe because he doesn't have much to lose, Biden was the most
passionate, straight-talking figure on the stage here at Saint Anselm
College. But so much coverage was lavished on John Edwards, Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama and their scuffling over Iraq and health care
that you might have missed this. So, consider, first, Biden's comments
on Darfur:
.. . . And Antiwar Voices
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By Eugene Robinson
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A17
John Edwards had a point: Where have Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
been these past few weeks while others were shouting to the rooftops
about the worsening debacle in Iraq? Sudden attacks of laryngitis? Cat
got their tongues?
Clinton has a point, too, and so does Obama. When Edwards called them
out at the Democratic presidential debate Sunday night, Clinton was
right when she said that this is George W. Bush's war, not anybody
else's. And Obama, who publicly opposed the war from the beginning,
was right to snap at Edwards -- who, like Clinton, voted to authorize
military action -- saying that his righteous outrage was "four and a
half years late."
Can He Find His Motivation?
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By Richard Cohen
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A17
Some years ago I ran into Fred Thompson at Washington's Reagan
National Airport and had a chat with him as we waited for a (very)
delayed flight. I found him to be affable and nice -- good company, if
you want to know -- but I cannot remember a single thing he said.
Alas, it is about the same with his Senate career.
If Thompson's name came up in some sort of free-association game, he
would be a genuine stumper: Thompson and what? There is no Thompson
Act, Thompson Compromise, Thompson Hearing, Thompson Speech or
Thompson Anything that comes to mind. No living man can call himself a
Thompsonite. Instead, Thompson came and went from the Senate as if he
were never there, leaving only the faint scent of ennui. "I don't want
to spend the rest of my life up here," he once said. "I don't like
spending 14- and 16-hour days voting on 'sense of the Senate'
resolutions on irrelevant matters." As a call to action, this lacks a
certain something.
A Debate's Tiny Casualties
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Multiple Births Raise a Key Issue for Embryo Research
By Liza Mundy
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A17
The human womb is, ideally, a single-occupancy dwelling. One baby at a
time is what women's bodies are marvelously calibrated to conceive and
carry. One baby has lots of room for brain growth and organ
development; one baby is (relatively) easy to deliver; one baby will
usually have at least nine months of close parental bonding before
another sibling possibly comes along.
Yet in the past 30 years, this country has experienced a stunning
escalation in multiple births. The number of babies born as triplets,
quadruplets or even more rose from about 900 in 1972 to 7,275 in 2004.
That same year, the highest number of twins ever were born -- 132,000,
nearly double the number born in 1980. Not coincidentally, there has
also been a rise in premature births, infants born with low birth
weights and disorders -- such as cerebral palsy -- that can occur when
a premature baby's brain is insufficiently developed.
Leadership by Evasion
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On immigration, GOP presidential candidates duck and dodge.
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IT HAS BECOME fashionable, among some leading candidates for the
Republican presidential nomination, to use the immigration bill now
before the Senate for target practice, harping on its supposed
inadequacies to the delight of nativists in the party base. The
strategy comes with a correlate, which is to avoid proposing any
better approach that would address the nub of the problem: 12 million
illegal immigrants already in the country. On immigration, leadership
by evasion is becoming the Republicans' stock in trade.
Lawmaker Indicted on Corruption Charges
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Rep. Jefferson Accused Of Bribery, Racketeering
By Jerry Markon and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A01
Federal authorities accused Rep. William J. Jefferson yesterday of
using his congressional office and staff to enrich himself and his
family, charging the Louisiana Democrat with offering and accepting
hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to support business
ventures in the United States and several West African nations.
The 16-count indictment also accused Jefferson, a former co-chairman
of congressional caucuses on Nigeria and African trade, of
racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice. The
indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury and capped a long and
tumultuous FBI investigation.
As Crises Build, Lebanese Fearful of a Failed State
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By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A01
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 4 -- A few miles from Mona Abboud's bookstore
in Tripoli, passengers in cars ducked below the dashboard as volleys
of gunfire resounded like a jackhammer Monday. Earlier in the day,
more clashes erupted at a Palestinian refugee camp three hours from
here. By nightfall, a bomb had gone off in a Christian suburb of the
capital, Beirut, the fourth in less than a month.
A grim Abboud, her hands thrusting ahead for emphasis, compared her
country's plight to a debke, a folkloric dance.
Discontent Over Iraq Increasing, Poll Finds
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Americans Also Unhappy With Congress
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A01
Growing frustration with the performance of the Democratic Congress,
combined with widespread public pessimism over President Bush's
temporary troop buildup in Iraq, has left satisfaction with the
overall direction of the country at its lowest point in more than a
decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Almost six in 10 Americans said they do not think the additional
troops sent to Iraq since the beginning of the year will help restore
civil order there, and 53 percent -- a new high in Post-ABC News polls
Broadcasters Win Appeal Of FCC's Profanity Ruling
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By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A01
A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert
Murdoch's Fox television network yesterday and broadly questioned
whether the Federal Communications Commission has the right to police
the airwaves for offensive language.
In a 2 to 1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in
New York ruled that the FCC went too far in issuing a 2006 decision
against Fox Broadcasting for separate incidents in 2002 and 2003 after
singer Cher and celebrity Nicole Richie each uttered an expletive on
live television.
No Politics Here: Just a Job for Professionals -- Lots of Them
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By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A02
Many lawmakers are angry that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales hasn't
resigned, but Rep. William Jefferson has reason to be grateful.
Justice Department officials yesterday unveiled corruption charges
that could land the Louisiana Democrat in prison for 235 years. But in
their news conference on the seventh floor of the department, the
officials found themselves laboring to escape the image of
politicization that a months-long scandal over Gonzales's hiring and
firing of prosecutors has given the department.
Ruling Affirms Judges' Authority
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High Court Backs Exclusion of Juror In Capital Case
By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A03
The Supreme Court bolstered trial judges' authority to shape juries in
death penalty cases yesterday, ruling that a court in Washington state
properly disqualified a man who expressed doubts about capital
punishment during pretrial questioning.
By a vote of 5 to 4, the justices concluded that the exclusion was
reasonable and consistent with Supreme Court precedents, which require
that jurors in capital cases be "death qualified" -- able to impose
death if the law provides for it, even if they oppose capital
punishment.
Clinton, Edwards and Obama Discuss Their Faith at Forum
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All Say Religion Informs Politics, Personal Lives
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A03
In an unprecedented forum, the three leading Democratic presidential
candidates described how faith influences both their politics and
their personal lives, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton responding to a
question about her husband's infidelity by saying, "I'm not sure I
would have gotten through it without my faith."
"I've had a grounding in faith that gave me the courage and the
strength to do what I thought was right, regardless of what the world
thought," Clinton (N.Y.) told a crowd of more than 1,000 in an
auditorium at George Washington University.
Bureaucratic Failings Are Cited in TB Case
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Agencies Were Slow to Communicate
By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A03
The Atlanta lawyer with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis who
crisscrossed the Atlantic on commercial jets last month was not added
to a U.S. no-fly list until at least two hours after he reentered the
country by car from Canada, according to congressional investigators.
That was only one of a series of breakdowns at the international,
federal and state levels that allowed Andrew Speaker, 31, to fly to
Europe on a 12-day trip for his wedding and honeymoon, setting off a
transatlantic health alarm.
Democrats Fear a Wider Black Caucus-Pelosi Rift
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By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A04
Democratic leaders fear that Rep. William J. Jefferson's indictment
yesterday on racketeering and bribery charges, coming exactly one year
after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engineered his ouster from the
powerful Ways and Means Committee, could rekindle a smoldering dispute
between the speaker and black lawmakers who were once pillars of her
power.
For months, the Louisiana Democrat's mounting legal peril has
bedeviled Democrats as they sought first to point to corruption as a
tool to oust Republicans from control of Congress, then pressed for
ethics and lobbying changes that they said would usher in a new era of
clean politics on Capitol Hill. For every thrust Democrats made
against the GOP, Republicans parried with Jefferson, saying problems
in Congress were bipartisan.
Democrats Facing a Fight To Lift Domestic Spending
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By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A08
Back in control of the purse strings after more than a decade,
congressional Democrats are pursuing billions in new domestic
spending, setting up another clash with President Bush, who has
threatened to veto any measures that exceed his budget.
The four-year-long Iraq war has drained money from areas such as
preschool education, cancer research and national parks, leaving them
neglected, Democrats say. They also want to beef up oversight of
billions of dollars in federal contracts, especially for defense.
Liberian Boycotts War Crimes Trial
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Ex-President Taylor Accused of Role in Sierra Leone Force
By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A10
THE HAGUE, June 4 -- The trial of former Liberian president Charles
Taylor, the highest-ranking African leader to face an international
war crimes court, began Monday with the defendant refusing to leave
his cell and prosecutors alleging that his fighters hacked off
civilians' hands and legs, forced women into sexual slavery and made
soldiers of children.
"I choose not to be a fig leaf of legitimacy for this court," Taylor
wrote in a letter to the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone
here, explaining his boycott of the opening session.
VW's Home Town Finds Ways to Cope With Globalization
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By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A10
WOLFSBURG, Germany -- On the surface, globalization is about as
popular in Germany as cheap imported beer.
For the past three days, thousands of rock-throwing protesters have
clashed with police in advance of this week's summit of the world's
industrialized powers. The national telephone company has been on
strike for nearly a month, fearful of losing jobs to India. In one
Berlin neighborhood, residents have blocked the opening of a
McDonald's for five years, calling the golden arches a symbol of
everything that's wrong with global mercantilism.
Strains With Russia Shadow Bush's Europe Trip
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By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A10
PRAGUE, June 4 -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-
day visit to Europe, at a time when Russia is angry over U.S. plans
for a Europe-based anti-missile system and allies on the Continent are
pressing Washington to back U.N. action on global warming.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters Sunday that if the
United States goes ahead with building an anti-missile system in two
former Soviet satellite nations, Russia could take "retaliatory steps"
such as targeting its own weapons on sites in Europe, much as it did
during the Cold War.
Insurgent Video Claims Captured U.S. Soldiers Are Dead
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By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A11
MAHMUDIYAH They have taken the thumbprints and retinal scans from more
than 1,000 people. They have locked down three suspected attackers in
American custody. They have dispatched 4,000 of their own soldiers and
2,000 Iraqis to traverse 32 search zones day after day in the heat and
the dust of the patchwork fields and palm groves along the shore of
the Euphrates River.
But 23 days after a deadly ambush south of Baghdad, there are two
things the searchers still don't have: Spec. Alex R. Jimenez and Pvt.
Byron W. Fouty. On Monday, a shaky 10-minute, 41-second video
purporting to show their military identification badges appeared on an
Internet Web site. A narrator said the soldiers were dead.
Military Reports Slow Progress in Securing Baghdad
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By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A11
U=2ES. and Iraqi troops have pushed insurgents and other fighters out of
about a third of Baghdad's neighborhoods under a three-month-old plan
to pacify the city of 6 million people, according to a U.S. military
report released yesterday.
In some parts of the city, military operations to gain control over
contested areas have taken longer than projected before the Baghdad
security plan started in February, both because of the number of U.S.
and Iraqi troops available and the need to adjust to a constantly
shifting insurgency, U.S. military officials said.
Fallen Va. Soldier Embraced Strangers
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By Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A11
Many of the people in the pews of a church in the Tidewater area of
Virginia share a special tie to Bruce E. Horner. Horner, the pastor's
wife said last night, was the one who brought them there.
Horner, 43, was a strapping, extroverted, fun-loving man who,
according to those who knew him, never hesitated to invite new
acquaintances to his church in Newport News.
Rice, Venezuelan Envoy Trade Barbs
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By Matthew Lee
Associated Press
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A13
PANAMA CITY, June 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and
Venezuela's foreign minister on Monday fired verbal broadsides at each
other here over the closure of a television station in Venezuela that
has been critical of the government.
Rice said the decision by Venezuelan President Hugo Ch=E1vez not to
renew the license of Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, was his
"sharpest and most acute" move yet against democracy.
China Outlines Modest Environmental Goals
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Caps on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rejected as Threat to Economic Growth
By Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A14
BEIJING, June 4 -- China released its first-ever national climate
change policy Monday, rejecting mandatory caps on emissions of
greenhouse gases as unfair and a threat to the development that has
contributed to the country's meteoric economic growth.
Although China is one of the world's largest producers of carbon
dioxide, the government made clear that it will not shoulder the
burden necessary for change.
Libby Jurist's Career Built on Toughness
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By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page A15
While presiding over perhaps the most high-profile trial of his
career, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton made time for his more
mundane courthouse role: the scolding mentor to this city's young
thugs.
So, the vice president's former top deputy, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby,
his team of well-heeled and famous defense lawyers and a nationally
known prosecutor in the CIA leak case would have to wait to argue over
key evidence in Libby's perjury trial that day in February. Walton had
some important yelling to do at defendants whose names would never
make the papers.
Charges Against Guantanamo Detainee Set for Trial Dropped Over Limit
in Law
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By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; A18
A U.S. military judge dismissed all charges yesterday against a
Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that his war-crimes
trial cannot move forward under the current military commissions law,
a decision that could delay future legal proceedings at the U.S.
detention facility.
Army Col. Peter Brownback's decision suspended the case against Omar
Khadr, a 20-year-old detainee who allegedly killed a U.S. serviceman
during fighting in Afghanistan in 2002. Khadr, whom the military has
labeled an "enemy combatant," was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday
in what was to be the second case to go before a military commission
at Guantanamo Bay.
Iraq Militants' Skillful Video Colors Perception Of the Enemy
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By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 5, 2007; Page C01
If it's been a while since you checked in with the videos emerging
from insurgent groups in Iraq, the advance of professionalism
continues, now to the level of tone, drama and pacing. When a new
video showing what appears to be the planning and execution of an
attack on American forces surfaced yesterday, most news accounts
focused on the final moments, in which the personal effects of two
soldiers are shown. Given the video's claims that the two men have
been killed, the footage was combed for any evidence about their fate.
But this latest bit of Internet propaganda has disturbing power beyond
the immediate concern over the soldiers' well-being. It is a
compelling visual document, with an argument to make, and it sets up a
stark series of oppositions that transcend linguistic and national
barriers: occupation vs. resistance, outsiders vs. locals, dilapidated
cities vs. green leafy bowers.
An Unacceptable Nominee
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President Bush's latest appeals court nominee, Leslie Southwick, has a
disturbing history of insensitivity to blacks and other minority
groups.
Safe Harbor for Exploited Children
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The New York State Senate should pass the Safe Harbor Act, which would
place sexually exploited children under state supervision.
Dr. Kevorkian's Wrong Way
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian - a k a "Doctor Death" for helping chronically ill
and terminally ill patients commit suicide - has emerged from prison
as deluded and unrepentant as ever.
What if Israel Had Turned Back?
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By TOM SEGEV
What if Israel hadn't taken East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the
Six-Day War?
Under a Divided City, Evidence of a Once United One
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By ISABEL KERSHNER
A narrow strip of antiquity in a Palestinian neighborhood in north
Jerusalem shows that the area once housed a mixed population of Romans
and Jews.
Puerto Rico's AIDS Care in Disarray Over Funds
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By ERIK ECKHOLM
In Puerto Rico, hundreds of H.I.V. and AIDS patients are not receiving
vital medical care, community groups say.
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee
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By DAMIEN CAVE
Four years after starting college, Iraq's college graduates are ending
their studies shattered and eager to leave.
Hong Kong's Tiananmen Vigil Draws Crowd After Official's Denial
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By KEITH BRADSHER
By contrast, Tiananmen Square itself remained quiet, if under tight
security, on a sunny day, with the usual tour groups and pedestrians
milling about.
China Issues Plan on Global Warming
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By JIM YARDLEY and ANDREW C. REVKIN
The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by
President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing
countries into a commitment to reduce emissions.
Hong Kong's Tiananmen Vigil Draws Crowd After Official's Denial
Musharraf Issues Decree Cracking Down on News Media
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By SALMAN MASOOD
The move was an apparent move to curb media coverage of the continuing
political crisis over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of
Pakistan's chief justice.
First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia
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By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
A new study suggests that chickens were brought to South America at
least 100 years before Europeans settled the continent.
Military Judges Dismiss Charges for 2 Detainees
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By WILLIAM GLABERSON
The rulings, the latest legal setbacks for the government's effort to
bring war crimes charges against detainees, could stall the military's
prosecutions at Guant=E1namo Bay, Cuba.
Gates Says Arms Go to Taliban, but Iran's Role Is Not Certain
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By MARK MAZZETTI
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said it was unclear whether Iran's
government was behind the arms shipments.
Indian Officials to Rule How 'Backward' Group Is
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By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The Gujjars want to be considered more socially and economically
deprived and thus become eligible for more affirmative action
benefits.
Holocaust Diary by a Polish Girl Makes Its Debut After 60 Years
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The diary of a 14-year-old Jewish girl who is being described as the
"Polish Anne Frank" was unveiled Monday by Israel's Holocaust museum.
Bush to Seek a Bit of Unity With Putin
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and DAVID E. SANGER
The United States and Russia appear likely to use the G-8 meeting in
Germany to talk about a common interest: slowing Iran's ability to
produce nuclear fuel.
Putin Supports Longer Term for Successor to Presidency
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By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia could benefit from longer
presidential terms, though he again ruled out remaining in office
after the expiration of his second term.
Blair Calls on Moderates to Reclaim the Public Debate Over Islam
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By JANE PERLEZ
The Prime Minister, who has said he will take a special interest in
interfaith affairs when he leaves office, said the true meaning of
Islam had been hijacked by extremists.
A Confident Sarkozy Talks Foreign Policy
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By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Mr. Sarkozy is in only his third week as president, but he is already
exuding confidence, even cockiness, in dealing with some of the more
arcane areas of foreign policy.
Iranian's Remark on Israel Is Condemned
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east
By REUTERS
France and Spain condemned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran for
saying that a "countdown button" had been pressed to bring about
Israel's destruction.
Accents on the Wrong Syl-LA-ble
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By MICHAEL T. LUONGO
Many educated nonnative English speakers working in the United States
take voice training and accent reduction.
A Point System for Immigrants Incites Passions
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By ROBERT PEAR
As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system to
evaluate would-be immigrants based on job and language skills will be
at the heart of the debate.
In Tennessee, Goats Eat the 'Vine That Ate the South'
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By THEO EMERY
Chattanooga's goats have become the city's weapon against kudzu, the
fast-growing vine that throttles the Southern landscape.
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Michigan's Ban on a Controversial Method
of Abortion
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By LIBBY SANDER
Michigan's third attempt in a decade to ban partial-birth abortion was
declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court on Monday.
'A Woman in Charge'
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By CARL BERNSTEIN
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The disclosures in Carl Bernstein's biography of Hillary Rodham
Clinton amount mainly to embroiderings on already well-known aspects
of the Clintons' lives.
Will the Libby Case Enter the G.O.P. Debate?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/will-the-libby-case-enter-the=
-gop-debate/
The pardon issue may pop up at tonight's event.
Klobuchar Gets D.S.C.C. Leadership Spot
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/klobuchar-gets-dscc-leadershi=
p-spot/
The recently elected Minnesota senator takes on policy/outreach duties
at the campaign arm of the Senate Democrats.
2008: Democrats on Their Faith
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/2008-democrats-on-their-faith/
The second half of the Sojourners forum involved Senators Joe Biden,
Chris Dodd, Gov. Bill Richardson and Congressman Dennis Kucinich
sharing their religious views.
Edwards, Clinton and Obama Describe Journeys of Faith
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/us/politics/05dems.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By PATRICK HEALY and MICHAEL LUO
The three leading Democratic presidential hopefuls opened up at a
televised forum about their faiths, the role of prayer in their lives
and the ways religion informs their views on policy.
A Top Clinton Aide Draws Criticism From Unions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/us/politics/05labor.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
The president of two large labor unions has written to Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton to complain that her pollster and chief strategist
heads a public relations firm that is helping a company fight a
unionization drive.
Rhode Island Bishop Condemns Giuliani's Position on Abortion
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/us/politics/05rudy.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By MARC SANTORA
Rudolph W. Giuliani has come under fire from the Roman Catholic bishop
of Providence, R.I., who has criticized his support of abortion
rights.
Tribunal System, Newly Righted, Stumbles Again
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/washington/05combatant.html?ref=3Dwashing=
ton
By ADAM LIPTAK
The White House's attempt to create a justice system for terrorism
suspects has yet to complete a single trial.
Ruling Helps Prosecutors in Death Penalty Cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/washington/05scotus.html?ref=3Dwashington=
&pagewanted=3Dall
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
A Supreme Court decision makes it easier to remove potential jurors
who express ambivalence about the death penalty.
Panel to Advise F.D.A. on Medical Risks
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/washington/05drug.html?ref=3Dwashington
By REUTERS
The Food and Drug Administration will appoint a panel of outside
specialists to advise the agency on how to tell the public about
medicines.
Doing the Lumbar Fusion Dance
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/business/06leonhardt.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The main reason so many people lack health insurance is because of its
cost and a big reason for that cost is the explosion of expensive,
medically questionable care like knee replacements and lumbar fusion
procedures.
When Fakery Turns Fatal
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/worldbusiness/05fakes.html?ref=
=3Dbusiness&pagewanted=3Dall
By DAVID BARBOZA
Food scares are the latest indications that producing fake goods is
still woven into the fabric of China's economy.
Competing as Software Goes to Web
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/technology/05compute.html?ref=3Dbusiness&=
pagewanted=3Dall
By JOHN MARKOFF
In the battle between Apple and Microsoft, two men are in charge of
competing efforts to ensure that the PC's basic software stays
relevant in a Web-centered world.
China Stocks Extend Loss, Falling 8.3%
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/worldbusiness/05chinastox.html?r=
ef=3Dworldbusiness
By DAVID BARBOZA
China's stock markets have tumbled again, worsening one of the biggest
sell-offs in years after the government's move to impose a higher tax
on stock trades.
Europe Moves to Make Big Polluters Pay for Emissions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/worldbusiness/05emissions.html?r=
ef=3Dworldbusiness
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Europe is moving toward forcing large polluters to pay for most, if
not all, permits to produce climate-changing gases.
Fateful Voice of a Generation Still Drowns Out Real Science
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/science/earth/05tier.html?ref=3Dscience
By JOHN TIERNEY
Rachel Carson's warning on pesticides in "Silent Spring" ignored the
good that they did.
The Universe, Expanding Beyond All Understanding
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/science/space/05essa.html?ref=3Dscience&p=
agewanted=3Dall
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Our successors, whoever and wherever they are, may have no way of
finding out about the Big Bang and the expanding universe.
A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/science/05wheat.html?ref=3Dscience&pagewa=
nted=3Dall
By JIM ROBBINS
The quest to perennialize everything from sorghum to chickpeas to
sunflowers has taken on new urgency for a variety of reasons, like
climate change and soil loss.
New Findings Add Nuance to Discussion of Early Sex
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/health/05baka.html?ref=3Dhealth
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Recent research reveals how boys and girls react differently to having
their first sexual experience.
'Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/books/review/05dallek.html?ref=3Darts
By JEFF GERTH AND DON VAN NATTA JR.
Reviewed by ROBERT DALLEK
Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. have written what will become
mandatory reading for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's opponents.
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