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5:00 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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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 …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kofi: I Learned Projection  —  Kofi Annan has an op-ed column in today's Washington Post that must be read to be believed.  The column, which serves as a valediction of sorts, talks about what Annan has learned from his time at the United Nations.  If his rule hadn't resulted in such worldwide misery …
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Iraqi exodus could test Bush policy  —  Total expected to exceed quota for refugees  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have fled their homeland are likely to seek refugee status in the United States, humanitarian groups said, putting intense pressure on the Bush administration …
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 …
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
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.
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CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Interview With Tony Snow; Coverage of Mary Cheney's Pregnancy  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): Under fire.  Tony Snow grilled in the press room as the Baker commission …
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 …
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" …
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google  —  Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution  —  When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused …
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 …
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.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Good News, Everybody: We've Got a New Iraq Slogan!  —  Not surprisingly, the Bush administration is already backing away from most of the proposals put forth by the Iraq Study Group.  The New York Times, with unintended comic irony, noted it this way: "Administration officials …
Reuters:
Pakistani Islamists protest against pro-women law  —  KARACHI (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamist protesters demonstrated in southern Pakistan on Sunday against a new law that reduces the burden of proof on rape victims by allowing them to seek justice without the need for four male witnesses.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Tammy Bruce
Randy Paul / Beautiful Horizons:
Wanted: A Strong Wooden Stake and Several Garlic Bulbs  —  Those are some of the tools that are necessary to ensure that a vampire is really dead.  As one has died today and his truly vile regime was responsible for the deaths of thousands, the torture of many more thousands …
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP alienation marks turnabout for Bush  —  Dissent and calls for checks on the president have mushroomed since the party lost Congress in the midterm election.  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush, weakened by an unpopular war and the loss of Republican control in Congress …
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 …
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
2008 hopefuls woo Bush clan donors, aides  —  McCain, Romney seek edge that family's GOP network could provide.  —  WASHINGTON — With the Bushes preparing to stand down from a quarter century in top elected offices, a frenzied competition has erupted in the Republican Party over who will inherit …
Discussion: MyDD and Hotline On Call
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
Democratic Hegemonists  —  Ali Eteraz throws down the gauntlet between …
Reuters:
Saudi clerics call for help for Sunnis in Iraq
Jerusalem Post:
Olmert indicates Israel has nuclear capability
Discussion: Hot Air
Deacon / Power Line:
"WON OVER," WASHINGTON POST STYLE
Discussion: Washington Post and The Corner
Donald Lambro / Washington Times:
Hillary's Iraq stand seen aiding Obama
Michael Jamison / Missoulian:
Flathead Valley employers search the globe for workers
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
LOOKING BACK.  In fall 2006, the United States turned on the NeoCommentators.
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
A Conversation With Senator Harry Reid
Discussion: Firedoglake, QandO and The Agonist
Greg Jefferson / MySanAntonio.com:
Clinton makes S.A. stop to stir Rodriguez crowd
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
For Iraq's Sunnis, Conflict Closes In
Sarah Liebowitz / Concord Monitor:
Rapturous reception for Obama
Pajamas Media:
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Geoffrey Lean / Independent:
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

George Steer / Financial Times:
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