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106 [lbo-talk] Prayers and flowers mark Mumbai hotel opening -- rank: 376

... hotel on Sunday, three weeks after it was damaged in a militant attack. Police with sniffer dogs patrolled outside the hotel ... happy that the hotel is open again," said Rashmi Mehra, a regular at the Trident's Frangipani restaurant, who lost a friend in the Nov. 26-29 attacks. "We are going to see if we can get a table for lunch -- we were told it's fully booked ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Mon Dec 22 03:29:20 PST 2008

107 [lbo-talk] Brown Links U.K. Terror Threats to Pakistan-Based Extremists -- rank: 416

... help Pakistan tackle the causes of radicalization. Brown met Pakistani President Asif Zardari today after talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... where he became the first foreign leader to directly accuse a Pakistan- based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, of being behind ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Sun Dec 14 10:05:06 PST 2008

108 [lbo-talk] BBC NEWS | Muslims refuse to bury militants -- rank: 379

... in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country. These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest ... the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery Ibrahim Tai, president, Indian Muslim Council They said that they cou

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Mon Dec 1 12:05:18 PST 2008

109 [lbo-talk] At least 100 dead in India terror attacks -- rank: 660

... on Thursday as standoffs continued against heavily armed militants who a day earlier had swept into Mumbai, India's commercial capital, in a shocking series of coordinated and bloody attacks. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a televised address that the attackers probably had "external linkages" - the ... least two luxury hotels, the city's largest train station, a Jewish center, a movie theater and a hospital. The Mumbai police said ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Thu Nov 27 07:41:04 PST 2008

110 [lbo-talk] Dads say the damnedest things -- rank: 283

... 13/arab-american-group-decries-emanuels-fathers-smear/ The Caucus - A New York Times Blog November 13, 2008, 3:47 pm ... Father's `Arab' Comments By Sarah Wheaton Representative Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, called the president of an Arab-American group today to apologize for comments ... on U.S.-Israeli relations. "Obviously he'll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is ... to English-language reports in The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Telegraphic Agency. <end excerpt> Full at: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Thu Nov 13 23:04:37 PST 2008

111 [lbo-talk] UPDATE on Brad Will vigil: CALL Hillary Clinton's NY office: (212) 688-6262 - Remember Brad Will, Stop Plan Mexico -- rank: 533

... hunger-striker) reports that she was in the office this a.m. You don't have to live in NY to ... Friends of Brad Will are in their 2nd day of a 4-day round-the-clock vigil and Hunger Strike at ... advocates Robert Jereski and Harry Bubbins, will be engaging in a 4-day vigil and fast as part of an international ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Wed Oct 22 08:35:39 PDT 2008

112 [lbo-talk] Ha'aretz confirms that Jews run US politics -- rank: 395

... presidency have far overshadowed the subject of Israel. But the Jewish vote remains a key element in battleground states, and, playing a wide variety of roles, Jews have helped to shape the ... advisor and ex-California congressman Mel Levine. Also missing are a number of Jews who have played minor roles, but merit ... interest they have attracted - in particular, Sandra Froman, the first Jewish president of the National Rifle Association (2005-7), and a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 21 10:22:59 PDT 2008

113 [lbo-talk] Join Us! Press Conference & Hunger Strike TUESDAY, 2 pm, outside Sen. Hillary Clinton's in NYC -- Remembering Brad Will -- rank: 530

... 780 Third Ave between 48th & 49th St., Manhattan FOLLOWED by a 4-day round-the-clock vigil and Hunger Strike at ... advocates Robert Jereski and Harry Bubbins, will be engaging in a 4-day vigil and fast as part of an international ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Mon Oct 20 12:18:46 PDT 2008

114 [lbo-talk] More on Weather Underground, Obama, McCain, Palin (Bill Weinberg) -- rank: 561

... right now my interrogator that tortured me and my friends a gook," [McCain] said in 2000. "You can quote me." Excellent ... defeated former Governor of Alaska John Stein through an anti-Jewish whispering campaign. (Stein is not even Jewish.) http://ww4report.com/node/6116 I'll just print, here, a section from Bill Weinberg's comments on the Weather Underground, comments that I think are very helpful: In a front-page story in the New York Times on the ... Ayers and his just-published memoir, Fugitive Days, opening with a quotation from the author: "I don't regret setting ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Mon Oct 6 08:43:11 PDT 2008

115 [lbo-talk] McCain camp, setting the record straight, actually twists it some more -- rank: 493

... 58 PM EDT Senator John McCain s top aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called liars. They ... to the credit card industry; Obama s embarrassing relationship with a 1960s radical; and an Obama supporter s over-the-top ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 22 13:18:51 PDT 2008

116 [lbo-talk] Speaking of female candidates... -- rank: 496

... 58:54PM -0600, John Thornton wrote: > > > Palin claimed she was a "hockey Mom". > > I've been told by someone from Michigan ... soccer mom. i assume soccer's far more ubiquitous since a lot less expensive to play. one thing the author fails ... young women, players. But this falls flat since she *was* a player. maybe she and obama could face off at b-ball while mccain and biden play a game of bingo or shuffleboard or something? i

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Author:	shag
Date:	Mon Sep 8 06:23:47 PDT 2008

117 [lbo-talk] Obama, Carter, Israel -- rank: 379

> > www.votenader.org > > > Obama is such a man of principle. > > Take Israel/Palestine as an example. > > Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the > national conventions. > > Not at Obama's convention. > > Not in Denver. > > President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in ... the plight of the Palestinian > people? > > Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title: > Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid? > > Because ... Committee (AIPAC)? > > Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily > Forward. > > Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC "shows the party gets ...

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Thu Sep 4 06:56:27 PDT 2008

118 [lbo-talk] Obama, Carter, Israel -- rank: 379

> > www.votenader.org > > > Obama is such a man of principle. > > Take Israel/Palestine as an example. > > Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the > national conventions. > > Not at Obama's convention. > > Not in Denver. > > President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in ... the plight of the Palestinian > people? > > Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title: > Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid? > > Because ... Committee (AIPAC)? > > Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily > Forward. > > Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC "shows the party gets ...

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Sat Aug 30 10:12:40 PDT 2008

119 [lbo-talk] The Israel-Georgia connection -- rank: 453

... Electronic Intifada 12 August 2008 >From the moment Georgia launched a surprise attack on the tiny breakaway region of South Ossetia last week, prompting a fierce Russian counterattack, Israel has been trying to distance itself ... embarrassing. The collapse of the Georgian offensive represents not only a disaster for that country and its US-backed leaders, but ...

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Author:	Marvin Gandall
Date:	Tue Aug 12 07:58:53 PDT 2008

120 [lbo-talk] Israel's Peres pens "greeting" for Beijing Games -- rank: 212

... Wed Aug 6, 2008 By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has published a "greeting" he had penned wishing for peace and harmony at ... he will attend as the most senior representative of the Jewish state. http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSL636290320080806?sp ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Sun Aug 10 15:35:40 PDT 2008