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England (Reuters) – The Church of England moved a step closer on Monday to ordaining women as bishops, but deep divisions remained which could threaten their consecration or lead to a split between liberals and traditionalists. (more)

Will Obama stand up to the Hirsute Haulers of America? — CNN comes under (Katyusha rocket) fire for firing Mid East anchor — When is the RNC gonna get its stripper money back? — Oaklanders protest light sentence for BART cop by destroying Oakland —
DoD uses break-up language with military reporters — Now that he has lost his primary, the congressman would like to say a few words  (more)

Courtney Love’s meltdown this weekend at the 9:30 Club in D.C. was hardly the first time an artist has broken down on stage. According to Rolling Stone, the singer’s three-hour set with her “band” Hole featured strange commentary, racist remarks, and a topless encore. Check out her noteworthy performance below: (more)

(Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday the U.S. arrests of suspects in an alleged Russian spy ring would not hurt improving relations with Washington, softening its tone after an initial angry response. (more)

France’s government announced on Wednesday it would raise the retirement age and increase taxes for top earners in a long-awaited reform aimed at balancing the heavily indebted pensions system by 2018. (more)

Russia had earlier insisted on its right to carry out the air defense contract. Its rethink underlined how the tolerance of non-Western big powers for Iran’s disputed nuclear activity is fading, and could deny Iran formidable protection against any military attacks on its atomic installations. (more)

Helen Thomas’s departure from the White House press corps adds a wild card to the race among reporters to sit on a board that will decide who gets her permanent front-row seat in the Brady briefing room. (more)

The blogosphere was in an uproar Monday regarding allegations that the Reuters news service had intentionally cropped-out incriminating details from photos released a day earlier by a Turkish newspaper showing bloodied IDF naval commandos aboard one of last week’s Gaza-bound protest ships. (more)

Don’t call her name, ‘Alejandro’  (more)

Every day there’s a new development in the Iraqi election dispute and more frequent, fresh attacks. “I really don’t know how it will end,” said former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. He may not see the finish line but the U.S. military does. “We are on track with our responsible drawdown plan,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, a U.S. military spokesman. (more)

Iran said on Sunday that the three American hikers arrested last July near the Iraq border were spies and demanded the U.S. propose a prisoner swap to secure their release, Reuters reports. (more)

It has been only a week since Washington Post Co.’s chairman, Donald Graham, announced that Newsweek was on the block, but already a few big media players are taking an early look at the newsweekly. (more)

“Every day we don’t act…” How those impassioned those words are. How commanding. The very essence of presidential, moral leadership. Unsurprisingly, such eloquence escaped President Obama’s lips during the weekly address—and for a blink, I had “Hope.” Hope that he would switch from the sexy topic of financial regulation to matters more pressing on the presidential portfolio. Like genocide prevention, crimes against humanity, rigged elections, or just foreign affairs in general. Instead, Obama embraced the domestic politics of the day—and willfully ignored the elections in Sudan. (more)

The political jockeying in Iraq continues as the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, demands neighboring countries stay out of Baghdad’s politics. “Some are talking through the media as if they were our guardians,” Mr. Maliki told The Los Angeles Times on Monday. It is reported that the Iraqi Shiite leader, Ammar al-Hakim, has met with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss “issues of mutual interest.” Other political factions in Iraq, including the Sadrists, have also met with the Saudi King, perhaps prompting Mr. Maliki’s comments. (more)

The votes are in from Muqtada al-Sadr’s Iraqi “referendum” and the winner is … neither of the front runners, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi or current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. It’s the former interim Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who served from 2005-06. So, why did the Sadrist movement pick Mr. al-Jaafari? (more)

Paul Volcker, current White House adviser and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Carter and Reagan, had some sobering news for U.S. consumers.  At a New York Historical Society event on Tuesday, Volcker said the United States will have to consider a “European-style value-added tax” to address the fiscal crisis facing the federal government. (more)

Classified U.S. military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, was released on Monday by a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption. (more)

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has emerged from the global financial crisis as the nation’s most admired company, thanks to its CEO’s “humility and sense of accountability.” (more)

As if things couldn’t get any more unsettling in Iraq, word came down this week that the Justice and Accountability Committee is recommending six individuals, elected to parliament in the March 7 elections on the winning ticket of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, be dismissed. (more)

At this writing, we know nothing of the political leanings of [intlink id="714880" type="post"]Hutaree, the paramilitary group arrested by federal authorities for conspiracy to commit sedition[/intlink]. (more)