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And now, the news!

Gaddafi preaches to Rome beauties (BBC, Times) - You know what? I can usually figure out where Crazy Uncle Moammar is going with his outlandish stunts, but this is... Yeah. I have nothing.

Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti (BBC, Guardian, Times) - What's not to like? Whores, science, and college. Feel-good story of the week.

[Obama] Warning over Copenhagen deal (Guardian, Times) - The One cares about climate change, really, he totally does. Keep voting for him, hippies!

Iran ‘running out of time’ over uranium deal - President Medvedev offers support for US with warning that Russia might consider sanctions if UN-brokered plan is ignored (Times, AFP)

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CNN: Can justice halt Taliban?

CNN: Al Qaeda accuses Blackwater

BBC: Greenpeace 'to put humans first' - It's about time, hippies!

BBC: Algeria secures Egyptian embassy - Soccer hooliganism, in North Africa? Perish the thought.

BBC: Just what is [British] officer material?

Guardian: Are we too selfish to survive? - A very, very interesting concept. Worth reading.

Guardian: Rowan Williams: politicians should question focus on economic growth - Rowan Williams is a jackass, and I'm saying that as a devout Anglican. He's an embarrassment to Anglicanism.

Times: Obama still searching for foreign success - Maybe he'd find it if he didn't spend all of his time bowing to Saudi kings and Japanese emperors.

Times: Bombed and shot yet still the Taliban come

Times: Italy calls for a single European Army - "Franco Frattini, Italy's Foreign Minister, said that without a common foreign policy and army Europe would be irrelevant" - Yeah, because a unified army, would, you know, totally fix Europe being a disunited basket case. Earth to Europe: you're tons of little countries, not one big one! Stop pretending!

Times: Royal Mail: Britain’s worst company

AFP: All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

AFP: Obama eyes compromise strategy on Afghanistan

UPI: Outside View: The Soviets' Afghan Lessons

Denver Post (via Michael Totten): Photographer Collection: David Guttenfelder in Afghanistan Photos

Commentary (Michael Totten): The Show Needn't Go On

Angel's Gate Art: Welcome to Fake Iraq

Eli Carling: Mojave Desert

Okay, so remember this? Well, it happened again. Same company, same gig, same everything. It looked like I was going to get hired, and then it fell through, again. Brutal.

That's it for today, folks. Have a great Tuesday!