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11:30 PM ET, January 1, 2007

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Associated Press:
16, 273 Deaths Reported in Iraq in 2006  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — As enraged crowds protested the hanging of Saddam Hussein across Iraq's Sunni heartland Monday, government officials reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure larger …
Discussion: toohotfortnr and PrairiePundit
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Hard Choices Over Video of Execution  —  Confronted with a second, unofficial and more graphic video account of the moments leading up to the execution of Saddam Hussein, and the hanging itself, executives at television news organizations made a series of what one executive …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Little Green Footballs:
Welcome to 2007: Fact-Checking the New York Times
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:   Meet the new dross; same as the old dross
Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:
The Brilliant 20 of 2006  —  I'm a bit perturbed that the only woman on this list is behind the scenes of a nascent radio network.  It isn't that there weren't accomplished women out there, but when I had to narrow down the list to those people whom I thought really accomplished something this year.
Discussion: Preemptive Karma
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Good Portents for 2007  —  I just wanted to point out something that gave me a lot of hope today.  Sue mentioned it in the comments — over at the WaPo, in response to Joe Lieberman's Op-Ed calling for a "troop surge," there are 37 pages of negative comments.
Discussion: Eschaton
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
'Israel-Palestinian conflict key to Mideast problems'  —  Ban Ki-Moon, the new secretary-general of the United Nations, said on Monday that the Israeli-Palestinian issue was at the core of solving all the problems in the Middle East.  —  In an interview with the South Korean Hankyoreh newspaper …
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Binyamin Netanyahu / Jerusalem Post:   Iran can still be stopped
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Generation of Thugs  —  In response to Paul Krugman's op-ed piece in the NYT on our busted health care system, Matt Stoller has a compelling post entitled "Universal Health Care Run By Psychotics," which I would retitle "Universal Health Care Run by Hoodlums."
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Curt / Flopping Aces:
The AP Changing It's Ways?  —  Here we go again with the AP.  Coalition forces had a firefight today in Baghdad in which they killed six of the enemy.  During the fight two buildings caught fire: … But the AP, using a "anonymous" police source now (cough), print how the police say it was a airstrike:
Discussion: Power Line and A Blog For All
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Multi-National Force:
SIX TERRORISTS KILLED DURING BAGHDAD RAID  —  MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ  —  COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq  —  703.270.0320 / 0299  —  Release A070101a  —  SIX TERRORISTS KILLED DURING BAGHDAD RAID  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed six terrorists …
Nasteex Dahir Farah / Associated Press:
Somali troops capture Islamic stronghold  —  KISMAYO, Somalia - Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian tanks and fighter jets captured the last major stronghold of a militant Islamic movement Monday, while hundreds of Islamic fighters — many of them Arabs and South Asians — fled the town.
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Sahra Abdi / Reuters:
Somali Islamists flee stronghold
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Islamists Bug Out Of Somalia
Discussion: Associated Press
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Hello, Grisham — So Long, Hemingway?  —  With Shelf Space Prized, Fairfax Libraries Cull Collections  —  You can't find "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" at the Fairfax City Regional Library anymore.  Or "The Education of Henry Adams" at Sherwood Regional.  Want Emily Dickinson's "Final Harvest"?
Discussion: The Corner
Peter Prengaman / Associated Press:
Rose Parade Features 'Star Wars' Tribute  —  Nature's grandeur was on full display at the 118th Rose Parade on Monday, featuring a bounty of floral creations that included a fire- breathing dragon protecting a castle, hummingbirds hovering over blossoms and a frog trying to lap up some water.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Chief Justice Advocates Higher Pay for Judiciary  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. made judicial pay the sole topic of his second annual report, issued on Sunday, declaring that the failure by Congress to raise federal judges' salaries in recent years has become a …
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Middle Stance Emerges in Debate Over Climate  —  Amid the shouting lately about whether global warming is a human-caused catastrophe or a hoax, some usually staid climate scientists in the usually invisible middle are speaking up.  —  The discourse over the issue has been feverish since Hurricane Katrina.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
In Silicon Valley, the Race Is On to Trump Google  —  SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 — In brand-new offices with a still-empty game room and enough space to triple their staff of nearly 30, a trio of entrepreneurs is leading an Internet start-up with an improbable mission: to out- Google Google.
David Derbyshire / Telegraph:
Labelling cheese as junk food 'unfair'  —  New advertising rules that will officially label cheese as "junk food" were condemned yesterday by the dairy industry as unfair, misleading and counter-productive.  —  Under regulations coming into force this month, broadcasters will be banned …
 
 
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
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Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and Hyscience
R. James Woolsey / Opinion Journal:
Gentlemen, Start Your Plug-Ins
Discussion: American Thinker
Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Sad Freaks of the Nation
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
States Take Lead on Ethics Rules for Lawmakers
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Dana Canedy / New York Times:
From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Not Just A Number  —  The US military death toll in Iraq …
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Margaret Neighbour / Scotsman:
Veil-wearing Muslim women are part of our fight - al-Qaeda chief
SC Eagle / A Storm In Afghanistan:
Pain, No More  —  Ellicia died today.  3:20 PM.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Point Of No Return
Jon Henke / QandO:
Jon Henke  —  January 1st, 2007 seems like a good day to announce …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Dec. 31
Discussion: Political Animal and SOTUblog
jules crittenden:
Past, Future, Whatever
Discussion: Hyscience
Gregory / The Belgravia Dispatch:
"SURGE" QUERY  —  The Keane/Kagan duo write in the Weekly Standard …
 

 
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