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12:00 AM ET, January 16, 2007

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Jim Krane / Associated Press:
UAE beats Americans' environmental harm  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When it comes to squandering the earth's natural resources, residents of this desert land of chilled swimming pools, monster 4x4s and air-conditioned malls are on a par with even the ravenous consumption of Americans, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Kiyori Ueno / Bloomberg:
Al Gore Says U.S. States May Force Change in Climate Policy  —  Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said many businesses and state governments ``embrace'' the aims of the Kyoto Protocol, which may force President George W. Bush to alter his opposition to the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Discussion: MyDD and The American Street
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Updated: Reuters Says Gore Says He Is Not Running
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Daily Kos
CBS News:
WHAT DO YOU THINK?  —  (CBS) On Jan. 12, 2007, two days after President George W. Bush told the country that he would send 21,000 more troops into Iraq, the president sat down with 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for a candid conversation.  The two met in Camp David's Laurel Cabin …
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Michael Oren / Los Angeles Times:
Apple pie and the Middle East  —  The U.S. has long tried to steer the Mideast toward Western values.  —  THE STALLED U.S. mission in Iraq has prompted calls for a return to "realism" in American foreign policy.  Instead of striving for freedom and national cohesion in the Middle East …
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
President Bush on 60 Minutes: UPDATED
Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Caucus
BBC:
Hanging of Saddam's aides filmed  —  Iraqi government officials have shown journalists video of the hanging of two of Saddam Hussein's aides, during which one of the men was decapitated.  —  The film shows Barzan Ibrahim - Saddam Hussein's half-brother - and Awad Hamed al-Bandar hanged side-by-side.
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Washington Post:
Iraqi Hangings Bring More Condemnation
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Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria  —  In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.  —  The main points of the understandings are as follows:
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Despite Lessons on King, Some Unaware of His Dream  —  In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for "racial justice and brotherhood" in his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.  —  That's the good news.
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Why the right doesn't get Martin Luther King
Discussion: Hullabaloo
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Allard: No third term  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Wayne Allard said today he will honor his term-limits pledge and leave at the end of 2008, creating a replacement fight that should turn Colorado into one of the country's biggest electoral battlegrounds.  —  "I just didn't think I could back away from the (term limits) commitment.
Hotline On Call:
For Democrats, This May Be THE Week....  "They're in lock-down."  —  That's what a Clinton outsider tells us about the small circle of insiders who're preparing a presidential bid for Sen. Hillary Clinton.  —  Excitement among Clinton supporters is building in anticipation of an expected announcement …
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
IRAQ: WHY THE MEDIA MISSTEP  —  JUST outside Um al-Qasar, a port in south east Iraq, a crowd had gathered around a British armored car with a crew of four.  An argument seemed to be heating up through an interpreter.  —  The interpreter told the Brits that the crowd was angry and wanted U.K. forces out of Iraq.
Brian Dickerson / Detroit Free Press:
Adultery could mean life, court finds  —  That's what the law says in sex-drug case Cox appealed  —  In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct …
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Adam's Blog
Bill / INDCJournal:
"Because the language they use is killing:" An Interview with a Fallujan Police Officer  —  The difficulty of obtaining this interview underscores the political and cultural complexities of the American effort in Fallujah.  In order to get a few minutes of alone candor with an Iraqi patrolman …
Discussion: Hot Air
Guardian:
France and UK considered 1950s 'merger'  —  Staff and agencies  —  Britain and France talked about a "union" in the 1950s, even discussing the possibility of the Queen becoming the French head of state, it was reported today.  —  On September 10 1956, Guy Mollet, the then French prime minister …
Discussion: OxBlog and Political Animal
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: "Dispatches: Undercover Mosque"; Update: Part 2 added; Update: Part 3 added  —  Here it is, fresh from Channel 4 (UK) by way of our pal kasper kasper's Tivo: what happens when "moderate" Muslims stop being polite and start getting real.  —  Parts 2 and 3 to follow, promises kk.
Matt Stearns / Wichita Eagle:
Brownback adds flat tax to platform  —  WASHINGTON - Remember the flat tax?  The policy proposal gained traction among conservative politicians for a while in the 1990s, but it withered amid little real-world political support.  —  Now it's back, as a fiscal policy cornerstone …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Reaction
Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Marinating in the Swamp  —  I read the new Time online magazine blog because it keeps me off the streets.  More specifically, it keeps me from reading that HotSoup thing.  See, I have a job, and kids, and diverse other interests, like enjoying bacon and calling Ann Althouse a dink.
Discussion: Eschaton
 
 
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Taylor Marsh:
Debbie Schlussel Threatens Me with a Lawsuit
Discussion: BobGeiger.com
Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
USAT Poll: Americans 'more pessimistic' after Bush's Iraq speech
Discussion: Daily Kos
CBS News:
(CBS) By CBSNews.com's Jennifer Hoar
CNN:
Bush: Congress can't stop troop increase
Discussion: Sirotablog
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
American Samoa, Pelosi's 17 Million In Del Monte Stock, And The Minimum Wage
See-Dubya / Michelle Malkin:
KSFO: not helping matters one bit
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Great and Glorious First Gulf War
Discussion: TalkLeft and Dover Bitch
USA Today:
Police in Iraq see jump in recruits
Discussion: Hot Air and Olbermann Watch
 Earlier Items: 
Cillizzac / The Fix:
Romney, McCain Tout New Backers
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Bush: It's all 'unacceptable'
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Attytood
Joseph Neff / Charlotte Observer:
State Bar has letter from lawyer warning prosecutor of ethical violations
Discussion: Hot Air, TIME and A Blog For All
Gerard Henderson / Times of London:
How Australia confronts militant Islam
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Francis McCabe / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada U.S. attorney given walking papers
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
from the protein wisdom archives: "There's no such thing as race …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Other Team's Playbook  —  George W. Bush has managed …
Ronald A. Cass / Real Clear Politics:
Sandy Berger: What Did He Take and Why Did He Take It?