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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Backing Afghan Militias Makes NATO Allies Queasy

Experts worry $1.3B from US won't buy loyalty of local fighters

 Call Girl 'Attacked' 
 After Belusconi Tattle 

Book reveals randy details about prime minister's 'harem'

 Belgian Named
 EU Prez After
 Blair Bid Fails 

Center-right leaders want one of their own for European Council

Brit Strangles Wife During Nightmare  

Prosecutors believe him, seek verdict
of insanity

 Arab Singer's 'Monkey' Lyric Enrages Nubians

Black Egyptians demand song be banned

 Ex-Nazi, 90, Charged 
 With 58 Murders 

University student found him while researching paper

WACKY DICTATORS

Gadhafi Hires 200 Hot Italian Women, Tries to Convert Them

Leader also gives out copies of his book

Iran Protest

Neda's Boyfriend: 'This Movement Will Never Die'

In hiding after fleeing Iran, says the movement is still strong

Iraqi War Zone Sees
Big Spike in Birth Defects

Fallujah reports unusually high rate of abnormalities

 Germany's Keeper 
 Dies in Train Suicide 

Robert Enke, 32, stepped in front of speeding train

deja vu

Burmese Junta Says It Will Release Suu Kyi

Junta claims it will spring activist to 'organizer her party'

WEB NEWS WARS

 News Corp. May 
 Shield All Content 
 From Google 

Murdoch says move will wait until paywalls go up at newspaper sites

 Brits Eat Up 
 Steamy Yank 
 Vampires 

Fangs a lot, gush new True Blood fans

Break Stuff to Save the Planet: Gore

Former VP endorses civil disobedience against climate change

UN report


 Iran Tested Advanced  
 Nuke Warhead 
 Technology 

Tehran said to have deployed design still classified in US, Britain

CITY OF SLEEP?


 Au Revoir, Paris Nightlife 

Noise ordinances strangle once-legendary music and party scene

Palestinians' Abbas
May Not Seek Reelection 

Move could be a feint to jump-start peace negotiations

WHEN 12-YEAR-OLDS ATTACK

 London Mayor Rescues 
 Woman From Tweens 

Big Boris rides by at the right time

wiTh special guest hasselhoff

 Newest TV Host: 
 Papa Winehouse 

Yes, cab driver Mitch has his own show—and David Hasselhoff guests

UK Colonel's Death Raises Fury at Home

He's killed by roadside bomb after warning about lack of choppers

as wasilla turns

 I'll Sue Palins
 Over Custody: Levi 

'I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again,' says Tripp's dad

Rumors Raise Concerns About Mandela's Health

Don't worry about 91-year-old's reduced schedule: grandson

CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION

 Sarko's $400K 
 Shower Steams French 

French president's turn as EU chief cost double the usual amount

Swine Flu Panic

 Soccer Stars Told 
 to Quit Spitting 

Health officials fear they'll spread flu, kids will imitate them



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

13
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil. They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one thing, when they’re insidiously the opposite. Sarah Palin, for instance, did not write her... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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