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08 Jun 2007 05:54:13 PM |
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OT: Two Years of Humble Pie |
Two Years of Humble Pie
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701902.html
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A19
In Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are
often called, run and concluded within six weeks. In America, election
campaigns go on forever. It used to be one year, now it's two. No one
planned this, but like other evolutionary artifacts (the Founders
applied intelligent design to the general makeup of the U.S.
government but never foresaw formal political parties, let alone the
endless campaign), this crazy improvisation embodies a certain wisdom.
First, it tests a certain kind of competence. Managing a national
campaign in a country of continental dimensions requires exceptional
organizational skills. A fairly narrow competence, to be sure, but of
major importance in a country where the president must run the
behemoth that is the federal government.
A Different Path in Turkey
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701867.html
By Michael Gerson
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A19
ISTANBUL -- The shining achievement of modern Turkey is declared by
the darkness around it. In Saudi Arabia or northern Sudan, conversion
from Islam is considered apostasy, a crime punishable by death. Even
in traditionally tolerant Malaysia, a Christian convert was recently
prevented from officially changing her religious status, being
informed by a court that "the plaintiff exists under the tenets of
Islam until her death." In Turkey, a legal change of religion on your
identity card merely requires a notarized letter, and several hundred
Christian converts have made the switch.
Yet even in Turkey, religious liberty is the most disputed and
troublesome of freedoms. The secular establishment, fearful of
accumulated sectarian power, has traditionally denied minority
religious groups the right to own property, to provide religious
education beyond high school or to train their own clergy. As a
result, the Armenian and Greek Orthodox churches are slowly being
asphyxiated for lack of priests -- and the government has sometimes
hastened the process by expropriating church property without
compensation. The nationalist yellow press whips up resentment against
religious minorities by repeating popular conspiracy theories: that
Christian missionaries run prostitution rings or bribe Muslims into
converting.
Surviving the Democracy Backlash
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701866.html
25 Years Later, Ronald Reagan's Visionary Address Meets a Hard
Historical Moment
By Carl Gershman
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A19
Today marks the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's
"Westminster address," in which he called upon the world's democracies
to launch "a global campaign for freedom" that he predicted would
"leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history." As presidential
speeches go, this one has had unusual staying power, and not just
because it foresaw the collapse of communism. It captured a moment of
renewed democratic optimism after the Vietnam debacle and set in
motion the institutionalization of democracy promotion as a core
element of American foreign policy.
Democracy promotion remains a key U.S. priority; the opening sentence
of the National Security Strategy adopted in 2006 declares that
America's policy is "to seek and support democratic movements and
institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of
ending tyranny in our world." But the Bush administration has
encountered enormous resistance in carrying this out.
A Defining Choice for The GOP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701864_pf.html
Loyalty to Libby or The Rule of Law?
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, June 8, 2007; A19
The argument among Republicans over whether President Bush should
grant Scooter Libby a quick pardon amounts to a battle between the
past and the future.
The Republicans most eager to end the Libby case immediately are those
who were most deeply invested in the Iraq war and were willing to do
whatever was expedient to commit American troops to a venture they
were certain would turn out well.
America's Most Flaunted
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701865.html
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A19
Warning: This is a column about Paris Hilton. Those who are trying to
ignore the travails of the famous-for-being-famous hotel heiress might
want to avert their eyes. The rest of you, join me in honorable
surrender. We have no choice but to pay attention.
That's the genius of this ostensibly empty-headed young woman, the
ability to make the world watch her every move, even if the world
doesn't particularly want to. People who say that she's nothing but a
professional nightclubber, partygoer and red-carpet poseur are missing
the point. Paris Hilton's great talent is for celebrity. In the art of
being famous, she combines the gifts of Mozart with the strategic
insight of Sun Tzu.
Kneecapping California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701952.html
Guess who's trying to kill the Golden State's emissions standards.
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A18
THERE IS a bald attempt in Congress to short-circuit California's
effort to regulate tailpipe emissions -- with Democrats leading the
charge. A bill from the chairman of the House energy and air quality
subcommittee, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va. -- or is that D-Big Coal?),
would halt recent moves by states to limit the emission of greenhouse
gases that cause climate change. He insists, "This is not an attack on
California." Color us unconvinced.
The Road Home
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701966.html
Louisiana's homeowner assistance program develops another pothole.
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A18
NEATLY TUCKED into the Iraq war funding bill signed by President Bush
last month was something for which Louisiana fought long and hard: a
waiver of the onerous 10 percent match requirement for Hurricane
Katrina rebuilding projects financed with money from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. Now communities won't have to worry about
scraping together money they don't have and hacking through the
thicket of red tape that comes with such federal generosity. But our
celebration of this victory for Louisiana is tempered by a gaping $2.9
billion deficit in its Road Home program.
Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702533.html
General's Appraisal Echoes Secret Intelligence Findings
By Peter Baker and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A01
President Bush's nominee to be war czar said yesterday that conditions
in Iraq have not improved significantly despite the influx of U.S.
troops in recent months and predicted that, absent major political
reform, violence will continue to rage over the next year.
Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, tapped by Bush to serve as a new high-
powered White House coordinator of the war, told senators at a
confirmation hearing that Iraqi factions "have shown so far very
little progress" toward the reconciliation necessary to stem the
bloodshed. If that does not change, he said, "we're not likely to see
much difference in the security situation" a year from now.
Putin Offers to Join Missile Shield Effort
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060700258_pf.html
G-8 Leaders Back Bush Plan on Emissions
By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; A01
ROSTOCK, Germany, June 7 -- After days of escalating rhetoric about
missile defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise
offer to President Bush on Thursday, proposing that Russia join with
the United States and some of its European allies to operate a shield
intended against missile threats from Iran.
Meeting with Bush during the summit of the Group of Eight
industrialized nations, Putin suggested that a Soviet-era radar
installation that Russia operates in the Caspian Sea country of
Azerbaijan could feed real-time data into the planned system.
Defections to Fred Thompson Pose a Major Threat to McCain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702535_pf.html
By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; A01
John Dowd represented Sen. John McCain in his darkest hour, the
"Keating Five" scandal. He supported McCain the first time he ran for
president in 2000 and signed up to be a major fundraiser for him in
this year's presidential race. But when former senator Fred D.
Thompson began thinking about running, the Washington lawyer changed
his mind.
For McCain (Ariz.), who started off as the favorite to win the
Republican nomination but now trails former New York mayor Rudolph W.
Giuliani in most polls, Dowd's move signals yet another threat to his
struggling campaign. As Thompson (Tenn.) builds his team of major
fundraisers such as Dowd, the challenge for McCain will be to collect
the millions of dollars necessary to maintain a nationwide campaign
and convince Republicans that he is their best bet to retain the White
House.
Bonded in Resistance to the Barrier
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702588_pf.html
Palestinian Villagers, Jewish Neighbors Warily Join Forces
By Scott Wilson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; A01
WADI FUKIN, West Bank -- The Palestinians of this village have long
looked toward Tzur Hadassah, a neighboring Israeli town, for jobs
building homes on land that decades ago belonged to them.
Now some Palestinians are looking to their Jewish neighbors for a
different kind of help. Israel's separation barrier is slated to rise
between the antique village and the modern suburb, replacing a stand
of pines that marks the porous boundary here between the West Bank and
Israel.
Panel Urges VA to Refigure Pay for Disabled Vets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702235.html
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A02
The Department of Veterans Affairs should overhaul its outdated system
of compensating former military personnel for disabling injuries they
suffered during their service, the Institute of Medicine recommended
yesterday.
The current system dates, in part, to the World War II era. It is out
of step with modern medical advances in diagnosing, understanding and
treating conditions such as traumatic brain injury, the institute said
in a report requested by the federal Veterans' Disability Benefits
Commission.
Snubbing the White House, Without Snubbing the White House
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702206_pf.html
By Dana Milbank
Friday, June 8, 2007; A02
Who is this guy Cloture, and why don't people like him?
"I strongly object to Cloture," Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told his
colleagues on the Senate floor yesterday morning.
Lincoln Urgent in Lost Letter to General
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701240_pf.html
President Saw Victory at Hand; Confederates Escaped, Pressed War Two
More Years
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; A03
Vicksburg had just fallen to Union forces. The Confederates were
trapped north of the Potomac River after their defeat at Gettysburg.
And after two years of civil war and battlefield calamity, Abraham
Lincoln thought he saw the glimmer of victory.
On July 7, 1863, three days after Vicksburg's surrender and four days
after Gettysburg, Lincoln took out a sheet of blue-lined paper and
wrote to his general in chief, urging that the fleeing rebels be
destroyed. If they were, Lincoln wrote, "the rebellion will be over."
Senate Committee Approves Bill for Detainee Hearings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702205.html
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A03
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved a bill that would
give detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the right to challenge their
detention in U.S. courts, part of a renewed effort by the Democratic-
controlled Congress to challenge the Bush administration on its
wartime policies.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) joined all 10 Democrats on the committee in
approving the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act, which aims to counteract
a law passed hastily in October that stripped detainees of their
ability to bring their cases to court under the centuries-old legal
principle of habeas corpus.
A Failure of Leadership in a Flawed Political Culture
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702536_pf.html
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; A04
The collapse of comprehensive immigration revision in the Senate last
night represents a political defeat for President Bush, Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), the bill's most
prominent sponsors. More significantly, it represents a scathing
indictment of the political culture of Washington.
The defeat of the legislation can be laid at the doorstep of opponents
on the right and left, on congressional leaders who couldn't move
their troops and on an increasingly weakened president and his White
House team. But together it added up to another example of a polarized
political system in which the center could not hold.
Careful Strategy Is Used to Derail Immigration Bill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702534.html
'Amnesty' Becomes Achilles' Heel
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A04
Two weeks ago, when the immigration bill landed on the Senate floor,
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) voted against an amendment that targeted one
of its key provisions: a guest-worker program that President Bush and
many U.S. companies have sought for years.
Shortly after midnight yesterday, DeMint returned to the floor and,
along with three conservative Republican colleagues, voted in favor of
the same measure he had opposed, to sunset the program after five
years. Not that DeMint has anything against guest workers. He supports
the idea. But weakening the guest-worker program would leave the bill
in tatters -- and in the twisted logic of the Senate, that served
DeMint's greater goal of derailing the legislation.
House Votes to Ease Limits on Stem Cell Research
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701199_pf.html
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; A06
The House easily passed legislation yesterday that would loosen
President Bush's six-year-old restrictions on embryonic stem cell
research, but the vote once again fell short of the two-thirds
majority needed to override a promised veto.
Bush immediately renewed his pledge to veto the bill, which passed 247
to 176, and matches language approved by the Senate in April.
Commerce Inspector General Quits
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702228.html
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A06
Commerce Department Inspector General Johnnie E. Frazier retired
yesterday in the face of multiple investigations and a formal report
recommending that President Bush punish him for violating the whistle-
blower protection law.
Frazier, who since 1999 has served as the department's chief watchdog
responsible for investigating waste, fraud and abuse, told the
administration that he is retiring effective June 29, congressional
and White House officials said.
Complaints Heard About NASA Inspector General
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702143.html
By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A07
Former top associates of embattled NASA Inspector General Robert
"Moose" Cobb accused him in an unusual House-Senate congressional
inquiry yesterday of being abusive, vulgar, unprofessional and
seemingly beholden to top management of the agency he oversees.
Cobb gave little ground, however, and made clear that he believes
those complaints and the criticisms voiced by two probes into his
actions are unfair and their conclusions misguided.
Faith Leaders Debate Effects Of Limits on Emissions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702170.html
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A07
As President Bush resisted mandatory limits on carbon emissions at a
G-8 summit in Germany yesterday, several U.S. religious leaders urged
Congress to speedily enact such limits to avoid a catastrophic rise in
global temperatures that would particularly hurt the poor.
But in sharply divided testimony before the Senate Committee on the
Environment and Public Works, some evangelical Protestant leaders took
the opposite tack, also citing concern for the poor.
Edwards Says Bush's Anti-Terror Campaign Is Just Three Little Words
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702419.html
By Politics
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A09
After dismissing the phrase "war on terror" as a useless slogan,
former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) outlined his plan to fight
terrorism yesterday.
He identified six core principles in his terrorism strategy:
restructure the military to respond to today's needs; rely on proven
methods in intelligence gathering; hold regular meetings with military
leaders; create a "Marshall Corps" of 10,000 that could be used to
prop up weak or failing countries; invest in equipment; and create a
budget process to reflect security programs in all agencies across the
federal government.
The Professor's Quantum Leap
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702139.html
Merkel's Publicity-Shy Spouse Steps Up
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A12
HOHEN DEMZIN, Germany, June 7 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's
greatest accomplishment in advance of this week's G-8 summit had
nothing to do with global warming or easing tensions with Russia.
Rather, it was just persuading her reclusive husband to show up.
Joachim Sauer, Merkel's grim-faced spouse, is so allergic to publicity
that he didn't bother to attend her inauguration in 2005. While she
was being sworn in as arguably the world's most powerful woman, he was
hunkered down in his chemistry lab in Berlin, though government
officials insist he did tune in to watch the ceremony on television.
Pakistan Suspends Media Restrictions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702140.html
Crackdown Was Widely Criticized; Musharraf Lashes Out at Allies in
Parliament
By Griff Witte
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A12
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 7 -- Under mounting domestic and
international pressure, the Pakistani government on Thursday suspended
stringent media restrictions that critics said were designed to muzzle
the free press.
The restrictions, which had gone into effect Monday, had elicited a
sharp response from print and broadcast journalists in Pakistan, as
well as media advocates worldwide. The rules gave the government broad
new powers to rescind television broadcasters' licenses and to seize
stations that violated government regulations.
G-8 Leaders Back 'Substantial' Cuts In Gas Emissions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701460.html
Bush Prevails Against Binding Targets
By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A12
ROSTOCK, Germany, June 7 -- Leaders of the eight largest
industrialized nations agreed Thursday to join forces to make
"substantial" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but at President
Bush's insistence did not impose binding targets for the reductions.
The agreement to fight rising temperatures, reached at a summit on the
Baltic Sea coast, notes the promises of European Union nations, Canada
and Japan to cut emissions in half by 2050. But the United States and
Russia would not be bound by that pledge.
Saudi Reportedly Got $2 Billion for British Arms Deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060701301.html
By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A15
LONDON, June 7 -- Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a member of Saudi Arabia's
royal family and the kingdom's former ambassador to the United States,
pocketed about $2 billion in secret payments as part of an $80 billion
arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia that was first signed in
1985, British media reported Thursday.
The reports revived questions about the British government's decision
in December to drop a fraud investigation into the deal, which has
been plagued by allegations of bribes and secret slush funds for
almost two decades.
European Report Addresses CIA Sites
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702425.html
Prisons in Poland, Romania, It Says
By Molly Moore and Julie Tate
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A16
PARIS, June 7 -- A European investigator said he has "factually
established" that Poland and Romania allowed the CIA to operate secret
prisons where alleged al-Qaeda operatives were detained and
interrogated, according to documents scheduled to be presented Friday
to Europe's official human rights organization.
***** Marty, a Swiss lawyer for the Council of Europe, the continent's
human rights agency, said detainees who were considered "especially
sensitive" were incarcerated in Poland and those believed "to be less
important were held in Romania," the documents said.
A Foreign Policy, In Two Words
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702239.html
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A17
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, countering criticism that the
Bush administration has fundamentally broken with past U.S. foreign
policy, asserted in a speech last night that the administration's
policies are instead part of a 100-year-old tradition that she labeled
"American realism."
"American realism deals with the world as it is but strives to make
the world better than it is," Rice told the Economic Club of New York.
"More free. More just. More peaceful. More prosperous. Ultimately
safer. Not perfect. But better."
Hearing on FEC Pick Could Add Fuel to Debate Over Justice Dept.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702289.html
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Special to The Washington Post
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A17
As his critics see it, Hans A. von Spakovsky used every opportunity he
had over four years in the Justice Department to make it difficult for
voters -- poor, minority and Democratic -- to go to the polls. During
his tenure, more than half of the career lawyers in the voting section
left in protest.
Von Spakovsky now serves as a temporary commissioner on the Federal
Election Commission, the bipartisan body that enforces campaign
finance regulations. And a Senate Rules Committee hearing set for
Wednesday on whether to confirm him for a six-year term could become a
critical moment in the debate over political influence in the Justice
Department.
Immigration Overhaul Bill Stalls in Senate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060700230.html
Bipartisan Compromise Collapses; Reid Says Measure May Return
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 8, 2007; Page A01
A tenuous compromise to overhaul the nation's immigration laws
collapsed last night when senators from both parties refused to cut
off debate and move to a final vote, handing the unlikely alliance of
Democratic leaders and President Bush a setback on a major domestic
priority.
The defeat came after months of painstaking negotiations and weeks of
debate as a 45 to 50 procedural vote fell well short of the 60 votes
needed to break the filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid
(D-Nev.) then pulled the bill from the floor, while holding out hope
that the Senate could resurrect the measure within weeks.
It's Subpoena Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08fri1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Senator Patrick Leahy should deliver subpoenas that have been approved
for Karl Rove and other top aides to make them testify under oath
about the dismissals of nine United States attorneys
A New Danger in Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08fri2.html
A Turkish invasion of the Kurdish-administered northeast would
embarrass the United States and add a whole new and even more
dangerous dimension to the mess in Iraq.
The Shame of the Cherokee Nation
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08fri3.html
Congress should move ahead with legislation that would force the
Cherokee to comply with their treaty obligations and court decisions
that guarantee black members full tribal citizenship rights.
Editorial Observer: Philip K. *****: A Sage of the Future Whose Time
Has Finally Come
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08fri4.html
By BRENT STAPLES
The author's best books distinguish themselves from ordinary science
fiction by focusing not on technology, but on the toll that
technological advances often take on human values.
Don't Ask, Don't Translate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08benjamin.html
By STEPHEN BENJAMIN
More than 58 Arabic linguists have been kicked out since "don't ask,
don't tell" was instituted. How much valuable intelligence could those
men and women be providing today to troops in harm's way?
Curators Under the Sea
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08kurson.html
By ROBERT KURSON
Without treasure hunters and the people they work with - the divers,
fishermen, tipsters and amateur historians - many sunken wrecks would
stay lost forever.
Former Killing Ground Becomes Shrine to Stalin's Victims
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08butovo.html?ref=world
By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
Perhaps more than 20,000 people were shot and buried at the height of
Stalin's purges on the southern edge of Moscow.
Turkey Rattles Its Sabers at Militant Kurds in Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08turkey.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
In an effort to root out Kurdish separatist guerrillas, Turkey is
stepping up its presence along its border of Iraq.
Italy Braces for Legal Fight Over Secret C.I.A. Program
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08rendition.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By IAN FISHER and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
A trial opens in Milan charging 25 C.I.A. operatives and Italy's
former intelligence chief with breaking Italian laws by abducting an
imam who was eyed as a terrorism suspect.
Secret Prisons in 2 Countries Held Qaeda Suspects, Report Says
British Contractor Paid Saudi, Reports Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08britain.html?ref=world
By ALAN COWELL
An arms contractor paid more than $2 billion clandestinely into bank
accounts controlled by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, British news
organizations reported.
At Haditha Hearing, Dueling Views of a Battalion Commander
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/washington/08haditha.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By PAUL von ZIELBAUER
Witnesses and military documents have helped paint two contradictory
portraits of Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, charged with dereliction of
duty.
Mexico's Court Limits Reach of Big Media
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/business/worldbusiness/08mextv.html?ref=americas
By ELISABETH MALKIN
In a blow to the country's two main broadcasters, the Mexican Supreme
Court overwhelmingly voted Thursday to declare parts of a new media
law unconstitutional.
Rise in China's Pork Prices Signals End to Cheap Output
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/business/worldbusiness/08prices.html?ref=asia&pagewanted=all
By KEITH BRADSHER
Rising prices are causing Chinese companies to raise prices for
exports, particularly on one critical commodity: pork.
India, Said to Play Down AIDS, Has Many Fewer With Virus Than Thought,
Study Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/asia/08aids.html?pagewanted=all
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
If the results of a survey are correct, India is no longer the world's
supposed leader of people infected with AIDS.
To Gain Among Muslims, Indonesia Offers to Mediate Middle East
Disputes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/asia/08indo.html?ref=asia
By DONALD GREENLEES
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has signaled a
desire to take a bigger role in solving problems in the Islamic world.
Protests Rage Against Musharraf; Aides Criticize Justice He Ousted
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/asia/08pakistan.html?ref=asia
By CARLOTTA GALL
The political crisis over the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry in March has shown no sign of abating.
Secret Prisons in 2 Countries Held Qaeda Suspects, Report Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/europe/08prisons.html?ref=europe
By STEPHEN GREY and DOREEN CARVAJAL
Investigators have confirmed the existence of clandestine C.I.A.
prisons in Romania and Poland housing leading members of Al Qaeda.
Immigrant Bill, Short 15 Votes, Stalls in Senate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/washington/08immig.html?pagewanted=all
By CARL HULSE and ROBERT PEAR
The failure to end debate on the bill leaves the future of one of the
administration's chief domestic priorities in serious doubt.
For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Split on Party Lines
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/politics/08gays.html?ref=us
By ROBIN TONER
The dispute underscores the continuing power of social issues - like
gay rights and abortion - in each party's nominating contest.
House Votes to Expand Stem Cell Research
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/washington/08stem.html?ref=us
By JEFF ZELENY
Democratic leaders conceded they were short of the votes needed to
override a veto threatened by President Bush.
States Found to Vary Widely on Education
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/education/08scores.html?ref=us
By TAMAR LEWIN
A new report for the first time measures the extent of the differences
in academic standards from state to state.
Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/washington/08nsa.html?ref=us
By JAMES RISEN
The move would mark the most aggressive action yet by Congress in its
oversight of the wiretapping program and could set the stage for a
constitutional showdown over the separation of powers.
Veterans' Benefits System Needs Overhaul, Panel Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/08vets.html?ref=us
By ERIK ECKHOLM
A panel of medical experts said the current system of judging
disability claims ignores the impact of injuries on veterans' quality
of life.
Happening Upon a Look at an Optimistic Lincoln
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/08lincoln.html?ref=us
By SARAH ABRUZZESE
An archivist at the National Archives found a letter written by
Abraham Lincoln after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Gingrich Assesses the Republican Field
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/gingrich-assesses-the-republican-field/
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich handicapped the Republican
candidates for president, but gave few clues about his own
presidential ambitions in a speech today.
Skipping the Straw Poll
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/skipping-the-straw-poll/
With so many more stops on the road to the White House in 2008, why
spend hundreds of thousands of dollars or more on a fleeting August
afternoon in Iowa, particularly if victory is far from assured?
Campaign Cash: $3,417,030
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/campaign-cash-3417030/
The presidential spouse hauls in the dough.
2008: Immigration Fallout
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/2008-immigration-fallout/
Others news for the 2008 lineup? The "don't ask, don't tell" military
policy; who owns the terrorism mantel; and campaign cash, as usual.
Edwards Answers His Critics With Attack on 'Terror Doctrine'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/politics/08campaign.html?ref=politics
By CONRAD MULCAHY and MARC SANTORA
At an appearance in Manhattan, former Senator John Edwards said
President Bush's "terror doctrine" had proved counterproductive.
John Edwards's War on Poverty
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/magazine/10edwards-t.html?pagewanted=all
By MATT BAI
John Edwards says Americans should care more about economic injustice.
U.S. Planning to Ease Rules on Passports, Official Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/08passport.html?ref=washington
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
The government is expected to announce on Friday that it will ease its
rules for summer travel in the Western Hemisphere.
Veterans' Benefits System Needs Overhaul, Panel Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/08vets.html?ref=washington
By ERIK ECKHOLM
A panel of medical experts said the current system of judging
disability claims ignores the impact of injuries on veterans' quality
of life.
Some Small Law Firms Find Strength in Numbers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/business/08law.html?ref=worldbusiness
By KAREN DONOVAN
Small boutique law firms often lack the brand name of their larger
counterparts. But some hope a new network will give them additional
credibility.
For the Adventurous, an Earthbound Ride on the Shuttle
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/science/space/08ride.html?ref=science
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Hitching a ride on the space shuttle comes only to the lucky few, but
the Kennedy Space Center has developed a ride that just may be the
next best thing.
A French Songbird's Life, in Chronological Disorder
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/movies/08vie.html?ref=arts
By A. O. SCOTT
"La Vie en Rose" shows that we Americans don't have a monopoly on
singers and composers who emerge from personal troubles and win the
hearts of millions.
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