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9:25 AM ET, December 11, 2006

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Sarah Liebowitz / Concord Monitor:
Rapturous reception for Obama  —  Americans want new kind of leadership, Illinois senator says during visit  —  llinois Sen. Barack Obama made his first visit to New Hampshire yesterday, drawing the kinds of crowds and news media attention usually reserved for a sitting president or a presidential nominee.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Offers Flavor of Potential Campaign  —  Senator Barack Obama came to New Hampshire for the first time in his life on Sunday, selling a message of hope while proclaiming himself wary of the wave of hype that surrounded his visit.  —  His visit gave Democrats in two sold-out halls …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Takes First Steps in N.H.  —  Crowds, Media Bolster Speculation On 2008 Ambitions  —  The political phenomenon known as Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) descended Sunday on the state with the nation's first presidential primary, drawing enthusiastic crowds and trailed by a huge media horde …
New Hampshire Union Leader:   (To stay on top of New Hampshire politics and the 2008 Presidential …
John Dickerson / Slate:
Barack Star  —  FOLLOWING OBAMA THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jerusalem Post:
Holocaust conference begins in Teheran  —  Iran opened a conference on the Holocaust on Monday, saying it would not be an attempt to deny the World War II genocide but merely to discuss it in an unrestricted atmosphere.  —  However, the conference was initiated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …
Discussion: It Shines For All
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Times of London:
Holocaust deniers ban dissenting voice  —  An outspoken Palestinian lawyer was hoping to challenge Holocaust deniers during a provocative conference that opens in Iran today.  The international gathering will question whether six million Jews were actually slaughtered by the Nazis in the Second World War.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   A Rough Start For Mahmoud's Festival Of Ignorance
BBC:   Iran Holocaust conference opens
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Suspicion about imams grows as terror links pile up  —  The grounded imams incident at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been a public relations coup for the imams, their supporters and their claims that the group's only suspicious activity was saying evening prayers.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   THE FLYING IMAMS: CONNECTING THE DOTS
James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraq Is Failing to Spend Billions in Oil Revenues  —  Iraq is failing to spend billions of dollars of oil revenues that have been set aside to rebuild its damaged roads, schools and power stations and to repair refineries and pipelines.  —  Iraqi ministries are spending as little as 15 percent …
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Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
U.S. Report Rejected By Iraqi President
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Iraqi President Denounces U.S. Strategy on Security
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michael Shifter / Washington Post:
The Best of Both Dictators  —  The parallels are striking: Two ruthless dictators who sacrificed human rights for political aims.  Two men idolized by their followers and despised by the exiles they drove away.  Two archetypes of the Latin American strongman, one in dark sunglasses, the other with that ever-present cigar.
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM) and Daimnation!
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Jefferson Win Poses Dilemma for Party  —  His Return After Scandal Could Be Awkward for Democrats and New Orleans  —  Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding …
Discussion: Extreme Mortman
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
New Orleans Voters Support Their Man Over F.B.I.
Discussion: The News Blog
Ynetnews:
Lebanon deal in works after mass Beirut rally  —  Arab League envoy due in Beirut Monday after announcing he received positive response from Hizbullah-led pro-Syrian opposition to proposals aimed at ending political crisis which paralyzed government and raised fears of return to civil strife
Geoffrey Lean / Independent:
Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars  —  Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment.  It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.  —  A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife.
New York Times:
Taliban and Allies Tighten Grip in North of Pakistan  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Islamic militants are using a recent peace deal with the government to consolidate their hold in northern Pakistan, vastly expanding their training of suicide bombers and other recruits and fortifying alliances …
Associated Press:
Arab states study shared nuclear program  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The oil-rich Arab states on the Persian Gulf said Sunday that they will consider starting a joint nuclear program for peaceful purposes.  —  The announcement comes as the U.S. and its allies allege Iran is developing atomic weapons …
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh's Personal Life  —  DEHUMANIZING RUSH  —  Even His Cat Generates Controversy  —  In the twisted world of partisan politics, how could Rush Limbaugh's cat manage to become an issue?  —  The answer is that when it comes to dehumanizing a key conservative enemy, nothing is sacred in this stage of the game.
Discussion: Argghhh!
 
 
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Imams seek to settle with airline
Judy Holland / Albany Times Union:
On the Hill, the sound of silence
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David Cox / Telegraph:
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Times of London:
Spy's murder prompts fears over plans for dealing with 'dirty bomb' attacks
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
France deploys UAVs to stop IAF flights
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Margaret Talev / Dallas Star-Telegram:
GOP heaps scorn on retiring Frist
Robert Fox / Independent:
CIA is undermining British war effort, say military chiefs
New York Times:
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