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Th Ap 27 -

BITTERSWEET:
PROGRESS IS MIXED BAG -

Anthony Shadid drops into Fujairah, one of the Emirates, to visit with a local woman who reprises the history of modern development there. Good quality feature story (as usual from A.S.) and worth reading.

:: Tradition Yields ::
-- By Shadid with N.Rahman --


And more from the WashPost:

ARI FLEISHER LITE -

*But as Tony Snow, the new White
House press secretary, will soon
discover, the briefing is no longer
a briefing, it's a TV show.*

If you're a fan of Ari's,
this one's for you.

:: Showtime ::


UNITY POSSIBLE -

*The most important fact about Maliki's
election is that it's a modest declaration
of independence from Iran,*
writes David Ignatius.

:: Iraq's Choice ::

...