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9:05 PM ET, December 11, 2006

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Kofi A. Annan / Washington Post:
What I've Learned  —  Nearly 50 years ago, when I arrived in Minnesota as a student fresh from Africa, I had much to learn — starting with the fact that there is nothing wimpish about wearing earmuffs when it is 15 degrees below zero.  All my life since has been a learning experience.
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Agence France Presse:
Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad  —  Iranian students have disrupted a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a prestigious Tehran university, setting fire to his picture and heckling him.  —  "Some students chanted radical slogans and inflamed the atmosphere of the meeting" …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Video: Iranian students heckle Ahmadinejad
CNN:
Students interrupt Iran president
Discussion: Demagogue
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Hamas confirms meeting with group of Democrats  —  Leader claims U.S. party willing to hold dialogue with terrorists  —  TEL AVIV - A key Hamas official has confirmed reports from last week the terror group held meetings with "important Democrats."  —  Ahmed Yousuf, chief political advisor …
Discussion: IMAO, Gates of Vienna and BizzyBlog
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Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
3 Palestinian kids dead in Gaza drive-by
Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Pelosi piques public's interest  —  As incoming head of the House, with more eyes on her, she intends to paint her own picture.  —  WASHINGTON — When Nancy Pelosi appeared on national television on the morning after voters returned the House to Democratic hands, Leon Rebibo's phone started ringing in Los Angeles.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
In New Congress, Seniority Takes Back Seat to Spirit
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Daily Kos
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Delay is against the Politics of personal destruction...  Tom Delay said he was totally against the politics of personal destruction on Hardball today as Mike Barnicle plays dumb and drools over Delay.  We'll forget about his arm twisting of his fellow Republicans to vote his way or else …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Did Tom Delay just blame the Democrats for his indictment?
Confederate Yankee:
Perception or Deception?  —  According to AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, Iraqi Police Captain Jamil Hussein is a well-known source that they have had a relationship with for two years.  —  According to Curt at Flopping Aces, Hussein was cited in Associated Press reports …
Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Poor Bush had a week that reeked  —  DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF  —  WASHINGTON - For a wounded President locked in a lethal downward spiral ever since his reelection, it was the cruelest week of all.  —  Not since Bill Clinton forlornly insisted that "the President is still relevant" …
Discussion: The News Blog
Ron Brynaert / The Raw Story:
Former Rep. DeLay, indicted on state campaign finance charges, begins new 'career' as blogger  —  New to Raw Story?  Click here to visit our home page for the latest news.  —  Print page sponsored by Velvet Revolution.  —  Former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay, who resigned as Republican Majority Leader …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video  —  Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group  —  A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform …
Reuters:
NY critics name "United 93" as best picture  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - "United 93," a tense drama focusing on one of the hijacked planes used in the September 11 attacks, won the best picture prize on Monday in the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.  —  The awards, the third major film honors …
Discussion: Decision '08
Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Outbreaks Reveal Food Safety Net's Holes  —  Produce Growers Balk At Calls for Regulation  —  First it was spinach.  Then tomatoes.  Now possibly green onions.  —  Over the past three months, fresh produce has been the culprit in one episode of food-borne illness after another …
Discussion: Angry Bear and Suburban Guerrilla
Jerusalem Post:
Olmert indicates Israel has nuclear capability  —  In a move unprecedented by any Israeli leader, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday included Israel in a list of nuclear nations.  —  In an interview with the German television network SAT 1, Olmert was asked about the statement …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Dec. 10  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The Iraq Study Group releases its report.  —  (Videotape):  —  MR. LEE HAMILTON: The situation in Iraq is very grave and deteriorating.  —  MR. RUSSERT: They receive high praise and strong criticism.  —  (Videotape):
Daily Mail:
Diana was bugged by secret service in U.S.  —  American intelligence agencies were bugging Princess Diana's telephone over her relationship with a US billionaire, the Mail's sister paper has learned.  —  Evening Standard reports that she was even forced to abandon a planned holiday with her sons …
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Rosie: Read my lips  —  Ching, chong, smackdown's on:  —  Hoisted by her own petard for her Asian language mimickry, diva of political correctness Rosie O'Donnell is getting blasted by a Chinese-American NYC city councilman for offending minorities: … It's one of the rare times I am enjoying the P.C. circus at work.
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah …
Brigid Schulte / Washington Post:
Once Just a Sweet Birthday Treat, the Cupcake Becomes a Cause  —  Once a cupcake wasn't something to think about.  It was just what your mom brought to school for your birthday.  But this year, as schools across the country begin enforcing new federally mandated "wellness policies," many are banning the little treats.
Discussion: Political Animal and Althouse
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran opens conference questioning the Holocaust  —  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran opened a conference on Monday to examine the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers to kill Jews, drawing condemnation in the West and criticism from Iran's Jewish community.
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kennedy drops support for a Kerry presidential run in '08  —  WASHINGTON —Senator Edward M. Kennedy Monday dropped his public commitment to support Senator John F. Kerry in a 2008 presidential race, saying that he won't wait "indefinitely" for Kerry to declare his intentions while the Democratic primary field takes shape.
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
A Diversity of Opinion  —  The Post needs more opinion writers and columnists who are of the female persuasion or are minorities.  Overwhelmingly, Post columnists are white guys.  Some are among the paper's best columnists, but more diversity would make The Post a richer paper.
Eric Gorski / Denver Post:
Pastor resigns over homosexuality  —  In a tearful videotaped message Sunday to his congregation, the senior pastor of a thriving evangelical megachurch in south metro Denver confessed to sexual relations with other men and announced he had voluntarily resigned his pulpit.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
 
 
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Connie Mabin / Associated Press:
Ohio Rep. Kucinich to Run for President
Lesley Clark / Miami Herald:
Ros-Lehtinen: Kill-Castro video a trick
Matthew Yglesias:
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Reuters:
Pakistani Islamists protest against pro-women law
Reuters:
Saudi clerics call for help for Sunnis in Iraq
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Deacon / Power Line:
"WON OVER," WASHINGTON POST STYLE
Discussion: Washington Post and The Corner
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Good News, Everybody: We've Got a New Iraq Slogan!
Discussion: Firedoglake and Think Progress
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
2008 hopefuls woo Bush clan donors, aides
Discussion: MyDD and Hotline On Call
Michael Fumento / Fumento Weblog:
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Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
LOOKING BACK.  In fall 2006, the United States turned on the NeoCommentators.
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google