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Politics  March 9, 2007

Libby takes the fall

A grand jury found former White House insider I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty of perjury in the case of a 2003 identity leak of a CIA operative. He's the highest-ranked US official to be indicted since the Iran-Contra scandal.

- CN

| New York Times | Slate |

Taiwan thumbs nose at "One China"

Taiwanese VP Annette Lu, who Chinese officials have denounced as "the scum of the nation," announced she will run for president on a feminist and independence platform. Current president Chen Shui-bian further infuriated Beijing this week by making various pro-independence statements.

- GM

| The Australian | CNN |

Russian journo deaths continue

In the latest of several questionable deaths of Russian journalists, Kommersant's Ivan Safronov was killed last Friday after falling from his apartment window. He was a longtime critic of Russia's military, and his death, officially labeled suicide, roused suspicion amongst colleagues.

- AP

| Kommersant | CBS News |

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