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- Bush stresses need for US to remain in Iraq, he fears, "We will have lost our soul as a nation" if forces are removed. [WP]
- Scotland Yard charges 11 in "liquid bomb" plot, yesterday's press conference more CSI than Sherlock Holmes. [NYT, WP]
- Italy to lead peacekeeping force in Lebanon, provided standing around in stylish blue helmets is the extent of the "leading." [BBC]
- Obama now carrying hopes of Democratic party and all of African continent on shoulders. [LAT]
- Uptight, "Washington Type-A" parents fear humiliation from what their kids write on these new "blogs." [WP]