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The Washington Post, Jan. 7, 2009
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January 7, 2009: An excerpt from a
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The Washington Post:
Senators Turn Burris Away at CapitolBy PERRY BACON JR.
Blocked from claiming a Senate seat, a man who once said his success in politics was the result of "divine intervention" stood outside the Capitol yesterday and declared: "Members of the media, my name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from the state of Illinois."
The 71-year-old former state attorney general had pressed his case over the objections of Senate Democrats and the man he would replace, President-elect Barack Obama, but instead found himself holding a news conference on the lawn outside the Capitol just minutes before new senators were sworn in. The man who has already had his own mausoleum constructed in Illinois showed no signs of backing down.
"He thinks he's got a shot, and he's an ambitious guy with a large ego," said Don Rose, a political consultant in Chicago who has known Burris since the 1960s. "I'm not sure that separates him from anybody in the Senate....He's paid a lot of dues, and he may feel he's paid his dues."
Burris's single-minded push may yet succeed. Senate Democrats, once sharply opposed to allowing Burris to be seated because he was appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), are now considering allowing him to serve as a way to end a confrontation that could drag on for weeks and distract from what they hope will be an end to a decade of gridlock on Capitol Hill.
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Aftenposten, Jan. 6, 2009
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January 6, 2009The Oslo, Norway newspaper,
Aftenposten, reports on Israel's Gaza campaign against Hamas. For updates on the story visit the
Middle East crisis page on the BBC News Web site.
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Newsday, Jan. 4, 2009
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January 4, 2009: An excerpt from a
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Newsday:
Israel opens ground attack into Gaza StripBy RICHARD BOUDREAUX
Los Angeles Times
JERUSALEM - Israeli troops and tanks invaded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip late Saturday after eight days of punishing airstrikes failed to halt the militant Palestinian group's rocket fire into Israel.
Gunbattles could be heard from Gaza City as artillery rounds lit the night sky. Columns of tanks and infantry, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed nearly half a mile into the territory from three directions.
Israeli officials said they did not intend to occupy Gaza but did expect a lengthy battle. "This will not be easy and it will not be short," said Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister.
Hamas issued a defiant statement saying Gaza would "become a graveyard" for Israeli soldiers.
The ground offensive was aimed primarily at Hamas rocket-launching facilities, Israeli officials said. Some of those sites are in open fields but many are hidden across Gaza in densely populated areas and are difficult to pinpoint from the air.
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Maariv, Jan. 4, 2009
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January 4, 2009Maariv(Tel-Aviv, Israel)
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An-Nahar, Jan. 4, 2009
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January 4, 2009An-Nahar(Beirut, Lebanon)
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Yedioth Ahronoth, Dec. 29, 2008
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December 29, 2008
Yedioth Ahronoth(Tel-Aviv, Israel)
