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10:20 AM ET, December 11, 2006

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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 …
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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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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 …
John Dickerson / Slate:
Barack Star  —  FOLLOWING OBAMA THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE
Discussion: Reuters and The Moderate Voice
New Hampshire Union Leader:   (To stay on top of New Hampshire politics and the 2008 Presidential …
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
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Rough Start For Mahmoud's Festival Of Ignorance
Discussion: The Corner
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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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.
Discussion: Iowa Voice and KnoxViews
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.
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
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Fifth Annual Warblogger Awards (For 2006)  —  In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the "5th Annual Warblogger Awards".  More than 235 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 41 responded.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Argghhh!
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
So This Was Our Intel Priority In The 1990s?  —  The Observer dropped a bombshell yesterday when it revealed that American intelligence had Princess Diana bugged and under surveillance the night of her death.  It adds yet another strange aspect to the freak show that her demise has inspired …
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 …
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Bolton's Spot May Sit Empty for Months  —  It's beginning to look like the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is once again going to be vacant for several months.  John Bolton's recess appointment ended over the weekend — he's said to be heading back to his perch …
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 …
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.
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Exploratory Committees Build Buzz  —  It is the season of exploration.  —  Everywhere you look, prospective 2008 presidential candidates are forming exploratory committees.  Three leading Republicans and one prominent Democrat who have long been pursuing the presidency announced such committees …
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
USA Today:
Annan to blast U.S. in farewell  —  In a farewell speech on U.S. soil today, retiring United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to deliver a tough critique of President Bush's policies.  He will accuse the administration of trying to secure the United States from terrorism in part …
 
 
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Greg Jefferson / MySanAntonio.com:
Clinton makes S.A. stop to stir Rodriguez crowd
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE WORST CASE....As Matt Yglesias points out, for the past few …
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google
Discussion: Regime Change Iran
Gary Washburn / Chicago Tribune:
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh's Personal Life
Discussion: Argghhh!
FP Passport:
Pinochet died on Human Rights Day. Perfect.
Telegraph:
A grim legal first killed this firm
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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
Discussion: Wonkette and The News Blog
Weston Kosova / Newsweek:
The Point of No Return  —  Last summer, Bolten began having Bush sit …
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
Plagiarist reporter back in business
Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
U.S. Report Rejected By Iraqi President
Associated Press:
Arab states study shared nuclear program
 

 
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