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6:05 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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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 …
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  —  I tried to do better for you but this quickie from Fox is the best I could come up with.  Too bad.  Sounds like the event was a barnburner. … Judging from the posters visible in the video, the pro-regime students outnumbered the dissidents pretty substantially.
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 …
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" …
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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 …
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
Michael Fumento / Fumento Weblog:
THE REAL RAMADI HAS STOOD UP  —  In a Nov. 29 blog, "Will the real Ramadi please stand up?"  I observed that three articles on conditions in Ramadi and al Anbar Province had appeared within a week of each other giving entirely different points of view.  Mine and one in the Times of London …
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
LOOKING BACK.  In fall 2006, the United States turned on the NeoCommentators.  Their smug, wrongheaded chatter had helped lead the country into a catastrophic war and then, without missing a beat, turned to condemn those who sought to end it.  Infuriated, readers nationwide began agitating …
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, The Impolitic and KnoxViews
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 and BizzyBlog
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
A Conversation With Senator Harry Reid  —  Entering the office of incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can be a bit of an intimidating experience.  It has the austere look one would expect of such a room and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the fact that the man who has just become …
Discussion: Firedoglake, QandO and The Agonist
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 …
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.
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 …
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: Tammy Bruce and The Jawa Report
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
 
 
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